[verticalscaler]

I approve. I've had this conversation over and over on what.cd back in the day.

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

We can even get a little more meta and observe how this type of essay itself goes through the very same process and you end up with:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9IucBIoCzc0

It always happens, without fail, for every genre and subculture. We can only embrace the ephemeral.