Types of people and the stations they listen to
Jul 12, 2008 21:18:22 GMT -6
Post by CAwasinNJ on Jul 12, 2008 21:18:22 GMT -6
This isn't about radio per se, so I thought it would fit better over here.
Picture if you will, a car with Doofus1 (male) driving and Doofus2 (female) as passenger. Doofus1 stops right in the middle of the street to let Doofus2 out to go grab something from inside. Now this is bad enough, but Doofus2 actually makes things worse by getting out and leaving the car door open as far as it will go, making doubly sure that nobody will be able to get past the car. Doofus2 then takes 5 minutes to return, and Doofus1 just sits there blocking traffic. Dumb right? Definitely a candidate for the Darwin Award. As luck would have it, there was no traffic on the street at the time, but there's no way you could know that in advance.
So on to my point. As I'm walking by the car, I heard a certain radio station blaring. (No, I will not name the station.) I think "that fits perfectly." It's true that stereotyping someone based on the type of music they listen to doesn't always work (I can think of several examples), but stereotypes exist for a reason. Does anyone else see this happening a lot?
Picture if you will, a car with Doofus1 (male) driving and Doofus2 (female) as passenger. Doofus1 stops right in the middle of the street to let Doofus2 out to go grab something from inside. Now this is bad enough, but Doofus2 actually makes things worse by getting out and leaving the car door open as far as it will go, making doubly sure that nobody will be able to get past the car. Doofus2 then takes 5 minutes to return, and Doofus1 just sits there blocking traffic. Dumb right? Definitely a candidate for the Darwin Award. As luck would have it, there was no traffic on the street at the time, but there's no way you could know that in advance.
So on to my point. As I'm walking by the car, I heard a certain radio station blaring. (No, I will not name the station.) I think "that fits perfectly." It's true that stereotyping someone based on the type of music they listen to doesn't always work (I can think of several examples), but stereotypes exist for a reason. Does anyone else see this happening a lot?
I could think of stupid people for every format.