What is the best way to not let other people's opinions

Try not being a retard

This is the most retarded thing I've ever seen posted on /mu/ in my nearly 10 years I've been here. Seriously, just give up and become an alcoholic OP there's no hope

>>71864354
You're just taking things too personally my man. I know how you feel. Because it's how I feel at times.

One thing I've learned is that most of this issue is hyperbolically self-inflicted. For example, if someone were to say "[a certain band] is shit", and you only liked one of their albums to begin with, that's no reason to stop listening to that particular album. Because who's to say that person wasn't just generalizing and hasn't even listened to that album? It's just one example. But regardless, it's not the music's fault or anyone else's fault, it's your fault. So ultimately you just need to suck it up.

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>>71864419
Wow, never thought about it that way!

>>71864467
>become an alcoholic
One step ahead of you.

>>71864555
I was talking about it more in a subconscious sense. As in, if a bunch of people praise an album you'll be more forgiving of it, even if you're very critical, and vice versa with heavily panned albums. I do realize that it's all just subjective, but that doesn't mean we're all influenced by others' opinions at all.

>>71864602
Exactly, and the same thing applies. You just have to learn to formulate your own opinions and enjoy things for the way they are.

But now that you put it that way I find it funny for you to be called retarded because I'm sure literally everyone here is the same way in regards to their opinions.

>letting /mu/ form your musical opinions

/mu/ has shit taste in music. I don't trust anything /mu/ says. I've gotten a handful of musical recommendations that were actually decent.

>>71864683
>I find it funny for you to be called retarded because I'm sure literally everyone here is the same way in regards to their opinions.
That was the point of this thread, to get some people to admit they have similar problems. Guess the average shitposter on here has too much pride, though

how about you try this
you not let other people's opinions of the music you try out affect your opinion of it
i know it sounds absolutely crazy, but trust me, it works

>>71864354
actually liking music for what it is instead of liking it to look cool in order to be accepted from basement dwellers.
Also not being a faggot helps.

consider everyone who says an album you like is shit is a metalhead. That's what I do.

Accept the truth: everyone on /mu/ has absolute shit taste, except me

>>71864354

>he thinks /mu/'s opinion is worth a shit
>he's so insecure he can't just enjoy the things he enjoys

listen, /mu/ can show you some obscure stuff you might not have come across otherwise, but if you don't like something you don't like it

Not saying some music doesn't take a couple listens to grow on you but, shit man

stop worrying so much about outside validation so much

>>71864354
The currency of criticism on /mu/ is extremely inflated. It really doesn't mean much when, for every good artist that gets discussed here, you can almost always find someone shitting on it.

>>71864354
this won't be a problem if you introspect about what you actually look for in music, what makes you become attached to certain artists or what the medium in general is supposed to add to your life
you're only easily influenced as long as you don't know your own stance very well or why you hold it
or do it like me, become hypercontrarian, assume everyone around you is a retard so panned & divisive albums must be the most interesting