Holy crap, LULZ's a dumpster fire.
LULZ has no interest in music other than as social capital. They consume enough music that their ability to appreciate the art becomes atrophied and the main goal is to just listen to more obscure stuff.
They are remarkably in love with off-kilter pop music for a board full of people who take pride in their passion for experimental music, and arguments here quickly devolve into interminable baiting between "it's boring" / "no, it's good" / "no, it's shit" because nobody has any basic knowledge of music theory or ability to articulate their opinions beyond "feels."
The few informed listeners of academic music spend their time signaling to the rest of the board and use their taste as leverage to get fifteen minutes of online pseudo-notoriety.
LULZ consists of people who aren't as weird as they like to think but use their ample free time and piracy to invest in a hobby that makes them feel special or sophisticated, allowing them to compensate for their lack of social skills and failures in concrete or academic pursuits.
The biggest irony is that the vast majority of LULZ is a hivemind ruled by a handful of online tastemakers mostly concerned with maintaining a balance between supporting "alternative" pop that will appeal to misunderstood teenagers and maintaining street cred among bored college students who constantly seek out "experimental" music for their mild amusement, negating the cultivation of individual taste or critical thinking in relation to music.
It's a feedback loop of posturing, masturbatory attitudes, and enough layers of irony to suffocate any hope of meaningful conversation. This last element--irony--is vital to allowing LULZ and similar collectives to ignore the reality of their situation and disregard posts as this one with little more than tongue-in-cheek one-word responses. One-word critiques of albums: "This album is boring" and nothing else.
How does this thread help?
there is no help, it’s over
>le edgy "dhis bore shucks!11" post
ok retard why are you still here then
LULZ consists of people who aren't as weird as they like to think but use their ample free time and piracy to invest in a hobby that makes them feel special or sophisticated, allowing them to compensate for their lack of social skills and failures in concrete or academic pursuits.
a month ago this guy posted in a "favorite album" thread and mistakingly posted a picture of a t-shirt print with the same album instead... It's sad, i'm glad other people are starting to notice. Social media: how can i benifit from this?
the favorite album was ofc some shit no one had ever heared of
You sound like a bigger asshole. Why do people keep trying to gatekeep art as an academic pursuit? Do they just like feeling better than people? Who gives a flying fuck about theory?
please learn what "gatekeep" means.
anon lives inside your computer and has no power, he can't stop you from doing anything
>nobody has any basic knowledge of music theory or ability to articulate their opinions beyond "feels."
That's gatekeeping you morons
no it’s a comment on how fucking dumb everyone is in their articulation of what they do or don’t like in music, resulting in endless threads that are: it’s shit. op is right, that’s all anyone has as a means to express anything because there is no knowledge, yet y’all act like you know everything. you don’t need theory, though. just stop being so fucking dumb and form an actual sentence
>no it’s a comment on how fucking dumb everyone is in their articulation of what they do or don’t like in music
so they means they can't engage with the culture, meaning gatekeeping. You fucking idiot
not engaging is not engaging. gatekeeping is when manipulative and completely different
your reading comprehension is not synching with the points being made, you mischaracterize completely and only showed yourself to be offended because you’re guilty of everything op pointed out. you’re in denial
Are you guys projecting your stupidity? The post literally said people don't know anything about theory so they shouldn't be taken seriously. That's gatekeeping you stupid fucks.
>when someone takes it upon themselves to decide who does or does not have access or rights to a community or identity".
ie PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW THEORY YOU FUCKING RETARDS KILL YOURSELVES naggerS
LULZ sucks but the last of its problems is not knowing enough music theory
Post the shit you written. Let's see your "theory"
For me it's the political bullshit, and the cruelty for the sake of it.
I listen to music and want to talk about music to get away from the political bullshit being rammed down our throats 24/7 everywhere else. Just give me a fucking hour for fucks sake.
Those threads stop being about music and just devolve into which sides beliefs are correct or not.
The cruelty for the sake of it helps facilitate the hive mind you mentioned. People just repeat the same bullshit so they aren't torn apart for having differing tastes.
Instead of conversing about it, and creating discussion it's turned into who can say the most fucked up thing because someone disagrees with your mighty opinion. From there it turns into a pissing contest between two idiots fighting. No music being discussed.
Both of these things have became worse over the years. It's not the only factors destroying LULZ but it's 2 of them.
That's only about half the board, the other half is kpop
Yet you keep coming back.
imagine defending the state of this board and your only argument is to attack someone for pointinv out fucked it is, not one argument made as to why it’s a healthy board. it only helps proving op’s case against mew. it’s all hate and circlejerking in the most retarded fashion, not a single redeeming qualty to be found. this place deserves to die and never recover
>It's a feedback loop of posturing, masturbatory attitudes, and enough layers of irony to suffocate any hope of meaningful conversation. This last element--irony--is vital to allowing LULZ and similar collectives to ignore the reality of their situation and disregard posts as this one with little more than tongue-in-cheek one-word responses. One-word critiques of albums: "This album is boring" and nothing else.
accurate depiction of 95% of the board, the other 5 is Kslop
it’s really dead and i’m glad