[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;29606010]I'm listening to music without lyrics. I must be some sort of knuckle-dragger.
CHOPIN IS MEANINGLESS GARBAGE![/QUOTE]
No because you're listening it for different reasons, plus that method of analysis isn't suitable for every situation.
There's a quote by einstein that goes something like "If man were to measure intelligence by [something ridiculous], I would be an idiot" that feels applicable here, but I can't find the exact quote.
And it might not be by einstein.
If we were to measure intelligence by quote finding, I'd be an idiot.
[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;29606000]javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b>:FR_InsertTextHelper(%20'vB_Editor_QR_textarea',%20':v:'%20); what?[/QUOTE]
what, don't speak javascript?
[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;29606000]But not the ones I normally see. Maybe they know the really popular songs like yellow submarine, but this girl was singing along to taxman, which was rather unexpected.[/QUOTE]
i don't know confirmation bias or something
[QUOTE=THEMikeDurham;29606046]No because you're listening it for different reasons, plus that method of analysis isn't suitable for every situation.[/QUOTE]
And they [i]aren't[/i] listening to it for meaning or lyrics, just for a nice beat that they can enjoy and open up to.
Which is perfectly A OK to me!
^ I mean you linked to that, and i don't know why, or if it was an accident or something.
and no I don't
[QUOTE=THEMikeDurham;29606046]No because you're listening it for different reasons, plus that method of analysis isn't suitable for every situation.[/QUOTE]
i thought all people listened to music for enjoyment
though sometimes i listen to music so i can hate it but that's still enjoyment
your own fucking logic doesn't make any sense to you
This thread's moving too fast!
you broke my automerge
yes johnny thank you.
[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;29606052]There's a quote by einstein that goes something like "If man were to measure intelligence by [something ridiculous], I would be an idiot" that feels applicable here, but I can't find the exact quote.
And it might not be by einstein.
If we were to measure intelligence by quote finding, I'd be an idiot.[/QUOTE]
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."
That one?
[editline]4th May 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=THEMikeDurham;29606046]No because you're listening it for different reasons, plus that method of analysis isn't suitable for every situation.[/QUOTE]
Enjoyment is the same reason I listen to Tyr or The Protomen.
gais, obviously it is just chemicla reakshuns in ur hed that maek u mor intellgnet becuz only intellgnet people listen to real musik.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/PxgS9.png[/img]
I [i]really[/i] want to comment "you mean the guys who are too scared to just ask her out?" but I don't know this guy too well and I don't want to be a dick.
[editline]4th May 2011[/editline]
He's also sort of weird and fat, and I don't want to make him feel bad.
do eet
[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;29606175][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/PxgS9.png[/img_thumb]
I [i]really[/i] want to comment "you mean the guys who are too scared to just ask her out?" but I don't know this guy too well and I don't want to be a dick.[/QUOTE]
That's more negative. Make it positive, something more in the direction of "GO ON OUT THERE AND GET THAT PUSSY!"
I'm not actually trying to help, I just hate that exact "tribute" thing. I've seen it so many times.
[editline]4th May 2011[/editline]
I'll just let it be, it's not hurting me.
Mike, y u stil heer?
"Oh no, this person listens to L'il Wayne; I can not longer associate with them!"
e.
[quote]Ode to the Nice Guys
This is a tribute to the nice guys. The nice guys that finish last, that never become more than friends, that endure hours of whining and bitching about what assholes guys are, while disproving the very point. This is dedicated to those guys who always provide a shoulder to lean on but restrain themselves to tentative hugs, those guys who hold open doors and give reassuring pats on the back and sit patiently outside the changing room at department stores. This is in honor of the guys that obligingly reiterate how cute/beautiful/smart/funny/sexy their female friends are at the appropriate moment, because they know most girls need that litany of support. This is in honor of the guys with open minds, with laid-back attitudes, with honest concern. This is in honor of the guys who respect a girl’s every facet, from her privacy to her theology to her clothing style.
This is for the guys who escort their drunk, bewildered female friends back from parties and never take advantage once they’re at her door, for the guys who accompany girls to bars as buffers against the rest of the creepy male population, for the guys who know a girl is fishing for compliments but give them out anyway, for the guys who always play by the rules in a game where the rules favor cheaters, for the guys who are accredited as boyfriend material but somehow don’t end up being boyfriends, for all the nice guys who are overlooked, underestimated, and unappreciated, for all the nice guys who are manipulated, misled, and unjustly abandoned, this is for you.
This is for that time she left 40 urgent messages on your cell phone, and when you called her back, she spent three hours painstakingly dissecting two sentences her boyfriend said to her over dinner. And even though you thought her boyfriend was a chump and a jerk, you assured her that it was all ok and she shouldn’t worry about it. This is for that time she interrupted the best killing spree you’d ever orchestrated in GTA3 to rant about a rumor that romantically linked her and the guy she thinks is the most repulsive person in the world. And even though you thought it was immature and you had nothing against the guy, you paused the game for two hours and helped her concoct a counter-rumor to spread around the floor. This is also for that time she didn’t have a date, so after numerous vows that there was nothing “serious” between the two of you, she dragged you to a party where you knew nobody, the beer was awful, and she flirted shamelessly with you, justifying each fit of reckless teasing by announcing to everyone: “oh, but we’re just friends!” And even though you were invited purely as a symbolic warm body for her ego, you went anyways. Because you’re nice like that.
The nice guys don’t often get credit where credit is due. And perhaps more disturbing, the nice guys don’t seem to get laid as often as they should. And I wish I could logically explain this trend, but I can’t. From what I have observed on campus and what I have learned from talking to friends at other schools and in the workplace, the only conclusion I can form is that many girls are just illogical, manipulative bitches. Many of them claim they just want to date a nice guy, but when presented with such a specimen, they say irrational, confusing things such as “oh, he’s too nice to date” or “he would be a good boyfriend but he’s not for me” or “he already puts up with so much from me, I couldn’t possibly ask him out!” or the most frustrating of all: “no, it would ruin our friendship.” Yet, they continue to lament the lack of datable men in the world, and they expect their too-nice-to-date male friends to sympathize and apologize for the men that are jerks. Sorry, guys, girls like that are beyond my ability to fathom. I can’t figure out why the connection breaks down between what they say (I want a nice guy!) and what they do (I’m going to sleep with this complete ass now!). But one thing I can do, is say that the nice-guy-finishes-last phenomenon doesn’t last forever. There are definitely many girls who grow out of that train of thought and realize they should be dating the nice guys, not taking them for granted. The tricky part is finding those girls, and even trickier, finding the ones that are single.
So, until those girls are found, I propose a toast to all the nice guys. You know who you are, and I know you’re sick of hearing yourself described as ubiquitously nice. But the truth of the matter is, the world needs your patience in the department store, your holding open of doors, your party escorting services, your propensity to be a sucker for a pretty smile. For all the crazy, inane, absurd things you tolerate, for all the situations where you are the faceless, nameless hero, my accolades, my acknowledgement, and my gratitude go out to you. You do have credibility in this society, and your well deserved vindication is coming.[/quote]
Tiny bit of snipping, but do you want to block out the link as well?
[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;29606175][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/PxgS9.png[/img_thumb]
I [i]really[/i] want to comment "you mean the guys who are too scared to just ask her out?" but I don't know this guy too well and I don't want to be a dick.
[editline]4th May 2011[/editline]
He's also sort of weird and fat, and I don't want to make him feel bad.[/QUOTE]
write this
[QUOTE=MaverickIB;25938153]Ahahaha, saw this coming.
The problem here is that you are mistaking nice guys for pussies. Despite what you might believe, you are [b]not[/b] a nice guy. You are just an asshole without balls, as is pretty much every other kid that gets rejected by every girl they try to engage with and then goes on the internet crying about how nice guys never win.
"Nice guys" aren't guys that treat a girl like a queen and get down to suck her metaphorical dick whenever she wants it. They don't sit there and bitch to her about why is she still with that jerk-off boyfriend when she could be with them.
You're no less of an asshole than those jocks and douches you despise. Everything is about you. You don't really care about girls, you want their companionship so [i]you[/i] can feel good. You sit there in stagnant relationships so [i]you[/i] can feel good about being a nice guy or whatever the fuck you think you are. When a girl realizes that you're a fucking creeper that jacks off to her facebook photos, you cry about it for a week or so and then move on like nothing happened, because it was never about her in the first place anyways.
The main thing that separates "nice guys" from everyone else that claims to be nice guys but are really pussies is the fact that nice guys have self respect. When it comes down to girls, I'm a legitimate nice guy. I treat them respectfully, but in the same light, I also treat myself respectfully. If I'm doing something important and a girl calls me wanting to cry her heart out, I'm not going to put my life on hold for something girls do on a regular basis. If I have already made plans with the guys and she wants to do something, I'll either decline or attempt to reschedule the date.
Girls don't find pussies like you attractive because you're pussies. Anything they want, you give it to them. You put them up on a pedestal and treat them like queens. Girls don't want to be with some loser kid that worships them, they want to be with someone that treats them like a normal human being.
Aaaaand a little side note:
"You're like a brother to me."
"I don't want to ruin our friendship."
And other excuses girls use are not truthful. If you legitimately believe it when a girl says those things, you're retarded. If a girl actually liked you, she'd date you in a heartbeat regardless of how long you've been close friends. What a girl is telling you when she says those things is "No. I'm not interested" and that's the bottom line. Girls will rarely be straightforward and blunt with you, they all recycle the same excuses when they are rejecting guys. So stop crying about how you being friends with her ruined your chances, because it was really just you being you that ruined your chances.
Idiots.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;29606207]I'm not actually trying to help, I just hate that exact "tribute" thing. I've seen it so many times.
[editline]4th May 2011[/editline]
I'll just let it be, it's not hurting me.[/QUOTE]
Nevermind, I just saw that the text is a whole lot longer. That's just fucking sad. You'd think the guy writing it would have realized what the fuck his problem was before he finished writing it.
[QUOTE=thisispain;29606284]write this[/QUOTE]
Do that and screencap it.
It would make me moist.
[QUOTE=MaverickIB;29606333]Do that and screencap it.
It would make me moist.[/QUOTE]
lol wow man I always suspected that type of shit to get you off but man
[QUOTE=THEMikeDurham;29606393]lol wow man I always suspected that type of shit to get you off but man[/QUOTE]
It's called being a narcissist.
My CPU is a neuronet processor, a learning computer.
[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;29605906]Alright here's the deal.
I'm sure there are plenty of perfectly smart, respectable metal fans out there.
[i]However[/i], if I were to judge people based on their music like you do, I'd use the stereotypical metalhead, who are actually quite stupid.
I think metal is all fine and dandy, but I have no reason to think that just by listening to metal, it makes you suddenly smart and sophisticated.
And the other side of it is how you're judging them.
I am absolutely certain that most of the girls who you are talking to do [i]not[/i] listen to Justin Bieber.
He's aimed at girls who are 6-12 years old, [i]not[/i] high school girls.
They probably listen to either hip/hop (not like heavy rap, but hip hop like akon or some shit), pop (lady gaga, katy perry), or soft pop rock (plain white d-bags, taylor swift). They most likely do not solely listen to justin bieiber.
I bet there are also many of them who listen to something completely unexpected.
I was hanging out with this girl in her car and she got out to buy a coffee and I changed it to a station that was playing the beatles and I expected her to be all "eww old people music!" but she started singing along, which surprised me.[/QUOTE]
Aha, I have a friend who I'd consider very intelligent and well versed in current affairs, but she went to the Justin Bieber concert in Melbourne last night and has had a weird teenage crush on him for years. She's 17 and studying law and international studies at university yet listens to J-Biebz.
*This is more in reply to the other guy but you mentioned Bieber.
[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;29606175][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/PxgS9.png[/img_thumb]
I [i]really[/i] want to comment "you mean the guys who are too scared to just ask her out?" but I don't know this guy too well and I don't want to be a dick.
[editline]4th May 2011[/editline]
He's also sort of weird and fat, and I don't want to make him feel bad.[/QUOTE]
Reminds me of someone that used to be on my friends list. He kept posting emo status updates about some girl. One day he posted one saying something like
[quote]You know what? Fuck you. You're not even worth my time.[/quote]
to which my response was
[quote]If they're not worth your time why the fuck have you been making five updates about them a day lately?[/quote]
[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;29598967]It works when you've already been together.
You sit down and have a serious discussion about getting back together.
It doesn't really work any other times.[/QUOTE]
What the fuck this is completely wrong. So after 6 months of being single, the girl gets bored and wants to hook up with him, and so he suddenly starts assuming she likes him again and sits her down for a 'serious discussion about getting back together'? What if she doesn't feel the same way at all, how unattractive would that be? If to her it was just meaningless, he's going to have a much harder time rebuilding any real attraction with her if she knows how he feels and what he wants. It'd just be awkward to continue as well if she doesn't feel the same way.
To quote the OP:
[quote]Getting back together
I personally think getting back together is a bad idea, especially in the immediate post-breakup period. It’s highly likely you both want to be together again simply out of a fear of being alone and because you miss having a girlfriend/boyfriend. How likely is it that the causes of the break up no longer exist? You broke up with this person for a reason, why would getting back together with them make any difference to who you both are? I wouldn’t suggest thinking of this, at least not until a large period of time has elapsed after the initial break up (I’m talking years, long enough for either of you to actually change as a person). Basically, the problems which caused the break up are still going to exist if you get back together, as long as you’re the same people.
However, if you really want to make it work again, and if you believe the relationship was thrown away carelessly and with no good reason, then it’s not completely impossible. The best thing to do is to express that you can be happy without her, without completely turning her away. You want to express the idea that you don’t need her to be happy, and that you can live your own life comfortably and confidently. When you interact with her, be friendly and fun, highlight all the qualities she originally fell in love with. Don’t be as available as you were when you were together. Go out, live your own life, even start dating other women casually, and don’t hide these things from her. Don’t act depressed and upset that she’s gone, thinking she’ll feel sorry for you and come back to you to make you happy. The last thing you want to do is beg her to take you back. The goal is simply to make her attracted to you again, and to remind her of all the fun she had, and could again have, with you.
If that goes successfully and you somehow end up with her again, you should begin by figuring out the things that caused the break up in the first place. Lay out your issues with each other so you can help each other figure them out and work through them. Don’t expect to get back together and for everything to be perfect again; you’re the same combination that fell apart once already. You both need to put in more than you ever did to rectify whatever problems existed between the two of you.[/quote]
Yes I know that you disagree with this opinion, so perhaps we'll just leave it as such a matter. If anyone wants to throw in their two cents though, maybe we could get some other ideas.
I'm still willing to say that no, you should never ask a girl to be your girlfriend or tell her how you feel about her, under any circumstances, that's just that. It communicates all of the wrong things, and severely reduces your chances at attracting her if there is little to no initial interest.
yeah it's not a good idea, but I was just saying that this is the only situation in which it's not completely weird to say something like "Want to get [back] together?" and just be blunt about asking her out, but not on a date.
[editline]4th May 2011[/editline]
And phys it's a common link, he didn't write it. It's ok to leave it.
[img]http://i.cubeupload.com/AWNc71.png[/img]
Uuuggh.
[editline]4th May 2011[/editline]
People that post shit like that are annoying. I wonder how he'll feel when he doesn't get a single "<3"
[QUOTE=Faren;29610486][img_thumb]http://i.cubeupload.com/AWNc71.png[/img_thumb]
Uuuggh.
[editline]4th May 2011[/editline]
People that post shit like that are annoying. I wonder how he'll feel when he doesn't get a single "<3"[/QUOTE]
I reserve my facebook statuses to witty anecdotes and funny youtube videos.
15 likes all up in this motherfucker.
Well, after a few days of messaging...I could change that confused 'no' to an 'okay.' Anyway, we messaged a lot and she gave me her landline number since she's going to get rid of her mobile for awhile.
Thing is, I don't mind calling but I don't know really how to begin the damn conversation 'cause we've known each other for only 2 weeks and it was easier messaging as we could carry on conversation through the days. Any tips for conversation starters?
[QUOTE=MaverickIB;29606597]My CPU is a neuronet processor, a learning computer.[/QUOTE]
I know now why you cry. But it is something I can never do.
[QUOTE=Ihades;29611864]Well, after a few days of messaging...I could change that confused 'no' to an 'okay.' Anyway, we messaged a lot and she gave me her landline number since she's going to get rid of her mobile for awhile.
Thing is, I don't mind calling but I don't know really how to begin the damn conversation 'cause we've known each other for only 2 weeks and it was easier messaging as we could carry on conversation through the days. Any tips for conversation starters?[/QUOTE]
'What're you up to?'
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