• Riskable@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    When I listen to someone’s playlist and it’s really different and kinda weird: Whoa, neat!

    When I listen to someone’s playlist and it’s basically just a subgenre of easy listening: 🙄 “could this person get any more boring?”

    When I listen to someone’s playlist and it’s all songs from when they were younger: “They’re trapped in the past. Could never handle immortality.” (Nods assuredly)

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    I grew an inflated opinion of my music knowledge after building a curated catalogue over the last five years as I really got into music for the first time in a long time.

    Recently, I recommended a song or two to several people I know when music came up, based off of tracks that they told me they loved. All of them shut it off within a few seconds with a “I don’t like this.” I’ve never judged a song that quickly, maybe they know something I don’t.

    Now I just don’t bother, and I have to assume that everyone’s tastes are like a minefield.

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      23 hours ago

      Lots of people are so closed off to anything new. Like literally there’s a meme about how most people’s music tastes are set in their high school era and that’s so sad to me. I especially like a lot of songs and artists that defy easy classification, straddle multiple genres, or will kind of mash up different styles in a single song. I like artists that are willing to push a boundary and expand on the idea of what a ‘song’ entails. So if I recommend a song to someone and they don’t even listen past the damn intro, that’s the last time I’m taking anything that person says seriously.

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    2 days ago

    One time at work someone had the idea of “let’s all swap our favorite playlists”. No one was happy. I got some like top of the charts rap that’s not my jam. The product lady got my sludgy doom metal and I don’t think she made it through one track. I think the mega kpop fan just refused to participate.