Keith Racioppo

I don't know about you, but when I meet someone, I like to really get to know them.  Some of my friends tell me that when we first met me, it was like an interrogation.  I ask all types of questions.  The classics like, "where are you from?", "what are you studying?", "who's your favorite power ranger?" (the might morphing, not any of those other whacky incarnations).  

My questions vary depending on the person that I am asking, but one constant is the question, "what kind of music do you like?"  Nothing infuriates me more than the overwhelming response I get to that question.  "I listen to everything."  That is bullshit.  Does anyone know how many genres of music there are out there?  "Everything," you can't get much more ambiguous than that.  Imagine if these people answered this way to all questions.  "What's your favorite medication?"  "Oh, I like them all."  People would die.

I guess I am a bit bias because I actually have my shit together and know what my likes and dislikes are.  Likes:  Puppies, Comic Books, decisive people.  Dislikes:  Voldemort, Ivan Drago, Indecisive people.  The problem for me is that when asked about other topics, people will rattle off their top ten as if they were David Letterman.  Movies, TV shows, Books, Musicals, Bars, Beer Brands, Celebrities, literally anything but the type of music they like.

Luckily for you, I took 5 years undergrad, and have met a vast number of different types of people.  I have asked them a slue of different questions designed to penetrate down to who they truly are, and you know what I have found out?  The people who answer "everything" to the music question are the same people who secretly watch CMT when their roommates are at class, ashamed country fans.