My coworker thought "KPOP" was a group's name

Bro's mental syntax is

[person] is a fan of [group]

so when someone says fan of kpop, [kpop]=[group]

lmfao

He's the kind of person who thinks Hollywood is a famous actor's surname.

I think there was a group named kpop some year ago

At least it's not like back when my former coworker found out about it

C1: "Your fave genre is KPop?"

Me: "Uh how did you know?"

C1: "You wore this one hoodie" (In 2017 I had a BTS hoodie that I wore a few times)

Me: "Oh?"

C1: "And than I figured the words on this hoodie are a music group right?"

Me: "Uh yeah, might make sense..."

C2: "Ew BTS"

Me: "Em ok ?!?!"

C1: "Haha yeah... Thats so odd"

Me: "What?"

C3: "Lol why would anyone ever like KPop?"

C2: "Hahah yeah same, why do you not listen to normal music?"

C1: "What's even normal? I'm 22 and listen to jazz!"

C2: "Jazz is more normal than KPop"

Quote from JiminieKookie

At least it's not like back when my former coworker found out about it

C1: "Your fave genre is KPop?"

Me: "Uh how did you know?"

C1: "You wore this one hoodie" (In 2017 I had a BTS hoodie that I wore a few times)

Me: "Oh?"

C1: "And than I figured the words on this hoodie are a music group right?"

Me: "Uh yeah, might make sense..."

C2: "Ew BTS"

Me: "Em ok ?!?!"

C1: "Haha yeah... Thats so odd"

Me: "What?"

C3: "Lol why would anyone ever like KPop?"

C2: "Hahah yeah same, why do you not listen to normal music?"

C1: "What's even normal? I'm 22 and listen to jazz!"

C2: "Jazz is more normal than KPop"

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yes.. JUST for this reason, i suspect many of us dont "come out" of the internet kpop closet. i think it's A LOT better now with the media exposure post 2018

Quote from JiminieKookie

At least it's not like back when my former coworker found out about it

C1: "Your fave genre is KPop?"

Me: "Uh how did you know?"

C1: "You wore this one hoodie" (In 2017 I had a BTS hoodie that I wore a few times)

Me: "Oh?"

C1: "And than I figured the words on this hoodie are a music group right?"

Me: "Uh yeah, might make sense..."

C2: "Ew BTS"

Me: "Em ok ?!?!"

C1: "Haha yeah... Thats so odd"

Me: "What?"

C3: "Lol why would anyone ever like KPop?"

C2: "Hahah yeah same, why do you not listen to normal music?"

C1: "What's even normal? I'm 22 and listen to jazz!"

C2: "Jazz is more normal than KPop"

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I bet they listen to shit

Quote from lialve

I bet they listen to shit

Not really, they listen to the "You don't know them cause of the crap you listen to"

I remember oneday some sport-event near us played music and it was a song by Kelly Rowland. I knew it but forgot the name so I said "I know this song, just forgot the name" and one guy literally said "You don't know this, you listen to this dumb KPop" -.-

Quote from MissBehave

I hate that some people dismiss all of kpop based on their preconceived notions. Kpop has a ton of groups and different sounds/ influences. It's ignorance

It's not only KPop

I also got dumb looks by people for JPop and CPop

Once someone did a dumb joke on KPop calling it "Chinese music" and I said "This is wrong, they arn't chinese but I do listen to Chinese music" the guy than asumed I was listening to Chinese music like this:

But actual modern CPop is different, one I really like is called Lil Ghost

it reminds me a story told by a book seller on twitter.

- hi, do you have mangas?

- yes of course (points to manga filled shelves)

- great, i'm looking for volume #26 please

- which series?

- manga

- i know, but of which series?

- oh I don't know anything about that, I just want the voume #26 of manga

- that's fine, but it just makes as much sense as if you were asking for volume #1 of book

- no no, it's about manga

- i guess it is...

I proudly wear my Mamamoo swag anywhere when I'm in the mood, and one time I was fully Mamamoo fitted on a trip to the corner grocery store.

As I checked out, the cashier looked at my shirt, paused and asked:

"Are those the Spice Girls?"

Mind you, my shirt was a graphic t with the four faces of Mamamoo covering the entire front side of the shirt.

I then politely explained who they were, but it didn't make the miscue any less hilarious.

I've also bumped into several K-Pop fans, and even Mamamoo fans, who would've otherwise never revealed that to me if I wasn't wearing the K-Pop swag, so you never know where fellow fans may be lurking.

Life is too short to be ashamed of your passions and hobbies, friends.

kpop is a better name than some of the group names out there though tbh lol

Quote from MissBehave

I've been trying to introduce him to "kpop" now lol

which group