It's been pointed out recently that (anecdotally, at least) a lot of musicians marketed as "indie" come from privileged backgrounds.
I can't really tell who the people in the picture are though. Iggy Azalea, mid-period Edward Furlong, and mayyyyyyybe Grimes?
― peace, man, Friday, 9 June 2023 11:16 (ten months ago) link
One of them is Samia, I think.
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Friday, 9 June 2023 12:08 (ten months ago) link
And Julian Casablancas?
I think maybe it's done in a purposefully dank (?) stylebut yeah quite a few indie musicians with famous parents, no big shock but there were some thinkpieces on it a while agoexplaining this meme is not helping
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 9 June 2023 14:44 (ten months ago) link
i liked it, corrs. i think memes are the perfect format for calling out privilege: a light roast.
― my beard exists more than i do. (Austin), Friday, 9 June 2023 15:03 (ten months ago) link
xp President Keyes, looks like you're right on both counts. Person 1 is still a mystery participant though.
― peace, man, Friday, 9 June 2023 15:03 (ten months ago) link
And yeah, I like the idea behind the meme - I just genuinely didn't recognize the people!
― peace, man, Friday, 9 June 2023 15:05 (ten months ago) link
The meme would be more effective if one weren't a (non-indie) musician whose parentage was a hot topic 20+ years ago, and the other two unrecognizable
― Day 1 fan (morrisp), Friday, 9 June 2023 15:24 (ten months ago) link
Samia is the daughter of the actress from My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Not sure how much that helped career, but whatever.
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Friday, 9 June 2023 15:27 (ten months ago) link
her
I think the 3rd one is King Princess, whose great-great grandfather was a founder of Macy's
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Friday, 9 June 2023 15:32 (ten months ago) link
Always ask a man his salary
― brimstead, Friday, 9 June 2023 15:34 (ten months ago) link
I've heard of asking for a man's credit score on a date before.
― o. nate, Friday, 9 June 2023 15:38 (ten months ago) link
Calling out “nepo babies” is a thing among my 21yo’s online circle
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 9 June 2023 16:18 (ten months ago) link
good. bout time somebody started questioning how rigged the game is.
― my beard exists more than i do. (Austin), Friday, 9 June 2023 17:01 (ten months ago) link
Samia is also really good so who cares?
― Indexed, Friday, 9 June 2023 17:21 (ten months ago) link
I’m gonna be That Guy… a joke like this hinges on specificity:
I saw these guys open for Pavement at All Tomorrow’s Parties in ‘97 they were BRILLIANT. pic.twitter.com/iUiPmKj7Tf— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) June 9, 2023
― Day 1 fan (morrisp), Friday, 9 June 2023 21:41 (ten months ago) link
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, June 9, 2023 11:18 AM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
you sold out, man! when you were BORN!
― budo jeru, Saturday, 10 June 2023 00:04 (ten months ago) link
pic.twitter.com/h6x7DWMgWK— Jennifer C. Martin (@notreallyjcm) June 15, 2023
― Indexed, Friday, 16 June 2023 14:18 (ten months ago) link
xp How many of the people that they're calling out are women?
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Friday, 16 June 2023 15:50 (ten months ago) link
pic.twitter.com/PTmoUkg16x— INZANE JOHNNY (@olsonpower) June 16, 2023
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Friday, 16 June 2023 16:38 (ten months ago) link
xxp I hate to be humorless in this thread and I actually dig the meme otherwise, but not loving putting "Insane" at the opposite end of the spectrum from "Good". Coulda gone with Bad Religion, Bad Company...
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 16 June 2023 16:49 (ten months ago) link
Isn’t it a play on “chaotic” though (I.e., as close as they can get to that)?
― Day 1 fan (morrisp), Friday, 16 June 2023 16:52 (ten months ago) link
Surprised they didn't use ICP
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Friday, 16 June 2023 16:55 (ten months ago) link
xp
it might be, but the word they are replacing is "evil"
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Friday, 16 June 2023 18:30 (ten months ago) link
Think it's as simple as Neutral Clown Posse and Insane Charlotte being much funnier than Neutral Religion and Bad Charlotte
― Indexed, Friday, 16 June 2023 18:42 (ten months ago) link
the person who made that is a self-described polyamorous dirtbag christian, so make of that what you will
― budo jeru, Friday, 16 June 2023 20:05 (ten months ago) link
First rule of Twitter: never click into the tweeter’s profile
― Day 1 fan (morrisp), Friday, 16 June 2023 20:24 (ten months ago) link
Not sure what the current position is on polyamorous dirtbag christians.
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 16 June 2023 20:34 (ten months ago) link
missionary
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Friday, 16 June 2023 20:41 (ten months ago) link
Lol
― pomplamoose and circumstance (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 17 June 2023 09:37 (ten months ago) link
Nice!
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 17 June 2023 09:37 (ten months ago) link
very likely this was shared somewhere up there, but worth posting again even if so
DONT LIKE METAL ? - https://t.co/GfqwqHWv7Y ADMIN pic.twitter.com/od6pOEudOv— da share z0ne (@dasharez0ne) July 6, 2023
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 6 July 2023 22:05 (nine months ago) link
a homemade one
https://imgflip.com/i/7tc0s7
― all this time I thought you were British (Deflatormouse), Friday, 21 July 2023 19:41 (nine months ago) link
maybe this will work?
https://i.imgflip.com/7tc0s7.jpg
― budo jeru, Friday, 21 July 2023 21:51 (nine months ago) link
okay, and now you have to explain it to me
oh, thanks. assuming you know thr Dinosaur L track, uhh... a slinky is a kind of spring but it doesn't resist being compressed enough to go "boing!" like all the other springs, it just collapses into itself.
idk, it's really goofy
― all this time I thought you were British (Deflatormouse), Friday, 21 July 2023 22:22 (nine months ago) link
Who made this…… pic.twitter.com/KOV7xBaada— Claire Penis (@ZeroSuitCamus) July 21, 2023
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Saturday, 22 July 2023 15:18 (nine months ago) link
haha, v good
― corrs unplugged, Sunday, 23 July 2023 08:30 (nine months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/cHgnYfo.png
― budo jeru, Sunday, 13 August 2023 23:05 (eight months ago) link
Out on the road today I saw a toddler on a tricycle wearing this shirt:
https://img0.etsystatic.com/043/0/9887144/il_340x270.652606476_jak0.jpg
I mean, yeah, it's a specific demographic that will get the joke. For good or for ill, I am in that selfsame demographic.
It's the same people who bought the Nirvana lullabies CDs in 2008. Again, it me.
― Capybara Gibb (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 18 August 2023 15:35 (eight months ago) link
I might have been peaced out of ILX when it happened, but is Austin around? Anyone heard from him recently?
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Friday, 18 August 2023 15:43 (eight months ago) link
he posted on 77 yesterday
― budo jeru, Friday, 18 August 2023 16:15 (eight months ago) link
Out on the road today I saw a toddler on a tricycle wearing this shirt
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 18 August 2023 21:10 (eight months ago) link
yeah I know but sometimes you’ve just got to follow through
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 18 August 2023 21:16 (eight months ago) link
Enjoyed this comment on a clip of The Cure playing in 1980 pic.twitter.com/x2yr9s1lZ8— Rob Manuel 🍳 (@robmanuel) August 19, 2023
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 20 August 2023 18:42 (eight months ago) link
https://sm-img.instaimgs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/15150044/2-2.jpg
― ava (paolo), Monday, 21 August 2023 07:35 (eight months ago) link
https://av-cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ihcjgtnqeruh6pfpbtrkt3sv/bafkreig77juee4hjhzjsyazwafb46g2pa6g6gpr2awaatt2qaywtgffiuy@jpeg
― Chavez video on MTV, July 1995 (morrisp), Friday, 29 September 2023 23:37 (six months ago) link
looooool ❤️
― brimstead, Saturday, 30 September 2023 00:13 (six months ago) link
that's great
― budo jeru, Saturday, 30 September 2023 00:17 (six months ago) link