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Nice interlude choices. Its terrifying that these songs are now considered “oldies” by a lot of people.

Not sure if I had already stated that I require TWO …. thanks

Thanks Frank. :wink: And yep, there has been a lot of ‘water under the bridge & spilt milk’ since those were released. :+1:

Oops…. better go take my nap, I’m feeling my age just talking about it. :person_facepalming: … :smiley: . :smiley: . :smiley:

Hell yeah, sweet tunes, better than today’s garbage

My feelings too…… :wink:

To be fair, there was just as much garbage in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s too. It’s a matter of separating the wheat from the chaff. :stuck_out_tongue:

/\… :+1: … That’s probably true.

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At one point, people were complaining that 90% of science fiction is crap. A sci-fi author responded, admitting this is true… but meaningless. Because, as he said, 90% of everything is crap. Sci-fi is no different. And thus was formed Sturgeon’s Law.

I’d argue, though, that many things actually have gotten better over time, and are still doing so. There was certainly very good music made 50 years ago, lots of awesome songs. But looking at recent music, the amount of good songs is an order of magnitude more, and the production techniques have evolved to improve the quality and sophistication of the result. In both cases, it may be that only a 10% slice of the pie isn’t crap… but the entire pie has gotten bigger and fancier over time.

Flashlights are probably a more relatable example of this happening though. Again, most are junk. But today there are a lot more good ones than there used to be, even if there are also a lot more bad ones. And in some ways, even today’s junk out-performs top-of-the-line models from 20 years ago.

Absolutely! It’s why I don’t freak out if something doesn’t put out 5000 lumens, have a perfect tint, or any number of other parameters.
When I started there were purple tints and blue tints, 120 lumens was AWESOME, and it was mostly AA and CR123a lights.
The FW3A is science fiction come true. Seriously.

Thought of the FW3A when I looked at a horizontal mill at work today:

Sturgeon’s law is bunk. The parameters are not clearly defined. It’s very easy to say 90% of everything is crap. It’s just opinion.

Just like the old saying, you can have it fast, cheap or good. Pick two. Due to the fuzzy parameters you can make it fit virtually every scenario.

I think it’s more of a psychological phenomenon rather than any actual facts.

Because of teacher the enabler (and because I haven’t heard it in so long) I am now going to play Southern Cross very loud, and have a beer. It’s not even seven o’clock here, so I doubt the neighbors will complain, but if they do, I’m blaming teacher. They will probably be confused.

Yeah I too blame Teacher for my unproductive afternoon spent watching music videos on youtube….all his fault! :smiley: :partying_face:

I hear ya’ men… mission accomplished!!! :smiley: . :smiley: . :smiley: . :+1:
I too have been totally unproductive because of watching ‘oldies music videos’ on YouTube this afternoon & evening…… :smiley:

Oh well…. whatever I needed to do will just have to wait till another day. It is not like it was ’life & death’ stuff anyway……… :smiley: …… :beer: . :wink:

That’s kind of the point. People’s judgements and complaints typically say more about the person than about the thing being judged. And that’s okay, as long as they recognize it, which I think Sturgeon’s Law attempts to do. Most things don’t appeal to most people, because of differences in taste. If anything, I’d estimate that 90% is generously optimistic. The actual ratio of music I don’t like is probably closer to 99%. I don’t even remember the last time I heard anything on the radio which appealed to me. But that doesn’t mean the music is actually crud; it just doesn’t fit my narrow range of tastes.

Okcupid did a similar study at one point, though the article seems to be gone ever since they restructured their site. They found that people who tried to appeal to a general audience got a lot of 3- and 4-star ratings, but very few at 1, 2, or 5 stars. They didn’t receive many messages and weren’t very successful at finding matches. Meanwhile, people who proudly flew their freak flags, openly displaying tattoos or unusual physical features or an entire wall of pokemon or whatever, received mostly 1-star and 5-star ratings. And they usually found matches fairly quickly.

In many endeavors, there is really no point in being mediocre… because being judged at only 3 or 4 stars isn’t good enough to get into Sturgeon’s 10% category of “not crud”. Instead, it works better to identify and amplify uncommon traits. That means getting a whole lot of 1- and 2-star ratings, but for the people who like it, they’ll really really like it and, in their minds, it’s not 5 stars… it’s more like 500.

So, with that in mind… 90% of adages are crud, including Sturgeon’s Law. :+1:

I just hope the FW3A won’t be crud.

My last one was Alice Merton: No Roots , last year.

Ooh that one is good, I keep forgetting to go listen to the rest of her music and see if anything else stands out.

This light is begging for some colored anodization with the new shape.

This reminds me of a quote I read not very long ago. I dismissed it at first, but quickly realized the root message of the quote was actually true: Normal is just the average of abnormal! And I think people intuitively know this, so we subconsciously steer clear of people who are “too normal” because we’re afraid of the hidden “abnormal” that might show itself later.

I would be interested in one. Thanks!