I think the youtu culture thing is a result of MP3s "balkanizing" things as their music exposure is less decided by the record store. A sock hopper in the 70s

I think the youtu culture thing is a result of MP3s "balkanizing" things as their music exposure is less decided by the record store. A sock hopper in the 70s would look out of place and like lazy and out of touch writers. Now a teenage fan of Nirvana or 80s metal is normal essentially. In comparison wit music tastes it is like a bunch of time travelers into the same high school for a bunch of anchronistic cliques together.