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by npc 4542 days ago
>Aww isn't that cute! A musician/artist having an intellectual idea that isn't completely terrible

I think it's less to do with him being a musician/artist than with him being will.i.am, notorious "My Humps" backup singer. If it had been Thom Yorke or Getty Lee or someone then I think they'd probably have been (reasonably or not) treated with a little more respect.
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kunai 4542 days ago
Thom's AMA would suggest otherwise.

I love Radiohead, but... come on.

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mjolk 4541 days ago
What's an AMA? Did he speak about coding and its role in society?
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kunai 4541 days ago
No, I meant the respect part. Thom is known for his cryptic ambiguity and often surreal sentence formation, so it's doubtful his opinion would be held in higher regard than anyone else's.
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