Once more, with feeling:

>If there's something that a whole bunch of people think is awesome, you owe it to yourself at least to figure out what they think is so cool.

I think it's telling that I wrote Twelve.Fucking.Paragraphs (at thenewgreen's invitation, despite my suspicion that this detroit-area circlejerk would come apart at the seams - last fucking time he talks me into this shit) that were essentially a plea for empathy, for understanding, for analysis (self and otherwise) and got no less than four responses that boil down to "no fuck you if I don't like art it's because it sucks and it's my right to say that it sucks so fuck you."

Yeah. It is. Hate the fuck out of art. See if I give a shit. But since we all live on this planet, it's worth spending a little time trying to wear someone else's skin for a minute to determine if you can figure out what they see that you don't.

The article is a typical Vice take on "everything sucks except the things we think are cool which, by the way, are too cool for you." I do not find this sort of analysis illuminating. I tried to say so, in as polite a form as possible, and got

A) a rant about how apple and rich people suck

B) grief for not fellating Van Gogh

C) a gonzo-ass condemnation of art students for not studying enough

D) grief for not fellating Wes Anderson

"I don't get art" is an admission of failure. "I don't LIKE art" is a personal opinion.

And that's the last I have to say about the subject.