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pembrook ◴[] No.43742319[source]
Great idea! The trick is to zoom into peoples clothing, and then the associated event becomes quite obvious. Eg. Photo of Disco, no crazy lapels, obviously towards the end of disco, which puts you within a year or two.

Might have gotten lucky but zooming in on clothing got me to 1.8 years off on average (top 2%).

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Jensson ◴[] No.43742660[source]
I just went by feel of each and got 2.4 year average, also top 2%. I guess it doesn't do higher than top 2% then.

> obviously towards the end of disco

What is the end of disco?

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input_sh ◴[] No.43742787[source]
Disco is probably the only genre whose "death" (as in very quick drop from being mainstream) can be traced to a very specific date: July 12th, 1979.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night

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Al-Khwarizmi ◴[] No.43742912[source]
Interesting. Can we organize an event to blow up reggaeton records (or trap, or latin urban, or whatever they call it now - sounds all similar to me) and hope for it to go away?
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input_sh ◴[] No.43743110[source]
Personally, I'd prefer for a young white male demographic to not riot against music primarily associated with certain marginalised communities anymore.
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1. Al-Khwarizmi ◴[] No.43753584[source]
I'm from Spain and here that music is pretty much everywhere you go. Not associated with any specific community at all.