Submitted by patatafishSG t3_106ahve in videos
Vetissimus t1_j3hqmuw wrote
Reply to comment by virgilvandijkcheese in Punk show in a San Francisco BART train. by patatafishSG
It feels forced - absent of any true emotion…
But they have youth on their side and are exploring musical expression and that I can applaud.
A7MOSPH3RIC t1_j3i7z0u wrote
"absent of true emotion"
Yeah, there is no emotion in punk. /sarcasm
Vetissimus t1_j3id1nv wrote
“It feels forced - absent of true emotion”
Your attempt at partially quoting me and then misinterpreting what I said is frustrating… obviously I never said punk itself was absent of true emotion >:/
Were you in the band?
A7MOSPH3RIC t1_j3ijh48 wrote
Ok, you are not speaking of the music. What then is "absent of true emotion" to you then?
Perhaps you can swallow a little bit of that pride and admit you made a judgement statement which may not be founded.
No I'm not in the band.
Vetissimus t1_j3ik6af wrote
The word “feels” is in my original statement. You should swallow your attempts at debate.
A7MOSPH3RIC t1_j3je59f wrote
What *feels* "absent of true emotion?"
Vetissimus t1_j3qsxgm wrote
Yourself
A7MOSPH3RIC t1_j3rpyr8 wrote
No, I certainly feel emotions that are true and so do you. We all do. For example, You are clearly bothered by me asking you to explain what in particular you felt was so lacking in true emotion. It's clear you can't articulate this and perhaps you even know that you were being judgemental and just threw out a criticism that might not be true without thinking about it too much. The interesting thing, to me, is that it is your "true emotion" that prevents you from saying something to the affect of: "on further reflection there are true emotions going on here."
Of course these young people are experiencing true emotions. They are clearly feeling this experience. They're doing something daring; risky even. They're having fun. They're making music and having experiences. The music itself is very emotional. The singer is literally screaming into the microphone with anguished energy. Whatever you feel about this music or this act of taking over a metro train, the one thing that is clear is that these people and this music are full of emotions.
Vetissimus t1_j3tqa4m wrote
You have to be in the band
virgilvandijkcheese t1_j3hxbll wrote
young people seem to think being contemptuous combined with certain consumer choices makes them part of the resistance. listening to punk music is apolitical, punk rockers just want attention from their parents or teachers or whatever. being mad at the government or authority is easy. growing the fuck up and figuring out how to make the world better is the hard part. crowding a train is not rebellion it's a nuisance.
Vetissimus t1_j3i3cdl wrote
Your reaction to them gives credibility as to what they are doing is indeed “punk”… punk requires your exact response (and many more like yours) in order to be validated.
virgilvandijkcheese t1_j3ib56a wrote
oh shit I never realized it's just trolling. thank you for opening my eyes. I will stop feeding the troll.
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