> But the consumer of the slop also appears extremely impressed with prose that sometimes hurts to read, and lacks any intellectual value or sophistication. Is

> But the consumer of the slop also appears extremely impressed with prose that sometimes hurts to read, and lacks any intellectual value or sophistication. Is this much different than all the people being really into formulaic pop music or bad movies? Mumble rap was popular, which was essentially prose that would hurt to read, slurred out in a way that was hard to understand, but it had a beat. Most people aren’t all that critical and the less capable they are in a certain area, the less critical they tend to be. I assume most people on this site have had the experience of throwing together a quick little script or website that doesn’t extend too far beyond Hello World, and someone is blown away by it, because it’s something they don’t think they could ever do. There was no major value to the code or sophistication, yet it was impressive to those who don’t understand what is happening behind the scenes. “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” - Arthur C. Clarke People love their magic.