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Feldegast42 posted:Well drat then, good for her. She also may or may not be dating Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs, and when they play a home game, a good 40% of the broadcast is cutaways to Taylor in the stands. Which has introduced her to professional football fans (of which there are A LOT) who may not have heard much about her before, other than the name. And, hilariously, introduced Swifties to the game of football, which gives us such amazing questions as "why are the Chiefs wearing their white costumes today?" While the Swifties are speedrunning the rules, they haven't gotten to the home/away jerseys part of things yet.
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Oct 31, 2023 15:55
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Because today they are the Chefs.
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Oct 31, 2023 15:57
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Wait football people have costume changes? drat fast fashion ruins everything, shrink your wardrobes people!!
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dr_rat posted:Wait football people have costume changes? drat fast fashion ruins everything, shrink your wardrobes people!! Funnily enough that's how they wrapped their heads around home/away jerseys...that it was like Taylor changing costumes during the concert for each era that she was performing.
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Oct 31, 2023 16:49
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I was at Target the other day and there was a standee with CDs and vinyls of her new album and I saw 2 teenage girls each pick up a copy and take a selfie. She's so powerful that she's getting kids to purchase physical media!
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Oct 31, 2023 18:00
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I have nothing against Swift but I don’t care for personality cults.
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Oct 31, 2023 18:09
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I just wasn't that big a fan of Call Me Maybe
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Oct 31, 2023 18:16
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Casimir Radon posted:I have nothing against Swift but I don’t care for personality cults. That was Living Colour
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Oct 31, 2023 18:28
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RBA Starblade posted:I just wasn't that big a fan of Call Me Maybe That was Katy Perry
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Oct 31, 2023 18:30
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I have this theory that in the post pandemic world people have a pretty powerful sense of isolation which is leading them to go really over the top in jumping onto bandwagons of anything that's seemingly popular. So Taylor Swift is caught up in the same rush that's propping up something like CU Football.
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Oct 31, 2023 18:44
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I'm pretty sure Taylor Swift was "seemingly popular" before covid.
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Simplex posted:I have this theory that in the post pandemic world people have a pretty powerful sense of isolation which is leading them to go really over the top in jumping onto bandwagons of anything that's seemingly popular. Hahaha, the Kanye West thing was like fifteen years ago, what the gently caress are you talking about?
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Oct 31, 2023 18:52
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As someone else posted, it's the re-released albums with the "Eras" hook, which allowed younger fans to engage with fresh takes of the songs their moms grew up with. Also, she linked up with the guy from the National for two autumnal albums during the pandemic, which made it okay for critics and hipsters to listen to the rerecordings through an "auteur" lens.
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Oct 31, 2023 18:56
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Maxwell Lord posted:That was Living Colour Would a Taylor Swift cover be too on the nose?
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Oct 31, 2023 19:01
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Hahaha, the Kanye West thing was like fifteen years ago, what the gently caress are you talking about? that poo poo was 5 years ago what are you talking about 
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Pope Corky the IX posted:That was Katy Perry I never want to be the guy smugly announcing how out of touch he is with some popular thing, but this accounted for half of the songs I would have confidently attributed to Taylor Swift  I should probably go listen all her albums once just to do it, it's not the same time commitment as, I dunno, suffering through the entire MCU. Edit: ok wait, this is a lot of albums Jack B Nimble fucked around with this message at 19:15 on Oct 31, 2023 |
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Casimir Radon posted:I have nothing against Swift but I don’t care for personality cults.  for me as well, she seems to be doing well for herself but I'm really sick of our whole society turning into what celebrity or politician you worship
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Oct 31, 2023 19:33
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Taylor Swift is popular because a lot of her songs are bangers. Some of them are also just high school level petty grudges or love fantasies but that's also her target audience.
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Oct 31, 2023 19:33
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Look at all these grandpas, drat
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Well I for one think Taylor Swift is a lovely young lady and hope she will marry my grandson, Brongolius III
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I think gaylor swift is pretty weird. Shipping real people is weird
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Tars Tarkas posted:Taylor Swift is popular because a lot of her songs are bangers. there's one about the giant house she bought in long island lol
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CelticPredator posted:I think gaylor swift is pretty weird. Shipping real people is weird do i even wanna know
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I think you can figure it out
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Oct 31, 2023 20:46
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Was her dad in the cia ??
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CelticPredator posted:Shipping real people is weird You should only ship tea like Sean Connery.
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RBA Starblade posted:I just wasn't that big a fan of Call Me Maybe Pope Corky the IX posted:That was Katy Perry Carly Rae Jepsen deserves better than this. 
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Alan Smithee posted:do i even wanna know Gaylors are Swifties who think the woman who’s well-known for dating a long string of high-profile men is actually secretly a lesbian, and she’s secretly leaving a bunch of Easter eggs all over her music and imagery for people to find and interpret.
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Originally it was Gaylor Negron but RIP.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Hahaha, the Kanye West thing was like fifteen years ago, what the gently caress are you talking about? I'm not saying that these things haven't happened before, or that Taylor hasn't been popular for a while. It's more how over the top these things have become that yeah, we really are seriously discussing congressional in inquiries into Taylor Swift concert tickets.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Gaylors are Swifties who think the woman who’s well-known for dating a long string of high-profile men is actually secretly a lesbian, and she’s secretly leaving a bunch of Easter eggs all over her music and imagery for people to find and interpret. Swifties are insane with their conspiracy theories. The one relevant to this thread is that she's confirmed to be Dazzler in Deadpool 3 because she's been seen in public with Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds And then she's going to pivot over to the main Marvel Universe and be Dazzler in a solo movie
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Len posted:Swifties are insane with their conspiracy theories. The one relevant to this thread is that she's confirmed to be Dazzler in Deadpool 3 because she's been seen in public with Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds Taylor Swift just completely hijacking the MCU would be really funny. Her doing it as Dazzler would be hilarious and kinda appropriate.
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Oct 31, 2023 21:28
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Ticketmaster is a monster so anything that sheds light on that is good regardless
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Simplex posted:I have this theory that in the post pandemic world people have a pretty powerful sense of isolation which is leading them to go really over the top in jumping onto bandwagons of anything that's seemingly popular. Also in terms of celebrity worship I’m reminded of a picture I saw of the King Charles coronation earlier in the year. A protester had a sign that read “He’s just some guy”. Which sums up my position pretty well.
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Taylor Swift is just some guy.
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Harambe was just a meme because that gorilla was on national news for like a week until the Pulse Nightclub Shooting happened and there was finally some real news. I think you're reading too much into it; it would sort of be like saying Morbius memes represent nihilistic disillusionment. mycot fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Oct 31, 2023 |
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Casimir Radon posted:I have nothing against Swift but I don’t care for personality cults. yeah this
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toggle posted:Was her dad in the cia ?? No. Her dad was a high level stock broker at Merrill Lynch. My wife met him a bunch around the time Taylor was just getting started. She would've been fine if this didn't work out for her but also I think her dad and his network helped shape her into a much better business person than a lot of other people in similar situations.
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I used to think my generation wouldn’t be as out of touch or clueless as other generations got when they got old and every time I read some poo poo like “Harambe was a portent of our isolation” on here I’m reminded of how wrong I was.
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