George Will is an angry old man - Page 2

Azisien · 04-16-2009, 12:55 PM

This man was forced to watch at gunpoint as his family was raped and murdered by a pair of jeans, and then he too was raped.

At least, that is the only explanation I can come up with for the article in question.

Funka Genocide · 04-16-2009, 01:08 PM

I can't help but feel he's equal parts correct and out of touch.

The basic premise I agree with, he just shows his age with a few choice sentiments.

Video games are just a generational gap made manifest. Much like, I would assume, motion pictures were, or automobiles, or books made on a printing press, or manufactured clothing, indoor plumbing, electricity, pre slivced bread etc.

One of the obvious failings of age is the inability of the old to identify with the accoutrement of the young. However, society as a whole is largely indifferent to our technological panoply, we still go about warring and loving and striving despite the miracles of television and modern medicine. Sadly, we were unable to download the Messiah when the internet went live.

I really can't fault the old codger his grievance to be honest. We do run around looking like a bunch of 5 year olds, in comparison to earlier generations, and we do have a harder time understanding adulthood and it's itinerant hardships, just look at the astonishing number of single parents and failed marriages for proof.

maybe jeans aren't the devil, and it's likely they didn't rape his family, but from a certain perspective, he's dead on.

synkr0nized · 04-16-2009, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Funka Genocide

I wonder if he meant gamers as in people who play games, or gamers as in people who identify themselves as such, referring to it as it's own independent subculture.

there's a big difference between the two, I'd say.

I don't think it matters. He just wants people not to be so careless about their appearance in public and to act like adults, a questionable concern regardless of how overboard he went in writing about it.

Funka Genocide · 04-16-2009, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by synkr0nized

I don't think it matters. He just wants people not to be so careless about their appearance in public and to act like adults, a questionable concern regardless of how overboard he went in writing about it.

That was just a thought I had. You should read my other posts on the matter, I'm pretty much in accord with what you've just stated.

Fifthfiend · 04-16-2009, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Funka Genocide

One of the obvious failings of age is the inability of the old to identify with the accoutrement of the young.

Jeans have been in fashion for like a HUNDRED YEARS.

Everyone 1. wears jeans 2. love jeans 3. understands that everyone else wears and loves jeans because jeans A. look good B. last and C. are a million fucking times more comfortable than any bullshit pair of office slacks.

Everyone except George F. Will because George F. Will is apparently out of his ever-lovin' mind.

Professor Smarmiarty · 04-16-2009, 01:14 PM

I wear jeans because they are cheap and last forever. Not everyone can wear fitted suit pants every day, even when we are not at work.

Funka Genocide · 04-16-2009, 01:14 PM

I was referring to video games with that sentence, not jeans.

also, It's not like I don't wear a lot of denim, everyone does, I'm just saying that it might be an indicator of something deeper than just fashion.

also, the thing about can't afford other clothes.

Most expensive pair of suit pants ever purchased: 180 dollars
Most expensive pair of jeans ever purchased: 220 dollars

Jeans and normal pants made from not-denim can be purhcased for the same price, you can get some khakis for 20 bucks and they can be quite comfortable. Its not a matte rof economics, but of personal preference.

Archbio · 04-16-2009, 01:16 PM

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Image just isn't what it used to be, everything is to convey sexuality instead of who you really are.

"Who you really are"? I think you mean what class you belong to. And Will has the gall to make it about respect.

Screw that noise.

Wigmund · 04-16-2009, 01:17 PM

Can't I be an adult and also not care much about my appearance?

Clothes are for comfort, I don't wear them to be some kind of social status peacock.

phil_ · 04-16-2009, 01:17 PM

Personally, I dress like a child because I'm wearing the same clothes that I wore as a child. The shirt I'm wearing? Vintage late middle school. It's the only perk of not growing significantly in a decade. I have neither the budget nor inclination to replace ten years worth of jeans and shirts, so I wear jeans and t-shirts.

04-16-2009, 01:14 PM	#17
Funka Genocide Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 4,566	I was referring to video games with that sentence, not jeans. also, It's not like I don't wear a lot of denim, everyone does, I'm just saying that it might be an indicator of something deeper than just fashion. also, the thing about can't afford other clothes. Most expensive pair of suit pants ever purchased: 180 dollars Most expensive pair of jeans ever purchased: 220 dollars Jeans and normal pants made from not-denim can be purhcased for the same price, you can get some khakis for 20 bucks and they can be quite comfortable. Its not a matte rof economics, but of personal preference. Last edited by Funka Genocide; 04-16-2009 at 01:18 PM.

04-16-2009, 01:17 PM	#19
Wigmund Lakitu Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Northwest Arkansas Posts: 2,139	Can't I be an adult and also not care much about my appearance? Clothes are for comfort, I don't wear them to be some kind of social status peacock. __________________ Slightly off-kilter

04-16-2009, 01:17 PM	#20
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	Personally, I dress like a child because I'm wearing the same clothes that I wore as a child. The shirt I'm wearing? Vintage late middle school. It's the only perk of not growing significantly in a decade. I have neither the budget nor inclination to replace ten years worth of jeans and shirts, so I wear jeans and t-shirts. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

04-16-2009, 12:55 PM	#11
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	This man was forced to watch at gunpoint as his family was raped and murdered by a pair of jeans, and then he too was raped. At least, that is the only explanation I can come up with for the article in question.

04-16-2009, 01:08 PM	#12
Funka Genocide Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 4,566	I can't help but feel he's equal parts correct and out of touch. The basic premise I agree with, he just shows his age with a few choice sentiments. Video games are just a generational gap made manifest. Much like, I would assume, motion pictures were, or automobiles, or books made on a printing press, or manufactured clothing, indoor plumbing, electricity, pre slivced bread etc. One of the obvious failings of age is the inability of the old to identify with the accoutrement of the young. However, society as a whole is largely indifferent to our technological panoply, we still go about warring and loving and striving despite the miracles of television and modern medicine. Sadly, we were unable to download the Messiah when the internet went live. I really can't fault the old codger his grievance to be honest. We do run around looking like a bunch of 5 year olds, in comparison to earlier generations, and we do have a harder time understanding adulthood and it's itinerant hardships, just look at the astonishing number of single parents and failed marriages for proof. maybe jeans aren't the devil, and it's likely they didn't rape his family, but from a certain perspective, he's dead on.

04-16-2009, 01:14 PM	#16
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	I wear jeans because they are cheap and last forever. Not everyone can wear fitted suit pants every day, even when we are not at work.