the end of subversion

http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html

point of contention: there is a line in the above article about how symbols have been appropriated by the hipster and have become devoid of meaning, which i do not agree with. these symbols have, instead, been instilled with NEW/different meanings. but the rest doesn't make me too mad, so i'll leave the link up for those who are curious. (ha)






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a thought expanded: what if what i experience as reality (b. mentioned something about it being harder and harder to achieve consensual reality in social interactions because of tv, but this is a different matter) is not what you experience as reality at all? in fact, i'm willing to bet that it isn't. to this end, we have devised sign systems that seek to make what we experience alone talk-about-able with one another...sign systems create a shared experience--a shared reality. because, really, blue isn't blue, it's just what i happen to see. you only exist in my mind, and i in yours--at least that's what we agree to agree upon via our complex sign systems. mostly unspoken, but still there.
there is no culture without signs. and there are no signs without culture.
this has been said before, and has been better theorized and worded, but i was thinking about it after my shower and wanted to jot it down.