SLSL Succession of the Criminally Insane (was Has anyone seen a Pynchon book lately?)

prozak at anus.com prozak at anus.com
Fri Feb 7 22:44:08 CST 2003


> <<Long hair is defining in different contexts. With a suit, it suggests  
> hollywood. With a plain color tshirt and running shoes, it suggests working 
> in computers. With a black tshirt with logo, it suggests metaller. Like 
> anything, it must be understood structurally or it becomes a surface 
> judgment.>>
> 
> A surface judgement?  You mean "he has long hair," meaning no more than "he 
> has long hair"?

No, that's an observation.

A surface judgment = not fitting into place structurally; aesthetic.

For example, that which does not understand what a "pose(u)r" is.
-- 
Backup Rider of the Apocalypse
www.anus.com/metal/
DEATH AND BLACK METAL





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