LogFAQs > #928033048

I didn't point it out as a flaw of the song, no. I wouldn't even say that was directly related to the song, nor were the Inititial Thoughts for that matter.

I can't find any non-stupid ways to phrase any of this, so again, my full apologies.

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My first reaction to having to come up with a write-up for the song is paranoia. I'm concerned about all the ways it can go wrong; if the final placement is too low, then I'm concerned that I'll look like a prude or someone who is unable to enjoy anything dealing with serious subject matters.

[I'll note that you're also not accusing me of giving the song too high of a placement out of that fear, in spite of that being listed as an equal concern.]

On the other hand, I don't want to have to deal with liking the song either. It's hard to justify liking a song about school shootings without also having to explain that you don't like the fact that it's about the shootings, and then it's all...ugh. "Yes, I like the song; No, I don't like that part of the song; Yes, I like villain songs, but preferably more cartoon-y than this; Yes, I know they're not glorifying mass shootings, I am capable of separating the fact that creating a work of art dealing with crime does not mean endorsing that crime, thank you."

Then you get into the fact that I was on a board with an (attempted) mass shooter for years and that she'd probably enjoy this song what with her obsession with slaughtering children for fun and the general discomfort associated with that, and...uggghhhhhh....

That was barely relevant to the song. That was about how much everything about the write-up was going to completely suck and that I didn't want to do it.

...Basically you could, and should, interpret my initial thoughts as "I like this song, but I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE how the conversations about this are going to go, and they are an inevitability no matter where this ultimately places on the list". It was meant to be a self-deprecating joke about my worries and paranoia, not a serious commentary on...anything.

Did I word it well? No. I'll even accept full responsibility for this going in the direction I knew it would--self-fulfilling prophecies and what not.

2:

By the actual write-up, I've basically gotten over everything. Song's good, but not great. It's overused, I don't like the fact that I know it so well that I never needed to even click the song link to decide how I felt about the song, I don't like the fact that the media seems to portray it as a generic dance song (or possibly even a happy celebration song at times), I don't like the subject matter, but it's catchy and I do like it.

3:

Snake (and Bane, but I wouldn't see his post until after I'd made mine) tries to offer assurances that no one would think anything about me liking the song.

4:

I try to justify my paranoia about the write-up (again, let me stress we're only talking about the write-up and the inevitable responses to it, not the song itself) by pointing out that I (kinda) knew a (attempted) mass shooter and don't like having to take all the requisite steps to distance myself from her in what was supposed to be a fun topic.

Again, not having to do with the song--only the initial thoughts and why I dreaded how the write-up was going to go.

5:

You, somewhat justifiably, assume parts 1 & 4 had an impact on placement; they didn't. 1 was a bit of a joke about how horrible the conversation we're having right now was going to be (which, due to terrible wording, did not come off as the least bit funny--or even seeming like it was meant to be a joke, I'll concede); 4 was...stupid in every possible meaning of that word.
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