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What thing do you love that you can never get anyone else to check out? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 7 months ago by MacedWindow to c/[email protected]

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Kind of a hard question to word, but is there anything in your life you have recommended to other people but no one's ever gotten into?

I love podcasts and have friends who still thank me for getting them into this one or that one. But I've never gotten anyone to listen to My Brother, My Brother and Me. I don't know if the name is unappealing or the concept but people seem to bounce off immediately.

So what can't you get people into and why should we check it out?

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[–] BonesOfTheMoon 14 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Opera! It's so very very good and it's such an acquired taste.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

I prefer to stick to FireFox, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I feel like all of the arts are that way. You can either put yourself in the mindset to be receptive of them... or you can't.

But I've had many enriching experiences by taking a chance on art forms and genres I never supposed I would like, including those I had some bias against.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Getting into Klaus Nomi has made me reconsider my stance on opera, but I have no idea where to begin

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A good way to begin is to watch a popular classic favourite opera like La Traviata or La Boheme, with subtitles, and review the plot summary ahead of time

Here is a link to a pretty good one. https://youtu.be/WZywmSJkKYE?feature=shared

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

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Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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[–] Reddfugee42 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's backstory and context. Hearing some random opera selections in a vacuum is practically Dadaism

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

True but honestly if you get a chance, go. You won't be sorry.

[–] SkippingRelax 1 points 7 months ago

as someone who's been there multiple times with school as a kid (not US), you can absolutely be sorry. Frankly, most people wouldnt enjoy it. And I fucking speak the language most pieces are written in, except that you cant understand a single word because of the way they sing.

Wouldn't recommend to my worse enemy, and definitely not to my friends.