I cannot describe the visceral level of aversion I have to mainstream shit. It doesn’t matter if the show is the best thing on earth, if the general public knows about it (And I don’t mean the internet I mean the general public) then I refuse to watch or partake in it. I have no idea why and it genuinely kills me to be like this and I have no idea why.
It prevents me from joining most fandoms nowadays unless the fandom is super niche. Things like Hotel Hazbin, Star Wars, The Office, K-pop (in general), Kpop Demon Hunters, most popular anime… WHY. WHY AM I LIKE THIS?? Is anyone else like this? Even people just mentioning “Oh yeah I love One Piece, you should watch it sometimes” makes me go “Oh fuck nah I’m good” as if the damn show was a personal insult. I feel like a stuck-up prick when I do this but I genuinely can’t control it, why???
Yes, kinda.
I try to avoid mainstream English-language music, the stuff with hundreds of millions or billions of plays, and I try to seek out the smaller, underloved, good stuff, from anywhere in the world, and share that stuff with my friends and at my quiz show. I don’t think I’m a hipster; I don’t gatekeep people away from the music I find and like. I want them to hear it!
If you want to hear some music I’ve discovered recently, I’ll offer up Wishy, Angine de Poitrine, Chase Petra, Kaede Hirata, Suzane, and Fhalomir!
Going to a wedding and hearing 100 songs that I’ve heard 100 times before, but have never voluntarily played on my own equipment.