identity through taste in art, music is not through what you like most but what you like that most differentiates you from other people? maybe? god i am so annoyed today
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Replying to @tonal_nil
i think you’re right about identity formation via taste, but ime taste tracks people we want to imitate *before* people we want to differentiate against (mimetic desire)
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Replying to @choosy_mom
come to think of it i find it rlly hard to pinpoint who I want to imitate. it is another source of confusion - it’s been years since i last went “omg i want to be just like this person”
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Replying to @tonal_nil
yeah i don’t know if there’s anyone who i’ve tried to imitate wholesale for a long time but e.g. i definitely have friends whose music/film/tv taste i trust, and i think there’s more going on there than “we’ve totally independently converged on the same likes and dislikes”
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Replying to @choosy_mom
really? i’m way more motivated to find things i like among things my friends like already, but if our tastes weren’t already similar, i cannot force it
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Replying to @tonal_nil
definitely, i’ve also got some friends whose tastes diverge from mine so much that i actually avoid their recs lol
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Replying to @choosy_mom
loll mimetic desire.....i am at that early 20s stage of wanting 2 be cool and different. the flip side of wanting to fit in during high school
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Replying to @tonal_nil
this might be getting unnecessarily involved, but i think sameness/differentness are reactionary goals, both driven by mimetic desire but in opposite directions
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imo tastemakers can: - clearly identify what’s good about the things they (and their friends) like - discover/create art that remixes those elements in a compelling way
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