It made me mad

Hmm. How to define? It's one of those words that I intuitively know the meaning of, but for which have a great deal of difficulty articulating the emotional response it's meant to convey.

Twee. Twee, twee, twee.

[link|http://christianjourney.com/christian/coasters.html|Twee].
[link|http://www.franklinmint.com/images/B11E144l.jpg|Twee].
[link|http://us.st5.yimg.com/store1.yimg.com/I/demotivators_1862_16394400|Twee-mocking].
[link|http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/twee|Definition], merkin-stylee.

My dad (a very devout man) always used to disapprove of stuff like this, because he said it gave people a sense of plastic spirituality; the kind that lasts for 20 minutes and then you're back to your normal, unspiritual self. Spirituality, he said, takes TIME to work with. Hours and days and weeks and years, and distilling it down into potted phrases just cheapens and devalues it. (On a similar note, he had a freezing disdain for new-agers, because he considered that they just cherry-picked all the interesting-looking bits from cultures around the world without understanding any of the context that, for example, Feng Shui works in. Can't say I disagree.)

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Post #233,472 by pwhysall 11/11/05 12:44:32 AM Reply	It made me mad 1. It's too small 2. It's got ghastly "spiritual" music (yes, I can turn it off) 3. It's got horrible text transitions 4. The pictures are all grainy 5. It's twee as fuck. I felt like buying Franklin Mint plates after watching. 6. "Real Spirituality! No Need To Think Or Read Boring Books!" Bah, humbug. You may now throw rotten fruit. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #233,496 by jbrabeck 11/11/05 7:36:05 AM Reply	Why throw anything? Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I had music off, can't comment. Agree with text transitions. Could have been much better. Pics weren't grainy when i viewed. wtf is twee and how does Franklin Mint fit in? For those who liked it, i'm glad i posted it. And for those who didn't, oh well, i've read a bunch of other worthless posts. We're even. ;-) A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
Post #233,499 by pwhysall 11/11/05 7:49:17 AM Reply	Twee. Hmm. How to define? It's one of those words that I intuitively know the meaning of, but for which have a great deal of difficulty articulating the emotional response it's meant to convey. Twee. Twee, twee, twee. [link\|http://christianjourney.com/christian/coasters.html\|Twee]. [link\|http://www.franklinmint.com/images/B11E144l.jpg\|Twee]. [link\|http://us.st5.yimg.com/store1.yimg.com/I/demotivators_1862_16394400\|Twee-mocking]. [link\|http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/twee\|Definition], merkin-stylee. My dad (a very devout man) always used to disapprove of stuff like this, because he said it gave people a sense of plastic spirituality; the kind that lasts for 20 minutes and then you're back to your normal, unspiritual self. Spirituality, he said, takes TIME to work with. Hours and days and weeks and years, and distilling it down into potted phrases just cheapens and devalues it. (On a similar note, he had a freezing disdain for new-agers, because he considered that they just cherry-picked all the interesting-looking bits from cultures around the world without understanding any of the context that, for example, Feng Shui works in. Can't say I disagree.) Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #233,513 by jbrabeck 11/11/05 9:16:22 AM Reply	Ahhhhhh. Kitsch. A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
Post #233,518 by pwhysall 11/11/05 9:24:06 AM Reply	Sorta. Come live in the UK for 30 years and you'll get it. It's one of those cultural ingrained things, I think. There's a certain knowingness about kitsch which disqualifies it from being twee. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #233,519 by jake123 11/11/05 9:25:40 AM Reply	There's a knowingness about the links you posted of course, the knowing is that they're going to take some chumps for a buck, but believe me, they know it. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #233,546 by Ashton 11/11/05 11:00:26 AM Reply	Thou must study the LRPD Scriptures, My Son - Yea, verily I say unto thee - the local very-definition of Twee is, surely - (One need not even See it to Know It...) *The Elvis Presley Dambusters Clock-Plate Of Tutenkhamen* Shirley..
Post #233,549 by admin 11/11/05 11:21:46 AM Reply	Warning: no fun provided. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #233,556 by pwhysall 11/11/05 12:20:08 PM Reply	No, that's kitsch Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #233,506 by Another Scott 11/11/05 8:42:13 AM Reply	It was a teaser to get people to the site. I guess you didn't click on the final link. I didn't either at the time. [link\|http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/about-us.html\|They]'re based in [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Jolla,_California\|La Jolla, California]. Another one of their sites is [link\|http://www.pathways-to-peace.com/\|Pathways to Peace]. It'll probably look very familiar. Cheers, Scott. (Who has an idea what Peter will be [link\|http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/catalog.html\|getting for Christmas]. ;-)
Post #233,509 by imqwerky 11/11/05 9:09:44 AM Reply	You are an evil man, Scott >:-) and I'm signing Peter up for the Bradford Exchange's [link\|http://www.collectiblestoday.com/ct/product/prdid-48921.jsp\|Thomas Kinkade Candle Holder Quartet Collection] Muahahahahahhaha! Peace, Amy "It's never too late to be what you might have been." ~ George Eliot
Post #233,511 by pwhysall 11/11/05 9:15:04 AM Reply	If anyone was in doubt as to what "twee" means... ...that's it. Right there. (And what's with "collectible", anyway? Everything's "collectible". Used crackpipes, oil rigs and Aston Martin DB9s. All "collectible". Why don't they just come out and say "tacky tat for gullible idiots", instead? The same goes for "collectible" soft toys/ceramic figurines/PVC Simpsons/Star Wars/LOTR figures, too. Gullible-fuckwit-bait, all of it.) Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #233,515 by Silverlock 11/11/05 9:19:46 AM Reply	Now i want to go fishing I've never used that bait before. ----------------------------------------- No new taxes. --George H. W. Bush We don't torture. --George W. Bush
Post #233,538 by Ashton 11/11/05 10:34:26 AM Reply	Well then, not to be outdone I'll scour eBay for an original 1st-Gen dashboard sta-choo-ette. I don't care if it rains or freezes Long as I got my plastic Jesus (If lucky.. the one with the light bulb inside) Maybe there's a newer version for the DB-9 - in BRG, with a Titanium halo? ..or a Cherman one mit bier stein pedestal, for the Bayerische crowd. Searching.. searching..
Post #233,550 by jake123 11/11/05 11:22:58 AM Reply	No, you really want Buddy Jesus. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #233,552 by admin 11/11/05 11:38:31 AM Reply	Can anyone say, "injection-molded plastic"? I thought you could. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #233,555 by Ashton 11/11/05 11:57:41 AM Reply	Hehee.. he said 'molded'
Post #233,603 by imqwerky 11/11/05 4:35:11 PM Reply	even worse, he said "injection"hehe "It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
Post #234,688 by jake123 11/17/05 12:10:41 PM Reply	Hehehe... best of all, he said plastic! Hehehe ?!? --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #234,696 by Andrew Grygus 11/17/05 12:29:09 PM Reply	No, no, not plastic, it's vinyl you want. Tight scanty vinyl with plenty of chrome rivets and buckles and spiky heeled boots! [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #234,702 by bionerd 11/17/05 12:38:13 PM Reply	Uggh- Think of the sweat that comes with that. Follow your MOUSE
Post #234,705 by Andrew Grygus 11/17/05 12:50:17 PM Reply	That's why the 'scanty' part. Actually leather with chrome rivets and spiky heeled boots is far superior in all respects, but a lot of people can't afford leather. A woman I knew years ago bought her "controlled substances" from a guy who's up-front business was making custom leather goods with lots and lots of chrome buckles and rivets. When asked how he knew this stuff all worked he replied "Me and my boyfriend, we try 'em all out just to make sure". [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #234,797 by imqwerky 11/17/05 11:28:50 PM Reply	Quality Controlled by Inspector Gadget and Friend "It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
Post #234,824 by folkert 11/18/05 8:27:55 AM Reply	s/Friend/Fiend/ -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #234,835 by bionerd 11/18/05 10:30:04 AM Reply	That's what I like about you. Your fantasies are so well thought out. ;-) Follow your MOUSE

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