quoted 6 lines Quit your playa hating>
> > Quit your playa hating
>
>Can somebody please explain this expression to me? Sorry, I'm of
>German origin and live in South Africa, and just haven't ever quite
>understood what this means.
I take it to be a great example of dramatic irony. It works like this :
when someone says something you don't like or (more to the point) dismisses
something in which you find value, you accuse them of "hating" - which, of
course, is a major violation of the new moral code in a world where
*everything* must be embraced with fervor (we do SO love these days, do we
not?). Never mind that this is a genuinely silly way to define "hating".
What's far more interesting is that the person lobbing the accusation is
(using the same skewed understanding of "hate") certainly at least as
guilty of the unconscionable crime as the accused and should also lose
points for kowtowing to the concept and/or jumping on the trendy-term
bandwagon.
Having said all of that, allow me to clarify that in so doing I have not
"hated" anyone here. I didn't even go back through my trash to see who it
was who used to the phrase in question - I am merely commenting on the use
of the phrase per se as I see it.
Yes. I love everyone and everything. Dammit.
Next time around I shall discuss the etymological significance of "playa"
as it appears on the hermeneutical horizon we call email.
loving and not playing,
jeff
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