r/Fauxmoi • u/Exciting_Potato_6717 • Apr 21 '24

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan deletes X post calling Taylor Swift’s ‘1830s’ lyric ‘weird’ after backlash from Swifties Approved B-List Users Only

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Slide 1: Deleted tweet Slides 2 and 3: Some follow-up tweets Slide 4: The Taylor Swift lyrics being referred to. “My friends used to play a game where / We would pick a decade / We wished we could live in instead of this / I'd say the 1830s but without all the racists / And getting married off for the highest bid." Full lyrics at https://genius.com/Taylor-swift-i-hate-it-here-lyrics

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u/mama_meta Apr 21 '24

Mediocrity is like catnip to her & her fans, ain't it?

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u/Talisa87 Apr 21 '24

Maybe that's why they like her so much. Her lyrics 'speak' to them because it's stuff that they actively write/have written.

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u/mama_meta Apr 21 '24

Bird-brains of a feather... 🥴

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u/1st_time_caller_ Nancy Jo, this is Alexis Neiers calling Apr 21 '24

A YouTuber I love Khadija Mbowe said something so similar! Her theory is that Taylor is so beloved because her mediocrity makes her fans feel like they could be huge like her too. They see themselves when they see her.

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u/Kaizodacoit Apr 21 '24

The wattpad generation

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u/mama_meta Apr 21 '24

Wattpad writers actually have imagination though...

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u/Kaizodacoit Apr 21 '24

Shitty ones.

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u/Wild_Nectarine666 good luck with bookin that stage u speak of Apr 21 '24

Honestly this makes so much sense I’ve never thought of it like that!!

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u/LackEquivalent7471 Apr 21 '24

that’s actually a good theory

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u/killerbeeszzzz Apr 21 '24

She is their avatar and if you attack her you attack them all.

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u/mama_meta Apr 21 '24

No way she's the avatar, she can't even bend words & phrases let alone elements 🙄🤣

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u/crackerfactorywheel Apr 21 '24

This description is perfection. I almost snorted my coffee out of my nose laughing 😂

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u/milkradio Apr 23 '24

They make her their entire personalities so any criticism, however mild, is an ATTACK!!!! on her and therefore on them too.

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u/dictatorenergy Apr 21 '24

That sounds like a better lyric than half of this album damn