What you say: Hey, let’s talk about music! Let’s swap lists of the top 10 albums of 2010. Want to? You go first!
What I hear: I’ll tolerate listening to you talk about music for a few minutes if you then agree to let me list the 10 most obscure albums I can think of. Then you’ll be impressed with how into the scene I am.
Am I right? Or is this just another example of why I don’t have any friends?
No, you are right. What would it say about me if I couldn't name 10 albums that came out in the last 5 years?
I'm 100% on the same page there… I listen to songs, not albums, and even then I don't care when they were released and I don't want to hear someone else's list of favorites.