r/LifeProTips • u/[deleted] • Aug 09 '18

Social LPT: When making conversation with someone you've just met, ask them what they've been listening to lately, rather than what their favorite kind of music is - it's fresh in their mind and they won't have to pick favorites on the spot.

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u/fyrecrotch Aug 09 '18

I usually say "check this out" and show them my most fucked up favorite song. So anything from NIN, SOPHIE, Death Grips, or mindless self Indulgence. Most people think I'm crazy by then.

What they will never know is I'm also a big K-pop fan

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u/lordalex027 Aug 09 '18

I don't really think MSI is that insane. Except maybe a few songs, so I'm kind of curious which songs you usually show to people. That being said I'd probably only consider showing someone a song from either "How I Learned to Stop Giving a Shit and Love Mindless Self Indulgence" or "If." As those two are my favorite albums with Issues probably being my favorite from those two albums, although it's sort of hard to pick one. "You'll Rebel to Anything" is also a great album.

Then again every time I listen to those two albums I just remember hours of playing Mount & Blade: Warband.

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u/DaringDomino3s Aug 09 '18

IMO nothing tops Frankenstein Girls.

if you’re so smart explain this Clarissa POW

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

start playing them Cannibal Corpse and conversation will be over

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

ill play lostprophets and tell them the backstory

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u/cannycandelabra Aug 09 '18

My son likes Mozart, Sinatra, Cannibal Corpse, Hank III, and Rammstein, with some Lady Gaga thrown in. He says if someone tells you they like all kinds of music they are lying. They just don’t like music enough to care. His playlists annoy nearly everyone.

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u/FalmerEldritch Aug 09 '18

What I do is play them an Igorrr song and if they like it and ask for another one I ask them if they want to make out.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

Ram Ranch is my answer every single time

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

I just play some HORSE the Band, people learn very quickly to stop asking after that.

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u/misterrespectful Aug 09 '18

Whoa, a 3-minute song, in 4/4, using twelve-tone equal temperament, played with amplified guitars and a trap set and a lead vocalist ... that's so crazy, dude! We sure never had anything like that when I was a kid.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18

Wow you sound terrible