Post #247928 by Suffering Bastard of Stumptown on Wed, Aug 9, 2006 5:07 PM

By the way, go to ANY subculture bulletin board or blog and you will find a parallel discussion.

There are even terminologies for some of them.

Gother than Thou.
RINO/DINO (Republican/Democrat In Name Only)
And I am sure there are others.

And since I have seen it before, I just come with the understanding that no matter what culture I am in, I won't be able to please everyone's expectations in that culture, nor will everyone meet my expectations.

There is clearly classic tiki, and some of it is complete crap. And I actually have an appreciation for that. There is modern tiki, and the majority of it is crap while other elements are great in my opinion.

But as we all know, opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one, and yours stinks and I don't want to hear it.

Do I have some stuff in my basement the purists would hate? Yep. I think Archie McPhee's is a wonderful place and I will buy their stuff (Accoutrements for those who don't know the retail/wholesale division) but I do so knowing it is cheap modern stuff that is only designed to celebrate the original tiki era.

Do I have stuff some purists covet? Yep. But I have a long way to go. I have no Witco, but I have a Bosko.

But regardless of whether everyone appreciates what I have or if I ridicule others' opinions on what tiki is, I enjoy collecting the stuff and I honestly have met some cool people through this. I am having fun, in part because I can be a snob about something. :)

/disjointed ramble