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By: Joshua Glenn
October 13, 2014

Call this [cultural/category] code: Hyperbolic Perfectionism.

Definition: Unapologetic perfectionism, to the point of hyperbole — and beyond, into irony. Beyond competitiveness, an almost spiritual ethos around perfectionism — nothing less is morally acceptable.

Notes on this code: Products placed on pedestal, like works of art. Hyperbolic, absurdist scenarios.

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Josh Glenn, HILOBROW's editor, is a principal of the commercial semiotics agency Semiovox. He is co-author and/or co-editor of several books, including The Idler's Glossary, Significant Objects, and the bestselling family activities guide UNBORED. In the ’00s, Josh was a columnist and blogger for the Boston Globe's IDEAS section; in the ’90s, he published the zine/journal Hermenaut. He lives in Boston.

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