what crack is this guy on?

[dr4b]

i guess this is on memepool, but so what? this is the funniest description of the anime trend that *I* have ever read:

"It's one of those classic things where the coolest kid in a schoolyard likes something and other kids follow and eventually the programmers follow," he said. "But then it gets to the point where even the nerd gets into it, and then the cool kids have to move on to something else."

(from the NYTimes)

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[techstep.livejournal.com]

So, on the one hand, it makes sense with most products -- cool kids like it, and it starts filtering down to others, and then the marketers get a hold of it, produce it for the mass audience, and it's no longer cool. This is the big paradox of marketing cool things -- they're no longer cool.

Anime, from what I understand, became popular stateside through geeks, generally not seen as cool people. But over te past couple of years, geeks (at least some media representations of them) have a certain (albeit volatile) cachet of coolness to them. When these geeks acquire certain positions of tastemaking, as the cool status will confer to some extent, others will follow.

Perhaps I'm reading too much into it, but the statement doesn't seem that silly. Just poorly worded and unqualified.