Embrace
Embrace verb - To receive or accept gladly or readily.
Usage example: the exchange student was gratified to be so quickly embraced by people of the small rural community
Refuse
Refuse verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.
Usage example: she refused the award, citing the hard work of others who deserved the recognition more than she did
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Those who do always refer to those who don't as "meatbags" as an insult because they refuse to openly embrace the cultural norm.
Source: Call a Human a "Meatbag" - Some refuse to embrace this so soon, others eager for the chance, but on one fateful day after our young adults have graduated, everything changes for a select few who's lives will change forever.
- There are the fans who refuse to acknowledge any of the games not made by Naughty Dog and hate the later games, the fans who embrace the series as a whole, and those who only like the newer games and constantly hate on the Naughty Dog games.
Source: Broken Base / Video Games
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