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Ialdabaoth -> RE: An Inquiry (10/11/2009 9:08:16 PM)
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ORIGINAL: ThatDamnedPanda
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ORIGINAL: Ialdabaoth
As tongue-in-cheek as this thread is, there's power here in what NZ has done. And the man's a self-avowed, snarking nihilist. I refuse to accept that this all comes down to the power of a hot profile pic, NZ's luxurious flowing locks notwithstanding. There's something deeper at work.
Do you really think so? Not to be a wet blanket, but suddenly I'd be curious to know why people see power in this.
So would I! I see power in this, primarily, because I see other people behave as if they see power in this. And I wonder how many of them behave as if they see power in it, because they see other people that they want to impress behaving as if they see power in it. But there's definitely a self-reinforcing resonance (or there was, before I opened my mouth - I might have popped the soap-bubble.)
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I've mostly stayed out of the thread because I just don't see anything interesting about the whole topic, but now my interest is piqued. I just see fluff - harmless fluff that a lot of people find entertaining, certainly; but nothing more than that. I don't see the power.
Well, to be honest, the "point system" - and certainly the "rewards", which are clearly tongue-in-cheek - aren't powerful. But look at how many people have started putting their "NZ points" in their .sig line over the past few weeks. That's symptomatic of something interesting.
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