LizzieMaine
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In 20 years people will be huddled in the dark, wrapped in moth-eaten bearskins, and trying to remember how to light a fire.
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Gingerella 72: one could say that 2000-2009 gave rise to the fad of modern hipster-ism, which is still slouching along. The 2000s was the first decade in which I (born in 1967) felt 100% disengaged from pop culture.
LizzieMaine ... you've hit the nail on the head. Luckily, some other regions of the world are still living life as if the year 2000 hasn't happened. Yet.
I haven't thought about that song in years. I am not thanking you
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Indeed. And this Outback Steakhouse commercial is excuse enough for Australia to nuke us:
[video=youtube;FeO6bXw8WI4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeO6bXw8WI4[/video]
So that begs the question.....do we become less interested in such things as we age? Do we reach a point where trends, fads, and pop culture pass us by without us realizing it? Is it because we reach a maturity where these things seem less important?
In 20 years people will be huddled in the dark, wrapped in moth-eaten bearskins, and trying to remember how to light a fire.
You two are really not going to thank me for this. It's a commercial for a North American chain of fake Australian steakhouses.
[video=youtube;GGG--S-kLYs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGG--S-kLYs[/video]
The radio spots for Outback Steakhouse were even worse!
Yup. Did it for years, and still do a bit of it on the freelance. It's one step above writing for fortune cookies -- which I have also done.
Very true. They've often more inane than the TV commercials. Though increasingly I've noticed that many ads on the radio are nothing more than the audio from the TV commercial.
Will nostalgia destroy pop culture?
Gee, I hope so.
Oh, and to go nostalgic on you, here are some Hendrix lyrics I like:
Now, if 6 turned up to be 9,
I don't mind, I don't mind.
If all the hippies cut off their hair,
I don't care, I don't care.
Cuz I got my own world to live through
And I ain't gonna copy you.