We need to talk about your kitsch problem... - General Tiki

A AceExplorer Grand Member (8 years) Deep in the Jacksonville Flori-duh jungle. Joined: Apr 03, 2008 Posts: 2564	A AceExplorer Posted posted on Sun, Jul 30, 2017 3:18 PM On 2017-07-30 14:31, tikiskip wrote: Ha! I don't know if we have a right to, but we do anyway. That's exactly the dilemma. THEY own the business, so they have the right to do whatever they want, even run it into the ground. WE are "only passionate fans" who sometimes know better than they do about historical tiki, and we really care about OUR view of tiki. But if they are in a struggle for survival, or cluelessly make bad hiring and management decisions, then we may see the Bahi Hut's type of unfortunate circumstance. On the other hand, this whole tiki thing is fake/alternate reality anyways, so it's very ironic and sometimes I wonder to what degree we should get worked up about it. In the Bahi Hut's case, I think robotiki has done a great service to everyone by reaching out to the owner and providing education and enlightenment. Let's see how this plays out. Man, the irony... Saving one fake thing to ensure OUR preferred fake thing survives in its place. Haha. Hahahaha. Hahahahaha! Hey, thank the tiki gods for all this -- we all have a reason to have drinks!!!

On 2017-07-30 14:31, tikiskip wrote:
Ha! I don't know if we have a right to, but we do anyway.

That's exactly the dilemma. THEY own the business, so they have the right to do whatever they want, even run it into the ground. WE are "only passionate fans" who sometimes know better than they do about historical tiki, and we really care about OUR view of tiki. But if they are in a struggle for survival, or cluelessly make bad hiring and management decisions, then we may see the Bahi Hut's type of unfortunate circumstance.

On the other hand, this whole tiki thing is fake/alternate reality anyways, so it's very ironic and sometimes I wonder to what degree we should get worked up about it. In the Bahi Hut's case, I think robotiki has done a great service to everyone by reaching out to the owner and providing education and enlightenment. Let's see how this plays out.

Man, the irony... Saving one fake thing to ensure OUR preferred fake thing survives in its place. Haha. Hahahaha. Hahahahaha!

Hey, thank the tiki gods for all this -- we all have a reason to have drinks!!!

Post #778351 by AceExplorer on Sun, Jul 30, 2017 3:18 PM