Right? During the generation of Britney, NSync, and Jessica Simpson, I don't know anyone who would refer to Aaliyah as "cheesy" or "not that big". Hell, and I'm white and was more into alternarock than anything, but I loved Aaliyah! If anything, Destiny's Child was bringing the cheesiness to 90s r&b/pop (mainly thanks…

Wow. You're planning that? All the PSAs I've seen suggest that a really cool boy just offers it to you out of the blue. Weird.

Aaliyah's songs were, thanks to Timbaland, always the *weirdest* things on the radio at the time. I'm a little baffled to see people downplay her influence and call her "cheesy". She was basically doing like the opposite of traditional R&B with her somewhat distant, icy voice in front of those oddly syncopated,…

I def co-sign with you on this! Aaliyah was everything back in the day and during her short life she left a huge imprint on the Hip Hop and R&B world. She created the blueprint for Ciara, Ashanti, JLO and in some ways even Beyonce'.

Or every time a black female artist is mentioned there will always be someone ready to not only to declare their hatred/indifference/whatever of said artist but whine about why we're talking about them in the first place. Meanwhile the Taylor Swift posts contain no such whining. Taylor Swift will never be referred to…

The only people I ever really hear saying they don't understand the Aaliyah hype are either too young to really remember her or not black. I'm not saying every black person liked Aaliyah, but yeah, she was a pretty big damn deal back then.

maybe because your white and she was never a crossover pop star ? Not trying to be mean or anything...just saying. She was a pretty big deal in my world.

About the reification of hipsters, just look up anything about detournement, recuperation, etc. There are so many neckbeards in my "alternative" neck of the woods it's a health hazard (all the disgusting hair I mean).

Look, many of your coworkers in this kind of industry will be dicks toward women. However, being employed in a large refinery with union protection mitigates a lot of these issues. Calling some of these guys Neanderthals is an insult to cave people, but many times, the job is worth being exposed to some trolls.…

You're 21 and he is 31. If he wanted to date you, he would have said.

The only Aaliyah I'm here for is "Are You That Somebody?"

This is related to why there is no vintage clothing for men. They owned one suit and it is in the coffin with them.

...he simply proved something we all already know, the double standard women deal with on a day-to-day basis.

Every time I see articles blaming millennials for this, that or another thing, I think of this:

My cat and I are rude to each other. Cats deserve a little sassing. His cat probably thinks he's a needy dweeb.

UGH, I'm with you, cat

My cat is a prideful old man; if you laugh at him, let's say he chased something or attacked some object, he slinks away in shame, all previous joy forgotten.

I'm thinking the cat wrote #3

I heard the cat was sitting right there with them when she asked him to go to a movie and she didn't even think to invite the cat.

I definitely wouldn't want to date someone who was rude to my cat. Actually, it depends on what is happening that is considered rude. Not wanting to pet my cat constantly? That's fine because I don't want to do that either. Are they telling my cat that her breath stinks and that her fur isn't pretty? RUDE.