Culture
11 Aug 08
11 Aug 08
Originally posted by PalynkaOne day you might catch on palynka...until then, keep reading.
Just keep patting yourself on the back and everything will be fine.
rhet·o·ric
–noun 1. (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
2. the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech.
3. the study of the effective use of language.
4. the ability to use language effectively.
5. the art of prose in general as opposed to verse.
6. the art of making persuasive speeches; oratory.
7. (in classical oratory) the art of influencing the thought and conduct of an audience.
11 Aug 08
Originally posted by darvlayAre you kidding? In the fifties, every American kid wanted to be Gene Autry or Dale Evans. They used to play cowboys and Indians or sandlot football and pick-up baseball games. They read Mad Magazine or crazy EC horror comics where people got their eyes stabbed or the heads cut off! They had dogs and ponies, bb-guns or .22 rifles, and they rode bikes. It was the greatest time to be a kid. Now, lawyers and do-gooder activist types have sucked all the fun out of being a kid. All they have now is X-box.
Indeed. It makes me wonder what kids ever dreamt about before the days of advertising and marketing.
12 Aug 08
Originally posted by der schwarze RitterHannah Montana confusion aside, your willingness to summarise complicated, nuanced facts about the world in terms of impressions and pitch the result as a serious discussion makes you an excellent candidate for hipsterdom.
Now, lawyers and do-gooder activist types have sucked all the fun out of being a kid. All they have now is X-box.
12 Aug 08
Originally posted by ChronicLeakyExcept that I'm far too old and far too conservative to be hip.
Hannah Montana confusion aside, your willingness to summarise complicated, nuanced facts about the world in terms of impressions and pitch the result as a serious discussion makes you an excellent candidate for hipsterdom.
13 Aug 08
Originally posted by Bosse de NageHipster?
"We’ve reached a point in our civilization where counterculture has mutated into a self-obsessed aesthetic vacuum. So while hipsterdom is the end product of all prior countercultures, it’s been stripped of its subversion and originality."
http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html
Well?
I thought that term went out of fashion with large moustaches, hairy vaginas and the Eagles.