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kinda...

i like what i like, and i like what i like alot, and i like what i like and seriously dislike what i don't like. i'm not up on everything, and to be honest i tend to like bands a bit after they're overplayed in 'indie' circles... and this is new

its me looking for an identity, or something. i dunno. playing the elitist does amuse me, though

and the bits about bad music seriously bugging me are true. especially if its a horrible cover of a good song

(We should probably let the other thread go on it's way and die a natural death.)

What's remarkable to me is that your opinions on music sound like about 90% of the people on the board, yet you are the only one of those people who routinely complains about how people don't want to talk to him. You might want to consider amusing yourself less.

'consider amusing yourself less' - is that the most possibly polite way of saying 'stop being a wanker'?

Life isn't black and white. Things aren't all "cool" or "uncool". Get over yourself.

(Dweller...I'm betting LoN doesn't even know what the title originally refers to since SNL is too mainstream for him.)

SNL? I don't get the reference.

ahhhh SNL... it used to be good before I was born, then started getting good again right when Tina Fey arrived and I left the country. thank dog for Comedy Central reruns and Bill Murray

it refers to the Hardball sketch, with, um... name is on the tip of my tounge...that pudgy dude... as Chris Matthews

i think. it might be the old Frank Sinatra sketch. this is going to bug me for days

and Matt: my dad usually just says "stop being such an intellectual wanker" or just "stop being a wanker". it comes from living in my head all the time, so my interactions with others are... odd

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Originally posted by The Lord of YARRR!:
it refers to the Hardball sketch, with, um... name is on the tip of my tounge...that pudgy dude... as Chris Matthews

i think. it might be the old Frank Sinatra sketch. this is going to bug me for days

No. Try Dan Akroyd and Jane Curtin.

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Originally posted by The Lord of YARRR!:
and Matt: my dad usually just says "stop being such an intellectual wanker" or just "stop being a wanker". it comes from living in my head all the time, so my interactions with others are... odd

What a load of shit. This is a board full of Gaiman fans. How many of us do you really think spend a lot of time outside their heads? Wankerhood is a choice.

ah right. early hosts of Weekend Update? been ages since i've seen a classic SNL rerun

as for 'cool', SNL used to be pretty counterculture in the 70s, and it still has its moments. i have no idea what its like now

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Originally posted by Dweller in Darkness:

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Originally posted by The Lord of YARRR!:
and Matt: my dad usually just says "stop being such an intellectual wanker" or just "stop being a wanker". it comes from living in my head all the time, so my interactions with others are... odd

What a load of shit. This is a board full of Gaiman fans. How many of us do you really think spend a lot of time outside their heads? Wankerhood is a choice.

i am how I am. people have been trying to change me for years; i've been trying to change me. i'm getting more socialized every day....

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Originally posted by The Lord of YARRR!:
i am how I am. people have been trying to change me for years; i've been trying to change me. i'm getting more socialized every day....

I still think you're a wanker.

well, yeah

i said MORE socialized. i'm at the 'go out in public, assuming certain values of public' stage

the 'certain values of public' bit is important. i can look at people and say 'wow, he's wearing a scarf with his schoolboy uniform and Smiths shirt. what a wanker' and feel proud 'cause at least i don't wear a scarf

also, i'm cool when i'm roleplaying. er, geeky when i'm roleplaying. but cool as in 'okay'

i have no idea where i'm going with any of this. no offense to anyone who wears scarves or Smiths shirts, especially since half of the board were around when they first came out


i should really go to bed

STOP CLASSIFYING THE WORLD.

Seriously.

I refer you to my Lester Bangs rant if you need clarification.

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Originally posted by Dweller in Darkness:
SNL? I don't get the reference.

"Jane, you ignorant slut." says Dan Akroyd to fellow SNLer in the early days of the show.

(ppssst...Dweller was being verrry verrrrry facetious, GC...thats what the indicated.)

I know, GC, I was just being cute. Actually, I was (oddly) quoting me from a thread buried in the Archives.

Ah! Good, 'cause I was kinda worried about you Dweller. Missed that winking smiley.

well i reiterate EVERYTHING i ever said to LoN about this. twice. and once more for good luck, cos maybe 11th time's the charm.

and again.

why not try READING some of the things other people say, instead of inspecting them for things that you can respond in a shitty way, or in a completely-miss-the-point-way.

i don't think you really do try to change yourself.
possibly you like getting the attention of people frustrated with you...
don't know. could be totally wrong about that last part.
but- when we try to give you advice, you say "i am what i am. i try to change."
you'll be what you are now forever if you don't start actually considering the words said to you, which is by the way how you start to change. (complaining about yourself doesn't actually initiate change.)

nah, you're right about me wanting to get attention from people frusturated from me. the same thing with the advice... though its also really hard

Dweller's point about me being a poseur was brought home quite clearly during record shopping with two friends of mine. trust me... i know next to nothing about this stuff

but part of it is the old Modernist 'how to construct a self?' question. i try to construct it with stereotypes, but i usually do a pretty bad job

*shrug* i'm really a good guy underneath all of this. i can just be an asshole much of the time, and i'll freely admit that and i'm sorry

how are we sposed to know if you are a good guy "under all this"? there seems to be so much "this" that the good guy underneath has drowned. i dunno bout everyone else, but i'm bored of "all this" and would like to see this mythical good guy once in a wee while.

let's see if we can't resusitate (i know that's not right, but hell. how's one sposed to remember words like that) the good guy by actually letting him have his say once in a while, i.e. not just pressing "post now" before thinking...