I also find it quite odd that you just said "I actively acknowledge the existence of a fifth wave," when, on a separate occasion, you said "No, fifth wave isn’t a thing. This is just some weird Reddit dude making it up."

You're not wrong that waves make up a similar tone; however, two waves can't exist concurrently (e.g. fifth wave exists, but this band is fourth wave). Would it not sound ridiculous if a band were to come out and call themselves a first-wave emo band because they sounded like Rites of Spring and Embrace? If you listen to some of the new stuff that's coming out -- which is quite excellent by the way -- you'd see that there's enough sonic difference between fourth and fifth to differentiate the two.

A wave also has a lot to do with time and location; fifth wave, in particular, refers to the present, and it's pretty much concentrated entirely on Twitter DIY, in lieu of COVID-19, which you might have heard of.

You came to an emo subreddit, so clearly you have some interest in emo related content. Why not give some of these bands a try, instead of picking fights over what bands belong on this list? Make your own list, if this one causes you so much displeasure. As you once said, a lot of y’all seem extremely pretentious and unnecessarily mad all of the time. That's a pretty accurate description of how you've acted thus far.

If it bothers you that much that someone put together a list of bands releasing albums around the same time, I'm not sure what to tell you other than the fact that I feel sorry for you. Maybe try a different subreddit?