NFrameFred
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This forum is a comfortable place, where a crowd of the 'usual patrons' hang out most days. We no doubt have many regulars who 'lurk' at the 'corner tables in the far recesses of the room' that don't participate much if any, but seem to like hanging around just to watch the show. Kinda like a friendly neighborhood bar with a big gorilla of a bar tender/bouncer that keeps those with big mouths, big egos, and small self control in check . The kind of place like "Cheers", where everybody knows your name.
We like what we like, variety they say is the spice of life, and I enjoy the esoteric knowledge shared by many on the various many subjects that crop up, as well as the humor and the general discussions that are daily fodder for participation.
One of the regular features that has become a staple for a lot of us is Narragansett's (Pete) daily contributions to the Lounge of "Humor" for the day that has evolved into a format of daily comics, memes and pithy sayings that generally present five offerings. It's become customary for these to be judged and ranked by those at the bar as to the 'winners' of the day. (a tip of the hat to Pete for the time, effort, and diligence it takes to put this up daily)
Not always to my advantage and maintenance of a good reputation, my sense of humor has been known to be extreme and one might say even bizarre at times - a warped outlook to be charitable. But as previously stated, we like what we like and variety can be healthy. But we all have things we favor and many times the things we like personally may put us in the minority.
Took that path through the weeds to observe that if I were making a pronouncement of what seems to be the most popular (hands down) of Pete's daily presentations , cartoonist Gary Larson's offerings would take the prize. Those liking his talents are not in the minority here. But what brought me down this path was the idea of what makes "popular" popular in the things that entertain most of us, the majority, the things more often than not most of us find funny. It has to be commonality - things we see in it that reflect people we know, situations we're familiar with, absurdities of life that are all around us, or the guy we see in the mirror every day.
As a musician I'm painfully aware of the false processes used by record companies, producers, advertisers and marketers to force feed us what THEY want to be 'popular'. It may be 'popular', but only to a minority willing to spend money for it while many of the rest of us sit back in amazement at what the culture defines as "popular" in this day and time.
Gary Larson, the Beatles, John Wayne, Robin Williams, Bach, Hemingway . . . . all "popular" well past their most active and prolific output, indeed past their living existence in many cases. The airwaves are littered and clogged with "popular" "artists" these days that will fade quickly into oblivion and obscurity when their 'moment' has passed and the next 'new thing' comes along. I personally somehow doubt "Lil' Nas-X", Britney Spears, Jimmy Kimmel, or Beyonce' or Kim Kardashian will be remembered other than as anachronistic footnotes one hundred years from now if the world is still here.
We like what we like and it sheds light on the saying, "there's no accounting for taste". I guess my point is that for things that endure they stand apart from our fickle and fleeting choices that prove to simply be matters of 'taste'.
We like what we like, variety they say is the spice of life, and I enjoy the esoteric knowledge shared by many on the various many subjects that crop up, as well as the humor and the general discussions that are daily fodder for participation.
One of the regular features that has become a staple for a lot of us is Narragansett's (Pete) daily contributions to the Lounge of "Humor" for the day that has evolved into a format of daily comics, memes and pithy sayings that generally present five offerings. It's become customary for these to be judged and ranked by those at the bar as to the 'winners' of the day. (a tip of the hat to Pete for the time, effort, and diligence it takes to put this up daily)
Not always to my advantage and maintenance of a good reputation, my sense of humor has been known to be extreme and one might say even bizarre at times - a warped outlook to be charitable. But as previously stated, we like what we like and variety can be healthy. But we all have things we favor and many times the things we like personally may put us in the minority.
Took that path through the weeds to observe that if I were making a pronouncement of what seems to be the most popular (hands down) of Pete's daily presentations , cartoonist Gary Larson's offerings would take the prize. Those liking his talents are not in the minority here. But what brought me down this path was the idea of what makes "popular" popular in the things that entertain most of us, the majority, the things more often than not most of us find funny. It has to be commonality - things we see in it that reflect people we know, situations we're familiar with, absurdities of life that are all around us, or the guy we see in the mirror every day.
As a musician I'm painfully aware of the false processes used by record companies, producers, advertisers and marketers to force feed us what THEY want to be 'popular'. It may be 'popular', but only to a minority willing to spend money for it while many of the rest of us sit back in amazement at what the culture defines as "popular" in this day and time.
Gary Larson, the Beatles, John Wayne, Robin Williams, Bach, Hemingway . . . . all "popular" well past their most active and prolific output, indeed past their living existence in many cases. The airwaves are littered and clogged with "popular" "artists" these days that will fade quickly into oblivion and obscurity when their 'moment' has passed and the next 'new thing' comes along. I personally somehow doubt "Lil' Nas-X", Britney Spears, Jimmy Kimmel, or Beyonce' or Kim Kardashian will be remembered other than as anachronistic footnotes one hundred years from now if the world is still here.
We like what we like and it sheds light on the saying, "there's no accounting for taste". I guess my point is that for things that endure they stand apart from our fickle and fleeting choices that prove to simply be matters of 'taste'.
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