quoted 8 lines In other words, when you're nostalgic about things it's because you
>> In other words, when you're nostalgic about things it's because you
>> appreciate quality when you see it, but when other people are nostalgic
>> about things, it's because they're insecure fuckups without lives.
>
> No, when I like something that happens to be old it's not nostalgia. When
> you like something BECAUSE it's old, then that's nostalgia. Please don't
> tell me that Happy Days was a good TV show, or that Duran Duran was a
> good band or that Atari Combat is as good a game to Mario 64..
I'm sorry, I'd forgotten that the Fahey Committee had deemed "Happy Days",
Duran Duran, and old Atari cartridges unsuitable for the attention of young
moderns. I'll be sure to toss out all my DD CDs and 2600 carts (never was a
big "Happy Days" fan) because you don't like them -- you are, after all,
the arbiter of Appropriate Taste for all generations, past and present.
quoted 3 lines It's okay to realize that something that seemed cool when you were a kid
> It's okay to realize that something that seemed cool when you were a kid
> is not cool now, or that something that seemed dorky to you as a kid is
> cool now.
It's okay? Really? Can I get that in writing?
Is it also okay to enjoy or not enjoy things for their own sake, regardless of
whether or not they're "kEwL!"? I want to be sure, because, ya know, that's
pretty much how I like to do things, and I'd be sorely disappointed if you
decided that wasn't "KhO0l". I'd have to, like, realign my outlook on life
and stuff, and I was really looking forward to being able to see Star Wars in
a theatre again this weekend so I hope you can let me know whether that's
"qUuLe" enough before I buy my ticket. I'm counting on you for this, Chris!
quoted 4 lines I think that one of the biggest reasons for nostalgia, and the reason it
> I think that one of the biggest reasons for nostalgia, and the reason it
> feels so good for many people, is that it is an affirmation that you were
> interesting when you were a kid, and that the things that shaped you are
> enduring treasures.
I get it -- people don't *really* "like" Star Wars or Duran Duran, they're
just being tricked into THINKING they "like" Star Wars or Duran Duran by a
combination of mammalian imprinting and clever market manipulation! Wow, it's
all so clear to me now: nobody but you is capable of independent thought!
Well, here's something for you to use that massive brain on for a while: why
do you feel the urge to loudly and publicly degrade things that other people
like, do, and think? Is it maybe just a way of affirming (tricking yourself
into thinking) that you're more "interesting" than All Those Pathetic Idiots
Out There Who Like Things You Don't, when in fact you're really just trying to
distract us away from noticing that you're Horribly Afraid That People Might
Make Fun Of You For Liking What You Like?)
quoted 3 lines I think that if everyone asked themselves before they bought the "Schoolhouse
> I think that if everyone asked themselves before they bought the "Schoolhouse
> Rocks" CD last year "Is this even remotely good music?", that half of them
> would not have bought it.
You're right, they would have been much better off just randomly splatting
their money away at the kinds of "really new, really innovative stuff" you
buy, because as you're carefully established through a rigorous series of
analyses, that "stuff" is "almost always good!"
Meanwhile, I'll gladly stack "Three Is A Magic Number" up against "I Feel
Love" any day of the week.
(Criswell Predicts: Now it's time for Chris to try to excuse his dismissive,
insulting horseshit by claiming that it was was "just his opinion".)
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::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com;
http://www.swcp.com/lazlo)