You’re using a specific example as an argument against a generalization, and then stating you have no interest in other examples that might go against your point. ![]() On one hand, you say there can’t be nuance due to it being a general concept, but then you want to focus on a specific example and toss aside any others that should be considered as well. My whole issue with the subject stems from the same base as your lack of interest, yet you made my argument in a way. Because what you see as a “gotcha” is what I see as looking deeper into what people do tend to generalize. The ending of your comment where you say you don’t care to partake in a “gotcha” moment is where I have the issue. ![]() I understand where you’re coming from with the Native American issue. Chinese guy dressing as a Slav in a track suit. People are quickly losing grip with the ability to think critically and use those nuances to be open and not so critical of each other. A pharaoh for Egyptian culture.įor me, this is an example of modern day reaction society throwing nuance out the window and making something often times done in a good natured way and with zero ill-intent and often none taken by those that matter, into a black and white issue.Īs an example of this reaction society, I wouldn’t doubt if someone reading this instantly pegs me as something I’m not and as someone that has a specific political affiliation that I don’t have. Same with a ninja, samurai, geisha girl for Japanese culture. dressing up as a race), but someone attempting to recreate what we’ve learned to be cultural attire (often beautiful) from the past. It’s not someone trying to look like a Native American living on a reserve in 2018 (I.e. For example, the Native American chief costume. But there are plenty of cultural “costumes” that get lumped into that category and IMO our reaction to it (usually white people playing SJW) is sometimes blown out of proportion. Just dressing up in a costume that tries to portray a race is bad. In Louisiana the inferior grade of Creole ponies are known as "tackies." In dress, anything that is tawdry is "tacky." A ribbon on the shopkeeper's counter, a curtain in the bolt, a shawl or bonnet, a bolt of cloth fresh from the loom may be "tacky," because it is cheap and yet pretentious. It is employed in describing persons of low ideas and vulgar manners, whether rich or poor. There are no aristocrats in the South now, and therefore no "tackies." No man who has the instincts of a gentleman is spoken of as a "tacky," whether he can remember the name of his grandfather's uncle or not. It is now nearly obsolete in both senses. It was coined by a wealthier or more refined and educated class for general application to those who were not sheltered by the branches of a family tree, who were "tainted." Those who were wealthy and yet had no great-grandfathers were "tackies." The word was used both in contempt and in derision. The word "tacky" is a Southern colloquialism. If you doubt that the concept of 'tackiness' even exists for everyone and outside of an exact context - feel free to elaborate this opinion as well. So, which criteria and/or definitions for 'tackiness' can you come up with? is that clothing can still be flashy (think of a three-piece pinstripes suit or a black leather double rider) without being tacky. The difficulty with this definition of 'tackiness' is, perhaps, that it overlaps too much with 'flashyness', while not being exactly the same. Here's my first attempt to approach a definition: t ackiness is when clothes force other people to look at them, notice and evaluate them and demand an emotional reaction - instead of giving them the choice whether they want to notice and care about it. It's easy to define tackiness as opposite to 'good taste' but since the pursuit of good taste is an eternal, never-ending endeavor, let's try to define tackiness by itself, without using other terms that are difficult by themselves. But why is that, which criteria does one subconciously apply when finding something tacky, or designing tacky clothes on purpose? Designer brands like Versace willingly allowed tackiness and played with the concept. Most would agree that, say, leopard print leather pants, graphic tees with nudity or excessive branding are tacky. But just as I often had difficulty understanding why I felt like that - what constituted this 'tackiness'? I've often stopped myself from buying certain clothes or disliked the outfits of others because of this sensation. Of course, I knew the sensation of finding something tacky very well. ![]() ![]() Tackiness in clothing always was a somewhat elusive and mysterious concept for me.
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