• MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    17 days ago

    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.

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        17 days 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.

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      17 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.

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      17 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