Pop Goes the Culture

Well, last night I partook (partook... that's a nice word. I shall make more frequent use of it) in a trivia contest on popular culture, which was raising money for "Prevent Child Abuse America." CUPB, a club I'm part of, created its own freshmen team for it, and- in case you haven't figured it out, I was on that team. Needless to say we failed, and were eliminated in the second lightning round.

We got the first three lightning questions right, and the proceeded to get 1 of the next 3 wrong, which apparently justified our elimination. And if you care, we knew the next three.

The questions ranged from topics like Sex and the City to various facts about actors. We ended up being eliminated for not knowing which Jackson 5 song Mariah Carey covered (in 1992, at that). This brings me to my topic for today's post: Popular culture.

Now, I know that this is quite the general topic, but I am hoping to grasp what exactly popular culture is. So that's my question for you- what is popular culture?

My answer:

Popular culture
Is the double-edged sword of
Our society


What I mean by the "double-edged sword," is that pop culture provides our society with great entertainment. Popular culture is that CD you listen to on repeat. Pop culture is the movie that you go to see with your significant other. It is the clothes you buy. It's the effort to save our planet. It's the campaign of millions to elect our nation's first Black president. There are so many good aspects of popular culture that really bring out the best in America, and show the world why we are what we are.

On the other hand, there are number of negative aspects that come from it. Popular culture is going to see New Moon. It is being trampled to death by people looking to save a couple of dollars on luxuries. It is spending hundreds of dollars on a new iPod, even though your old one works perfectly fine. It is having the entire world hear about your new boyfriend just because you were in some movie. It is Ugg boots. Popular culture is, in essence, the energy of our society. It keeps us running and makes us who we are, but at the same time results in an increased number of trips to the crapper. That really doesn't make sense. I'm sorry, I'm tired and in need of a booster.

And I'm sorry that this post wasn't very funny. I'm not very creative. And there's so much I could've done with this topic. Bleh.