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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
6214 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2013 :  03:03:11  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Beer and crisps

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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1301 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2013 :  05:23:57  Show Profile  Visit johnnyribcage's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Unbelievable pot. Do you flip your shit every time you buy something you don't like? I can just see you raising holy hell when you rent a movie you don't like, biting your remote in half and throwing your lazy boy out the front window. If your Big Mac isn't up to snuff, do you pile drive the cashier?

Baby, that's art. I have a crate of CD's in the attic that I paid good money for that I can't stand. You know what I did? Nothing. I said that sucks, and put it away and moved on. I really loved the first 2 Weezer Albums. Everything after that was pretty much crap to my ears, so ya know what? I don't listen to them. And I'm not going bald worrying about how Rivers Cuomo pissed in my ear as I plot my revenge.



Ayerigvlagabriga-Raraaaargh!-Rumbahl-Jumbahl!

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pot
> Teenager of the Year <

Iceland
3910 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2013 :  05:35:26  Show Profile  Visit pot's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Flip my shit?

You guys are lulzy.

OK, if you really must know what I do when I buy a beer that I don't like the taste. I do something really radical and make a note in my head never to buy that particular brand again.

What a bunch of pussies this place is filled with, getting all rubbed up the wrong way because some folk don't like the new Pixies songs. Grow up.
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cptnpasty
- FB Fan -

Spain
161 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2013 :  05:41:57  Show Profile  Visit cptnpasty's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by pot

Flip my shit?

You guys are lulzy.

OK, if you really must know what I do when I buy a beer that I don't like the taste. I do something really radical and make a note in my head never to buy that particular brand again.

What a bunch of pussies this place is filled with, getting all rubbed up the wrong way because some folk don't like the new Pixies songs. Grow up.



So you don't make a mental note to hang around in bars where you know that beer is served and moan at the people who are drinking and enjoying it? Because that's exactly what you're doing here. And it doesn't seem very grown up to me.

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pot
> Teenager of the Year <

Iceland
3910 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2013 :  05:53:11  Show Profile  Visit pot's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Oh yeah I regularly go into my local Slug & Lettuce just to laugh at all the pretentious morons drinking their bottles of budweiser and bacardi breezer.
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Brank_Flack
* Dog in the Sand *

Canada
1017 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2013 :  06:39:36  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sorry man, but I'm sick of seeing you doing a series of big dramatic posts followed by yourself writing something like "Grow up". It is incredibley childish.
Nobody cares that you don't like the album. What people find annoying is how indignant you are about it. I agree with Brian, it's not something worth getting so upset about. If you don't like it fine, just don't spend your time trying to convince others why they shouldn't like it. To follow your beer analogy - you are not just disliking a beer and writing a mental note not to drink it again, you are having a hissy fit over how bad the beer is, fixating on it, and going into bars in which people are drinking that same beer and bitterly trying to ruin their enjoyment of it.
In your own words, "grow up".

quote:
Originally posted by pot

Flip my shit?

You guys are lulzy.

OK, if you really must know what I do when I buy a beer that I don't like the taste. I do something really radical and make a note in my head never to buy that particular brand again.

What a bunch of pussies this place is filled with, getting all rubbed up the wrong way because some folk don't like the new Pixies songs. Grow up.


Edited by - Brank_Flack on 09/08/2013 06:41:35
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <

Poland
4698 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2013 :  07:15:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
lol, bye pot.

I like to complain
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1301 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2013 :  07:24:32  Show Profile  Visit johnnyribcage's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Dude's life was destroyed by four songs and a handful of people on a bulletin board.



Ayerigvlagabriga-Raraaaargh!-Rumbahl-Jumbahl!
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
6214 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2013 :  10:10:26  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
I believe there's a little pot in all of us. Therefore I'm glad he's doing all the bitching on the four tracks. So I don't have to listen to that little voice inside my head that says "this doesn't sound like the pixies", "this is substandard", etc...
I just enjoy four new songs by a band that happens to be the Pixies. I listen to Liz Phair and Weezer the same way.


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natenate101
= Cult of Ray =

USA
892 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2013 :  10:46:36  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by billgoodman

I believe there's a little pot in all of us. Therefore I'm glad he's doing all the bitching on the four tracks. So I don't have to listen to that little voice inside my head that says "this doesn't sound like the pixies", "this is substandard", etc...
I just enjoy four new songs by a band that happens to be the Pixies. I listen to Liz Phair and Weezer the same way.


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Interesting perspective, I like it.
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velvety
= Cult of Ray =

Portugal
536 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2013 :  11:02:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Agreed. I'm glad Pot's around to nag about the quality of the songs, even if I don't agree with almost anything he says.
It's normal for a FB forum to have a bit of a slanted opinion about something the man releases, especially when it's being bashed by some other sources.

That never stopped this forum from criticizing some of FB albums (Honeycomb FMRM or NSE come to mind), though, so it's never been just mindless fanboy praise in here.
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Brank_Flack
* Dog in the Sand *

Canada
1017 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2013 :  12:10:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I agree that there is nothing wrong with disliking or criticizing the new songs - its the dramatic and frequently aggressive posts that people take issue with. He becomes downright childish whenever he is called out on this (3 of his posts after my post were deleted either by himself or the moderator). I just don't want it to seem like those of us who were speaking against pot (never with the intention to make him leave the forum) were doing it because we don't think there should be any criticism on the forum.
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1301 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2013 :  12:30:47  Show Profile  Visit johnnyribcage's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Brank_Flack

I just don't want it to seem like those of us who were speaking against pot (never with the intention to make him leave the forum) were doing it because we don't think there should be any criticism on the forum.



Second.



It's okay, I'm the Burgermeister of Purgatory
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1758 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2013 :  14:58:01  Show Profile  Visit Jose Jones's Homepage  Reply with Quote
did pot leave (again)? i hope not. none of his posts in this thread have come off as irate (to me). it seems it's others "flipping their shit" over his posts. the dude gets ganged up on around here but seems to maintain a pretty positive attitude (at least since coming back from his last self-imposed exile).

KOK he is not.



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they were the heroes of old, men of renown.
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1758 Posts

Posted - 09/08/2013 :  15:08:23  Show Profile  Visit Jose Jones's Homepage  Reply with Quote
did pot leave (again)? i hope not. none of his posts in this thread have come off as irate (to me). it seems it's others "flipping their shit" over his posts. the dude gets ganged up on around here but seems to maintain a pretty positive attitude (at least since coming back from his last self-imposed exile).

KOK he is not.



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OLDMANOTY
= Cult of Ray =

United Kingdom
469 Posts

Posted - 09/11/2013 :  10:57:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by pot
For the artifically inflated prices they were charging for this new release online I think the least we should expect in return are decent songs


This made me chuckle, as if they planned all along to record non- decent songs just to annoy you.
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *

1446 Posts

Posted - 09/11/2013 :  13:24:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I have no fight in me when it comes to clashing music opinions. I always avoid arguments about 100% subjective matters, such as music taste, simply on the grounds that it's boring and guaranteed to go nowhere. I know what I like. You're not going to change my mind and, for that matter, I'm not going to change your mind. And even if we could do that (which, in most cases, we can't), so what? It's not important.

Pot is not disliked for his opinions. Other posters have made negative comments about the new Pixies music and gotten no or minimal response. (This really isn't a fanboy forum. Negative opinions about Frank's Nashville records and Grand Duchy are abundant here.)

Pot is disliked because he has a narcissistic need to turn every thread about the new music into a thread about HIS disappointment. He can't just say "I don't like this record" and then move on with his life. He needs to repeat the same opinion dozens of times a day and respond to every bit of "flame bait" thrown at him. He dislikes the new music, yet he's the most prolific poster here on the the topic. In the end, it's a plea for attention and there's nothing attractive about a person like that.

If he's taking a break from the forum, that's the most grown-up thing I've seen him do.

Edited by - Jason on 09/11/2013 13:25:13
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natenate101
= Cult of Ray =

USA
892 Posts

Posted - 09/11/2013 :  13:55:08  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
^ Spot on!

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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1758 Posts

Posted - 09/11/2013 :  16:14:38  Show Profile  Visit Jose Jones's Homepage  Reply with Quote
i'd take two pots over a fissile any day of the week (any day of the week). i heard some other fellers talking.

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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-

USA
5155 Posts

Posted - 09/13/2013 :  05:02:43  Show Profile  Visit Broken Face's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I found this quote that I think really sums up this debate:

http://www.stereogum.com/1473342/phil-elverum-to-dissatisfied-customer-i-make-art-not-pants/news/

- Brian
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bedrock_barney
= Cult of Ray =

United Kingdom
871 Posts

Posted - 09/13/2013 :  06:56:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I've probably got a slightly different take on this to most as I've been away from the forum for quite some time. From memory, there were some very 'excitable' posters on the forum back in 03 and 04....and I think the common motivation was one of provocation. I'm not sure if pot can be labelled as a deliberate 'provoker' as I've only read a few of the recent posts and, in any case, pot post dates most of the time I've spent on this forum (ie 2007 onwards). Saying that, you do need people on the forum to 'bite' or there is no obvious provocation.........and someone will always bite!

I am sensing a little bit of righteous indignation though (if that's the right word) from quite a few on here regarding ep1 if one does not agree that it is an excellent release. Maybe that's lit pot's blue touch paper? I remain unconvinced that all of the new tracks are high quality material but we are all entitled to opinions. After all is only art. For example, I can gaze at a Caravaggio in a gallery, admire the quality but ultimately be unmoved whereas I would get a rush of blood looking at a Picasso or Hockney or Miro.



I suppose lots of people are like this in real life but maybe it's super concentrated on an interweb forum.
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <

South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts

Posted - 09/13/2013 :  06:57:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Pot is the guy who blames his government that he is fat. Any other idiotic rationalizations are icing on the cake.
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