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		munificent on May 20, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reasons for Python async/await That depends on if you define "mainstream" to mean "lots of users" or "similar to the kinds of things with lots of users". If I write songs that sound like Taylor Swift but no one knows who I am, do I make "mainstream" music? Personally, I would say yes.

pandler on May 21, 2015 [–]

> If I write songs that sound like Taylor Swift but no one knows who I am, do I make "mainstream" music? Personally, I would say yes.

You might make mainstream music but you yourself are not mainstream.

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