Help Me With Something

schizophrenicroom · 06.02.2006, 10:02 PM

I'm going to California while SY are playing with Pearl Jam. I do not like Pearl Jam. My parents (and grandmother, who says I don't deserve anything else this summer because of our CA trip) say the only place I can see them is in SF with Pearl Suck.

Basically, help me convince them why I should see the yoof in Atlanta. I already have:

1. The tickets are EFFING TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS.
2. It's Sonic Youth, and they are my favorite band.
3. I told them that as SY's 25th year together, who knows if they'll tour next year. I'm not waiting.
4. I won't buy any merchandise or drinks/food on the way at at the venue or anywhere in Atlanta, instantly saving a crapload.
3. A hotel isn't needed. Saving money, again.

Any other reasons? Their arguments are cash, gas, and "Sonic Youth are stupid". I want to intellectually counter-act their argument and all I can think of is "stfu" and "the nineteenth is in basically three weeks stfu".

yes, i know am whiny and being kind of immature. i just want this so bad.

silverfreepress (sdasher) · 06.02.2006, 10:04 PM

Sometimes you just gotta run away and join the circus.

Or buy your family tickets to the show and invite them into the pit.

finding nobody · 06.02.2006, 10:07 PM

tell them you love them and that you'll stop smoking crack

HaydenAsche · 06.02.2006, 10:07 PM

Tell them I will kick their asses if they don't let you go.

TheDom · 06.02.2006, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by schizophrenicroom

"Sonic Youth are stupid".

That's stupid.

Just say use the analogy that this is like a muslim's trip to Mecca, you just have to go.

If they won't let you go, use this: "The jerk store called, and they're running out of you!"

umjammer atomsk · 06.02.2006, 10:41 PM

Steal your sister's boyfriend, kill your parents and hit the road.

krastian · 06.02.2006, 11:31 PM

Just tell them how much they mean to you and that they will be the coolest parents ever to let you go!!!

alyasa · 06.02.2006, 11:55 PM

Tell them their little princess deserves a little something; in a jokingly benign manner; of course.

qprogeny79 · 06.03.2006, 12:17 AM

just take the pearl jam stop. ordinarily when those in authority have made up their mind on something they don't like to back down, even in the face of the most rational and legitimate of arguments -- caving in would mitigate their power. no one said you had to stick around to see pj (though i would if given the chance, as i happen to like them).

but if you really want to keep arguing, you could offer to pay as many of the necessary expenses as possible yourself.

Neongod · 06.03.2006, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by krastian

Just tell them how much they mean to you and that they will be the coolest parents ever to let you go!!!

Best advice so far.

$25 is a steal. I've paid $80 to see a band live. Tell them this is your Woodstock.

schizophrenicroom · 06.03.2006, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by qprogeny79

no one said you had to stick around to see pj (though i would if given the chance, as i happen to like them).

i know i don't have to, but sticking around would be the easiest to fit into what we have planned the whole time we're there. i don't really want to.

next step · 06.03.2006, 01:35 PM

say even that you like pearl jam too...

lizzarddd · 06.04.2006, 05:29 PM

Dude, you're turning down a sonic youth concert just because pearl jam is playing there also?, are you kidding, if pearl jam comes out after them just leave before they do, im assuming that whoever suggested you go to this concert is paying for ticks right?, i went to the bamboozle festival up in newjersey just to see one band and i paid 100$ + gas money to go see HIM, you've just gotta be dedicated, but seriously, sonic youth is definatly worth going to that concert, hopefully im going to see SY up in Washington DC on the 16, dont know yet,
The concert will be great, even if pearl jams gonna be there. (its sonic youth, obviously its going to be great)
Eh, have fun.

DoubleNickels · 06.04.2006, 05:43 PM

Yeah seriously, $25 is not bad. Plus it's SY, so just leave before Pearl Jam comes on stage.

SolidZach · 06.04.2006, 06:14 PM

give them a pj record

finding nobody · 06.05.2006, 01:38 AM

did you try any of these?

candymoan · 06.05.2006, 02:46 AM

you can convince your parents with persistance..
if all fails.. go to the pearl jam show..
see the yoof..
leave before pearl jam kills your euphoria...

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06.02.2006, 10:02 PM	#1
schizophrenicroom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: behind you Posts: 10,807	I'm going to California while SY are playing with Pearl Jam. I do not like Pearl Jam. My parents (and grandmother, who says I don't deserve anything else this summer because of our CA trip) say the only place I can see them is in SF with Pearl Suck. Basically, help me convince them why I should see the yoof in Atlanta. I already have: 1. The tickets are EFFING TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS. 2. It's Sonic Youth, and they are my favorite band. 3. I told them that as SY's 25th year together, who knows if they'll tour next year. I'm not waiting. 4. I won't buy any merchandise or drinks/food on the way at at the venue or anywhere in Atlanta, instantly saving a crapload. 3. A hotel isn't needed. Saving money, again. Any other reasons? Their arguments are cash, gas, and "Sonic Youth are stupid". I want to intellectually counter-act their argument and all I can think of is "stfu" and "the nineteenth is in basically three weeks stfu". yes, i know am whiny and being kind of immature. i just want this so bad. __________________ fuck i'm frustrated, freaking out something fierce, would you help me? i'm hungry and i stuffer and i startle, i struggle and i stammer til i'm up to my ears in miserable quote unquote "art"
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06.02.2006, 10:04 PM	#2
silverfreepress (sdasher) the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 588	Sometimes you just gotta run away and join the circus. Or buy your family tickets to the show and invite them into the pit.
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06.02.2006, 10:07 PM	#3
finding nobody invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,275	tell them you love them and that you'll stop smoking crack
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HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	Tell them I will kick their asses if they don't let you go. __________________ rip
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06.02.2006, 10:41 PM	#6
umjammer atomsk the end of the ugly Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 889	Steal your sister's boyfriend, kill your parents and hit the road. __________________
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06.02.2006, 11:31 PM	#7
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Just tell them how much they mean to you and that they will be the coolest parents ever to let you go!!! __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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06.02.2006, 11:55 PM	#8
alyasa invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,791	Tell them their little princess deserves a little something; in a jokingly benign manner; of course. __________________ Sab Kuch Tick Tock Hai
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06.03.2006, 12:17 AM	#9
qprogeny79 stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: newport news/charlottesville, va, usa. Posts: 508	just take the pearl jam stop. ordinarily when those in authority have made up their mind on something they don't like to back down, even in the face of the most rational and legitimate of arguments -- caving in would mitigate their power. no one said you had to stick around to see pj (though i would if given the chance, as i happen to like them). but if you really want to keep arguing, you could offer to pay as many of the necessary expenses as possible yourself. __________________ obligatory intellectual quote: "all men by nature desire to know." --aristotle obligatory myspace page link. obligatory myspace band page link.
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06.03.2006, 01:35 PM	#12
next step the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Italy Posts: 583	say even that you like pearl jam too... __________________ http://www.sonicurbs.com
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06.04.2006, 05:29 PM	#13
lizzarddd bad moon rising Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 165	Dude, you're turning down a sonic youth concert just because pearl jam is playing there also?, are you kidding, if pearl jam comes out after them just leave before they do, im assuming that whoever suggested you go to this concert is paying for ticks right?, i went to the bamboozle festival up in newjersey just to see one band and i paid 100$ + gas money to go see HIM, you've just gotta be dedicated, but seriously, sonic youth is definatly worth going to that concert, hopefully im going to see SY up in Washington DC on the 16, dont know yet, The concert will be great, even if pearl jams gonna be there. (its sonic youth, obviously its going to be great) Eh, have fun.
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06.04.2006, 05:43 PM	#14
DoubleNickels bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Saunderstown, RI Posts: 141	Yeah seriously, $25 is not bad. Plus it's SY, so just leave before Pearl Jam comes on stage. __________________ I don't want to push it.
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06.04.2006, 06:14 PM	#15
SolidZach children of satan Join Date: May 2006 Location: United States Posts: 276	give them a pj record __________________ I will come again, Jesus
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06.05.2006, 01:38 AM	#16
finding nobody invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,275	did you try any of these?
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06.05.2006, 02:46 AM	#17
candymoan the end of the ugly Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: istanbul Posts: 855	you can convince your parents with persistance.. if all fails.. go to the pearl jam show.. see the yoof.. leave before pearl jam kills your euphoria... . __________________ /* nothing here...
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