Workplace Conversations...

"Going out for a walk?"

"Yeah, I'm getting my exercise in now because I'm going out for trivia tonight."

"You mean like bar trivia?"

"Yeah, a few of us have a team going. You should join us."

"I can't. I've got D&D tonight."

"Dungeons and Dragons?"

"Yeah."

"Wait. Are you making fun of us?"

"No. I'm really playing D&D tonight."

"So...should we make fun of you?"

"I'm not sure. The social hierarchy here is unclear."

and then we shrugged and went our separate ways...
Tom

Workplace Conversations...

"Going out for a walk?"

"Yeah, I'm getting my exercise in now because I'm going out for trivia tonight."

"You mean like bar trivia?"

"Yeah, a few of us have a team going. You should join us."

"I can't. I've got D&D tonight."

"Dungeons and Dragons?"

"Yeah."

"Wait. Are you making fun of us?"

"No. I'm really playing D&D tonight."

"So...should we make fun of you?"

"I'm not sure. The social hierarchy here is unclear."

and then we shrugged and went our separate ways...
Tom

Degenerate Decoration

"But a modern man who tattooes himself is either a criminal or a degenerate. Why, there are prisons where eighty per cent of the convicts are tattooed, and tattooed men who are not in prison are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats. When a tattooed man dies at liberty, it simply means that he hasn’t had time to commit his crime."

-- Adolf Loos, Ornament and Crime

Mr. Loos eventually goes on to propose that all decoration and ornament should be stripped away from objects leaving only smooth functionality in its place.

Me, I'll choose degenerate aristocrat, please.
Tom

Degenerate Decoration

"But a modern man who tattooes himself is either a criminal or a degenerate. Why, there are prisons where eighty per cent of the convicts are tattooed, and tattooed men who are not in prison are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats. When a tattooed man dies at liberty, it simply means that he hasn’t had time to commit his crime."

-- Adolf Loos, Ornament and Crime

Mr. Loos eventually goes on to propose that all decoration and ornament should be stripped away from objects leaving only smooth functionality in its place.

Me, I'll choose degenerate aristocrat, please.
Tom