Anyone having a hell of a time in their 'dark ages'?

Post by **Professor Fairfield** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:59 pm

For my own part, I fail to see why adults have any reason to view Legos as stupid/dorky/juvenile. It is true that they are officially marketed to the younger crowd, but in principle, there is nothing wrong with snapping bricks together to form a whole as an extremely valid form of art. It's easy to tell whether a sculpture is made by a child who's just fooling around, or an adult who began with a great end in mind, and you'd think that with the artistic acceptance of new trends that are basically scribbling or gluing random trash together, and then retrospectively saying it represents some abstract form of self-expression, nobody would find any problem with Legos today. Unfortunately, thanks to such idiotic myths as "cool," they do.

Post by **OneEye589** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:38 pm

Professor Fairfield wrote:For my own part, I fail to see why adults have any reason to view Legos as stupid/dorky/juvenile. It is true that they are officially marketed to the younger crowd, but in principle, there is nothing wrong with snapping bricks together to form a whole as an extremely valid form of art. It's easy to tell whether a sculpture is made by a child who's just fooling around, or an adult who began with a great end in mind, and you'd think that with the artistic acceptance of new trends that are basically scribbling or gluing random trash together, and then retrospectively saying it represents some abstract form of self-expression, nobody would find any problem with Legos today. Unfortunately, thanks to such idiotic myths as "cool," they do.

People are just too close-minded.

I honestly don't think anything should be only for kids. You should be able to do whatever the heck you want.

Post by **Dr. X** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:55 pm

OneEye589 wrote:I honestly don't think anything should be only for kids. You should be able to do whatever the heck you want.

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Yes!

Post by **pesgores** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:06 am

Dr. X wrote:
OneEye589 wrote:I honestly don't think anything should be only for kids. You should be able to do whatever the heck you want.
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Yes!

Founder of the religion "Non-coolism"?

Post by **RagnarokRose** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:07 pm

I don't think my parents would really care if i keep my lego... they like the fact that it isn't a mass-marketed mind-numbing toy like most.

Post by **Mr. Duck** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 5:53 pm

for me lego actually healped me. My friends think it is funny. Plus it solidifies my standing as the smart, weird, fat kid in my class of multi-personalytid children.P.S.: sorry about the bad spelling im to lazy to spell right

Post by **Cpt. Zipps** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:55 pm

Rayhawk wrote:These stories are amazing, they're so opposite to my experience. When I was growing up it was socially unacceptable to not like Legos.

Well, I should clarify with two points. First, I grew up in a very techy town. After moving around the country as much as I do now, there are definitely towns where nerdy stuff is way more cool than elsewhere - it usually has to do with the climate and local industry. If it's a coler climate where people stay inside, and the local industry is tech-based or requires high education, then people will kick your ass if you say you don't like Lego. Places like Portland, Boston, Redmod, etc. In a place like Los Angeles, with warm weather, appearance-obsessed culture, and a 100% moron rate, you're much more likely to get funny looks.

I WISH I LIVED WHERE YOU GREW UP!!!