• I feel like our generation is meant to be dumbed down.
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cl0NdCtze4[/media] This has a message.
[QUOTE=CunningHam;18170822]I've always been convinced that future generations will be smarter than the last.[/QUOTE] okay time traveler
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Congratulations, I laugh at you who say the older generations are assholes or too traditional.
FYI my city has three rock (one is rock and metal) radio stations. :smug:
Well folks, it's all about money these days, if you have skill and no one knows you, no one will ever know you. It's about getting known for unoriginal shit and having record companies making millions. Sad, sad world. It actually takes effort to find a nice band, rather than in the olden days, great hits came on the radio all of the time.
[QUOTE=Megan Fox;18169004]I have a question do you think that this generation was setup to be dumbed down? The reason I asked that is because people think a 3 minute news clip is going to tell them about the whole situation. Or when music use to actually carry a message but now it's just retarded dances, booze, sex and all over again. It's seems like our generation was meant to be dumbed down. No more protest or anything that's worth fighting for. We just allow things to run over us. It's almost as if were powerless. So what do you think about this or is it just me dumbing down?[/QUOTE] Most music does carry a message. It is just that you have to listen harder, or think more
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I have a feeling if it's gonna be the 70's all over again, then we're gonna go through some technological advancement and such as we did in the 90's.
I reckon the future will be pretty bleak. As the pension bomb slowly descends upon the world economy and the amount of intellectual people in the world dwindles the human civilization will slowly descend into chaos unless something is done about it and fast. I'd suggest focusing research on nanotech and AI. That way many of the world's problems could be averted. However most other human beings probably won't agree with me due to their pathetic constraints such as ''national/ethnic identity'', ''conservatism''... Oh and here's a tip: The discussion should be focused whether or not our generation is getting dumbed down, not whether modern music contains meaning in general.
[QUOTE=Megan Fox;18170548]For the song "Crank That" [img]http://bossip.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/soulja-boys-peen1.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] clearly has a tiny penis
It's a test, those who embrace the mainstream fully become blind to alternatives.
[QUOTE=Tarzy;18171482]Well folks, it's all about money these days, if you have skill and no one knows you, no one will ever know you. It's about getting known for unoriginal shit and having record companies making millions. Sad, sad world. It actually takes effort to find a nice band, rather than in the olden days, great hits came on the radio all of the time.[/QUOTE] Well, thats yust a matter of taste. There are enough people who think todays music isnt that bad. And its not that if you haven't got talent nobody will know you. i think if you have enough talent you will get there and if you just think that you have talent you won't.
[QUOTE=microsnakey;18171497]Most music does carry a message. It is just that you have to listen harder, or think more[/QUOTE] Music is just a noise in the background. People need to listen to music properly, by just sitting down and listening to it properly. No computers, no games, no work. Nothing, just you and the music.
[QUOTE=Megan Fox;18169249]I wish I lived in a city that was not crowded with idiots. There is not a radio station in my city that plays good music. Not ONE! This is why every single person in my school (private) has an Ipod. But I pwn them cause I have a Ipod Touch. (I'm Megan Fox, duhh! - Sarcasm.)[/QUOTE] That's funny. You buy into Apple marketing. Angsty teen is evermore angsty.
Take a technological awareness course in college. It will help you better understand.
I think something is being forgotten here. The source of it all. Music, mainstream media and others. But in other countries they don't have all the same shows and music. Sure you can get US channels but you also get local channels, so not everyone is getting all the same crap. Like someone said it's all about the easy money, producing crap is easier then producing something amazing, has to do with effort, but "artist" if you can call em like that get the same result, so why try. Ok that not totally accurate most mainstream produced "artist" are being used. it's also education the education system has been degrading for years with new policies and ways of working. Back in the day you couldn't have a piece of paper with all the formulas to the exam, now you can, and more. How many times do you're parents tell you they never used calculators. Education is going down the drain and it just makes it easier for corporations and government to manipulate you for their needs. So yeah I think it's all part of the plan that people stay dumb or distracted while you basically get used and manipulated for others to get rich on your ignorance. just my 2 cents / [b]Read the book 1984 by George Orwell not saying it's going to happen, but might make you think of a few things.[/b]
[QUOTE=snuwoods;18172222]That's funny. You buy into Apple marketing. Angsty teen is evermore angsty.[/QUOTE] every time i look at your avatar i lol
[QUOTE=Megan Fox;18169004]I have a question do you think that this generation was setup to be dumbed down? The reason I asked that is because people think a 3 minute news clip is going to tell them about the whole situation. Or when music use to actually carry a message but now it's just retarded dances, booze, sex and all over again. It's seems like our generation was meant to be dumbed down. No more protest or anything that's worth fighting for. We just allow things to run over us. It's almost as if were powerless. So what do you think about this or is it just me dumbing down?[/QUOTE] if you want music with a message [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq0pygjQK74[/MEDIA] there are things worth fighting for, they had like millions of people protesting the iraq war. Fuck go out and protest against PETA also anyone else feel like kids are being controlled more and more... suddenly they are not allowed to go trick or treating, controlling diets way too much, etc... (overheard this all at school as some parents were talking)
[QUOTE=dark0nex;18172314]I think something is being forgotten here. The source of it all. Music, mainstream media and others. But in other countries they don't have all the same shows and music. Sure you can get US channels but you also get local channels, so not everyone is getting all the same crap. Like someone said it's all about the easy money, producing crap is easier then producing something amazing, has to do with effort, but "artist" if you can call em like that get the same result, so why try. Ok that not totally accurate most mainstream produced "artist" are being used. [B]it's also education the education system has been degrading for years with new policies and ways of working. Back in the day you couldn't have a piece of paper with all the formulas to the exam, now you can, and more. How many times do you're parents tell you they never used calculators. Education is going down the drain and it just makes it easier for corporations and government to manipulate you for their needs. So yeah I think it's all part of the plan that people stay dumb or distracted while you basically get used and manipulated for others to get rich on your ignorance.[/B] just my 2 cents / [b]Read the book 1984 by George Orwell not saying it's going to happen, but might make you think of a few things.[/b][/QUOTE] Closet Marxist much?
[quote]Closet Marxist much? [/quote] Not that much no, I don't consider myself a conspiracy theorist or anything, but some things you can't deny. In schools here you can't fail a child and make him do his years again in fear of making him feel bad or something like that. So if you fail 4th grade for example and got 10% score all over or F's depending on grading, you still make it to 5th grade. don't know about you but I think that a good example of Dumded down.
[QUOTE=dark0nex;18172579]Not that much no, I don't consider myself a conspiracy theorist or anything, but some things you can't deny. In schools here you can't fail a child and make him do his years again in fear of making him feel bad or something like that. So if you fail 4th grade for example and got 10% score all over or F's depending on grading, you still make it to 5th grade. don't know about you but I think that a good example of Dumded down.[/QUOTE] Where iz you be representingz? No but where you from?
Are you guys being serious or is this some sort of epic troll thread? You are a part of the smartest generation there has ever been. Never before have so many people known so much about so much. Humanity is at a peak, even the unskilled can ( theoretically ) get very decent paying jobs. I mean boo fucking hoo, we use calculators to do things we don't learn how to do manually. Common sense is for the first time more important than blood , racism is being fought for the first time , and rule 34b of the internet could well be, if it exists, there is a protest group against it. I'm sorry but there are two kinds of people who believe in this sort of "COrprations R KEEpinG us down se we ge thERE STFF an giv dem de MONIES!" bullshit. The first are right out paranoid schizophrenics , and they are largely fed buy the second group, angsty teens in their bedrooms who want an excuse for being social outcasts " OMG ALL KIDS MY AGE ARE STOOPID DEY BELIEVE D LIES WERE BEING FED!" SO yeah, box away kiddies, but please PLEASE FUCKING PLEASE, think about this sort of thing logically. For example: option 1: Giant Inter-governmental, corperate conspiracy to make money by dumbing down the population using bland, unimaginative music and a lack of in depth television reporting, requiring thousands of people to be complicit, , for there to be no leaks, no uncooperative reporters or editors and so forth... Or News channels are trying not to bore viewers to death with long reports on somthing they may not care about. Music labels want more money by releasing lots of music by lots of preformers, caring less for quality in favor of quantity. Seems to me they achieve the same goal with one being far less complicated, unreliable, illegal and requiring less cooperation between competetors. I'll just leave this here: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occham%27s_Razor[/url]
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[QUOTE=Killoch0;18173072]Are you guys being serious or is this some sort of epic troll thread? You are a part of the smartest generation there has ever been. Never before have so many people known so much about so much. Humanity is at a peak, even the unskilled can ( theoretically ) get very decent paying jobs. I mean boo fucking hoo, we use calculators to do things we don't learn how to do manually. Common sense is for the first time more important than blood , racism is being fought for the first time , and rule 34b of the internet could well be, if it exists, there is a protest group against it. I'm sorry but there are two kinds of people who believe in this sort of "COrprations R KEEpinG us down se we ge thERE STFF an giv dem de MONIES!" bullshit. The first are right out paranoid schizophrenics , and they are largely fed buy the second group, angsty teens in their bedrooms who want an excuse for being social outcasts " OMG ALL KIDS MY AGE ARE STOOPID DEY BELIEVE D LIES WERE BEING FED!" SO yeah, box away kiddies, but please PLEASE FUCKING PLEASE, think about this sort of thing logically. For example: option 1: Giant Inter-governmental, corperate conspiracy to make money by dumbing down the population using bland, unimaginative music and a lack of in depth television reporting, requiring thousands of people to be complicit, , for there to be no leaks, no uncooperative reporters or editors and so forth... Or News channels are trying not to bore viewers to death with long reports on somthing they may not care about. Music labels want more money by releasing lots of music by lots of preformers, caring less for quality in favor of quantity. Seems to me they achieve the same goal with one being far less complicated, unreliable, illegal and requiring less cooperation between competetors. I'll just leave this here: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occham%27s_Razor[/url][/QUOTE]Don't forget Communists. They're the third group.
[QUOTE=Megan Fox;18169004] Or when music use to actually carry a message but now it's just retarded dances, booze, sex and all over again. [/QUOTE] Yeah old rock songs never talked about booze sex drugs etc they did, they just had to be more creative with it as shit was tougher back then. Agree about the retarded dance though.
[QUOTE=GeeBee;18171653]clearly has a tiny penis[/QUOTE] It's smaller in real life. I once jerked him off, yeah cause I am Megan Fox and famous like.
These kind of claims are so cliche.
It's not so much that "rap music is dumb", more that most of the "mainstream" music is rap and most of the mainstream music is dumb. Just wanted to point that out.
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