Listening to Trash
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Listening to Trash refers to photographs of men pretending to listen to a trash container through wire earbuds. Starting May 2014, the photographs have been circulated as reaction images in reference to poor taste in music.
Origin
On May 15th, 2014, Twitter[1] user @HiphopStrt posted a photograph of unknown origin showing a man pretending to listen to a trash container through wire earbuds, captioned "Me listening to OLAMIDE and WIZKID".
Spread
The image didn't show any spread until 2017, when more posts containing the image appeared on Twitter[2] and other platforms[3]. On Twitter, the image gained popularity as a reaction to tweets by various musicians as a way to criticize the quality of their music (examples below).
The earliest use of the other reaction image can be traced to September 1st, 2017. On that day, Instagram[4] user @kilogramlincoln combined the cropped version of another photograph of a man pretending to listen to a trash container with the caption "What's he listening to?", tagging rapper Lil Yachty in the post.
In the following years, both images saw use as a way to critisize musical artists and dismiss opinions, with examples available on Twitter[5], Reddit[6], Instagram[7] and other platforms.
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External References
[1] Twitter – @HiphopStrt's Post
[2] Twitter – @CheapMondayp2's Tweet
[4] Instagram – kilogramlincoln's Post
[5] Twitter – @don_jozzzy's Tweet
[6] Reddit – Very relatable
[7] Instagram – humanity.gone24's Post
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