Post #443853 by Kamaina Kraig on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 12:11 PM

On 2009-03-31 11:19, bigbrotiki wrote:
Since this "I thought Tiki is supposed to be fun!" situation comes up here regularly, I would like to expound on it again by saying "Fun, yes, but mindful fun", a sort of informed fun, that is just not that quickly accquired. The fun of Tiki (to me and many here) lies in the intelligent irony and multifacetedness of it, which you can only grasp after a prolonged exposure to it. For that very reason is there so much bad and "off" Tiki in the media and in the market nowadays. People just don't want to spend the time...

So while some newbies often display a lot of enthusiasm, they might not "get it" all at the beginning. That has nothing to do with "exclusive club" mentality on the TCers side, but simply with a natural gap in "education". I see posts that correct newbies' ideas of what Tiki is as educational, not as arrogant or a "you can't play" statement. But internet communication is often taken too personal, in all sorts of forums.

And of course I exemplify the "academic" side of Tiki, how could I have written two fat books on that crap, otherwise, and have many more to come. :)

So as I understand it the "fun of Tiki" that you and many here have decided it to be is how the TCers want to maintain here on Tiki Central. "Correcting newbies ideas" smacks of elitism. If this is an acedemic site so be it. I will continue my "education" (which you know nothing about) by lurking but I will now feel uncomfortable in posting anything that I attempt to create as I may feel it is not up to the standards you have set for this website. However, I hope I never become one of the TCers who finally "get it" and attempt to pompously correct newbies ideas of what Tiki is.