A philosophical thread for the frontroom.

**drone** · 11-29-2011, 16:12

Originally Posted by Fragony

What I for one want to know is why teh hell it is colder when daylight breaks through then it did when it was still dark. That does not make sense. It feels colder at least.

It colder at daybreak because the residual heat from the previous day is at it's lowest.

On pop culture: widespread media exposure is a fairly new thing (1950s), breaking down regional barriers. At this point, it is corrupted/controlled by the limited media options and driven by marketing. We may see cycles when those in control get nostalgic over what they had in their youth. But if I see guys walking around in bellbottoms and polyester shirts I'm going to go postal.

**Fragony** · 11-29-2011, 16:27

Originally Posted by drone

It colder at daybreak because the residual heat from the previous day is at it's lowest.

But light hits ground and energy is always warmth. It should be warmer not colder no matter the length of the cycle, daybreak is always colder it's chilling

**drone** · 11-29-2011, 20:55

It should start warming up at sunrise (direct rays), but from dawn til sunrise warming is negligible. Most light at this point is reflected/refracted by the atmosphere.

**Ironside** · 11-29-2011, 23:33

Originally Posted by Fragony

But light hits ground and energy is always warmth. It should be warmer not colder no matter the length of the cycle, daybreak is always colder it's chilling

That temperature lag is the same that makes July the warmest month instead of June. I'm not sure how universal it is, but August generally got warmer nights than June.

Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name

Here are a couple of more or less philosophical questions.

Today's topic: Culture cycles.

A. Does popular culture progress in a cycle? Do certain trends or styles always come about again and again or does every decade bring about something new? Basically, is everything new....old?

B. Will the culture of tomorrow have kids listening to even more graphic music, movies and media? Will youth always be listening and watching to sexual and violent media or will there be a generation at some point in the future that wants to go back to the glorified innocence of the 50s and start wearing turtlenecks and going to sock hops?

These are somethings that pop in my head from time to time. Just wanted to share them.

A. It depends on the media. Music have been having a huge development for example, so it will take a lot of time for it to go cyclic. But there's cyclic trends built in, even without the nostalgia. Main thing is limited culture "modes" so to speak. One easy example is sun tan. You can only get 2 maybe 3-4 largely different degrees of it, so the options are limited. The second is inspiration from the old trends.
If it's possible, every new cycle does have something new though. While culture is cyclic, it's also progressive.

B. Good question. While reaching the levels of the 50s is probably out (the US has pretty much gone to hell and is in total denial on it with total nostalgia for it to happen), it's not unlikely to become less. Swedish media is more prudish now than how it was say 20 years ago.
I don't think it's going to becoming much more graphic though. The shock factor is mostly gone, the extreme easily accessed anyway.