Comments | hooveraardvark: Things Other People Love, I Remain Slightly Baffled

hooveraardvark

Things Other People Love, I Remain Slightly Baffled

Jul 17, 2009 13:26

please explain the appeal of the following things:*

1. the mountain goats
2. jane austen
3. scrubs
4. wine
5. chuck palahniuk
6. joss whedon's stuff (hankshiny chimes in with "especially firefly ( Read more... )

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dressagegrrrl July 17 2009, 17:52:47 UTC

Hmmm... I don't think it works that way. Either you're into it or you're not. It's all personal taste, I think.

hooveraardvark July 17 2009, 18:13:38 UTC

oh, sure. but i like hearing the reasons behind obsession and interest even if it's something i'm not personally into. it's about the "why" of it, not about converting my taste.

dressagegrrrl July 17 2009, 18:17:44 UTC

No, I get WHY you asked, but I doubt my ability to come up with a good explanation of why something appeals to me. Jane Austen - I enjoy her writing. Wine - I like the taste. Buffy is really fucking kickass. **Shrug**

Maybe it's that there's nothing on the list that I consider an obsession. Now, if you said SS/HG, I could probably come up with some reasons.

hooveraardvark July 17 2009, 18:21:40 UTC

SS/HG? should i know what that is? i probably should, shouldn't i.

yeah, if i was asked why i liked reality television, it would go on for pages.

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hooveraardvark July 17 2009, 18:16:28 UTC

i read pride & prejudice and liked it, but i guess i don't have enough subtlety to really appreciate it? not a lot really happens except INSIDE THE MINDS OF THE CHARACTERS, and i know it is sad that i find it harder to pay attention to psychological studies but i guess it's true. :(

i like wine fine, i guess i should have clarified and said oenophiles, haha. my stomach does get upset by wine, which is weird! it never really gets upset by beer or hard liquor.

ursule July 17 2009, 18:18:39 UTC

I like Jane Austen for the social anthropology. She's actually un-romantic in some ways: successful love in Jane Austen is predicated either on the knowledge that the person you're in love with is a good, upstanding person, or because they're in love with you and you find that flattering enough that you start to appreciate them.

hooveraardvark July 17 2009, 18:24:08 UTC

i need to read more than just pride & prejudice - there was just so much BUILD-UP to reading it, so it felt a little deflated when i finally did.

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jaybeeb July 17 2009, 17:56:19 UTC

OK, well I love Buffy and wine (especially the juicy red stuff and I wish I could drink more without getting headachey). I don't know what "the mountain goats" is but I do love actual goats, espesh the little african pigmy goats with floppy ears (ah!). You can do what you will with the rest of the stuff on your list. I have no opinion on anything else except Scrubs, which really annoys me. :)

hooveraardvark July 17 2009, 18:25:46 UTC

red wine often makes me feel sick. i don't know why. maybe it's the sulfur in it or something. the mountain goats are a band that my friends are really into.

redstapler July 17 2009, 17:57:07 UTC

I don't get Jane Austen, either.

The Mountain Goats, though? GIMME.

I love the lyrics, the composition, the orchestration, the mood...all of it. And, to boot, they put on a hell of a show.

hooveraardvark July 17 2009, 18:27:01 UTC

i have seen them live and they are pretty fun. i do like the mountain goats, but am not in love with them like every other person i know (seriously, it sometimes seems like every IRL friend i have is into them).

ursule July 17 2009, 18:31:35 UTC

I'm pretty meh about them save for a few songs-- I think it is because the lyrics matter, and there's a lot of making-fun-of-horror-genre stuff that doesn't work for me since my reactions to horror are somewhere between meh and "I don't want to go there."

hooveraardvark July 17 2009, 18:40:27 UTC

yeah, i think it's the lyrics also.

oversaturation July 17 2009, 18:07:27 UTC

BECAUSE I AM A DISCREET HUMAN I DONT KNOW WHY DOES ANYONE LIKE ANYTHING

i could probably break all of these things down into analysis but then i'd have to turn at least....oh, i don't know, 5 or 6 of those on myself and i can't really handle self examination at this moment. i'm fragile. let me have my taste.

hooveraardvark July 17 2009, 18:27:28 UTC

you can have your taste! this is about explanation and not judgment. i promise!

oversaturation July 17 2009, 18:53:40 UTC

i like joss whedon because he writes really feminist-friendly media. i never watched firefly, but i grew up on buffy and started getting into dollhouse. i feel so alienated by so many of the female characters i see on tv and in movies and he really allows his women to be 3d. i think he's a great writer, too, but it's an acquired taste. i mean, i also loved the writing in juno and apparently everyone in my age group is supposed to HATE it ( ... )

oversaturation July 17 2009, 18:55:23 UTC

i revise part of my last statement. steve carrell's manager in the 40 year old virgin was hilarious. so there's, you know, one.

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