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There's something foul about the air here...

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There's something foul about the air here...

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There's something foul about the air here...

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There's something foul about the air here...

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There's something foul about the air here...

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There's something foul about the air here...

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There's something foul about the air here...

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There's something foul about the air here...

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There's something foul about the air here...

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Posted in Gatekeeping Newcomers Posted 5 years ago
There's something foul about the air here...

Back in my freshman year of high school, I borrowed one of my mom's Nirvana shirts. I casually listened to the band from time to time and I just felt like wearing it.
I got two different interactions that day from people in the same friend group:
First, one of the guys said something like "Oh cool, Nirvana! What's you're favourite song?". It was a nice interaction.
Then, later in the day two other guys started grilling me about the band, saying if I couldn't name 5 songs that weren't Smells Like Teen Spirit and Heart Shaped Box, then I wasn't allowed to wear the shirt.
Since I only casually listened to them without paying a whole lot of attention, I couldn't really name too many songs.
After that I stopped listening to Nirvana since I felt bad about it.

I see this so often online, and it really makes me angry, especially when it's in communities that are supposed to be welcoming and inclusive. Huge fans will push new fans away because of this.
I want people to enjoy the things I enjoy, I don't want to push them away, I want to have other people around me that I can talk about these things I like with, I don't want to be the only person I know that knows about this one thing. I don't understand why others don't do the same.

Anyway, stupid rant over. What are your thoughts?


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There's something foul about the air here...

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There's something foul about the air here...

Bump bump bump, ba dump a dump bumpa bump


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There's something foul about the air here...

Bump bump bump, ba dump a dump bumpa bump


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