That song sucks. I think.
Mar/14/2009
Sometimes
I think that there are only about 10 people in the
world who understand the word "subjectivity." Well,
okay, maybe there are 50. That's not many out of 6
billion.
Say you like a song, and you mention the song to somebody else, and it means nothing to them.... they don't feel any emotion at all when that song is playing. I'm going to guess that you find that a little disconcerting, if not confusing. Why don't they like it? Maybe subjectivity in action?
Let's say you like that one Gnarls Barkley song that was around awhile ago.... Crazy. The original YouTube video (no longer there because of copyright issues) had thousands and thousands of comments. The only thing the dislikers and the likers had in common was that each apparently believed that something was wrong with the other person.
Okay, so maybe lots of us have a hard time accepting the fact that other people don't think like we do. But things can get even more complicated. Let's switch to comedians for a second. Steve Martin's humor can be approached from a smart place or from a dumb place. So dumb people will either like it, or they'll think it's dumb. Smart people will either think it's dumb, or see the intelligence behind the dumbness. Is this making your brain hurt? It is mine, so screw this. The next time I don't like a song, that means it sucks. And Letterman is funnier than Leno.
Say you like a song, and you mention the song to somebody else, and it means nothing to them.... they don't feel any emotion at all when that song is playing. I'm going to guess that you find that a little disconcerting, if not confusing. Why don't they like it? Maybe subjectivity in action?
Let's say you like that one Gnarls Barkley song that was around awhile ago.... Crazy. The original YouTube video (no longer there because of copyright issues) had thousands and thousands of comments. The only thing the dislikers and the likers had in common was that each apparently believed that something was wrong with the other person.
Okay, so maybe lots of us have a hard time accepting the fact that other people don't think like we do. But things can get even more complicated. Let's switch to comedians for a second. Steve Martin's humor can be approached from a smart place or from a dumb place. So dumb people will either like it, or they'll think it's dumb. Smart people will either think it's dumb, or see the intelligence behind the dumbness. Is this making your brain hurt? It is mine, so screw this. The next time I don't like a song, that means it sucks. And Letterman is funnier than Leno.
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