2012-01-03, 12:39 PM
The ''drastic'' changes they pointed out in the past didn't seem drastic to me. I could literally look at their examples and point out how they weren't ''drastic'' changes. You take this and that and change its form a bit, and that's ''drastic'' change?
Sure, the change to now from 1992 might not be as much as before, but that doesn't mean past changes were drastic. We're more refined, generally speaking, now than in the early 90s, and definitely 80s, as far as appearance goes, so is that not enough? Do we really need to move rapidly into something else? Can we? I'm sure if you asked the author of that article what they believe we should appear as today compared to 1992 (Their example), they wouldn't know what to say. Why? Is there supposed to be a ''drastic'' change? If so, what would it be? They couldn't answer, because there is no answer.
Is the majority of society today supposed to look like a piece from a sci-fi movie? A drug-inspired design from Lady Gaga? There is no answer. We move at the pace we move in. We'll change over time, whether rapidly or slowly. Sure, you can see some people taking old pieces as influence, or even trying to revive them, but we've always done this. In their own examples from the past I can see how the people of that time might have taken certain aspects from even earlier styles to become what they were at the time.
At the end of the day though, why does any of this matter? Our appearances don't mean a damn thing.
Sure, the change to now from 1992 might not be as much as before, but that doesn't mean past changes were drastic. We're more refined, generally speaking, now than in the early 90s, and definitely 80s, as far as appearance goes, so is that not enough? Do we really need to move rapidly into something else? Can we? I'm sure if you asked the author of that article what they believe we should appear as today compared to 1992 (Their example), they wouldn't know what to say. Why? Is there supposed to be a ''drastic'' change? If so, what would it be? They couldn't answer, because there is no answer.
Is the majority of society today supposed to look like a piece from a sci-fi movie? A drug-inspired design from Lady Gaga? There is no answer. We move at the pace we move in. We'll change over time, whether rapidly or slowly. Sure, you can see some people taking old pieces as influence, or even trying to revive them, but we've always done this. In their own examples from the past I can see how the people of that time might have taken certain aspects from even earlier styles to become what they were at the time.
At the end of the day though, why does any of this matter? Our appearances don't mean a damn thing.