15 Common Struggles For Music Lovers (As Told Through Simpsons GIFs)

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We live in the era where everything is amazing and nobody is happy. Despite the infinite number of technological advances we've seen in music consumption over the past 10 to 15 years, listening to music can still be an incredibly frustrating experience with one nuisance after another, from not having an auxiliary jack to accidentally downloading the clean version of a song.

Still, there are bright spots, like how the Internet has fried our brains to the point that we can only think in GIFs and '90s pop culture references like The Simpsons, because that's when everything was perfect and we were happy in the innocence of our childhoods. To vent our frustrations with modernity, here are 15 Common Struggles For Music Lovers (As Told Through Simpsons GIFs).

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Lemon

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When you tell all your friends this new rapper is the truth, then their album finally comes out and it sucks but you're forced to defend it.

Aux Cord

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When you get in a car and realize it doesn't have an auxiliary jack, so you can't play your music and might as well be living in 1994.

Censored

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When you realize you got the censored version by mistake.

Slow Download

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When a mixtape drops or an album leaks and you get stuck with a slow-ass download.

Dead Links

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When you keep finding dead download links for albums.

Opening Act

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When the opening act is nothing but pure, unadulterated struggle.

Standing and Waiting

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When you're stuck standing around a hot-ass venue waiting for a concert to start and feel like an idiot for thinking any rapper could start anything on time.

Dancing Along

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When your friend's iPhone DJing is terrible but they're super into it and you don't have the heart to tell them.

Volumes

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When songs have different volumes.

Sequels

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When a rapper promises a sequel/remix/album but it never comes, so you begin to question the meaning of life itself.

ID Tags

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When you download an album with no/incorrect ID3 tags so you have to look them up and fill them out manually.

Earbud

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When only one earbud works but there's nothing you can do about it so you might as well rock both on your way home.

Computer not mp3

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When you have an album on your computer but not your mp3 player, forcing you to listen to tunes you really don't feel like hearing.

Radio

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When you turn on the radio right as it goes to commercial.

On Time

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When mixtapes don't drop on time.

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