tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post2965341750502898423..comments2024-02-28T19:37:14.696+01:00Comments on moments of perfect clarity: chabuduo is not good enoughjulochkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-8273951057782830372010-03-28T07:02:29.622+02:002010-03-28T07:02:29.622+02:00You speak such truth in this post, I don't kno...You speak such truth in this post, I don't know where to begin.<br /><br />"Poverty of language" -- absolutely. I was thinking the other day of all the "famous" people who really are just famous via Reality TV or for 1 hit song for 15 minutes. How is that really "famous" or has the term "famous" warped in modern day to refer to something else completely?<br /><br />Glad to have found your blog. Your authenticity is refreshing.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-71018056115137492342010-03-25T20:54:13.213+01:002010-03-25T20:54:13.213+01:00bill sent a GREAT article that explains the why of...bill sent a GREAT article that explains the why of this much better than my initial musings...http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/2010/03/nirvana-grew-up-why-generation-x-is-responsible-for-facebook-twitter-entertainment-news/julochkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884096685015570257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-68488293340507002292010-03-25T13:31:10.798+01:002010-03-25T13:31:10.798+01:00Bill's a smartypants.
Want some chabudo: ente...Bill's a smartypants.<br /><br />Want some chabudo: enter Blogville and peruse the writings of the "big" bloggers. Maybe we can't recognize the mediocre because we ourselves are so decidedly so?<br /><br />Not you, though, my dear. Not you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-54040020518861938402010-03-25T02:56:54.417+01:002010-03-25T02:56:54.417+01:00mediocrity...it scares memediocrity...it scares meCharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03851293154388793520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-76014549195024241502010-03-24T23:34:21.753+01:002010-03-24T23:34:21.753+01:00I completely agree with you (surprise!). This hits...I completely agree with you (surprise!). This hits home like you wouldn't believe. Back in the 90's I wrote an article for a newspaper about the dumbing down of America. I wrote it out of nothing but sheer frustration. Needless to say, the frustration remains. <br /><br />Thank you for writing this, it's brilliant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-75363852760116209722010-03-24T19:01:04.679+01:002010-03-24T19:01:04.679+01:00I agree with Stephanie. Failing is important. Yo...I agree with Stephanie. Failing is important. You then know that you have to improve. You learn something. You work for something higher.<br /><br />Yes, TV is for the masses. Public TV and radio then aspire to give us more, but it's like "How can I go over their heads and make them yearn for my knowledge?"<br /><br />Lovely orchid. You do have a nice way with the camera. (truth)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-11927595139887169402010-03-24T18:30:03.477+01:002010-03-24T18:30:03.477+01:00It began for me with my sons grade school...childr...It began for me with my sons grade school...children were being awarded (big trophies) for the simplest accomplishments, so much so I wondered how they would ever handle real challenges...now on TV, everyday grownups sing, dance in a mediocre way and here come the awards! The bar has been lowered...expectations are low and awards high!Blue Sky Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12405128176114875597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-8588763990218799502010-03-24T18:25:01.871+01:002010-03-24T18:25:01.871+01:00This got me thinking of a long ago conversation I ...This got me thinking of a long ago conversation I had with a friend. He was a Chicago architect who had been part of the team that designed the Sears Tower and the Hancock Building.<br /><br />We were discussing the sameness of modern cars... how the body shapes were now more or less the same in design.<br /><br />He made this point: when something is new - the first airplanes, cars, radios, recorded music, television sets, television programs - all had more diversity than what they would have in later years.<br /><br />His point - all things begin with one person's idea. Then there’s innovation, experimentation, success and failure and as time goes by extremes are smoothed out and what works is usually in a common theme or direction. Hence, today, most jet liners look about the same, ditto cars and uniformity dictates refinement of common features and not the inclusion of unusual or odd.<br /><br />We expanded this conversation to include societies. As populations increase, there’s more pressure to conform, to not live in extreme non-linear ways. Small “d” democracy <br />more or less means a massive amount of people, with more uniformity than in the historical past. What we are seeing is the lost of older style individualism, uniqueness that is not significantly different and we are witnessing the trend of calling things iconic or special when they are only simply slightly different from the norm.willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590217997145761582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-87095647163085468102010-03-24T18:19:04.976+01:002010-03-24T18:19:04.976+01:00The downward spiral towards mediocrity is going to...The downward spiral towards mediocrity is going to be the demise of the world, I fear.<br /><br />Excellent post, I will be chewing on these thoughts for quite a while.<br /><br />xoxheidikinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525478381785640543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-1340491133420504042010-03-24T17:43:58.715+01:002010-03-24T17:43:58.715+01:00This post just made my morning. I remember a time ...This post just made my morning. I remember a time (not all that long ago) when I was a kid and if I messed up, I knew it. If I didn't do something right or well, I knew it. I was allowed to fail. I was allowed to know that I wasn't the best at everything. I understood that my best at something might not be enough. <br /><br />I watch people of my generation walking around thinking that they are the best at everything and don't you dare try to tell them they are not. Everyone is told they are unique and special and amazing and perfect and the best. It's horse crap. Nobody is that good. I fully believe in encouragement and praise when it's due. But giving the kids that don't win the soccer game trophies is just encouraging the thinking pattern that everybody wins always. <br /><br />And all this stuff leads to words and meanings of words becoming useless. Everyone is a winner, so what do you call the person that actually wins? Now this is all I'm going to think about for the rest of the day...stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236399150738812466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-68267949138016348022010-03-24T17:42:56.286+01:002010-03-24T17:42:56.286+01:00I agree that the world is scared of calling a spad...I agree that the world is scared of calling a spade a spade.Jennifer A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06618639466963813761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-35539789385083137252010-03-24T17:06:46.561+01:002010-03-24T17:06:46.561+01:00We hae that programme in the Uk. It is the 'Co...We hae that programme in the Uk. It is the 'Come Dine with Me' that I often speak of. There is no such politeness in the UK version, I can assure you.<br /><br />Correct use of language is help really highly here, but it's slipping in many places!Lisa-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135752484387782593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-2428397294277318122010-03-24T15:28:50.787+01:002010-03-24T15:28:50.787+01:00I despise the overuse and misuse of the word coura...I despise the overuse and misuse of the word courage. It would seem every schmuck on the planet who admitted to anything is courageous.Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13915962999372304054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-32684503717027356002010-03-24T15:07:45.838+01:002010-03-24T15:07:45.838+01:00I so agree, this is actually one of my pet peeves....I so agree, this is actually one of my pet peeves. Everything seems to be "dumbing down" these days, especially the language. We had a president that said nucular instead of nuclear for eight years, for crying out loud!<br />And the culture of politeness...my mom, who loves children more than anything, and Christmas only second to that, had to leave her job as a cafeteria monitor because they told her she wasn't allowed to say Merry Christmas to the children. She would only be allowed to say Happy Holidays. These were five year olds!<br />There are times when good enough is okay, and times when it just plain isn't!mrs mediocrityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021079985184737831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-79261011778404127162010-03-24T14:12:07.973+01:002010-03-24T14:12:07.973+01:00Really liked this post, but I think it's unfai...Really liked this post, but I think it's unfair to blame reality tv, sucky & horrible though it may be. You ask "What is this culture of politeness that's driving this?", and I have to laugh, sitting here in the middle of a world that is all about political correctness. From whence it all comes. We send kids to schools that are not allowed to fail them, we sue doctors for telling us we are fat, we frown at keeping scores at children's basketball games. WE encourage mediocrity. It is our fault.<br /><br />(My personal most annoying overused word is art. Dear God. <i>Everything</i> is called art nowadays. Very little is.)<br /><br />:) Debid smith kaich joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13450581639610967780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-73022170030539870092010-03-24T13:57:32.691+01:002010-03-24T13:57:32.691+01:00Unfortunately, the lowest common denominator for m...Unfortunately, the lowest common denominator for most of the world is mediocrity......<br />i too like that word/phrase. Could use it everyday :}arleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14036114069539254266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-1677549878959437312010-03-24T13:25:22.438+01:002010-03-24T13:25:22.438+01:00Thank you for spelling out all the reasons why I s...Thank you for spelling out all the reasons why I stopped watching TV. A true waist of time and since time is the only commodity we truly have I rather use it differently.<br /><br />Like the word chabuduo though.<br /><br />See you!!!!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03470810820417327936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131844.post-84192079259028585582010-03-24T13:22:12.191+01:002010-03-24T13:22:12.191+01:00Agreed Agreed Agreed. And it scares the bejezuz o...Agreed Agreed Agreed. And it scares the bejezuz out of me that more folks don't see it.<br /><br />Watching some inane sitcom last week the main character said <i>"Her and I just got back from a vacation"</i>. I wanted to break the TV.Liz Fulcher, The Fragrant Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15745246662315569161noreply@blogger.com