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Post by Tim on Apr 14, 2015 11:24:36 GMT
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 14, 2015 11:29:25 GMT
Homer moment but for kids
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Post by MartinT on Apr 14, 2015 12:25:06 GMT
See that everywhere. FB/Twitter/WhatsApp face...  |
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Post by danielquinn on Apr 14, 2015 12:44:53 GMT
That picture was taken in a moment in time , inferences about what it proves are dodgy to say the least , indeed they could be googling the pictures history or gombrich's comments upon it . The only fact proven in that picture is that 12 youngsters are in a gallery .
however it looks like they are in the national portrait gallery , if so then i would not blame them for inattention , as it is merely full of fat old royal bastards or rich fat old men stroking their ego whilst they get rich from exploitation
As Morrissey put it , it says nothing to me about my life .
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Post by MartinT on Apr 14, 2015 13:16:21 GMT
That picture was taken in a moment in time Have you looked around you recently? Young people glued to their phones at home, in the restaurant, in the street, in a bleeding cinema while the film is playing, with their own friends. Have you ever read the pure unadulterated drivel they write to each other about absolutely nothing, but in continuous circular detail until your brains want to dribble out of your ears?
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Post by danielquinn on Apr 14, 2015 13:31:20 GMT
I have 4 under 12, I am familiar with the personal peccadilloes of the youth of today . my point was about how we interpret photographs. [not about the youth of today ] ,which was in turn a homage to Peter Berger and his seminal book and TV programme "ways of seeing" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ways_of_Seeing |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2015 14:06:25 GMT
I am unsure what to take from the photo:
That sort of artwork, along with Ballet, opera, theatre etc are simply nauseating to me. Then again, FB, Twitter etc are a waste of a life IMO. And then Agan, I spend (waste) far too much of my life with an IPad in my hands.
I need to do more with my life and I suspect, so do the kids in the pic. I bet none of us would be interested in looking at crusty old oils though.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 14, 2015 14:18:04 GMT
my point was about how we interpret photographs Ah, fair enough then. As you were  |
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 14, 2015 14:20:16 GMT
I bet none of us would be interested in looking at crusty old oils though. You would lose your money then, I love the National Gallery and go there a few times every year ... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2015 15:05:35 GMT
Sorry, I meant myself and the teens in the pic.
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Post by Slinger on Apr 14, 2015 15:11:40 GMT
...fat old royal bastards or rich fat old men... Ageist and Fattist, twice over, all in the space of 9 words. I hope you've slapped your own wrist for that D.Q.   |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2015 15:15:23 GMT
"Fattist" is the best word I have heard in a long time. I hope it makes it into the dictionaries if it hasn't already.
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Post by id4578 on Apr 14, 2015 15:24:55 GMT
That picture was taken in a moment in time Have you looked around you recently? Young people glued to their phones at home, in the restaurant, in the street, in a bleeding cinema while the film is playing, with their own friends. Have you ever read the pure unadulterated drivel they write to each other about absolutely nothing, but in continuous circular detail until your brains want to dribble out of your ears?
It's hardly a moment in time, more an epidemic. I don't agree. It's likely always been like that, it's about what's important to the teenager. Something on BBC World Service yesterday this at time point 1.43: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nk8c0A Guardian reader sent this entry from their diary 20th July '69: "I went to the arts centre by myself in yellow cords and blouse. Ian was there but he didn't speak to me. Got rind put in my hand bag by someone who apparently has got a crush on me, it's Nicholas I think... uurrgh! Man landed on Moon." |
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Post by danielquinn on Apr 14, 2015 15:25:05 GMT
...fat old royal bastards or rich fat old men... Ageist and Fattist, twice over, all in the space of 9 words. I hope you've slapped your own wrist for that D.Q. Touche slinger , of course in DQ's moral universe it is okay to call royalty and exploiters of the common man anything you like be they dead or alive . Poor Ed Sherren is a completely different matter . |
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Post by danielquinn on Apr 14, 2015 15:30:54 GMT
"Fattist" is the best word I have heard in a long time. I hope it makes it into the dictionaries if it hasn't already. It can be found in Chambers and Cambridge dictionaries which would suggest it can also be found in the oxford english dictionary but i cannot verify that . |
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 14, 2015 16:56:21 GMT
Sorry, I meant myself and the teens in the pic. Ah, fair enough! My nine year old son very much enjoyed the Veronese and Rembrandt exhibitions at the National ... whether he enjoys going as a teenager remains to be seen of course. |
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Post by Chris on Apr 14, 2015 17:57:40 GMT
Interesting mix of opinions here. I'm with the despair crew. Cannot stand to see ANYONE doing nothing but zombie phone stuff. I'm awrite with FB as long as it's used properly but LEARN TO LET GO!!
I also love art!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2015 17:59:01 GMT
the more I look at the pic, the more inclined I am to think they kids are actually researching something. It all looks too intense to be random "tweeting" or similar. Nevertheless, I really do think there is a growing problem with many of us spending too much time online and missing out on life. I include myself in this description although I hope to change my habits. I might see if there's parental lock timer on the iPad which restricts me to an hour or two a day.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 14, 2015 18:00:09 GMT
A mantra my partner's daughter could so usefully repeat to herself. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 14, 2015 20:21:27 GMT
I saw a bloke walking down the road the other day
He *wasn't* on the phone or playing with an iBox !
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