2024 US Presidential Elections Megathread

[DGuller]

It's like someone not knowing who Michael Jackson was in the 80s. Just in case, Dguller, he was a singer. Started off a black guy and end his career as an Asian woman.

That's not a good comparison.  Back then popular culture was a lot less fragmented.  You watched the news on TV, or read them in the newspapers.  Even if you had your interests, you were exposed enough to other people's interests because you can't go from 100% attention to 0% back to 100% story by story.  Now you can, there are a lot of news titles I scroll right past when I check the news on Google News or Apple News.  I'm sure a fair number of them had Swift's name in them, but there are lots of other names in other titles I skip as well.

[HVC]

She's been a mainstay in the public sphere for two decades. Even tangentially if you know other artists, like Kanye, you know about her. She's inserted herself into separate fields like sports, and the like. Even world news there was her Austrian concert that was canceled due to terrorist threats. You'd have to be in a very insulated bubble, or putting us on. Neither option is flattering

[Sheilbh]

Unfettered democracy

He lost!

[Barrister]

She's been a mainstay in the public sphere for two decades. Even tangentially if you know other artists, like Kanye, you know about her. She's inserted herself into separate fields like sports, and the like. Even world news there was her Austrian concert that was canceled due to terrorist threats. You'd have to be in a very insulated bubble, or putting us on. Neither option is flattering

Oh my, I forgot all about the TSwift / Kanye "I'ma let you finish" moment.  Gosh - that was 15 years ago...

And yeah, I remember her as a country artist, which was mid-2000s.

[HVC]

Unfettered democracy

He lost!

Once. He was an option twice

*Edit* Thrice!

[Sheilbh]

And (unfettered democracy) he lost twice!

[HVC]

And (unfettered democracy) he lost twice!

You're the reason societies fail

[DGuller]

She's been a mainstay in the public sphere for two decades. Even tangentially if you know other artists, like Kanye, you know about her. She's inserted herself into separate fields like sports, and the like. Even world news there was her Austrian concert that was canceled due to terrorist threats. You'd have to be in a very insulated bubble, or putting us on. Neither option is flattering

Mystery solved then, I don't know of any other artists either, I don't follow sports except for auto racing, and I don't follow Austrian current events.  I do know of Kanye a little bit, IIRC he had gone off the deep end and/or supports Trump, but frankly I wouldn't recognize him if I had seen him.  First and last time I've seen him was when I happened to watch a Punk'd episode for some random reason.  I guess some people just have other interests.

[crazy canuck]

Out of curiosity, outside of reading only some Languish posts (because we have actually talked about her quite a bit in many threads throughout the years here) what contact with world outside your room do you have?

[DGuller]

Dude, you need to analyze with a professional why you have such an insatiable need to put people down, despite what appears to be considerable success in life.  You're really creeping me out.

[crazy canuck]

Dude, you need to analyze with a professional why you have such an insatiable need to put people down, despite what appears to be considerable success in life.  You're really creeping me out.

I am just astonished at how little interaction you claim to have with the world around you.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

It's like someone not knowing who Michael Jackson was in the 80s. Just in case, Dguller, he was a singer. Started off as a black guy and ended his career as an Asian woman.

Hee! Hee!

[grumbler]

I'm not saying it's impossible to find out who she is, there are indeed multiple ways more effective than Languish search.  I'm saying I did not know she was until yesterday, except for being vaguely familiar with her name.  I'm familiar enough now.

I don't know why people are griefing you over this.  You made an observation, not a controversial claim.  I believed it and just moved on.  I was surprised by the number of Languishites who are trying to convince you that your own memory is false and their interpretation of your memory is true.

[Razgovory]

I stand with DG with this as well.  If he doesn't know pop-singers, he don't know pop-singers.

[Grey Fox]

DGs comment made me wonder how many people in my entourage do not know who Taylor Swift is.

So far, lots of them.