How Do You Like Things?

Like, like like, or just like?

I am a foreigner to the lands of Shotioul Me’Idhia. The customs and mores of its various tribes are unknown and confusing to me. I’m just a cave man wanderer aping the behavior of those around me. One thing, one tiny point of etiquette in particular, eludes me:

When do you “Like” things?

I am not trying to pull the sociologist move of pretending to be bewildered by every day phenomena, asking “Alcohol, is it good?” or “Hard work… could people really not like it?” I really don’t think I know how to do it.

Do I Like everything I don’t hate? If I fail to do so, does it imply I dislike it? If I like everything, does it really indicate that I like it as opposed to just doing the social thing with no meaning? Does it make “liking” something the equivalent of asking “How’s it going?” where if you actually go into depth telling me it is sort of strange?

Let’s poll!

I am genuinely curious here guys. I feel strange clicking little hearts like 20 times a day, and I don’t know if people are liking things what it means to me.

Is it weird I want a numerical rating on how much people like things? Like, -10 to 10, with -10 being “You should burn in hell for eternity, starting now!”, 10 being “Straight to Sainthood, baby.” and 0 being “Eh, good enough; not angry I spent life to read this.’

Needless to say, I don’t have a ton of experience with those little cards asking about being “liked” :P