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Hello, I'm wondering what's the meaning of 'be into crap', e.g.

Music, People are very confused by my taste in music due to my age, apparently i should be into CRAP (http://www.myspace.com/lusty_justy )

Thanks.

Avangi · Accepted Answer

I'm puzzled by the suggestion that that's where you should be.

"What kind of music are you into?" just means "What kind are you involved with? What kind do you like?"

If someone says you're into ****, they're simply disagreeing with your taste in music. They think that what you like is ****.

I can't understand why anyone would recommend that someone should be in **** instead of where they are.

(I never tried navigating "myspace.")

Optilang · Answer

Hi

ESLBeginnerHello, I'm wondering what's the meaning of 'be into ****'

**** (slang) = not of any value/worth/usefulness/merit.

to be into **** = you like what others consider to be rubbish/of no worth/merit.

Clive · Answer

Hi,

You might want to note that some people consider the word '****' unsuitable for polite conversation.

Clive

Avangi · Answer

ESLBeginnerapparently i should be into ****

Hi, beginner.
We all seem to enjoy a meeting of the minds about what constitutes ****, or what **** constitutes.
But I continue to puzzle over the rest of your phrase. Why do your friends believe that that's where you should be? - Or am I mis-parsing again?
I couldn't make heads nor tails out of your MYSPACE reference. Perhaps it would have cleared things up for me.

Perhaps we disagree on the meaning of "should be." There's often a big difference between where we "are" and where we "should be."

At this point, I'm assuming you mean, "Apparently they feel that I am into ****."

Consider this one: "Apparently they feel that I should be dead."
This could have two meanings: "They feel that I should not be allowed to live."
OR I was in a bad accident, which would have killed a normal person. By all accounts, they can't understand how I continue to survive.

Tanit · Answer

Hi,

What I understand is that people is surprised at the genre of music he likes (maybe he's into Chopin and Vivaldi?

) because he's young and, as such, he's expected to enjoy the sort of cr** music youngsters adore.
Would this be enough to confuse people?

Does it make sense or am I misunderstanding everything?

Avangi · Answer

Good point, Tanit. My brain seems to be stuck in reverse lately.

(Hmmm, funny thing you should mention Vivaldi.)

Tanit · Answer

Avangifunny thing you should mention Vivaldi

Why? I'm Italian, you remember?

Avangi · Answer

I'm hip. (That was supposed to be a joke.)

I almost wrote, "Only an Italian would have mentioned Vivaldi," but I wasn't sure how that would go over.

BTW, I've always considered the casual use of "cr##" to be far removed from it's literal meaning (if it really has one). Some in my family used to say "crud," the literal meaning of which is harmless, but if you really mean sh##, what's the difference?

BarbaraPA · Answer

I understood it the way Tanit did.

If you're a young person, you are expected to like a lot of music that this person considers bad. Maybe he's just into the Beatles or other "oldies" bands instead of Lady Gaga or .... uh... Maroon 5.

Avangi · Answer

I stand corrected. [Y]

It's sort of ironic. When I assume a poster means what he says, he really doesn't.

But when I assume he doesn't, he really does.

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