I am convinced that the bizarre naming conventions are just another way to maintain exclusivity, like having a cassette tape of some indie band that barely anyone has even heard of.

“Ooh, what an I listening to? Yeah I got this tape at one of the only two shows they ever did. They started their own genre, that’s how indie they are, bro. Their music is postexistentialistpostvaporwavepostemopunkelectronica. You wouldn’t know, ha.”

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A bit of that for sure. It is also useful though, in its time, to track shifts in themes/styles, but can get confusing when you try to reconcile the evolving categories over time. Philosophy is prob the worst offender

Very useful historically, when studying architecture, fine art, etc,

but folks are just making up terms now and getting more upset when you mislabel their genre.

Electronic music def falls into this category. I don't even know the right term for the stuff I like. Is it dub-techno, EDM, minimal bedroom-house? And further refinements I'm too unaware of to even list here

Same music problem here.

At this point I just know what I like.

Philosophy is definitely the worst of these. Totally agree.