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It seems to me that MAD was an older generation's magazine that didn't do a good job pivoting to a new audience. Looking at the cover in the link, it already f
by Pfhreak 7y ago
It seems to me that MAD was an older generation's magazine that didn't do a good job pivoting to a new audience.
Looking at the cover in the link, it already feels 30 years old. (The characteristic MAD face evokes old-timey Americana in a way that feels nostalgic more than current.)
- justinator 7y agoWell, there was Mad TV.
- tonystubblebine 7y agoRight. It was great and more forward looking than SNL.
- dillonmckay 7y agoI have much fonder memories of the magazine.
- taurath 7y agoSometimes it’s just time. I’d rather a brand stay in lockstep with a generation and step aside as it generation does. This never ending desire for growth, “reimagining”, and immortality is not serving people well.
- ojbyrne 7y agoHonestly I'm nearly 60, and I never liked Mad. It felt juvenile when I was 12.
- raverbashing 7y agoOh it definitely is But you know what? Life is not meant to be serious all the time
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- coldtea 7y agoYeah, I also read Plato at 12 (or Heidegger if I wanted something light).
- Der_Einzige 7y agoHeidigger isn't worth reading by anyone of any age. He's one of the OG Charlatans before DnG and Lacan beat him out
- coldtea 7y agoI was joking (to make a point about the elitism of the parent), but still, that's like your opinion, man. He is still considered one of the biggest thinkers of philosophy in the 20th century, personal warts and all. Plus, as a European, I wouldn't trust people with analytical/anglo-saxon philosophical tendencies to know philosophy when they see it (e.g. re D/G and Lacan).
- lobotryas 7y agoHonestly your joke did not translate over the internet. It read like you were bragging about being very smart.
- dillonmckay 7y agoI enjoyed it, but it was elementary school reading for me. I stopped in 5th grade. By 5th grade, I had a small portable TV I had hooked up to cable, so I could watch A&E’s ‘An Evening at the Improv’ after official bedtime. By 12, Saturday Night Live was also a go-to.
- mirimir 7y agoIt's bizarre how much Alfred looks like W Bush. Or vice versa. They both "evoke old-timey Americana". A wholesome, if slightly simple-minded, country boy.