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I love it. The author has earned confidence in their subjective aesthetic judgements, and the tone relays that confidence without being condescending or dismiss
by giraffe_lady 4y ago
I love it. The author has earned confidence in their subjective aesthetic judgements, and the tone relays that confidence without being condescending or dismissive. It's miles better than the "hyperrational dispassionate contrarian" stance that is standard here imo.
- snoopy_telex 4y agoThey earned confidence? What did they do to earn the right to say "I don't like this color"? Personally, I find the whole thing condescending and dismissive, taking swipes at "Gen-X-ers and Millennials"
- giraffe_lady 4y agolol they aren't randos. One is a long-time culture writer and interviewer with a solid reputation and bylines everywhere. The other is an industrial designer for apple and used to be literally a color forecaster for a major fashion brand.
- mcguire 4y agoNeither of those earns any particular confidence from me.
- trap_goes_hot 4y agoSo what else is new? There's people on here second-guessing expert authors about every damn topic from science to the economy.
- trgn 4y agoI love when people are confident in their judgements. Especially when it comes to style and taste, it's great to see people drive a stake in the sand, and do so with emphasis. It feels almost, I don't know, liberating perhaps. > What did they do to earn the right to say "I don't like this color"? Everyone has this right. The author just claimed it.