Why do the masses gravitate to blandness?

Quantum Erasure · 02-12-2019 11:56pm

Allinall wrote: »

95% of boards posters are outliers.

I'm not

20Wheel · 03-12-2019 12:58am

Suppose its just that pop is the compromise that enough people can agree on.

Some want death metal, some want funk. We've the one radio, we'll meet in the center at pop.

My colleagues can have 104 on in the background at work all day and I'm only ever mildly annoyed*.
There may even be the rare moment of pleasure.

Most of its so vanilla you don't even hear it.

*(except if it's lighthouse family, or m people)

maccored · 03-12-2019 10:22am

blandness is the lowest common denominator.

Bobblehats · 03-12-2019 5:52pm

maccored wrote: »

blandness is the lowest common denominator.

Not necesarrily the LCD just need something contagious they can latch onto and tag along. Like how a new bacteria joins a cluster under the microscope? Something perpetually hip; that will keep them hopping along. Could be anything really...

RWCNT · 03-12-2019 6:21pm

tdf7187 wrote: »

U2 are the biggest band in the world, and if you think the likes of Running to Stand Still and Bullet the Blue Sky, and Acrobat are bland, then you have no ears. Granted they've churned out some mediocre stuff also.

I've a friend who constantly disregards any music she doesn't like as "bland" or "lacking in feeling" if she's feeling like a critic that day - drives me mad. All music is simply notes and rhythm, any "feeling" you take from it is solely your response to it.

03-12-2019 6:37pm

Yeah..the Joshua tree was pretty epic back in the day..as were a few more..

Widdershins · 03-12-2019 6:38pm

Super point RWCNT.

riemann · 03-12-2019 6:50pm

maccored wrote: »

blandness is the lowest common denominator.

The definition of blandness is every tom dick and harriet painting everything in their homes grey.

Grey. The most bland colour imaginable, and depressing.

elperello · 03-12-2019 7:37pm

riemann wrote: »

The definition of blandness is every tom dick and harriet painting everything in their homes grey.

Grey. The most bland colour imaginable, and depressing.

Takes the dirt well though...............just saying

Feisar · 03-12-2019 8:39pm

riemann wrote: »

The definition of blandness is every tom dick and harriet painting everything in their homes grey.

Grey. The most bland colour imaginable, and depressing.

Is white by definition not the blandest colour? Thank god I have arctic blonde on the walls!

Widdershins · 03-12-2019 8:40pm

Beige is.

Seamai · 03-12-2019 9:00pm

riemann wrote: »

The definition of blandness is every tom dick and harriet painting everything in their homes grey.

Grey. The most bland colour imaginable, and depressing.

Neutral does not equal bland, for the finishes and furnishing that are not going to be changed that often neutral colours like grey work best livened up with other colours unlike beige pretty much any colour goes with it, I've seen interiors where EVERYTHING is some shade of grey, that does look bland but by using it carefully it's not.

One eyed Jack · 03-12-2019 9:09pm

riemann wrote: »

The definition of blandness is every tom dick and harriet painting everything in their homes grey.

Grey. The most bland colour imaginable, and depressing.

It comes in fifty shades though, and then fifty shades darker

Having this place painted magnolia for the last 20 years, someone suggested I try a light shade of grey on the walls and doors, and white on the skirting boards and ceilings. I was initially well apprehensive, but the finish is really nice and modern.

(and as someone else suggested earlier - it takes the dirt really well, filthy in fact :pac:)

Markcheese · 03-12-2019 10:57pm

riemann wrote: »

The definition of blandness is every tom dick and harriet painting everything in their homes grey.

Grey. The most bland colour imaginable, and depressing.

Looks at every wall in my house.... Yup... (with the exception of the bathroom which is a mental, put sunglasses on yellow)

Widdershins · 03-12-2019 11:00pm

I like cream, straw, mocha sort of colours. Neutral/natural shades. As someone said they're a good ground for colourful accessories or art.

astrofool · 04-12-2019 12:34am

There is depth and complexity to everything, food, music, cars, sport, hobbies, science etc. As humans we get a limited amount of time to spend on everything, so the default for things we're not overly interested in will be the average, just because someone doesn't have the complexity of taste in something that you are passionate about, does not mean that they can't talk for hours about where they spend their time.

It's also easy enough to fall back to the average if you don't get to exercise your brain in that area.

Besides, eventually you'll realise the endpoint is Rachmaninoff, but it will be a journey getting there.

andekwarhola · 04-12-2019 12:38am

Greyfox wrote: »

Not true, craft beer is too beery for some people's tastes and some people can't be bothered with something been an acquired taste. I love Erdinger but sometimes you can't beat a light beer like Heiniken, it depends on my mood.

Last thing you need is beers to taste beery alright.

topper75 · 04-12-2019 12:53pm

Widdershins wrote: »

mocha

Is that just a beige rebrand?

astrofool wrote: »

Besides, eventually you'll realise the endpoint is Rachmaninoff, but it will be a journey getting there.

Ah yes. The Rach 3 in 'Shine'.
Culmination.

seamus · 04-12-2019 1:13pm

RWCNT wrote: »

I've a friend who constantly disregards any music she doesn't like as "bland" or "lacking in feeling" if she's feeling like a critic that day - drives me mad. All music is simply notes and rhythm, any "feeling" you take from it is solely your response to it.

One thing I always remind myself about "blandness" is that Vanilla was unknown in Europe until the invasion of South America. After that it was very much a spice of the European elites, an exotic flavour from the West, used to add zest to expensive fine delicacies. It has a rich, almost overbearing flavour so has to be used in small quantities.

And yet now "Vanilla" is a "synonym" for "bland". Simply because it's widely available and everyone enjoys it.

Vanilla is in fact anything but bland. Likewise, U2 is not bland. Nor is pop music.

But just like the ubiquity of vanilla, if you have to hear pop music all the time, you will quickly tire of it and seek out alternatives.

Widdershins · 04-12-2019 1:20pm

topper75 wrote: »

Is that just a beige rebrand?

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Imagine a very milky chocolate milkshake. That's Mocha paint.

Imagine camel colour watered down several notches. Beige.

To my mind anyway.

topper75 · 04-12-2019 1:45pm

Widdershins wrote: »

topper75 wrote: »

Is that just a beige rebrand?

/QUOTE]

Imagine a very milky chocolate milkshake. That's Mocha paint.

Imagine camel colour watered down several notches. Beige.

To my mind anyway.

Thanks. The subtlety is lost on me there but I'm fully willing to accept the fault is with me. As a male my eyes can only perceive about 8, sometimes 9, colours.

dvdman1 · 10-12-2019 1:37pm

Irish people are very safe......nearly all the taps in most bars are awful rat piss.
The ingredients aren't full on the labels, why is there an exemption for the drinks industry on this...if people knew what was in that stuff they may change.
Nothing beats an unfiltered cask ale thats freshly tapped and pulled by a nice bar landlady.

10-12-2019 4:20pm

This answer uses a bit of lateral thinking :

In most Starbucks cafés and supermarkets floor staff will use a script when interacting with you.

Many Irish customers love this way and delight in the spiel.

Think of how "santa" deals with the kids in his grotto.

Why do the masses gravitate to blandness?

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