Because it reeks of sexism. The premise is that the person could be a poser (not knowing Megadeth songs), and this is applied mostly to women, especially when it’s based on just wearing a t-shirt : a dude with a metal shirt leads to “cool, a fellow metalhead”, a women with a metal shirt leads to “uh, is she a poser ?”.
The conclusion of being extra-fair about confusing two major bands, just after being overly picky, also implies that you have a good reason to change your mindset, and this stinks of sexist implications too.
Metalhead girls get this question way too often. If it one day crosses your mind to ask it, please at least rephrase it so it’s not accusatory. Just ask about their musical tastes or if they saw them live, like you would do with any one but not this fucking “name one song”.
I see that interpretation now. But to be honest I have spoken to lots of girls that wear band shirts, especially 70s to 90s bands that are just fashion choices. They don’t know the band.
And that’s totally fine.
From that lens, when I see a meme like this i interpret it more charitably like ‘metal guy is excited hot lady shares his interest, asks about it’, ‘turns out it’s just a fashion choice, metal guy shrugs and accepts that it’s still a hot lady in a metal shirt’
If the joke is being horny, it implies that they treat the person as a women rather than a metalhead. In a context of metal bands, this is sexism. So it can be both horny and sexist.
I’m a metal guy. I’ve met lots of people in the scene over the years who are very gatekeepy, though I’ll admit it’s gotten better as that attitude is less socially acceptable now. It’s not just metal though, same in goth and alt scenes. So it does happen.
I do get the ‘name one song’, criticism. It’s gatekeepy. Memes are written for brevity, so for some reason I really charitably read this as “hey what’s your favourite megadeth song?”. And the metal guy response being “oh, well at least this hot girl is wearing a metal shirt this is still a win”.
Thanks for the response I see I was maybe being too generous to the meme.
I never worry about the votes. Lots of people will see a woman being hot as the main draw and automatically say its sexist I hate it. As if you can’t take a shitty thing and make it silly/funny/stupid.
Looking at votes its funny how controversial this tame meme is.
Why do people dislike it?
Mustaine-Metallica bad blood (still??), or the meme implying metalheads aren’t picky? or that people have girlfriends? I’m outta ideas.
Because it reeks of sexism. The premise is that the person could be a poser (not knowing Megadeth songs), and this is applied mostly to women, especially when it’s based on just wearing a t-shirt : a dude with a metal shirt leads to “cool, a fellow metalhead”, a women with a metal shirt leads to “uh, is she a poser ?”.
The conclusion of being extra-fair about confusing two major bands, just after being overly picky, also implies that you have a good reason to change your mindset, and this stinks of sexist implications too.
Metalhead girls get this question way too often. If it one day crosses your mind to ask it, please at least rephrase it so it’s not accusatory. Just ask about their musical tastes or if they saw them live, like you would do with any one but not this fucking “name one song”.
I see that interpretation now. But to be honest I have spoken to lots of girls that wear band shirts, especially 70s to 90s bands that are just fashion choices. They don’t know the band.
And that’s totally fine.
From that lens, when I see a meme like this i interpret it more charitably like ‘metal guy is excited hot lady shares his interest, asks about it’, ‘turns out it’s just a fashion choice, metal guy shrugs and accepts that it’s still a hot lady in a metal shirt’
Good
Its the high school level misogyny of ‘women cant be fans’ and its an overused ‘joke’
Racist
the meme is implying women can’t be real fans.
Is it though? Or is it more implying that these metal fans are horny?
If the joke is being horny, it implies that they treat the person as a women rather than a metalhead. In a context of metal bands, this is sexism. So it can be both horny and sexist.
tell me, looking at the picture, why would the author assume the person pictured wouldn’t know a song from megadeath?
Because she says enter sandman
the meme says that, AFTER they asked. why would they demand she name a song in the first place? what about her made them think she couldn’t?
Better way to setup the joke would be to ask, “What’s your favorite Megadeath song?”
If she was a real Megadeth fan she’d have hair like this
I don’t believe in women as a concept
Im going to guess because boobs.
Oh I can think of so many reasons to downvote this!
The whole “name 3 songs” thing is sexist, it’s usually said to women in band shirts. It’s boring and old.
It’s had a shit filter applied to her face. I see the exact same face everywhere. She looks like a Barbie doll.
Why metal guys? Are they more shallow than the general population? I didn’t know that was a stereotype and I’ve been to my share of metal festivals.
But that’s nothing compared to the fact it’s not very funny. It’s Facebook tier humour. Haha men are blind when boobies are involved.
I’m a metal guy. I’ve met lots of people in the scene over the years who are very gatekeepy, though I’ll admit it’s gotten better as that attitude is less socially acceptable now. It’s not just metal though, same in goth and alt scenes. So it does happen.
I do get the ‘name one song’, criticism. It’s gatekeepy. Memes are written for brevity, so for some reason I really charitably read this as “hey what’s your favourite megadeth song?”. And the metal guy response being “oh, well at least this hot girl is wearing a metal shirt this is still a win”.
Thanks for the response I see I was maybe being too generous to the meme.
Thanks babe 😘 why don’t you contribute some god tier memes
Hah sorry bud, I didn’t actually downvote it and I’m sure I couldn’t do better. Just offering an explanation to the lost soul above
Much love
I never worry about the votes. Lots of people will see a woman being hot as the main draw and automatically say its sexist I hate it. As if you can’t take a shitty thing and make it silly/funny/stupid.