gee, I wonder why

Have I lost track of what memes are?

Or is it the children who are wrong?

Memes died 20 years ago. People just share sentences, sometimes with pictures now.
- Am I annoyed at the change, or just happy that people are reading more?
- You are genuinely tripping, 20 years ago was 2004. Are you talking about the dancing baby gif or something? If you're old enough to make this kind of complaint I can't believe that you don't have the attention span to read a paragraph.
The concept of memes is much more than image macros.
- Is this text excerpt a meme?

"Hey babe, I'm so happy you have forgiven me so we can be a family together, for our child.

Anyways, here's my new song"

Never understood why people wanna hear him rap about killing his baby momma

Because it's more nuance than that?
It's not to be taken at face value. This song is about a man who struggles with addiction. He's stuck in a relationship with a nasty person all for the sake of his daughter. He's rapping with raw emotions.
You not supposed to listen to it and be like "ah fuck yeah. Murder is cool". You're supposed to listen to it and feel the same emotions he feels, which is vehement rage and desperation.
- Still pretty tasteless to make the daughter sing about killing her mother
- Misogyny has always been normal and accepted, see conservatives everywhere. The popularity of rap music as a whole is a testament to just how little people care about it.
- It's not more nuanced than that, millions of people deal with those issues and don't directly threaten their significant other/baby momma with literal murder you reaffirm you actually wanted to commit.
Because we were 12 and they played it on mtv

Wtf

The Your Favorite Band Sucks podcast did a four part series on Eminem last month. Check it out here.

Great show. They know a lot about music. Get over yourself, they’re mostly playing characters rather than villains, but I do think they hate Eminem.

I tried listening to it but can't stand the meandering style that is common in podcasts for some reason.
"We're going to do multiple episodes on Eminem because there's way too much to talk about."
30 sec prior:
"Take me to a Mexican restaurant and 90% of the time I'm going to spill cheese sauce on myself"
🤦
- A lot of podcasts are basically just a surrogate for hanging out with friends and talking, rather than an informational presentation.
  Some are a lot scummier about it and actively encourage para social relationships, but most I've encountered are best approached as a recording of a group of friends talking about a shared interest, and one brought a PowerPoint.
  Needless to say, it's not the format for everyone.
- Yeah I get very picky about podcasts myself. This sounds like an interesting premise but one I might skip based on your comment.
  Sometimes though, I’ll start a new one and even though the hosts and dynamic can be grating at times, I eventually get used to their personalities and schtick. Guess it just depends.
Those guys are insufferable cunts. They spend a lot of time self-fellating. Trying to convince everyone that their opinion is more correct than your opinion. It's still just an opinion. dumbasses.

mans it’s a song💀

I really don’t understand how he’s still so beloved today, especially by people who would normally “cancel” someone for threatening domestic violence. Did he make an accepted apology at some point that I missed? Got help for an undiagnosed mental illness that prompted those reactions?

While I’m on your side and think he shouldn’t be as popular; he did move away from his edgy angry domestic violence stuff fairly early.
Also, 90% of rappers would have to go away if people were consistent with this moral code.
- I would just say 90% of popular music, so much of it is outright misogynistic, especially music videos
- Isn't his latest stuff about shunning his earlier stuff?
A lot of his music is about internal battles, there's a lot of "out there" murdery stuff too, but it's not meant to be taken literally. It's fiction.
It'd be like saying "why do people play violent video games if they're so against violence irl"
Also because edgy
- What's your take on what Kyle Gass said about missing Trump?
It was kind of his whole schtick, so at the time I think people appreciated his brutal honesty & rawness of character. Say what you want about Eminem, but he wasn't fake.
It had taken root long before cancel culture, so it was just part of the landscape. Despite his anger & violence in lyrics, AFAIK he didn't actually do anything. Unlike some people that rap like that...
There was also the sheer novelty of a white rapper, a come up from nothing trailer park kid. A real underdog.
To end on a refreshing/wholesome note, you should watch this. I disagree with him on a lot of stuff...but I can be happy that he did right by his daughter.
For real.