• Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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    Isn’t that the age now of people who listened to limp Bizkit? How is that weird? Reminds me of someone telling me I’m 38 and too old to wear a Nirvana sweater, but Nirvana is like a 30 year old band so…

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      Yeah just like when my work colleague laughed at me this week when I mentioned I play games. You still play games? He asked. Yes I do, it is what I enjoy to do. What do you in your spare time? Melt away watching ads on free to air TV? laughs in gaming

      BTW I’m 38 too

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        I guess I too missed the memo that says you’re supposed to outgrow everything that brought you joy as a child. I’ll probably be an old geezer and still be playing videogames, watching cartoons and reading comic books.

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          I got pulled over by a cop for speeding when I was 49 and he gave me shit because he smelled the joint I was smoking. “Aren’t you too old to be smoking pot?” Fuck you pig, although I didn’t phrase it exactly like that. I actually said “you’re right, I’m sorry sir”.

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          You aren’t allowed to enjoy anything current, only nostalgia is socially acceptable. If you put a lot of money into a vintage atari or some shit you would be like a hero

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      I’m fucking 56 and Nirvana hit it big when I was 23. I’m supposed to not listen to fucking Nirvana? Make fun of me for listening to Black Country, New Road for fuck’s sake.

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        Wait, why are we even talking about the mighty Nirvana in a Limp Bizkit thread?

        Also, laughing at somebody “still” listening to Nirvana is like laughing at somebody going with Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.

        Or… Now when I think about it, even laughing at anybody about their music taste is a bit weird.

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      I think people who would say that might recognize Nirvana as more of a gen z fashion brand than an actual band. Like they know it’s a band but the first assumption is that’s not the driver of anyone’s interest in it.

    • ɢᴜᴍᴅʀᴏᴘʙᴜɴɴɪᴇꜱ@lib.lgbt
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      31 and love Limp Bizkit. Though I’m also a poster child for “it never was a phase, mom” (still listen to emo music + am still as gay as I was in the early 2000s)

      …to clarify not implying that Limp Bizkit is emo, it just happened (happily) to be included in the music I was listening to at the time

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        I still listen to select emo music at 39. All the pop stuff was a bit too late for me, but what was going on in the indie scene in the early 2000s still has my heart. Bright Eyes specifically. I love every single record from Letting off Happiness to Cassadaga and I also jam several solo Oberst records as well as the Bright Eyes record from 2020.

        Nu Metal was my thing when I was a teenager. I let that go until recently because I “outgrew” it. It turns out I don’t care as much these days and I can enjoy it almost like I did as a teenager (and that includes the first two Limp Bizkit records).

        The only two bands that have stayed with me from my childhood to now that I love more than I did even then is Nirvana and The Beatles. I would say In Utero is my favorite record of all time and the Beatles are my favorite band of all time.

        I feel bad for this, but I can’t handle a lot of Kurt Cobain’s interviews these days. I obsessed over them as a teenager. He just comes across as a moody elitist kid that figures his taste is superior to everyone in the planet. Of course, that was me as a teenager. “Oh my god, yuck. You listen to that? What do you get from it?”

        Dude was my hero when I was a kid. It feels strange to be so old sometimes.

        Sorry for the rant.