Why is being open-minded considered generally a good thing?

[Captain Beard]

If you've given it a try and it's not your cup of tea and you decide to not listen to it again, you're not being close-minded. You have learnt from experience - which is a process that requires open-mindedness - that it's not for you.

*learned

 

[Erik]

*learned

* http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutspelling/learnt

Gee, it sure sucks when your only purpose is to be a smartass, only you FAIL

 

[unhinged]

damn yankee spelling

its colour not color

its grey not gray

etc

 

[Night Mare]

I love the fact that people who learn English as a second language always speak it better than those who grew up with it...
I am not being sarcastic either, it's a constant source of amusement for me.

 

[unhinged]

well better than australians you mean cobber

only jesting

generally germans, and scandinavians have a better grasp of the language than most brits, but theyre learning it clean, without all the slang and crap
and they probably spend 10x the amount of time in school I did

 

[Ellestin]

I am both very open-minded for some things and incorrigibly close-minded for others. So I win.

 

[lizard]

IMagic Mayhem Fairy?

har

If you've given it a try and it's not your cup of tea and you decide to not listen to it again, you're not being close-minded. You have learnt from experience - which is a process that requires open-mindedness - that it's not for you.

Closeminded and dumb: I'll never listen to this band because they're considered gay and emo, and my manliness is in danger. Plus they don't even have gr1mm shirts that'd fit my tr00 ev1l methull image.

Nail, meet head of hammer.

its grey not gray

I had a teacher in NC say I spelled "grey" wrong in the seventh grade and I had to go get a dictionary and prove them wrong. Got damm secesh

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

If you've given it a try and it's not your cup of tea and you decide to not listen to it again, you're not being close-minded. You have learnt from experience - which is a process that requires open-mindedness - that it's not for you.

Closeminded and dumb: I'll never listen to this band because they're considered gay and emo, and my manliness is in danger. Plus they don't even have gr1mm shirts that'd fit my tr00 ev1l methull image.

q4t.

 

[KILL TULLY]

I love the fact that people who learn English as a second language always speak it better than those who grew up with it...
I am not being sarcastic either, it's a constant source of amusement for me.

I could probobly talk for 10 minutes and have ESL people not know wtf im rambling about...probobly non-New England Americans would "wtf" as well, haha.

 

[Erik]

I could probobly talk for 10 minutes and have ESL people not know wtf im rambling about...

That doesn't mean you're good at English, that just means you're great at New England slang

 

[KILL TULLY]

Closeminded and dumb: I'll never listen to this band because they're considered gay and emo, and my manliness is in danger. Plus they don't even have gr1mm shirts that'd fit my tr00 ev1l methull image.

"I don't want to waste my time listening to this when I could listen to other things that are much more likely to interest me, as most bands that fit cleanly into the MTV-popculture of America's image most likely will not be up my alley."*

 

[KILL TULLY]

That doesn't mean you're good at English, that just means you're great at New England slang

Yea I know. Thats what Im saying.

 

[Dead_Lioness]

* http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutspelling/learnt

Gee, it sure sucks when your only purpose is to be a smartass, only you FAIL

hahaha!

Sorry David... nothing personal...
but I have made that "mistake" once, the exact same one,
and my teacher in college corrected me!!
I had to basically show her a similar link


anyhoo, back to the subject.

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Dick Sirloin? probably not (not a neo-folk fan )

Neo-folk? The only things I listen to regularly that could fall under this blanket would be Current 93 and Comus. If anything, my domain is 70s prog. And avant-garde stuff that blows chunks

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

3 pages already?

jesus christ, who's got my cliff's notes?

 

[lizard]

most bands that fit cleanly into the MTV-popculture of America's image most likely will not be up my alley."*

mass media music is useless most of the time.

 

[KILL TULLY]

mass media music is useless most of the time.

Yea thats what I was getting at. I was saying though what she said may be what SEEMS to be the resoning, what I said is the true reasoning, for me at least.

 

[Demonspell]

Look, there is absolutely nothing wrong with not being opened minded in regards to music. It's a completely subjective thing and we all have our reasons for being interested in what we are. But the problem is you will not grow as a person, musician, emotional being, art lover, whatever, while being close-minded. You remain STAGNANT as a person because in order to grow and move forward there MUST be some exploration. Without open-mindedness this cannot be achieved.

Best post in this increasingly repetitive thread so far. And I agree, Clear Channel-approved music falls under my "safely dismissable without attentive listening" category.

 

[lizard]

I can safely dismiss

"morning zoo" format
country
opera
NPR
urban
rap
quiet storm

 

[dill_the_devil]

I can safely dismiss

"morning zoo" format
country
opera
NPR
urban
rap
quiet storm

I thought I could safely dismiss rap until I heard Saul Williams' 'Black Stacey' and 'Telegram'. I thought I could safely dismiss country until I heard Johnny Cash's 'When The Man Comes Around'. Hardcore dance? DJ Force X. Classical? Samuel Barber's 'Adagio For Strings'. Funk? Morris Day & The Time.

I don't even bother dismissing entire genres/labels/whatever any more, since there's pretty much guaranteed to be some quality I'll enjoy in every style, provided it's done well. If I hear a band that I think sucks, I won't bother listening to them again unless someone tells me they've changed a lot, though.