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MellySingsDoom 06.19.2008 07:30 AM

I'm so pretentious it hurts, dahlings. Here's me the other day:

 

girlgun 06.19.2008 09:59 AM

i drink pbr. because it's fucking cheap. and if you're gonna drink 15 (kidding)... it's much more affordable. it's definitely the more tasty of the shit beers.

haters.

acousticrock87 06.19.2008 11:14 AM

Oscar Wilde was so pretentious, everyone who ever reads anything by him becomes pretentious.

Sheriff Rhys Chatham 06.19.2008 12:35 PM

I voted 5-6 because I have a lot of friends that I hang out with only once in a while so they only see me as some cool guy, which they emulate to others, which goes to my head.

Glice 06.19.2008 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pbradley

Usually I find that social definitions are derived from poor understanding and use of academic definitions.


Catachresis as a social phenomenon is fascinating. The proliferation of the word 'logic' fascinates me; its lay definition suggests something to which everyone can appeal. A quick survey of your average office politics suggests that 'logic' means little more than 'emotional investment' (i.e. nearly entirely the contrary of its actual definition).

The process of effacement (the Nietzsche/ structuralist/ Derrid-ian lovehorse) makes criticising the misappropriation of words troublesome, surely?

acousticrock87 06.19.2008 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glice
Catachresis as a social phenomenon is fascinating. The proliferation of the word 'logic' fascinates me; its lay definition suggests something to which everyone can appeal. A quick survey of your average office politics suggests that 'logic' means little more than 'emotional investment' (i.e. nearly entirely the contrary of its actual definition).

The process of effacement (the Nietzsche/ structuralist/ Derrid-ian lovehorse) makes criticising the misappropriation of words troublesome, surely?

I only half-understood that last sentence. My mind got sidetracked by the realization that Derrida's name in any form sounds like music. Here a da, there a da, everywhere a...

Dr. Eugene Felikson 06.19.2008 06:51 PM

I'm also a huge fan of PBR. It's immensely easy to chug and dirt cheap to boot. Definitely my type of brew.

Derek 06.19.2008 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheriff Rhys Chatham
I voted 5-6 because I have a lot of friends that I hang out with only once in a while so they only see me as some cool guy, which they emulate to others, which goes to my head.

Yeah.

Death & the Maiden 06.20.2008 02:40 AM

I'm pretty sure I come off as pretentious. I voted 7-8.

!@#$%! 06.20.2008 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Death & the Maiden
I'm pretty sure I come off as pretentious. I voted 7-8.


naming yourself after a play by ariel dorfman is not pretentious unless you didn't read or see the play performed and are just trying to appear sophisticated. yeah that would be pretentious. or the movie-- fine.

then again this could be about schubert, right?

pretentious fucker!! :D

Cantankerous 06.20.2008 02:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !@#$%!
naming yourself after a play by ariel dorfman is not pretentious unless you didn't read or see the play performed and are just trying to appear sophisticated. yeah that would be pretentious. or the movie-- fine.

oh haaaaaaay.

!@#$%! 06.20.2008 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous
oh haaaaaaay.


quote the rest!!

i was unfinished.

Cantankerous 06.20.2008 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !@#$%!
naming yourself after a play by ariel dorfman is not pretentious unless you didn't read or see the play performed and are just trying to appear sophisticated. yeah that would be pretentious. or the movie-- fine.

then again this could be about schubert, right?

pretentious fucker!! :D

oh haaaaaaay, y'all said my name

!@#$%! 06.20.2008 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cantankerous
y'all


are you cryptoing?

i hear texas...!

Cantankerous 06.20.2008 02:52 AM

i must be pretentious
i'm having an argument about post punk.

!@#$%! 06.20.2008 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cantankerous
i must be pretentious
i'm having an argument about post punk.


that depends--

to what end?

Cantankerous 06.20.2008 02:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !@#$%!
that depends--

to what end?

the argument is about whether new bands can be called post punk

i say NO, because the term is used solely to describe bands that came directly after the "punk explosion" in the 70s and because there is no specific SOUND associated with post punk, bands today cannot be classified as post punk because the term is used to describe an era.

acousticrock87 06.20.2008 03:00 AM

Is postmodern art/literature technically a style, not an era? I thought it was, but now that I was about to use it for my point, I'm not sure.

Cantankerous 06.20.2008 03:01 AM

postmodernism is technically STUPID, but don't get me started

✌➬ 06.20.2008 03:03 AM

Talking about postmodernism in a thread is pretentious.

Cantankerous 06.20.2008 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous
postmodernism is technically STUPID, but don't get me started

okay sorry i have to say it

postmodernism is an excuse for laziness.

there. i'm done. don't fucking ask me any more questions.

!@#$%! 06.20.2008 03:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cantankerous
the argument is about whether new bands can be called post punk

i say NO, because the term is used solely to describe bands that came directly after the "punk explosion" in the 70s and because there is no specific SOUND associated with post punk, bands today cannot be classified as post punk because the term is used to describe an era.


no, i mean, what the fuck are you arguing FOR.

are you trying to win the argument to make yourself look good? then yeah you're a pretentious shit.

are you tring to win the argument to make the other person look stupid? then you're just an egalitarian!

acousticrock87 06.20.2008 03:05 AM

We've already talked about Schubert and "catachresis" (?) in this page alone. It's not much of a stretch.

EDIT: That page. Impatient fuckers.

Cantankerous 06.20.2008 03:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !@#$%!
no, i mean, what the fuck are you arguing FOR.

are you trying to win the argument to make yourself look good? then yeah you're a pretentious shit.

are you tring to win the argument to make the other person look stupid? then you're just an egalitarian!

because it makes me angry when people persist in an argument that i have clearly already won by being right.

acousticrock87 06.20.2008 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cantankerous
okay sorry i have to say it

postmodernism is an excuse for laziness.

there. i'm done. don't fucking ask me any more questions.

No no. Expressionism is an excuse for laziness. Nabakov cannot be lazy.

Cantankerous 06.20.2008 03:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acousticrock87
No no. Expressionism is an excuse for laziness. Nabakov cannot be lazy.

it can still suck.

!@#$%! 06.20.2008 03:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cantankerous
because it makes me angry when people persist in an argument that i have clearly already won by being right.


you've been drinking, haven't you?

go get some sleep!

Cantankerous 06.20.2008 03:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !@#$%!
you've been drinking, haven't you?

go get some sleep!

i've long since sobered up. but it's 9:00 in the morning and i've been up all night.

acousticrock87 06.20.2008 03:10 AM

I was going to try to think of something even stupider to argue about, but I think this is about rock bottom...

Cantankerous 06.20.2008 03:11 AM

!@£$%! -- i did something productive though

https://download.yousendit.com/EB9ADB6E45256EA9

twit

!@#$%! 06.20.2008 03:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cantankerous
i've long since sobered up. but it's 9:00 in the morning and i've been up all night.


it shows in the quality of your arguments for fucks sakes.

that might win at the playground, but don't represent yourself in court.\\
Quote:

Originally Posted by Cantankerous
!@£$%! -- i did something productive though

https://download.yousendit.com/EB9ADB6E45256EA9

twit


nice. keep at it.

Cantankerous 06.20.2008 03:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !@#$%!
it shows in the quality of your arguments for fucks sakes.

that might win at the playground, but don't represent yourself in court.\\

nice. keep at it.



i am nowhere near dumb enough to defend myself in court. that's what lawyers are for.

& thanks.


la dee da rum in my orange juice. delicious.

!@#$%! 06.20.2008 03:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cantankerous
i am nowhere near dumb enough to defend myself in court. that's what lawyers are for.

& thanks.


la dee da rum in my orange juice. delicious.


ha ha ha...

borracha!

enjoy your breakfast

im going to sleep.

acousticrock87 06.20.2008 03:22 AM

What the fuck? You can't hate vodka that much.

✌➬ 06.20.2008 03:22 AM

You guys are sexy

✌➬ 06.20.2008 03:22 AM

Oh wrong thread.

Cantankerous 06.20.2008 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acousticrock87
What the fuck? You can't hate vodka that much.

i do, which is why i'm drinking rum instead.
rum + oj = best drink ever
Quote:

Originally Posted by ✌➬
You guys are sexy


we know.

✌➬ 06.20.2008 03:28 AM

You are the sexiest of them all.

Cantankerous 06.20.2008 03:30 AM

we know.


no i'm just kidding.

thanks babayyyyy

acousticrock87 06.20.2008 03:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ✌➬
You are the sexiest of them all.

:(

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cantankerous
i do, which is why i'm drinking rum instead.
rum + oj = best drink ever

Never tried it, but it sounds sick. Is it like Malibu or something?


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