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user-inactivated  ·  3173 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why is Modern Art so Bad?

    in a jolly sense, not dismissively

I agree that when people say that it's usually dismissive, but it really is a weird thing to have to specify. No one is being dismissive when they talk about all the bands that started after seeing the Velvet Underground or the Sex Pistols.