Jun 9·edited·1 reply
rapsThis but at the same time some moments still break through in unison
Shannon Sharpe Katt Williams
No Diddy/Baby Oil/Freakoffs
Trump/ICE
"Tea"/"Not _"/all that type of talk lol
Not Like us/all the different phrases and moments from the song and beefEtc I feel like part of it is old monoculture dying but I feel like there's a new thing that's being built off of our algorithms and what is able to somehow permeate all of our different subcultures
These are mostly not systemic expressions of cultural cohesion but rather algorithms looping moments into ubiquity or general linguistic fluidity
Jun 9·1 replyGone it’s more profitable for giant corporations for you to not discuss common loves with other humans.
Jun 9·1 replyClocking in to my well paid comfy office job in the 90s, chatting at the water cooler about last night’s Friends episode with the cute 7/10 office girl and my two worker-bros, commute home listening to Nirvana pulling up to my easily affordable $80k multi unit home, steak and potatoes dinner for $8, just in time to sit down and watch the next Friends episode. Might ask office girl out tomorrow. Gen X had it all
Jun 9just put the AI goyslop and fries in the bag lil bro
- Jun 9·1 replyBanana Clip
Clocking in to my well paid comfy office job in the 90s, chatting at the water cooler about last night’s Friends episode with the cute 7/10 office girl and my two worker-bros, commute home listening to Nirvana pulling up to my easily affordable $80k multi unit home, steak and potatoes dinner for $8, just in time to sit down and watch the next Friends episode. Might ask office girl out tomorrow. Gen X had it all
Best decade of human civilization
Jun 9·2 replieseye contact“Monoculture” is a phenomenon that really could only exist in the American cultural hegemony of 1945-2016
It required a massive integrated structure that controlled both the channels of information (television and print journalism), the cultural media that traveled through it (film and music), and the physical industry to support it.
The digital era made it an obsolete institution
The algorithm is keeping it alive tbh, every social media app is bought and paid for in the same way all the old vessels were
- Jun 9·1 replyProfessor Headass
The algorithm is keeping it alive tbh, every social media app is bought and paid for in the same way all the old vessels were
No. Algorithm’s job is to push people into their own niche
- Jun 9
Ulyanov_But yeah there are still monocultural moments. They're just not as common in music anymore.
Stranger Things ending was a huge monocultural moment, probably the most recent one I can think of
Lmao f***in Netflix
At least say barbenheimer or not like us or something real
- Jun 9·1 replyProfessor Headass
The algorithm is keeping it alive tbh, every social media app is bought and paid for in the same way all the old vessels were
Total misread of my statement
- Jun 9
A lot of things used to feel like events
Nothing now really feels like an event.
- Jun 9·1 replyJim Halpert
No. Algorithm’s job is to push people into their own niche
Its doing that to a degree too, but certain things get amplified and talked about a lot more on social media that feel like old monoculture , its been more noticeable since tiktok got bought imo
- Jun 9·1 replyJim Halpert
Best decade of human civilization
American chud blindness
- Jun 9eye contact
American chud blindness
I was 0-10 so yes I am blinded.
- Jun 9·1 replyeye contact
Total misread of my statement
Not really im just saying its still happening, the algorithms are owned by the same like 4 dudes who all were at the inauguration
- Jun 9·1 replyProfessor Headass
Its doing that to a degree too, but certain things get amplified and talked about a lot more on social media that feel like old monoculture , its been more noticeable since tiktok got bought imo
Ew tik tok
- Jun 9·1 replyJim Halpert
Ew tik tok
Pandemic got me
- Jun 9·1 replyProfessor Headass
Pandemic got me
Gotta say I’m lucky I didn’t attempt it.
- Jun 9·1 replyJim Halpert
Gotta say I’m lucky I didn’t attempt it.
Yea be grateful its a s*** hole, algorithm used to actually be good when it was chinese
- Jun 9·1 replyProfessor Headass
Yea be grateful its a s*** hole, algorithm used to actually be good when it was chinese
None of any of these apps is about people anymore correct? Just nonstop short form content?
Jun 9·1 replyWe don't in the sense of sharing the same cultural reference points. But we interface with that culture in the same way. Online is a global marketplace and your attention is a commodity.
- Jun 9·2 repliesProfessor Headass
Not really im just saying its still happening, the algorithms are owned by the same like 4 dudes who all were at the inauguration
There isn’t a grip on material input like there was back then
Anyone can make anything now. Back then cameras, studio equipment, etc. cost a lot of money
- Jun 9
F***ing love week to week tv that still exists to discuss it with the boys the next morning
- Jun 9·1 replyeye contact
There isn’t a grip on material input like there was back then
Anyone can make anything now. Back then cameras, studio equipment, etc. cost a lot of money
It’s extremely bad that anyone can make anything too. I mean look
- Jun 9·1 replyJim Halpert
It’s extremely bad that anyone can make anything too. I mean look
Fascist take
- Jun 9·1 replyeye contact
Fascist take
Elaborate.
On how art as a whole has improved with all this access.