The harshest takedown of a pop music star that's also the safest possible critique ever

[Inky_Wretch]

The Patagonia thing escapes me. Find it at 6 o'clock dot com at a huge discount, or on eBay.

But even if it's a signifier of some kind, aren't we cycling through others at the same time? Why are kids in the South Bronx wearing Helly-Hansen and North Face? Haven't we cycled through literally hundreds of brands and logos since about 1970? What does the Ralph Lauren polo player tell us about Republicans? How about the Brooks Brothers Golden Fleece?

What about Fred Perry on these guys?

Fashion is odd. Filson, for example, became trendy in Japan. That filtered back across to the US streetwear scene. Then Filson started making slimmer cut jackets for the hipsters. Carhartt was able to draft off that trend for a bit too.

 

[Songbird]

In which a Washington Post critic rightly rips into a popular rapper named Post Malone while simultaneously saying all the right, liberal-approved things possible.

And it even includes a word that almost no one would ever know, and darn it, I had to look up to make sure I knew the meaning. (I did!).

Naturally, this piece is being celebrated (and critiqued) all over Twitter.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/life...?utm_term=.2737c41f3d9b&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

What the hell crawled up Jeff Weiss' ash and died? deckhead.

I say that having never heard of Post Malone till this thread.

 

[Azrael]

I think every critic everywhere writes at least one of these in a career.

It's an indictment of the counterfeit in the form, whether we're talking about hiphop or fritters or literature.

There are standards, even in popular culture.

 

[Hermes]

For some reason when Ebert did them, it still seemed daring.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Has anyone ever done a criticism of critics overall?

 

[Inky_Wretch]

The best critic ...

 

[Azrael]

Has anyone ever done a criticism of critics overall?

The critique of criticism is the entirety of postmodernism.

 

[typefitter]

The best critic ...

"Failed speech writer."

Ding ding ding

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Wait ... I've had a beard and worn Patagonia vests for about 30 years now. Does this mean I'm cool? I'm a trendsetter?

You darn dirty hipsters are destroying 'Murrica!

 

[Hermes]

Hipsters? What year is it in here? An entire decade pashed and you people are still obsessed with hipsters!

 

[Alma]

End of season sales, man! You can get them for $40-50 if you time it right. I think I gave $70 for the black Nano Puff I'm wearing today, when it retails for $150 normally.

And while I know Patagonia has become a status symbol for some, the darn things last forever - unless you're mountaineering, I guess. I've got a fleece Snap-T that's at least 25 years old. I've gotten every penny's worth of usage out of it. (About 10 years ago, my wife issued an edict that I'm no longer allowed to wear it to holiday functions - because she was tired of seeing it in all the photos.)

I'm not begrudging it. I'm suggesting there's kind of liberal/progressive groupthink lurking in a generation.

 

[Alma]

I think every critic everywhere writes at least one of these in a career.

It's an indictment of the counterfeit in the form, whether we're talking about hiphop or fritters or literature.

There are standards, even in popular culture.

That particular critique used Post Malone on the way to something else.