Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra

Eh, only in comparison to the purist normies, and Christians. I think REAL social misfits are the people who are mailing each other hand cut, and hand assembled lofi analog cassettes of white noise.

As for freaks... I think some Gaga fans are definitely freaks in many MANY ways but being embraced by the larger Gaga cult, they're still part of a mainstream trend no matter how far the gender they do bend.

Edit: I'd like to point out that I don't consider gender benders neccessarily freaks, unless said benders chose to be considered. I use the example as the way that broader society looks at the concept, not me.

RVCA

Then I guess everyone and their moms are social misfits

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra

Well most everyone and their moms now-a-days sit in an attic latched to the computer avoiding sunlight, so technicallly... kind of.

Mojo

I dont feel like an outsider or a misfit as a metal fan. Sure, in some situations i might not be the life and soul of the party but I am not socially retarded. I'm just fine.

I don't like your more conventional, "trendy" nightclubs, they make me uncomfortable and I don't enjoy them. Mainly because the music is (what I consider to be) awful and I don't feel I belong so maybe that makes me an outsider? But I just see it as a difference in preference, when it comes to music, surroundings, circles of friends and what an individual considers to be a good night out. Most of those people feel like outsiders when they come to some of the clubs I DO enjoy! Some of them won't even come to the metal clubs I go to because they are intimidated.

In most social situations I am just fine. I CAN be shy but 90% of the time I'm not. I don't feel different in any way. I like music that they don't. Big deal.

Even though there are "metalheads" who can be very narrow minded and probably LIKE being seen as some kind of outsider or rebel, I feel I encounter many more people who would judge me for enjoying metal.

"Thats just noise."

"How could you possibly like that SHIT?!"

The kind of people who think metal is defined as a thousand notes a second, fast paced, blast beats and screaming/growling. Yeah, cause that covers the genre perfectly, doesn't it?

If I'm an outsider, that's because these people make me one. Not the other way around.

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Terrible Lizard

Even more amusing when a deathcore fantard refers to a Sleepytime Gorilla Museum track as noise. Say one thing for us misfits, we understand and enjoy the little ironies.

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