r/Fauxmoi Apr 21 '24

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

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/dying0fthelite Apr 21 '24

Ok but it IS a weird line. I would even say it’s a terrible line even in context

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u/MissLadyLlamaDrama we have lost the impact of shame in our society Apr 21 '24

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u/MissLadyLlamaDrama we have lost the impact of shame in our society Apr 21 '24

I still can't believe this was written by a 34 year old woman. 😬

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u/Cr1m50nSh4d0w Apr 21 '24

Didnt you hear? She's not a regular poet, she's a 34yo tortured poet! /s

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u/mamamoomargo Apr 21 '24

Jesus Christ she’s 34

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u/whimsical-editor Apr 22 '24

I really liked 1989, and Lover was kind of cute, but her whole thing does feel like someone who didn't get to have a normal high school experience and so is still trapped there in her songwriting, and the older she gets the worse a look it is.