Well, you know, it just never seemed right to me. To me, it just felt like there's no excuse for them to like it considering how I grew up watching the "smarter" programming on PBS such as Arthur, Reading Rainbow, Bill Nye, etc. It just felt weird to me that there's all this good shit they could've been a fan of but instead they stick to the lowest common denominator schlock.
And to me, it matters, because I always try to shape my taste to try to avoid anything that they might like, otherwise I might end up having the same shitty taste as they do.
It just boggles me whenever I hear one of these Barney fans calling the show "quality entertainment" or "severely underrated" when it clearly isn't.