# I like it BECAUSE it's prosaic! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 21, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-it-because-its-prosaic/681922 "2014-02-21T23:39:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-it-because-its-prosaic/681922/1 "2014-02-21T23:39:12Z")
Prompted by this post: > [@which of these guitars just look cooler to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-guitars-just-look-cooler-to-you/681891/23): > > Both are cool for different reasons but I _guess_ i’d go for the Les Paul. My thing is that I feel like the sunburst Les Paul is so iconic that it’s kind of a boring answer. I agree with **Quintas** regarding the guitar in the thread. The Les Paul is iconic. It’s one of the most popular guitars ever made. ‘Everybody has one.’ I think about airplanes. A _lot_. You _know_ that if I ever win the lottery, I’ll have at least a few. But I love the Cessna 172 Skyhawk. More 172s have been produced than any other aircraft. They’re so common, nobody notices them. But its that commonness that I appreciate. I have a Ruger Mk. II pistol. Did I get the bull barrel? The long barrel? The adjustable sights? The Government Model? No. I got the four-inch, regular weight barrel and fixed sights. (OK, I did put faux ivory grips on it.) It’s the base model. One of my favourite cameras is the Olympus OM-1. I also have a Nikon FM2 and a Pentax K-1000. Remember the K-1000? Fifty bucks at Kmart, back in the day. There’s just something about the most common variants of things that I find attractive. Maybe it’s because they seem more ‘robust’. Maybe it’s because of the satisfaction that arises from not relying on ‘advancements’. But mainly, I think the attraction is because the most common, the most unadorned, the most prosaic variants are meant to be used; and I like to be able to use things. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-it-because-its-prosaic/681922/2 "2014-02-22T00:18:22Z")
Fluoxetine is an effective SSRI, so I can see why you like it. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-it-because-its-prosaic/681922/3 "2014-02-22T01:16:38Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Fluoxetine is an effective SSRI, so I can see why you like it. Ok, I re-read the OP three times, but then I finally got it. Bravo. ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-it-because-its-prosaic/681922/4 "2014-02-22T09:17:44Z")
Prosaic vs passe Avante Garde vs Vanguard (van guard ? ) … the grass is always greener ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-it-because-its-prosaic/681922/5 "2014-02-22T16:44:07Z")
I think the word you’re looking for is **classic**. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-it-because-its-prosaic/681922/6 "2014-02-22T19:11:36Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Fluoxetine is an effective SSRI, so I can see why you like it. You win the internets! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-it-because-its-prosaic/681922/7 "2014-02-22T20:06:49Z")
I think I get where you’re coming from. There can be joy in the commonplace things, the humble, simple, ordinary things. This is partly why I think people could be wrong when they say everyone would eventually get bored if they were immortal. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-it-because-its-prosaic/681922/8 "2014-02-22T20:13:18Z")
I know what Johnny is talking about with the cameras. For a while, I was shooting with a [Contax RTS](http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Contax_RTS) system. As an emergency back up, I got the [Yashica FX-2](http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Yashica_FX-2). (Imagine a Spotmatic with a Contax mount.) In situations where I didn’t want to “mess up” my pricy, super cool camera, I used the Yashica, often with my trusty Sigma zoom. Gave me some good pics. And the day I fell off the icy roof trying to get that one pic? The hockey puck camera/lens combo survived. Gave me a good pic, too.