The second verse is specific to me, though -- not to be self-indulgent but to reference a key event that I precipitated in the history of the anti-woke left. Namely, a series of posts on their ethnic composition, and why those cultural groups are less invested in wokeness -- ethnically reserved seats at the elite table do not include theirs (see here, here, and here).
Sticking with the 2000s kick I've been on, the tune is "Stacy's Mom" by Fountains of Wayne (original lyrics here). Political realignment feels like going through puberty in many ways -- the shift from hating a group to falling in love with them. And no genre captures that feeling better than earnest, eager power-pop.
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"Aimee's Pod"
Aimee's pod, her takes are glowing hot
Aimee's pod, her takes are glowing hot
Aimee's pod, her takes are glowing hot
Aimee's pod, her takes are glowing hot
Aimee can I come posting, with your populist crew? (populist crew)
We can troll blue checks, break their asinine rules (break their rules)
Did your pod bounce back from their censorship? (censorship)
Are hoes still mad, or have they finally gotten a grip? (gotten a grip)
You know we're not the partisans that we used to be
We're all realigned now, against the PMC
Aimee's pod, her takes are glowing hot
No prog facade, and it leaves me so awed
Aimee can't you see? You're our prophesying queen
I know the left is flawed, but I'll be sub'd to Aimee's pod
Aimee's pod, her takes are glowing hot
Aimee's pod, her takes are glowing hot
Aimee do you remember when you found my blog? (found my blog)
"The List" came out, your name by Lebanon (Lebanon)
I could tell you liked me from the link you shared (link you shared)
And the way you said, "I never knew someone cared" (knew someone cared)
And I know that you think it's parasocial cheese
But since they banned your account, your pod could use some songs like these
Aimee's pod, her takes are glowing hot
No prog facade, and it leaves me so awed
Aimee can't you see? You're our prophesying queen
I know the left is flawed, but I'll be sub'd to Aimee's pod
Aimee's pod, her takes are glowing hot
No prog facade, and it leaves me so awed
Aimee can't you see? You're our prophesying queen
I know the left is flawed...
I'll be sub'd to Aimee's pod, woah-oh-oh
Aimee's pod, woah-oh-oh
Aimee can't you see? You're our prophesying queen
I know the left is flawed, but I'll be sub'd to Aimee's pod
Awww, now Aimee's using "orthogonal" too (latest What's Left). Just one small correction for her and Anna, though: it means uncorrelated or independent, not really "opposed to". One thing is an entirely separate, unrelated matter from another.
ReplyDeleteLike those political compass charts, where authoritarianism and egalitarianism are orthogonal, not opposed.
It means there's more than just one dimension to what you're talking about. "Opposed to" means there's just one dimension, where moving in one direction necessarily means moving away from the other end, in a trade-off.
If two things are orthogonal, though, you need two different "axes" to capture the possibilities, and your stance on one is neither congruent with nor opposed to your stance on another -- just uncorrelated.
"Not to be pedantic," as Aimee would say. I just want to make sure that any vocab words I let out of the bag don't morph into something different.
Also, want to say how rewarding and heart-warming it is to hear others not just engaging with my ideas, but absorbing the specific words I use. It shows that you respect my mind enough to take an interest in its distinctive vocabulary.
Kind of like how girls involuntarily take an interest in the hobbies of their crush. It feels good to be someone's intellectual crush, rather than just getting ogled as a mere sex object IRL.
One of the few needs I can meet better online, and why I'm still here 15 years later. :)
Just wanna play The Black Parade without it being mistaken for a libtard grievance spectacle over the death of the Notorious BFD.
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