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Good Art vs. Bad Art Comparison Sheet

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Good Art vs. Bad Art Comparison Sheet, also known as 15 (Pretty Big) Differences
Between Good Art and Bad Art, refers to a 15-item sheet comparing "good art" and "bad art" compiled by an X / Twitter user in late August 2023. The list went viral on the site after being posted, sparking viral debates and parodies with users applying the sheet to various media.

Origin

On August 27th, 2023, X[1] user @oldbooksguy tweeted a 15-item comparison sheet of differences between "good art" and "bad art," comparing their emotional, physical and mental effects among other categories. The post received over 160 reposts, 5,100 quote tweets and 860 likes in three days, effectively getting ratioed (sheet and post shown below, left and right).


SR. NO. 1 2 3 t 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 (PRETTY BIG) DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GOOD ART AND BAD ART DIFFERENCES EMOTIONAL EFFECT PHYSICAL EFFECT DIRECTIONAL CHANGES MENTAL EFFECT FASTER V/S SLOWER DRUG METAPHOR ESSENTIAL NATURE INSTINCT KNOWS GOOD GPS, BAD GPS INPUT HALL OF FAME - JOIN OR BURN? VALUES LIFE BEAUTY CONCLUSION GOOD ART IMPROVES MOOD BOOSTS ENERGY SETS OFF AN UPWARD SPIRAL CLARIFIES THE MIND PRODUCES MOMENTUM BULLETPROOF COFFEE STRUCTURED AND RHYTHMIC INSTINCTIVELY RECOGNIZED AS ART A GOOD MAP SWEAT, TEARS, STRUGGLE WISHES TO BE CANONIC HINTS AT FORGOTTEN VALUES EMPOWERS LIFE BELIEVES IN, AND TRIES TO PRODUCE, BEAUTY GOOD ART IS MAN'S DIVINE RIGHT AND TERRIBLE DUTY @OLDBOOKSGUY BAD ART MAKES YOU FEEL WEIRD SAPS ENERGY SETS OFF A DOWNWARD SPIRAL CONFUSES THE MIND PRODUCES STAGNATION WEED UNSTRUCTURED AND OBSESSIVELY ANTI- RHYTHM INSTINCTIVELY RECOGNIZED AS A SCAM A MALEVOLENTLY BAD MAP OBFUSCATION, LIES, RESENTMENT WISES TO DESTROY THE CANON MOCKS THE CONCEPT OF VALUES ENFEEBLES LIFE SPITS ON BEAUTY AND ACTIVELY CELEBRATES UGLINESS BAD ART IS WHINING, COPING, SEETHING, AND A WASTE OF TIME The most annoying people in the world love to say there is no objective difference between good art and bad art So I made a list of 15 Good Art v/s Bad Art: The Masterlist of 15 Differences SR. NO. 1 3 4 5 2 PHYSICAL EFFECT 6 7 00 8 9 10 Jash Dholani @oldbooksguy 11 12 13 14 15 15 (PRETTY BIG) DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GOOD ART AND BAD ART DIFFERENCES EMOTIONAL EFFECT IMPROVES MOOD DIRECTIONAL CHANGES MENTAL EFFECT FASTER V/S SLOWER DRUG METAPHOR ESSENTIAL NATURE INSTINCT KNOWS GOOD GPS, BAD GPS INPUT HALL OF FAME - JOIN OR BURN? VALUES LIFE BEAUTY CONCLUSION GOOD ART BOOSTS ENERGY SETS OFF AN UPWARD SPIRAL CLARIFIES THE MIND PRODUCES MOMENTUM BULLETPROOF COFFEE STRUCTURED AND RHYTHMIC INSTINCTIVELY RECOGNIZED AS ART A GOOD MAP SWEAT, TEARS, STRUGGLE WISHES TO BE CANONIC HINTS AT FORGOTTEN VALUES EMPOWERS LIFE BELIEVES IN, AND TRIES TO PRODUCE, BEAUTY GOOD ART IS MAN'S DIVINE RIGHT AND TERRIBLE DUTY 8:31 AM - Aug 27, 2023 - 5.9M Views @OLDBOOKSGUY BAD ART MAKES YOU FEEL WEIRD SAPS ENERGY SETS OFF A DOWNWARD SPIRAL CONFUSES THE MIND PRODUCES STAGNATION WEED UNSTRUCTURED AND OBSESSIVELY ANTI- RHYTHM INSTINCTIVELY RECOGNIZED AS A SCAM A MALEVOLENTLY BAD MAP ... OBFUSCATION, LIES, RESENTMENT WISES TO DESTROY THE CANON MOCKS THE CONCEPT OF VALUES ENFEEBLES LIFE SPITS ON BEAUTY AND ACTIVELY CELEBRATES UGLINESS BAD ART IS WHINING, COPING, SEETHING, AND A WASTE OF TIME

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Starting on the same day, the post became a subject of debates and parodies on X. For example, on August 28th, 2023, X[2] user @EmmaTolkin posted a cropped image from the sheer reading, "Bad Art: makes you feel weird," commenting, "Cronenberg CANCELLED" in reference to the famous body-horror director David Cronenberg. The post (shown below, left) received over 230 reposts and 5,900 likes in two days.

On August 29th, artist u m a m i quoted[3] the post, commenting, "The most annoying people are in the world are fucking losers who make charts about what good art and bad art is." The post (shown below, right) received over 260 reposts and 3,700 likes in one day.


Dildo Baggins @EmmaTolkin Cronenberg CANCELLED BAD ART MAKES YOU FEEL WEIRD ... 100 The most annoying people are in the world are f------ losers who make charts about what good art and bad art is. Jash Dholani @oldbooksguy • Aug 27 The most annoying people in the world love to say there is no objective difference between good art and bad art So I made a list of 15 Good Art v/s Bad Art: The Masterlist of 15 Differences SR. NO. 2 umami @u_m_a_m_i 1 EMOTIONAL EFFECT 3 4 5 6 7 DIFFERENCES PHYSICAL EFFECT DIRECTIONAL CHANGES MENTAL EFFECT FASTER V/S SLOWER DRUG METAPHOR ESSENTIAL NATURE GOOD ART IMPROVES MOOD BOOSTS ENERGY SETS OFF AN UPWARD SPIRAL CLARIFIES THE MIND PRODUCES MOMENTUM BULLETPROOF COFFEE STRUCTURED AND RHYTHMIC BAD ART MAKES YOU FEEL WEIRD : SAPS ENERGY SETS OFF A DOWNWARD SPIRAL CONFUSES THE MIND PRODUCES STAGNATION WEED UNSTRUCTURED AND OBSESSIVELY ANTI- RHYTHM

In addition to X, the post also achieved popularity on Tumblr. For example, on August 29th, 2023, Tumblr[4] user kaftan posted it, writing, "Tag yourself as this list of “bad art” features, according to a twitter fascist." The post (shown below) garnered over 19,500 likes and reblogs in one day.


BAD ART MAKES YOU FEEL WEIRD SAPS ENERGY SETS OFF A DOWNWARD SPIRAL CONFUSES THE MIND PRODUCES STAGNATION WEED UNSTRUCTURED AND OBSESSIVELY ANTI- RHYTHM INSTINCTIVELY RECOGNIZED AS A SCAM A MALEVOLENTLY BAD MAP OBFUSCATION, LIES, RESENTMENT WISES TO DESTROY THE CANON MOCKS THE CONCEPT OF VALUES ENFEEBLES LIFE SPITS ON BEAUTY AND ACTIVELY CELEBRATES UGLINESS BAD ART IS WHINING, COPING, SEETHING, AND A WASTE OF TIME Tag yourself as this list of "bad art" features, according to a twitter fascist

Various Examples


Dusty @Leftwatch2 Need a Bad Art girlfriend rn BAD ART MAKES YOU FEEL WEIRD SAPS ENERGY SETS OFF A DOWNWARD SPIRAL CONFUSES THE MIND PRODUCES STAGNATION WEED Michael DeForge @michael_deforge This would honestly be the ideal blurb for my next book BAD ART MAKES YOU FEEL WEIRD SAPS ENERGY SETS OFF A DOWNWARD SPIRAL CONFUSES THE MIND PRODUCES STAGNATION Obviously this is hilarious reactionary b-------, but I'm afraid "makes you feel weird" is genuinely widely seen in contemporary culture as an indicator that something is bad Jash Dholani @oldbooksguy. Aug 27 The most annoying people in the world love to say there is no objective difference between good art and bad art So I made a list of 15 Good Art v/s Bad Art: The Masterlist of 15 Differences SR. NO. 1 2 David Sessions @davidsess 3 4 5 6 7 DIFFERENCES EMOTIONAL EFFECT PHYSICAL EFFECT DIRECTIONAL CHANGES MENTAL EFFECT FASTER V/S SLOWER DRUG METAPHOR ESSENTIAL NATURE GOOD ART IMPROVES MOOD BOOSTS ENERGY SETS OFF AN UPWARD SPIRAL CLARIFIES THE MIND PRODUCES MOMENTUM BULLETPROOF COFFEE STRUCTURED AND RHYTHMIC BAD ART MAKES YOU FEEL WEIRD SAPS ENERGY SETS OFF A DOWNWARD SPIRAL CONFUSES THE MIND PRODUCES STAGNATION WEED UNSTRUCTURED AND OBSESSIVELY ANTI- RHYTHM
Caterina " " Gerbasi -commisions open @GerbasiCaterina L+ratio+bitchless+look at Goyas black paintings Jash Dholani âś” @oldbooksguy Aug 27 The most annoying people in the world love to say there is no objective difference between good art and bad art So I made a list of 15 Good Art v/s Bad Art: The Masterlist of 15 Differences : DOLL Can't tell if a fascist made this or the final boss of YA Goodreads Jash Dholani @oldbooksguy . Aug 27 The most annoying people in the world love to say there is no objective difference between good art and bad art So I made a list of 15 Good Art v/s Bad Art: The Masterlist of 15 Differences SR. NO. 2 luke 3 @lukeoneil47 1 EMOTIONAL EFFECT 4 5 7 8 9 DIFFERENCES PHYSICAL EFFECT DIRECTIONAL CHANGES MENTAL EFFECT FASTER V/S SLOWER DRUG METAPHOR ESSENTIAL NATURE INSTINCT KNOWS GOOD GPS, BAD GPS GOOD ART IMPROVES MOOD BOOSTS ENERGY SETS OFF AN UPWARD SPIRAL CLARIFIES THE MIND PRODUCES MOMENTUM BULLET PROOF COFFEE STRUCTURED AND RHYTHMIC INSTINCTIVELY RECOGNIZED AS ART A GOOD MAP BAD ART MAKES YOU FEEL WEIRD SAPS ENERGY SETS OFF A DOWNWARD SPIRAL CONFUSES THE MIND : PRODUCES STAGNATION WEED UNSTRUCTURED AND OBSESSIVELY ANTI- RHYTHM INSTINCTIVELY RECOGNIZED AS A SCAM A MALEVOLENTLY BAD MAP Jash Dholani @oldbooksguy Commies in the quote tweets replying with "this is wrong, i love my psych medication, spiritual nihilism, and signed urinals" My response: 11:03 AM - Aug 29, 2023 86.1K Views Yes, you are all Wrong.

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External References

[1] X – @oldbooksguy

[2] X – @EmmaTolkin

[3] X – @u_m_a_m_i

[4] Tumblr – kaftan

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Part of what makes this hilarious is how OP starts calling everyone who calls out his bullshit a "communist". His post demonstrates a complete lack of ability to engage in nuanced thought and a tendency to engage in polar, black-and-white thinking. Now all his critics must be "communists" simply on the basis of being people who are "wrong", and they are "wrong" simply because they don't share his highly subjective opinion, again demonstrating his inability to think past simplistic, polar dichotomies. All this while playing the intellectual.

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