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I guess my opinion is a little less unpopular than I thought. (Although I have been told, on these very forums, that I sound "uneducated" for saying it.) Do high school teachers still expect the students to identify with Holden Caulfield? Mine sure did, and I remember feeling downright insulted by that.
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The best anime is Ping Pong the Animation
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Powered Descent posted:I guess my opinion is a little less unpopular than I thought. (Although I have been told, on these very forums, that I sound "uneducated" for saying it.) No I don't think it makes sense I'm quoting my niece's 11th grade advanced English teacher. They really think poo poo written by middle aged folks in the 50's is relevant because literature.
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Mar 29, 2021 17:28
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hawowanlawow posted:it's fashionable to hate on lovecraft on these forums because sa is populated by like 80% this guy: lol quoted for truth
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fizzymercury posted:Yes, in the same way you're supposed to identify with the characters in a Separate Peace. What, you’ve never attempted an impulsive murder of one of your classmates out of a sense of envy?
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Catcher in the rye is a great novel. Franny and Zooey is his masterwork though.
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christmas boots posted:What, you’ve never attempted an impulsive murder of one of your classmates out of a sense of envy? 
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The only books I really enjoyed reading in high school were Of Mice and Men, Lord of the Flies, A Brave New World, and To Kill a Mockingbird. Oh, and Tess of the D'urbervilles. Mockingbird and Tess are actually two of my favorite books in general.
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I liked Of Mice and Men because I understood a bunch of looney tunes jokes and characters afterward.
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Mar 29, 2021 19:16
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David Bowie was a mediocre musician who somehow made a career out of jumping on whatever musical bandwagon was popular and adding nothing to it. His music is not interesting in any way, and I don't understand why anyone gave a poo poo about him.
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Sweevo posted:David Bowie was a mediocre musician who somehow made a career out of jumping on whatever musical bandwagon was popular and adding nothing to it. His music is not interesting in any way, and I don't understand why anyone gave a poo poo about him. He wrote better songs than nearly anyone he can be accused of ripping off, hth
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Sweevo posted:David Bowie was a mediocre musician who somehow made a career out of jumping on whatever musical bandwagon was popular and adding nothing to it. His music is not interesting in any way, and I don't understand why anyone gave a poo poo about him. Play MGSV and tell me The Man Who Sold The World doesn't rip.
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Gripweed posted:Play MGSV and tell me The Man Who Sold The World doesn't rip. That isn't his version But scary monsters was a far better album than the pleasure principal
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Sweevo posted:David Bowie was a mediocre musician who somehow made a career out of jumping on whatever musical bandwagon was popular and adding nothing to it. His music is not interesting in any way, and I don't understand why anyone gave a poo poo about him. Also everyone just kind of ignores that he was a literal white supremacist fascist for a while.
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I was going to say that All Along The Watchtower is great, but then I remembered that's Bob Dylan, so nevermind.
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Henchman of Santa posted:He wrote better songs than nearly anyone he can be accused of ripping off, hth He also drugged and hosed 14 year old groupies, but it was so common in the 70's and everyone was on so much drugs that it's fine, is a defense of Bowie I've seen seriously made.
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doverhog posted:He also drugged and hosed 14 year old groupies, but it was so common in the 70's and everyone was on so much drugs that it's fine, is a defense of Bowie I've seen seriously made. It’s not a good defense, but it’s also irrelevant to him being a good or bad musician
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doverhog posted:He also drugged and hosed 14 year old groupies, but it was so common in the 70's and everyone was on so much drugs that it's fine, is a defense of Bowie I've seen seriously made. Were there any other claims of this on Bowie's part beyond Lori Mattix? I'm familiar with that one, but apparently there's a lot of timeline issues in her account and she'd claimed to have lost her virginity to Bowie but also to Jimmy Page and and there aren't any photos of her with Bowi but a poo poo ton with Page. E: Ah, there's Sable Starr. Forgot about her. christmas boots has a new favorite as of 20:01 on Mar 29, 2021 |
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Just a couple of rapes nbd You really gonna cancel the guy who gave us Heroes
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Gaius Marius posted:That isn't his version Yeah and the best version is Nirvana's unplugged one
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Mar 29, 2021 21:18
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BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:Yeah and the best version is Nirvana's unplugged one Lmao no Nirvana version of any song is the best version.
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Mar 29, 2021 21:24
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Gripweed posted:Lmao no Nirvana version of any song is the best version. The Lead Belly version of Where Did You Sleep Last Night was better because a murder ballad is better when the person singing it is actually a murderer
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Mar 29, 2021 21:30
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Manager Hoyden posted:Just a couple of rapes nbd Motorhead's cover was better.
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Manager Hoyden posted:The Lead Belly version of Where Did You Sleep Last Night was better because a murder ballad is better when the person singing it is actually a murderer Cobain killed at least one dude.
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Gripweed posted:The issue is that regular glasses are curved. Plain glass is flat. So they catch the light differently. When the entire lens lights up with reflected light, then it's flat glass and the glasses are fake. They could have plano-concave or plano-convex lenses, flat on the outside with the prescription ground on the inside.
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Jeez, I wonder if so many other artists covering his songs is any indication of how good of a songwriter he was?
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Manager Hoyden posted:Also everyone just kind of ignores that he was a literal white supremacist fascist for a while. I see it talked about a lot, I'd hardly call it ignored if you read any kind of critical history of his work or glam rock. That's not a defence, just an observation. Gripweed posted:Lmao no Nirvana version of any song is the best version. I love Devo, but Nirvana's version of Turnaround is way better than the original. And The Vaselines are cool, but the Nirvana covers are at least as good as the originals. Disco Pope has a new favorite as of 00:21 on Mar 30, 2021 |
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hawowanlawow posted:it's fashionable to hate on lovecraft on these forums because sa is populated by like 80% this guy: Love how immediately relevant this post was
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Steven Universe would have been better if it'd ended at the movie
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Henchman of Santa posted:Love how immediately relevant this post was I'll cite the post as inspiration. Milkshakes all around.
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People with Tattoos gross me out, you can tell as soon as you see them that they make poor decisions in life
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Gaius Marius posted:People with Tattoos gross me out, you can tell as soon as you see them that they make poor decisions in life I hate that I feel this way, but I do. I try so hard to not judge people in real life, but.. goddamn every single tattoo looks so loving awful.
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Disco Pope posted:And The Vaselines are cool, but the Nirvana covers are at least as good as the originals. I want to like the Vaselines more - I get Son of a Gun stuck in my head pretty frequently - but they seem unable to write a whole song. They get a catchy verse and chorus going, then seem to run out of ideas and just play the first bits over again.
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Elissimpark posted:I want to like the Vaselines more - I get Son of a Gun stuck in my head pretty frequently - but they seem unable to write a whole song. They get a catchy verse and chorus going, then seem to run out of ideas and just play the first bits over again. This feels like a lot of ninties rock, and not in a good way like in the eighties Btw is that Evola as your avatar? Dude was one of the nuttiest lads I've ever read Captain Monkey posted:I hate that I feel this way, but I do. I try so hard to not judge people in real life, but.. goddamn every single tattoo looks so loving awful. It's so bad when it's some cringy Video game BS, or random Kanji, or a poorly drawn face, or an Ex. Just like stop.
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Lot of losers in this thread haven’t seen my badass barb wire around the bicep tat
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Gaius Marius posted:This feels like a lot of ninties rock, and not in a good way like in the eighties Someone with an all-round unengaging song is one thing, but the Vaselines have really good hooks, so its disappointing that they keep running out of steam. And no, its Karel Capek, the playwright. They do look kinda similar though. They could have been pretty good Draculas if they'd been in films.
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Interesting, he's the lad who created the term robot, I've heard the story but never put a face to the name. Yeah being a dracula probably would've been a better choice for Evola at least, rather than becoming a superfascist. He was even a count.
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