Everybody twist!
āInsanely square.ā Please. An unhip individual does not resemble one with mental illness. āInsanelyā does not mean āextremely,ā 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?
āOne of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change peopleās mindsā¦ā --Frank Zappa
Iām not outraged, Iām merely annoyed. Iām not so sure about Captain Beefheart, but, yes, I think Frank was sane. I donāt 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?
Iām inclined to say almost but not quite. Language is always changing, no doubt about that. The thing isā¦when 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 donāt mind my bloviating (and if you do, why are you reading this?), it reminds me of the diabolically clever application of Zipfās law, with the replacement of the word āprogramā with āapp,ā a word thatās eerily reminiscent of the name of a particular corporation. Itās memetic engineering at its finest.
I suppose what Iām 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 youāre thinking of. Insanity, Inc? Whoever it is, the marketing isnāt working.
(I figured out the āappā one though. Itās Apple, right? Right?)
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