be prepared to defend your answers with citations. this is a Serious Question and i want Serious Answers as is the custom of Hexbear Serious Academic Roundtable

23 points

camp is sincerity where irony was expected

permalink
report
reply
7 points

I like this answer

permalink
report
parent
reply
15 points

Camp is deliberately exaggerated bad taste for the sake of irony. Not to be confused with kitsch, which is full-sending tacky with complete sincerity, sometimes with the intent of being quirky. Rocky Horror is camp, Dogs Playing Poker is kitsch.

permalink
report
reply
15 points

camp is when you go live in the woods in a tent even though you’re not homeless and you don’t have to

permalink
report
reply

I wonder when we’ll see US state governments passing laws that require showing proof permanent residency in a fixed structure with a mailing address before allowing people to buy tents and other camping supplies.

permalink
report
parent
reply
7 points

Step away from the lathe right now

permalink
report
parent
reply
8 points

Hold on now! I’m gonna need to see your sources.

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points

permalink
report
parent
reply
7 points

of course you’d bring blue tent scholarship into this, just gonna ignore all the yellow canvas tent studies aren’t we? typical

permalink
report
parent
reply
14 points

Camp is when things are ugly and I like them. If I don’t like them it’s not camp

permalink
report
reply
6 points

examples! go!

permalink
report
parent
reply
8 points

permalink
report
parent
reply
8 points

not camp! i’m great at this!

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points

Camp is when things are ugly and I like them. If I don’t like them it’s not camp kitsch

that’s how i feel about camp.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Camp is when you sleep in a cabin with six other horny teen boys, led by a slightly older horny teen boy, and then go learn about Jesus three times a day. Also, about 20 yards away the exact same thing is happening for six plus one horny teen girls. And every other moment of every day is mixed groups.

My summers were very normal, thank you for asking! I am about 75% sure that the children in my home are my only children!

permalink
report
reply

askchapo

!askchapo@hexbear.net

Create post

Ask Hexbear is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions.

Rules:

  1. Posts must ask a question.

  2. If the question asked is serious, answer seriously.

  3. Questions where you want to learn more about socialism are allowed, but questions in bad faith are not.

  4. Try !feedback@hexbear.net if you’re having questions about regarding moderation, site policy, the site itself, development, volunteering or the mod team.

Community stats

  • 1.7K

    Monthly active users

  • 2.1K

    Posts

  • 40K

    Comments