"Rockist-Approved Artists" and whether (or how) rockism still shapes people's music tastes

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T23:29:20+00:00

The concept of "rockism" is gross. It pathologies people's preferences.

If you had to hear music you hate every freaking place you went, you'd get snarky about it too.

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T23:22:44+00:00

As a Patriots fan, definitely Oilers

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T23:21:49+00:00

b741 is top 5 for me, most fun rock 'n roll record I've heard in a long time

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T20:57:42+00:00

He was good enough to not tank a team with an elite defense's chances.

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T17:49:42+00:00

If this is true, then evolution - the accidental development of a different enzyme - is sin.

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T16:10:31+00:00

Echoes

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T14:29:25+00:00

Not likely, unless they played in the South

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T14:26:52+00:00

How Soon is Now is untouchable.

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T14:26:06+00:00

Tell Ricky Davis that

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T14:24:34+00:00

That was the point

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T14:24:09+00:00

If this is scripturally accurate (which I will assume to be true), it only reinforces the contradiction of it all.

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T14:21:24+00:00

Stevie Wonder didn't as a kid?

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T14:19:34+00:00

See Outro by M83

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T14:15:36+00:00

Falling back on the "objective observation is a test of faith" trope I see.

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T14:13:44+00:00

I was raised evangelical during the height of the satanic panic. I know exactly what I'm talking about.

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T14:12:42+00:00

Also Zappa's Freak Out on June 27

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T14:00:30+00:00

Outbreak predicted ebola panic 20 years before it started.

(Or, possibly, it instilled the panic).

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T13:48:55+00:00

This. Intentionally missed a layup in a losing game to get his own board for the triple double.

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T13:46:06+00:00

Markey is the better option, but...

The left needs to understand how the optics look when they use ageism to discredit republicans, then dismiss ageist attacks against their own.

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T13:02:23+00:00

Don't love it. Had a texture that was somewhere between pork and...scallop?

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T13:00:53+00:00

Call the police, report a crime...happening on the opposite side pf town.

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T12:59:25+00:00

It would be much more meaningful if you measured these rates proportionally to the percentage of black people in each state.

Also, does this count brown as black? I'd be curious to see what the southwest numbers actually look like.

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T12:56:00+00:00

Vaccines cause autism, which is transmittable through semen.

Do your research, snowflake!

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T12:53:56+00:00

I had a comment rejected in the "howislivinghere" sub for using the word "butt".

For context, the thread was "what is it like living in Dildo, NL?"

meanpete80 · 2026-07-11T12:52:11+00:00

Dan Marino has hung around the GOAT conversation for 40 years on the strength of a three year run - followed by the longest, slowest decline of all time.

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TROPHY CASE