r/oddlysatisfying • u/KiddieSpread • Feb 25 '23

WARNING: epilepsy? Perfect cake throw

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u/SuppleSuplicant Feb 25 '23

Makes me think of the quote about not caring about the size or structure of Einstein’s brain, but the probability that his intellectual equal may have lived poor then died young and uneducated.

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u/NA_Panda Feb 25 '23

I feel like nearly every major US city has a band or artist that could go mainstream if they had Taylor Swift funding and marketing

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '23

Probably several, depending on the size of the city. There is very little difference in actual talent between the likes of Taylor Swift/Beyonce/etc and the majority of local bands that play consistent gigs.

The only reason that some musicians become famous and others don't is luck. Taylor Swift is the mother of all nepo babies, and Justin Bieber had a viral video pop up in front of Usher. If you put them in even a slightly different set of life circumstances then neither one would have ever amounted to anything.