ESPN. 10/29

There were a few quotes from this week that I completely agree with and also have a better understand after learning about them in class. The notion that are culture is infected with sameness made a lot of sense to me and made me question of who culture subconsciously gets a hold on us to buy into such things. For example the way so may brands of clothes are the same but certain ones are just priced more for their name. One can see a support for this in the quote “Mechanically differentiated products are ultimately all the same.” On another note, Adorno states Amusement always means putting things out of mind, forgetting suffering, even when it is on display. At its root is powerlessness. This is something I agree with but it is a shame. Our culture today has gotten to a point that we get humor at the costs of others. It is saying that we must forget about other suffering in order to have our own entertainment; it is a selfish but true quote. There may not always be things we can do to help the suffrage we get entertained by, but we should not laugh at it. It is interesting concept that lets clear are mind for humor; we are immune to the suffering. On the same topic of immunity, we also do a similar thing in reference to the quote, “Mass culture gives tragedy permanent employment as routine.” The word tragedy is thrown around so much and so much is shown in the media that when w e actually do hear a tragedy it does not have as strong as an effect. Similar to Dr, Rog’s example in class with Hanna Montana, I had a similar experience this weekend. I went to the Fla/Ga football game this weekend and people were saying it would be such a tragedy if Fla lost. I later saw coverage about some Starvation and genocide in Africa, all I could think was that was a tragedy not if Fla had lost, however, people use the word in the same way.