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Originally Posted by David
Nobody has yet adequately defined relevance. We're tossing that word around like a pizza dough.
So I'm forced to extrapolate a definition based on context. Perez Hilton is "very relevant for our times," according to Dodfather. But the only substantially large demographic that knows Perez is the teens on the Internet. The middle-aged & on don't know anything about him. My conclusion: relevance is a function of wide recognition only among the young?
That's not logical. But it is very typical of the solipsism of the young.
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I think newyawka is very much defining relevance that way. Lady GaGa is instantly recognisable to "the kids" while most youngsters don't know who the Mac are because they aren't producing banging tunes you can download to your phone and impress your friends with on the school bus.