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    i don't know who this is

    waits

    walks away

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      The problem is if everything becomes fascism, then nobody cares about it. I remember in high school people calling Obama a fascist. So now they have nowhere to go when Trump showed up.

      That kind of vague academic language screams of "word salad", of people using big words to make themselves feel smart and feel like they've said and done a lot without doing anything at all. Like this Calvin and Hobbes comic:

      https://i.imgur.com/XUZce4A.jpeg

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      You're not wrong. This is what anti-intellectualism gets us, and that goes double for the Hyper® versions.

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        Then your mind will literally explode if you listen to "Computer Love" by Zapp & Roger, released in...... 1985!

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          Besides not meeting its capitalist expectations, how have Japan's "lost decades" impacted its people, and how does that impact differ from that within comparable nations that had continuous economic growth during that same time (e.g. the US, Europe, Australia, and South Korea)?

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          Overworked, or refusing to work at all. No one's having sex. Their economy is further collapsing, their population is converging to the point of a death spiral. No one can afford to have a family.

          They still like tech in Tokyo and pump out anime, though.

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            Isn't this just Pasttime Paradise by Stevie Wonder?

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            I'm a fan of both. I don't hear it. Different key, different progression. What are you hearing that I'm not? Also, IMO it's absolutely impossible to not be influenced by Stevie if you play this type of music, so there's that.

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              I miss the old internet. Usenet was magic.

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                I'm a fan of both. I don't hear it. Different key, different progression. What are you hearing that I'm not? Also, IMO it's absolutely impossible to not be influenced by Stevie if you play this type of music, so there's that.

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                Nah my bad it was Stayin Alive by Bee Gees

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooZR4LSuppk

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                  I don't know that I've ever actually registered any of the lyrics within this song, save for "vurchahwuhh insayynatyy!"

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                    Nah my bad it was Stayin Alive by Bee Gees

                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooZR4LSuppk

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                    It's a stretch, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't like it. 😀

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                      We tried to cover it with my band, but it sounded really boring. Upon listening closely to it, I was surprised by how minimalist it actually is. I mean there's barely anything on the track! Some piano, some strings, and drum and bass of course.

                      It was a happy surprise to find that it's one of those songs that are carried by the pure energy of the vocalist, which makes it very tricky to cover unless you go a very lateral route and "re-genre" it.

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                        Hah, one of those coincidences.

                        Just 2(?) weeks ago Virtual Insanity popped up on stream and I wondered if Jamiroquai are prophets now or the song is just way younger than I remember

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                          I miss the old internet. Usenet was magic.

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                          Ah, convergence. In retrospect, it seems obvious that the Web would just get extended to do all that stuff. The part that was harder to predict was corporations taking over all the platforms. I guess I just waited to believe that everything would stay democratized.

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                            TIL "gaff" is UK slang for your house or home.

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                              I miss the old internet. Usenet was magic.

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                              ASCII pr0n anyone? [nsfw]

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                                It's all about the Pentiums baby.

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                                  Oh jfc teletext.. now that's a blast from the past. used to love reading it lol

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                                    Then your mind will literally explode if you listen to "Computer Love" by Zapp & Roger, released in...... 1985!

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                                    Also, System Addict by 5 Star was 1985 IIRC

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                                      Not sure what that means but I saw him live a few years back and I was shocked how extremely British he is, both in accent and great sense of humour. Also the whole band is now a bunch of old dudes. I guess that shouldn't be surprising but it was very different from the picture I had in my head since my childhood.

                                      Except the music. The music was just as good as ever. It was awesome.

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                                      Original post made me search for jamiraquoi, which led to me listening to their music, then finding a yt about their music video which led me to the jk wiki page, which had the term twinkess twin, so then I started on that etc. Internet Rabbit hole.

                                      Im glad he's still robustly british.

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                                        Well we could start with a name...

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                                          Well we could start with a name...

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                                          Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity

                                          https://youtu.be/4JkIs37a2JE

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