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Japan, Australia and New Zealand are the biggest victims of the Equal Earth projection.
They have some of the most iconic country shapes, but are butchered by this projection.
the fact of the matter is that mainstream culture has decayed to such a point that most of it could easily be replaced by gen ai. Why on earth would a person who paid to watch the "live action" Lion King remake balk at buying tickets for a movie entirely created by ai
@JGUN101 Look around, man. You really think everything is exactly the same as it was in the 80s? Of course there was shit; it's even more prevalent now. You're looking at an earlier stage in a long process and saying, "see? it's always been like this"
@JGUN101 Meanwhile 500 indistinguishable pop songs were released, seven more remakes of classic children's movies were greenlit, & someone is scrambling trying to figure out how to put baby Yoda in the next marvel movie
Respect to Nolan for doing the real thing, but he's an outlier
@Dontnerf That may be, but the prose is dreadful. Artless, awkward, lazy. Reading it feels like eating a meal cooked by someone who doesn't taste their own food
JK Rowling is a *significantly* better fantasy stylist, and she's a charlatan
Heard so much about Chappell Roan, girlfriend finally had to show me some of her music
Literally any one of these could be a Taylor Swift song. Pop is dead.
@Veronic43858005 We're gonna have trouble understanding each other on this. I'm talking about chords and structure and you're countering by pointing out how popular the song is. That means zilch to me. A Rolling Stone listicle has nothing to do with whether or not I enjoy a song
@Veronic43858005 I went and checked out good luck babe. I'm sorry, but it is just IV, V, I, vi over and over. Points for going to the ii instead of the IV on the bridge I guess?
It's all standard pop moves. Def some nice melodies in this one, but then that's also true of many t Swift songs