We already live in a world in which people settle for second and third rate and who evoke the contemporary mantra "why bother, it's good enough".
Priorities...
But seriously, I think you are taking bosbeetle's statement way too seriously.
And when we are talking about the world in general: The main problem is not that people ridicule others, it's that lots of people don't do anything interesting because they fear they could be ridiculed or something - they should just fucking do it, don't care about the others.
Write another 10k words on keyboard layouts if you want. That's your well deserved right. And it's my right to think your priorities are fucked up if you do and ridicule you for that. You don't need to agree with me or take me seriously at all. Do what you want, but don't expect others to agree it's the right thing to do.