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Re:I don't "get" art by its_so_on on Monday June 18, 2012 @04:09AM (#4125511)
I don't know man, I probably wouldn't even want forks (picking something of "obvious" utility) in my house if I were the ONLY one in the world who knew about them. What would guests think? That I'm some kind of weird food-impaler, maybe a closet Sadist. If people didn't use forks, choosing to have forks wouldn't be a foregone conclusion at all. Even all by myself.

You entirely undervalue the social context of objects, including objets d'art.

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Re:I don't "get" art by ix_ on Monday June 18, 2012 @09:09AM (#4126216)
> You entirely undervalue the social context of objects, including objets d'art.

A lot of people might value something because it goes against the grain of social and cultural context. Those things might be more interesting or provoke different thoughts or perspectives.

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