Message 83/131
Date: 22-Apr-03 @ 12:31 AM -
RE: Bloody yanks
"...forming elite subcultures of rebel consumers to distinguish themselves from the proles who watch trashy TV unironically."
It really has come to that hasn't it? Enlightened, intellectual, rebellion has finally been quantified, commodified, and turned into the ultimate irony. I guess those are the same people who have shelves of unread books in their homes. No point in reading them because you can read the sleeve and a few reviews on the web? I never understood that. You go to someone's pad, see a few cool books then ask about them only to discover they're unread. Next time you see them you bring up the subject matter and find those books are still unread. What's the point? Have books become the Ansel Adams prints of the new millennia?
Whew. I'll take tangential rants for a thousand please, Bob.