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It's science news that happens to involve a celebrity.
Seismic activity caused by large groups of people moving together is a well known and documented phenomenon.
The focus of the article is that her quake was bigger than other previous man-made quakes during massive events in the same location and is presented as a proof/show of how popular Taylor Swift is and how passionate are their fans. (much wow).
If you think "Fans of X celebrity are very "energetic"" is a news article that should be posted here its fine, its news after all and people seem to like it, but lets not pretend this is a scientific article in any way.
See, this is the data that's interesting, and i do think it belongs here. I'd be curious if this is unofficially a record. A certain seismic measurement that is a certain distance from an event, entirely generated by people. This is assuming their movement created a bigger reading than the sound equipment, which is entirely plausible with people stomping in time.
You know the lab is well aware of the venue. The artist doesn't matter. It's the event they were impressed with.
https://kbin.social/m/news@lemmy.world/t/264203/Taylor-Swift-Fans-Cause-Seismic-Activity-Comparable-to-Small-Earthquake#entry-comment-1192902
It's celebrity news regarding a known white supremacist, her fanbase is notoriously disgusting and racist and often attacks people of color.
This community doesn't need that kind of garbage, there's plenty of it on reddit
I don't follow Swift or her die-hard fans, but this white supremacist" bit is news to me. Is this a real documented fact, or the usual overblown internet reaction to an assumption based on an extrapolation from a decade-old retweet?
Overblown internet nonsense.
From a quick search, it appears that a bunch of white supremacists revere her as something like a goddess, and the feeling is absolutely not mutual - in 2019, she unambiguously and firmly denounced white supremacy and alt-right stuff in general in a Rolling Stone interview.
Why do they revere her? Like I get that she is a very beautiful white woman, but there are lots of those. There has to be more than just "she's hot and white so we've made her our goddess" right?
She used to be on the hick country stations that all the racist old people I know listen to, back when she was pop-country, so maybe they see her as one of their own? And a goddess because she's objectively the biggest music star in the world atm?
Mostly the white, pretty, and fame, though.
No, I honestly don’t think there’s any more to it than that. She’s an attractive, famous, and successful white lady. That’s kinda it.
And slightly country.
Taylor Swift speaks out against that kind of shit in recent years and is about to tour with Paramore who are adamantly anti-white-supremacy and the like, so... Just your average internet idiot.
Report as trolling and/or misinformation and move on.
So you're saying it's not news to you that a rock concert could cause an earthquake? Because it's sure as hell news to me. Does it matter who was playing at the concert?
For what it’s worth this is super common at that venue. Not trying to take anything away from the story, it was really surprising to me when I learned it also.
It didn’t cause an earthquake. Did you not read your own article?
Did they say it did? They said could.
And if it registers high enough on the Rochester scale, what else would we call it when it reaches high enough?
But it can’t. Earthquakes are caused by the earth’s plates shifting. Unless Taylor Swift can move tectonic plates, it’s not an earthquake.
We would call it what they called it. Seismic activity.
Taylor Swift isn’t going to shake buildings and crack pavement.
Words can have more than one definition… you’re looking at what constitutes a Natural Disaster Earthquake, there’s also just the definition, earthquake….
And yes, seismic activity l absolutely can shake buildings and crack pavement… you’re now contradicting yourself? Do you even know what point you’re arguing anymore?
She didn’t cause an earthquake. I can’t believe I’m having this discussion. Fucking ridiculous.
She didn’t, she caused seismic activity, that when high enough on the Richter scale would constitute an earthquake.
You tried correcting someone and were wrong mate, this is entirely on you lmfao. If you can’t take it, don’t fucking dish it you mook.
Go back and read the comments again… lmfao. They never said she caused an earthquake, they key word you completely missed was “could”. They also never in fact mentioned her at all in the comment even! As I said you don’t even know what you’re arguing anymore.
There’s just trolls everywhere isn’t there?
This is what I responded to. A rock concert CANNOT cause a fucking earthquake. Which is exactly what I said.
Go touch come grass kid.
But it can…? Not a natural disaster like you’re claiming, but again, words have more than one definition sometimes…
You need to go read a book apparently lmfao.
And yes seismic activity can topple buildings and crack pavement, don’t forget you also claimed that…
It can’t. Seismic activities are caused by anything from earthquakes to volcanoes to rushing water.
Are you trying to say that rushing water is an active earthquake? If not, then a rock concert is not one either.
Seismic waves are a means of MEASURING earthquakes. Just like measuring volcanoes and rivers. They don’t cause them.
Some idiot had a concert that was loud and now everyone is saying Taylor Swift caused an earthquake or could cause an earthquake.
Taylor Swift is NOT moving tectonic plates. She just had a loud concert.
From Britannia on the definition of earthquake.
earthquake, any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth’s rocks. Seismic waves are produced when some form of energy stored in Earth’s crust is suddenly released, usually when masses of rock straining against one another suddenly fracture and “slip.”
People jumping up and down, fit that definition, and they actually specify that it’s not “just” masses of rock (tectonic plates)
TYL, you are welcome, go read some books and “touch grass”.
We’re done here. I cannot explain it any further or better. She didn’t cause an earthquake. She cannot cause an earthquake.
Go find a way to un-hurt your butt about this, but I’m done with you.
Also. She fucking sucks.
You can’t explain it, because you’re wrong…
Go argue with Britannia or something, they clearly state it’s not just tectonic movement like you claimed…. what do you have to say about that mook?
I am sorry you thought that a natural disaster was the only defintion of the word “earthquake”, you’re everything wrong with todays education system. Read more, please.
Woah, really? I’m hearing about this for the first time, upon googling it she says she disavows the alt right and finds white supremacy repulsive. Do you have a source?
He doesn't. White supremacists clinging to celebrities they desperately want to believe support their views only to be slapped down in disgust is a tale as old as time.
I seen to remember the documentary about her covering the decision to publicly voice her political beliefs for the first time. There's this one scene where she's in a room full of white men telling her not to do it because it would damage her brand and her mom being the only person in the room to support it.
She went against all her business advisors and did it anyway, which should tell you enough about where she stands.
The kind of garbage this community doesn't need are your blatant lies.
What nonsense. If Lemmy is gonna be full of shit like this, maybe it's not for me.
Redditors are already turning it into Reddit. Logical arguments get voted down and following the hive gets voted up.
Thank goodness for the multiple instances.
When I find one that kicks the Reddit bullshit out- I’ll remain there.
Yeah I don’t follow or give a shit about Taylor Swift. But I am interested in hell if her fans create seismic activity
lmao wut?
Smartest Redditor I’ve ever known