No offense taken. I know what you mean. I like fresh clean new things also. But I can appreciate that distressed look in some items. Distressed floors in a home, that old barn siding in your basement that looks 200 years old, it can have a spectacular look. I'm with you on the chipped up guitars though, and I don't like old beat up furniture either. I hate it when my car gets scratched.
On a guitar, I like the worn look better than the beat up distressed look. Like Willy Nelson's old acoustic, it's worn all the way through. Now if Martin tried to copy that, I think it would seem cheesy, they're just doing it for the money.