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The following is not meant to be an astute observation, but rather an imperfect inference from the media I've had the misfortune, or rather, when considering the knowledge and insight gained, the fortune to be exposed to.
Right. What I've see in my head now is the average teen as makers of media would have teens see themselves. Here is a person in vintage 'alternative' fashion clothing, which actually looks quite tasteful. However, the old adage must not be forgotten - do not judge a book by it's cover. As sophisticated and refined and dignified the conventional hipster clothing may make the person seem to be, the person is often not so in real life. But in the world of fiction, in the head of the teen whose diet comprises of the predominant media of the century, the person in the clothes is all of that.
The average teen cares for the classics - the written, composed, and painted and drawn art. They can, with ease, describe the symphony of words that makes a mellow prose. But it does not end there, they can, with ease as well, describe the feelings that music evokes, and the images it invokes. With the visual arts that are not just (not just in reality, but so much more) words on paper, they can again, with ease, describe the buttery strokes and meticulous hatching. It would appear that they've all achieved degrees in the liberal arts and now work in fast-food chains and the diarrhoea dispensary Starbucks for 'experience'.
There is one thing in particular about them that really gets to me. They are all perfect in that they are perfectly in tune with their feelings and whatever thoughts and emotions that entails being a human being. The character always knows how he or she feels, and what has to be done next, and how to act based upon his or her emotions. There is not enough, and almost no mention of the time where you do not feel anything, where you have to stop trying to make sense of everything and just let everything go and inundate you, there is none of that. Does the story ever end with the protagonist just forgets the problem and just let things flow?
Right. What I'm thinking now is how this has something to do with anything. Quod me nutrit, me destruit. What nourishes me, also destroys me. It doesn't destroy me in the obliteration sort of sense, but the way muscle is built sort of sense. As pompous as everything that precedes this sentence may seem, I'd like to carry on. But first, I'd like to acknowledge that it may be pretentious, but realize that I am a teenager. I am a teenager who obviously holds revolutionary ideas that people like you, people who are not, do not understand. You people who are not teens will see how right I am in the end, that my opinions are indeed revolutionary in the American revolution sort of sense. One day, society that is made up of old cogs like the people who are not, they will see why my opinions are good and why it is good for me to voice them.
+ Show Spoiler + I was trying to be serious, and I think I succeeded until the last paragraph. I'm not entirely sure what I was going for there. I think that despite me, the 'narrator', being a hypocrite, being an average teen and all, what I've written still holds some truth. The hypocrisy and the lousily precocious characters all ring true
Now, allow me to re-vomit the last paragraph out. What the poor character development does is that it enables the youth of today to continue being the youths of tomorrow. I know people who are so involved with believing the idea that they are where it all ends. Their knowledge is all there is, and there is nothing more. It's crazy how this is! They become exposed to such degrading forms of media at a certain age, say 17, and then they become too comfortable with what they know. When they become too comfortable, it's not because they think "there will always be more, so I don't need to try and know everything", but because they think "there is nothing more". As such, I think that all this is why we see average teens as they are today, when they can easily be so much more.
 
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Ooh, one of those new-fangled satire blogs. 5/5.
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I dunno, I just can't bring myself to like this very much. I know you point out its pretentiously written and all that, but I mean that doesn't make it better or anything. Every blog doesn't have to be chock-full of meaning or anything, though. You have to just write stuff down sometimes.
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Gotta say I'm happy hipsters aren't as rampant where I live... I mean I'd very much rather an honest philistine than a disingenuous, pretentious, self-important, abject poser. But yeah. description is pretty accurate etc etc.
On January 26 2013 02:12 marttorn wrote:
I dunno, I just can't bring myself to like this very much. I know you point out its pretentiously written and all that, but I mean that doesn't make it better or anything. Every blog doesn't have to be chock-full of meaning or anything, though. You have to just write stuff down sometimes.
Also this here ^.
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Congrats on (possibly on purpose) reminding everyone why their hatred of hipsters is justified
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On January 26 2013 01:22 Azera wrote:There is not enough, and almost no mention of the time where you do not feel anything, where you have to stop trying to make sense of everything and just let everything go and inundate you, there is none of that.
This is the only thought in your piece that rings true to me. There is a fear of silence and stillness. Must be entertained 24/7, from waking til sleep, or else something is wrong. You see it in shows as well... they have to be packed every second with either action, forced humor, sex or advertisements. There's no lull in which to pause and reflect. I am certainly infected by this most of the time. It is seductive to be always stimulated and entertained, so as not to face the emptiness and unanswerable questions when alone with thoughts. Starting to believe "idle hands are the tools of the devil" more.
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While I understand this is satire, it's quite odd reading it from the perspective of a writer talking about his own generation and peers, since it's hard to assess whether or not you can truly comprehend the contrast between current teenagers and how teenagers were ten, twenty, and even thirty years ago. After all, you're still a teenager. You still want to be edgy, which is why you wrote this blog, and you're still looking for your own niche, which is why you wrote diarrhea the other way (diarrhoea). Who does that? Once you hit twenty, you'll surely remove the o.
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On January 26 2013 03:05 Mothra wrote:Show nested quote +On January 26 2013 01:22 Azera wrote:There is not enough, and almost no mention of the time where you do not feel anything, where you have to stop trying to make sense of everything and just let everything go and inundate you, there is none of that.
This is the only thought in your piece that rings true to me. There is a fear of silence and stillness.
Have a baby.
Fear conquered.
You're welcome.
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I recommend Good Will Hunting.
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On January 26 2013 03:08 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
While I understand this is satire, it's quite odd reading it from the perspective of a writer talking about his own generation and peers, since it's hard to assess whether or not you can truly comprehend the contrast between current teenagers and how teenagers were ten, twenty, and even thirty years ago. After all, you're still a teenager. You still want to be edgy, which is why you wrote this blog, and you're still looking for your own niche, which is why you wrote diarrhea the other way (diarrhoea). Who does that? Once you hit twenty, you'll surely remove the o.
It doesn't read like flat out satire to me. More like Baudelaire. A mix of bile and ennui.
Also, I Googled Baudelaire to get his name right and my god does that guy look like Gollum.
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On January 26 2013 04:25 Treehead wrote:Show nested quote +On January 26 2013 03:05 Mothra wrote:On January 26 2013 01:22 Azera wrote:There is not enough, and almost no mention of the time where you do not feel anything, where you have to stop trying to make sense of everything and just let everything go and inundate you, there is none of that.
This is the only thought in your piece that rings true to me. There is a fear of silence and stillness. Have a baby. Fear conquered. You're welcome.
Makes zero sense.
Maybe I'm missing joke.
Thanks much.
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On January 26 2013 05:10 Mothra wrote:Show nested quote +On January 26 2013 04:25 Treehead wrote:On January 26 2013 03:05 Mothra wrote:On January 26 2013 01:22 Azera wrote:There is not enough, and almost no mention of the time where you do not feel anything, where you have to stop trying to make sense of everything and just let everything go and inundate you, there is none of that.
This is the only thought in your piece that rings true to me. There is a fear of silence and stillness. Have a baby. Fear conquered. You're welcome. Makes zero sense. Maybe I'm missing joke. Thanks much.
Have a baby - > noise all the time
noise all the time - > desire for quiet time
desire for quiet time - > fear of quiet time subdued.
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This blog is more pretentious than the people you're describing. At least you recognize the hypocrisy, but it still doesn't fix the poor sentence structure. >.>
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On January 26 2013 05:38 Jibba wrote:
This blog is more pretentious than the people you're describing. At least you recognize the hypocrisy, but it still doesn't fix the poor sentence structure. >.>
lol!
EDIT: also, is it pretentious, I can't see why. I'm not good at spotting this kind of thing. Please tell me x
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On January 26 2013 02:12 marttorn wrote:
I dunno, I just can't bring myself to like this very much. I know you point out its pretentiously written and all that, but I mean that doesn't make it better or anything. Every blog doesn't have to be chock-full of meaning or anything, though. You have to just write stuff down sometimes.
Yeah I wrote this the way I thought how the book 'The Fault in our Stars' was written. I still can't get over how horrible it was. The prose is definitely terrible.
On January 26 2013 03:08 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
While I understand this is satire, it's quite odd reading it from the perspective of a writer talking about his own generation and peers, since it's hard to assess whether or not you can truly comprehend the contrast between current teenagers and how teenagers were ten, twenty, and even thirty years ago. After all, you're still a teenager. You still want to be edgy, which is why you wrote this blog, and you're still looking for your own niche, which is why you wrote diarrhea the other way (diarrhoea). Who does that? Once you hit twenty, you'll surely remove the o.
I'm not exactly sure why I wrote this blog, I think it was because I wanted to try and write something that was intentionally terrible that reflects how most hipsters write. Also, diarrhoea is the British spelling. I also spell color as colour.
On January 26 2013 05:10 Deleuze wrote:Show nested quote +On January 26 2013 03:08 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
While I understand this is satire, it's quite odd reading it from the perspective of a writer talking about his own generation and peers, since it's hard to assess whether or not you can truly comprehend the contrast between current teenagers and how teenagers were ten, twenty, and even thirty years ago. After all, you're still a teenager. You still want to be edgy, which is why you wrote this blog, and you're still looking for your own niche, which is why you wrote diarrhea the other way (diarrhoea). Who does that? Once you hit twenty, you'll surely remove the o. It doesn't read like flat out satire to me. More like Baudelaire. A mix of bile and ennui. Also, I Googled Baudelaire to get his name right and my god does that guy look like Gollum.
You bet, it was midnight or so when I wrote it. I didn't want to sleep, so I farted that out.
On January 26 2013 05:38 Jibba wrote:
This blog is more pretentious than the people you're describing. At least you recognize the hypocrisy, but it still doesn't fix the poor sentence structure. >.>
I'm not trying to make any excuses, but the poor prose was intentional. Although, it may have gotten out of hand given that I wrote this very late at night.
On January 26 2013 05:39 Deleuze wrote:Show nested quote +On January 26 2013 05:38 Jibba wrote:
This blog is more pretentious than the people you're describing. At least you recognize the hypocrisy, but it still doesn't fix the poor sentence structure. >.> lol! EDIT: also, is it pretentious, I can't see why. I'm not good at spotting this kind of thing. Please tell me x
I think what makes something is pretentious in this case is the air of grandeur that the author seems to give off. He writes about his peers in a degrading manner and implies that the is better than the rest of them. But, the author does not realize (on purpose or otherwise) that he is exactly like his peers. So I guess you can say that in real life, there is accidental and forced pompousness.
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All of these sarcastic blogs make me cringe when I read them. If you write something that doesn't make me cringe, perhaps I'll tell you my best story about when I threw up. See how you like it.
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Baa?21243 Posts
The danger with writing "satire" blogs is that it gives you a shield that you can hide behind, even if that was not your original intention.
Just because it's a satire doesn't mean that it's immune to criticism. You can't deflect everything with "I meant it to be bad, that's the point! Get it?!"
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On January 26 2013 12:10 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
The danger with writing "satire" blogs is that it gives you a shield that you can hide behind, even if that was not your original intention.
Just because it's a satire doesn't mean that it's immune to criticism. You can't deflect everything with "I meant it to be bad, that's the point! Get it?!"
Yeah I definitely know what you mean. It's like that guy who posted his shit poetry the other time with the whole "ITS POETRY ITS MY EXPRESSION U CANT TELL ME IM WRONG ITS FREE VERSE ITS MEANINGFUL TO ME" business, right?
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What did I just ...
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Nothing personal but teenagers when I was a teenager would totally kick your teenage ass... just saying.
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