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On Taste Relativism and Judgement
Scandanavian War Machine:
--- Quote from: Spinless on 31 Jan 2008, 11:04 ---I don't judge people based on what they listen to at all. I judge them based on how they judge me for what I listen to. It seems fair that way!
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that's basically what i do. when i meet new people i put on the strangest thing i can think of at the time and their reaction pretty much determines if they are legit or not. for instance, if they say "i don't like this music at all" i tell them that they are free to put on something different at any time. if they say "you're a fag" then they are probably a douchebag.
a pack of wolves:
Or maybe they just like pop music. I lived with a guy that really liked bands like Good Charlotte but he was under no illusions about what they were, he just liked mainstream pop.
Also, I thought In Da Club was a good song and I definitely know who Douglas Adams is. My flatmate regularly listens to and writes about chart music and he's studying for an MA in American literature and culture. Those judgements made on music taste and dress sense are so often wildly inaccurate that although it's understandable that people end up instinctively using them I really can't see a good reason to defend them. They're just one of those daft things people do.
Hat:
--- Quote from: Flaming Ostrich on 31 Jan 2008, 08:53 ---Lots of text
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*high-five*
karas7:
Here's my take on this issue (even though no one will care).
I don't care what sort of music you listen to, as long as you can explain why you like it.
I listen to stuff which most normal (i.e., sane) people think is just noise and yelling. If I ever stuck Hemophiliac on while any of my friends were in the room, they would all run very far away and never come back. However, I could give any of my inquiring friends reasons why I like Hemophiliac.
I always try to introduce some of my music to my friends. I usually start with the more "normal" stuff (e.g., Broken Social Scene, Arcade Fire, Belle and Sebastian) and then introduce them to "weirder" stuff.
Hat:
--- Quote from: tommydski on 31 Jan 2008, 02:20 ---
--- Quote from: Hat on 30 Jan 2008, 23:38 ---Once I find out someone is not a fan of Soulwax, I take them out the back of my garden shed and shoot them execution style.
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For some reason I am imagining this going down exactly how it is occurring in your avatar.
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I like how in your imagination, panda execution style is face-on, with a goddamned Rainbow
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