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Originally posted by alterEGO
I get the feeling lots of people still don't know the definition of overrated.
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That's the thing--what do we mean by overrated? What qualities constitute overratedness? Sure, even if we end up with a list to describe what we mean by "overrated," it'll still be pretty subjective, but it'll help us make better arguments. LIke my thing with the Grateful Dead--I hate, hate, hate the Grateful Dead, but they had a huge cultural impact, one that I may just be missing out on. But a) I doubt it--I hear nothing exciting in the Grateful Dead or in 90% of their offspring--and b) cultural impact isn't necessarily a good thing: Deadheads, Nazism, fundamentalism, er, those kids today, etc.