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Postmodernity is said to be a culture of fragmentary sensations, eclectic nostalgia, disposable simulacra, and promiscuous superficiality, in which the traditionally valued qualities of depth, coherence, meaning, originality, and authenticity are evacuated or dissolved amid the random swirl of empty signals. -- Baudrillard

Your quote reminds me of the concept of hashtag rap https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/comments/222piu/can_som... which is basically all rap music now.

Interestingly it seems to have been a leading indicator.

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