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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gunslinger" data-source="post: 3030982" data-attributes="member: 8269">I don't really think that's the case though.  I've tried to watch shows like American Idol and Real World, and I simply didn't enjoy them.  Would you disagree with me that a show like Battlestar Galactica (the new one) is not objectively better than a tv show like MTV Cribs or TRL?    Or that modern club rappers could ever touch the lyrical genius and poetic flows of lyricists like Nas, Tupac, and Big Pun?   As for it being the same as in the past, I'm not really in a position to argue whether it's any different today than it's been previously because I'm only 20 (as I mentioned earlier).  I will admit that I listed to trash through junior high and most of high school, but everyone needs to start somewhere and I used artists like Limp Bizkit and the Hot Boyz as a starting point to begin refining my taste (though I wasn't consciously doing so back then).  Everyone has to start somewhere and I hold no grudges against newcomers who seek an initiation through pop culture.  But I think that there has to be some point when you distance yourself from that at least to a certain extent, because no matter what your interests are there will always be better things out there than pop culture can provide.  There's nothing wrong with continuing to enjoy facets of pop culture, but I don't think it's acceptable to still enjoy only pop culture after a certain amount of time.</blockquote>

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