Post #233272 by Tipsy McStagger on Mon, May 22, 2006 5:29 AM

On 2006-05-21 23:09, lanikai wrote:

....folks, we live in the age of internet!! get online and find the real thing!!!

waitjustagoldernminnit...
may be THAT cheap stuff from party supply houses IS the real thing.. to them. just as your perception of the real thing to you... is "the real thing".

oh cut it out..we all know damn well what it is we are talking about here and what is at stake....real or imagined, the whole point, is that if manufacturers of said "crap" actually cared enough, they would have done alittle research and perhaps take the little time it takes to actually design a product, though cheap, that actually was somewhat aesthetically pleasing....that's half the problem...the other half are those who, in their haste to "get tiki" gobble up this stuff as opposed to again, taking what little time and reasearch it would take, given the options that the internet age has made available to us, to find some well-made items by the types of craftsmen and craftswomen you find in these pages......I see a common thread in these 2 senarios above......"instant gratification".....those in a hurry to make a quick buck at the expense of an decent product, and those in a rush to jump on the tiki wagon, in a hurry to collect tiki stuff while directly supporting the very company's that proliferate this junk.....and the sad cycle continues on like some crazy consumer "sorry-go-round" where the artists eventually starve to death, the scene dies from lack of support and all that is left for future generations are thrift stores full of crap from party city......hmmmm..sounds like what happened the first time tiki came around...only difference is that the mass produced products from back in the day were actually better made and cooler looking......now, is there anything at all that you can add to this topic other than mind reading and finger pointing or can we move on??