OH WHAT A GIVEAWAY

Great point. Fixing something to suit you might ruin the chance for that piece of art to change you.

A nerdbase that is still angry that George Lucas edited it so Greedo shot first are a weird group to insist it’s not important that culture remain a fixed point for its audience to share.

Just like 3D, virtual reality, and interactive theatre where you choose the ending, we are offered this shit “novelty art” every decade anew, usually by people who don’t have the patience or intellect to sit the fuck still and watch / read / engage with something properly.

Culture must remain fixed, and shared, for us to be able to even begin to know what we like and don’t like. Otherwise how do we provide the data that these algorithmic blandifiers they’re offering us are meant to work off?

I can’t imagine anything more empty and tedious than sitting down to watch a version of Nolan’s The Odyssey that had been pre-edited so it didn’t annoy me. Why be denied the human pleasure of discussing how it didn’t work for me with a load other people who’d really enjoyed THE EXACT SAME FILM?

I don’t ever want to live in a world where I’m never bored by a record everyone else rates. Or pissed off at an overlong film that’s getting all the buzz. Or baffled by some piece of half arsed TV that everyone wants to talk about.

My personality is defined by my passions, but also by the stuff I’ve sat through that I’ve really not got on with, and which everyone else seemed to reckon was fine. That’s told me loads about myself. That can’t happen if stuff that I won’t like is algorithmically never shown to me.

I’m not sure I’d like an Assassin’s Creed game set in my home town more than one set in Venice where everyone else was also playing in Venice, and we could swap tips on getting around Venice. There are higher forms of art than a mug with your fucking name on.

Anyone who thinks bespoke art is going to be some astonishing next wave hasn’t ever got annoyed at how wildly off-beam targeted online advertising is. And there’s serious money at stake there, and decades of investment in getting it right. And, still, nope.

You can’t really understand yourself from your own choices. I suspect most of us don’t even know what those choices would be. We measure ourselves by our varied reactions to fixed culture. And we can discuss that between ourselves, to understand one another. Anything else is thick as mince.

The BBC charter section 6.4: "...the BBC should accurately and authentically represent and portray the lives of the people of the United Kingdom today, and raise awareness of the different cultures and alternative viewpoints that make up its society"

This party looks very unappealing. Also: This party looks very unappealing.

“Intentional comedian”. To distinguish him from Lee Anderson.

“Nobody in our party can be arsed to design a party flyer. Trust us with your country.”

To fill the empty evenings when Celebrity Traitors isn’t on the BBC should screen reenactments of key scenes performed by amateur dramatics groups.

Page 8. Why isn’t this bigger news?

Physical media are physical media. Just like books are books. That’s not “low tech”. There is an interest in making us believe we cannot or should not own a physical copy of a film or TV show in the way we might own a physical copy of a book. Even though there’s a clear emotional element here.

DVDs aren't low-tech. They're just things you can actually own, that won't disappear overnight, that don't require a monthly subscription, that won't suddenly get reedited, that won't start putting adverts in the middle and that won't sell your data to the worst people in the world.

It’s not encouraged. Students had recently staged a protest.