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the question meme
Jul. 11th, 2006 10:30 amOK, so I'd like to do ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
edjoesu's question meme, but so far I only have two questions and no clear opinions on his questions. So I'm giving up and posting, for now.
1. What, other than oxytocin, makes one miss people, or care so specifically about them? Why can it be hard to give up the people you know and love, when the people you'll meet next may have just as good a chance of being good for you? I guess specifically, this means something like why is familiarity so appealing? And it's from my perspective as a ridiculously nostalgic person. The problem with this question is it can easily lead to a discussion of "what is love" and that's far too obviously complicated and probably over-discussed already, though actually I'd be interested in my friends' (readers'?) opinions anyway.
2. I just made the statement that there's a basic "you're-asking-too-much" contradiction between wanting to keep a culture to those to whom it belongs and wanting it to be accepted mainstream. Or to put it differently, pride in one's culture and few people ignorant or intolerant of it. I feel this way, for example, about HRSFA, and geek culture--geekiness is becoming more mainstream, apparently, and if that's true it's somewhat of a relief because people are less likely to be mean to geeks, but I also sort of don't want it to because I have an admittedly snobbish feeling that a lot of people can't properly appreciate geekiness. (I'm not sure; to me, it still feels like geek culture is a product of people who are not accepted mainstream, who enjoy or get obsessed things that it's hard to believe most people don't, and therefore end up with each other, often by choice. This seems unlike more interest/background-specific subcultures. I think I'm going on too long.) What do you think?
edjoesu's question meme, but so far I only have two questions and no clear opinions on his questions. So I'm giving up and posting, for now.1. What, other than oxytocin, makes one miss people, or care so specifically about them? Why can it be hard to give up the people you know and love, when the people you'll meet next may have just as good a chance of being good for you? I guess specifically, this means something like why is familiarity so appealing? And it's from my perspective as a ridiculously nostalgic person. The problem with this question is it can easily lead to a discussion of "what is love" and that's far too obviously complicated and probably over-discussed already, though actually I'd be interested in my friends' (readers'?) opinions anyway.
2. I just made the statement that there's a basic "you're-asking-too-much" contradiction between wanting to keep a culture to those to whom it belongs and wanting it to be accepted mainstream. Or to put it differently, pride in one's culture and few people ignorant or intolerant of it. I feel this way, for example, about HRSFA, and geek culture--geekiness is becoming more mainstream, apparently, and if that's true it's somewhat of a relief because people are less likely to be mean to geeks, but I also sort of don't want it to because I have an admittedly snobbish feeling that a lot of people can't properly appreciate geekiness. (I'm not sure; to me, it still feels like geek culture is a product of people who are not accepted mainstream, who enjoy or get obsessed things that it's hard to believe most people don't, and therefore end up with each other, often by choice. This seems unlike more interest/background-specific subcultures. I think I'm going on too long.) What do you think?
