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AIBU?

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I can't stand Slam poetry

13 replies

TheFormerChild · 29/09/2021 19:55

and I have tried really hard ~ but , even though they have a working microphone, they shout and yell.

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LtDansLegs · 29/09/2021 20:17

YANBU

It's the most horrific form of "art" I've ever witnessed (especially when in America).

EdmontinaDonsAutumnalHues · 29/09/2021 20:23

Oh no - are you both being held captive at a poetry slam competition?

Do you need rescuing??

SAS, or can you wait for the ordinary emergency services???

Lex345 · 29/09/2021 20:29

Some of it is quite clever though. Harry Baker's 59 was clever.

QueenofLouisiana · 29/09/2021 20:31

I’d rather eat my own eyeballs than sit through a poetry slam.

I know it’s supposed to make poetry cool and relevant but I’d rather go to a nice reading accompanied by gin and wine. And I would much rather not do that either actually!

ShinyMe · 29/09/2021 20:32

I can't say it's for me, but I don't find it difficult to avoid. Is someone making you go OP?

owlbethere · 29/09/2021 20:33

40 years on this planet and I’ve never inadvertently been subjected to poetry.
The same can’t be said for Kim kardashian or katie price though.

MorganSeventh · 29/09/2021 20:33

I don't know that anyone likes it, tbh. Open mike nights and you can hear people groan

actingsergeant · 29/09/2021 20:35

So? Are you being forced to witness it? What’s your AIBU

Noogar · 29/09/2021 20:38

Is there a televised one?

JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 29/09/2021 20:52

@owlbethere poor Kim and Katie! Does it happen to them routinely?

RiotAtTheRodeo · 29/09/2021 20:55

It's so niche that even if it wasn't for me I don't think I could bring myself to hate something which was so avoidable. Plus there are so many truly boorish and dull cultural things to dislike that hating a particular form of poetry seems like misdirected annoyance.

TimeForTeaAndG · 29/09/2021 21:13

Different people like different things. Just don't listen to any if you don't like it.

Ninemoons · 29/09/2021 22:42

[quote JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff]@owlbethere poor Kim and Katie! Does it happen to them routinely?[/quote]
😂😂😂

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