PeteChips wrote:
I'm gonna go out on a limb and make some personal comments here.
Metal makes up a portion of the music I enjoy, and I used to say it was just a phase, something I'll grow up and out of. I guess back then I wasn't so proud of it, and was trying to reassure those around me that I'm not really serious about it. I wasn't proud of it.
Now, three years later, I find that my music collection is mostly metal. Well, its become nigh time to embrace it and accept it as a form of music I love, and be proud of it. I won't live in denial, or live ashamed of what I do. Now, I'd say that I am proud of the music I listen to.
But now it all came together for me. I realize the reason I used to deny my metal leanings. People who are brash and shocking with their posts are those that I do not want to be associated with in the 'metal-head' category. Others, peppered with piercings and covered in tatooes, walking around with a chip on their shoulder, freaky beards down to their bellybuttons are something that I'm certainly not. These people seem to use metal as an excuse to be aggresive and unapproachable, which is fine, I guess, but not healthy. Not a way of life I'd really recommend to anybody who I care about, you know, unless they're trustworthy and know what they're doing.
I am respectful, intelligent, and creative, and enjoy intense music, especially in the vein of Ihsahn and other epic metal artists. I have long hair. I play guitar and drums and piano, get the drift? I am not an insensitive crazy who posts about cock-sucking and silly crap like that. I don't punch people in mosh pits or kill babies in my spare time. In fact I'm in med school.
I'm sorry to be on my soapbox going on a rant here out on my limb, but I have these feelings that I wanted to get across to somebody. Not to lash out against anybody in particular, but I just wanted to say that these forums SHOULD have deeper, more engaging discussions, not cock-suck this or that, or this guy's an idiot or not. Metal heads can be deep and intelligent people, just like other people, only difference being they listen to louder music.
Let's say more on these forums, not less. :mrgreen:
Well, well, well. Obviously you haven't been reading much of the posts made around here because then you'd know that the cock-sucking joke was a rare example of its kind. Guess what? I don't kill babies or punch people in mosh pits, or even have long hair! Yet still like metal, just like yourself. If you want to change the direction of the forum, why not take a larger part, instead of standing on the sidelines and sniping when you think something's wrong?
Radical Cut wrote:
There is an end to the english language. Resting somewhere far past that end are the words to describe your inability to be amusing or witty in any given situation.
Shut up!