Isn’t that already covered without the additional metric of “effort”?
I don’t think so. The effort is an important part of it.
pandering but not slop.
That’s a good distinction, and I think one we should hang on to.
a lot of street art is sloppy as hell from needing to rush due to illegality
I think we may have hit upon another definitional difference here. “Slop” isn’t linguistically descended from “sloppy,” but rather both are descended from an older form of “slop,” referring to the gooey scrap that is fed to pigs. It is something which exists in great quantities but low quality, and which the farmer quickly and carelessly tips into a trough for the pigs to eat, caring little for it beyond that it exists.
“Sloppy” derived from that word, carrying with it the quick and unappealing connotations, while the modern definition of “slop” brought with it the carelessness, quantity, and force-feeding connotations.
I think both that and the “Dear Alice” video are examples of reclaimed slop.
I don’t think so. I think it was artists doing a job they could get paid for, but making good art within those constraints.
“Misguided” doesn’t feel like it’s a necessary part of “slop”
On reflection, that’s totally fair. I move to have that stricken from the record.
I think we can both agree that Fruit Love Island is absolutely slop, despite many viewers caring a lot about it’s existence.
Huh. Well, today I learned about something against my will.
Anyway, yeah, definitely slop. I think it’s because the creator didn’t care about it, and expended almost no effort toward creating it. You can tell they didn’t care because they gave it all up. This is getting me less certain about the desire of the audience being important to something’s slop status; that’s probably way more subjective than this term needs.
is it more or less “slop” than the original Love Island?
That is an interesting question. Having never watched either, I don’t know that I’m qualified to respond. I will say that the people who work on reality TV are pretty hard-working, though; so I’m inclined to think it’s not slop. Bad art? Yes. But not slop.