Fashion Board 4-6-04 to 5-7-04

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by bilmore
Extrapolate from earlier posts. It's now "loseur."

Take it to the Politics Board.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
But it is amusing. In fact, I think its the building block of the lion's share of modern comedy.

Nobody's saying anything.

Maybe. But she said it like she was.

TM

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I'm not trying to squelch your creativity. Although, repetitive, I read your stuff because it's amusing. What seems so strange to me about you, is that it feels like you really do believe your absolutes and stereotypes. When other posters say ridiculous things to show how strongly they feel about something, the hyperbole is a tool. Maybe it's just me, but I really think you walk around town placing people in all sorts of ready-made, strict, stereotypical mental boxes based on what they drive or drink or whatever. That's nuts.

And when I counter these classifications by saying, for example, that I would buy a Cooper Mini and I don't think I match the stereotype you're describing, you reject what I am (and a number of other people here are) saying, reflexively.

Of course, this isn't and shouldn't keep you from saying whatever you want, whenever you want. It's pretty clear that I'm as full of shit as you are -- just in a different way. I'm just making an observation.

TM

I took it differently, TM. I think he thinks you could be a tool .

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I took it differently, TM. I think he thinks you could be a tool .

Well, if anyone knows tools, it would be you. I just wonder how you manage to type all these responses when you have one in your mouth, and two in your hands and ass.

TM

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Well, if anyone knows tools, it would be you. I just wonder how you manage to type all these responses when you have one in your mouth, and two in your hands and ass.

TM

How could I miss the double-anal thread? I'm so disappointed.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
More writing ont he wall is taht fewer FBers write in about the show than they used to. Is there anyone that anyone is totally fired up about anymore? This group is just so uncaptivating. It awas better a couple of weeks ago for some reason, even though many of the chicks werent as good.

Are you still watching?

I watch, but I TiVo through everything except the singing and the judges' comments.

I think the same as everyone else -- Fantasia, Latoya, Jennifer, George. In that order.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I'm not trying to squelch your creativity. Although, repetitive, I read your stuff because it's amusing. What seems so strange to me about you, is that it feels like you really do believe your absolutes and stereotypes. When other posters say ridiculous things to show how strongly they feel about something, the hyperbole is a tool. Maybe it's just me, but I really think you walk around town placing people in all sorts of ready-made, strict, stereotypical mental boxes based on what they drive or drink or whatever. That's nuts.

And when I counter these classifications by saying, for example, that I would buy a Cooper Mini and I don't think I match the stereotype you're describing, you reject what I am (and a number of other people here are) saying, reflexively.

Of course, this isn't and shouldn't keep you from saying whatever you want, whenever you want. It's pretty clear that I'm as full of shit as you are -- just in a different way. I'm just making an observation.

TM

You're partly correct there. I'm actually a pretty good judge of character, but I'm prone to error. I'll size people up quickly, often too quickly. This medium may not be the best for such a quick draw, since people often write differently than they act (case in point, me - if I acted exactly how I wrote, I'd be jailed).

My absolutes change so fast I rarely have time to absorb them fully, so I'm not sure I ever really believe any of them. I think I like using them here because I can't ever use them in court, because I'm perpetually hedging and playing games. And then, of course, there's the cheap shock value and lowball comedic value of just being gratuitously scathing toward certain stereotypes.

You gotta admit, the bohemian Starbusks guy in the economical but really cool car does exist. Stereotypes don't crystalize out of thin air. I usually assume you recognize that you're exmpted from the stereotype by the very fact that you don't fit the often detailed criteria for being part of the group which I provide.

[fufu]

From last week's episode we learned that Duncan Nutter moved his wife and seven kids from a house in Vermont to a two bedroom apartment in Brooklyn. He is employed as a theater ticket taker so that he can fufill is dream of becoming the next Larry Olivier and his children can be this generation's equivalent of the Caulkin spawn. Unfortunately, the spawn don't seem to have as much enthusiasm for fame as Papa Nutter. Mama Nutter appears to support the family as a teacher in the NY public school system.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
How could I miss the double-anal thread? I'm so disappointed.

We were disappointed also. Your absence during the thread left a gaping void.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
We were disappointed also. Your absence during the thread left a gaping void.

The operative word, of course, being "gaping".

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
How could I miss the double-anal thread? I'm so disappointed.

Coltrane looking for a new roomate.
Amid warnings that new tornadoes could strike, rescue workers used heavy equipment and shovels Wednesday to dig for people feared trapped in the basement of a tornado-flattened tavern.
New roomates apply here

[NotFromHere]

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[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
How could I miss the double-anal thread?

Apparently because you were running the Boston Marathon in 86 degree weather and it was difficult. So good job! What was your time? Did you puke because of the heat? Hit the wall too soon? Bleeding nipples? Details.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
We were disappointed also. Your absence during the thread left a gaping void.

Usually people are being figurative when they call me a giant asshole...




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[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Usually people are being figurative when they call me a giant asshole...

It's nice that you think that. It tends to show that your psychological defense mechanisms are healthy.