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I'm having a hard time distinguishing "premium mediocre" from "bourgeois" as the term is applied to tastes and preferences. As with so many other neologisms, I
by jp57 9y ago
I'm having a hard time distinguishing "premium mediocre" from "bourgeois" as the term is applied to tastes and preferences.
As with so many other neologisms, I think this concept is already amply covered in English's huge vocabulary.
- wnissen 9y agoBourgeois is mediocre in taste but requires a certain level of resources. Premium mediocre adds two components: striving but failing to achieve that level of resources, and awareness that one is aspiring to it.
- WhoIsSatoshi 9y agopremium mediocre has the aspiration for money, but none of the money. Bourgeoisie had the aspiration for taste and finer disposition, but they actually have the money. The money is the difference, Premium Mediocre have none.
- ZenoArrow 9y agoYes, that's what this premium mediocre concept seems to boil down to, something pretending to be more expensive than it actually is. What irks me is that mediocre implies a lack of distinguishable quality, but this is separate from how much something costs. To use the avocado toast example given in the article, if the avocado toast is healthy and genuinely tasty, is it still mediocre? Are all cheap products like bread by nature 'mediocre'? I don't think so. This is where I see that the term falls down, it conflates price and quality where this relationship is not necessarily direct.
- rhino369 9y agoSo premium mediocre is chipotle and bourgeoisie is the latin fusion place that charges 25 bucks for entrees?