Do not be cross with poetry

[QDeathstar]

a poem you can understand is not one more fully enjoyed. see, i can make subjective statements posing as facts too!

my thesis is supported through emperical observation. Yours ain't.

anyway, and irregardless, of course you can critique a poem you don't semantically understand, unless you're a pompous twat, of course. irregardless [i'm starting to like this dimwitted word], popularity doesn't equate to quality. unless you think every number 1 is the best song that week. justin for the win!

You can of course critique, but you're critiques will be of limited use to the poem's author. Irregardless, I'm not sure why you're resulting to name calling to argue your point into the ground.

i don't understand quantum mechanics, and nor do you; yet, i wouldn't go critiquing the black-body radiation problem based on the argument "well, i don't get it"

Actually, I got a PH.D. in quantum mechanics, so.... Why would you bother spouting off anything at all on a subject you know almost nothing about? Or, if you did, would it help the quantum mechanist in any measurable way?

you seem to be of the opinon that understanding is elitism; or that appreciation of complexity is alienation.

No. No. no. no. no. no. You are hung up on the idea that the "not understanding" the poem or not getting any meaning from the poem is solely caused by the lack of attention the author gave to the work. That is not what I have been saying, but you've been to busy pressing the reply button mocking me to stop and think. Not being able to deriving meaning from the poem could just be a case of you being a dumb ignorant morane. Still, I think that that demishes your ability to enjoy the peice and your ability to deliver effective critique. People have always prefer to understand things, that is why God exists.

Ok, well my experience with Q is that he (I'm assuming, if I'm wrong I apologize) will say when there's a lack of understanding. The only two times he's commented on my posts were to say I'm not understanding the significance of x, y, z and it was helpful to have that pointed out.

And that's the second time I've heard the "cool kids" issue come up here, not from Q though. Hmmmm......

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Wow, this got intense really fast.

I am not upset with anyone, and I can accept that I am dense. People get so angry when you discuss anything it's actually sorta sad. My philosophy teacher in college called me an evil person that's going to hell when I suggested that God might actually be Satan, since Satan is the ultimate deceiver... he got so angry it was sort of rediculous.

you can say "i don't understand it" for starters.

that is true, but if it is all there available to be figured out and you cannot understand it because you lack the aptitude, how useful is that critique?