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1 day agoI was vaguely aware of them being a thing elsewhere as a kid. Back then someone even thought they were cool because of Harry Potter films. Never thought of it as authoritarianism, just pointless.
But now that you say it, placing restrictions to make people look the same is kind of authoritarian.

“Fixing” notation is kinda like “fixing” English language. Besides, quarter notes make sense in the context of the rest of the system.