Part I is sort of OK, although it has the tone of those who argue over sub-genres of techno music. Part II is mostly a standard anti-Facebook screed.
Nothing new here.
I mean, techno is a sub-genre, so you meant sub-sub-genre??<ducks>
If you can't distinguish the differences that other people can, it's not their fault. You can be dismissive and flippant about it, but there is nothing wrong* with people that can. It's right up there with the people that can tell you all of the differences about each of the lures in their tackle box. They are really into while you are not. Stop judging.
*Unless it's about fonts as I just made the opposite argument about fonts.
To tell someone that is into house music that they listen to techno is like saying someone that writes code in javascript is the same thing as writing code in lisp. It's just not true only to those that know the difference, but to those that know the difference it is laughable.
I'm not arguing that genres don't exist. I'm arguing that the lines between them are blurry, leading to endless conflict about what genre thing belongs to. It's uniformly tiring and unhelpful.
I clearly don't have the same conversations as you, but if someone tells me house is techno, I'll just roll my eyes as that's the same comment my mom would say. If you want to tell me that tech-house vs UK garage vs Detroit is all house, I'll have a bit of sympathy but they are not the same. These are not irrelevant details. Lots of DJs specialize in a style/genre/subgenre, and realizing why you like what a certain DJ plays and not what another DJ plays helps you find gigs that you will enjoy.
So knowing the differences is not unhelpful. You're just having boring conversations. It sounds to me like when Trekkies discuss their favorite episodes of which ever series they like, or why they like certain series over others. Or someone that can tell me the differences of hobbit, orc, wizard and the other books by that author. I don't begrudge them their fascination with whatever the topic is, I just find a way to move the conversation or a way to remove myself if that is the more expedient option. I'm not going to go to ComiCon and complain that people are talking about comics. I just don't go to ComiCon. There's no reason to be rude about. So you saying something that you don't care about while someone else does is tiring and unhelpful makes you the tiring and unhelpful person.
I've listened to EDM of various genres for more than 20 years. My critique is not because I don't care, it's because I haven't ever seen the value you talk about realized.
