@OpenComputeDesign btw, the distressing thing i said a week or two ago was a song text.
Sorry for not making that clear, i liked the band for being aggressively sarcastic.

Ha, nearly forgot to clear that up. I am not perfect and there is no other way but embracing that. If "only dead women are beautiful" was my honest opinion i could never be part of any community :-)

@admitsWrongIfProven @OpenComputeDesign There's so many songs with shocking lyrics that end up being number 1 hits and no one ever seems to notice 😂

@admitsWrongIfProven @OpenComputeDesign foster the people - pumped up kicks
Prime example.
Catchy as F but the lyrics are darker than F
Old example, I know, but you get the point?

@chestycougth @admitsWrongIfProven

Yeah, shockingly hard to get people to see the irony in walking around singing that song while wondering how violence becomes so normalized and glorified.

@OpenComputeDesign
Huh, i thought violence got normalized because it was done to actual human beings. Must be a hell of a song...

@chestycougth

@admitsWrongIfProven @chestycougth

I mean, there are ways violence gets normalized. But imo making it sound catchy and fun doesn't help

@OpenComputeDesign @admitsWrongIfProven It Is confusing. I rationalize it as the artist wanting to speak about a difficult subject in an approachable way, but I doubt that's really the case. Either way I don't think that pumped up kicks is responsible for any shootings

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