Post by gretl on Feb 10, 2012 13:11:02 GMT -5
www.wired.com/underwire/2010/09/new-sincerity/all/1
This is an older article something I was reading the other day linked to. Blah blah social commentary yeah yeah ... but I love this part:
Guilty pleasures have become just pleasures. President Barack Obama was elected in a wave of hope, no small feat in a country as cynical about politics and politicians as they are (or were) about the prospects of The Bachelor choosing his life-long soul mate on national TV. It seems a generation of ironists is finally running out of steam.
But why? There are probably a lot of reasons, but the easiest thing to do, as always, is to blame the geeks. A decade ago — before Seth Rogen was sexy, before Spider-Man was bankable and before Hollywood went to Comic-Con International — you had to be smarter than your music, movies and TV shows. You had to have a sarcastic quip to make about everything.
Then the nerds came in and, contrary to what some might think, brought with them unabashed love for anything anyone might want to geek out over.
But why? There are probably a lot of reasons, but the easiest thing to do, as always, is to blame the geeks. A decade ago — before Seth Rogen was sexy, before Spider-Man was bankable and before Hollywood went to Comic-Con International — you had to be smarter than your music, movies and TV shows. You had to have a sarcastic quip to make about everything.
Then the nerds came in and, contrary to what some might think, brought with them unabashed love for anything anyone might want to geek out over.
I <3 geeks.
Also got a good giggle from something I saw on Twitter about jocks getting mad when you call wearing team jerseys to a football game "sports cosplay". Tee hee.
