# Are Testicles Really Necessary? A Thirtyish Male Confronts His Fondness for Journey

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 15, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-testicles-really-necessary-a-thirtyish-male-confronts-his-fondness-for-journey/207629 "2003-10-15T19:19:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-testicles-really-necessary-a-thirtyish-male-confronts-his-fondness-for-journey/207629/21 "2003-10-17T00:51:32Z")

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I am a man who is not ashamed to listen to Journey, Styx, and a lot of the soft rock and ballads of the era. I hope this puts to rest the concerns expressed in the OP.

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-testicles-really-necessary-a-thirtyish-male-confronts-his-fondness-for-journey/207629/22 "2003-10-17T03:49:13Z")

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> \*Originally posted by pepperlandgirl \*  
> \*\*Overly-defensive Chicago fan? Is there any other kind? \*\*

Yes.

But first: bite me. 😛

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**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-testicles-really-necessary-a-thirtyish-male-confronts-his-fondness-for-journey/207629/23 "2003-10-17T23:06:30Z")

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BBV Lou, of course. Styx gets lots of crap thrown at them, and I never quite understood why.

I say if you enjoy it - be it music, wine, or anything else - its good. I don’t happen to like lots of what’s popular (music, tv, etc and so on) but call it crap? I’m not sure I can judge like that.

However I can name quite a few songs by both Journey and Styx I can do without… I’m not much of a ballad person. “Open Arms” and “Babe” can disappear from the earth and I wouldn’t miss them one bit.

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