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Pop Music Proves We’re All Narcissists

By April 3, 2011 at 2:04pm

In the past 25 years or so, the use of words like “we,” “us,” and “our” have taken a backseat in pop music hits for “I,” “me,” and “mine.” Not to make this all about my iPod or anything. [via]

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5 Comments

  • Scott Bonzitski

    WTF!? This article makes NO sense @ all. It does NOT even distinguish between Optimistic/Narcisstic paradigms’…(?)…SB

    April 3, 2011 at 4:04pm
  • justnow

    Hey queerty can I get a job here? I can do better than this

    April 3, 2011 at 4:04pm
  • jason

    I have to agree about the narcissism of today’s young people. It’s incredible how self-obsessed they are are. This seems to be a characteristic more of women than of men. The young generation of the 1960’s and 1970’s would have laughed at us.

    April 3, 2011 at 5:04pm
  • Scott Nelson

    This article is beyond pointless. Such a waste of space on your home page

    April 3, 2011 at 6:04pm
  • Sceth

    It’s better this way.

    April 3, 2011 at 9:04pm

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