I don't think the sheer volume of sub genres bothers me really; I think theyre more useful than not. Tho pigeonholing bands into super specific subgenres does seem like a negative outcome of it.
A couple genre names do bother me tho. "IDM" and "Krautrock". I use them both (and enjoy both them generally as well) but god what stupid names. One of them is literally a slur and is basically meaningless in terms of having common sounds within the genre. The other uses the word "intelligent" for some reason. so ya that's my biggest genre related pet peeve.
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