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Dear Readers,
We here at Unfit Times are kind of new to this whole interactive media thing. So, sometimes, we may miss a few of the more… nuanced mores that dictate the way you internet people expect to be treated while you’re spending time online. As for the fact that we haven’t engaged in any sort of dialogue with those of you who’ve been kind enough to comment on our posts, well, that’s kind of a biggie, and we’d like to correct it. And to prove how totally sorry we are for ignoring your responses, we’ve decided to initiate a monthly mailbag, which will aim to cover some of the conversation that we’ve left ourselves out of.
Here goes:
Way back on the 9th of July, GlenStef responded to our suggestion that tears were a reflection of human hubris with a suggestion of his or her own: “Hi there,” they wrote, “Not sure that this is true:), but thanks for a post.” For those of you who’d like to explore the origins of human tears, we’d suggest you travel on over to this super interesting discussion that took place on the Australian Broadcasting Network in 2003. If you do, we’re guessing that you probably won’t run into GlenStef, who seems to be a spambot. Oops.
A day later, AP asked “what’s with the paint scribbles in the upper left [of the new Texas license plate]? Are Texans especially prone to sloppiness or early 90’s-era design motifs?” Having lived here for not much more than nine months, AP, I can offer you only an under-informed perspective. So I’ll turn to the wisdom of a native Texan. Which is to say I’ll push the button on my handy Willie Nelson quote-generating iPhone app: “How,” says iWillie, “would you like to bite that in the ass, develop lock jaw and be dragged to death?” Exactly.
On August 4, Sal wrote, “you pretty much just verbalized everything that i think is wrong with the world’s current politics, pop culture, the art world, education, religion, employment, our generation, television…… and, hell, fun and happiness too.” It was in reference to a specific post, but, because it doesn’t have my byline on it, I’ll let it stand as a general assessment of the type of work that we do here at Unfit.
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August 18 brought us James, who, in response to our pronouncing the official death of the compact disk, offered these thoughts: “While I agree that CDs are now artifacts, that doesn’t make them any less useful. At some point people are going to realize that standard quality mp3s are pretty poor quality on the digital scale. mp3s compress while CDs do not, and for that reason alone they will be in demand as a source of high-quality recordings for future generations. As repeated downloads and uploads take their toll on mp3 files I fully expect to hear from DJs looking for a decent copy of my minimalist techno CDs. Bottom line: I agree the medium is dead, but don’t sell those Autechre CDs just yet.” He’s got a good point. In fact, a little while ago, I went shopping with a record nerd friend who was buying up all kinds of used CDs. What’s that that Warren Buffet said? Something about greed and fear — and being able to find 1/2mench on disc for like five dollars?
Robert Hampton thanked us for our “few kind remarks about the last Democratic president con cojones” after he read our take on why today’s Dems could use a helping of LBJ-style whoop-ass. You’re welcome, Robert. (We here at Unfit are nothing if not polite.)
A bunch of you were kind enough to weigh in on Rosenblatt’s September 1 summation of the state of the written word. Thanks. Unfortunately, I am not a philosophy scholar, and so — sans iAristotle app — I’m forced to sit that one out. But, please, by all means, continue. Maybe we’ll figure out a way to get to you next month.
That’s it for now. Keep reading, keep commenting, etc., etc.,
Unfit
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