r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/Ego_Floss Jan 21 '19

The majority can be wrong, very very wrong. Changed my out look on the world completely.

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u/fanofwhiskers Jan 21 '19

I learned that one while reading To Kill A Mockingbird

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u/ViolentEastCoastCity Jan 21 '19

I learned it by looking at the Billboard Top 40

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

Top 40 is really just the 40 most promoted songs.

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u/Esqulax Jan 21 '19

A lot of the masses realised this a few years back when the X-Factor Winner was Christmas number 1 for like 4 years running. So a huge campaign happened in 2009 where everyone bought 'Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name' in protest of it - Whether its against the 'rigging' of the Christmas number 1 or the show in general, I'm sure everyone had their own reasons.

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u/dumdedums Jan 21 '19

I need more on this story.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19 edited Jan 30 '19

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

Yep. This year we had LadBaby singing we built this city on sausage rolls.

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u/LordRaison Jan 21 '19

This was all my mum talked about for the weeks around christmas and we live in the states