Sam Enright
The Scintillating But Ultimately Untrue Thought
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Description: Out of time man
Perhaps if we lived on a crest, things would be different. We could at least see.
A pleb filter is a piece of art which, by virtue of its impenetrability, "filters out" people with bad taste. What makes the pleb filter such an entertaining addition to online Discourse is that it's a ready-made kafkatrap, a perfect concept for trolls and shitposters to weaponize: once an artwork has been declared a "pleb filter"—no matter how absurd the claim—any disagreement instantly labels you an unsophisticated rube, a pleb who has been filtered .
Thus one may find oneself in futile internet conversations trying desperately to explain that, no, Ishtar really is quite bad, that Ringo is not the best Beatle, and that Joel Schumacher's nipple-Batman is not actually a sublime work of misunderstood cinematic genius. The troll choices are virtually infinite, but work best when applied to creations that are universally agreed to be terrible: the prequels, St. Anger , or the oeuvre of 6ix9ine.
Sam Enright
The Scintillating But Ultimately Untrue Thought
Undertone | Dan | Substack
everything3.com
Categorical Obervations | Matty Wacksen's blog