EpsilonX
04-10-2014, 12:08 AM
Okay, so I spend a lot of time online, due to a lack of anything else to do...so i'll browse around youtube and facebook...and then leave comments. I know what you're thinking, I've already made a big mistake, but bear with me. I'll say something along the lines of "If you listen to Blind Guardian's early stuff, you can tell they were influenced by Helloween." Now, for those who aren't familiar with those two bands, they're both extremely popular and influential power metal bands...Helloween is arguably the most influential, and virtually every power metal band to come out since has taken something from Helloween. Now, if you listen to the later Blind Guardian stuff, it's pretty unique...like if Queen decided to play metal. However, their first two albums are extremely similar to Helloween. With me so far? Well some idiots on youtube decided to call me retarded, stupid, and about 10 other names for saying that Blind Guardian was influenced by Helloween. It's like...did these people either A. never listen to the first two Blind Guardian albums? B. not read my post? or C. Both? If you're going to call me an idiot that knows nothing about power metal and doesn't have metal in my heart (their words, not mine) then you should probably actually look into what I'm saying, because it's clear that THEY have no idea what they're talking about, yet they go around spouting their opinions.
Wait, opinions? On the internet? Funny, right? People seem to act as if everything on the internet is FACT unless there is a giant flashing neon sign that says "GUYS KEEP IN MIND THIS IS MY OPINION." Duh, it's your opinion. So when I go on a youtube video and say that I don't like something, I get bombarded with "go away" and "nobody asked for your opinion" or my favorite "the band doesn't care that you don't like their song." I really, really, hope that the band does, in fact, NOT care about my opinion. If a band went on youtube and saw my post saying that I didn't like their song, and they quit making music because of it, then that's really pathetic. Yet all these people whine and cry about the fact that I watched a music video and then said I didn't enjoy it, as if i'm completely destroying everything that's good in their life and taking a dump on their bed. Negative opinions exist, and people are equally allowed to express both positive AND negative ones. So, among all of the "nobody cares if you don't like the song" comments, I say something along the lines of "I just posted my opinion, you don't need to cry about it," and get attacked even further. Apparently, i'm stalking the person who told me to go away, because I "know" that they're crying. Wtf?? "I never said you weren't allowed to like the song, and you're allowed to express your opinion, but for some reason i'm not allowed to express mine." I realize that these are all probably kids that are a lot younger than me, but still. This is only scratching the surface of the level of stupidity I see on youtube and facebook. I'm not going to get into it.
Another thing i've noticed is that people get mad when I correct their spelling or grammar, but the way I see it is...if you're in college, and you can't spell words like minute or course correctly, you need to be corrected. Sorry, my rant isn't as long here.
Okay....i'm done. I just needed to go on a tirade, and I think my Facebook friends are sick of hearing about how dumb the people who frequent Youtube are.
Wait, opinions? On the internet? Funny, right? People seem to act as if everything on the internet is FACT unless there is a giant flashing neon sign that says "GUYS KEEP IN MIND THIS IS MY OPINION." Duh, it's your opinion. So when I go on a youtube video and say that I don't like something, I get bombarded with "go away" and "nobody asked for your opinion" or my favorite "the band doesn't care that you don't like their song." I really, really, hope that the band does, in fact, NOT care about my opinion. If a band went on youtube and saw my post saying that I didn't like their song, and they quit making music because of it, then that's really pathetic. Yet all these people whine and cry about the fact that I watched a music video and then said I didn't enjoy it, as if i'm completely destroying everything that's good in their life and taking a dump on their bed. Negative opinions exist, and people are equally allowed to express both positive AND negative ones. So, among all of the "nobody cares if you don't like the song" comments, I say something along the lines of "I just posted my opinion, you don't need to cry about it," and get attacked even further. Apparently, i'm stalking the person who told me to go away, because I "know" that they're crying. Wtf?? "I never said you weren't allowed to like the song, and you're allowed to express your opinion, but for some reason i'm not allowed to express mine." I realize that these are all probably kids that are a lot younger than me, but still. This is only scratching the surface of the level of stupidity I see on youtube and facebook. I'm not going to get into it.
Another thing i've noticed is that people get mad when I correct their spelling or grammar, but the way I see it is...if you're in college, and you can't spell words like minute or course correctly, you need to be corrected. Sorry, my rant isn't as long here.
Okay....i'm done. I just needed to go on a tirade, and I think my Facebook friends are sick of hearing about how dumb the people who frequent Youtube are.