(IDM) being "unique" (was Re: (idm) Speaking for yourself :P)
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quoted 3 lines face it //// its an ego thing. Uall want 2 B>face it //// its an ego thing. Uall want 2 B
>different and Unique //// and what do U doo // U join a forum where there
>R others like U.
i find no problem in liking something b/c it is different than what other
people listen too...not to say that it is okay to like it for only that
reason, but the uniqueness of what i listen to is part of why i like it...
IDM-related artists are primarily what i listen to...however i also enjoy
(although i don't stock my collection with) many other forms of music, and
am not embarrased to enjoy the popular local "alternative" radio
station...i am a clean-cut guy, work a 9 to 5 job, wear jeans and t-shirts,
among other "normal" things...bascally what i am trying to say is that i am
not one who masquerades himself as being "unique" or cool b/c of it, and i
imagine that many people on this list don't do so either...despite this, i
enjoy the fact that not many other people i know listen to the same music i
do...for me it is something to call my own...like the blankets we carried
when we were young, or the old t-shirt we yearn to get back from our
ex-girlfriend, we all have things that we consider to be unconditionally
"ours"...for me, the music i listen to is my own little playground, where i
can separate myself from the outside world...i consider this music to be my
own, and the specialness of the music wouldn't be the same if i heard is
coming from every car stereo that drove by my house...
so enjoying the uniqueness of music doesn't necessarily have to be a bad
thing...perhaps you should start giving people the benefit of the doubt
before you go around name-calling and making assumptions about the
personalities of people you don't know...
-brad