How would you explain the big overlap between Rush and Van Halen fans?

[Anguyen92]

Please never stop posting WildRanger!

Your sweeping statements, are as nonsensical as they are wrong, but man are they funny!

So Rush aren't entertaining because they are too serious....

Wut

Just three guys with no sense of humor doing their laundry on stage.

Well, yeah.  What do you think those washing machines on stage were for during those tours in the early 00s?   

[Orbert]

It was a holdover from the early days when they couldn't afford to go to the laundromat, and just got to be a habit.

[HOF]

Hah! Type in Van Halen or Rush on this website (especially Van Halen):

https://www.music-map.com/

“The closer two names are, the greater the probability people will like both artists.”

[WildRanger]

Hah! Type in Van Halen or Rush on this website (especially Van Halen):

https://www.music-map.com/

“The closer two names are, the greater the probability people will like both artists.”

This does not seem accurate. I typed Rush and Led Zeppelin wasn't close to them. I know Led Zeppelin is one of the favorite bands among Rush fans.

[Stadler]

Is there a lot of overlap between Rush and Bush fans? 

[HOF]

Hah! Type in Van Halen or Rush on this website (especially Van Halen):

https://www.music-map.com/

“The closer two names are, the greater the probability people will like both artists.”

This does not seem accurate. I typed Rush and Led Zeppelin wasn't close to them. I know Led Zeppelin is one of the favorite bands among Rush fans.

Personally not a fan of Led Zeppelin, so this can’t be true. ;-)

[WildRanger]

Is there a lot of overlap between Rush and Bush fans?

Come on, man.
Maybe Rush and Kate Bush fans. 

[WildRanger]

Hah! Type in Van Halen or Rush on this website (especially Van Halen):

https://www.music-map.com/

“The closer two names are, the greater the probability people will like both artists.”

This does not seem accurate. I typed Rush and Led Zeppelin wasn't close to them. I know Led Zeppelin is one of the favorite bands among Rush fans.

Personally not a fan of Led Zeppelin, so this can’t be true. ;-)

You are you, one person. You can't speak for other countless Rush fans.

[KevShmev]

You are you, one person. You can't speak for other countless Rush fans.

I know Led Zeppelin is one of the favorite bands among Rush fans.

 

[hefdaddy42]

You are you, one person. You can't speak for other countless Rush fans.

I know Led Zeppelin is one of the favorite bands among Rush fans.

 

[WildRanger]

You are you, one person. You can't speak for other countless Rush fans.

I know Led Zeppelin is one of the favorite bands among Rush fans.

 

What's so funny?

[twosuitsluke]

These threads are what keep me coming back to DTF 

[King Postwhore]

You are speaking for countless Rush fans by saying "I know Led Zeppelin is one of the favorite bands among Rush fans." 

That's what's funny.

[bluefox4000]

Hah! Type in Van Halen or Rush on this website (especially Van Halen):

https://www.music-map.com/

“The closer two names are, the greater the probability people will like both artists.”

2 people.  never too fond of Zep here.

This does not seem accurate. I typed Rush and Led Zeppelin wasn't close to them. I know Led Zeppelin is one of the favorite bands among Rush fans.

Personally not a fan of Led Zeppelin, so this can’t be true. ;-)

You are you, one person. You can't speak for other countless Rush fans.

2 people.  was never fond of Zep.  love Rush.

[TAC]

You are you, one person. You can't speak for other countless Rush fans.

I know Led Zeppelin is one of the favorite bands among Rush fans.

 

That is fantastic!

[Orbert]

What's so funny?

Dude, you are.  You make these huge, sweeping statements that you "know" are true, but which have everyone else going "What the fuck?"  But then someone makes a clearly sarcastic remark contrary to your premise, complete with winking smiley, and you totally miss the irony, saying one person cannot speak for all.  That's what's so funny.

[WildRanger]

What's so funny?

Dude, you are.  You make these huge, sweeping statements that you "know" are true, but which have everyone else going "What the fuck?"  But then someone makes a clearly sarcastic remark contrary to your premise, complete with winking smiley, and you totally miss the irony, saying one person cannot speak for all.  That's what's so funny.

Come on, man. You're criticizing me here, but not HOF who said it can’t be true that Zep is one of the most beloved bands among Rush fans only because HE is not a Zep fan?
LZ are "rock gods" so there is no surprise that they significantly overlap with fandom of pretty much every big rock band.

[twosuitsluke]

You've still missed the point dude. You said "Led Zep is one of the most beloved bands among Rush fans". This statement didn't say among "most" Rush fans, so it insinuates you mean ALL Rush fans. HOF is a Rush fan, but not a Led Zep fan, therefore your statement is wrong. Do you get that?

[WildRanger]

You've still missed the point dude. You said "Led Zep is one of the most beloved bands among Rush fans". This statement didn't say among "most" Rush fans, so it insinuates you mean ALL Rush fans. HOF is a Rush fan, but not a Led Zep fan, therefore your statement is wrong. Do you get that?

Nah. You got it wrong. I didn't say ALL Rush fans are Zep fans. "Led Zep is one of the most beloved bands among Rush fans" means that a very big percentage of Rush fans would include LZ among their favorite bands.

[HOF]

What's so funny?

Dude, you are.  You make these huge, sweeping statements that you "know" are true, but which have everyone else going "What the fuck?"  But then someone makes a clearly sarcastic remark contrary to your premise, complete with winking smiley, and you totally miss the irony, saying one person cannot speak for all.  That's what's so funny.

Come on, man. You're criticizing me here, but not HOF who said it can’t be true that Zep is one of the most beloved bands among Rush fans only because HE is not a Zep fan?
LZ are "rock gods" so there is no surprise that they significantly overlap with fandom of pretty much every big rock band.

Just for future reference, the winking smiley face means I’m not being entirely serious. :-)

[Orbert]

Exactly.  It wasn't serious.  It was a counterexample to a generality, not to an absolute.  A single counterexample disproves an absolute, but not a generality.  That's the joke.  And in case you missed it, the winking smiley was there.