Music as a determiner

[MetaZedlen]

How many of you think that all music these days places people in a group, whether they know about or not, such as somebody listening to one song from Fall Out Boy (i'm not a fan) then a person comes up and says "fag" or "emo".
This is getting to be quite ridiculous.

[Mixfortune]

You know it has no meaning or bearing, I know it has no meaning or bearing, so why let it bother you? If people have to spout out random insults just because there's some kind of psuedo opening, it's really not worth the trouble to try and rebound against it.

Whether they realize they are doing it or not, and mean it or not, in the end it's best to just pass over the comment and let them think whatever they want to think. Of course, if they escalate it and try to get physical, that's a problem all in its own, cause they were looking to get physical regardless of what reason they may try and find.

Regardless, yeah, it is pretty lame that some people try and base real insults and mindframes off of the most irrelevant points.

I had a better post about this kind of topic a few years ago, but that's the basics of it.

[DizzyDi]

I used to actually fall for that. I'd think that only white people listened to rock so I never listened to it, and since I'm black I absolutely had to listen to rap.
Thats apart of the society and a major example of whats wrong with pop culture.
It goes beyond music though, to clothes, behavior, even the TV shows you watch.

[Turkish]

hah, been there done that
When i was younger i used to listen to alot of rock, punk ska, all the alt music i could get my hands on, and anyone who i knew that did not listen to that music where either fags, pussy, queers.

Thankfully i've matured a whole lot and now have a much broader tastes, although i get the same treatment from my nieces and nephews!

[Sinue_v2]

Hey, I listen to Bluegrass/Jam/Disco (http://ia310141.us.archive.org/2/items/sci2002-12-31.mk4v.shnf/SCI2002-12-31d1t06_64kb.mp3) mixes. You can imagine the kinds of comments I get. That is, if people can even wrap their minds around such a concept long enough to form a coherant insult.

Luckily my neices seem to be at least partially into the scene as well.

But yeah, as others have said - if people are going to insult you, they're going to find a way to do it - be it by mocking your music, clothes, haircut (a favorite of mine), weight, and even what videogames you play. It's probably because younger kids are still finding themselves and are fairly insecure with who they are as individuals - so they clump together in "cliques" and groups to give them identity. Those outside of the clique represent a different way of thinking and acting, and is a threat to that group identity they're attached themselves to.

Happens in adults too, but less common.

[DonRoyale]

I changed music interests like clothes a few years ago. Hip-hop just seemed to stick to me. =

[Rainbowlemon]

Yeah it annoys me too. But you probably know to just ignore it! Anybody that generalizes someone by the music they listen to, doesn't deserve to be listened to themselves.

[Allos]

Unfortunately, it happens. I don't support stereotyping of this kind at all....unless you're a fan of ICP. If that's the case, you're a douchebag in a faux brotherhood based on commercialism and bad music.

[Nitro Vordex]

On 2007-04-15 17:58, Allos wrote:
unless you're a fan of ICP. If that's the case, you're a douchebag in a faux brotherhood based on commercialism and bad music.


XD Sad, but true. Ladies and gentelmen, behold: the bandwagon technique.

Yeah, my mom is black, so apparently, I'm black even though my dad is white. o.O My mom listens to rock,and she said she listens to it because:


Rap talks about the hardships of life. Please, who's life cause it sure as hell ain't yours.
Rock can sometimes talk about life, and the fun parts of it, as well as the bad. I like the old skool rap, and R&B. Those are good with me too.

I like those genres as well, but only the old skool rap, where it was just chillin' with your friends. Whatever happened to that?
And lol at my brother because he is black and he said:


I like rock way more than rap.
Black people scare me.

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[Solstis]

Black people started rock. It was scary back in the 40-50s. Rap started in, what, the 70s (as a big movement)? So by 2020 or so...