Revulsion is good. Revulsion is healthy. Each of us has limits, unarticulated boundaries of taste and tolerance, and sometimes we forget where they are. Peep Land is here to remind us; a fixed compass point by which we can govern our private behavior. Because being grossed out is essential to the human experience; without a perceived depravity, we'd have nothing against which to gauge the advance or decline of culture; our art, our music, our cinema, our books. Without sleaze, the yardstick shrinks at both ends.
I was going to end this with "I challenge you to do (or experience) something today that you find uncomfortable," but I wussed out on it. It would be hypocritical to challenge you, without engaging in a similar challenge myself. Normally, that wouldn't be a problem - but my wife's out of town, so I need to behave. Perhaps I'll make such a challenge after she gets back, and then she and I can be depraved together. That could be fun.
2 comments:
Well, you can go drink some Hamms. I think that's depraved and revolting enough in and of itself, let alone the things you might do after downing a few of them.
If I had said anything to the butt photographer today, I would have met your challenge.
This is a mysterious statement that will be cleared up tomorrow when the next post on my blog appears.
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