Do you listen to Radiohead?

[andrewducker]

From here:

Do you listen to Radiohead? Do you define yourself by the music you listen to? Are you part of a subculture? Do you believe that the kid wearing the Atari shirt is more of an individual than the kid wearing the Tommy Hilfiger shirt? Have you talked about matters like this with your friends? Do you have any friends? Do you have any friends that would stick around if you listened to Britney Spears? Do you like Britney Spears? Do you like Radiohead? Do you think that Radiohead is "us" and that Britney Spears is "them"? Did you get sick of all those Amnesiac advertisements? Do you think that the concept of "us" and "them" actually exists? Does Thom Yorke?

Do you come up with new ideas on philosophical matter, or do you repeat other peoples ideas in new shapes and formats? Do you think that you're cool? Do you think that you're enlightened? Did you cry on September 11th? Do you think that America was asking for it? Do you wish there would be a draft so you could protest it like the hippies? Do you wish that marijuana was legal? Would you want to pass a joint to a guy who would only smoke it if it was?

Do you think that you're smarter than your average person? Do you think that you're average? Do you think that some people are more average than others? Do you think that most people are stupid? Do you think that stupid people can help being stupid? Do you think that ignorant people can help being ignorant? Are you ignorant? Are you ignorant towards your own ignorance? Do you value the opinion of the kid who worships Fight Club more than the kid who worships Titanic? Do you have opinions on other peoples opinions? Do you believe that there is a right and a wrong? What if the kid who worshiped Fight Club was wearing a Tommy Hilfiger shirt, and the kid who worshiped Titanic was wearing an Atari shirt? Would your opinions on their opinions now change?

Do you think that you're hip? Do you think that you're special? Do you think that you're in the 1-5%? What percentage of the population would you say thinks they're in the 1-5%? Are you part of society? Do you say the word "society" a lot? Is social commentary trendy? Is Britney Spears? Is Radiohead?

Is it right to assume that there is no right and wrong? Is the belief that everything is relative a relative belief? Is it possible to form a group of individuals? Is the jock with a passion for football worth talking to? Is the cop with a passion for arresting football players?

Do you live in your own reality? Do you have conversations about living in your own reality with other people? Are these people cool? Are they enlightened? Are they hip? Are they special? Are they in the 1-5%? Is this relative?

Is the opinion of Liberal #54701 more important than the opinion of Racist #41922? If we all have our own perspectives, how can the liberal's opinion be anymore important than that racist's? Are you racist? Are you racist towards racists? Do you judge the judgmental?

Are there any perspectives that are socially unacceptable? Is hate a perspective? Is sexual attraction to a 4 year old? Where to you draw the line? Have you drawn the line yet? Have you crossed it? Does it exist? Do you think that those who are sexually attracted to 4 years olds choose to be?

If there are so many socially unacceptable perspectives, can we truly claim to be free? Are we free? Is Britney Spears? Is Thom Yorke?

Are you a cyber kid? Are you emo? Are you punk? Are you a social commentator? Are you trendy? Do you fit in with those who don't fit in? Are you a DJ? Are you a free thinker? Is it possible to truly free your mind? What's on your mind? Do you mind when kids define themselves by the music they listen to? Is their music any of your business? Is another country's government any of America's business? Do you plan to start your own business? Do you plan to start your own subculture?

Is it cool to be cool? Is it cool to be enlightened? Is is cool to be hip? Is it cool to be special? Is it cool to be in the 1-5%? Do you think the 1-5% actually exists? Does Thom Yorke? Do you listen to Radiohead?

Comments

[ex-aphonia179.livejournal.com]

YES I FUCKING LISTEN TO RADIOHEAD.

Do you think it matters?

A.

[rainstorm.livejournal.com]

i wanted to actually answer all the questions but find i cannot be arsed. also internet died and cannot seem to get back on msn. BAH.

[opusfluke.livejournal.com]

I do not listen to Radiohead other than the Creep e.p. I am starting my own Discordian Cabal which is both a business and a subculture. "Ignore the man behind the curtain!" In the Land of the Bland the One-Idea Man is King. Do you listen to Hawkwind? Are you a Happy Mutant? Are you using your brain for Fun and Profit or Misery and Pverty? What is the sound of one man snapping? What is the inverse of zero? Is it time for my medication yet? Nurse? Nurse??

[spaj.livejournal.com]

yes, no, yes, yes, Well, we talk about a lot of.... hold on... wait, go back one... stop asking questions... Fuck you buddy, I'm out of here...

Adam

[dapperscavenger.livejournal.com]

aaah! Panic! *runs around clutching head*

Why you make me think, evil bad man?

The thought that everyone asks the same basic questions about their life, their society, their purpose, and all have this underlying uncertainty, yet somehow we manage to get by, its a little weird..

Damn, too long for a comment, I'll edit.

[thefirethorn.livejournal.com]

don't recognize the name. No, more by my religion. Subculture. Sure. What does everyone else at their school wear? If they all wear Atari shirts, then, no. We talk about everything. Yes, I'm very lucky. I have admited to a few that I listen to B.S. on the radio. But only the close ones. I liked "Ooops", but not much else. Probably. I used to, but I don't really think in terms of us/them anymore. Guess I missed those. The concept exists, yes. If Thom is short for Thomas and "yorke" is a verb meaning "picked up and moved to Tulsa without telling anyone," yes.

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

I hate Radiohead. I kinda like Britney, Christina and The Spice Girls. Destiny's Child have their moments too. Oh, as do Synapscape, Covenant, Imminent and Sonar. Should these things matter, or be somehow mutually exclusive? Should I care? Is this real life or is this just fantasy?

Oh, and what's the 1-5%?

[guyinahat.livejournal.com]

I was initially very impressed by this, and briefly fell in love with Acidexia. But then I started to have problems with the notion of answering the questions as they are put forth.

Now I see it more as twenty questions for plastic people.

Questioning my tastes and beliefs in terms of ends that are presupposed to be meaningfully and implicitly related to them. The problem is that they are not. Not for me anyway. Not for you either, I should imagine.

A lot of it is asking 'Do I value something because by doing so I can define myself by the act of valuing it?'. This doesn't really make sense when you think about it. You don't decide to value 'x' so that you can become the sort of person who values 'x'. The desire to be defined as such already implies valuing 'x'. You were already there. A value is an end in itself.

Of course plastic people might play Radiohead to look like they're in the 'in' crowd, but for everyone else who likes them, the value is implicit in the music.

The rest seems to be trying to trip you up by suckering you into contradictary positions. How many yes/no questions does it take you to contradict yourself.

I don't think this because of that unrelated value. I am not defined as this so as to achieve that.
I am.
I perpetuate, and I don't think about it before I continue to perpetuate.

Beware of things written in a profound style. Philosophers do it when they can't get their ideas to make sense.