Things you never "got"

[Stoney Mason]

What were the little cultural phenomenons that passed you by?

This one is an oldie. I never got MTV's Pauley Shore's,  "the weasel" character. Like for about a year in popular culture everyone of a certain young age demographic thought this character was hilarious and then a year later everybody was over it but I never understand the initial appeal. It was a parody right? I mean he was doing like a surfer dude and was it funny because it was a parody or was it funny because the actual character was funny or how well people perceived he was the character?

Full confession never saw encino man or biodome. Some people seem to like those.... Was he still doing the character by then in those movies?



And since I did one MTV thing might as well do another.

Jackass.

This one seemed way more popular for much longer among a hipper crowd but once again never got it. I mean I like the three stooges and looney tunes cartoons but the violence in those are both fake and part of a structured piece of comedy with a setup, payoff, etc.

Jackass seemed like trashy people doing dangerous things to get hurt. I don't really like seeing real people getting hurt. And these people seemed like meth addicts to me. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they are all cool, terrific dudes but didn't they make like 5 movies or something out of this stuff? How is that possible?

[EVOL]

Star Wars.

I mean, shit, yeah it's a good action adventure series (at least the OG series, never watched the new ones except Rogue One) but I never got why people lose their fucking minds over it.

[Propagandhim]

Mel Brooks.  All of his films are horrendous and he has to be the most unfunny man who tricked people into thinking he's hilarious.   Space Balls is fucking torture to sit through, especially.

[Stoney Mason]

Star Wars.

I mean, shit, yeah it's a good action adventure series (at least the OG series, never watched the new ones except Rogue One) but I never got why people lose their fucking minds over it.

I get the enjoyment of them as entertainment since I'm a Star Wars fan but I don't get the over-analysis that goes into them like they are onions with extra hidden depth. They are nice popcorn entertainment. Interesting in how influential they were for movies and how to do world-building for franchises.

But analyzing them as the keys to the human soul has always been really weird to me. The Last Jedi might be the most over-analyzed piece of pop-culture of my life-time. 

[Valkyrie]

Not a jab at people who like these, btw.

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[Raist]

Mel Brooks.  All of his films are horrendous and he has to be the most unfunny man who tricked people into thinking he's hilarious.   Space Balls is fucking torture to sit through, especially.

Mods pls

[pilonv1]

Dragon Ball Z

[Momo]

Iron Man. One of the worst comic heroes of all time, of all time.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Comic books

[Momo]

Comic books

Die heretic.

[Nabbis]

Sonic.

[TVC15]

I saw all of Pauly’s 90s classics in the theater at release. You sure are lame, Stoney.

[ToxicAdam]

Anime

[Transhuman]

Wrestling

[Stoney Mason]

Anime

What don't you like about it? Serious question

I mean I get why people wouldn't like it, especially if they don't like animation in general but what aspect is a turnoff for you?

As far as Wrestling, I think its one of those things you had to have liked as a kid. You may still outgrow it and fall away from it, but if you never enjoyed the escapism aspect of it as a kid, you definitely won't get it as an adult. I don't think many 20 year old's who have never liked wrestling suddenly turn into wrestling fans. For those people, I understand that it probably looks like complete nonsensical garbage.  Even actual wrestling fans understand that most of it is garbage.

[Nabbis]

Anime

What don't you like about it? Serious question

I mean I get why people wouldn't like it, especially if they don't like animation in general but what aspect is a turnoff for you?

Not the same poster but i do have a dislike towards Anime.

The reasons for that are mostly that after i left high-school, Anime continued to stay there. Then there's also this moe pedo crap and fan service popping up in mature themes or settings. Even something praised as good usually has one of these at least.

[Stoney Mason]

After i left high-school, Anime continued to stay there.

Yeah I mean I hear ya. The popular stuff is always going to be aimed at a target audience that is way beneath my age but the good stuff still does tickle that part of my brain that is young at heart.

I mean the same could be said for hip-hop for instance. I mean I loved it when I was younger but the popular stuff isn't aimed at me so you outgrow the thing if you feel like not enough of it is aimed at the things that matter to you as an adult.

That being said, I think anime often isn't anymore childish than the marvel movies which people of all ages seem to devour.
 

[Momo]

Anime

[zomgee]

I don't get "messages" from fiction or art. Movies books, poetry, doesn't matter. I don't get allegory or symbolism unless it is spelled out for me or I get a cheat sheet.

[ToxicAdam]

What don't you like about it? Serious question

I mean I get why people wouldn't like it, especially if they don't like animation in general but what aspect is a turnoff for you?

I don't like animation that is trying to be cool or badass. I'll watch animation that is light and goofy.

Plus, my earliest introductions to anime were things like Dragonball Z, Pokemon and Yu-gi-oh.  Just dreadful shit that I then associated with all of it. That's unfair to anime, but that's just how it happened for me. Then in the early-00's more and more JRPGs became infected with it and turned me off more. So many garbage cutscenes.

[Jerry]

I dont get why people listen to gaming soundtracks outside of the game

[hampster]

I didn't have cable so wrestling passed me by. I was pretty excited when it came to UPN but after watching I didn't get it.

[Momo]

I dont get why people listen to gaming soundtracks outside of the game

music created exclusively for a video game you mean?

[Madrun Badrun]

Love

[bork]

I dont get why people listen to gaming soundtracks outside of the game

I don't see how that's any different than listening to a movie soundtrack.  It's music.  People like to listen to music.
 

[Akala]

I am ok with people liking gaming OST but it's the ones where that is all they listen to that weird me out. 

On topic currently craft beer and Cardi B I guess. Maybe cilantro in general but that may be biological disposition.

There is a ton of stuff I don't get about pop culture in general. I have found on the other side of that, if EVERYONE thinks something is good, there is at least something in there where you can at least see where the value is, even if you don't like it. I tend to give most things a fair chance I think.

[headwalk]

giant comedy asses.

[team filler]

Not a jab at people who like these, btw.

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[samfish]

Being white (or any other ethnicity besides black I guess) and listening to most rap. Like, the lyrics don't apply to you. How are you not deeply uncomfortable or whatever singing along to or even enjoying a song that you almost certainly can't identify with? Or am I just a weirdo for feeling the need to be able to connect with the lyrics of a song on some level?

[Akala]

There are levels, but having to relate to something is kind of a you thing. Who cares if a song slaps? Do vocalists of other genders bug you if you can't 100% relate?

[headwalk]

Being white (or any other ethnicity besides black I guess) and listening to most rap. Like, the lyrics don't apply to you. How are you not deeply uncomfortable or whatever singing along to or even enjoying a song that you almost certainly can't identify with? Or am I just a weirdo for feeling the need to be able to connect with the lyrics of a song on some level?

the majority of black people have the same relationship to the imagined daily regimes of south central Gs as white people do to power metal songs about slaying orcs.

music is about eliciting emotion and there's more ways to skin a cat than in a chinese liveleak video.

[kingv]

I would say the vast majority of popular hip hop anymore doesn’t really have much in it that is culturally specific. Like amigos is just party music with as much lyrical depth as a Britney Spears song.

But,  I also don’t understand why Migos are so popular. I just think they are not very talented or interesting in any way. Their beats are ok, I guess?

I think Cardi is also not amazing, but I actually think her lyrics and delivery are, on average, better than Migos. And at least I understand that she is basically the new Nicki Minaj.

[Stoney Mason]

What don't you like about it? Serious question

I mean I get why people wouldn't like it, especially if they don't like animation in general but what aspect is a turnoff for you?

I don't like animation that is trying to be cool or badass. I'll watch animation that is light and goofy.

Plus, my earliest introductions to anime were things like Dragonball Z, Pokemon and Yu-gi-oh.  Just dreadful shit that I then associated with all of it. That's unfair to anime, but that's just how it happened for me. Then in the early-00's more and more JRPGs became infected with it and turned me off more. So many garbage cutscenes.

fair enough

[I'm a Puppy!]

Not a jab at people who like these, btw.

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For me, I don't get neo-puritanism. As someone who spent a lot of years and effort escaping from growing up in a puritanical society, I have no idea why anyone would willingly sign up for any of that.

[Akala]

I would say the vast majority of popular hip hop anymore doesn’t really have much in it that is culturally specific. Like amigos is just party music with as much lyrical depth as a Britney Spears song.

But,  I also don’t understand why Migos are so popular. I just think they are not very talented or interesting in any way. Their beats are ok, I guess?

I think Cardi is also not amazing, but I actually think her lyrics and delivery are, on average, better than Migos. And at least I understand that she is basically the new Nicki Minaj.

Migos are a bit eh (and terrible live) but they get a pass on Stir Fry, that's a great tune. I think they got popular as their flow was "interesting." At least kinda catchy.

Cardi I just don't like much, can't put my finger on it. I wouldn't put her on Nicki's level whatsoever, more like a Lil Kim or even Bhad Bhabie. 

[samfish]

There are levels, but having to relate to something is kind of a you thing. Who cares if a song slaps? Do vocalists of other genders bug you if you can't 100% relate?

I didn't say 100% relate though. Just that on SOME level, I feel the need to relate to the words being said. I can relate  to, say, a song about hob-knobbing with a bunch of stuck up people while feeling out of place even though I've never been to a party like that in my life. I can at least see some version of myself in such an situation. By contrast, there is no part of me that I feel can relate to something like Nicki Minaj's Only or Fuckin' Problems by Drake or something.

I don't know, it's just not how I talk, it's not how I act, it's not how I think. As a result, I don't ever connect with it and it feels foreign to me.

[mormapope]

Cardi is vain as fuck, I haven't listened to her songs outside of her hits on the radio, but her songs are always about she's hot shit. Is that prevalent everywhere in hip hop? Sure. But I haven't heard a hip hop song on the radio where the artist says their own fucking name 8 times in the span of 30 seconds.

She is a fad and her hits are fucking trash. She isn't fun or witty with sucking her own clit, its simple braggery. The references she uses in her songs to other artists is also painful.

[bork]

I wish I could say that I never "got got," but I did get got once years ago.  :'(

[kingv]

I would say the vast majority of popular hip hop anymore doesn’t really have much in it that is culturally specific. Like amigos is just party music with as much lyrical depth as a Britney Spears song.

But,  I also don’t understand why Migos are so popular. I just think they are not very talented or interesting in any way. Their beats are ok, I guess?

I think Cardi is also not amazing, but I actually think her lyrics and delivery are, on average, better than Migos. And at least I understand that she is basically the new Nicki Minaj.

Migos are a bit eh (and terrible live) but they get a pass on Stir Fry, that's a great tune. I think they got popular as their flow was "interesting." At least kinda catchy.

Cardi I just don't like much, can't put my finger on it. I wouldn't put her on Nicki's level whatsoever, more like a Lil Kim or even Bhad Bhabie. 

Oh, I agree. Nicki (or safaree) is much more clever and diverse lyrically than Cardi, but Cardi fills that same niche of “blah blah I’m rich now bitch and got a bomb pussy that all the niggy’s and nillas want, but they can’t afford me and my ass is way big af.”

I just would rather listen to her than offset and them.

I freely admit that I irrationally hate Migos. They fill the void that no limit and cash money left for me.

[Valkyrie]

Not a jab at people who like these, btw.

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filler I'm just upset I can't do them all at once

[HardcoreRetro]

Being white (or any other ethnicity besides black I guess) and listening to most rap. Like, the lyrics don't apply to you. How are you not deeply uncomfortable or whatever singing along to or even enjoying a song that you almost certainly can't identify with? Or am I just a weirdo for feeling the need to be able to connect with the lyrics of a song on some level?

Beside the vernacular, some of the experiences these songs describe are pretty much the same in poor white-trash areas. Speaking from experience here.

Hell, my white-trash neighbourhood got gentrified a few years back. Most of the "bad" people are gone now, but the soul of the neighbourhood went along with them.

I don't understand the need to identify with someone or something either way. It feels narcissistic. "It needs to be about me for me to like it." I like hearing different perspectives.

(It's why I don't understand Ree's hatred for that Last Night game. Getting a look into the ideas of the "alt-right" should be interesting, right?)

[Purrp Skirrp]

Figurines, ex: amiibos

[kingv]

Not a jab at people who like these, btw.

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filler I'm just upset I can't do them all at once

I just looked up ASMR, and it sounds really dumb.

[Rufus]

I think I get the 'brain tingles' the ASMR folk talk of, but only through touch, never from sounds.

[Momo]

Not a jab at people who like these, btw.

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filler I'm just upset I can't do them all at once

I just looked up ASMR, and it sounds really dumb.

A person I know makes ASMR videos, I feel kinda weird about it cause she did normal content till one day when I randomly said 'you have a cool voice for ASMR' and it happened shortly afterwards.

[headwalk]

in game cosmetics.

that said i'm all about developers funding the development of their game by rinsing nerds through their obsessive compulsion to dress up their digital dolls.

[HardcoreRetro]

I dont get why people listen to gaming soundtracks outside of the game

I like Masafumi Takada's soundtracks?



It's an elevator/latin-jazz/muzak version of Ravel's Bolero. This shit speaks to me on an emotional level.

[Madrun Badrun]

Not a jab at people who like these, btw.

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filler I'm just upset I can't do them all at once

Have you tried?

[kingv]

Not a jab at people who like these, btw.

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filler I'm just upset I can't do them all at once

I just looked up ASMR, and it sounds really dumb.

A person I know makes ASMR videos, I feel kinda weird about it cause she did normal content till one day when I randomly said 'you have a cool voice for ASMR' and it happened shortly afterwards.

Perhaps Tell her that she has a great voice for cam shows?

[samfish]

Not a jab at people who like these, btw.

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filler I'm just upset I can't do them all at once

I see no reason you can't get wasted and put on a pair of headphones, listen to some ASMR while playing a game and arguing with some of your asshole teammates on chat as you take a cock up your ass.

[samfish]

Being white (or any other ethnicity besides black I guess) and listening to most rap. Like, the lyrics don't apply to you. How are you not deeply uncomfortable or whatever singing along to or even enjoying a song that you almost certainly can't identify with? Or am I just a weirdo for feeling the need to be able to connect with the lyrics of a song on some level?

Beside the vernacular, some of the experiences these songs describe are pretty much the same in poor white-trash areas. Speaking from experience here.

Hell, my white-trash neighbourhood got gentrified a few years back. Most of the "bad" people are gone now, but the soul of the neighbourhood went along with them.

I don't understand the need to identify with someone or something either way. It feels narcissistic. "It needs to be about me for me to like it." I like hearing different perspectives.

(It's why I don't understand Ree's hatred for that Last Night game. Getting a look into the ideas of the "alt-right" should be interesting, right?)

I mean, it's not as if I'm listening to music and suddenly say, "Nope! I don't identify with this! I hate it!" It's more of an emotional reaction. I don't know. I can't explain it. Hence why I don't get it.
I don't really listen to music to be challenged mentally anyway. I never liked music from bands like Disturbed or Korn or whatever either because they were too dark and depressing lyrically for my tastes. I don't want to listen to music that makes me feel bad about myself either.

[seagrams hotsauce]

does that extend to other forms of media? this sounds a little like the music version of "I don't read fiction"

[mormapope]

I could never avoid music that makes me self reflect on pain or hardship. Music more than any medium, moves me so much faster and makes me think a lot harder.



This song does more for me than any two hour movie.

[nudemacusers]

Sketchers

Acqua di gio

Blazers with hoodies

Cargo shorts that aren’t by established designer labels

[TEEEPO]

health goth

cemetery photoshoots

white people

[nudemacusers]

health goth

This has been my fashpiration for like 3 years 

[bork]

Not a jab at people who like these, btw.

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filler I'm just upset I can't do them all at once

I just looked up ASMR, and it sounds really dumb.

Eh, it can help you relax or fall asleep.  But that's just pleasant sounds or people doing things or talking quietly.  Not the creepy roleplaying or camwhore equivalent shit that's all over the place.

[Bebpo]

Life

[bork]

"Health goth?"



wut

[Mr. Gundam]

Pokemon. I was in high school when it first came out so I was outside the target demographic and it just never interested me.

Waifus. Like what the hell. Really.

Wrestling
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