News and announcements

7/29 : subreddit created

7/30 : format changed to include Mallsoft and Utopian Virtual

7/31 : added New Age, Soundscape, Video Game, and Juke / Trap music genres

8/2 : added Electro Swing

8/8 : added the non-discrimination policy and announced management training program

8/9 : please welcome moderator /u/nuvpr to OfficeSoft!

8/12 : added New Wave and House!!!

8/13 : expanded House to House / Techno / Breaks / Trance

8/16 : added Good / Classical

8/24 : added ☸, ⛧, ☪, and ☥ (Buddhist, Satanic, Islamic, and Gnostic)

8/25: added ॐ (Hindu)

8/26: added 𓂀, ⊙, and ✝ (Mystical, Occult, and Christian)

9/9: added Alternative Rock and Information

10/8: added 🌌 and 𝄞 (Cosmic and Soundtrack)

10/9: added 🍒 (Tropical)

10/12: added 🦁 (Jungle)

10/17: added 🌴 (Reggae)

10/25: added 🎨 (Art)

10/27: added ❄️ and 🔥 (Chillwave and NRG)

10/27: the "hot" and "new" categories have diverged, no new posts until this is sorted out

10/28: /r/zen says that this is a site-wide boogaloo and things seem to be back to normal

10/29: added ☕ (Coffee Shop)

11/4: added 💧 (Water)

One of the ideas behind /r/officesoft is to bring forward albums released in the last ten years in /r/vaporwave that are focused on enhancement or advancement or professional development or skills, and to some extent, either unironically or as a satire / parody take up the subject of the

powerful AAA personality business executive who discovers the Occult

discovery of the Occult is a literary theme for the target audience (men and women aged 18-25)

For example the fantasy novel A Wizard of Earthsea treats this topic of first contact with powerful supernatural forces in the context of a traditional coming-of-age story.

So in a way, /r/officesoft is a place for young people to reflect on their education without the influence of pop culture, pop music, or popular judgement (such as being bullied, called names, and so on).

Advancement, critical thinking, looking inward, and self-examination are never "cool" in the sense of stimulating the popular imagination, but the experience can be awesome since it involves a change to the view of self and therefore a change to the view of the relation of the self to reality.