Blink 182 are pretty inoffensive to me

heck I even loved Green Day's Dookie

What's wrong with Dookie?

Absolutely nothing. Apart from that it's the only greenday album you'll ever need as the rest is the same or worse :D.

isn't Green Day universally hated on this forum?

I think that the general consensus here, but I don't mind them.

I disagree. Dookie is fine and dandy but American Idiot deserves some credit for being better imo.

It shows their growth and some maturity.

Not really, I think most people are neutral on them or like them a bit. I don't really see how someone could hate them, they're decent.

Ah, I thought everything went wrong when they got to American Idiot.
They just stopped making punk right at that point.

I feel like American Idiot took them up a notch

I'm happy with the music I like, I don't need other people to give me reassurance. And if people don't like something I like why should that concern me? lol. I suppose I could try and look 'cool' (as some would see it) by pretending I like some hyped band but that just isn't in my character.