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		ddingus on Aug 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kraftwerk issued their own pocket calculator synth... Ever listen to "Boing Boom Chuck?" It is respectable parody, also ironic in that it is also trope, not trope. Self referential too. Great tune!

dezsiszabi on Aug 28, 2023 [–]

It's called Boing Boom Tschak (not Chuck) and I never heard anyone refer to it as a parody.

rhelz on Aug 28, 2023 | | [–]

Are you saying Germans have no sense of humor?? chuckle

ddingus on Aug 28, 2023 | | [–]

Yes, I have slipped on the title before. Oops.

Being highly self referential comes with some degree of parody, IMHO. I always took the tune that way.

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