04-29-2014, 10:37 PM
(04-29-2014, 08:35 PM)Grungie Wrote: I can safely say that most people here agree that genre elitism is a terrible thing, but I will say it's also annoying when you meet people who are completely clueless on genres, then get offended when they say they love a certain genre, and none of the bands are of that genre.I would walk up, down, sideways, upside down, and all over that kind of fucking horrible argument.
So I was on a general discussion forum, and someone said she likes screamo. So I just asked "so do you listen to actual screamo, or stuff people commonly mistake as screamo?". She said she listens to real screamo, and proceeds to list popular Post-Hardcore and Metalcore bands.
I proceed to tell her none of those bands are actually screamo, and she gets really offended and responds with "I don't care what they fall under, I like what I like, I DO listen to real screamo!". Then she pulls her weapon that she believes strongly proves her point "I hate to be the one to tell you, but band do not just have one genre and this is where the confusion is".
Sorry, but that's a shitty answer.