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Originally Posted by Inhuman
I totally relate man. It's a little bit different for me though. I find when talking to my peers about music, the music they listen to is the music I was into when I was 16. So I often can't help but tell them "oh, yeah I used to listen to them as a teenager" or "yeah, I liked them when I was 16". They're immediately offended by this and see me as a pretentious douchebag. I'm sure you also feel alienated with your music taste 'growing up' faster than others your age.
I just wish it wasn't something that had to be seen as narcissistic. I usually just say "I used to like them" now, but it's quick for the other to realize that I don't like anything they listen to, and their entire iPod "I used to like".
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Yeah, that's pretty much the exact scenario that I'm talking about. It sounds even worse coming from me though, seeing as 2 of my all-time favorites are ICP and Avril Lavigne - the poster-children for a 16 yr old's taste in music.
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Originally Posted by Inhuman
Maybe try talking to them about something outside of music, movies, or video games that they can share. I know they're such good subjects to talk about, but test your limits with the others!
Theres subjects I know a lot about and reallllyyy want to have in-depth conversations about them to others. Like coding, web design, or online marketing...I could fucking talk for hours about that nerdy shit, but whenever there's someone I can talk to about those, anybody else with us is immediately alienated and gets bored to tears.
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Ha, I don't think I have any interests aside from media. Unless you count kinky sex, Satan, or weed, I guess.
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Originally Posted by pokkeherrie
I kind of do that sometimes.
Not in the sense that I want to avoid coming off as a know-it-all prick, but more because answering "I never really watched that/listened to them" once in a while to some people comes across less offensive than having to say "yeah I do, and they're shit!" all the time.
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That's pretty much exactly what i was referring to.
