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  • 𝕃𝕒𝕞𝕓@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    I find the trends of sheepishly hating something just because it's trendy to extremely telling about the state of people's minds and their (lack of) autonomy.

    E.g.:

    • hating Justin Bieber
    • hating Miley Cyrus

    (Both of above largely correlated with their gender nonconformity at the time which seemed to be backed by homophobia)

    • hating Nickleback
    • hating tribal tattoos

    There's more, but this is from the top of my head. I also remember people hating on basically any big musician, like Imagine Dragons. I don't believe any of these are genuine, because I've never seen these people giving any reasoning, if not brief "they don't conform to societal standards enough!!!!".

    • klemptor@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I think that's a bit reductive. I know nothing about the gender identities of Justin Bieber or Miley Cyrus. What I do know is that I'm an Old and their 'music' sounds like overproduced pop crap to me. I don't dislike them because it's trendy or because of homophobia, I just dislike them because I find them obnoxious.

      • 𝕃𝕒𝕞𝕓@lemmy.zip
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        1 year ago

        Plenty of bad music, but the targetted harassment aimed at JB and MC was far beyond any other.

        I find them obnoxious.

        You know them?

        • klemptor@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          Obviously I don't know them personally; obviously I'm talking about their public personas. I remember they each pulled a bunch of attention-seeking antics, and coupled with the shitty music it all just seemed very manufactured to gain fans, which yes, I found obnoxious. 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      "Hating furries" was basically a default personality substitute for the first few decades of common internet use, too.