Old male US politicians who are out of touch with reality... - by EvaUnit02
Shadowcat on 24/3/2012 at 01:14
Doom: Saving lives since 1993.
Shadowcat on 24/3/2012 at 01:25
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
I don't see one era of disposable pop culture as being greater than any other. It's all completely interchangable.
I've long held a theory that one of the reasons why kids generally think that music of previous eras sucked is that, for any given example that they hear, the chances are it will be something that was popular at the time. So if a large proportion of everything popular in
every era is crap, then the chances of people subsequently being exposed to what was really good at any given time is significantly reduced.
demagogue on 24/3/2012 at 01:53
Let me put it another way. For any important cultural movement there is an origin story, some really inspired moment when it first came together, and everything in that genre that comes afterwards can be traced back to that revolution. And it's just a social fact of the world (I'd argue) that some eras are more conducive to little revolutions than others, though it might vary by medium. It's the reason punk is more important than grunge, the 3D games of the 90s are more important than the 3D games of today, I could say the indie movies of the 90s are more important than the indie movies today (they are imo), but both of them are going to get blown out of the water by the new realism movies of the 50s in Europe and Japan. (You also brought up the cartoon revolution of the 90s, which was probably at least on the same level as the late 30s boom.) I don't think in terms of this endless cycle with good and bad stuff indistinguishably churning around like a washing machine, but more like trees so inspired they spawn branches going out, some of which wither and fall off the tree as degenerate branches, and some of which are so strong they become new trees in their own right. Just a different vision of what cultural motion is about. I could see someone looking on it like more stuff cycling around, especially just focusing on the cultural-industry commercial side of it, but I like to focus on the tree side, what's actually inspiring people to go in certain directions based on what moves them and the spirit of the times.
CCCToad on 24/3/2012 at 02:08
Quote Posted by fett
Koki, do you ever shut your fucking mouth, or do you just like the sound of your own voice? I swear to god you're the most worthless poster ever in the nearly 12 years I've been on these boards. Jesus.
In Freakonomics, the author makes the case that legalized abortion in the late 60's led to fewer unwanted children. The connection seems to be that unwanted kids grow up in households that eventually lead them into deviant behavior or violent crime. Thus, the reduced crime rates for that generation, and subsequent ones.
I would also postulate that playing violent video games actually helps hormone ridden teens to release their aggression on Nazis and monsters, rather than peers.
citing freakonomics? The "research" in that book is seriously flawed in methodology, and the logic is full of more fallacial holes than swiss cheese that's been hit with a claymore.
PeeperStorm on 24/3/2012 at 02:45
Rock songs,
Dungeons & Dragons, zoot suits, comic books, jazz...there's
always some Magical Mind Controlling Thing that's gonna corrupt our children and turn them into puppy-molesting, drug addled, disrespectful murderers who wear too much makeup and refuse to bathe. Aren't you glad that the politicians are gonna protect us?
june gloom on 24/3/2012 at 03:05
Quote Posted by CCCToad
citing freakonomics? The "research" in that book is seriously flawed in methodology, and the logic is full of more fallacial holes than swiss cheese that's been hit with a claymore.
Be that as it may, you're in no position to judge.
Koki on 24/3/2012 at 07:16
Dubstep made me do it.
june gloom on 24/3/2012 at 08:49
a sound defense
