There is nothing I hate more than when I'm listening to a popular band or something and the person I'm with gets all upset and says something along the lines of, "Ugh! I was listening to these guys way before everyone became obsessed with them." It's like, get over yourself. Everyone is listening to them now, no one cares that you "discovered" them.
In any event, I've become that guy that everyone hates. Not with music, though, with the new phone app that is sweeping the nation, "Words with Friends." Every time I see people playing it, I become the douche who is like, "Dude, I am a Scrabble fiend. Like I ACTUALLY play the game. I was playing Scrabble with my Asian friends long before you guys were playing it on your phones."
The weird thing is, I actually feel defensive about it. I understand now why those people get so defensive about their bands that they discovered. It was like the one unique thing that you could call your own. Like a part of your personality. And suddenly it's being spread around like an STD or something. This pure, unique thing you had to call your own is suddenly dirtied and spread around for the masses to use, abuse and throw away in a week or so. It's a sad fact. But I take comfort in knowing that when everyone grows weary from constantly checking their phones for new words with friends, I will still be playing the board game with fervor.
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