"Oh you like that band? Name five songs by them."

No, f**k off. I will like who and what I want to like as deeply or as shallowly as I please. There's a modern movement against "bandwagons" going around, especially on the internet, and it basically shames people who come to like a band, sports team, actor/actress, or a professional beekeeper after they've become famous.

It's a ridiculous trend. Just because I wasn't following this artist on YouTube when they were five and had just posted a video of them coughing doesn't mean I can't be a fan. Just because I'm interested in watching sports teams win doesn't mean I can't like a specific team (while they're winning. I actually have no interest in sports).

Congratulations. You liked the band before anyone else even knew they existed. You were there at their conception. You are the true fan. You know their cat's third cousin's sister's blood type.

That doesn't mean I can't listen to their newest song on the radio and say, "Hey, I like this band!" Because I can, and I will. Maybe I'll listen to them obsessively for a month then forget about them forever, because I have the attention span of a goldfish. Maybe I'll listen to that one song obsessively for a month and never bother with anything else that they make, because, again, I have the attention span of a goldfish.

Either way, none of that will change how much I'm allowed to like someone or something. Yes, I'm a gigantic bandwagon, and I don't give a crap.