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Why are so many rock/metal fans and underground hip-hop fans such elitist jerks?

Kev Kev

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One thing I've noticed about many rock and metal fans is that they're complete assholes about their favorite genre of music. If you listen to anything else except for rock/metal then they will insult it and say it's fake, talentless music or whatever. That's not even enough, actually - every elitist rock fan thinks that their subgenre of rock is the "correct" one to listen to and you're also fake if you enjoy something else. For example, death metal fans who say that any other form of rock/metal or genre of music is garbage and you're a mindless sheep if you don't enjoy death metal. They can't grasp the idea that certain genres are rough to listen to and won't appeal to most people.

Underground hip-hop fans ("backpackers") are also similar in this regard. Only rappers that have 10 fans or less who rap about politics and "real issues" are worth listening to and everything else is fake mainstream garbage. They can't grasp the fact that most backpack rap is simply boring for most people (and rapping about politics and using a thesaurus doesn't make someone smart or entertaining). Backpack rap that actually appeals to a decent amount of people (such as MF Doom, Immortal Technique and Del the Funky Homosapien) isn't even "underground" enough for these people and will get you insulted as a "fake".
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