Well, your reasoned and tempered response has definitely made me like this song!

Because it affects society as a whole. If everyone just navel-gazes and does exactly what they want every day, important societal functions go unmet. Note that this goes against much of what MacKaye stands for, as well. Boring-as-shit office jobs, or jobs where "nothing moves" can be vitally important to making…

Ugh, this song is a great example of exactly why a band that would normally qualify as "meh" inspires rage in so many.

Yeah, I do need to check out "…Hot Sauce…"

Sorry, I thought "You're doing it wrong" and "You're wasting your time" were quotes from some portion of the MacKaye interview (just read the full interview and realize that is not the case).

Also: it is perhaps displacing it, not replacing it. A replacement would still perform all the same functions, which social media does not. But it does do things that in-person communication cannot. Again, I'm not saying all social media is bad (nor is MacKaye, to my reckoning), but that the degree to which we…

Well, at least you admit it comes from a place of ignorance. It's a shame, though; his (or Fugazi's, at least), music got better as he got older, whereas the Beasties went the other direction, imo.

Try reading again:

I get the point, but it's kind of a funny barometer for him to use; you could say the same thing when he sits down to write a song, or rehearse something, no?

"It's a legitimate means of communication for many people. "

"I've never wanted to see a picture of someone else's food - … I just don't give a shit"

Yes, but that narcissism only pops up when forced to discuss the ubiquity of technology. It's when that conversation ends that the narcissism enabled by technology takes over.

I think you missed the point.

What tsk-tsking is that? Seriously? I would actually say that he's gotten less polemic, and more heartfelt as he's aged. His criticisms came from a "cost to human lives" perspective, as he got older, rather than a "things aren't how I think they should be!" perspective.

Finally: Great job, internet!

Yes!!! My life's ambition.

Wow - I've never noticed the resemblance between Tim Robbins and Oliver Platt, before that recap photo.

Hmm, is this really true? I'm trying to remember when I started commenting… 2002, maybe?

I kind of have an inverse relationship to it. If I really pay attention to the song while I'm listening, I'm completely overwhelmed by the end. But if I'm distracted, it can just pass right by without me even noticing it.

Oh my god, I have found my people…