Topic: Has the word "fun" lost whatever meaning it might
Started by: Jack Spencer Jr
Started on: 4/5/2003
Board: Forge Birthday Forum
On 4/5/2003 at 3:41pm, Jack Spencer Jr wrote:
Has the word "fun" lost whatever meaning it might
I'm not sure which forum this would fit in, so I'm putting it in the birthday forum. If it can go elsewhere, it can be moved.
Role-playing is a social fun activity,..I pulled this quote from another thread and the presence of the word "fun" here struck me as off and made me think of how businesses have been abusing the word fun. I had worked in several restaurants and most of them had put "making a fun place to find great food at a reasonable price." Now the reasonable price and food quality I get, but how the hell do you make it "fun?" Now I work for a cellular phone company and part of their mission statement is to give their customers fun, reliable service and a reasonale rate. It's a phone. They dial or it rings, they talk to people and and they hang up. How do we make that fun? Especially when its a call telling them their grandmother died or something like that. "Mr Johnson, we have your test results..." Is it just me of has the word the term and concept of fun been into the meaningless abyss of coroporate buzzword?
On 4/5/2003 at 4:42pm, J B Bell wrote:
RE: Has the word "fun" lost whatever meaning it might
I forget who said it, but it's from over 20 years ago: "The bluebird of happiness has died of exhaustion in the pursuit of 'fun.'" So your complaint isn't new; not that that makes it any less valid.
The idea of pursuing fun is, I think, one of North America's big cultural mistakes. Enjoyment comes from satisfaction in doing things, and people like doing all kinds of different things. "Let's go have fun?" What the hell does that mean? It might have meaning for different groups whose members know each other; very often it means "let's get altered on something, converse about trivialities, and try to score some sex," and that's what most advertising seems to be referring to (during prime time anyway), but man, I know I have other stuff to do.
We should re-title this on "curmudgeon's corner." :)
--JB
On 4/5/2003 at 7:09pm, Walt Freitag wrote:
RE: Has the word "fun" lost whatever meaning it might
Well, you can always try the Litany Against Fun:
I must not have fun. Fun is the time-killer. Fun is for inferiors, servants and the help. I will ignore fun. I will work through it. And when the fun is gone only I will remain--I, and my will to win. Damn, I'm good.
-- From Ellis Weiner, National Lampoon's Doon, 1984
- Walt
On 4/5/2006 at 10:40pm, Jason13 wrote:
Re: Has the word "fun" lost whatever meaning it might
I had fun reading your posts...
On 4/6/2006 at 12:23am, Miskatonic wrote:
RE: Re: Has the word "fun" lost whatever meaning it might
Doon? Is that like Bored of the Rings?
On 4/6/2006 at 2:40am, neko ewen wrote:
RE: Re: Has the word "fun" lost whatever meaning it might
Larry wrote:Sort of. On the planet Doon (a.k.a. Arruckus) Pall has to join forces with the Freedmenmen and learn how to ride the giant pretzels that roam beneath the surface, and eventually learn the secret of the mind-altering substance vital to galactic civilization known as... beer.
Doon? Is that like Bored of the Rings?
I never did finish reading it. :P