and the irony, hypocrisy, and narcissism keep folding back...

and the irony, hypocrisy, and narcissism keep folding back in on themselves into a giant self-referencial zeitgeist monster.

“Ever since the Allies bombed the Axis into submission, Western civilization has had a succession of counter-culture movements that have energetically challenged the status quo. Each successive decade of the post-war era has seen it smash social standards, riot and fight to revolutionize every aspect of music, art, government and civil society.

But after punk was plasticized and hip hop lost its impetus for social change, all of the formerly dominant streams of “counter-culture” have merged together. Now, one mutating, trans-Atlantic melting pot of styles, tastes and behavior has come to define the generally indefinable idea of the ”Hipster.”

An artificial appropriation of different styles from different eras, the hipster represents the end of Western civilization – a culture lost in the superficiality of its past and unable to create any new meaning. Not only is it unsustainable, it is suicidal. While previous youth movements have challenged the dysfunction and decadence of their elders, today we have the “hipster” – a youth subculture that mirrors the doomed shallowness of mainstream society.”

-Adbusters, a publication written and read by hipsters

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this post is loosely related to atemporality, though i’m not sure how yet.  Even though I can’t stop thinking about it, i confess i haven’t properly read through the subject (bruce sterling’s talk).  it will be done, though.  and soon.  

also, to the teeming masses that are reading this post, if you are unfamiliar with some of the writings on atemporality, you can click this link:    http://varnelis.net/topics_171