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quosimosaur:
both music snobbery and stereotyping are concerned with what image is projected by what taste in music. stereotypes were invented by narrow minded people for narrow minded people, if that makes any sense.
Maverick:
I think you've all illustrated my point: a stereotype is often very subjective, i.e., more of a personal opinion. If that opinion is held in a similar fashion by a vast majority of people, the stereotype prospers. in this case, it is evident that barely two replies illustrate the same stereotype of a metal fan.
And thus begins my rant. Since when are metal fans dumb? some of the smartest people i know (in fact THE smartest people i know) have an appreciation for metal. take some time to talk to a person; a tendancy to get drunk and cause havoc or make art or listen to music does not imply barbaric stupidity (nor does a rejection of certain social institutions or socially accepted practices). i'd liken a metal fan to a bohemian before a brainless twat. Metal is a statement, usually of disgust/frustration with specific facets of people/society. Conversely, Punk/Goth/emo are all, "i hate you", which is all well and good, yet they fail to identify a logical or plausible reason why. They have usually been shat on and they let it happen or continue to happen: "i hate you because you don't let me do what i want"....here's a tissue, have a cry for feck sake. I think that a vast majority here is failing to differentiate between an affiliation with a music genre and an embrace of its specific sub-culture.
next hate:
"All you *insert random music genre here (metal was the example given)* who gather together in such and such bar, all wearing the same clothes when you are all attempting to show how individual you are is really stupid." Ridiculous. do you hang around with the type of people you hate? how large a percentage of the total population do you think the patronage of that bar would make up?[/i]
TrueNeutral:
--- Quote from: Sideways ---OK, OK, OK, you all have 'metal-cred', that's nice...
--- End quote ---
Don't they call that 'trueness' or something? Eh.
KharBevNor:
tr00ness, actually. Synonyms: trueness, metallosity, metallicity, grimness (black metal).
Also, everybody stop bashing goth. Not that goth hasn't got used to it or even cares particularly. It is totally disparate from emo, and does not really revolve around hate. More disdainful pity.
Bunnyman:
Whee, metal stereotypes.
While we're at it, let me just say that everyone east of the Iron Curtain totally digs metal. My Croatian shift lead totally digs Iron Maiden, and the Turks seem to go nuts whenever Apocalyptica is mentioned.
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