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I'm a big fan. His critique of certain human specimens can be hilariously uncanny. He was a good mod too, before he went apeshit. I always saw him as this ruthless vigilante mod. He wouldn't just close a thread, he'd ridicule everyone involved, putting their mothers to shame, and then he'd close the thread. Appreciated. |
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but that'll be it from me on the subject I really don't have any problems with dog_belch... don't know the guy that well, but I believe I've found a lot of his posts pretty funny over the years! |
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How can you say anybody "knows their music"? This has nothing to do with dog_belch, it's just an idea that gets thrown around here a lot that I really don't understand. If you hate Chris Clark and other newer 'IDM' acts you "know your music", do you? I suppose braindead friends of that reviewer for Q who claimed that only anorak-wearing Germans would like Granz Graf thought he "knew his music", too. |
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Yeah, this message board seems to have a "general consensus" about a lot of things... that certain things are generally considered good, and other things are generally considered bad... Me personally, I just like what I like. If something sounds good to me, whether it is hardcore electronic music that makes my ears bleed, or some hindu monk chanting, then I like it. |
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People on here disagree constantly. |
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yeah! its pretty fun to read all that shit |
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I think you'll go even madder than you are already at the minute if you keep taking those sorts of things quite so literally. By saying "anorak wearing Germans" they're not actually saying, specifically, Germans in anoraks, they're employing two powerful stereotypes to combine ONE ÃœBER STEREOTYPICAL hypothetical figure that, on reflection, does pretty much sum up someone who took uncommon interest in the noisy, overrated racket that is Gantz Guff. |
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"Knows his music" has nothing to do with someone's liking of a particular music; I actually disagree with dog_belch's tastes in some music (for example, he dislikes dubstep, whereas I love it). Knowing their music (or indeed "knowing their cars/dogs/planes") just implies someone has a wide knowledge of the subject, not that they have "good taste" (whatever that is) in it. The point I was making is that unlike, say, Bill_Hicks who was also forever slagging people off, he isn't clueless about 90%+ of the music discussed here. As a result, not only is he able to contribute to the music threads, but is even funnier with his music-related jokes. For example, in his 89 EP thread, he jokingly said about a needing a shitty hard house mix done by the studio teaboy on the reissue (or something similar). His wide knowledge of music allows him to make jokes which are not only funnier, but more pertinently, more relevant to an electronic music message board. I completely agree that having a general consensus on what is good/bad in terms of taste is silly and something I'm happy to go against: I've said on several occassions that I reckon Dire Straits are great and that Radiohead have been fairly poor since OK Computer, neither of which are popular views here. |
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i thought that Dire Straits being a great band was a universal truth |
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I know they didn't mean that literally sir, I simply think they were being unfairly harsh about the E.P. And, noisy and overrated though the first and last tracks off that E.P may be, don't you find the middle number rather ballsy and dancey? Even my dad liked that one. |
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Okay, I have to say I've been humbled by this post and you are correct. Sometimes it seems more of a case of people being united in hatred for something, though, particularly certain artists who really aren't that bad. |
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Artists like Dire Straits? :D Ta for being so gracious CS2x. |
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i love reading dog_belche's long posts of pwn. i hardly know someone that can handle out such large amounts of sentences without dots in them. Like i said, i'm going to admire you this year |
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this board is clique-y like a fuckin high school. dog belch although has been fuckin funny many a time in the past, in the paaaaaaaast, 9 times out of 10 i'd say he is a complete and total shitfuck. then new members join (the same new members that phobz supposedly could use some $$$ from upgraded memberships) the second any one of the new members post something the "clique" disagrees with the "clique" cries "B7"!! i'm just sayin... i couldn't be arsed to give a fuck really. people are free to do what they do but the "clique" must impose their collective will on a tiny insignificant corner of teh interweb which in 15-20 years will be dead and burried and no one will ever dig it up... who did what 50 years ago now? oh yeah, nobody did nothing. we were all born yesterday. |
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Hm, interesting. Never thought of this board being 'clique'-ey. I'd be interested in your impression of what the general xlt cliques are.. seriously! |
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seems to be a little bit from the uk and a little bit from the eu mostly, maybe even a rare few of the "13375" from here. i'm not on here enough to make a really detailed list. actually i don't even think i'm on here enough for my opinion to hold any weight. just tryin to participate in this "community". |
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The only thing worse than cliques is someone moaning about non-existent cliques. |
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and i thought i hated this place |
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the only thing worse than someone moaning about something is someone else moaning about someone moaning in the first place. go read a book. |
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The only thing worse than a clique is a pompous ass. |
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Is your avatar a picture from the new Zelda? It might well not be, and my stoned Zelda escapist sessions might well be ruining my perceptive organs. Who needs the real world! |
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oh no help i'm being attcked by the clique |
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No idea - I didn't an internet image search for "Link Fishing" to accompany my 'Location' and that's the one I liked most/disliked the least. |
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Ah, then it would be. Link's the main character, see, and fishing is a big part of the next game. Anyway. |
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Fishing was always my favourite thing to do in Ocarina Of Time - so peaceful and relaxing :) |
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You've just taken what I said and made it even less funny, which is some sort of achievment I suppose. |
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i can see angelina jolie's boobs in hd |
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Yep, happy days. :-) I wish I could be as immersed in games as I was when I first played OoT. All problems would dissolve into nothing when that game was on. I WAS Link, hacking strange ugly creatures into bits, speaking to the locals, conquering dungeons... |
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I don't want people talking about any videogames other than Sabre Wulf Lunar Jetman or Sam Fox Strip Poker in "my" thread. |
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Lunar Jetman was/is a fun game. Funny voices, too. |
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Oh, you had the voice add on too? Rad. |
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Sam Fox Strip Poker made me think of Pete. I wish he were still on the Messageboard - does he still frequent SoulSeek? |
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God, I remember when I stayed with some relatives who had an old, old computer. Granted, it was still much more fun then any other system. Prince of Persia, Commander Keen, CD-Man, Wolfenstein, Arkanoid, Dune...(heart icon.) |
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I spoke to him the other day on MSN, dwell on that. |
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I still don't know anymore about him than the bloke who reads his gasmeter, in fact, far less. |
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not looking to start anything, but I totally agree with EVOL! |
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EVOL is evil, like a big Aztek monster. |
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Thanks, The Voice of WATMM |
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I've never even been to that site, so I don't really know what you mean... |
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Sorry, I said WATMM, I meant Canada, that other place no one really gives two shits what you think about. |
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heh, yeah there you go... |
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Lunar Jetman was one of only a few games to support the Currah Microspeech speech synthesis module. |
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I had PSI-PSY (If you ever played ZZT or Rogue on the PC, it was like that, but shitter). One of the other Currah speech games. Sadly, I never had the Currah speech module, so to this day I have no idea what the voices in it were like. :( |
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Come now, that is just silly talk, man. Some people get along better better with each other than with others, that is only natural. This 'clique' thing exists only in yours and EVOL's heads. It's a way of thinking most of us left behind in high school. I used to enjoy your presence, funkmaster, but your more recent posts have made me cringe like a dwarf wandering through a sewage pipe. |
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Well a clique isn't necessarily something you specifically start, like "Hey, I'm going to start a clique. Would you guys like join?" I think what me and EVOL are noticing is that someone will make a comment, like me a few nights ago in the Madonna thread, and then some asswipe who disagrees with the point of view takes offense to it for some reason and decides to attack the person. Then all the buddies of that person, who really have nothing to do with the arguement, which is stupid in the first place, will join in for some reason and attack the person as well. Maybe it's not as pronounced now, and I'm not sure how long you've been on this site, but it used to get really annoying. Whether that's a clique or what, I don't know, but it's pretty stupid. |
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hahahaah, your argument for the existance of a clique is brilliant. In 4 simple steps how to prove the exitstance of in Iraq 1)Claim cliques exist 2)Get told that they don't 3)OMFG more than 1 person told me I am wrong. I am like HAL9000, I cannot make a mistake. 4)Existance of cliques proven. I think maybe there is a high amount of in jokes on here, and people who know each others "real" name, but so what,not really cliquey. On topic, I think Mr Belch is a good chap. I look forward to his continuing adventures on the good ship Zilty. |
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Whilst I don't think the cliques here are very rigid, or indeed particularly nasty in terms of bearing grudges/being spiteful (although there are a couple that do, but they're a very small minority), I do think they exist. You can guarantee if you criticise or just disagree with certain members (and it is only a few) 2 or 3 of their buddies will appear and join in, even if only to post the same opinion as their mate to seemingly make their argument more believable. Most amusingly, I've seen this occur in situations where in their earlier posts (in another thread a few weeks previously), some of the allies have either indicated neutrality, or even agreement with your side of the argument, but they conveniently overlook this when their mate is losing a debate. |
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I'd hereby like to declare that: 1. I'm completely oblivious to any form of clique whatsoever. Some might call it "socially retarted". I prefer the term "Social Einzelganger". 2. I wanna go medieval on dogs' arse, before I cut his throat. Or was that over the top? Here's a manly kiss and an even more manly hug to compensate. |
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ya know after reviewing these replies, regardles of wether or not you believe in the existence of cliques in this community, because really, you're either blind to it or it's plain as day. it all comes down to perspective. if you want to look up clique in the dictionary it's loosely the same defintion fly agaric uses, "Some people get along better with each other than with others, that is only natural. This 'clique' thing exists only in yours and EVOL's heads." to try and disprove my pov. which brings up another point by dave_g that "there is a high amount of in jokes on here, and people who know each others "real" name, but so what, not really cliquey." so it very well maybe that my perspective is askew. i also believe ceri jc makes a very an insightful observation in his last reply. so in short as i said originally, "i couldn't be arsed to give a fuck really. people are free to do what they do." and from my impression that uviol so politely asked for, "i don't even think i'm on here enough for my opinion to hold any weight." it may just come down to the simple fact that i can't imediately pick up on every little sarcastic joke i read. |
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Yeah, and obviously people will become closer and get to know certain people better then others, that's only natural. The only thing that I don't like is the negative aspect of it, like what Ceri said, that someone will present a different opinion or perspective on a particular topic, and then someone and there clique will go to town on that person with personal attacks and the like. Come on now, that's really pretty immature isn't it? |
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