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Good point, and here is your citation:

[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriation_(art) ‎ Appropriation in art is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them. The use of appropriation has played a significant ...

Appropriation art (spoiler alert) is as Hipster as it gets.

"T\ypewriter guy" appears innocent of the Appropriation he Approriating (un-wittingly). Which is something that happens...similar to other sub-cultural trends that get sent into the mainstream. So this is entirely hall-of-mirrors mockery, than anything pernicious...it seems.




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