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    Image of SpyMagician SpyMagician
    01:02 AM

    In reply to The Best of 00's Derby: Was It the Age of Quirk?
    You know what this all means, right? Come 2040, the meta layers of retro ironic quirk will smother us all!

    Also, what will the 2010+ years be like? We're already in a dourly serious mindset where "re-imagined" films are all darker/deeper than the originals and fashion is quite Victorian or even militaristic; can guys buy shirts/jackets without epaulettes or some military tinge nowadays?

    Blah...
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    12:29 AM

    In reply to The Best of 00's Derby: Was It the Age of Quirk?
    The America of the aughts will not be remembered well. Started with a stolen election, then moved on through 9/11, anthrax, Iraq, Katrina, Afghanistan and the worst recession of the post-war age. The average worker has gone 10 years without a wage increase.

    It's the ultimate age of malaise. At least the late 70s gave us disco, punk and hip-hop.
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    Image of barley*herb barley*herb
    11:34 AM

    @Botswana Meat Commission FC: You're massively correct. I remember in 2000 reading an article wondering what we'd refer to the decade as - the noughties or the oughties? Perhaps, the author proposed, it should depend on how the decade actually goes. Peace, prosperity and cultural flowering would earn the name "oughties," but if the decade were full of war, misery and recession, the more downbeat 'noughties' would seem more appropriate.

    And I remember reading this and thinking, "war? Maybe a little bosnia-style liberation skirmish here and there, but nothing serious, surely? Recession? Nah."

    It's really depressing thinking back to 1999 and realising just what a shit-storm the Noughties (which have surely earned that name) have been.
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    Image of Magister Magister
    11/24/09

    In reply to The Best of 00's Derby: Was It the Age of Quirk?
    The television list was just too trendy to take seriously. Year-end or decade-end lists are a natural post, but it's like the person from the Hollywood Reporter knocked it out in an afternoon without giving it any thought.
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    11/24/09

    @Magister: Some of the HR's descriptive blurbs are so egregiously ass-kissy it's impossible to read them without being squicked out.

    Also, any TeeVee "best of list" that excludes Six Feet Under AND Arrested Development isn't a TeeVee "best of list."
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    Image of jerusalemcricket jerusalemcricket
    02:12 PM

    @Magister: That list is impossible to take seriously because it doesn't include The Wire. You can debate a lot of shows, but I don't think there's any argument that The Wire is one of the best (if not the best) tv shows of the decade.

    And, as noted below, Arrested Development's should be on there as well. The fact that they included a show that hasn't even run a full season (and one that owes a great deal to AD) is ludicrous.
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    Magister promoted this comment Edited by jerusalemcricket at 11/25/09 2:22 PM jerusalemcricket was starred jerusalemcricket was unstarred
    Image of Magister Magister
    02:21 PM

    @jerusalemcricket:
    Hey, but Modern Family is the bomb.
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    Image of Helio Helio
    11/24/09

    In reply to The Best of 00's Derby: Was It the Age of Quirk?
    "boy, that must've been a fun crowd to hang around with"

    I think it must be indicative of the overwhelmingly bad shit that's have happened. Basically, this decade was awful, bookended with a domestic terrorist attack and a neo-great depression. So yeah, i'm not surprised at the rather morose cinema that's made the list. And if i had a nickel for every time I heard "post-911 cinema" in some random film class, i'd be a slightly less poor young person.

    I always look forward to these lists (indeed, they happen every year too)cause even tho they depresses me, it will also push my netflix queue into the 250s.
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    Image of fatmonalisa fatmonalisa
    11/24/09

    In reply to The Best of 00's Derby: Was It the Age of Quirk?
    As a person who worked in the entertainment industry for the better part of this decade I would like to apologize on behalf of all of us. We knew it sucked but we liked the money.
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    Image of Charlotte Rae's Web Charlotte Rae's Web
    11/24/09

    @fatmonalisa: I forgive you. I worked for bloated and eventually bankrupt dotcoms. We liked the money too.
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    Image of Mike Jahn Mike Jahn
    11/24/09

    In reply to The Best of 00's Derby: Was It the Age of Quirk?
    The decade began with hanging chads and ended with Lady Gaga. Next.
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    Image of seyswho seyswho
    02:31 PM

    @Mike Jahn: Lady Gaga = hanging chode?
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    11/24/09

    In reply to The Best of 00's Derby: Was It the Age of Quirk?
    This decade was exhausting. Pop culture was a shitstorm of everything but the kitchen sink. A few twinkles here and there, but with the stench of Perez Hilton's farts everywhere.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/11/09

    In reply to America Reacts To Tina Brown Calling Them Stupid
    tina brown tina brown

    talk used 2b her mag

    tina brown tina brown

    the daily beast's a rag
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    10/10/09

    In reply to America Reacts To Tina Brown Calling Them Stupid
    Any post with a quote from Dave Hickey is a win for everyone.
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    Image of Xinnix Xinnix
    10/11/09

    @skahammer: well, insider white males anyway.
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    skahammer promoted this comment Xinnix was starred Xinnix was unstarred
    Image of skahammer skahammer
    10/11/09

    @Xinnix: Well, I'm not very acquainted with the preferences of insider white males -- so I'll defer to your greater familiarity there.

    But I strongly suggest that to derive some benefit from a punchy quote by Dave Hickey, all you need is a modest but sincere appreciation of original and idiosyncratic art criticism. One doesn't necessarily need to know Hickey's race (I don't know his background myself), or even one's own.
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    Image of JacquesPaysan JacquesPaysan
    10/10/09

    In reply to America Reacts To Tina Brown Calling Them Stupid
    Fresno's got Philip Levine.
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    Image of Yahweh Took My Prepuce Yahweh Took My Prepuce
    10/10/09

    In reply to America Reacts To Tina Brown Calling Them Stupid
    Why'd I expect Providence to be better ranked?
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    10/11/09

    @Yahweh Took My Prepuce:
    Because you never leave the East Side?

    Don't forget the Providence metro area includes Pawtucket, Central Falls, Johnston and West Warwick. Those towns are so uneducated they have to share a college degree.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    10/10/09

    In reply to America Reacts To Tina Brown Calling Them Stupid
    "mildly" retarded?
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    Image of LUV_TRUK LUV_TRUK
    10/10/09

    In reply to America Reacts To Tina Brown Calling Them Stupid
    It was crap methodology, but accuracy wasn't the point. The point was to get page clicks.

    Good job, Daily Beast.
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    10/10/09

    In reply to America Reacts To Tina Brown Calling Them Stupid
    At least Houston was smart enough to not buy "Talk."

    Who's stupid now, Bitch?
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    Image of funyuns are awesome in phx funyuns are awesome in phx
    10/10/09

    In reply to America Reacts To Tina Brown Calling Them Stupid
    After living in Phoenix for 6 years, I can't say I really argue with the ranking. ASU attracts slackers from CA and we are the dumber for it.

    And we continually re-elect Sheriff Joe.
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    seyswho promoted this comment Edited by funyuns are awesome in phx at 10/10/09 3:44 PM funyuns are awesome in phx was starred funyuns are awesome in phx was unstarred
    Image of seyswho seyswho
    10/10/09

    @funyuns are awesome in phx: Sheriff Joe alone should really put us somewhere around the 3000 mark. You know, like right above this place:

    [gawker.com]
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    Edited by seyswho at 10/10/09 4:06 PM seyswho was starred seyswho was unstarred
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