Just because I listen to Marilyn Manson, does NOT mean that you should give me a weird look when I go to buy it. I spent 23.sumthin$ of my hard earned money to buy that cd; of COURSE I listen to it. You think I just bought it so you could stare at me like I’ve grown a few more appendages? Who are you to judge me? Is that how you treat ALL the customers?
Well, since you asked me, quite rudely, I might add, If I listen to “that freak”, yes, indeed I do. Infact, I listen to alot of “freaks” as your britney spears, n*sync types would term them. Ever hear of Korn? Disturbed? Ozzy Osbourne? I like thier songs. Not all of them are about getting someone in bed. Infact, “disposable teens” by Manson, is exactly the oposite. Also one of my favorite songs.
And the fact that the not even 60 second walk from TFM, where I just bought the cd from you, to the entrance of the mall, took me instead 5 friggin minutes because every step I took, some nosey person I barely knew would ask me what I’de bought, then proceed to derate the cd.
I’m sorry if your opinion of me just lowerd considerably based on the genre of music I enjoy listening to. I know you’re probably into rap, or pop(I shudder just to say the word) and yet, I base my opinion of you on whether you’re a jack-ass or not. Apparently you are.
Thank god my mother didn’t see it. She’d send me to a convent. I’de be burnt at the stake.
And as for all you biased jerks, you may kiss my ass. I never asked you to listen to Mr. Manson. Infact, I’de be amazed if you’de ever even heard any of his songs. You probably don’t have the mind capacity to deal with the negitivity of it.
So fuck you.
I’m also 15, and, though I haven’t seen any doctors, if I’m anything like my mother, clinically depressed.
Mr.Mansons songs are very negative. do you know the words to disosable teens? Coma white?
I kinda connect with it…
Plus, theres really good guitar.
A friend of mine listens to “freak” music. She says it’s easiest to deal with people who ridicule her music choices by sweetly saying “I was a little weirded out at first, but once I got past the stupid clothes and scary videos, the music’s pretty good.” Then she flashes her tongue ring. Give it a shot!
My mom would have an apopolexy if I ever got my tongue pierced. not that It won’t happen, in the near future…
I like Mr. Manson because he thinks the whole fame thing is a riot.
He once bathed in a duck suit with his curtains open just to give the press something to write about.
When someone tells me that hes a freak, I say,
"so the fact that he doesn’t have fake breasts and doesn’t walk around whining abot love makes him abnormal, huh?)
I’d be more put out about spending “23.sumthin$” on a cd. If that’s anything like twenty-three dollars and change, I’d start shopping elsewhere…unless it was a double cd, or something. $23.00 for a regular cd is unwholesomely steep.
No opinion on the Manster himself, though. I don’t think I’ve ever heard any of his stuff. Anybody who relies that much on appearances to make an impression leaves me wondering what’s lacking in their music that requires such extensive supplimentation, however.
We’re talking $23 Canadian, right? You might have lost something in the translation there, Dijon.
All Manson wackiness aside, holding a “discussion” like the one in the OP gets a thousand times easier if you don’t goad anyone on. No one’s mind is going to get changed; if you bristle and vehemently defend your choice of music/clothes/food/books/anything, most people will get even more stubborn and unpleasant. Choose your battles. Say “Yep, I like the music. Thanks for ringing that up!” or “I’ll have to think about that. How about that local sports team/current movie/recent shooting?” Then, later on, you can listen to your new CD without fuming about the fight you had in the record store, the better to enjoy the depressing and cynical lyrical stylings.
Just further advice from a former teenage malcontent. It worked for me. Take my words with a shaker of salt. Your milage may vary. Offer not valid in Utah, Hawaii or the Yukon. Rock.
:smack: Why can’t those durned foreigners use American money like the rest of us?!?
(Hey, magic8ball, if it’s any consolation, nobody much likes my music, either. For some reason, Buddhist chants just don’t go over well at work. My musical motto: Not everyone can have excellent taste. )
Dijon… I get paid 7.50 an hour. 23.sumthin is alot of money for me.
Plus, TFM is the only Music store in town. oh, besides walmart… but they only have country and pop music.
I think it cost so much becuase I had to order the CD in. I had to get my freinds mom to order it for me though, becuase you have to be 18 in order to buy it yourself.
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