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I think the answer to that is: creativity is hard.

Ask Curtis Yarvin, seems like most of his "theory" is Ayn Rand rehashed. These people think they're far more clever than they actually are.

Normalize punching Nazis

It couldn't be more infuriating that these stupid fucks who take their marching orders from the likes of FOX News and Newsmax always have the audacity to call themselves "free thinkers" as though they really believe they came up with these ideas and positions themselves when it's crystal fucking clear based on the evidence that they did not.

This is fucked up, but it's still somehow better than a Murphy Bed backdoor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutti_Frutti_(song)#Original_recording_by_Little_Richard

Tutti Frutti, good booty
If it don't fit, don't force it
You can grease it, make it easy

Little Richard knew what was up.

Hadn't heard these guys. This is some good shit, thanks!

The way the singer does his lyrics kind of gives me The Hold Steady vibes.

That sounds entirely plausible to me. Once again, when it comes to PewDiePie, I have no idea what the fuck I am talking about.

I knew this was coming after 9/11/2001. That was my first brush with how absolutely vile, ignorant, and racist most US citizens could be.

I used to always say eventually they would bring the tools of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars home and use against their own citizens and god damn it, it sucks to be right.

Interesting, I kind of assumed that he'd been long forgotten by the YouTube crowd, but he's still the number 10 top youtuber going by how many subscribers he has.

So, this may actually have an impact on Linux perception, but I'd wager with people in PewDiePie's age group more than younger people. He's 35, a lot closer to my age than expected.

If I sound like an idiot it's because I never followed PewDiePie except for watching him scream and flail in Dark Souls that one time.

Oh there's also Sweeping Promises, they're kind of a lofi post-punk, but they dropped an album in 2023.

They're from Boston, so also not midwest.

What you're seeing is the end of Truth.

Especially in the face of AI generated photos, we're dealing with a future where the youth can easily be misled about what actually happened in the past, or even in the current moment. There is very much an upswing of young people questioning established narratives of the past, often under the guise of "well you weren't there, how do you know for sure?"

Reality is perception, and they are busy managing reality to deny any perception of Nazi behavior.

It's why Musk especially lies so fluidly and easily in the face of hard evidence.

It's all perception management, and as long as they keep talking and keep repeating the same lies, a significant number of people will believe them.

Musk still claims it wasn't a Nazi salute, and a significant number of people believe him. It's kind of like Trump's statement that he could shoot someone in the middle of 5th avenue and not lose any support. It's all attack, never back down, never admit fault.

EDIT: It's also Bannon's "flood the zone with shit" strategy at work, too. We've been in an Attention Economy for a long time now (at least since 2007 when the iPhone put a screen in everyone's pocket), and they know people's attention is limited, so they work to force themselves into people's limited time and attention spans. If your message is the only one they have time to hear, they'll probably be more likely to consider yours true. This, for example, is why Musk forced himself into everyone's Twitter feeds, he's force feeding himself the limited attention of millions.

FIDLAR and the Mean Jeans both put out new albums in the last year.

FIDLAR is kind of a mix between punk and california surf rock, and the Mean Jeans are very Ramones-ey.

They're both solidly west coast, though. No idea on midwest punk.