I know that but you gotta realize that they are just a very small part of the overall picture
what about 1. 50s architecture, 2. 50s furniture, 3. 50s graphic design, 4. 50s fashions, 5. 50s cultural values, 6. 50s music?
well, '50s architecture still has its fans, '50s furniture does too, '50s graphic design still endures, as do the fashions, the values are not looked upon fondly, the '50s birthed rock and roll
I know that but you gotta realize that they are just a very small part of the overall picture
what about 1. 50s architecture, 2. 50s furniture, 3. 50s graphic design, 4. 50s fashions, 5. 50s cultural values, 6. 50s music?
well, '50s architecture still has its fans, '50s furniture does too, '50s graphic design still endures, as do the fashions, the values are not looked upon fondly, the '50s birthed rock and roll
and like i dunno, say i like the fleischer superman cartoons (which i do). i wouldn't say i like "40s cartoons", i'd say i like "the fleischer superman cartoons", which were produced under a more particular set of circumstances
when you refer to liking "the seventies" or whatever it's a synecdoche. like someone might say "i love 70s music", but what they mean more literally is "i love several bands that were active primarily during the 70s", or "i love the music i heard during the 1970s" or something. not to mention the dates might not even be right, like, you like some band that's really known for something from 1969
what you do is like turning that around and deciding since you like some stuff from [whenever] you have to like... force yourself to like the time period itself? Except only sorta since you're well aware that you're not a big fan of the Greek civil war or whatever? I dunno, it's weird to watch
1. The SNP is a major party now and Labour is run by a bonafide socialist. 2. Both of the Democratic frontrunners are decidedly better than Obama, who was not actually so bad as people make him out to be. 3. People in China are getting mad pissed at their government. 4. Tunisia is now an actual republic. 5. Most scientists and most countries now agree that climate change is a real problem that is definitely our fault. 6. Television is actually pretty damned good right now. 7. Any artist can achieve some sort of following via the Internet in a way that was never before possible. 8. Crowdfunding means that niche projects and products can be made and distributed without compromise to corporate interests. 9. Awareness of civil rights issues is at an all-time high. 10. LGBT acceptance is at an all-time high. 11. In terms of human history, war is actually at a record low. 12. Economic redistribution is back on the agenda. 13. We have cyberpunk technology now and we don't even notice.
I mean, of course the bad shit is self-evident, but that's because our brains tend to prioritise unpleasant things so we can avoid them in the future. And there's a lot of good in this decade, hell, in this century. We're making progress on bad shit that's hundreds of years entrenched in human culture and changing it for the better, and we're improving our own lives and the lives of others bit by bit.
I do think that we need to hurry the fuck up on dumping any climate change deniers and tax fraud facilitators in Congress/Parliament, but given the direction in which we are moving, I think we can pull through within my lifetime.
1. The SNP is a major party now and Labour is run by a bonafide socialist. 2. Both of the Democratic frontrunners are decidedly better than Obama, who was not actually so bad as people make him out to be. 3. People in China are getting mad pissed at their government. 4. Tunisia is now an actual republic. 5. Most scientists and most countries now agree that climate change is a real problem that is definitely our fault. 6. Television is actually pretty damned good right now. 7. Any artist can achieve some sort of following via the Internet in a way that was never before possible. 8. Crowdfunding means that niche projects and products can be made and distributed without compromise to corporate interests. 9. Awareness of civil rights issues is at an all-time high. 10. LGBT acceptance is at an all-time high. 11. In terms of human history, war is actually at a record low. 12. Economic redistribution is back on the agenda. 13. We have cyberpunk technology now and we don't even notice.
I was going to disagree with Anonus's first post, but this is the decade of Stone and Parker's terrible play, so yeah.
My sister saw it and apparently it is nowhere near as nasty to Latter-Day Saints (or at least, those who are part of the church) as the premise would have you believe.
Sredni, you cannot comprehend the ways in which this is offensive.
don't give me any of that "It's faith positive in the end" crap. You do not get to be blasphemous and scatological and sacrilegious and then claim you have nothing against my people. Tell me my religion is stupid but it is okay because I am a good, if stupid and weird person? No! I do not accept this minstrel show..
See, I can accept the "minstrel show" argument, but "blasphemy" is kinda ehhhh.
I generally assume that God has better things to do than get offended at people making jokes about religious texts. I mean, it would be pretty arrogant of me to assume that my saying, "Oh, goddamnit!" actually insults the powers that be, much in the same way that it strikes me as arrogant when some victorious group claims that "God was on our side."
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what you do is like turning that around and deciding since you like some stuff from [whenever] you have to like... force yourself to like the time period itself? Except only sorta since you're well aware that you're not a big fan of the Greek civil war or whatever? I dunno, it's weird to watch
Also probably even sadder since what happened to Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
Also it's very funny, which people tend not to mention.
1. The SNP is a major party now and Labour is run by a bonafide socialist.
2. Both of the Democratic frontrunners are decidedly better than Obama, who was not actually so bad as people make him out to be.
3. People in China are getting mad pissed at their government.
4. Tunisia is now an actual republic.
5. Most scientists and most countries now agree that climate change is a real problem that is definitely our fault.
6. Television is actually pretty damned good right now.
7. Any artist can achieve some sort of following via the Internet in a way that was never before possible.
8. Crowdfunding means that niche projects and products can be made and distributed without compromise to corporate interests.
9. Awareness of civil rights issues is at an all-time high.
10. LGBT acceptance is at an all-time high.
11. In terms of human history, war is actually at a record low.
12. Economic redistribution is back on the agenda.
13. We have cyberpunk technology now and we don't even notice.
I do think that we need to hurry the fuck up on dumping any climate change deniers and tax fraud facilitators in Congress/Parliament, but given the direction in which we are moving, I think we can pull through within my lifetime.
don't give me any of that "It's faith positive in the end" crap. You do not get to be blasphemous and scatological and sacrilegious and then claim you have nothing against my people. Tell me my religion is stupid but it is okay because I am a good, if stupid and weird person? No! I do not accept this minstrel show..
Talking of this gets us nowhere and is off-topic.
We cannot come to an understanding here.