• outer_spec@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    Here’s what OP assumed you knew they meant to say:

    TAYLOR SWIFT IS HETEROSEXUAL

    just in case it wasn’t fucking clear

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      It’s so obvious too. Hetero: the other or opposite. Sexual: relating to sexuality. She’s the opposite of sexual. Heterosexuals are often aromantic but not always, which may be the origin of their confusion.

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        I’ll hunt you for sport and leave your carcass where it lies. Won’t even take a trophy. /J

        Because apparently people can’t pick up on obvious riffs

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          I thought I was being clever with the last bit, too. After a year, I still can’t figure out whether Lemmy hates wordplay or doesn’t understand it.

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    There are likely a number of very different takes involved, which may look the same at the surface level:

    • Gay women crushing on her

    • LGBTrenders latching on to someone popular

    • Pro-LGBT activists who make everything they see about their cause

    • Trolls stirring the pot

    • Foreign powers stoking controversy

    • Social media promoting anything and everything that drives engagement

    • Anti-LGBT activists promoting it as another example of the gay agenda

    I’m sure there are more, but the point is that people tend to feel a personal attachment to anything they agree with that becomes popular, using it as an example in their own mind proving that the world agrees with them, without actually knowing anything about what’s really going on.

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        Thanks for your patience. The Voyager app doesn’t have notifications yet.

        OK this is embarrassing but I thought OP was talking about a completely different artist and it only just clicked. I don’t know anything about Swift aside from the hook of “shake it off” which I’ve only heard a few times. I’ll retract the original comment.

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    why are we bringing up rebecca black in year of our lord two thousand twenty two plus two???

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        There’s no way I’m clicking that link. The possibility of it being an elaborate Rick Roll type situation to get Friday stuck in my head, and I’m not willing to take that chance.

        Edit: God damn, didn’t realize Lemmy had so many Rebecca Black fans.

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          I think people are just kinda broadly excited about a “redemption” story given all the hate she got. It feels good to see her making interesting and enjoyable hyperpop after she was basically eviscerated by the internet for a crap song when she was just a child

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      Because she’s actually a good singer now. She took lessons and worked her ass off to git gud. Check out “Do You?” by her it’s my favourite.

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      So basically, covid happened and rebecca black returned as a queer icon with a friday hyperpop remix.

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      She’s still out there doing her thing. She’s made more music since and recentlyish been on other TV stuff. I saw her with very short colored hair on a Netflix original food show a couple weeks back. One of those cheap to make ameature food competitions.

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    My reading comprehension has tanked during the pandemic.

    I feel like I’m not alone, too.

    I need to touch grass, honestly.

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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      I feel that way sometimes, but then I read further and discover a lot of the time that the thing I thought I read wrong was simply written poorly or by an AI. It’s hard to comprehend something that is incomprehensible, ya know?

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      She’s not bi as best I’m aware.

      But dating a dude isn’t a disqualifying factor.