A man shared his Spotify Wrapped showing that his most-listened-to artists of the year were all female performers. While this should be a harmless personal preference, some users still chose to judge him. But one comment went far beyond harmless teasing. The user wrote, “If you be my brother, we for don exchange you with bandit,” implying that simply liking female artists makes someone worthy of being traded to criminals.
This kind of comment is not just rude—it’s disturbingly extreme. Music taste is a personal choice, not a moral failing. Suggesting that a family member deserves to be handed over to bandits because of what they listen to is an example of how online spaces can normalize violent, dangerous language disguised as “jokes.”
Such comments contribute to a toxic environment where harmless preferences are policed, individuality is mocked, and violence becomes casual. People must learn to let others enjoy what they enjoy without attaching hostility or threats to something as simple as Spotify choices.
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