Turns out the reply in my thread telling me the best way to combat not caring about Linux is to care about Linux was absolutely correct.
I picked up a laptop, installed Linux Mint Cinnamon, and I’m already obsessed. I haven’t had this much fun with a PC in a long time and it’s just a cheapo Dell Inspiron 3520.
To me it was quite clear that they were asking, “Why Arch over Mint for OP?” They weren’t asking why you like it, they were asking why you think OP would like it.
In that context I think experience is extremely relevant.