To encounter someone who wears a band shirt but does not know them?

I was casually walking to class and in my class was this girl wearing a Slipknot shirt and I asked her what her favorite Slipknot song was and she looked at me weirdly kinda like she didn't know what I was talking about then she asked what I was on about and I said to her your shirt tells me you're a fan of that band.

She told me that she thought Slipknot was a brand and only used it as an aesthetic because she liked the appearance. I didn't want to be an asshole e.g. bashing her just for one shirt, towards her.

Now I'm usually ok with people who wear band shirts that they don't listen to they do them and I do me but it was how I approached the situation, haven't got anything against people who do that.

Instead my response to her was that's ok if you haven't listened to that band I could show you some songs that will get 100% get you into it and to my surprise she liked it.

It was then that was the moment that I fully converted someone to metal and to someone who loves listening to something they didn't know was a band.

Who knows one day I'll be her friend.

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Based on 7 votes (4 yes)
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Comments ( 15 )
  • I hate people who use band shirts as an aesthetic.
    Unfortunately lots of clothing stores sell them though. I have bought Nirvana shirts at HM but I actually listen to them. I try not to buy band merch from there though as the money doesn't go where it should. The band should make money from their merch, though if it's that huge of a band it doesn't make much of a difference I guess.

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  • leggs91200

    Give her some credit, at least she wasn't wearing some dumb Nickleback shirt.

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    • Somenormie

      Yeah Nickelback wasn't that good

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      • Chap

        Nickleback was awful

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  • YE

    Such a coincidental working "pickup opener" in your case. Well, there's a significant number of people in Africa who wear second hand clothing with absolutely no idea what the visual elements of brands, (or bands) on these clothing signify.

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  • SkullsNRoses

    I thought this was going to be a typical “I hate metal posers” post but I’m glad it was wholesome. Which songs did you show her?Coincidentally I wore one of my Slipknot tops today as I too have impeccable fashion sense.

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    • Somenormie

      I showed her Don't Get Close, Wait And Bleed, Spit It Out, People=Shit, Custer, Psychosocial and Devil In I.

      I was gonna show her the original album Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat

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      • SkullsNRoses

        Strong choices.

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  • Chap

    I voted that it is normal just cuz SO many people do it

    I hate it

    I mean, you don't have to know every song, or even every album, or even the members, but at least know a couple songs??

    I mean how hard is it to search them up??

    What if youre wearing the shirt of someone you don't wanna represent?

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  • dirtybirdy

    Bwahaha 🤣🤣🤣I'm wearing a Slipknot shirt right now from the concert my daughter and I went to in 2015 when they were on tour and came through New Jersey. I love wait and bleed, vermillion part 3 amd I m drawing a blank on the other one...I'll be back to answer that......snuff, pshycosocial, duality...

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    • Somenormie

      Oh cool! Another maggot :D

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  • litelander8

    They sell band tshirts at every store that has shirts. 🤷🏾‍♀️

    I had some guy recently come in my bar and talk to shit to two different dudes about not knowing who was on their shirts. It was honestly just rude. Like, yes, the Dark side of the moon album is cool looking. And it is $7 at Walmart.

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  • 1WeirdGuy

    One time I got some cool shirt from goodwill and when I wore it some guy walked up to me asking me if I went to his college I said no I didnt go he said "...thats the college shirt" I said "oh I just thought it looked cool". He gave me a weird look

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  • LloydAsher

    Cheap T shirts

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    • Somenormie

      Yeah that's probably why she couldn't answer my question first.

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