stackyFACTSA radio executive in the fifties noticed people in diners kept paying to hear the exact same few songs on a jukebox, completely ignoring the rest. He realized humans actually crave relentless repetition, birthing the soul-crushing format of playing the same handful of hits endlessly.
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