Concerning Justin Bieber

[HighPlainsSquinter]

It doesn't take a genius to see that on most parts of the internet (or at least the dark, dank, uninviting parts of it I frequent) Justin Bieber isn't what you'd call "well liked." In fact the simple the mention of his name has the startling ability to send your average person into a hate fueled flurry of insults and accusations (aimed mostly at either his fan-base or the state of his genitalia.) Clearly with reactions like this, he must be guilty of perpetrating some horrible crime against natu- Oh wait, what's that? He's just a pop-singer?

Yes, it would seem that despite the rabid hatred displayed towards him, good ol' JB's only crimes involve having a very high pitched voice and a haircut that oddly resembles the head of a penis. My question, then, is why he is so universally despised (or at least, universally despised by everyone over twelve years of age and/or in possession of a y chromosome?) It's not that he is particularly hard to ignore. I myself have yet to hear any of his songs, for the same reason I've yet to play Modern Warfare 2: I have no reason to believe I'd enjoy it, and I really don't care enough to find out. Were it not for his detractors, I would barely even know he existed. So why this attitude?

Spoiler: My theory:

It's fun to hack on things we don't like. The more popular, the more fun, and Justin is nothing if not extremely popular (his name is the first thing that shows up if you type the letter "J" into the youtube search bar, and the video for his song "Baby" has close to half a billion views.) It was the same thing with Twilight. Incredibly popular, widely loved by pre-teen girls, and despised by basically everyone else. Lots of people, even those who had never read the books or watched the movies, joined the mob to pelt shit at it, because, well, throwing our shit is fun (metaphorically speaking, of course.)

 

[DominicxD]

Oh look, a "Why does everyone hate x popular thing" Thread!

Wow, I sure don't see enough of these every fucking day!

 

[TeeBs]

I HATE BIEBER BECAUSE HE IS DESTROYING MUSIC, WITH HIS POP SONGS, you know because pop was the center of deep, intense and complex music for so long until him and the teeny boppers showed up, you know bands like the backstreet boys keeping it real *sarcasm*. I don't like his music, I'll admit he has more talent then I do. I have yet to see one of the bands I like site him as a "Inspiration for there music" and for the most part im not forced to listen to his music. So I just let him be.

 

[Rusty pumpkin]

for the exact same reason stated, and also that anything pop is likely to become my nemisis. the bloody, over dressed, half naked/shirtless (depending on gender), pointless jibberish spouting wells of teenage angst or "grown up" relationship based depression they witlessly leak into the media for money and so that their ensuing sex tapes are a phenomenon and not another pron site. honestly, if i wanted to listen to good music id look for beatles, guns n roses, and etc. if i wanted to listen to pop i'd give myself a orbital lobotomy and then turn the tv to degrassi or one of the other "real" teenage retardation shows certain channels make endless copies of.

 

[NeedAUserName]

He is someone who is completely in the public eye, and yet does no good to anyone whatsoever. He sings low rate pop songs churned out by an organization only interested in profit.

 

[parasyteFMA]

Oh look, a "Why does everyone hate x popular thing" Thread!

Wow, I sure don't see enough of these every fucking day!

Quoted for truth. As much as I hate Beiber and agree he panders to the lowest common denominator of music. The amount of raging about that kid has left my jdaded, in short I couldn't give a damn. I'm not forced to listen to him and can easily put on my own music if needed.

I wholeheartedly agree. If someone asks, I will tell them I dislike his music. If not, it's unwarranted and I won't say anything. Talking about him just lets people who don't wanna hear about him, hear about him.

I find this prevalent on heavy metal music videos on YouTube. Every other comment doesn't have anything to do with the video, but how Bieber is destroying music. Just stop talking about it and in about 2 years he will go away just like every other pop act out there.

 

[EeveeElectro]

It's weird how much people hate him just because he makes music that doesn't appeal to them.

He can't get his hands on his money until he's 18, and by then, he probably won't be famous. People always need something to ***** about, or they might start feeling happiness if everything went the way they wanted in life then half of the journalists won't have something miserable to report about.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

I just don't like his music. The people that go out of their way to insult him are what is described as "haters" and everyone has them at some point. It's just a matter of ignoring them.

 

[JenSeven]

One of my friends (who is gay, by the way) had the random tendency to sing Baby at times, and even in a higher voice than the original. I quickly discouraged this by forcing him to listen to songs by Ten Masked Men (Iniquity also works) every time he did that.

 

[Mittens The Kitten]

Oh look, a "Why does everyone hate x popular thing" Thread!

Wow, I sure don't see enough of these every fucking day!

i agree with you, but the level of disdain you show here is a bit much.

 

[TeeBs]

Found this relevant.

Fucking Ferrari mannnn

 

[Beryl77]

People need something to hate, in order to forget about their problems in life.

 

[LarenzoAOG]

He has tons of fame and money and fans, despite a lack of any real talent or any remarkable aspects.

 

[Numachuka]

What I think is that people should stop making threads about him and hopefully this fad will go away.

 

[Colour Scientist]

I don't know why it affects people so much.
Why do so many people care? Who knows, maybe they're just trying desperately to hide their secret love of his songs.
I don't hate him but I don't listen to him either.

It's silly to suggest that one 14(?) year old kid is single-handedly killing the pop industry.
If he is the 'silly, talentless twat' that many people seem to think he is then I personally applaud him for managing to achieve such notoriety.

 

[Frankie Villanueva]

The Beatles were the original Pop-Rock Band.

 

[LordXel]

I don't like Justin Bieber, but I don't hate him. I'm grown out of hating on random things, I even enjoy watching Twilight nowadays just because it is laughably bad like an Ed Wood movie (God bless you Ed Wood) Of course the reason why I don't hate Bieber is because I don't really care about how bad his music is because I'm too busy focusing on things I like rather than wasteing my time watching one of his videos. One thing I don't like is whenever he suddenly shows up on TV when I'm relaxing. It wouldn't be so bad if he didn't start off with oooooowoooaahhoooooo or some crap like that.

Bottom line, we shouldn't hate on things if we can give our attention to something we like, no reason to hate something unless it is forceing itself onto us, and if some annoying girl comes along and talks to us about Justin Bieber or Twilight, just say: I DON'T CARE! I'M FINE IF YOU LIKE SOMETHING, BUT I DON'T! IF YOU CAN'T RESPECT MY OPINION WELL THAT IS JUST HARD CHEESE!

Blah, ramble. I watch too much RandomDCE.

 

[Frankie Villanueva]

The Beatles were the original Pop-Rock Band.

 

[hazabaza1]

I just think people are jealous.
They don't like his songs, thinks he puts little effort into them, but he gets loads of money and girls.

Indifferent myself, but I think that's the main problem people have.