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Gaius Marius posted:Anime is absolutely terrible. Especially now. There's maybe one good series coming out every half decade, and dozens and dozens of absolute embarrassing garbage shows. Marvel is also terrible, but this does not mean anime is somehow good. I'd recommend getting into Opera and classical literature instead. Yes, post classical literature obviously is worthless,, 
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alexandriao posted:Yes, post classical literature obviously is worthless,, I didn't say that. I said it's better than anime.
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Jun 10, 2023 19:40
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Gaius Marius posted:I didn't say that. I said it's better than anime. What do you think of as classical literature, if I can ask.
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Jun 10, 2023 22:05
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Gaius Marius posted:I didn't say that. I said it's better than anime. It is, but aren't you the "hopelessness is a meme emotion" guy
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Josef bugman posted:What do you think of as classical literature, if I can ask. It's totally arbitrary, choose whatever cut off you like. The point is that time is the great filter. Any person or company with enough capital can get a show off the ground or a movie made, but it takes actual sustained interest by real life humans for something to maintain any relevance; it must have maintained a sense of relevance for generations of people over a sustained period of time. Compare that to whatever seasonal anime is airing or random sitcom is on TV, their quality baseline is inches from the ground, and if they do manage to do something incredible they will still be there in thirty years. There's simply no reason to gamble on whatever nonsense is airing currently when there are libraries stacked to the brim with great works.
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Gaius Marius posted:It's totally arbitrary, choose whatever cut off you like. The point is that time is the great filter. Any person or company with enough capital can get a show off the ground or a movie made, but it takes actual sustained interest by real life humans for something to maintain any relevance; it must have maintained a sense of relevance for generations of people over a sustained period of time. Compare that to whatever seasonal anime is airing or random sitcom is on TV, their quality baseline is inches from the ground, and if they do manage to do something incredible they will still be there in thirty years. There's simply no reason to gamble on whatever nonsense is airing currently when there are libraries stacked to the brim with great works. But that doesn't apply just to novels. It's true for movies and anime as well. Shows like Mobile Suit Gundam or Gunbuster have maintained a fanbase for decades, gaining new fans and continued appreciation for three generations now.
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Gripweed posted:But that doesn't apply just to novels. It's true for movies and anime as well. Shows like Mobile Suit Gundam or Gunbuster have maintained a fanbase for decades, gaining new fans and continued appreciation for three generations now. Exactly
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Jun 11, 2023 02:09
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hang on, just pruning my entire media collection of anything that hasn't stood the test of time for 30+ years
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Jun 11, 2023 02:28
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*Sadly tossing my Neon Genesis Evangelion DVDs on to the bonfire.
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Jun 11, 2023 02:32
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Fortunately Jurassic Park is 30 years old today.
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I too lack the ability to tell whether what I'm watching is good or not. That's why I only watch stuff that's old.
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Jun 11, 2023 15:39
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Lol if you think the good stuff filters out by time and not just the popular stuff
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Jun 11, 2023 16:41
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Atticus_1354 posted:That definition is literally trash. Just because people use it wrong enough doesn't make it right. That is quite literally how language works
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I agree that time serves as a filter, but if you only confine yourself to things that came out decades ago you will be hopelessly out of touch with the cultural zeitgeist and your comedic sensibilities will be dated and lame at best or Mickey Rooney from breakfast at Tiffany’s at worst
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The cropping, artifacts, weird looping are almost as dated as the reference.
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christmas boots posted:I agree that time serves as a filter, but if you only confine yourself to things that came out decades ago you will be hopelessly out of touch with the cultural zeitgeist and your comedic sensibilities will be dated and lame at best or Mickey Rooney from breakfast at Tiffany’s at worst If keeping up with current trends is your primary concern - everybody here is old enough to be on the lookout for a nice retirement home, you won't stay "with it" indefinitely no matter how hard you try, and there's nothing sadder than a middle aged guy who still thinks he's hip with the kids or whatever. steinrokkan has a new favorite as of 20:25 on Jun 11, 2023 |
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Killingyouguy! posted:Lol if you think the good stuff filters out by time and not just the popular stuff
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Maybe popular is good because that means normal and normal is the best thing one can be.
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steinrokkan posted:If keeping up with current trends is your primary concern - everybody here is old enough to be on the lookout for a nice retirement home, you won't stay "with it" indefinitely no matter how hard you try, and there's nothing sadder than a middle aged guy who still thinks he's hip with the kids or whatever. Paying attention to what the art of our time is saying about our time is not quite the same thing as trying to stay hip with the youths daddy-o
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credburn posted:The cropping, artifacts, weird looping are almost as dated as the reference. 
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christmas boots posted:That is quite literally how language works I rejecteth thy reality and substitute mine owneth.
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steinrokkan posted:If keeping up with current trends is your primary concern - everybody here is old enough to be on the lookout for a nice retirement home, you won't stay "with it" indefinitely no matter how hard you try, and there's nothing sadder than a middle aged guy who still thinks he's hip with the kids or whatever. I was never hip with the kids even when I was one, and am happy to be an old grump who can still appreciate new things while yelling at the little shits who might also happen to enjoy them to get off my lawn
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Good things can be identified by how well-liked they are by internet nobodies The minute you read a disparaging remark about some popular thing followed by a glowing lecture about some obscure poo poo nobody likes, you know it's the mark of quality
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I think that there should be more done to help people out who are long term sick with stuff like anxiety and depression. It's stupid that bullshit jobs expect you to kill your mental health to try and justify paying you nothing. This isn't unpopular here but it feels unpopular with dicks.
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I do actually kinda want a Straight Pride Month. But only if we earn it the old fashioned way, through a week of sustained rioting against the cops.
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Nameless Pete posted:I do actually kinda want a Straight Pride Month. But only if we earn it the old fashioned way, through a week of sustained rioting against the cops. Just move to France
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McDonald’s milkshakes are by far the worst fast food milkshake.
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Gripweed posted:McDonald’s milkshakes are by far the worst fast food milkshake. I'm having trouble thinking of a worse one, although also I will drink a McDonalds Milk Shake if you sit it down in front of me.
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It's like the one thing BK does better
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I think Harvey's does a pretty bad one, heavy in carageenan mouthfeel
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I don't know if I've ever had a shake from other fast food places... I do remember the first time I got a Frosty I was disappointed because I thought it was a shake, not something halfway between a shake and a creemee.
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The new frosties are bullshit I miss the weird grey not-quite-chocolate one that was the only option
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The older I get the more I realize that I just darn like steampunk. I don’t care that it’s not actually punk—if anything it’s an upside
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thetoughestbean posted:The older I get the more I realize that I just darn like steampunk. I don’t care that it’s not actually punk—if anything it’s an upside If the plumbing at CBGB was any indicator then punks shouldn't be allowed anywhere near pressurized steam valves.
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Most of our patriotic music sucks poo poo, though Stars and Stripes Forever is a banger.
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Marching music is fun.
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I'm jealous of foot fetishists. It seems refreshingly straightforward and it takes so little to make them happy.
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Gaius Marius posted:It's totally arbitrary, choose whatever cut off you like. The point is that time is the great filter. Any person or company with enough capital can get a show off the ground or a movie made, but it takes actual sustained interest by real life humans for something to maintain any relevance; it must have maintained a sense of relevance for generations of people over a sustained period of time. Compare that to whatever seasonal anime is airing or random sitcom is on TV, their quality baseline is inches from the ground, and if they do manage to do something incredible they will still be there in thirty years. There's simply no reason to gamble on whatever nonsense is airing currently when there are libraries stacked to the brim with great works. not having any grasp of contemporary culture is its own sort of cultural illiteracy like even with the most classic of classics, if you were actually around in 1820, appreciating Beethoven the way people would have at the time would have meant listening to a lot of other early 19th century German music, much of which was "trash" that got buried by later generations, but was part of the bourgeois musical culture of the time as much as Ludwig Van was. Killingyouguy! posted:Lol if you think the good stuff filters out by time and not just the popular stuff a lot of what passes the filter is determined by how later artists look back at art and take influence from it, the experience of approaching the same art as a classic or as contemporary are totally different to go back to Beethoven, when an educated person listens to Beethoven today their impressions are filtered through Wagner, Brahms, Mahler...even film and jazz music. You're not really hearing the contemporary Beethoven but the remembered Beethoven. Aramek posted:Maybe popular is good because that means normal and normal is the best thing one can be. the whole SA self hating nerd cringe thing has always been one of the worst things about this site, nerds are normal now and nobody cares anymore Woolie Wool has a new favorite as of 06:52 on Jun 20, 2023 |
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I care. Nerds should go back in the locker
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