Everybody twist!
âInsanely square.â Please. An unhip individual does not resemble one with mental illness. âInsanelyâ does not mean âextremely,â despite the impression one might have gotten from that guy in the turtleneck.
It does now.
Your outrage is misplaced here. Are you stating your belief that Frank Zappa was entirely sane?
âOne of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change peopleâs mindsâŚâ --Frank Zappa
Iâm not outraged, Iâm merely annoyed. Iâm not so sure about Captain Beefheart, but, yes, I think Frank was sane. I donât really want to go down this rabbit hole, but his sanity or lack thereof is not the issue. The issue is, can squareness itself be insane?
Iâm inclined to say almost but not quite. Language is always changing, no doubt about that. The thing isâŚwhen one uses this word, this way, it strikes me that one is participating in a marketing scheme for the benefit of a particular corporation, for free.
If you donât mind my bloviating (and if you do, why are you reading this?), it reminds me of the diabolically clever application of Zipfâs law, with the replacement of the word âprogramâ with âapp,â a word thatâs eerily reminiscent of the name of a particular corporation. Itâs memetic engineering at its finest.
I suppose what Iâm saying is, be a tool if you want, but you should at least get a buck or two for doing it.
Also, I miss Frank.
I have no idea what corporation youâre thinking of. Insanity, Inc? Whoever it is, the marketing isnât working.
(I figured out the âappâ one though. Itâs Apple, right? Right?)
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