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Isn’t Kubla Khan opium induced, and someone killed his buzz in the middle of it? I know Rush uses some as lyrics.

i_am_nomad 7y ago
Yes, the “person from Porlock” who knocked on his door to sell him insurance. That’s the most enduring thing about that poem, as it’s so relatable. Those people from Porlock are everywhere.
DonaldFisk 7y ago
Yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_from_Porlock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_from_Porlock
yesenadam 7y ago
I really wish you hadn't left that comment. I guess having the power to delete unwanted child comments would be too much, but moments like these it's a power I'd really like to have.
- rmcpherson 7y ago
  Why do you wish that?
  - yesenadam 7y ago
    Well..it seems to me extremely crass, more like a youtube comment, or something out of a Bill & Ted movie. The question wasn't a real question. It seemed some kind of showing off. If you really want to know the answer you'd google it. If you ask in public like that it seems something else. The comment felt like "Drugs! Rock'n'Roll! I'm Cool!" and little else. I'm not into opiates or rock'n'roll (or fake questions), so it was 100% turn-off. Why, what value do you think the comment had?
    - SummerlyMars 7y ago
      > Why, what value do you think the comment had? I can't speak for the op, but I found it an interesting bit of trivia. Sure, they could have googled it, but if they had, I wouldn't know about the origins of this poem. And thanks to the replies, I now know what a 'person from Porlock' means. Reading that comment was a win for me. If the person was jostling for status (and I don't see a reason to think that), well, I still benefitted.
    - ytwushmen 7y ago
      Whether you like opiates or not, one of your favorite poems would not exists without them, and you just have to deal with it. "Drugs! Rock'n'Roll! I'm Cool!" is such a naive way to describe the usage of various drugs in art circles. The existence of "intoxicated" masterpieces is a serious reason to praise (or, at least tolerate) drugs. Something being turn-off for you is not a sound reason for advocating censorship. Also, not all the comments that are written to your posts are direct questions to You. "Fake questions" are usually known as rhetoric questions, and you surely know that. Don't you?
JadeNB 7y ago
> Isn’t Kubla Khan opium induced, and someone killed his buzz in the middle of it? Ancient spoiler: it's a plot point in a Douglas Adams novel.

Yes, the “person from Porlock” who knocked on his door to sell him insurance. That’s the most enduring thing about that poem, as it’s so relatable. Those people from Porlock are everywhere.

DonaldFisk 7y ago

Yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_from_Porlock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_from_Porlock

yesenadam 7y ago

I really wish you hadn't left that comment. I guess having the power to delete unwanted child comments would be too much, but moments like these it's a power I'd really like to have.

rmcpherson 7y ago
Why do you wish that?
- yesenadam 7y ago
  Well..it seems to me extremely crass, more like a youtube comment, or something out of a Bill & Ted movie. The question wasn't a real question. It seemed some kind of showing off. If you really want to know the answer you'd google it. If you ask in public like that it seems something else. The comment felt like "Drugs! Rock'n'Roll! I'm Cool!" and little else. I'm not into opiates or rock'n'roll (or fake questions), so it was 100% turn-off. Why, what value do you think the comment had?
  - SummerlyMars 7y ago
    > Why, what value do you think the comment had? I can't speak for the op, but I found it an interesting bit of trivia. Sure, they could have googled it, but if they had, I wouldn't know about the origins of this poem. And thanks to the replies, I now know what a 'person from Porlock' means. Reading that comment was a win for me. If the person was jostling for status (and I don't see a reason to think that), well, I still benefitted.
  - ytwushmen 7y ago
    Whether you like opiates or not, one of your favorite poems would not exists without them, and you just have to deal with it. "Drugs! Rock'n'Roll! I'm Cool!" is such a naive way to describe the usage of various drugs in art circles. The existence of "intoxicated" masterpieces is a serious reason to praise (or, at least tolerate) drugs. Something being turn-off for you is not a sound reason for advocating censorship. Also, not all the comments that are written to your posts are direct questions to You. "Fake questions" are usually known as rhetoric questions, and you surely know that. Don't you?

JadeNB 7y ago

> Isn’t Kubla Khan opium induced, and someone killed his buzz in the middle of it? Ancient spoiler: it's a plot point in a Douglas Adams novel.