re: cultural coincidences from Sega… I think it more so boils down to the fact that humans are not really as unique as we’d like to believe more so than any kind of supernatural phenomena influencing us to think the same things. Most ideas and thoughts are just reflections of our surroundings, and most people have the same surroundings, albeit across various geographical locations. Of course we have cultural differences and different standards/laws re what is/isn’t socially acceptable from place to place, but human behaviour is by and large quite predictable no matter where in the world you might be. It’s like when those memes that are like “did everyone do this are a kid” go around and everyone is shocked that other people did the same dumb stuff as a kid such as try to balance the light switch, or drinking your juice out of the lid, or playing the raindrops game or some other silly shit that everybody seemed to have the inclination to do as a child without seeing or knowing anyone else did it. It’s fun to believe some kind of preternatural communication is responsible though.
Some chick I hooked up with a few days ago was telling me about Jung and collective unconscious and I think this is like that… see there’s an explanation for everything. Everything you think of has already been thought of. We’re all the same - no unique thoughts exist >.>
When Sega notes that a ton of Aphex Twin fans are teenagers, I had the crazy feeling of a young early 20's kid saying "is that a band"? So that's refreshing at least, tho i dont expect younger ppl to have to like the oldies
