Cafe Society peeves

[kidneyfailure]

I HATE it when someone comes in and says, “What’s the point of even talking about this? No one will ever agree on a certain answer, so what’s the point?” The most recent example was seen in that thread about musicians who are universally respected among their peers:

@astorian

I don’t say the OP is based on a “stupid” question, just that the question is IMPOSSIBLE to answer in any meaningful way. In all likelihood, NOBODY in ANY field of endeavor is “universally admired” or “universally” liked by his peers. Can you think of anybody at YOUR workplace who’s admired and like by EVERYBODY? I doubt it. Now, multiply the number of people at your workplace by several thousand, and tell me the likelihood that ANYBODY is loved and admired by a bare majority of music insiders, let along the VAST majority? In any case, has anyone her taken a survey of music insiders? Or are we just engaging in show biz gossip? (“I hear EVERYBODY loves the Ramones.” “Oh yeah? I hear real punks think the Ramones were sellouts!”)

Hey, I enjoy juicy show biz gossip as much as the next guy, but let’s not pretend this thread is providing anything more than that.

Seriously, give me a fucking break. You know why people are discussing things like that? Because this is a message board and there’s nothing else to do here but discuss. Christ.