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RockSplash
Joined: 28 Oct 2019
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:18 pm
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I mean, it's cool, but Demon slayer is really popular.
Now, if a senator was recommending Kamen Rider, I would probably vote for the guy
Last edited by RockSplash on Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:35 pm; edited 1 time in total
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merr
Joined: 11 Dec 2004
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:26 pm
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Obviously his staff went and found a list of popular international songs to make him seem suitably worldly. Look at the rest of his choices.
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RockSplash
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:37 pm
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merr wrote: | Obviously his staff went and found a list of popular international songs to make him seem suitably worldly. Look at the rest of his choices. |
I mean, its probably true, but a politician is supposed to be "worldly". Music is a great way to learn about issues of others. It probably is just a edited list, but you never know...
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ZiharkXVI
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 7:08 pm
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merr wrote: | Obviously his staff went and found a list of popular international songs to make him seem suitably worldly. Look at the rest of his choices. |
I love the song, but this is totally what happened. Ain't no way this dude is humming this song to himself on the way to the office.
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strawberry_milk
Joined: 28 Feb 2020
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 8:33 pm
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RockSplash wrote: | Now, if a senator was recommending Kamen Rider, I would probably vote for the guy |
Ah, a person of culture.
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The Not so Chosen One
Joined: 18 Nov 2016
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 8:54 pm
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It's the same thing as Paul Gosar doing that hideous Attack On Titan video edit. Politicians just trying to appeal to a younger demographic that actually don't like them, but unlike Gosar's case, this doesn't say anything meaningful about him.
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XerneasYveltal
Joined: 09 Jun 2015
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 9:03 pm
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As a Filipino, I see that Blinken's tuning in to music from my country as well.
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ATastySub
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:53 pm
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Lotta weird insecurity so far in this thread. Y’all really need to get over the idea that anyone is more special for liking the things you do, and anyone else that says they do must be faking it. It’s especially funny to call it pandering in such circumstances, as it’s based on wanting to still be too niche for such a thing. This isn’t even about the shows or anything. Just the music. So what if a politician likes the music without fully understanding where else it’s used? It’s music man, everyone likes music. Stop letting your insecurities be a knee jerk reaction and learn to embrace some simple joys instead of immediately finding ways to angrily gatekeep.
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Juno016
Joined: 09 Jan 2012
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:25 pm
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ATastySub wrote: | Lotta weird insecurity so far in this thread. Y’all really need to get over the idea that anyone is more special for liking the things you do, and anyone else that says they do must be faking it. It’s especially funny to call it pandering in such circumstances, as it’s based on wanting to still be too niche for such a thing. This isn’t even about the shows or anything. Just the music. So what if a politician likes the music without fully understanding where else it’s used? It’s music man, everyone likes music. Stop letting your insecurities be a knee jerk reaction and learn to embrace some simple joys instead of immediately finding ways to angrily gatekeep. |
To be fair, I think most of the doubt comes from the fact he's a politician and no one likes to trust politicians, especially with clear PR stunts like this (regardless of the truth of his personal preferences). Comes across as disingenuous, though I personally don't care either way. It's a solid "Oh, neat" from me. Not going to gush about it, but I don't see the point in trying to speculate the truth either.
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MFrontier
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 12:00 am
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He has good taste.
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Sinsekihokimchiansu
Joined: 02 Aug 2021
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 1:27 am
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Oh this is an amusing surprise
I mean LISA is an amazing singer why wouldn't he be a fan
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AmpersandsUnited
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 1:35 am
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merr wrote: | Obviously his staff went and found a list of popular international songs to make him seem suitably worldly. Look at the rest of his choices. |
The biggest giveaway is asking people to believe a 59 year old man would be using Spotify to begin with. Should have went with Pandora which I would have actually believed since my parents know that one at least, or maybe Amazon or Apple music to be safe, but those aren't as trendy with kids.
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RockSplash
Joined: 28 Oct 2019
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 1:53 am
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The biggest giveaway is asking people to believe a 59 year old man would be using Spotify to begin with. Should have went with Pandora which I would have actually believed since my parents know that one at least, or maybe Amazon or Apple music to be safe, but those aren't as trendy with kids.[/quote]
I mean, I'm not going to say its not a PR stunt, but my 58 year old Father uses spotify, and actually convinced me to try it(24 year old here).
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DerekL1963
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 2:47 am
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ATastySub wrote: | So what if a politician likes the music without fully understanding where else it’s used? It’s music man, everyone likes music. Stop letting your insecurities be a knee jerk reaction and learn to embrace some simple joys instead of immediately finding ways to angrily gatekeep. |
Ain't nobody gatekeeping here. We've all seen politicians pull the "how do you do fellow kids" trick before. We've got abundant reason to skeptical.
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SenpaiDuckie
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:50 am
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Just deleted a troll post~
Other than that, please continue on and remember to keep your posts respectful and engaging
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