The mass of art, language, clothing, media and products whose existence is fucking meaningless and the fault of money grubbing assholes. Cultural pollution can be enjoyed in earnest by dumb, uncritical people, and ironically by the jaded and educated. This type of pollution is usually created by industrialized nations. Easy ways to spot cultural pollution:
- the thing up for consideration has a logo on it.
- it contains a meme such as "let's roll" or "real men don't ____"
- it's repeated or highlighted by the mass media
- it's trendy
In contrast, "cultural pollution" is not "bad art," unless that art was made solely for money.
- the thing up for consideration has a logo on it.
- it contains a meme such as "let's roll" or "real men don't ____"
- it's repeated or highlighted by the mass media
- it's trendy
In contrast, "cultural pollution" is not "bad art," unless that art was made solely for money.
"I really don't like writing corporate advertiser's print ads."
"Why?"
"Because I have to write a lot of self-important, cliche garble."
"Whoa. Sounds like you make cultural pollution for a living."
"Yep."
"Why?"
"Because I have to write a lot of self-important, cliche garble."
"Whoa. Sounds like you make cultural pollution for a living."
"Yep."
by Shannon in a cube August 2, 2007
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Oh my God! You are doing Yoga, that's Indian culture. You can't be doing that it's cultural appropriation.
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My great aunts teacher was influenced by reading Shakespeare who then influenced my aunt who in turn influenced her best friend who made a painting reflecting this influence which was exhibited at a museum...this story records the cultural genealogy of the painting. The aunt, the teacher, her best friend and the painting are all by this definition regarded as entities
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Hey do you feel like going to the local market to haggle for a woven basket? No I want to sit at the hotel pool and sip mojitoes. Dude you really have your cultural condom on today!!
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