Comments on: End of Two Eras http://www.popehat.com/2008/08/14/end-of-two-eras/ A Group Complaint about Law, Liberty, and Leisure Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:39:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick http://www.popehat.com/2008/08/14/end-of-two-eras/comment-page-1/#comment-7833 Patrick Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:08:01 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=1773#comment-7833 Count me in with Ezra. When I travel, I try to stop and visit little restaurants that have obviously been there thirty or forty years, rather than a restaurant of the sort that hires me as a client (I do quite a bit of food poisoning defense for chains). It's hit or miss, but the hits are more rewarding, and we'd have Youtube (ecch) with or without the chains. Count me in with Ezra. When I travel, I try to stop and visit little restaurants that have obviously been there thirty or forty years, rather than a restaurant of the sort that hires me as a client (I do quite a bit of food poisoning defense for chains). It's hit or miss, but the hits are more rewarding, and we'd have Youtube (ecch) with or without the chains.

]]> By: Ezra http://www.popehat.com/2008/08/14/end-of-two-eras/comment-page-1/#comment-7829 Ezra Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:25:13 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=1773#comment-7829 Actually, I think Youtube is a pretty interesting example. How much of the stuff on there is just repackaging or outright repurposing of generic content? Is one 2 girls & a cup reaction video really that different from another? Youtube is the ultimate 500 channels and nothing on experience. I just think it's a shame that we are slowly becoming a homogenized cookie cutter culture. Our neighborhoods are losing their unique character. I would rather a North Beach or Mission keep their unique flavors, than see a Pasta Pomodoro and El Pollo Loco pass for local flavor. I can see how someone in Omaha might feel differently, but I would be willing to bet that even in some pretty far flung corners there were pockets of quirky stuff that is slowly being marginalized. Actually, I think Youtube is a pretty interesting example. How much of the stuff on there is just repackaging or outright repurposing of generic content? Is one 2 girls & a cup reaction video really that different from another? Youtube is the ultimate 500 channels and nothing on experience.

I just think it's a shame that we are slowly becoming a homogenized cookie cutter culture. Our neighborhoods are losing their unique character. I would rather a North Beach or Mission keep their unique flavors, than see a Pasta Pomodoro and El Pollo Loco pass for local flavor. I can see how someone in Omaha might feel differently, but I would be willing to bet that even in some pretty far flung corners there were pockets of quirky stuff that is slowly being marginalized.

]]> By: Eduardo http://www.popehat.com/2008/08/14/end-of-two-eras/comment-page-1/#comment-7820 Eduardo Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:54:18 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=1773#comment-7820 My dad bought a .38 Dectective's Special at Long's Drug in Colorado Springs. I went with him and everything! Horse Racing? I think it's a relic that we'll do fine to leave behind (albeit well documented for history's sake). My dad bought a .38 Dectective's Special at Long's Drug in Colorado Springs. I went with him and everything!

Horse Racing? I think it's a relic that we'll do fine to leave behind (albeit well documented for history's sake).

]]> By: PLW http://www.popehat.com/2008/08/14/end-of-two-eras/comment-page-1/#comment-7816 PLW Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:16:34 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=1773#comment-7816 "faceless, generic modern life." You mean, like You Tube and Popehat? As compared to the 3 networks and the overwhelming individuality of expression we see in the world portrayed in Leave it to Beaver and My 3 Sons. Do you think the average American has more or less access to diverse products, services, culture, friends, experiences, and opportunities than they did 50 years ago? 20? 10? 1? Sure 2 towns are more likely to look a like, than they were then, but so what? I'm not longer limited to what I can find in the town next door. "faceless, generic modern life."

You mean, like You Tube and Popehat? As compared to the 3 networks and the overwhelming individuality of expression we see in the world portrayed in Leave it to Beaver and My 3 Sons.

Do you think the average American has more or less access to diverse products, services, culture, friends, experiences, and opportunities than they did 50 years ago? 20? 10? 1?

Sure 2 towns are more likely to look a like, than they were then, but so what? I'm not longer limited to what I can find in the town next door.

]]> By: tgb http://www.popehat.com/2008/08/14/end-of-two-eras/comment-page-1/#comment-7815 tgb Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:16:04 +0000 http://www.popehat.com/?p=1773#comment-7815 That sucks. When I lived in SF I spent many an enjoyable (albeit costly) afternoon at Bay Meadows. Gambling tip:Handicapping horses and Quaaludes do not mix. That sucks. When I lived in SF I spent many an enjoyable (albeit costly) afternoon at Bay Meadows.

Gambling tip:Handicapping horses and Quaaludes do not mix.

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