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A man who used music to try to lure aliens to earth (2020)

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Re: A man who used music to try to lure aliens to earth (2020)

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Post by labrador »

kirubakaran wrote: post #40
labrador wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On Christmas day after dinner we were sitting around chit chatting and the subject of Taylor Swift came up. I mentioned I thought it was odd I didn't know any of her songs. I could name songs by Lana del Ray, Adele, Amy Winehouse and Billie Eilish, but drew a blank on Taylor Swift. A gay friend of the family seemed offended, but he looked on his phone and realized he couldn't name any either. No one in my large famil…

I don't listen to Taylor Swift at all, but even I've heard of "Shake it off". Is your comment about your memory or about her mindshare among non-fans?

I've never heard Shake it off. I listen mostly to YouTube, which never recommends her. Maybe she's more Apple/Spotify? I would think I'd hear a song of her around town some where. I don't know what she sounds like, so I don't know if I'd recognize her voice. At this point, I think I'll remain ignorant of Ms Swift in case she is a psyop lol

Re: A man who used music to try to lure aliens to earth (2020)

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Post by labrador »

epiccoleman wrote: post #34
labrador wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On Christmas day after dinner we were sitting around chit chatting and the subject of Taylor Swift came up. I mentioned I thought it was odd I didn't know any of her songs. I could name songs by Lana del Ray, Adele, Amy Winehouse and Billie Eilish, but drew a blank on Taylor Swift. A gay friend of the family seemed offended, but he looked on his phone and realized he couldn't name any either. No one in my large famil…

This comment vaguely reminded me of this delightfully strange article on Taylor Swift that Sam Kriss published a while back: https://samkriss.substack.com/p/taylor-swift-does-not-exist

That's a fine piece of manic writing. I enjoyed it so thanks for sharing. The other weird thing for me is that I'm a huge fan of female artists starting at a young age with Joni Mitchell (I kept this to myself so the fellows didn't think I was gay) up to Aurura, Kate Bush, PJ Harvey and the other previously mentioned artists but total blank on Taylor Swift.

These are the more conspiratorial type stories I was referring to

Pentagon Rejects Fox News Conspiracy About Taylor Swift Being Recruited as an Asset

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-p...

Re: A man who used music to try to lure aliens to earth (2020)

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Post by ahazred8ta »

labrador wrote: post #42
epiccoleman wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This comment vaguely reminded me of this delightfully strange article on Taylor Swift that Sam Kriss published a while back: https://samkriss.substack.com/p/taylor-swift-does-not-exist

That's a fine piece of manic writing. I enjoyed it so thanks for sharing. The other weird thing for me is that I'm a huge fan of female artists starting at a young age with Joni Mitchell (I kept this to myself so the fellows didn't think I was gay) up to Aurura, Kate Bush, PJ Harvey and the other previously mentioned artists but total blank on Taylor Swift. These are the more conspiratorial type stories I was referri…

She's known for moonlighting as an InfoSec guru. /s

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SwiftOnSecurity

Re: A man who used music to try to lure aliens to earth (2020)

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Post by kirubakaran »

labrador wrote: post #41
kirubakaran wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't listen to Taylor Swift at all, but even I've heard of "Shake it off". Is your comment about your memory or about her mindshare among non-fans?

I've never heard Shake it off. I listen mostly to YouTube, which never recommends her. Maybe she's more Apple/Spotify? I would think I'd hear a song of her around town some where. I don't know what she sounds like, so I don't know if I'd recognize her voice. At this point, I think I'll remain ignorant of Ms Swift in case she is a psyop lol

Taylor Swift is a psyop meme is the psyop. Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that they're not out to get you :-p

Re: A man who used music to try to lure aliens to earth (2020)

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Post by labrador »

ahazred8ta wrote: post #43
labrador wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a fine piece of manic writing. I enjoyed it so thanks for sharing. The other weird thing for me is that I'm a huge fan of female artists starting at a young age with Joni Mitchell (I kept this to myself so the fellows didn't think I was gay) up to Aurura, Kate Bush, PJ Harvey and the other previously mentioned artists but total blank on Taylor Swift. These are the more conspiratorial type stories I was referri…

She's known for moonlighting as an InfoSec guru. /s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SwiftOnSecurity

I'm a big fan of SwiftOnSecurity, the place previously that I heard anything about Taylor until she started dating a sports guy.

Re: A man who used music to try to lure aliens to earth (2020)

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Post by evanmoran »

On a related note, here’s a paper by (Hugo award winner) David Brin that I came across recently that talks about why we do not hear communications from other life forms in our galaxy. Not being found is a pretty good strategy for survival:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Brin/publication/...

Re: A man who used music to try to lure aliens to earth (2020)

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Post by elzbardico »

kirubakaran wrote: post #40
labrador wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On Christmas day after dinner we were sitting around chit chatting and the subject of Taylor Swift came up. I mentioned I thought it was odd I didn't know any of her songs. I could name songs by Lana del Ray, Adele, Amy Winehouse and Billie Eilish, but drew a blank on Taylor Swift. A gay friend of the family seemed offended, but he looked on his phone and realized he couldn't name any either. No one in my large famil…

I don't listen to Taylor Swift at all, but even I've heard of "Shake it off". Is your comment about your memory or about her mindshare among non-fans?

I tried listening to a couple of songs of Taylor Swift. I find it is important to keep an open mind and not be a complete snob.

But I can't even remember the melodies let alone the titles. It completely goes like through a vacuum in my brain, as if my mind decided it is completely unremarkable.

Re: A man who used music to try to lure aliens to earth (2020)

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Post by labrador »

elzbardico wrote: post #48
kirubakaran wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't listen to Taylor Swift at all, but even I've heard of "Shake it off". Is your comment about your memory or about her mindshare among non-fans?

I tried listening to a couple of songs of Taylor Swift. I find it is important to keep an open mind and not be a complete snob. But I can't even remember the melodies let alone the titles. It completely goes like through a vacuum in my brain, as if my mind decided it is completely unremarkable.

That's probaby it. I don't resonate with Taylor Swift's emotional landscape so I never notice her songs when they're playing.
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