Curious question in the fashion and designs between eras.

[Daedius]

Music, clothing, cars, hair-styles, etc. were all pretty distinct between each era, such as the 40s, 60s, 80s, and such... yet all this has remained relatively unchanged from the late 90s to now... especially for cars.

Why is this? This was when the internet started to spread... did it cause a homogeneity in it all?

[LilSaihah]

Why is this? This was when the internet started to spread... did it cause a homogeneity in it all?

No, you just aren't thinking about the things that are different. Like dubstep. Dubstep is new music.

[Total Crica]

maybe? globalization effect of internet use could lead to this since humans tend to want to fit in with others - imitation said to be highest form of flattery and humans love flattery so great way to try to fit in.

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No, you just aren't thinking about the things that are different. Like dubstep. Dubstep is new music.

dub-step is kinda imitation a bit tho, i think

[LilSaihah]

dub-step is kinda imitation a bit tho, i think

Nothing's actually original tho. Everything derives elements from other things.

[Daedius]

No, you just aren't thinking about the things that are different. Like dubstep. Dubstep is new music.

Isn't dubstep pretty much the same as techno, using bass?

[Independent voter]

The aerodynamics thing make cars all look the same. It's like why buy a Lexus when a Kia looks a lot like a Lexus and costs about a tenth of what a Lexus does.

[Mihalik]

Music, clothing, cars, hair-styles, etc. were all pretty distinct between each era, such as the 40s, 60s, 80s, and such... yet all this has remained relatively unchanged from the late 90s to now... especially for cars.

Why is this? This was when the internet started to spread... did it cause a homogeneity in it all?

Relatively unchanged?

You are not listening to new music. You need a new haircut (for guys modern fashionable haircuts are essentially recycled from 1930's to 1940's Europe), if you still dress like you dressed in the 90's... fuck dude!

And cars...car design is largely dictated by aerodynamics and fuel efficiency. And if you actually check car design by decade the actual evolution is very gradual. With the exception of 2 major design shifts. One is being pre WW2 and post, and the other being 1960's to 1970's, when the futuristic Nuclear Age design in the US was abandoned for more practical designs, the continuity is much clearer in European car design where the Nuclear Age design never caught on much.

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Isn't dubstep pretty much the same as techno, using bass?

Nope. Dubstep evolved out of Jamaican Sound System, which grew out of Ska and Reggae.