Do you suffer from Music Time-Warp Syndrome?
Music Time-Warp Syndrome is a cruel and pernicious disease that often strikes people in their mid to late twenties. Symptoms vary, but the outcome is always the same: an almost total inability to recognise any music (released after the year of their affliction) as being good.
The sufferer will continue to purchase albums by artists that they quite liked in and before the year of their affliction, but any new artists will be considered not as good, or a bit too loud.
Their precise behaviour is somewhat dependent on the year they acquired the syndrome, but they can often be heard voicing their disapproval of anything in the charts by saying things like "There's really no need for all that swearing", "It doesn't even have a proper tune" or "Of course, they all sang live in my day, you know!"
If you think you might be suffering from Music Time-Warp Syndrome, we would like to hear from you!
| Total Votes | % of Voters | Female Votes | Male Votes | Unspecified Votes | % of Female Votes | % of Male Votes | % of Unspecified Votes | Average Age | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 25.0% | 14 | 10 | .. | 30.4% | 35.7% | .. | 40.2 | I think I suffer from Music Time Warp Syndrome. |
| 5 | 5.2% | 3 | 2 | .. | 6.5% | 7.1% | .. | 42.0 | I don't think so, but people I know think I do. |
| 1 | 1.0% | 1 | .. | .. | 2.2% | .. | .. | .. | I used to be a sufferer, but I was cured. |
| 30 | 31.2% | 17 | 13 | .. | 37.0% | 46.4% | .. | 40.5 | I don't suffer from Music Time Warp Syndrome. Just look at my CD collection! |
| 13 | 13.5% | 8 | 5 | .. | 17.4% | 17.9% | .. | 38.5 | I'm not a sufferer, but I know someone who is. |
| 9 | 9.4% | 7 | 2 | .. | 15.2% | 7.1% | .. | 25.2 | I'm not old enough to suffer from Music Time Warp Syndrome (yet). |
| 6 | 6.2% | 4 | 2 | .. | 8.7% | 7.1% | .. | 33.2 | Other |
| Rating | Total | Female | Male | Unspecified | Average Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 32 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 37.0 |
| Bad | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| No Opinion | 53 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 38.5 |
| Type | Number |
|---|---|
| Abstainers | 22 |
| Male | 28 |
| Female | 46 |
| Unspecified | 0 |
| User | Vote | Comment |
|---|---|---|
Strider    | reasonable | posted 16-Sep-2001 1:54am |
| darkshadowsseeker | reasonable | posted 16-Sep-2001 12:37am Thanks for clarifying that survey creator! |
| jkiehart | reasonable | posted 15-Sep-2001 11:17pm LOLI read the explination as though a hushed announcer from some nature program was narrating it. |
| Oscar | reasonable | posted 15-Sep-2001 7:14pm |
| JoeSchmoe2003 | reasonable | posted 15-Sep-2001 5:29pm |
Biggles   | reasonable | posted 15-Sep-2001 1:56pm |
msgman  | reasonable | posted 15-Sep-2001 11:24am |
icurok  | old | posted 15-Sep-2001 7:37am I know everyone seems to like this as it stands, but I was thinking of a "I used to be a sufferer, but I was cured" option. What do you think? |
| icurok | old | posted 15-Sep-2001 7:36am Kate: I've checked my medical textbook and it says "..only if it's the only song you get up to dance to at a wedding reception disco!" |
| Strider | old | posted 15-Sep-2001 1:20am |
| HareKrishna | old | posted 15-Sep-2001 1:12am wees |
| JoeSchmoe2003 | old | posted 14-Sep-2001 8:21pm |
| juliw | old | posted 14-Sep-2001 6:51pm lol This one should be fun! |
| confetti | old | posted 14-Sep-2001 6:07pm   |
| Maarten | old | posted 14-Sep-2001 5:54pm I can't believe you don't understand this, ASB! |
| darkshadowsseeker | old | posted 14-Sep-2001 4:37pm Does doing the Time Warp (from RHPS) count as a symptom? |
| Biggles | old | posted 14-Sep-2001 4:32pm lol |
| ASB | old | posted 14-Sep-2001 3:05pm WTF are you talking about? |
