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GT40FIED · 02-23-2006, 08:21 AM

Consumerism is overrated. As a fairly broke college student I feel I can say this pretty comfortably. Sure there's a few items I wouldn't mind having, but I know better than to live outside my means. If I had some disposable income there's probably a few things I'd buy, but not a whole hell of a lot. Stuff is just stuff. It probably won't improve your life so what;s the the point in buying it? And if it does improve your life, maybe it's not true consumerism.

As for pop culture, fuck it. I certainly enjoy the lighter side of pop culture. The jokes and whatnot that circulate online/on TV and such. Everything else is just pointless. Once you start to take pop culture seriously you become a whore to some kind of machine that will never end. You'll start buying Entertainment Weekly to see what celebrities have hooked up with other celebrities and other bullshit like that. I don't care and will never care. I love my movies as much as the next guy, but one quick glance at Apple's quicktime trailer site will tell you that 80% has all been done before...literally. Does there need to be a movie based on Miami Vice? NO. It's all old TV shows, movie remakes (although I am looking forward to the remake of "The Hills Have Eyes"), video games, and comics. There's no originality or inspiration...it's all just history repeating itself in the most "lowest common denominator" fashion possible.

02-23-2006, 08:21 AM	#5
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 43 Posts: 7,451	Consumerism is overrated. As a fairly broke college student I feel I can say this pretty comfortably. Sure there's a few items I wouldn't mind having, but I know better than to live outside my means. If I had some disposable income there's probably a few things I'd buy, but not a whole hell of a lot. Stuff is just stuff. It probably won't improve your life so what;s the the point in buying it? And if it does improve your life, maybe it's not true consumerism. As for pop culture, fuck it. I certainly enjoy the lighter side of pop culture. The jokes and whatnot that circulate online/on TV and such. Everything else is just pointless. Once you start to take pop culture seriously you become a whore to some kind of machine that will never end. You'll start buying Entertainment Weekly to see what celebrities have hooked up with other celebrities and other bullshit like that. I don't care and will never care. I love my movies as much as the next guy, but one quick glance at Apple's quicktime trailer site will tell you that 80% has all been done before...literally. Does there need to be a movie based on Miami Vice? NO. It's all old TV shows, movie remakes (although I am looking forward to the remake of "The Hills Have Eyes"), video games, and comics. There's no originality or inspiration...it's all just history repeating itself in the most "lowest common denominator" fashion possible. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika