This has been quite an annoying issue to me for a long time now. I've been listening to Japanese music for about 4-5 years now. Every time I tell people this, they have to ask why I listen to music in a language I don't fully understand yet.
I have to ask... why must I understand a language to like the music?
Why does my taste in music seem weird to people just because it's not in English?
And why can't I simply like something without it coming into question by others just because it's different from what they like?
I faced ridicule in school simply because my music was in another language. Even the majority of the teachers thought it was funny and that I was a strange person. I have to say. It seems as though my taste in music has been questioned more often than my height... (I'm 6'10"... would like to see people's reactions in Japan
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How many of you have these problems at school/work/other places?