RIP 2010

[Tref]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

I almost wish somebody would, so we can get this thread back on track.

Worldwide, approx. 155,000 people died to-day, surely we can find one to post.

(Pic related)
And all these people in the photo below -- dead.

[Morrigoon]

The interesting thing about that picture is that it was taken in that small sliver of time when women still hovered in distant doorways wearing long skirts, yet there is electricity in the town.

edit: Ah... actually, I can narrow it down better. I'm gonna say early 19-teens, somewhere between 1905 and 1915-ish, because there's a woman in the crowd on the right hand side and her hem is at least 8 inches off the ground.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Yeah, I'm okay with people who have different music tastes, as long as they can articulate why.

[Morrigoon]

What if you appreciate tacky in its own right. Is there such a thing as unintentional art? (Eg: the art of tacky?)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

What if you appreciate tacky in its own right. Is there such a thing as unintentional art? (Eg: the art of tacky?)

If you could articulate why, I would most appreciate it, since this is a blindspot of mine.

I do appreciate movies that are so bad they are unintentionally funny. To me there is a huge difference between the relatively short experience of watching such a film and the eternal experience of owning and/or wearing something that is so ugly it's funny. The funny wears off for me...almost instantly, in fact.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

What if you appreciate tacky in its own right. Is there such a thing as unintentional art? (Eg: the art of tacky?)

I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but there is the whole concept of Shabby Chic, or an appreciation of kitsch - usually those have a bit of tongue in cheek irony in their celebration, or an exploration of a specific sub-genre - e.g. pulp novel covers.

As for unintentional art there is certainly "found art" but these are usually non-art objects intended to be viewed as art, and there is art in nature, an appreciation of the aesthetics of a landscape, which unless you believe in God as creator, would be unintentional.

[scaeagles]

Senator Robert Byrd, former member of the KKK.

[flippyshark]

Yes, sca, everybody knows. There was plenty of ugliness in the Dixiecrat worldview of the 40s. It hasn't disappeared entirely yet, I've learned, among some older white Dems here in the South. Racism is a disease without demographic or party boundaries, though Byrd was at least smart enough to know he had made a bad choice. Whether he ever repented in his true heart of hearts, I can't know.

[Alex]

I assume that in certain circles the death of Robert Byrd will be gleefully taken as an opportunity for vengeance for how many people gleefully greeted Jesse Helms's death.

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by Alex

I assume that in certain circles the death of Robert Byrd will be gleefully taken as an opportunity for vengeance for how many people gleefully greeted Jesse Helms's death.

I'm sure that's so, and it will do nothing to make this a better world. I didn't jump for joy then, and I'm not weeping now. (If some of the ensuing discussion accidentally becomes introspective and constructive, though, then yay.)