at that point, it would just be "viruses." As I recall, in the ancient times everything unwanted on a PC was just a virus, as we hadn't even invented the term "bloatware" and it wasn't really until about 2004-5 that I even heard the term "spyware," so the catchall term "malware" wasn't really in common usage (at least to my teenage ears).
What a sweet summer child I was...
looks like an autocorrect error to me; based on context, I bet they meant "reported."
Good clarification either way, though, especially since it dramatically changes the meaning of the sentence
This seems sounds this is a good metric on the surface, but let's try it out.
Corned beef on pizza? Sounds great. Sauerkraut? Uhh, ok, maybe. Mayonnaise? What the actual fuck...
You're definitely right; maybe someone like Dolly Parton would have been a better comparison, but even Dolly doesn't really capture his big Swift is.
Really, my first instinct was to go with Neil Young because he's one of my favorite artists of all time, and I do think that a lot of his biggest hits weren't really overly political, probably split about 50:50 even if we remember the more political stuff now. For every "Ohio" and "For What It's Worth," there's a "Heart of Gold" and "Helpless."
But really I'm splitting hairs because I like talking about music and playing the devil's advocate. Your initial point that Swift isn't known for writing protest music is absolutely correct.
Taylor Swift definitely has some political songs like "The Man," which is focused on the double standard faced by female celebrities, or "You Need to Calm Down," which is explicitly pro-LGBTQ+, etc.
I'm just pining for a better yesteryear that may have never actually existed.
I mean, Neil Young and Joan Baez were encouraging people to vote back in the 60's, so it's been at least 60 years that popular music has been closely involved in youth culture's voting habits
It's not 40K, but I thoroughly enjoyed Mordheim: City of the Damned, despite some bugs and rough AI in places.
"Wait, it's all projection?"
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"Always has been"
In all honesty, I think it's likely a simple mistake.
The object that artists use to hold their paints is actually a third homophone, spelled palette.
It could be that the word choice was intentional and is referencing the character's bed, but I find it more likely that it was simply lost in translation from the original Japanese
That's just the synesthesia talking.
... But you're not wrong
It's always worthwhile to be self-aware and to be conscious of the parts of your personality that others might be annoyed by or take offense to. I'm not going to change that part of my personality just to please others, but I don't think it's annoying to acknowledge that others might not appreciate that part of who I am.
But hey, you do you. If being your authentic self means not caring about how your words affect the feelings of others, then that's just who you are, I guess.
Got a literal lol from me at breakfast.
And hey, you're one of a pretty small number of people in the world that can use "gas chromatographic" properly, so you got that going for you, which is nice.