'00s to be chewed over

[koganbot]

Supposing I were to write a Decade's End essay, what would you like it to be about?

The correct answer is "Taylor Swift," of course, but you should make other suggestions as well.

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a topic for the naughties

[dubdobdee]

what is it that is causing us to talk past each other?

a: needs nice rich solid naughties example of such talking-past, such as (of course) summarises the decade (as doubtless exemplified by community-forming on the internet: such as summarises the decade...)
b: needs exploration of possible reasons, from the "mental illness" and "poor reading/reasoning ability" of individuals to broader social or economic or political or cultural lacks, distortions, failures, misconceived institutions and practices (which presumably also beg explanation), which -- at miminum -- fail effectively to challenge or transform or even much help the poorly accoutred individuals

Re: a topic for the naughties

[koganbot]

1. There's an example right here on this thread regarding the word "poptimists," and if someone were to say "Frank, I'm not getting your quick comments in regard to 'boy's worlds' and 'high romanticism in pop form' etc." and I were to refuse to elaborate, that would be another example - though to elicit the most useful response from me, the comment or question would need to be specific in its puzzlement, e.g., "Sober-sides adventure from some old TV shows I never heard of is at a distance from 'My Boyfriend's Back' how? 'If I were you I'd take a permanent vacation' seems plenty dramatic to me, after all, even if it fails the sobriety test."

And of course if we're looking for examples, our friend SR is a feast of false issues and refusals to understand and failures to follow-through, though down that quagmire wise men might well refuse to go. As regards MS and FK, I wonder why it took so long for you to elaborate on your comments about "rockism" and "influence," given that once you did elaborate it became quickly clear what was on

[dubdobdee]

^^^Total conversation stopper

[koganbot]

(I keep planning a post on unintended conversation stoppers and exclusions.)