this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2024
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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago
[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That's true!!! Ugly people are talented.

Don't ask me how I know...

[–] oce@jlai.lu 265 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Someone forbade you to make music?

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 189 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I mean, you did kinda leave yourself open for that one.

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[–] lung@lemmy.world 134 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nah, ugly ppl still make the music, behind the scenes :p

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

Just about to comment this. Singers these days are usually the "face."

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 117 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (7 children)

^ Uses 80s iconography to make fun of GenX's parents.

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[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 90 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (18 children)

Pop is just as manufactured and fake as it always was, with the exceptional trend setter or two doing their own thing, but what's just below the surface is always just as good as it always was.

As a fan of hardcore, electronica, folk, metal, and all of the genres that fall under them, I still get new bands. I still get new releases. I get cheap as fuck concerts and still get cool merch and awesome vinyls. I have zero to complain about. Hell, Primus, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer just made an album together, in 2024.

Anyone who says music sucks now doesn't really listen to that much music to start with. Music is just fine, man. Maybe look a little deeper than the pudding skin.

[–] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Exactly. I wish these types of posts would change "music these days" to "pop these days" because that's what they're talking about.

It's debatable when pop actually began but pop as we know it really codified in the 80s with dawn of MTV and acts like Madonna and Michael Jackson. The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Queen, etc were popular but I wouldn't classify any of this as Pop. Pop has always been pretty people because it was by its nature tied to a visual medium.

People need to stop using Pop as a stand in for all music. We have more access to music than ever before and a lot of the music I listen to regularly, I have no idea what they look like.

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[–] Graphy@lemmy.world 90 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (15 children)

Ugly people make music all the time.

You really gonna tell me Ed Sheeran is good looking? Post Malone?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago

He looked better pre-Malone

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[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 71 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Yea that's why metal fuckin rules. We got the ugliest guys ever altogether in one room and said "what you got?" and they became legends

And for anyone that might say that doesn't happen anymore, I ask: how many open mic nights or $20 shows have you been to lately? The scene is doing great in my area, but it doesn't happen by magic. Ya gotta support it, spread the word, bring your friends.

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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 70 points 1 week ago

"Ugly" people still make music but apparently you don't listen to it. Shameful, tbh.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 64 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Video killed the radio star

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[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Is this showerthoughts or oldbumperstickers?

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Not every thought I have in the shower is original.

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[–] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Ugly people ~~are still~~ have always been making it, pop acts have just make a pretty person pretend to sing it it sells better.

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[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

"music was better when..."

Any version of this makes the speaker sound suuuper old and bitter. 😂

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[–] MagicPterodactyl@lemmy.ml 46 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This is the kind of boomer post you make if you haven't followed music in 20 years.

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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What do you think "video killed the radio star" was about?

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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

ugly people aren't allowed to make music anymore?

well fuck me then.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 32 points 1 week ago (11 children)

its why ed sheeran was killed he made music

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[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Lol, do you think only pop star music exist? It's actually the contrary that happend. Now, more than ever, anyone can make music. This is a really bad take.

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[–] Juice@midwest.social 30 points 1 week ago

What do you mean? there are plenty of British recording artists

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yeah no, that's just a cranky old guy thought. Just today I was watching fairly average looking people promoting music on late shows. You're probably getting a very thin slice of pop music and ignoring everything else (and hell, even pop breaks that rule sometimes).

Plus, physical beauty and music are both subjective. I try to not get all "old man yells at cloud" about how music "used to be better".

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[–] underwire212@lemm.ee 27 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Video killed the radio star

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[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago
[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 24 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Not really related to that stupid boomer post, but ho crazy is it that that ugly british lady won music star or popstar or whatever and everyone was like: oh my god this is insane, ugly people can do things? They are almost like real people.

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