‘Luddite’ Teens
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#212I guess Logan’s “Luddite Manifesto” is not on the internet…
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#213Earlier quoted context omitted.
Anyone who thinks reading Dostoyevski is an acomplishment must be borderline illiterate*. None of his works are a hard read. Dostoyevski is the acomplishment, not the reader. Almost all fiction is a passive medium, the "work" has already been done by the auhtor. Tens (hundreds?) of millions of copies have been sold, and his works are required reading in many high schools. >I am glad to see "the kids" continuing to qu…
>Anyone who thinks reading Dostoyevski is an acomplishment must be borderline illiterate It's not an accomplishment, but it's definitely more, as parent commenter said, "performative" than saying they read any popular author of today. As you yourself pointed, Dostoyevski is a required reading in high school and as anybody who had the "pleasure" of attending school, knows required reading usually isn't something what…
> As you yourself pointed, Dostoyevski is a required reading in high school and as anybody who had the "pleasure" of attending school, knows required reading usually isn't something what appeals to the youth (killing joy from this activity is another problem).
That's true of a lot of students, but not everyone! A couple of classmates in particular come to mind who definitely, genuinely loved the books we were assigned.
Heck, while I didn't like most of the books we read, there were a handful I loved! Montana, 1948, for example, was amazing.
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#214Earlier quoted context omitted.
Care to enlighten us as to who is now operating the original factory producing less “cool” boots? RedWing has started outsourcing to Cambodia and the quality has dropped significantly. I have been searching for a replacement. White’s are all I have found.
Solovair. The original Dr Martens was actually made out of parts of Solovair shoes. Btw, there are still a lot of manufacturers operating out of this region of Britain: Barker, Church's, Cheany, Edward Green...some of these are way too expensive, they are often handmade (and tbh, probably not worth it)...but there are options.
Thanks for the tips.
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#215Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've got a theory that the TV show Firefly is appreciated today because it got cancelled before it was popular; they quit when they were ahead and before popularity ruined it. But most Firefly fans seem to hate my theory.
How does something being popular ruin its quality? The reason people diss hipsters is because they’re reacting to what other people enjoy instead of just liking something for its own sake.
Popular songs are ruined by being ubiquitous. They're everywhere for a period of time. Over concentrated. Inescapable. And from that point, ruined.
Popular movies get discussed to death and over-mis-interpreted to the point where just the mention of it causes a mental effort to ignore the assumed sycophantic rambling that's to follow.
Popularity ruins perceived quality by the nature of media to seize upon it and, as someone else said in a slightly different context above, squeeze every last cent of profit out of the opportunity that's presented by it's popularity.
Technically it doesn't affect the quality, but it adds a thick layer of media slime that can take years to dry up and fall off.
Lastly, popularity and quality are two scales that have interesting intersections. It's a concept I'd actually like to investigate further.
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#216Earlier quoted context omitted.
They make doc martens in China now. I imagine the 8-year old who made your shoes was a master craftsman, however...they start them young. The original factory still makes boots, they aren't quite as "cool" though. The people at your Communist reading group might not even heard of the brand.
Care to enlighten us as to who is now operating the original factory producing less “cool” boots? RedWing has started outsourcing to Cambodia and the quality has dropped significantly. I have been searching for a replacement. White’s are all I have found.
Doc Martens have a Made in England line. Also I was under the impression Red Wing Heritage boots were made in the US but that could have changed.
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#217Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think you're absolutely correct. The show was campy, and in time, would have become grating and fallen apart. Star Wars, once lauded, has been milked dry. There are a few good works, but by and large they're beating a dead horse. The same thing is happening to Marvel. People checked out after Endgame. Game of Thrones was so near to perfection. It had an unusually large cast of a hundred characters and an expansive…
> The same thing is happening to Marvel. People checked out after Endgame. First, it would be weird to say that was because Marvel was falling apart. It was the conclusion of a decade long movie franchise. Of course people might watch something else once the story they had been following was done. It doesn't mean they won't come back or didn't like the new movies, it means they wanted a break. But mainly, it's also n…
> They were beaten out by the Top Gun reboot and the latest Jurassic Park
Which is both sad and hilarious in the context of this thread
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#218I admire the hell out of these kids. If I had a little more strength in my own convictions, a little more willpower, I would probably go flip-phone only too. Yes, they're kind of posturing and pretentious, but in ways that remind me of myself in high school; I feel like I get them. Your average high school kid is a lot more confusing to me these days. I did have to laugh at this: > "I talked to my adviser, though, an…
Although not Stalin
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#219Earlier quoted context omitted.
Look up their parents. It's not a coincidence they crossed path with NY Times reporters looking to profile them. Nepotism teens doesn't have the same ring though.
yeah I was wondering how a small group of say 5-8 teens made it to NYtimes. The paper tries to fool you to think these are just organic encounters that are part of a massive movement(anti-tech) when its really just hand picked people close to a friend of someone that works at the paper. Remember it was discovered this year the editorial desk of the NYtimes has a mandate that all stories must paint tech in a negative…
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#220Earlier quoted context omitted.
You protect them by not giving them a smart phone. My daughter is 2 and she hasn’t seen a screen yet.
Right up to the point where the only highschool in your region forces your child to have a smartphone.
Sure, but by that time they will have developed sufficiently to be better able to handle it.
This is similar to alcohol or smoking. It is worth not giving it to your children even if "they will anyway try it later".