One of the things about journalism on the Internet (besides cats) is the rise of List Culture Lists are easy to digest, for whatever reason people seem to click on them, and whoever complains about them as an abstract concept should remember that magazines (R.I.P., mostly) used to rely heavily upon infographics, which were way more annoying. Besides, what is a piece of journalism other than a list of thoughts stitched together by segues instead of numbers? On the other hand, a lot of lists are really fucking stupid and serve either as clickbait or as a way of communicating information without having to actually link your thoughts together with words and ideas and stuff. So with that in mind, here are some of the most pointless lists of 2012. We changed some of the titles in order to make them more true to their message.25. Bands Old People Might Like24. Twenty Bands That Some Young People Might Like23. [Top 20 Cars Seen In Curren$y Music Videos](http:// http://www.complex.com/rides/2012/12/currenys-20-best-music-video-cars/)22. Proof Jack White Is Still Weird As Shit21. Twenty-Five Slightly Advanced Pieces Of Conventional Hip-Hop Wisdom20. The Ten Best Lines From Childish Gambino’s Royalty Mixtape (Brought To You By Rap Genius)19. Some People Who Like Mean Girls Also Like The Beatles18. We Might Be Pitchfork, But Fuck It Here’s A Clickbait-y List17. Seven Signs You’re At The Pitchfork Music Festival16. One Thinly Veiled, Several-Slide Joke About Drake’s Masculinity15. Twenty Tweets About Kanye West's Leather Kilt/Skirt Thing That He Wore The Other Night14. Fifty Reasons Why Liking Taylor Swift Seems Like A Good Way to Pretend We’re Not Snobs13. Fifty Country Songs That Don’t Suck12. Twenty-Five Photos Of Rappers Looking At Art11. Asher Roth’s 25 Favorite Albums10. Five Albums Pitchfork Didn't Validate My Opinion Of9. The 20 Best Worst Blogs8. Forty Albums We Thought About Getting Into7. The Top Emails You Received This Year6. The Sixth Best Meta-List of the Year5. Ten Things That Happened in the Past4. Twenty-Five Pictures Of Rappers On Boats3. Complex’s Greatest Greatest Articles2. Thirty-Five Photos Of Rappers Texting1. Seventeen Good Songs Frank Ocean Put Out This Year
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