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[magnitudes]

critical question
the shit that will make or break civilisation





what's the defining musical act of the nineties:

spice girls, backstreet boys, tlc or savage garden



supply arguments as necessary

Comments

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[helladoomed]

list means nothing without Hanson.

permatext

[magnitudes]

and the first scrub presents themselves

disappointing, chloe, disappointing

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[ohshutup]

spice girls or nothing at all

permatext

[magnitudes]

stop having the right opinion

it's really unnerving, paddington

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[rathercommon]

That's a bit one-type-of-Earth hegemonic isn't it

[magnitudes]

look mate, its not my fault that I have a limited frame of reference for pithy pop culture banter

Want to debate superior fluffy animals?

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[ghemnotgem]

None of the above, if I've never heard of them in the 31st century.

[magnitudes]

the 31st century sounds like a meaningless wasteland honestly

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[raw]

trent reznor.

[ sorry. ]

[magnitudes]

please don't make clara be the only right person in this world

we all deserve better than that

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[caduceusvalkyrie]

I don't know what I was expecting really. I've never heard of any of them.

[magnitudes]

why does everyone here have such tragic backstories

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[voicelessresistance]

Do you have examples of them?

[This is what happens when the music theorist stumbles onto a joke.]

[magnitudes]

I won't lie, that's asking me to make an effort
really conflicts with my commitment issues

text; anon

[nastygram]

[because what is the internet for if not arguing on anon about pop culture, this is how god intended it]

Your list skews DEPRESSINGLY pop centric

permatext

[magnitudes]

I won't be hasty, I'll give you a try
If you really bug me then I'll say goodbye

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[textualhealing]

Literally all of the above. Especially No Scrubs.

[magnitudes]

someone make this man president

but if you had to pick one then it's the minstrels of scrub dismissal?

[doubleblind]

Who's winning?

[magnitudes]

spice girls
by default

text | id reads "karen starr"

[boobwindow]

What about solo acts? Lauryn Hill.

[magnitudes]

spice girls it is

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[112ounces]

I wasn't even born in the 90s but didn't Justin Timberlake was one of the groups? I remember him.

[magnitudes]

oh, mate
he was in n*sync
big difference

huge

bloody

i'm devastated for you right now

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[snarkbot]

Not everything survived to reach the 25th century, but rest assured that Spice Girls did. It seems Viva Forever really will viva forever.

[magnitudes]

I hope you aren't screwing with me because that's the best thing I've heard all day

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[aojona]

What about Destiny's Child?

[magnitudes]

FUCK

[pummelgranite]

Spice World happened. End of discussion.

[magnitudes]

positive end of discussion, yeah?

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[notsheepish]

Is this evena question?

Spice Girls obviously

[magnitudes]

congratulations on being in the small population of people who aren't hideously wrong

g'day, you get a star sticker

text; with poor attempt at privacy encryption

[heckblazer]

if i have to pick from the given list, Spice Girls. Scary was always my kinda girl.

[magnitudes]

WELL of course
although out of curiosity, if you weren't restricted to this list who would you pick?

[khajidont]

I dunno Sarissa

We were more of the boyz II men, outkast kind of people

[Also known as: his musical taste was entirely built by Paco.]

[magnitudes]

Jaime Jaime Jaime

how can such a good bloke be so wrong

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[brushoff]

Oh my God you were ten in the 1990s weren't you.
These are the answers of a ten year old
or an American. Either/or

[magnitudes]

let me guess

you have a superior suggestion

i am

amazed

[dreamcatcher]

I'm disgusted and appalled by the lack of Spice Girl appreciation in this post

( is anyone surprised Emma is all for the girl power girl group? no... not really. )

[magnitudes]

preaching to the choir, mate, honestly

[slightlyoffchilt]

[Late to the party, all the better to analyze the data.]

But how are we to dislodge the threat of confirmation bias, given that you've demonstrated a preferred answer?

People are so often desiring to please.

[magnitudes]

what's bad about people wanting to not be wrong?

[hasitsthorns]

HERE WE ARE NOW, ENTERTAIN US

Nirvana was where it was at in the 90s, c'mon now
and N'Sync was the far superior boy band

[magnitudes]

nsync
eh

nirvana pales in comparison to silverchair
american bloody bias, kills everything

[daughteroftheoriginal]

Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys on the same list?

You really know how to make something hard!

I have to go with Spice Girls because Backstreet never stopped.

The Cranberries are also definably 90s, too.

[magnitudes]

you can't compare the spice girls to the cranberries
they're iconic in totally opposite ways

it'd be like comparison cheesecake to a lasagne
both are great
not comparable

you ever heard of catatonia?

[glowsferatu]

having only experienced the 90s as humans lived it in retrospect i feel that i can answer this more objectively and without nostalgic bias
by which i mean its obviously the smashing pumpkins

the person who said nine inch nails was close at least

[magnitudes]

as an australian i can honestly say
i have never heard of smashing pumpkins
i thought that was like a halloween thing, honestly

He's so pissed off that he even knows this

[cantwalkwithoutit]

You supplied only one group that didn't emerge with hits only in the latter half of the decade.

[magnitudes]

and I should care because?