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Originally Posted by Glice
Ok, I can offer a context for this argument - I was hanging out with this girl a few years ago. She was loads of fun, but not terribly bright, or so I thought. She was into Blink 182 and Green Day and that sort of thing. I turned her onto a few things, and she wasn't overly interested. No big deal. One day we get talking about history. She knew ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING and was only 19. Seriously, she was a complete genius when it came to history (and also fashion, but that probably doesn't appeal to my herewith audience). She would definitely fit your category of 'dumb, listens to what she's fed' with regards music. But I very nearly dismissed her when, in fact, she had (still has in fact) a hell of a lot to offer me. That she's not that into music is really one of the very smallest things imaginable.
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And then there are people--like my brother, for instance--who have no interest in music at all. He's terribly smart when it comes to math and science, however, and is also a very good athlete. Every now and then I'll invite him to go out with me and my friends because he's usually more fun to hang out with than they are. He was my date for senior prom (he was in the 8th grade at the time) and we wore matching outfits. I didn't expect him to go along with it, but he has never embarrassed easily. I admire his ability to maintain a lot of good friendships despite having very little in common with the people he considers to be his closest friends. And he even acknowledges that he's quite different from them, though he doesn't seem to dwell on the fact. I just think it's funny to see his friends putting so much importance on music and movies and all those likes/dislikes that he really does not have. Our mom still picks out all his clothes for him. I don't know what else to say.