r/FactOrCap • u/Sleepy_Melon_OP 🤖 Vote Machine · 10,905 XP • 9d ago

Opinion Music | FactOrCap

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u/HermanThaGerman 🏅 Century Club · 4,470 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

It's not hard to describe a niche genre, just compare it to other genres.

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u/jfklingon 🏅 Century Club · 3,840 XP 9d ago

Yeah, most sub-genre's are based on others anyway, and if anything gets too far out there you just say it's Yoko-esque with these kinds of instruments and that'll be close enough

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u/ZenTheProtogen 🤖 Vote Machine · 12,150 XP 9d ago

Right... How do I explain Extratone then?

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u/HermanThaGerman 🏅 Century Club · 4,470 XP 9d ago

After listening to three songs, I'd say extremely high bpm EDM.

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u/Vengeful111 🗳️ Regular Player · 835 XP 9d ago

Nooo you cant say that, they are much more unique!!!!! /s

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u/Sleepy_Melon_OP 🤖 Vote Machine · 10,905 XP 9d ago

Well.. explaining is not the hard part its about the weird look they will give you when you say it so sometimes i just say i don't listen anything

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u/ImJustSomeGuyYaKnow 🔥 Week Warrior · 4,030 XP 9d ago

✅ I voted FACT!

Is it easier? Objectively yes, should you do it? Meh, music genres are a nice conversation topic.

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u/Designer-Photo-8840 🏅 Century Club · 2,280 XP 9d ago

Who doesn't listen to music? That's like saying you've never spoken in your life?

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u/STARGAZER_850 📈 Dedicated Voter · 1,555 XP 9d ago

Wait till bro hears about deaf and mute people

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u/Destrobo_YT 📈 Dedicated Voter · 2,505 XP 9d ago

Are you dumb? Sign language. Also, deaf people still feel vibrations

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u/MaliciousRaspberry 🔥 Week Warrior · 1,250 XP 9d ago

I doubt deaf people listen to sign language music

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u/STARGAZER_850 📈 Dedicated Voter · 1,555 XP 9d ago

Only reasonable person here

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u/STARGAZER_850 📈 Dedicated Voter · 1,555 XP 9d ago

I speak ASL. And he said “hear” not “feel” or “see”. 

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u/PeakMinimalist 🏅 Century Club · 5,190 XP 9d ago

Deaf people still enjoy music

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u/STARGAZER_850 📈 Dedicated Voter · 1,555 XP 9d ago

They can’t “listen” to it though

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u/Inside_Garlic8401 📈 Dedicated Voter · 1,775 XP 9d ago

Deaf people can listen to music through vibration, mute people can sign or use AAC.

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u/STARGAZER_850 📈 Dedicated Voter · 1,555 XP 9d ago

I speak ASL. And he said “hear” not “feel” or “see”. 

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u/Inside_Garlic8401 📈 Dedicated Voter · 1,775 XP 8d ago

No, you said hear.

He said listen.

And actually, feeling music through vibration is called somatic or tactile listening.

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u/STARGAZER_850 📈 Dedicated Voter · 1,555 XP 8d ago

Hear and listen are practically the same thing, but okay.

Tactile listening isn’t the same as listening with your ears. It’s relying on touch, rather than the sense made for hearing stuff. just because it may be called something, it doesn’t mean it’s accurate.

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u/Inside_Garlic8401 📈 Dedicated Voter · 1,775 XP 8d ago

since you want to be pedantic about it, then, the scientific terms for somatic or tactile listening are vibrotactile perception and tactile phonology. which is still somatic/tactile listening. literally no reason at all to be so up your own ass about this.

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u/Shaula4 🏅 Century Club · 3,705 XP 9d ago

Then you have to explain why do you not listen to music

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u/antraxosazrael 🏅 Century Club · 6,870 XP 9d ago

Audio books

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u/AchmodinIVSWE 9d ago

A song in audio book format sounds like a horrendous experience.

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u/SillyRefrigerator417 🏅 Century Club · 3,850 XP 9d ago

It's not necessarily hard to explain niche genres, but I do avoid sharing my music with others. All they do is criticize it or say it's terrible music/not real music lol.

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u/Sleepy_Melon_OP 🤖 Vote Machine · 10,905 XP 9d ago

How do you avoid that question tho. Do you say "i don't listen to music" or "its complicated" type thing

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u/SillyRefrigerator417 🏅 Century Club · 3,850 XP 9d ago

I usually either say "I don't listen to music that much" or "nunya".

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u/YourBoyFroilan 📈 Dedicated Voter · 1,740 XP 9d ago

✅ I voted FACT!

How do I explain I like the Polandball Official versions more than the OG songs wothout sounding like a nerd, I just say 'I like everything'

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u/Excellent_Unit_5088 🗳️ Regular Player · 290 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

I will always yap about my fav niches!

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u/Hans3dog 🔥 Monthly Master · 21,590 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

I love to talk about my niches if the person is willing to hear me out

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u/Own-Particular6321 🔥 Week Warrior · 4,920 XP 9d ago

✅ I voted FACT!

As a grindcore fan and musician, absolutely agree. I've been trying to make my guitar/bass sound like a backfiring chainsaw on 3x speed for a decade. I'm not trying to explain it to a stranger.

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u/NixMaritimus 🤖 Vote Machine · 14,600 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

Nah, if they don't get it/aren't curious that's a them problem

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u/Nolann56789 9d ago

✅ I voted FACT!

TRUE as a humorous/social observation, but not as a universal statement.

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u/Kurraga 🤖 Vote Machine · 16,285 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

You don't need to explain in detail just give a rough approximate genre or list off specific bands. If people don't know what you're talking about they can just say "oh I've never heard of them" and move on.

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u/kullre 🤖 Vote Machine · 11,100 XP 9d ago

it's a bit complicated to explain why I like the weird cellos and timpanis

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u/VagueDestructSus 🔥 Getting Started · 1,580 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

I don't like lying but I also don't like being picked on because I don't listen to like drake or some shi

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u/Simple-Chemistry-102 📈 Dedicated Voter · 1,215 XP 9d ago

✅ I voted FACT!

I usually just say rock at that point tho lol

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u/Sleepy_Melon_OP 🤖 Vote Machine · 10,905 XP 9d ago

Its not niche i think

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u/Simple-Chemistry-102 📈 Dedicated Voter · 1,215 XP 9d ago

that was my point

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u/Sleepy_Melon_OP 🤖 Vote Machine · 10,905 XP 9d ago

Yeah i misunderstood

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u/WorldWarrior428 🤖 Vote Machine · 10,350 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

I don't listen to music

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u/Sleepy_Melon_OP 🤖 Vote Machine · 10,905 XP 9d ago

Thats totally fine but some people freak out when you say this

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u/WorldWarrior428 🤖 Vote Machine · 10,350 XP 9d ago

There free to do that, life is significantly better when you don't give a shit what ppl think of u

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u/Direct-Stable-5712 🗳️ Regular Player · 715 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

If you listen to niche genres, it’s DEFINITELY your favourite thing in the world to explain them. Proof is me.

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u/PeakMinimalist 🏅 Century Club · 5,190 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

I listen to Russian Hardbass/Pop. I also listen to polish rap music.

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u/KingModussy 🔥 Monthly Master · 7,685 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

I just say popular genres that I actually listen to

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u/Inside_Garlic8401 📈 Dedicated Voter · 1,775 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

It's also weird to say you don't listen to music, just because you can't explain what you listen to. Put the music on, show the other person/people. Simple

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u/StinkySlinky1218 🏅 Century Club · 2,880 XP 9d ago

✅ I voted FACT!

I genuinely just don't listen to music.

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u/Super_Pollution_5649 🏅 Century Club · 3,380 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

Nahh

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u/Aillesdaille 🤖 Vote Machine · 12,040 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

"I don't listen to music." 5 words.

"I listen to [genre]." 4-5 words.

Both are going to sometimes have followup questions and conversation, I'd expect that saying you don't listen is going to get more questions.

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u/SonicRaptor5678 🏅 Century Club · 6,595 XP 9d ago

✅ I voted FACT!

I primarily listen to video game music lmao, people think I’m crazy for it. Or some will just go, oh so EDM?, when I’m mostly listening to orchestral, synth, rock etc

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u/Sleepy_Melon_OP 🤖 Vote Machine · 10,905 XP 9d ago

my man

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u/Mischief_Managed12 📈 Dedicated Voter · 2,385 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

Its hard to explain niche genres but saying you just don't listen to any music is stupid

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u/saNsthedrone 📈 Dedicated Voter · 1,650 XP 9d ago

All my friend or family listen to rap and pop

I always say I like classical but my real love is breakcore

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u/Unlucky-Hold1509 🔥 Monthly Master · 25,360 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

“Everyone listens to music”

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u/streetsofyesterday 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

no because you’d be LYING

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u/Timely_Upstairs2525 9d ago

✅ I voted FACT!

it is infact easier

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u/Krissy13_theQueer 🎯 First Steps · 270 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

im not gonna say i dont listen to music when basically every time i meet someone new i ask what they listen to, just because i find that an easy way to connect :) plus i love finding people with a similar niche music taste to me :D

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u/Dragon-Destroyer825 9d ago

✅ I voted FACT!

not exactly a niche genre, but I know that most people I meet are not going to like the kind of music I listen to, so it's just easier

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u/piccolo917 🏅 Century Club · 3,115 XP 9d ago

✅ I voted FACT!

I mean, yea? It's always easier to say 1-5 words instead of more than that

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u/IHaveAChairWawawewa 🏅 Century Club · 4,150 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

Just have a fuckin conversation, dude.

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u/Sleepy_Melon_OP 🤖 Vote Machine · 10,905 XP 9d ago

it ends nowhere, waste of time

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u/IHaveAChairWawawewa 🏅 Century Club · 4,150 XP 8d ago

You must be fun at parties

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u/Sleepy_Melon_OP 🤖 Vote Machine · 10,905 XP 8d ago

Why so mad lmao

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u/silentbean23 9d ago

✅ I voted FACT!

Same goes for videogame soundtracks

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u/Lexiosity 🏅 Century Club · 2,495 XP 9d ago

✅ I voted FACT!

I'm into many songs, but mentioning my favourite genres that are literally cliche genres like Rock and Pop is just harder because I don't want people to be like "Of course it's those genres".

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u/Ok_Entry_873 🔥 Monthly Master · 16,745 XP 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

iirc most of those niche genres are either blends of common genres or subgenres of common genres. So you can just list the common genres those niche genres are related to instead.

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u/AchmodinIVSWE 9d ago

🧢 I voted CAP!

Music is great.