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Sunday, September 13, 2009

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Baudrillard.

22 comments:

DCP said...: The Matrix; September 13, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Viking Andrew said...: And while I know little about men's fashion (and even less about men's fashion in 1979), I will tell you that the absolute worst way to add it (the Cowboy Look) to your quote-unquote Urban Wardrobe is via the super douchey fake cowboy hat. That's insulting. To Cowboys. To Urbanites. To America.; September 13, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Internet John said...: How is it fake? Isn't it all in the shape? You can't have a fake square, or a fake triangle.; September 14, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Viking Andrew said...: By that logic, a five paragraph essay should receive an A (81%). After all, it has the basic shape, right?; September 14, 2009 at 12:11 AM
Viking Andrew said...: What happened to the other post, IJ?; September 14, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Internet John said...: No, it's not, jackass. The "content" of a geometrical shape IS its shape. That's the information it conveys. Is it a hat's history that makes it a "real" as opposed to a "fake" cowboy hat? Or are we getting into genetic fallacy territory here?

I deleted that other post. I figured 4 metas was enough, and I didn't want to push good reviews off the feed with some bullshit.; September 14, 2009 at 12:20 AM
Internet John said...: (Ironically, my act of deletion saved Glenn's meta-review of his space review for one more day); September 14, 2009 at 12:21 AM
laurie said...: Are you guys arguing about geometry? What the eff is going on here tonight?; September 14, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Viking Andrew said...: @I.J.,

Well, yes. I agree. My use of the word "fake" had to do more with quality and therefore, perhaps, use. That is, two hats might share a similar geometry while their reason for being could not be any different. This hat says "I'm a fun-loving though in-the-end approachable dude at an office party," while this hat says "I will castrate anybody I ever meet wearing a foam hat." And this hat says, "I read in GQ that cowboy hats are totally in this spring; I'm so gonna chug a beer before date-raping that chick here on the Jersey Shore."

They're all 'cowboy hats.' But, come on.; September 14, 2009 at 12:41 AM
I.J. said...: Come on your mom.; September 14, 2009 at 12:53 AM
Viking Andrew said...: You know, if we'd combined all of these comments into one review, we'd already be up to 37.; September 14, 2009 at 12:56 AM
DCP said...: My review was of my drawing for my space review. I was trying to show how little effort I put into everything I do here, but everybody thought it was some fucking cry for help because nobody understands internet sarcasm.; September 14, 2009 at 7:16 AM
Internet Robyn said...: VA, I agree with your hat theory, but if you saw me wearing an authentic or "real" cowboy hat wouldn't you call me a poser? If I were wearing the I-read-that-cowboy-hats-are-in-this-spring hat wouldn't you think, "she knows her place on the cowboy spectrum and she just wants a nice hat for the day"? Or does this apply to boys only?; September 14, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Viking Andrew said...: Touche, Robyn. I would probably make fun of you no matter what. It's a less-than-zero sum game.; September 14, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...: i feel a little bit sick to my stomack; September 14, 2009 at 1:38 PM
laurie said...: What happened to that last one? PS - I couldn't tweet about this because the VMA's crashed Twitter last night. Damn you, Kanye!; September 14, 2009 at 10:59 PM
LoCo said...: VA what would you call a new york city girl wearing boots ironically? not me, because i can't afford them.; September 14, 2009 at 11:44 PM
Viking Andrew said...: Well, I do know a particular New York City girl who has been known to wear a particular piece of the American West before. Shall I...?; September 15, 2009 at 12:00 AM
laurie said...: Yeah, but I'm also a Southerner so that doesn't count. I have pictures of myself at age three in cowboy boots.; September 15, 2009 at 7:32 AM
Viking Andrew said...: I was talking about a particular photograph I have of a particular nature....right, loco?; September 15, 2009 at 10:13 PM
laurie said...: Oooh. Well now I feel unspecial. And I'm curious about this photo...; September 15, 2009 at 10:17 PM
LoCo said...: No. No nature. Sorry I didn't get published by your birthday, VA!; September 15, 2009 at 10:55 PM