The bombs basically signaled to Japan that the US could obliterate them at will and led to the complete dismantling of their government and a foreign occupation. These are very different things.
This entire discourse is missing that the obliteration of entire cities through the first atom bombs is obviously more culturally memorable than a still tragic terrorist attack that destroyed only a smart part of New York.
the nuking of japan made the japanese population reconsider their imperialist ways, 9/11 just made americans even more insane. we're allergic to introspection
Everyone in this debate citing "oh STEM major I know reads romantasy! oh humanities person I know shows interest in science"
when everyone's sort of missing the point medicine people or theoretical physics people are a fundamentally different type than techbros..
You’ll find most people in science, particularly researchers, have very deep interests in literature a philosophy and the arts. Whereas the converse is extremely rare.
Fascinated by the idea of people who genuinely think there is a generic "humanities" or "stem" proficiency, like movie characters who are experts at everything in either category.
I interacted with so many PhDs in either macrofields, their entire philosophy usually has been "
based on what i've found there's no reason to suggest that either group especially shows more interest in their opposite area but what is true is that the best researchers in either field will have broad intellectual interests everywhere
On brat those songs worried about aging, a legacy, starting a family and so on. On MFF, it’s about how her relationships have been affected by her newfound success.
Still undecided on what I fully think about it, review coming soon.
Have had some time to listen to Music, Fashion, Film - Charli xcx’s new album - and one thing I’ve noticed is that despite being the spiritual opposite of brat in every way, it still follows the core formula of the album.
There’s a main theme of the album—a satirical pastiche of an artist devoid of creative ideas so they begin to signal prestige by making rock music, walking fashion shows and acting in movies—and then there’s the withdrawal into sad, introspective songs.