All entries for Wednesday 05 July 2006

Indicative of a wider cultural malaise

There are two internet forums that I read regulary. The first is my favourite forum on the internet which I reveal only to my closest associates. It's the only forum on the internet where people debate stuff in a sensible level–headed fashion. People are not so set in thier ways you can't change thier opinion, or have yours changed. Any debate that gets out of hand generally ends with an apology and an offer of a virtual glass of gin. It's wonderful. I'm not telling you where it is.

The second forum is the DVD Forums . Obstensibly about DVDs, it also contains sub forums for discussing music, TV, sports, photography, gaming, computers and bargains. It also has a forum for discussing books.

I hadn't been there in about a week, busy doing the whole 'moving back home' thing. Imagine my shock when I returned tonight to find my beloved book sub–forum gone and replaced, I kid you not, with a 'Mobile Phone Forum'. Turns out the book forum didn't have enough readers (I think they were waiting for the film) and people these days would rather discuss mobile phones.

I mourn for the demise of our collective aptitude for artistic appreciation.

Dean Love : 05 Jul 2006 00:43 |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem