[Cantankerous]

i doubt it.

[m^a(t)h]

keep in mind that this thread was a result of me correcting a grammatical error in one of his posts.

[Cantankerous]

he? who is HE?

[Gookid]

Originally Posted by truncated

Just a random rant. People who quiver in fear at the thought of liking music/art/films that isn't obscure or critically lauded. People who will admit to such things, but only with the disclaimer of them being 'guilty pleasures.' People who wear their artistic taste on their sleeves as some kind of badge of identification. People who will slam Ben Folds Five and in the same breath endorse Be Your Own Pet because the latter is on Infinity Cat and not yet plastered on the radio. People who casually drop their latest film noir viewings and translated novel readings into conversation, for no other reason (despite what they say) than to advertise that they, unlike you, are culturally rounded and capable of complex thought. People who line up like lemmings to watching foreign films at their local independent theater because, well, it's an indie film - by default, it's better than anything out at the multiplex! People who tolerated Drawing Restraint 9 because they lick Bjork's whiny Nordic asshole, but won't acknowledge that Aliens is one of the best films ever made.

One of the most blatant examples of this, in my cuntish opinion, is the "What are you listening to?" thread.

I would cut off my left tit if there were some way to prove that the majority of people post on that thread for any reason other than to self-importantly crow, "Look! Look what I'M listening to! It's a B-side! I bet YOU'VE never heard it! Did you know I was that obscure? Did you know I was into such hardcore experimentalism? Well, I am. And I bet you're not. I bet YOU don't own this album. Am I avant-garde? Am I? Am I?" Why else are you posting on that thread? Do you really give a good goddamn what I'm listening to? Of course not, you're listening to your own music. Do people typically respond to other people's posts on that thread? Of course not, because they're barely even reading them; they are far too concerned with posting their own brand of advertising.

People who don't realize that Sebastian Bach will own someone like Kathleen Hanna any day of the week because he loves, truly LOVES music, lives for the pure simplistic joy of rock and roll, and isn't using it as a vehicle for a political agenda, an image stamp, a competitive artistic edge, a personality billboard.

The name-droppers, media-haters, trendophobes, rabble-rousers, corporate-bashing, extreme-left, if-more-than-15-people-have-heard-of-that-band-I-can't-buy-their-album music connossieurs -

Contrary to what you must convince yourselves of on a daily basis in order to keep your fragile egos intact, it is YOU folks who are the woefully ignorant, not those supposed intellectual inferiors you turn your noses down at. So don your pricetags, kids, for you are the true sell-outs.

The one thing that's infinitely worse than what you describe is the person that takes delight in describing such people and explaining why they're contemptible. I assume it brings people like this some sort of satisfaction to their empty lives.

[Cantankerous]

i am pretty sure debbie does dallas isn't obscure, and that movie is fine by me any old day of the week.

[m^a(t)h]

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

he? who is HE?

you.

[Cantankerous]

Originally Posted by m^a(t)h

you.

I own a vagina, thanks.

[terminal pharmacy]

Originally Posted by Gookid

The one thing that's infinitely worse than what you describe is the person that takes delight in describing such people and explaining why they're contemptible. I assume it brings people like this some sort of satisfaction to their empty lives.

yes it all gets trapped in a paradox. and also becomes a righteous judgement against others. very interesting nonetheless, and well written.

[Cantankerous]

The point of this thread? Smoke more.

[terminal pharmacy]

lol, stop being so damn cantankerous

[Cantankerous]

I am an intellectual because I know what the word "cantankerous" means.
I am an intellectual because I appreciate true cinema and theater: "Debbie Does Dallas" and "Jesus Christ Superstar"

[m^a(t)h]

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

I own a vagina, thanks.

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the use of "he" can be used to address boy or girl if the gender of the one who is being addressed is not known or is to a group. "her" however is not used. nowadays you have to use "his or her" or you will get a earful from a feminist.

[Cantankerous]

Originally Posted by m^a(t)h

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the use of "he" can be used to address boy or girl if the gender of the one who is being addressed is not known or is to a group. "her" however is not used. nowadays you have to use "his or her" or you will get a earful from a feminist.

I am pretty sure everyone has seen enough of my face to figure out that I'm not a he.

[terminal pharmacy]

this thread is odd, are people who have been educated meant to feel guilty about that fact for some reason

[Cantankerous]

And you know what that means?
Smoke more.

[Inhuman]

Originally Posted by m^a(t)h

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the use of "he" can be used to address boy or girl if the gender of the one who is being addressed is not known or is to a group. "her" however is not used. nowadays you have to use "his or her" or you will get a earful from a feminist.

Here in canada it's vice versa. We address things as "her" if they're unknown

[truncated]

Originally Posted by Gookid

The one thing that's infinitely worse than what you describe is the person that takes delight in describing such people and explaining why they're contemptible. I assume it brings people like this some sort of satisfaction to their empty lives.

Well-written indeed, but entirely moronic.
Pretentious Intellectual Fuckers are a pain in the ass. A valid complaint. Agree or disagree, but I don't see how that makes me more contemptible than them.

And if it does, fuck 'em.

[m^a(t)h]

can,
i havent. and you become very insecure when someone corrects you. that means you want to appear as intelligent as possible, meaning you yourself are having doubts on wheither you are an intellectual or not.

[truncated]

Originally Posted by m^a(t)h

keep in mind that this thread was a result of me correcting a grammatical error in one of his posts.

Eh?

[acousticrock87]

Actually, and I'm not making this up, "he" is apparently politically incorrect. The prefered pronoun is "they." I don't know who decided that, but he needs to get over it.