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		vmception on March 21, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sumerian dog jokes, or the difficulty of translati... One of my biggest epiphanies was realizing how much dumb hit music was actually partially catering to English as a second language speakers for broader appeal.

m463 on March 21, 2022 [–]

sort of like the opposite of hip-hop/rap (think of all the new words meaning "the police" for example)

vmception on March 22, 2022 | [–]

its just evolved, it's prevalent in hip-hop and rap too, at least what gets on top of the billboards

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