The average person does not know who any of these niggas are man

Monoculture as in literally everyone tuning into the same s*** never existed

Its always been a cultural and regional barrier to certain trends

For instance my parents never watched mtv or listened to kanye even tho they were alive for those things

White ppl dont even at large give a f*** about most of that s***. They be on they porch reading the new york times article about deforestation or some s***

does the death of monoculture benefit the ruling class though? do they benefit from this segmentation

Yea ok so in general things have become more niche but thats just because people have more freedom of choice for what media they pay attention to

In the recent past people would be force fed certain trends but that doesnt mean they actually were invested in those things

Yall are conflating exposure and interest

Im serious

Chat moving so fast

The only thing that has changed is the exposure to trends is more diversified

People are more invested than ever into their particular niche but the boundary between which niches are mainstream or not has become extremely vague

Anime is a great example. It used to be niche but has now crossed over into mainstream. The specific things that are mainstream or niche have shifted but overall monoculture hasnt disappeared

I think this debate is very biased so i honestly find it annoying tbh

I can see why ppl say monoculture has disappeared but i think that is more of an illusion cast by social media than a real trend

As people age naturally the things we define as mainstream change which creates the illusion of disappearance of monoculture but in reality its just trends becoming less or more prominent

Niggas in the thread yapping rn

This is one of the greatest posts in ktt history

Yall always complain about reading comprehension but i noticed yall can only comprehend concepts youre already biased towards believing

Chalk it up to human nature

If u got a pitchfork review in 2026 youre not underground sorry

Algorithms are just a new form of media

Its the same dynamic with a different cause

I.e. in effect its the same dynamic

Like I think there’s a good chunk of people out there that cosplay other decades and I think that in itself is a sort of mono culture

Issa lil more complicated than this but basically youre right

And like what even is monoculture?

The only absolute thing I can think of that everyone took place in at least with men is wearing suits. EVERYONE used to wear a suit but that’s not even the period where they say monoculture started….in the 60’s?

Monoculture is like Fortnite

or Drake's Views

yes in real culture, no in pop culture

That’s not really true

Yes anime is more accessible and certain niches now have the ability to go viral and form their own visible communities, the way people consume media and content is way more fragmented and not centralized which is the exact. Opposite of what monoculture is

2Slimey going viral with a hit song or whatever of a certain anime clip going viral isn’t the same as anime at its zenith (which also feeds into pre-streaming/Television-media centralization) that it occupied

Anime pre streaming was only dominated by a few distributors for Western audiences, home media was extremely expensive to own if it even had good/completed dubs, which meant the only access to anime was thru large media conglomerates like WB, Funimation, Viz Media who were able to license out to Cartoon Network (Toonami), 4kids, WB Kids,

There’s a reason why things like Toonami or the concept of watching afternoon/Saturday morning cartoons existed and that was do to the nature of monoculture and the limited access to media meant you had to be at your tv to watch the latest episode of DBZ, One Piece, Naruto, Gundam. Etc

You’re understating the importance of the centralization of technology and media that made monoculture even practical in the first place

Yes. The more we sit at home and scroll instead of attending events the richer they get.

when ppl refer to monoculture it's like something inescapable where everyone knows about it even people who dont engage with it, like Views or Avengers, not 2slimey lol

On one hand there was a clear monoculture in previous eras that isn't necessarily present now but on the other hand it might be exaggerated just how universal monoculture was and how much it changed jow. Even back then not everyone was consuming the same media

Like a lot of classic rap albums in 90s weren't all that impactful outside it's own cultural sphere

The world cup was less recognized compared to the superbowl, while being huge everywhere else.

Yes the specific app or website people watch anime on might be fragmented but thats irrelevant. Most discourse only takes place on a handful of apps if not in person or via texing/group messages (discourse being a primary judge of what is culturally relevant)

People by and large still mainly focus on popular media which hasnt and probably never will change. And discourse is also very centralized. The only thing u said that supports your argument is the fact that there is more freedom of choice, which does affect how central certain things are to the culture, but does not mean the absolute disappearance of the culture itself and the popular media that the culture is based around. Ita a difference of percentage not a binary event where monoculture suddenly disappears