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[gfish]

An odd thought occurred to me today. At what point did it become an obscure factoid that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a reference to a cheap brand of deodorant? Growing up remains quite weird.

In other news, does anyone have a Dreamwidth invite I can use? I'd like to claim my username there while it is still available. 'gfish' is disappearing annoyingly quickly on new services these days.

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[gfish.livejournal.com]

I kind of have to assume Cobain wasn't being entirely truthful there. How could he have avoided exposure to those horrible commercials? I mean, I immediately assumed it was a reference when I first heard the song, and I was about as cut off from mainstream culture at the time as was possible without living in a yurt.

I don't have any firsthand experience of people not knowing about it, but why would they know about a string of annoying commercials from almost twenty years ago? Maybe I'll ask a couple of the other grads tonight...

[neuro42.livejournal.com]

For a better and/or more depressing sample, ask the freshmen.