Does MB have lame tastes?

~~MicShazam~~ · 09-14-2018, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Blank.

Quick answer: Yes

Long Answer: Who cares?

Just a bit of fun. It doesn't matter at all. I'm just hoping for some funny hot takes.

~~MicShazam~~ · 09-14-2018, 02:16 PM

Unironically enjoying this at the moment. Not Tzuke's strongest album, but it's got a lot of subtle touches to it that makes it work really well when played at night at a solid volume in my living room.

https://open.spotify.com/album/3Q2k67cKDA1VnQlOOHpqQF (warning: totally adult contemporary material ahead)

I don't really understand the impulse to judge others instead of just focusing on doing your own thing. Anyway, I just think the idea of having the right or wrong tastes is interesting. There's a long history of trying to draw lines between high and low culture, shifts of what's "in" or "out" or "cool" among hipsters, etc.

Not that those ideas were why this thread was made. I was just bored and hoped people would start arguing about who's the most lame MB member, musically speaking. So far, so disappointing.

**Frownland** · 09-14-2018, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

I don't really understand the impulse to judge others instead of just focusing on doing your own thing.

You can easily do both. Everyone forms opinions on others' tastes whether they realize it or not, but it's not like disagreeing with someone or pointing out that they like/dislike something for silly reasons ("this album sucks because there's no xylophone", as an extreme example) is the same as making a value judgement.

**Frownland** · 09-14-2018, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I don't think hipsters are a thing

it feels like a word made by your Dad to put all of counter culture in one easy to dismiss group

Hipsters are hippies are beatnicks are swing kids are youngins. The only differences are generational.

Blank. · 09-14-2018, 02:30 PM

Judging other people's tastes is just another way we decide if we like someone or not.

~~MicShazam~~ · 09-14-2018, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

You can easily do both. Everyone forms opinions on others' tastes whether they realize it or not, but it's not like disagreeing with someone or pointing out that they like/dislike something for silly reasons ("this album sucks because there's no xylophone", as an extreme example) is the same as making a value judgement.

I feel like this is a dig at me for disagreements we've had in the past, but I basically agree.

**Frownland** · 09-14-2018, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

there's differences between these groups

Yep, generational differences.

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and hippies are still a thing

As a callback to a specific generation or else they're just stoners.

~~MicShazam~~ · 09-14-2018, 02:38 PM

Isn't the hipster mentality also supposed to be that you're into something because it makes you seem cool and on the cutting edge of popular music? (As opposed to being into something because it just tickles your brain and makes you feel joy.)

~~MicShazam~~ · 09-14-2018, 02:42 PM

"phish listening"

I don't know why I found that funny.

**Frownland** · 09-14-2018, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

pot smoking, Sanders supporting, Phish listening, beanie and tie dye wearing, environmentalist, dirty hippies

Ja, having a typecasted fashion could never be

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Originally Posted by Frownland

a callback to a specific generation

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I think it's a made up mentality by people who feel left out

Beat me to it.

09-14-2018, 02:16 PM	#12 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	Unironically enjoying this at the moment. Not Tzuke's strongest album, but it's got a lot of subtle touches to it that makes it work really well when played at night at a solid volume in my living room. https://open.spotify.com/album/3Q2k67cKDA1VnQlOOHpqQF (warning: totally adult contemporary material ahead) I don't really understand the impulse to judge others instead of just focusing on doing your own thing. Anyway, I just think the idea of having the right or wrong tastes is interesting. There's a long history of trying to draw lines between high and low culture, shifts of what's "in" or "out" or "cool" among hipsters, etc. Not that those ideas were why this thread was made. I was just bored and hoped people would start arguing about who's the most lame MB member, musically speaking. So far, so disappointing.

09-14-2018, 02:30 PM	#15 (permalink)
Blank. Jacob Sartorius Join Date: May 2016 Location: Dank memes Posts: 4,034	Judging other people's tastes is just another way we decide if we like someone or not.

09-14-2018, 02:38 PM	#18 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	Isn't the hipster mentality also supposed to be that you're into something because it makes you seem cool and on the cutting edge of popular music? (As opposed to being into something because it just tickles your brain and makes you feel joy.)

09-14-2018, 02:42 PM	#19 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	"phish listening" I don't know why I found that funny.