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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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if you don't find leopard print terrifying you are a stronger soul than i
i mean even in the 90s

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It just feels a little racist. Nevermind.

[ actually that reminds him: ]

What about Nirvana? Disillusioned MTV grunge was a staple of the decade.

a series of texts;

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not liking leopard print or the fact that

wait

oh my god

FUCK OFF

fuck

i feel depressed and ashamed at the same time

no fuck off Nirvana won't cut it for my current emotion, I need purer disillusion

I'm going to listen to One Direction in penance

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Nobody can drag you down.

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you don't know you're beautiful
that's what makes you beautiful

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Thanks.

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you're welcome xoxo

anyway, onto good music (I will maintain that I love the Spice Girls even if their advertising was terrible in retrospect and TLC were bloody spectacular) do you know Silverchair?

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No.

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far out

aussie rock band, early 1990s. frogstomp, freakshow, neon ballroom, diorama, young modern? brilliant, okay? go forth and educate yourself, o deprived one.

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Pulling up nothing. Are you sure they exist here?

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this world is the worst
i take back everything good i ever said about it
salt the earth and let it burn

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You said they were Australian. Maybe they're still a thing in Australia.

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( son, are you being logical )

SALT THE EARTH AND LET IT BURN

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The planet contains enough Landfills by now that Any Serious Attempt to Burn It would Go the Way of a Dumpster Fire. Is that what you Want?

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you know
I do appreciate your Significance Capitalisation but it's the Application of Logic that's really killing me right now

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Sorry. Ignore that reply. I get a little upset when I think about being here.

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i don't know
This place has been pretty decent to me

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Haha. Fuck that. But sure, keep telling yourself things are fine, maybe if you're lucky you'll never have any proof that they aren't.

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hey. you don't know me and mine. until you do, you've got no place telling me what I should or should not think. I don't give a shit how right you might be.

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Sure.

Come talk to me when you stop settling for "pretty decent".