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Dross posted:Only $450! And you’d have to know it existed in the first place in order to buy it. And have a local bookstore to order it from
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Another beloved favourite The anatomy of Bibliomania? That's a big book to talk about a very small book.
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Apr 19, 2021 15:04
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Len posted:And have a local bookstore to order it from Ah yes because mail-order famously didn't exist before the Internet.
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Apr 19, 2021 15:04
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Now we're talking about a catalog book of books about books. Just something we all had lying around.
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Apr 19, 2021 15:31
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fizzymercury posted:That's as bad as when I realized Dio isn't the band that did Tom Sawyer. I never knew until this moment how much I wanted to hear Dio cover Rush Get some fuckin Red Barchetta going
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Apr 19, 2021 15:37
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Are people being obtuse or do I really need to worry about libraries being missing from living memory. Probably both.
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Apr 19, 2021 16:03
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Ah yes because mail-order famously didn't exist before the Internet. So your stance is that if I am arguing with somebody about the lyrics of Blinded By the Light I need to get a mail order book catalogue, order a book with a listing of books that have lyrics, order one of those books, then look up the lyrics? Truly that's identical in ease and speed to googling on my phone.
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Apr 19, 2021 16:06
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rydiafan posted:So your stance is that if I am arguing with somebody about the lyrics of Blinded By the Light I need to get a mail order book catalogue, order a book with a listing of books that have lyrics, order one of those books, then look up the lyrics? No you should already have those books.
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Apr 19, 2021 16:08
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So I need to own every book?
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Apr 19, 2021 16:12
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zedprime posted:Are people being obtuse or do I really need to worry about libraries being missing from living memory. People are talking about the kind of information like "who was that guy in that one movie" or "what are those lyrics" which you can google immediately these days but which you would probably just give up and Not Know back before the internet because going to a library or a CD store or something is a lot more effort than pulling out your phone. Just because it was possible to find out information if you tried hard enough doesn't mean everyone did that always at every opportunity.
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Apr 19, 2021 16:15
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rydiafan posted:So I need to own every book? Judging by your marvelous posts it couldn't hurt.
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Apr 19, 2021 16:15
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Organza Quiz posted:People are talking about the kind of information like "who was that guy in that one movie" or "what are those lyrics" which you can google immediately these days but which you would probably just give up and Not Know back before the internet because going to a library or a CD store or something is a lot more effort than pulling out your phone. Just because it was possible to find out information if you tried hard enough doesn't mean everyone did that always at every opportunity. *Huge 17th century bong rip* but like how did anyone know the pythagorean theorem in Greece if noone had a printing press?
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Apr 19, 2021 16:17
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rydiafan posted:So your stance is that if I am arguing with somebody about the lyrics of Blinded By the Light I need to get a mail order book catalogue, order a book with a listing of books that have lyrics, order one of those books, then look up the lyrics?
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Apr 19, 2021 16:19
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What if Brad Pitt wants to know who was the guy in some movie?
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Apr 19, 2021 16:20
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Just call the DJ. They love talkin to the listeners, maaan.
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Apr 19, 2021 16:21
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When I was a kid I got into a big argument with another kid at school about what the capital of Brazil was, the globe we had at home said Brasilia, but the old rear end encyclopedia in the classroom said Rio de Janeiro and I looked like a chump.
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Apr 19, 2021 16:36
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Judging by your marvelous posts it couldn't hurt. My mistake. I didn't realize you were posting entirely in bad faith. I'll avoid conversing with you like a rational human in the future.
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Apr 19, 2021 16:39
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Well, I just learned that there's a city called 'Brasilia' that is apparently Brazil's capital, and has been since 1960! To be fair, I know about as much about Brazil as I do Hungary (not a lot).
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Apr 19, 2021 16:44
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loving goons, goddamn. I stopped engaging a page and a half ago because his gimmick was clear after literally one reply, lol.
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Apr 19, 2021 16:45
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rydiafan posted:My mistake. I didn't realize you were posting entirely in bad faith. I'll avoid conversing with you like a rational human in the future. 3D Megadoodoo is Jerry Cotton. He accidentally made a good post once and he's regretted it ever since.
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Apr 19, 2021 16:51
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Actually I'm most concerned that you are all bringing to light that it was impossible for anyone to know any pop culture trivia definitively in the 90s because I used this to great effect to become Trivial Pursuit champion by doctoring all the cards with fake answers. What were they gonna do, prove me wrong with a book they don't own?
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Apr 19, 2021 17:12
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My bad. I knew he was doing a gimmick, but I thought he'd at least maintain the veneer of polite conversation. I'll do better in the future.
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Tokelau All Star posted:When I was a kid I got into a big argument with another kid at school about what the capital of Brazil was, the globe we had at home said Brasilia, but the old rear end encyclopedia in the classroom said Rio de Janeiro and I looked like a chump. I went to school in the 70s and 80s and the giant world maps in the classrooms grew increasingly outdated and incorrect every year as countries kept changing their names but the school refused to spend money replacing them
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Apr 19, 2021 17:23
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Henchman of Santa posted:I’ve heard a lot of people think Dire Straits is American, which is funny because they’re so much less popular here than in their home country. I guess I just had a "Just figured out..." moment. I actually thought they were American until now. I guess I never looked into it. I'd say they are/were very popular in the US. Everyone who's anyone has a copy of "Brothers in Arms." The content comes off as American to me. "Here comes Johnny singing oldies goldies..." etc. "I want my MTV..." all pretty American sounding. Romeo and Juliet is pretty non-specific. It could be anywhere.
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Apr 19, 2021 17:32
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mostlygray posted:I guess I just had a "Just figured out..." moment. I actually thought they were American until now. I guess I never looked into it. I'd say they are/were very popular in the US. Everyone who's anyone has a copy of "Brothers in Arms." The content comes off as American to me. They're certainly popular enough here and have a handful of classic rock radio staples (Sultans of Swing, Money for Nothing, Walk of Life) but I think in the UK they're one of the best selling domestic acts ever.
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rydiafan posted:My bad. I knew he was doing a gimmick, but I thought he'd at least maintain the veneer of polite conversation.
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Fatty Crabcakes posted:It's not a gimmick, he's just Finnish ftfy
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Apr 19, 2021 17:46
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You'll understand him better once you see how he lives his life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWuyrlXI7nA
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Apr 19, 2021 17:51
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Oh if only. He's only getting startt
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Apr 19, 2021 17:57
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Fatty Crabcakes posted:Oh if only. He's only getting startt 
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Speaking of lyrics, "Never will I roam/for I know my place is home" seems to be in direct contradiction with "Where the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing". Which is it, Rod Stewart?  e: unless he's saying "I love you, but I'm not setting foot off of this boat"?
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zedprime posted:Are people being obtuse or do I really need to worry about libraries being missing from living memory. Organza Quiz posted:People are talking about the kind of information like "who was that guy in that one movie" or "what are those lyrics" which you can google immediately these days but which you would probably just give up and Not Know back before the internet because going to a library or a CD store or something is a lot more effort than pulling out your phone. Just because it was possible to find out information if you tried hard enough doesn't mean everyone did that always at every opportunity. I'm too young to have done it this way (I'm still old enough to remember times before instant answers at your fingertips), but my understanding is that reference librarians were the people to call for just those questions, and although my main frame of reference is the 1957 Hepburn-Tracy movie Desk Set, I imagine they were pretty happy to help even on the stupidest and most trivial questions, as long as they had the time.
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Hyperlynx posted:Speaking of lyrics, "Never will I roam/for I know my place is home" seems to be in direct contradiction with "Where the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing". The boat is his wife
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Milo and POTUS posted:The boat is his wife Still waiting for a followup where he exits international waters and attempts to untangle the legalities of this relationship Captain Hygiene has a new favorite as of 03:21 on Apr 20, 2021 |
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Apr 20, 2021 03:16
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mng posted:You'll understand him better once you see how he lives his life. This guy looks and sounds precisely like an old landlord of mine and it makes his videos that much funnier. I don't think my old landlord would apologize for dropping an n-bomb though.
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Milo and POTUS posted:The boat is his wife Captain Hygiene posted:Still waiting for a followup where he exits international waters and attempts to untangle the legalities of this relationship I think you're cracked it!
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Milo and POTUS posted:The boat is his wife Yeah the song is clearly about a returned war veteran ("Let me still exist in another place/Runnin' undercover of a helicopter blade") who is separated from his wife and masturbating dispassionately on his boat ("Love may still exist in another place/I'm just yankin' back the handle, no expression on my face") Hyperlynx posted:Which is it, Rod Stewart? He didn't even write the song, it's a cover!
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Yeah the song is clearly about a returned war veteran ("Let me still exist in another place/Runnin' undercover of a helicopter blade") Where they're downing only deer, a hundred steel towns away" quote:who is separated from his wife and masturbating dispassionately on his boat ("Love may still exist in another place/I'm just yankin' back the handle, no expression on my face") "Oh, I've got lightning in my veins Shifting like the handle of a slot machine" It's part of the metaphor of the slot machine. What it means I don't know, but I'm pretty sure it's not wanking. quote:He didn't even write the song, it's a cover! 
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All I know is that no one has given enough of a poo poo to annotate a single line of the song on Genius.
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Hyperlynx posted:Yeah, no. The bit before that is Well what else do you hold in your hand that is veiny and shaped liked a slot machine handle with a knob at the end????
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