Going off QuinnyCoded’s comment, I’d speculate the song is used in some antisemitic meme TikTok video or something similar. Kind of like Little Dark Age getting associated with nazi Hyperborea fantasies.

Coyote Brown seems closer

Edit: the pic I posted has a more greenish tone, I think, but it’s a photo of a book that I have physically and Coyote Brown lines up with the physical version better

Also now you made me go check… apparently this is Pantone’s colour of the year 2025:

and this one is for 2026 (how can you select the colour of the year in advance tho?)

This one seems to be the closest, unironically. Now my curiosity is satisfied and my soul at peace.

No, it’s the colour of one book I own and it just struck me how I can’t name or describe it.

Lol, is that an actual colour? I’m googling and the results are “mouse’s back”, although that one’s too gray IMO…

It must be fun when you just make up what the other person said and call them names over that. You homophobe.

Those are all directly and heavily influenced by all regimes in general, aside from the one-child policy which might be regarded as an authoritiarian policy. Shit economy making people not want kids works the same both in democracies and in authoritarian countries (in fact, the latter might even dampen the negative psychological effects upon the population through propaganda).

Ehh, the character of the regime doesn’t seem to affect birth rates a whole lot. Brutal dictatorships that make China seem like a gentle puppy could have perfectly ok birth rates. E.g. Nazi Germany had 2.5 fertility rate in 1939 and 1940, it was their highest since 1922: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Germany

I really don’t think the average Chinese cares too much about how authoritarian their govt is when it comes to deciding on whether to have kids. The consequences of one-child policy, economic prospects, stability, general cultural optimism/pessimism, social habits (and the effects of technology on them), etc. are all likely to be much more important factors.

Chose your own dystopia. Where no ads exist and everything is pay per view/read/report/etc. Or the one we’re in.

Ads being a replacement for paying applies to internet services (social media, news sites, etc. that you can use for free). When you have billboards on the side of the road, you still have to pay the road toll. When you see ads in public transport, you still have to pay the ticket. When ads are shown on a TV channel, you still have to pay the subscription.

Online ads, as insufferable as they are, are still more clearly justifiable from the end user’s point of view than traditional ones.

My family bought a miniature real one two years ago so we’ll probably keep using it. It’s a bit of a hassle to water and take care of throughout the year, but I like it, the water is probably still cheaper than buying a whole new tree, real or artificial. It looks cute and is (obviously) easy to decorate.