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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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

They aren't even ugly, they're just beautiful in a different way than media accepts.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

They still do, they just can't perform it

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

"Ugly" and "good music" are subjective

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Shake hands with beef ;⁠-⁠)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Imagine how much less beautiful the world would be if this face weren’t allowed to succeed

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

MC Ride with Beyonce

Just because you aren’t Beyoncé doesn’t mean you aren’t beautiful.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

pretty sure that's how hyperpop happened 10 years ago

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Hit me with your best music recommendations from ugly people.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Literally anything by The Pogues

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't this extremely genre dependent? And regardless, this has been going on for a long time.

The Supremes? Good looking gals (and great music IMHO).

Grateful Dead? Sure, rough around the edges.

The Doors? Um...ever seen a picture of Jim Morrison? Dude would make Derek Zoolander blush.

Out of curiosity, I asked Spotify for modern metal music, and I got The Black Dahlia Murder


frontman looks like a regular dude who I'd grab a beer with.

Yeah, modern pop places a ton of emphasis on looks, sure. But I think this has been pretty prominent in music for a very long time, be it the airbrushed R&B of the sixties, the androgynous glam of the eighties, or the metro sexual (guy)/model-esque looks of modern pop.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Blah blah blah blah old man yells at sky

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Listen to ugly people music (or vtuber music, same thing (na, just kidding around with vtuber insecurities (help I'm trapped inside this nested parenthesis))) nevermind, got out.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The issue is marketing, go to Bandcamp and have a route around

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Don't forget about the halo effect. Someone on stage doing a killer set is going to seem hotter. When someone is good at one thing, we start to think they're good at everything (where being hot is a thing).

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

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