Is this an Accurate Description of Postmodernism?

[Seth_Rose]

I came up with a funny, and perhaps accurate, analogy for postmodernism. I'm curious if this makes sense, as I am trying to get a better grasp of this ideology (so I can critique it better, of course):

If you were to give a child a coloring book, you'd tell them to color inside the lines. Naturally, one has to color inside the lines. How else can you create a beautiful picture?

A postmodernist would say that there is no need to color inside the lines. The lines are in fact a socially constructed concept that limit our creative faculties. Therefore, we should be able to color wherever the hell we want!

What ends up happening though is that instead of a pretty picture, you get a big blob of nothingness. But the postmodernist will say that art and beauty are subjective, and that we must respect all kinds of art.

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Curious if this makes sense. If not, please feel free to share your humurous analogies.

 

[ProGambler]

A far better analogy would be comparing Abba to Israel's Talmudic Beluga Whale imo. Postmodern decline in spirit and body.

 

[ilostabet]

The best analogy I can think of for post-modernism is to say that it is a system in which grown men need to be told to clean their room and stand up straight by a Canadian psychology professor.

 

[Sherman]

A postmodernist is someone who writes a book explaining why text can never have a reliable meaning, but then orders a pizza expecting to receive his correct order.

 

[debeguiled]

Even its name is meaningless. "Post" means after. After Modernism. After modernism what?

Endless spectrums of continuitality.

There is no information in its very name.

Like advertisers saying something is "new."

Not new and improved, just new.

Newthought.

Not old.

Not reeking of the stale semen of dead white men.

 

[BortimusPrime]

This is my best understanding of postmodernism:

Everything you say is wrong because they claim the terms you use aren't real or objectively meaningful.
Everything they say is correct and backed up by pseudo-intellectual philosophy word salads.
If you object to them using nonsense to defend their position, then you're a racist.

 

[RatInTheWoods]

Doing real art is hard, Can't I just do any old shit and claim my lack of ability and made up shit is really good too?

 

[RexImperator]

He leaves a lot of things out but this is not a bad description:

 

[Buck Wild]

A postmodernist is someone who writes a book explaining why text can never have a reliable meaning, but then orders a pizza expecting to receive his correct order.

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