White men like this (pseuds, basically) love to eulogise something that they think is neat.

You... can just say "I think Alien Ant Farm's cover of Smooth Criminal is pretty neat!" and that's it. You don't need to provide some big philosophical or historical justification for why you like something, and if you're doing this often then it speaks to a pretty deep-seated insecurity.

This tweet has big "old man yells at cloud" energy.

I like the idea that retvrning to tradition means listening to more Simple Plan or giving Carson Daly another show