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T Tikifish81 Tiki Centralite West side, best side Joined: Oct 23, 2016 Posts: 19	T Tikifish81 Posted posted on Tue, Mar 21, 2023 8:29 PM Am I a Tiki snob? Depends. If you ask a Tikiphile that knows the difference between true Polynesian Pop/mid-century Tiki and the diluted crap we often see today, no. If you ask someone whose first reaction is to get their panties in a wad and say "Tiki is whatever you want it to be", then yes. I am absolutely a Tiki snob. True Tiki doesn't "evolve"—just like any other part of mid-century Americana, it doesn't change and become something else. It just IS. People can color their Tiki world with all the horror, burlesque, rockabilly, pirate or whatever other shit they want. Just don't call that stuff Tiki, because it isn't.

Am I a Tiki snob?

Depends.

If you ask a Tikiphile that knows the difference between true Polynesian Pop/mid-century Tiki and the diluted crap we often see today, no.

If you ask someone whose first reaction is to get their panties in a wad and say "Tiki is whatever you want it to be", then yes. I am absolutely a Tiki snob.

True Tiki doesn't "evolve"—just like any other part of mid-century Americana, it doesn't change and become something else. It just IS. People can color their Tiki world with all the horror, burlesque, rockabilly, pirate or whatever other shit they want. Just don't call that stuff Tiki, because it isn't.

Post #808470 by Tikifish81 on Tue, Mar 21, 2023 8:29 PM