One of the most nonsensical things I see, the whole downvoting things that you don’t like or don’t agree with, even if it’s still being put in a negative light or the person is just curious and asking about it. Happens all over reddit, especially in comments. Obviously if someone’s stating rather than questioning and being bad faith or argumentative then I can understand it but it still happens all the time when they aren’t

Is this a trend in a lot of other countries? I seem to remember seeing other articles about showing these attitudes elsewhere. I can’t imagine seeing the climate crisis finally starting to noticeably affect Europe in earnest but then having doubts about it. Is it maybe yet another issue that’s getting more and more polarised? More have a stronger belief but then others have a stronger disbelief? I suppose many people will just go straight to having the anti-progressive opinion on autopilot

If you think England out of all the countries in Europe is most like the US, or is really similar in general, you need to learn more about Europe and England

Or a kidnapping of Netanyahu

There are people here trying to justify this? I can’t find a single comment that is

Totally just vibed out that conclusion there eh?

The “patriotic” mentality is also helped along by Russia too

This made me wonder do uncontacted peoples have microplastics in them in large amounts like we all do? Like say the Sentinelese, for instance? I’m sure they do have some at least, despite them not using it, but maybe not nearly to the extent we do? This isn’t me advocating for using uncontacted peoples for studies and so on, obviously that’s not a moral way to go at all. Just a curiosity thing. If so, then if this is the huge ticking time bomb we suspect it might be then maybe we’ll all die off and they’ll be pretty much the only ones left. Maybe even unaware for the most part that we all died off. Yeah I’m just rambling at this point…

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I imagine it’s meant to look cyberpunk or whatever. But it just looks like something a teenager would scratch into a school desk

Can she just fade into complete obscurity already? Would’ve thought that would be what she’d want to do given her husband is gunna be a big name in the Epstein files, and possibly also her too

I don’t play them anymore these days, but for me it used to be the Dynasty/Samurai Warriors series. Dunno what it was with younger me but they just hit for some reason

Also decarb them and you’ve got nature’s gabapentin

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I mean, that’s pretty damn queer-centric don’t you think? The actual and potential victims of fascism go way beyond just queer people. And there’s plenty flags, both now and historically, that are linked to antifascism. Most of them aren’t red, white and black

Plus I’ve always found the progress pride flag kinda ugly, but that’s just personal. As a queer person who’s into vexillology, a fair few of our flags have that problem. It’s also been used by so many capitalists to falsely give themselves the appearance of being egalitarian

Apparently him losing his Duke of York title would actually require Parliament to approve. Those would be some interesting debates to watch, if any insane person were to go against it

I mean it’s pretty much just the sample, a xylophone playing “Baa Baa Black Sheep” and some very simple percussion and flute. It’s a new song yes, but it relies heavily on others’ work and what is his addition has barely anything to it. What makes it good is his and Kimbra’s vocals. With this whole “not changing anything means it’s bad” standard you do realise that writes off all covers that are done with the same instrumentation as not worthy of praise right? And yes those cover artists aren’t claiming their song is an original, but neither is Doechii out here saying the instrumentation is hers. She didn’t steal it, as you said

Why are you saying she has to take more obscure samples? Again this is a pretty arbitrary standard to have. Sampling doesn’t have to be what you describe. It means they have more skill of course, doing it that way and it certainly can be more interesting. But Gotye has far from done some skillful with his sampling here. I’m just pointing this out cos of the hypocrisy of calling her out on this front but then only having good words for Gotye. And no one is out here claiming she’s done some good instrumentation or that it’s original in that aspect, either her or anyone who likes it. The people who do like it like it for the most part because she took the instrumentation and made a new song with a different feel to it and did it well, in their eyes. Like I don’t think she’s done some amazing work in general or anything, I just think the hate she’s getting is undeserved

I’m not claiming you’re mad yourself, I’ve no idea if you even have any feeling around it. Just in case I was coming across that way. And it’s totally fine not to like the song, that’s valid as you say. But there’s a difference between saying you don’t like it and thinking it’s bad. There’s plenty of stuff I don’t like personally but that I can appreciate has been done well. I’m talking about having seen so many threads and so much discussion online of people saying how much they don’t like her and it’s ruined her reputation, or giving that as a reason why so many others do. I don’t know if it has actually ruined it, seems she’s gotten mad plays on it at least. But certainly so many people were/are pissed about it

Ok so your points boil down to “she wasn’t creative with the instrumentation as he was”. Even though while yes that is true, he hardly was so to any real degree. She did her own lyrics entirely (which are, in my opinion, a lot more creative than Gotye’s) and gave the song a different feel with her delivery. And still, is the fact that Gotye was a bit creative with the instrumentation and she wasn’t really a reason to give her so much hate? Let’s be real too, most people hating on her don’t know Gotye also sampled, they think it’s entirely his. It’s such a wild thing to get so mad about

Edit: wait I’ve just realised you said she “stole” it too. She didn’t and both Gotye and the guy with the original 60s song are getting a lot of money for it because of it. Also Gotye is getting so many more plays on his song because of Anxiety being released and loads of people being reminded he exists in general

Yes but as I say he made it far simpler and less interesting. So it’s not like he’s gone on and done some great musicianship with it. It’s as close to just doing the same thing whilst still doing something that’s it’s own thing as can be. People are acting like she’s taken his instrumentation and ruined it or something when it isn’t his, for the most part. And to make it clear I don’t think either of those, what Gotye or Doechii did, is a bad thing inherently. I personally like both songs. I don’t get why people are so up in arms at her about it

Ok but I’m not sure personally what my other option is? Of course there’s buying the music directly, which good on people for doing that. It is the best and most ethical way. But something I always find kinda frustrating about the “just buy your own music” comments that are always all over these posts is I have a very wide music taste and really like to keep up with new music too. I have over 12,000 songs saved on Spotify. I’m also broke, jobless and homeless. I’m sorry but doing that isn’t a viable option for me. I would love to be able to support all these artists but the best I can do is play their music a lot on Spotify and spread the word about them to others. I also go to a lot of gigs but so many acts that I like are big enough that they play big venues and are very expensive to see because of it.