1) There are at least two other people whose music goes from Rammstein to Cabaret: both myself and my younger brother (and the two of us have fairly different taste outside of a handful of overlapping interests)
4) It is also being a decent conversationalist. Talking about the same things all the time regardless of whether or not the other party is interested--while I have done it--shows bad conversation skills.
5) I am convinced combat boots do go with almost everything