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| Author: | noodles [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:39 pm ] |
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sometimes i talk to people who seem smart but have terrible opinions about music, but usually if someone can talk about music with class and smartness (anus goofyness does not count as intelligence tho) i agree with them from more often than not, or at least i can see where they're coming from. if they talk like an angry monkey then usually i disagree with most of their judgments even when we like the same band. |
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| Author: | Cú Chulainn [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:42 pm ] |
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I'm sure there's some correlation. There's definitely a sense of elitism involved in many genres, mostly heavy metal and classical. |
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| Author: | Dead Machine [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:48 pm ] |
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I doubt it. Even if there's a correlation, there's probably some other reason or maybe it's just coincidence. |
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| Author: | Cú Chulainn [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:49 pm ] |
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...punctuation and taste in music, however, seem to be inversely correlated in noodles' case. |
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| Author: | noodles [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:05 pm ] |
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i'm at war with punctuation until it gives me some way, other than footnotes, to insert snarky meta-comments into my sentences. Salman Rushdie uses parenthesis but my English teacher wasn't a fan of that. |
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| Author: | Karmakosmonaut [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:45 pm ] |
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noodles wrote: i'm at war with punctuation until it gives me some way, other than footnotes, to insert snarky meta-comments into my sentences. Salman Rushdie uses parenthesis but my English teacher wasn't a fan of that.
Explain it away all you want, but making your posts as legible as possible is a sign of respect to us forum members. |
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| Author: | Cú Chulainn [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:53 pm ] |
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noodles wrote: i'm at war with punctuation until it gives me some way, other than footnotes, to insert snarky meta-comments into my sentences. Salman Rushdie uses parenthesis but my English teacher wasn't a fan of that.
There are many forms of punctuation that would enable you, if you saw so fit, or held it necessary for the transmission of your ideas, to create sub-phrases within your sentence, in order to insert a related cause or tidbit, without starting another sentence and continuing with the initial one in a seamless flow; in addition, semi-colons can be used to add additional information related to, but not dealing with exactly, the same topic as the preliminary sentence. |
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| Author: | noodles [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:53 pm ] |
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Fine, I'll start typing all proper-like now. |
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| Author: | Dead Machine [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:26 pm ] |
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if he does that then i'm taking up the slack we need at least one person who doesn't use punctuation, so as to ensure compliance with the great Forum Rules first laid down by an obscure moderator of the earliest forums back in 1223 AD |
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| Author: | Cú Chulainn [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:33 pm ] |
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Did no one notice the brilliant self-ironic humour in my post?? |
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| Author: | noodles [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:40 pm ] |
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I didn't notice your post because you posted it right before mine, but now I've read it: good job! |
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| Author: | Lucifer's Son [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:42 pm ] |
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FrigidSymphony wrote: I'm sure there's some correlation. There's definitely a sense of elitism involved in many genres, mostly heavy metal and classical.
The Jazz crowd is about as elitist as it can get. |
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| Author: | Cú Chulainn [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:44 pm ] |
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noodles wrote: I didn't notice your post because you posted it right before mine, but now I've read it: good job!
I get a kick out of writing the longest sentences I can. I loved reading Nathaniel Hawthorne. |
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| Author: | Goat [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:44 pm ] |
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FrigidSymphony wrote: Did no one notice the brilliant self-ironic humour in my post??
I thought you were mocking my reviews; I use lots of semicolons. |
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| Author: | Cú Chulainn [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:48 pm ] |
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Goat wrote: FrigidSymphony wrote: Did no one notice the brilliant self-ironic humour in my post?? I thought you were mocking my reviews; I use lots of semicolons. I'm a fan of convoluted yet clear writing. |
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| Author: | Goat [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:54 pm ] |
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FrigidSymphony wrote: Goat wrote: FrigidSymphony wrote: Did no one notice the brilliant self-ironic humour in my post?? I thought you were mocking my reviews; I use lots of semicolons. I'm a fan of convoluted yet clear writing. So you WERE mocking my reviews! Seriously, never quite sure if I should be doing more of this, this or, say, this. |
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| Author: | Cú Chulainn [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:59 pm ] |
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Those are all relatively average in degrees of syntax complexity. I was serious when I said I liked convoluted sentences. You've read "The Scarlet Letter"? |
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| Author: | Goat [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:04 pm ] |
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FrigidSymphony wrote: Those are all relatively average in degrees of syntax complexity. I was serious when I said I liked convoluted sentences. You've read "The Scarlet Letter"?
Heh, yes, just derailing the thread to talk about what sort of reviews people like instead. 
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| Author: | Metalhead_Bastard [ Fri May 01, 2009 12:09 am ] |
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Goat wrote: FrigidSymphony wrote: Goat wrote: FrigidSymphony wrote: Did no one notice the brilliant self-ironic humour in my post?? I thought you were mocking my reviews; I use lots of semicolons. I'm a fan of convoluted yet clear writing. So you WERE mocking my reviews! Seriously, never quite sure if I should be doing more of this, this or, say, this. Do that again and you're banned. I thought we said that to people who had links in their posts? |
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| Author: | Goat [ Fri May 01, 2009 12:21 am ] |
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Metalhead_Bastard wrote: Goat wrote: FrigidSymphony wrote: Goat wrote: FrigidSymphony wrote: Did no one notice the brilliant self-ironic humour in my post?? I thought you were mocking my reviews; I use lots of semicolons. I'm a fan of convoluted yet clear writing. So you WERE mocking my reviews! Seriously, never quite sure if I should be doing more of this, this or, say, this. Do that again and you're banned. I thought we said that to people who had links in their posts? Lawl. When all they post are spammy links to lyrics sites in every darn post, yes. |
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