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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I live in fear of this type of person, especially as someone who listens to metal which tends to be male-dominated. I'm an album person and I'm not always checking the table of contents when I listen. There are bands I've been a fan of for over a decade that I don't have five songs memorized for. I love these bands and I don't think I'm fake for liking them or wearing a shirt.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My brain just doesn't respond well to those type of questions anyway. Most brains don't, which is why those 'gotcha' street interview videos are so common. Most of those people aren't idiots, they're just panicking.

"Name 5 nations" "..uhhhhh, Antarctica, Canada, Texas, London, Taiwan"

"Oof, two out of five, no money for you, just public shame."

[–] BCsven 8 points 1 day ago

My daughter taught me a good response for when people ask random questions that are intended to be passive aggressive, or just terrible comments from a nasty person in general. You just respond "YUR cool" and nothing else. It actually stops most people in their tracks because they don't know how to respond.

[–] Polkira 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Just remember you don't have to prove yourself to anyone. People that gate-keep like this aren't worth your time anyways.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

I (~40 year old dude) had a similar thought when I saw this post. I like spaceslug a lot (and I'm wearing one of their tshirts right now!) but I don't really know individual songs. Lemanis is a great album and Memorial has some good tracks, but names? Uhhh

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Oh you are a Valkyrie fan? Name every Valkyrie in existance" meme.jpg

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Just tell them to fuck off, who cares about assholes