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People who say art is just as good in 2026 as 1976 are profoundly mentally ill

One of the most disturbing takes people have is they say tha...
lavender pervert senate
  10/15/26
The people alive today aren’t capable of “gettin...
checked out chud
  10/15/26
I don't think that's true at all. I think if some unbelievab...
lavender pervert senate
  10/15/26
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lavender pervert senate
  10/15/26
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Stubborn mother
  10/15/26
yeah it's total bs not even worth arguing w people who say t...
kink-friendly fanboi
  10/15/26
You write them off completely as intellects relevant to the ...
lavender pervert senate
  10/15/26
if arts dead how could a director born in 2005 create a mas...
Effete Box Office Gunner
  10/15/26
Tcq. I didn't see it though is it that good.
lavender pervert senate
  10/15/26
The problem is not the art it’s the audience
Chestnut sickened abode cuckold
  10/15/26
What's wrong with em
lavender pervert senate
  10/15/26
how dare they
offensive philosopher-king
  10/15/26
That's how I feel. It's a grievous insult.
lavender pervert senate
  10/15/26


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Date: October 15th, 2026 2:39 PM
Author: lavender pervert senate

One of the most disturbing takes people have is they say that art these days is just as good but we don't understand it because we're old. It makes absolutely no sense. How do we know the Sistine Chapel is good art? How do we know the pyramids are profound? There has to be some objective measure. There has to be an innate concept of taste that lasts longer than a human lifetime.

Conversely we have to have a concept of what makes art bad no matter how popular it gets. Billions of people can like something and still be wrong. Without taste and without criticism we have no way of measuring greatness.

The people who want to promote Gen Z art want to live in a world where it's impossible to tell what's good and what isn't, what's memorable and what's forgettable. They want to tear down the pillars of consciousness and replace it with bland malaise.

If you honestly cannot fathom or figure out why mumble rap and 2020s pop sucks and is horrendous, you're either a mental midget or an agent of Satan. There is no viable counterargument rooted in logic and reason that would put 'Begonia' ahead of 'The Godfather.' We must be a society of rules and laws and if we don't have a yardstick with which to measure creative achievement then we're totally lost as a society, which I think is probably the point from the other side.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5912989&forum_id=2#50190924)



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Date: October 15th, 2026 2:43 PM
Author: checked out chud

The people alive today aren’t capable of “getting” art. So there’s no demand for it

Speaking even for myself, we just don’t live in a world that’s capable of art anymore. Our brains are fully Enframed in the heideggerian sense. We don’t perceive or experience ourselves and the world around us in a way that allows us to “get” art

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5912989&forum_id=2#50190937)



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Date: October 15th, 2026 2:45 PM
Author: lavender pervert senate

I don't think that's true at all. I think if some unbelievably good shit dropped today it would blow people's minds. The problem is that we've forgotten how to make it, not perceive it.

Poas talk all the time about watching movies from before 2000 or listening to old records. Art is still inspiring. We just haven't made any of it in 15-20 years. It would easily come back under the right conditions.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5912989&forum_id=2#50190942)



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Date: October 15th, 2026 4:22 PM
Author: lavender pervert senate



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5912989&forum_id=2#50191045)



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Date: October 15th, 2026 4:38 PM
Author: Stubborn mother



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5912989&forum_id=2#50191066)



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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:05 PM
Author: kink-friendly fanboi

yeah it's total bs not even worth arguing w people who say that

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5912989&forum_id=2#50191105)



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Date: October 15th, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: lavender pervert senate

You write them off completely as intellects relevant to the conversation but then they follow you around in subthread wastelands like pests.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5912989&forum_id=2#50191196)



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Date: October 15th, 2026 6:37 PM
Author: Effete Box Office Gunner

if arts dead how could a director born in 2005 create a masterpiece like backrooms

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5912989&forum_id=2#50191249)



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Date: October 15th, 2026 6:40 PM
Author: lavender pervert senate

Tcq. I didn't see it though is it that good.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5912989&forum_id=2#50191257)



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Date: October 15th, 2026 6:37 PM
Author: Chestnut sickened abode cuckold

The problem is not the art it’s the audience

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5912989&forum_id=2#50191250)



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Date: October 15th, 2026 6:40 PM
Author: lavender pervert senate

What's wrong with em

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5912989&forum_id=2#50191256)



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Date: October 15th, 2026 6:47 PM
Author: offensive philosopher-king

how dare they

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5912989&forum_id=2#50191268)



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Date: October 15th, 2026 6:56 PM
Author: lavender pervert senate

That's how I feel. It's a grievous insult.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5912989&forum_id=2#50191280)