Art? There are some exceptions, indeed, where graffiti can be called art, but most of it is tasteless disgusting mess. It's borderline demonic in some cases. This especially applies to the list of pictures in the post. My theory is why ugliness is often considered beautiful is because ugliness invokes stronger and darker emotions.

▲ komali2 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> It's borderline demonic

Demons aren't real so I don't understand what this means.

> tasteless disgusting mess

Do you disagree that taste is subjective, then? It seems what's happening here is that you're very, very confident that you are an authority on what's beautiful, despite several people telling you they find beauty in what you abhor.

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akomtu 4 hours ago | parent [-]

The type of art you like or dislike is a reflection of your mental state. In this sense, taste is subjective. However some of those mental states are good and some are evil, which is objective. If I suddenly find myself liking aggressive chaotic art, I'll be worried that something's changed in me in a bad way.

But you're right that I'm very confident in my measure of what's beautiful and what's not, and a few people aren't going to sway me. Even if every last human on the earth fell for this demonic art, I wouldn't budge.

	▲	komali2 20 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Your unshaking confidence in your subjective experience as being representative of something factual about the universe made me peek at your history to see just how far it went. I found this comment: > It's the Christian version of the Dao. So far as I can tell, this isn't a thing that actually exists, but you refer to it as "the," meaning that to you, it's an objectively existing thing that we should all recognize. Alongside that: > The type of art you like or dislike is a reflection of your mental state No, this is not objectively true in the way you seem to be implying. > some of those mental states are good and some are evil, which is objective No, practically by definition, "good" and "evil" are subjective. > Even if every last human on the earth fell for this demonic art, I wouldn't budge. Yes, this is clear. Out of good faith and frank honesty I tell you this: There is no purpose in conversing with you, as apparently you're only capable of lecturing people of the Verified-by-Jehovah Revealed Truth of your personal ideology.

▲ fwip 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

    > "Borderline demonic"
    > look inside
    > it's Calvin and hobbes