<p>whats in in ur college?</p>
<p>great thread 10/10 would read again</p>
<p>Like, buildings and stuff.</p>
<p>People, buildings, teachers…the same things that I (assume) most schools have…?</p>
<p>I believe he’s trying to say, “What’s cool at your school?”.</p>
<p>^ That was my thought, “What’s <em>in</em> [popular] in your school?” Although, this could still be talking about fashion, popular courses, fraternities, etc.</p>
<p>Too many students here for anything to really be “in.” I guess dubstep is kinda popular right now.</p>
<p>I hate dubstep. It doesn’t help that I have a Beta fish-dubstep obsessed roommate.</p>
<p>^I like dubstep. I think it’s gotten really mainstream though and while it’s kind of cool because better DJs come around more frequently, there’s a lot of really terrible dubstep out there now, lots of people who only like it because it’s cool, really obnoxious YOUNG people at shows, etc. Plus now if I say that I like dubstep, people think that I have terrible taste in music and only like it because it’s popular, which is annoying. I still like it though 
House is a lot better than dubstep though in my opinion.</p>
<p>Yeah, terrible dubstep is really popular here. So are most of the things that would be popular at any big party school - sports, drinking, etc. But there are so many people that there isn’t a huge defined “popular” culture besides all the athletic stuff.</p>
<p>A friend and a roommate got into a short debate about dubstep last night. Friend argues that it’s here to stay, if not as a genre then as an influence in the writing of pop music. Roommate argues that it sounds horrible and nobody will care about it in a year. Who knows 
most dubstep purists I know say that a lot of the stuff Americans like really isn’t that good… the best artists are all from Europe and people like Skrillex are basically offering a watered-down version. </p>
<p>But yes your second paragraph said what I wanted to say. It’s just hard to have much of a homogenous culture at big schools.</p>
<p>For sure. Skrillex is actually not even dubstep, he is more electro house. He gives dubstep a pretty bad name. There is much better, more refined dubstep from England and there are a few American DJs that aren’t bad. It’s just not all about how “filthy” it can get, imo. It might get less popular soon, but it will always remain as a genre. I do think it’s a bit of an acquired taste, though.</p>
<p>brostep is very popular; other subgenres of dubstep are becoming less so, both relatively and absolutely (in my experience). some of my favorite dubstep producers are even expanding to other genres, like glitch hop and other **** like that. still breakbeaty but not 140 wubwubwub… it’s cool. if that makes sense. but i honestly do love brostep, haha, especially live. i can appreciate the hell out of skrillex if i’m in the appropriate state.</p>
<p>Brostep, as it’s called now (*** does this name even mean?) is so confusing. High pitched bass is just awkward… completely contradictory, mind boggling how anyone can physically tolerate it.</p>
<p>There was so much dubstep played when I dormed. Jesus, I wanted to shoot myself between Skrillex and all the random stuff they found online and freaking country music and Taylor Swift. Goodness, I didn’t know which was worse.</p>
<p>And there was One Tree Hill. Sure, the first 3 seasons were good and half of 4, but then frat boys started (seriously) posting Lucas quotes on facebook. </p>
<p>Sperrys! (sp) I didn’t even know what those things were until August and everyone was wearing them. I went a rich-kid school so I don’t doubt a lot of them had boats and stuff, but December in Ohio is not the best time of the year to be in those shoes. And Northface, of course. Usually paired with running shorts even in the blistering cold. It was weird.</p>
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<li>wearing socks over tights</li>
<li>wearing old man sweaters over sundresses</li>
<li>being on the queer spectrum</li>
<li>cooperatives (consensus-based living and dining communities)</li>
<li>playing an instrument</li>
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<p>not dubstep in particular, though.</p>
<p>Brostep is a stupid name for it, it sounds pretentious and is just plain dumb. Popular dubstep these days (think Skrillex) is so far removed from dubstep’s origins that it’s definitely a new genre, but the name brostep is pretty stupid. I do get it (bros love their drops) but it’s a little condescending, imo…all genres of EDM are valid, even the ones I don’t personally like. I remember reading an article not too long ago saying that this generation grew up listening to terrible, bass-less music (think autotune radio hip-hop on crappy speakers) and now we want our bass, lol. </p>
<p>I’ll go to a Skrillex show though for sure, even though he and DJs like him are not really my favorite…I saw him on New Years and I had a great time. He can be annoying for sure, especially his newer stuff, but he does throw a great show and in the proper state of mind it’s pretty fantastic. The things he’s doing for the scene as well (the show was insane and packed, and yet a year ago I saw him at a small venue and no one cared) is pretty mindblowing, though I think the whole mainstreaming of it all has positives and negatives.</p>
<p>Paperbackhead, I feel like your school has a bit of a different culture than most big schools, lol.</p>
<p>Hip-Hop fashion.</p>
<p>Skrillex makes me want to rip off my ears and bury them. </p>
<p>That is not dubstep. It’s “brostep,” dubstep’s abrasive, immature, obnoxious, degenerate sister.</p>
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<p>Huh. I thought it’d be dubstep’s brother.</p>
<p>Add Skrillex/“dubstep” to my school, too. Also Avicii. Clubbing. Rolling up your jean leg. Toms. Jeggings. Starbucks. iPhones/Blackberries. The ‘keep calm and carry on’ poster (all the girls have one). Muploads. Facebook, but Twitter more so. The Equal Rights campaign sticker, in addition to the fair trade sticker on either your laptop or backpack. Toolish networking. LinkedIn. “Business casual”. Anything sustainable. But most of all, this:</p>
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<p>Paperbackhead, my school is a wannabe of your school.</p>
<p>^ youdon’t go to a… liberal arts school do you?!?1!</p>
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noo I love that poster! But I’ve never seen it at my school, or anywhere physically in real life.</p>
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lol’d</p>