Originally Posted by
GulDukat
Okay, some thoughts:
Fred Durst epitomized the hyper-masculine, insensitive, misogynistic young man of the late 90's/early 2000's. 2000 was an election year. While Al Gore won the popular vote (and probably really won Florida and won in the electoral college too), George W. Bush "won" the election. A lot of voters, particularly men saw George W. Bush as "the guy that they would like to have a beer with." Now, say that Fred Durst had not been an influential figure in the late 90's/early 00's, with legions of brahs and frat boys wearing backwards red baseball hats? Imagine there had been no Fred Durst, Significant Other or Limp Bizkit? In this alternate reality, the entire zeitgeist of the year 2000 is different. Now, a small but sizable number of men, because they are more sensitive and less drawn to hyper-masculine men, choose Gore over Bush. A few thousand men in Florida choose Gore over Bush (Bush "won" Florida by 537 votes). The absence of Limp Bizkit from the American psyche gives the election to Al Gore.
Because Al Gore is president, 911 is avoided because his administration takes briefings about terrorists attacks seriously. The years 2001-2009 are a golden age for America. Climate change is a top priority and millions of new jobs in renewable energy are created. There is a renaissance in the arts and sciences, and by 2004 there are flying cars that can run on water. Because human civilization with America leading under President Gore is so enlightened, extra terrestrials decide to make First Contact. By 2009 the Earth is now part of a United Federation of Planets and humans are given advanced technology and can now cure AIDS and cancer and begin their exploration of the universe.
All of this would have happened if Significant Other had never been released.