Wow, I was surprised to see people taking this song in a darker, much more specific way. I always saw it as pretty generalized. If anything I see it as more about mass media saturation and our becoming desensitized by the tons of sex and violence we constantly see through it. Whether you "say you love it" or "say you hate it" you're still utilizing and consuming the information and content that's being broadcast and distributed. "Reality's a plague, we're the medication." seems to be most commonly ignored or forgotten by-, and doesn't really fit with everyone interpreting this song as purely sexual. The "reality" mentioned can range from the mundane every day lives of people working boring jobs who watch TV or play video games or use the internet as an escape (the medication), or the lives of those who have to experience violence, poverty and abuse first-hand, viewing these aspects of real life through electronic media reduces the impact they have on those who don't really understand them and haven't experienced it for themselves. Does watching a movie about someone whose family is killed mean you understand what it's like to have yours killed? Does playing a violent video game make you a less violent person or help you forget about other problems? Does watching simulated rape in pornography make you consider rape could be anything other than absolutely horrible? We're constantly being fed all these concepts through the mass media to the point where rather than being a portal for us to educate ourselves and understand the world around us better, it has become a buffer between our minds and reality. Think about that story about the War of the Worlds radio play where people who tuned-in freaked out because they thought we were actually being invaded by aliens. Now imagine if you turned on the tv or internet now and saw things about the Chinese invading America, you'd probably just think "sweet, when's THIS movie coming out?"
THAT is ULTRAnumb.
Wow, I was surprised to see people taking this song in a darker, much more specific way. I always saw it as pretty generalized. If anything I see it as more about mass media saturation and our becoming desensitized by the tons of sex and violence we constantly see through it. Whether you "say you love it" or "say you hate it" you're still utilizing and consuming the information and content that's being broadcast and distributed. "Reality's a plague, we're the medication." seems to be most commonly ignored or forgotten by-, and doesn't really fit with everyone interpreting this song as purely sexual. The "reality" mentioned can range from the mundane every day lives of people working boring jobs who watch TV or play video games or use the internet as an escape (the medication), or the lives of those who have to experience violence, poverty and abuse first-hand, viewing these aspects of real life through electronic media reduces the impact they have on those who don't really understand them and haven't experienced it for themselves. Does watching a movie about someone whose family is killed mean you understand what it's like to have yours killed? Does playing a violent video game make you a less violent person or help you forget about other problems? Does watching simulated rape in pornography make you consider rape could be anything other than absolutely horrible? We're constantly being fed all these concepts through the mass media to the point where rather than being a portal for us to educate ourselves and understand the world around us better, it has become a buffer between our minds and reality. Think about that story about the War of the Worlds radio play where people who tuned-in freaked out because they thought we were actually being invaded by aliens. Now imagine if you turned on the tv or internet now and saw things about the Chinese invading America, you'd probably just think "sweet, when's THIS movie coming out?" THAT is ULTRAnumb.