Things That Make You Cringe
I just finished watching "About a Boy."
I've seen it before, and I enjoyed it.
Hugh Grant seems to make some Englishmen cringe.
I'm OK with Hugh most of the time.
The film Australia had a pretty high cringe value for me, what's with putting the countries name on a film, shouldn't we have all seen it first and had the chance to withhold our name? Hugh and Nicole are normally cool.
My dictionary didn't really agree with concept of cringe "Draw back, as with fear or pain." There's a drawing back but its not pain of the normal sort. There's possibly some embarrassment, certainly discomfort is involved.
If you don't have an association with some thing you can turn away, but if a silly stereotype of a group you belong to is portrayed a cringe may be in store. But then some comic actors I don't share anything with besides an ape ancestry can make me cringe, Jerry Lewis used to do it.
What makes you cringe?
Creationists and YECs in particular.
Sorry! (TV series) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorry!_%28TV_series%29)
Severed limbs and needles. Tried giving blood once and ended up passing out before they even stuck me. XD
People eating with their mouths open.
Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Michele Bachman, Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin...
Bad coffee
Text language, jst cuz
snapping gum
Total obvious stupidity.
People who think themselves the ultra warriors but actually have no idea about how imbecilic they look. I feel a mix of feeling embarrassed for them, eye rolling and cringing.
This old woman I know's fingers. There's just something odd about them.
Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Nancy Grace, Jim Cramer, People who won't shutup and never say anything funny, Baptists, People who question the bible until you tell them they have to believe every word then they all of a sudden believe every word, Tim Tebow, anything from Detroit, and chocolate covered insects.
People having their heads up their asses without even knowing it... And jealous significant others. I do have a big fucking problem with those.
There is more, but nothing really makes me cringe noticeably unless it involves someone inflicting some REAL pain on someone else and me watching it for fun. Those cringes then are of glee, not repulsion, symbolising "Ooh, your ass got OWNED!"
Yes. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.createblog.com%2Fforums%2Fstyle_emoticons%2Fdefault%2Fnod.gif&hash=a1cff5505588bed87b8abfb6f4b98cfdd1b8a0ab)
Reality TV shows
That guy who played Borat
Celebrities and politicians apologizing incessently (some things require an apology, but rarely get a real one; other things get 10 apologies in as many minutes and didn't even need one)
The Republican party's slide into the lunatic fringe
Forum sycophancy
My own dancing and song lyrics
Lady Gaga
Louis Walsh
George Bush
Boris Johnson
Conan films
False modesty
Public drunks
People who don't drink "because they don't need it to have a good time"....Urgh.
Americans
Wingeing footballers
Rap music
fat kids
other peoples children
English weather
Scooby doo cop shows
The excessive use of apostrophes
The word "swag"
Lil B
Kreayshawn
ITV
Xenophobia
Superiority Complexes
Nationalism
Stereotypes
Weeaboos
Spiders
basically any grammar mistake
Lots of things annoy me, but one of the few things that will make my physically cringe is watching movies or TV where people get their faces injured. Seeing someone stabbed or shot in the gut is unpleasant, but something about watching someone get stabbed in the eye or burned on their face squicks me out big time in a way that other injuries don't.
Quote from: Crow on January 22, 2012, 12:43:10 AM
The word "swag"
Oh dear, so you don't like jolly swagmen?
Are you OK with billabongs? That's where bunyips live.
Coolabah trees, I've heard some Americans object to eucalypts.
But an English person should be OK with a billy of tea, if it's done right.
Replays of leg joint injuries in sports like blown knees or rolled ankles.
Pictures of broken bones sticking out of the skin.
Snakes.
When people make a two syllable word three syllables; ie, ath-a-lete.
I'm a cynical bastard so this list could go on forever.
- Nicolas Cage.
- Free range hippie organic health fanatics that won't hesitate to smoke and do drugs.
- misunderstood artists.
- crocks.
- tough guys.
- "Jam" music.
- myself when I was in high school.
- sitcom laugh tracks.
- sagging pants.
- reggae music, bobs cool although I'm still over it.
- bumper stickers like "guns, guts, and god".
- people that post on facebook, about occupy wall street police brutality and 99% crap, but never post about possible solutions.
- Calvin pissing on x/Calvin praying stickers. (popular in US)
- Nicolas Cage again.
- insane clown posse and followers.
- The lyrics to alice coopers feed my frankenstein.
- Kevin smith movies. (here it comes)
- websites that look like they were made in the 1990's.
- Misuse of the word ironic.
- the majority of medical marijuana activists. (not medical marijuana)
i thought of more
-myself in 6-8th grade (sorry i basically copied that from the above poster)
-when a speaker or actor or some attraction draws a very small crowd, like when the mayor came to talk to students here and 4 showed up.
Zombine in action at top speed. :D (No, not the HL variety)
Squeaky bicycle chains that need attention. I can't bare it... I often feel like keeping my oil with me and attacking perpetrators when I hear them to oil their chains for them.
Quote from: Genericguy on January 22, 2012, 04:50:50 AM
- insane clown posse and followers.
This. There is an unholy amount of them in my town, so I have to put up with them on a daily basis.
This will be a short list, as the long one would be looooooooooooooooong!
- 99% of rap music and assosiated culture
-People who brainwash kids
-teenaged boys in BMW/Mercedes
-The majority of reality television
-annoying kids with oblivious parents (can actually make me snap!)
-nut shots! :o
Quote from: Asmodean on January 22, 2012, 09:45:49 AM
Zombine in action at top speed. :D (No, not the HL variety)
Me???? :'(
;D
Quote from: Ali on January 22, 2012, 03:04:07 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on January 22, 2012, 09:45:49 AM
Zombine in action at top speed. :D (No, not the HL variety)
Me???? :'(
;D
No, a Zombine is a combine harvester, modified for gathering zombie brains for The Asmo's research. If that doesn't make someone cringe while puttering along in a crowd of zombies, nothing will. :D
Quote from: Asmodean on January 22, 2012, 03:16:21 PM
Quote from: Ali on January 22, 2012, 03:04:07 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on January 22, 2012, 09:45:49 AM
Zombine in action at top speed. :D (No, not the HL variety)
Me???? :'(
;D
No, a Zombine is a combine harvester, modified for gathering zombie brains for The Asmo's research. If that doesn't make someone cringe while puttering along in a crowd of zombies, nothing will. :D
*Cringing*
hahahaha! <- this.
Pulling apart a grilled cheese sandwich *shudders*
Quote from: Asmodean on January 22, 2012, 03:16:21 PM
No, a Zombine is a combine harvester, modified for gathering zombie brains for The Asmo's research. If that doesn't make someone cringe while puttering along in a crowd of zombies, nothing will. :D
How does this thing adjust to a crowd of zombies of different height?
-Chewing tinfoil. (It feels just awful in your mouth, even the bit you get off food sometimes!)
-Fingernails on a chalkboard (Hate. Hate. Gaaaah.)
-Up-close shots of violent deaths either on TV news, or in movies (as you can imagine, Final Destination 5 set me back about 3 years, ack!)
-Ripping or tearing a fingernail. Bleaugh.
-Spiders. I literally cringe.
-When you're in an auditorium, and the mic screeches loudly and unexpectedly.
Styrofoam as a carton or a cardboard box with a styrofoam carton in it....
Quote from: 54Quix45 on January 23, 2012, 02:32:51 AM
Styrofoam as a carton or a cardboard box with a styrofoam carton in it....
The sound styrofoam makes when being removed from inside a carboard box. :/
Talk about screeching...
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on January 21, 2012, 09:36:29 PM
That guy who played Borat
I thought I was the only one who disliked him.
Quote from: Genericguy on January 22, 2012, 04:50:50 AM
- Nicolas Cage.
- Nicolas Cage again.
Double cringe.
I was watching some back episodes of Mythbusters yesterday. I like what they do on the show but Adam Savage is as annoying as bleeding rectal itch. I find myself fast forwarding every time he starts to talk or act like a buffoon. It makes for a pretty short show.
Ummmm... Let's see... I'm really ticky. There's a bunch, but I'll name a few....
1. People that smack when they eat.
2. The sound of a fork/spoon/silverware hitting a plate or bowl. I know this is stupid, so many people do it without regard, but it just bothers me.
3. People that like to one up others. Like, I'll say that I bought a new cute new sweater and the other person says they just bought a cashmere sweater imported from Italy that costs $500 but they got it for only $50 dollars because they know a guy.
4. Closed minded people that never want to explore new ideas.
Two hard binders sliding against each other.
Dead bodies.
Most bugs
Wooden spoons
When non-Spanish speakers use words and phrases like "chica" and "hasta manana" just to sound cool.
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 23, 2012, 01:56:50 PM
Two hard binders sliding against each other.
Dead bodies.
:o When I first read that, I read it as...
'Two hard
bodies sliding against each other.
Dead
binders.'
I wouldn't mind seeing the first, but a dead binder would be creepy...
Yeah, I'm tired as hell. Coffeeee.... *stumbles out like a zombie*
Quote from: Amicale on January 23, 2012, 02:44:16 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 23, 2012, 01:56:50 PM
Two hard binders sliding against each other.
Dead bodies.
:o When I first read that, I read it as...
'Two hard bodies sliding against each other.
Dead binders.'
I wouldn't mind seeing the first, but a dead binder would be creepy...
Yeah, I'm tired as hell. Coffeeee.... *stumbles out like a zombie*
That makes me sound like a perv :P
Quote from: Amicale on January 23, 2012, 02:44:16 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 23, 2012, 01:56:50 PM
Two hard binders sliding against each other.
Dead bodies.
:o When I first read that, I read it as...
'Two hard bodies sliding against each other.
Dead binders.'
I wouldn't mind seeing the first, but a dead binder would be creepy...
Yeah, I'm tired as hell. Coffeeee.... *stumbles out like a zombie*
I did too!!!! I had to re-read it...
Quote from: Ali on January 23, 2012, 02:21:49 PM
Most bugs
Wooden spoons
When non-Spanish speakers use words and phrases like "chica" and "hasta manana" just to sound cool.
My eldest daughter hates
wet wooden spoons!
Quote from: Tank on January 23, 2012, 04:25:18 PM
Quote from: Ali on January 23, 2012, 02:21:49 PM
Most bugs
Wooden spoons
When non-Spanish speakers use words and phrases like "chica" and "hasta manana" just to sound cool.
My eldest daughter hates wet wooden spoons!
YES!!!!! That is the WORST! To touch a dry wooden spoon is bad enough, but when they're wet? *shudder* Especially if someone wants you to taste something off of the spoon and put it in your mouth?? Eeeeeeee!
LOL - That's awesome, I never met anyone else who hates wooden spoons like I do.
People who cough loud for a long period of time. Like the person in front of me now.
Quote from: Genericguy on January 22, 2012, 04:50:50 AM
- insane clown posse and followers.
You don't like the juggalo? You will love this documentary - American Juggalo (http://vimeo.com/29589320) - not really but its a good commentary on the bizarre side of American society.
Pretty much any managerial solution that is meant to help make softwre developers more productive.
Quote from: hismikeness on January 22, 2012, 04:27:34 AM
Quote from: Crow on January 22, 2012, 12:43:10 AM
The word "swag"
You must hate my avatar. ;D
Not really as spiderman has just obtained some swag. Its the stupid use of the word in rap music bullshit by the likes of Lil B (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1NfQ3s9-Iw) and all the little hipsters who want to be like him.
True Confessions: I kind of liked ICP when I was in high school. I never, like, painted my face or called myself a Juggalo (Juggalette?) or anything, but in rural OH in the mid-90's that was heady stuff. *Blush*
Quote from: Ali on January 23, 2012, 06:32:29 PM
True Confessions: I kind of liked ICP when I was in high school. I never, like, painted my face or called myself a Juggalo (Juggalette?) or anything, but in rural OH in the mid-90's that was heady stuff. *Blush*
That's fine. It's the crazy, violent people who bury their babies in a hatchet man casket* who have the issues.
*Yes it happened. It's all over the internet.
Quote from: Ali on January 23, 2012, 06:32:29 PM
True Confessions: I kind of liked ICP when I was in high school. I never, like, painted my face or called myself a Juggalo (Juggalette?) or anything, but in rural OH in the mid-90's that was heady stuff. *Blush*
I gotta tell ya... that sounds just awful. I had friends who liked that crap. I heard great malenko or whatever and said nah i'll just go ahead and stick to SOAD and slipknot. Then a some kid I met said I should become one of the "Homies", which I guess means a fan of ICP. No thanks. I threw up a little in my mouth when I heard the malenko song.
ZOMA - :o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMv9d1pIoBA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMv9d1pIoBA)
Robert - yeah - not exactly proud of it. LOL Again, it's not like I was out there painting my face or anything like that, just kind of thought the music was funny and "cool." Yikes.
Quote from: Ali on January 23, 2012, 06:49:10 PM
ZOMA - :o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMv9d1pIoBA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMv9d1pIoBA)
Robert - yeah - not exactly proud of it. LOL Again, it's not like I was out there painting my face or anything like that, just kind of thought the music was funny and "cool." Yikes.
Personally, I hate their music. Both in quality and content. And yes, people like that absolutely do not deserve to procreate.
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 23, 2012, 06:53:22 PM
Quote from: Ali on January 23, 2012, 06:49:10 PM
ZOMA - :o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMv9d1pIoBA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMv9d1pIoBA)
Robert - yeah - not exactly proud of it. LOL Again, it's not like I was out there painting my face or anything like that, just kind of thought the music was funny and "cool." Yikes.
Personally, I hate their music. Both in quality and content. And yes, people like that absolutely do not deserve to procreate.
Just judging by their appearance and the appearance of most other "juggalos" I would have to agree that they should not procreate. It is obviously not the fault of ICP in any way. That would all be on the mother to not have the intelligence to figure out she is 6 months pregnant because of a drunken drugged out stupor. I have seen other "Juggalos", however, and I must say that most of them should not procreate. The last one I met, the one that said I should become a homie, told me he was a pagan. I said what the hell is that supposed to mean? He went on to tell me about Greek mythology and how he prays to Athena. I just told him good luck on that religion nobody has believed in for a couple thousand years. I have only had one friend who was an ICP fan I could call normal. He was actually intelligent. Haven't seen him in a few years I wonder if he would admit to it now!
That whole scene (not just ICP and the "Juggalos", but the baggy clothes, died hair, braids, et cetera) that's what passed for counter-culture in the midwest in the nineties. I guess maybe it still does judging from the video Crow posted - I don't know, I haven't been back since '98. In other parts of the country, you may have had kids that were into old school punk, or the mod scene, or whatever, but in the rural mid-west, the kids that wanted to separate themselves from the status quo were listening to stuff like ICP and Korn and dying their hair purple and wearing black clothes. I'm torn on whether I think that means they should "never procreate." LOL - It's not really that different from saying that old punks can't be parents. I guess to me, the main thing is that no matter what you're into, whether it's ICP or the Misfits, when you have a kid, you have to grow up yourself. As they say in my all time favorite movie, Overboard, "Darling, if you have a baby, you won't be the baby anymore!" "Juggalos" that never grow up probably shouldn't procreate. But honestly, anybody that never grows up probably shouldn't procreate.
Quote from: Ali on January 23, 2012, 04:44:10 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 23, 2012, 04:25:18 PM
Quote from: Ali on January 23, 2012, 02:21:49 PM
Most bugs
Wooden spoons
When non-Spanish speakers use words and phrases like "chica" and "hasta manana" just to sound cool.
My eldest daughter hates wet wooden spoons!
YES!!!!! That is the WORST! To touch a dry wooden spoon is bad enough, but when they're wet? *shudder* Especially if someone wants you to taste something off of the spoon and put it in your mouth?? Eeeeeeee!
LOL - That's awesome, I never met anyone else who hates wooden spoons like I do.
So far you two are the only people I know with this particular 'phobia'.
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 23, 2012, 04:54:24 PM
People who cough loud for a long period of time. Like the person in front of me now.
Shall I just chock to death in silence then ? ;D
Quote from: Davin on January 23, 2012, 05:15:39 PM
Pretty much any managerial solution that is meant to help make softwre developers more productive.
If Hell existed there would be a special little place just for them!
Quote from: Tank on January 23, 2012, 07:49:35 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 23, 2012, 04:54:24 PM
People who cough loud for a long period of time. Like the person in front of me now.
Shall I just chock to death in silence then ? ;D
No, I mean when you can't go two minutes without going into a coughing fit, not covering your mouth at all, then saying "I'm fine" when someone offers a cough drop. That's when you can choke in silence.
In the downtown area of where I live, at any given time there is a minimum of 20 juggalos hanging out at an intersection. Ugh!
I love all the irrational things that bug us! So funny. For example ... Wooden spoons.
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 23, 2012, 07:55:21 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 23, 2012, 07:49:35 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 23, 2012, 04:54:24 PM
People who cough loud for a long period of time. Like the person in front of me now.
Shall I just chock to death in silence then ? ;D
No, I mean when you can't go two minutes without going into a coughing fit, not covering your mouth at all, then saying "I'm fine" when someone offers a cough drop. That's when you can choke in silence.
Caligula once said "If Rome had one throat I would slit it!" so you're in good company. ;D
Quote from: Tank on January 23, 2012, 08:12:49 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 23, 2012, 07:55:21 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 23, 2012, 07:49:35 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 23, 2012, 04:54:24 PM
People who cough loud for a long period of time. Like the person in front of me now.
Shall I just chock to death in silence then ? ;D
No, I mean when you can't go two minutes without going into a coughing fit, not covering your mouth at all, then saying "I'm fine" when someone offers a cough drop. That's when you can choke in silence.
Caligula once said "If Rome had one throat I would slit it!" so you're in good company. ;D
About two months ago, some guy occupied one of the cubes next to me for a few days. He was equal levels of sitcom ridiculous and sitcom loud. When I put on my headphones to drown out some of it, he started stomping his feet as if in response. Because of how loud he was and his timing, I couldn't help shake the feeling I was on a candid camera show, but no one popped out to let me know I was.
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 23, 2012, 08:10:04 PM
Quote from: Davin on January 23, 2012, 08:07:33 PM
Quote from: Genericguy on January 23, 2012, 08:01:15 PMWooden spoons.
I like wooden spoons! >:(
I like my spoons with cookie dough on them.
Are there people that don't like cookie dough covered spoons? If there are, those blasphemous infidels must be punished!
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 23, 2012, 07:55:21 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 23, 2012, 07:49:35 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on January 23, 2012, 04:54:24 PM
People who cough loud for a long period of time. Like the person in front of me now.
Shall I just chock to death in silence then ? ;D
No, I mean when you can't go two minutes without going into a coughing fit, not covering your mouth at all, then saying "I'm fine" when someone offers a cough drop. That's when you can choke in silence.
:D Bud, thank you for making me laugh out loud.
I HATE it when I'm on public transpo (city bus, greyhound, train, etc) and someone goes into a coughing fit, I offer them kleenex or a cough drop, and they respond with 'Oh no, I'm fine, this is just a smoker's cough!' and they continue to happily wretch, gag and choke their lungs out all over everybody, without covering their mouth... and therefore covering all of us with a fine spray of spittle and whatever other goobywahs they have. Ack ack ACK!
Quote from: Amicale on January 24, 2012, 12:03:12 AM
:D Bud, thank you for making me laugh out loud.
Glad I could be of service. :D
Fun fact: Last year, the FBI classified juggalos as a gang. Yes, really.
My husband loves ICP, but he doesn't paint his face or anything like that. If he wants to listen to them, he does it when I'm not around, as I have a prohibition on talentless gimmick bands. I've listened to a lot of their stuff to be a good sport, but I just don't like it for the same reason I don't like Eminem rapping about killing his daughter's mother and putting her in a trunk. I don't find it funny or cool in any context.
Quote from: philosoraptor on February 17, 2012, 11:00:06 PM
Fun fact: Last year, the FBI classified juggalos as a gang. Yes, really.
My husband loves ICP, but he doesn't paint his face or anything like that. If he wants to listen to them, he does it when I'm not around, as I have a prohibition on talentless gimmick bands. I've listened to a lot of their stuff to be a good sport, but I just don't like it for the same reason I don't like Eminem rapping about killing his daughter's mother and putting her in a trunk. I don't find it funny or cool in any context.
Totally, completely 100% with you on this.
Quote from: Amicale on February 18, 2012, 12:43:43 AM
Quote from: philosoraptor on February 17, 2012, 11:00:06 PM
Fun fact: Last year, the FBI classified juggalos as a gang. Yes, really.
My husband loves ICP, but he doesn't paint his face or anything like that. If he wants to listen to them, he does it when I'm not around, as I have a prohibition on talentless gimmick bands. I've listened to a lot of their stuff to be a good sport, but I just don't like it for the same reason I don't like Eminem rapping about killing his daughter's mother and putting her in a trunk. I don't find it funny or cool in any context.
Totally, completely 100% with you on this.
Seconded.
Blues has a history of misogynist lyrics, there are some songs I'm uneasy with but Earl had it coming.
Quote from: RunFromMyLife on February 18, 2012, 07:01:45 PM
My sister's Facebook status updates.
She just posted my favorite one so far: "So wut we get drunk. So wut we don't sleep. We're just havin fun. We don't care who sees. So wut to go out. Cuz that's how its supossed to be. Living young and wild and free!!:-)"
She's 22 and has a 5 year old daughter.
You may cringe more, or less (depending on your musical preferences) but those are song lyrics: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/wizkhalifa/youngwildfree.html
It certainly makes me cringe. But it doesn't mean your sis is doing that stuff... per se. :P
Quote from: RunFromMyLife on February 18, 2012, 07:18:54 PM
Quote from: Amicale on February 18, 2012, 07:15:12 PM
Quote from: RunFromMyLife on February 18, 2012, 07:01:45 PM
My sister's Facebook status updates.
She just posted my favorite one so far: "So wut we get drunk. So wut we don't sleep. We're just havin fun. We don't care who sees. So wut to go out. Cuz that's how its supossed to be. Living young and wild and free!!:-)"
She's 22 and has a 5 year old daughter.
You may cringe more, or less (depending on your musical preferences) but those are song lyrics: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/wizkhalifa/youngwildfree.html
It certainly makes me cringe. But it doesn't mean your sis is doing that stuff... per se. :P
Oh, I figured they were lyrics. She always posts horrible lyrics as her statuses. And my sister IS doing stuff. She goes out drinking almost every night while my dad and stepmom babysit my niece.
Aw, I'm sorry. That's discouraging, and it sucks. I guess if there's any upside to that, it's that your niece is spending lots of time with responsible, loving adults. It's just too bad one of them isn't your sister. Sigh.
Edit: I of course don't mean to suggest she doesn't love her daughter. That was poorly worded. I apologize. I just meant it makes me cringe when parents shirk their responsibilities regularly in order to have fun.
Quote from: Amicale on February 18, 2012, 07:23:27 PM
Aw, I'm sorry. That's discouraging, and it sucks. I guess if there's any upside to that, it's that your niece is spending lots of time with responsible, loving adults. It's just too bad one of them isn't your sister. Sigh.
Edit: I of course don't mean to suggest she doesn't love her daughter. That was poorly worded. I apologize. I just meant it makes me cringe when parents shirk their responsibilities regularly in order to have fun.
I just heard a doco (I don't know if doco is a universal abbreviation of documentary, it should be.) where kids were sent off to a meditation school in India at age six, came home at fifteen. Sounds fucked up, I suppose if their parents were bizarre enough to send them away they may have been better off away from them.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/360/india-school/3822608
Quote from: philosoraptor on January 22, 2012, 03:28:58 AM
Lots of things annoy me, but one of the few things that will make my physically cringe is watching movies or TV where people get their faces injured. Seeing someone stabbed or shot in the gut is unpleasant, but something about watching someone get stabbed in the eye or burned on their face squicks me out big time in a way that other injuries don't.
Agreed. Nothing really makes me cringe other than the thought of losing an eye. I can't even stand having sharp objects near my face while I'm cooking just out of fear of an accident happening.
Quote from: Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism on February 19, 2012, 07:33:59 PM
Quote from: philosoraptor on January 22, 2012, 03:28:58 AM
Lots of things annoy me, but one of the few things that will make my physically cringe is watching movies or TV where people get their faces injured. Seeing someone stabbed or shot in the gut is unpleasant, but something about watching someone get stabbed in the eye or burned on their face squicks me out big time in a way that other injuries don't.
Agreed. Nothing really makes me cringe other than the thought of losing an eye. I can't even stand having sharp objects near my face while I'm cooking just out of fear of an accident happening.
I had both my eyes cut open while I was awake to replace my lenses that had developed cataracts due to diabetes. It was actually quite interesting watching from the inside!
finger/toe nails being ripped off or peeled back. Oh man! Just made myself cringe. :D I'm a tough guy and all, but anytime I see that in a movie, I nearly faint.
Quote from: Tank on February 19, 2012, 07:38:52 PM
Quote from: Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism on February 19, 2012, 07:33:59 PM
Quote from: philosoraptor on January 22, 2012, 03:28:58 AM
Lots of things annoy me, but one of the few things that will make my physically cringe is watching movies or TV where people get their faces injured. Seeing someone stabbed or shot in the gut is unpleasant, but something about watching someone get stabbed in the eye or burned on their face squicks me out big time in a way that other injuries don't.
Agreed. Nothing really makes me cringe other than the thought of losing an eye. I can't even stand having sharp objects near my face while I'm cooking just out of fear of an accident happening.
I had both my eyes cut open while I was awake to replace my lenses that had developed cataracts due to diabetes. It was actually quite interesting watching from the inside!
Just reading that made me cringe. *shudder*
People ripping out their I.Vs. T_T;; gaaah!
Quote from: Sweetdeath on May 01, 2012, 12:38:57 AM
People ripping out their I.Vs. T_T;; gaaah!
Watching needles go in. ;-;
Quote from: Sweetdeath on May 01, 2012, 12:50:09 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on May 01, 2012, 12:48:11 AM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on May 01, 2012, 12:38:57 AM
People ripping out their I.Vs. T_T;; gaaah!
Watching needles go in. ;-;
That toooo~ ;__;
Eyeballs freak me out so much, that I have trouble putting in my contacts. I also have an irrational fear of amputees. :(
Quote from: Tank on February 19, 2012, 07:38:52 PM
I had both my eyes cut open while I was awake to replace my lenses that had developed cataracts due to diabetes. It was actually quite interesting watching from the inside!
This made me feel like I was going to have a panic attack. Why would they keep you awake???? Why????
I just couldn't stand to see a finger approaching my eye. I would'nt allow it! >:( Ever!
Let alone cutting and fixing my lenses... :o
It makes me cringe when a foot or hand falls asleep, I try to move it, bang it into something and hear a sickening 'crack' I know I shouldn't hear.
True story. Happened with my ankle this morning. Still sore. Methinks something went crunch, just a bit. I'm such a klutz!
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 01, 2012, 12:55:48 AM
I just couldn't stand to see a finger approaching my eye. I would'nt allow it! >:( Ever!
Let alone cutting and fixing my lenses... :o
Yeah. Ugh.
A few of my costumes need red or yellow eyes
(this being the worst: fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/274/3/9/_mononoke__the_medicine_seller_by_chakragurl-d2zvhv6.png red pupils, black around it. X_x havent made this, but those type of contacts i heard are uncomfy.)
It took me almost 30 minutes to get my contacts in first time. I have gotten better, but taking them out still proves difficult.
Quote from: Sweetdeath on May 01, 2012, 01:04:04 AM
It took me almost 30 minutes to get my contacts in first time. I have gotten better, but taking them out still proves difficult.
You do not just blink them out? I do this contracting thing with my eyelids that makes the contacts pop right out
Quote from: Ali on May 01, 2012, 12:52:48 AM
Quote from: Tank on February 19, 2012, 07:38:52 PM
I had both my eyes cut open while I was awake to replace my lenses that had developed cataracts due to diabetes. It was actually quite interesting watching from the inside!
This made me feel like I was going to have a panic attack. Why would they keep you awake???? Why????
A local anaesthetic is much safer than a general and you can go home straight away. I was dead set on having a general until I spoke to a little old lady sitting in the clinic who had already had one eye done and told me the whole process. I felt such a wuss that I said I'd do the local. I really was a dodel. They put some drops in that deaden the transparent skin over the eyeball. Then the lift that skin with some tweezers, make a tiny cut and then wash a different anaesthetic into the sack around the eyeball. You can't feel a thing, you just have to keep still while they operate. You mustn't sneeze or cough while the surgeon is working in your eye. So you have to hold your hand up and they'll stop working while you sneeze/cough. Fortunately I didn't do either. The actual op only takes 10 minutes at most. I'd rather do that than go to the dentist. Much easier.
Quote from: Tank on May 01, 2012, 09:18:17 AM
Quote from: Ali on May 01, 2012, 12:52:48 AM
Quote from: Tank on February 19, 2012, 07:38:52 PM
I had both my eyes cut open while I was awake to replace my lenses that had developed cataracts due to diabetes. It was actually quite interesting watching from the inside!
This made me feel like I was going to have a panic attack. Why would they keep you awake???? Why????
A local anaesthetic is much safer than a general and you can go home straight away. I was dead set on having a general until I spoke to a little old lady sitting in the clinic who had already had one eye done and told me the whole process. I felt such a wuss that I said I'd do the local. I really was a dodel. They put some drops in that deaden the transparent skin over the eyeball. Then the lift that skin with some tweezers, make a tiny cut and then wash a different anaesthetic into the sack around the eyeball. You can't feel a thing, you just have to keep still while they operate. You mustn't sneeze or cough while the surgeon is working in your eye. So you have to hold your hand up and they'll stop working while you sneeze/cough. Fortunately I didn't do either. The actual op only takes 10 minutes at most. I'd rather do that than go to the dentist. Much easier.
O.M.G. This made me feel a little faint.
Personally, I can't handle any kind of wrist injury type stuff. Like, if someone cuts their wrists in a movie I just can't handle it. I could watch someone get disemboweled or beheaded and it's like "gross. meh" But any kind of wrist stuff really creates a visceral reaction in me. I had to have an I.V. in my wrist when I had my son and I think it was actually the worst part for me. I hated having that damn needle port stuck in my arm, I pretty much begged the nursing staff for 24 hours to have it removed *shudder*.
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on May 01, 2012, 03:43:17 PM
Quote from: Tank on May 01, 2012, 09:18:17 AM
Quote from: Ali on May 01, 2012, 12:52:48 AM
Quote from: Tank on February 19, 2012, 07:38:52 PM
I had both my eyes cut open while I was awake to replace my lenses that had developed cataracts due to diabetes. It was actually quite interesting watching from the inside!
This made me feel like I was going to have a panic attack. Why would they keep you awake???? Why????
A local anaesthetic is much safer than a general and you can go home straight away. I was dead set on having a general until I spoke to a little old lady sitting in the clinic who had already had one eye done and told me the whole process. I felt such a wuss that I said I'd do the local. I really was a dodel. They put some drops in that deaden the transparent skin over the eyeball. Then the lift that skin with some tweezers, make a tiny cut and then wash a different anaesthetic into the sack around the eyeball. You can't feel a thing, you just have to keep still while they operate. You mustn't sneeze or cough while the surgeon is working in your eye. So you have to hold your hand up and they'll stop working while you sneeze/cough. Fortunately I didn't do either. The actual op only takes 10 minutes at most. I'd rather do that than go to the dentist. Much easier.
O.M.G. This made me feel a little faint.
Personally, I can't handle any kind of wrist injury type stuff. Like, if someone cuts their wrists in a movie I just can't handle it. I could watch someone get disemboweled or beheaded and it's like "gross. meh" But any kind of wrist stuff really creates a visceral reaction in me. I had to have an I.V. in my wrist when I had my son and I think it was actually the worst part for me. I hated having that damn needle port stuck in my arm, I pretty much begged the nursing staff for 24 hours to have it removed *shudder*.
For me it's knees. I broke my left knee some years ago and its still pinned together. But now knee injuries set my teeth on edge. *shudder*
Popping kneecaps. They freak me out.
Quote from: RenegeReversi on May 01, 2012, 07:06:48 PM
Popping kneecaps. They freak me out.
Every time I go to sit down, my knees make sounds like Rice Krispies...
AAAAAGHHH!!! DEMONSPAWN!!!1!!
This doesn't freak me out, but it might make some of you cringe which makes it relevent to the thread. On the subject of messed up joints, both of my elbows are "double jointed" which means that I can hyper extend them. It freaks people out.
Ooh! Ooh! Your rank in The Gray Empire is rising! :D
Asmo approves of double joints and other uh... Mutations. :D
Yes! *Reaches to low five Asmo with an especially hyperextended arm, just to show off*
Somebody told me once that I was double jointed at the hip because I can do both splits naturally without much difficulty. Is that true? And has anyone seen a near giant do the splits? kind of freaks people out, but I love freaking people out ;)
The feeling of having a screw removed from your leg while you are awake to feel it being unscrewed.
Weirdest feeling ever!
Quote from: Ali on May 01, 2012, 07:42:23 PM
Yes! *Reaches to low five Asmo with an especially hyperextended arm, just to show off*
I dont have double joints, but my arms are extremely long. My gf is almost 5'7" (i'm 5'4") and my reach is almost three inches further than hers. :\
Shins, banged shins ewwwww.
I think my shins are pitted and dented but I don't like to check.
I'm doing an advanced Pratchett Egor recycle surgery class.
I think I could make someone interesting with the parts available here.
Giants, elasto arms, scissor legs, survivalist brains, so many possibilities.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on May 02, 2012, 01:49:35 AM
Shins, banged shins ewwwww.
I think my shins are pitted and dented but I don't like to check.
I'm doing an advanced Pratchett Egor recycle surgery class.
I think I could make someone interesting with the parts available here.
Giants, elasto arms, scissor legs, survivalist brains, so many possibilities.
Just as long as you don't forget the fashionable hat...
;D
Wouldn't be a Pudding creation without one, now would it?
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 02, 2012, 02:31:21 AM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on May 02, 2012, 01:49:35 AM
Shins, banged shins ewwwww.
I think my shins are pitted and dented but I don't like to check.
I'm doing an advanced Pratchett Egor recycle surgery class.
I think I could make someone interesting with the parts available here.
Giants, elasto arms, scissor legs, survivalist brains, so many possibilities.
Just as long as you don't forget the fashionable hat...
;D
Wouldn't be a Pudding creation without one, now would it?
Don't forget the fricken' laser beams on their fricken' heads. ;D
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 02, 2012, 02:31:21 AM
Just as long as you don't forget the fashionable hat...
;D
Wouldn't be a Pudding creation without one, now would it?
Right you are, as usual.
Yet more possibilities.
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Quote from: The Magic Pudding on May 02, 2012, 03:22:59 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 02, 2012, 02:31:21 AM
Just as long as you don't forget the fashionable hat...
;D
Wouldn't be a Pudding creation without one, now would it?
Right you are, as usual.
Yet more possibilities.
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That's...not exactly what I had in mind... :-\ (rather disturbing in fact)
maybe something that won't endanger your life while walking amongst PETA worshipers?
I think the first one is rather dignified.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 02, 2012, 03:51:35 AM
That's...not exactly what I had in mind... :-\ (rather disturbing in fact)
maybe something that won't endanger your life while walking amongst PETA worshipers?
I'm not scared of their dogma, I'll challenge them with the reuse/recycle/reduce ethos.
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Quote from: The Magic Pudding on May 02, 2012, 04:05:15 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on May 02, 2012, 03:51:35 AM
That's...not exactly what I had in mind... :-\ (rather disturbing in fact)
maybe something that won't endanger your life while walking amongst PETA worshipers?
I'm not scared of their dogma, I'll challenge them with the reuse/recycle/reduce ethos.
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Wolfma, more like ;D
Mind you, I grew up around my father's hunted heads, but there's just something about those (real) hats which make me cringe. :(
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Ties
Clueless managers
Modern African American music
Jazz
Saxophones
Cocktail parties
Brussels sprouts
OS Wars
Marketing droids
Dubbed movies and TV-Series
Stupidity
Answering machines
Bad telephone connections
Lousy service
Muzak
Eye, brain and heart operations
German and French TV
Dentist appointments
Shopping with my wife
Brie cheese. (Thanks Crow for reminding me in the What's on Your Mind thread)
Coconut
When people eat and scrape the fork across their teeth.
Hm... Bugs. Just everything about them.
Quote from: Tom62 on May 04, 2012, 06:13:23 AM
Saxophones
:'(
That's one of the instruments I play and love.
Rolf Harris
ANY reality TV show.
Quote from: Radiant on July 19, 2012, 04:42:22 PM
Hm... Bugs. Just everything about them.
Quote from: Tom62 on May 04, 2012, 06:13:23 AM
Saxophones
:'(
That's one of the instruments I play and love.
Gerry Rafferty Baker Street. Sends chills up my spine every time I hear it.
Quote from: Tank on July 20, 2012, 01:07:40 AM
Quote from: Radiant on July 19, 2012, 04:42:22 PM
Hm... Bugs. Just everything about them.
Quote from: Tom62 on May 04, 2012, 06:13:23 AM
Saxophones
:'(
That's one of the instruments I play and love.
Gerry Rafferty Baker Street. Sends chills up my spine every time I hear it.
Ye I think it's a bit harsh to write off an instrument, unless a neighbour plays it often and badly. Saxophones are so important to R&B, I like how Mick Taylor blends bluesy guitar with saxophone on the later part of Can You Hear Me Knocking.
It Makes No Difference from The Last Waltz has a nice Soprano Saxophone solo by Garth Hudson.
I think saxophone features in a lot of my favourite albums, Dark Side of the Moon, Transformer, Bowie stuff...
I like saxophones too, Pudding. Then again, I'm pretty much always a sucker for a song with horns.
I was in the middle of a run the other night.
Next minute, this guy stops me to ask for directions.
Bloody hell, was I annoyed, he even had a map with him and the place was well sign posted.
I'd never (well, unless it was life threatening) consider stopping someone that is exercising in order to ask for directions.
When used in the background then saxophones are occasionally bearable for me (like on "Dark Side of the Moon"). But as solo instrument, I can't stand them at all (especially in Jazz music).
I can't stand jazz whatever it's played on...
The pink pantha tune is great.
I love the sax in Private Dancer song by Tina Turner
Quote from: Asmodean on July 20, 2012, 06:02:48 AM
I can't stand jazz whatever it's played on...
This 99 times out of 100.
Jazz for me is an acquired taste in the same way as having my fingernails pulled out would be.
Quote from: Tank on July 20, 2012, 07:59:32 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on July 20, 2012, 06:02:48 AM
I can't stand jazz whatever it's played on...
This 99 times out of 100.
Jazz for me is an acquired taste in the same way as having my fingernails pulled out would be.
Booo (how very panto of me). Are you the same with prog rock by any chance?
Quote from: Asmodean on July 20, 2012, 06:02:48 AM
I can't stand jazz whatever it's played on...
Oh good, i thought it was just me. o_o!
Quote from: Crow on July 20, 2012, 11:17:32 AM
Quote from: Tank on July 20, 2012, 07:59:32 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on July 20, 2012, 06:02:48 AM
I can't stand jazz whatever it's played on...
This 99 times out of 100.
Jazz for me is an acquired taste in the same way as having my fingernails pulled out would be.
Booo (how very panto of me). Are you the same with prog rock by any chance?
Prog rock? Example please :)
Quote from: Tank on July 21, 2012, 12:08:04 PM
Quote from: Crow on July 20, 2012, 11:17:32 AM
Quote from: Tank on July 20, 2012, 07:59:32 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on July 20, 2012, 06:02:48 AM
I can't stand jazz whatever it's played on...
This 99 times out of 100.
Jazz for me is an acquired taste in the same way as having my fingernails pulled out would be.
Booo (how very panto of me). Are you the same with prog rock by any chance?
Prog rock? Example please :)
An example would be Pink Floyd. ;)
Although Prog Rock is a pretty general term that extends over styles that are heavily influenced by jazz as well.
Jazz, I don't claim to get it, maybe bits of it. Sometimes I may judge those enjoying jazz as looking a bit dicky but it doesn't matter though really, to each his own. Musicians I like have delved into jazz and bring bits back, I'm glad they did.
Quote from: Radiant on July 21, 2012, 03:08:42 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 21, 2012, 12:08:04 PM
Quote from: Crow on July 20, 2012, 11:17:32 AM
Quote from: Tank on July 20, 2012, 07:59:32 AM
Quote from: Asmodean on July 20, 2012, 06:02:48 AM
I can't stand jazz whatever it's played on...
This 99 times out of 100.
Jazz for me is an acquired taste in the same way as having my fingernails pulled out would be.
Booo (how very panto of me). Are you the same with prog rock by any chance?
Prog rock? Example please :)
An example would be Pink Floyd. ;)
Although Prog Rock is a pretty general term that extends over styles that are heavily influenced by jazz as well.
I'm glad I'm not going potty. I love Pink Floyd. Dark Side of the Moon and Animals are two of my most often played albums.
Quote from: Tank on July 21, 2012, 03:50:14 PM
I'm glad I'm not going potty. I love Pink Floyd. Dark Side of the Moon and Animals are two of my most often played albums.
I'm not such a fan of prog rock. Pink Floyd puts me to sleep.
Early Genesis is supposed to be prog rock, and so is Dream Theatre.
I have been told that Iron Maiden's latest album is also heavily prog rock influenced. I love Maiden's latest album so sought to find some good Prog Rock albums, but after a while of searching I gave up.
Quote from: Tank on July 21, 2012, 03:50:14 PM
I'm glad I'm not going potty. I love Pink Floyd. Dark Side of the Moon and Animals are two of my most often played albums.
Pink Floyd has always been one of my most favorite bands and although I do enjoy both of those albums Delicate Sound of Thunder is still my favorite followed closely by The Wall.
A discussion on prog rock and noone has yet mentioned Led Zep??
Where would music be today without prog rock? I don't know either but it'd be poorer for it!
Quote from: Scissorlegs on July 22, 2012, 12:23:34 AM
A discussion on prog rock and noone has yet mentioned Led Zep??
Where would music be today without prog rock? I don't know either but it'd be poorer for it!
Must own up to being an early Genesis aficionado, though they tend nowadays to be to be derided as effete and pretentious . Still any band that kept the egregious Phil Collins stuck behind a drum kit ( most of the time anyway) can't have been all bad.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on July 21, 2012, 03:29:54 PM
Jazz, I don't claim to get it, maybe bits of it. Sometimes I may judge those enjoying jazz as looking a bit dicky but it doesn't matter though really, to each his own. Musicians I like have delved into jazz and bring bits back, I'm glad they did.
I entertain this theory that nobody really likes it but that a small minority either pretend or persuade themselves that they like it, precisely ecause it is such a minority taste and has intellectual associations. Actually, it is really the other way round- the theory entertains me, because although improbable it is more amusing than the probable reality that there are people who do genuinely find appeal in what is to me an amorphous, discordant racket .
"Jazz" covers a wide range of musical styles. To dismiss all of them by invoking that one term seems a bit presumptuous, but to each their own.
I find the "indie" label kinda useless.
I suppose independence from major record labels is of some interest but it doesn't tell you much about the music.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on July 22, 2012, 04:24:02 AM
I find the "indie" label kinda useless.
I suppose independence from major record labels is of some interest but it doesn't tell you much about the music.
For all you know it could be 'indie' because no major record label accepted it.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on July 22, 2012, 04:24:02 AM
I find the "indie" label kinda useless.
I suppose independence from major record labels is of some interest but it doesn't tell you much about the music.
I would agree but to date I have yet to sit through a piece of music labelled as Jazz and really enjoyed it; that is to say I would go and buy it and listen to it again. It just seems to grate on my musical senses.
Quote from: Recusant on July 22, 2012, 02:05:15 AM
"Jazz" covers a wide range of musical styles. To dismiss all of them by invoking that one term seems a bit presumptuous, but to each their own.
True enough , I can see why people would warm to traditional jazz , though I personally don't. So, suitably chatened, I shall confine my anathema to the abstract contemporary stuff.
Quote from: En_Route on July 22, 2012, 12:50:25 AM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on July 21, 2012, 03:29:54 PM
Jazz, I don't claim to get it, maybe bits of it. Sometimes I may judge those enjoying jazz as looking a bit dicky but it doesn't matter though really, to each his own. Musicians I like have delved into jazz and bring bits back, I'm glad they did.
I entertain this theory that nobody really likes it but that a small minority either pretend or persuade themselves that they like it, precisely ecause it is such a minority taste and has intellectual associations. Actually, it is really the other way round- the theory entertains me, because although improbable it is more amusing than the probable reality that there are people who do genuinely find appeal in what is to me an amorphous, discordant racket .
I genuinely find entertainment in it. I don't care about it being a 'minority taste', nor do I the intellectual associates. I just enjoy it.
I don't get how it is so hard to understand that somebody might find entertainment in it.
Quote from: Radiant on July 22, 2012, 01:51:43 PM
Quote from: En_Route on July 22, 2012, 12:50:25 AM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on July 21, 2012, 03:29:54 PM
Jazz, I don't claim to get it, maybe bits of it. Sometimes I may judge those enjoying jazz as looking a bit dicky but it doesn't matter though really, to each his own. Musicians I like have delved into jazz and bring bits back, I'm glad they did.
I entertain this theory that nobody really likes it but that a small minority either pretend or persuade themselves that they like it, precisely ecause it is such a minority taste and has intellectual associations. Actually, it is really the other way round- the theory entertains me, because although improbable it is more amusing than the probable reality that there are people who do genuinely find appeal in what is to me an amorphous, discordant racket .
I genuinely find entertainment in it. I don't care about it being a 'minority taste', nor do I the intellectual associates. I just enjoy it.
I don't get how it is so hard to understand that somebody might find entertainment in it.
It isn't.
For some reason I tend to remember episodic details rather well. So I really hate it when something memorable happens and there happens to be some crappy music in the background. I cringe when I remember an event, followed by the horrendous music that accompanied it. Many a book's ending was sullied by some random stranger's playlist while I was reading on a bus.
People who let their demon-children run wild. >:(
Holy hell.
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on July 23, 2012, 12:24:33 AM
People who let their demon-children run wild. >:(
Unfortunately it is not always a choice.
Our 1.5 year old all of a sudden now gets frustrated at feeding time. She won't sit down, high chair restrainers do not work. You can't reason with her.
She just fights, struggles, screams and tries to jump off the high chair.
Needless to say, after a couple of fun filled family outings, we now eat in.
I wouldn't call that "running wild", though. I'm sure if she climbed up on a perfect stranger's lap and started screaming/throwing things, you'd interject. That's the difference. :)
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on July 22, 2012, 04:24:02 AM
I find the "indie" label kinda useless.
I suppose independence from major record labels is of some interest but it doesn't tell you much about the music.
Agreed. Honestly, I have found very little indie rock that I can stand. It all seems so whiny and noisy for no purpose.
But jazz, I'm a fan, at least certain artists. But that's partly because I used to play sax. More the big band/swing stuff along with the more bluesy, darker styles like Charles Mingus. I'll concede it's an acquired taste and jazz fans/musicians can be pretentious and arrogant, though I think that's a problem with most big music fans.
I doubt everyone on this board will ever agree on muscial taste. Except Creed. Everyone knows they suck.
My over-active imagination keeps making me cringe, particularly when I'm reading a scary book/watching a horror movie/walking alone at night. I imagine all kinds of creepy stuff that never actually happens. My mind plays tricks on me, and convinces me that something really freaky will happen, even when it rarely does. So I'm sitting there, or strolling along, getting all creeped out, just cringing... :D
Tony Blair. Worse than Rolf Harris and Cliff Richard tied together.
Quote from: OldGit on July 23, 2012, 01:38:43 PM
Tony Blair. Worse than Rolf Harris and Cliff Richard tied together.
A snake oil salesman who just can't come to terms with the fact that he's been found out. Cherie is not too far behind him. We are told she has a brilliant mind but then we were also told Saddam had WMD.
Tying Cliff Richard and Rolf Harris together is a very beguiling notion; a fate both would richly merit.
Angela Merkel for squandering taxpayers money, because she thinks that if you throw enough money in a black hole all problems disappear
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on July 23, 2012, 01:15:34 AM
I wouldn't call that "running wild", though. I'm sure if she climbed up on a perfect stranger's lap and started screaming/throwing things, you'd interject. That's the difference. :)
Because she would sit down, instead she would be running around the restaurant, while the rest of us tried to eat.
Running wild, running free.
Quote from: Firebird on July 23, 2012, 04:58:39 AM
I doubt everyone on this board will ever agree on muscial taste. Except Creed. Everyone knows they suck.
Yeaaaah. (I said that like Creed. You know how they do. "Yeaaah".) Haha I crack myself up. Also, Creed sucks.
Quote from: Ali on July 23, 2012, 09:09:03 PM
Quote from: Firebird on July 23, 2012, 04:58:39 AM
I doubt everyone on this board will ever agree on muscial taste. Except Creed. Everyone knows they suck.
Yeaaaah. (I said that like Creed. You know how they do. "Yeaaah".) Haha I crack myself up. Also, Creed sucks.
Oh boy, let's not bring up Creed or Nickelback xD
Quote from: Stevil on July 23, 2012, 08:05:41 PM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on July 23, 2012, 01:15:34 AM
I wouldn't call that "running wild", though. I'm sure if she climbed up on a perfect stranger's lap and started screaming/throwing things, you'd interject. That's the difference. :)
Because she would sit down, instead she would be running around the restaurant, while the rest of us tried to eat.
Running wild, running free.
Speaking for the silent majority I would like to personally thank you though for having the good grace not to subject the rest of us to it.
I've often thought now that smoking isn't allowed on aircraft or in the majority of restaurants in the US these days they should turn all of those old no smoking sections into the "families with small children" sections, replete with noise cancelling glass.
Quote from: Sweetdeath on July 23, 2012, 11:06:31 PM
Quote from: Ali on July 23, 2012, 09:09:03 PM
Quote from: Firebird on July 23, 2012, 04:58:39 AM
I doubt everyone on this board will ever agree on muscial taste. Except Creed. Everyone knows they suck.
Yeaaaah. (I said that like Creed. You know how they do. "Yeaaah".) Haha I crack myself up. Also, Creed sucks.
Oh boy, let's not bring up Creed or Nickelback xD
So every year, the National Football League (aka US football) holds a game on Thanksgiving Day in Detroit. Last year they decided to have Nickelback play at halftime, and in response, a bunch of Detroit Lions fans started a petition demanding that Nickelback not be allowed to play. Over 55000 people signed it. Sadly, Nickelback still played, but at least Detroit tried.
Quote from: Tank on July 21, 2012, 03:50:14 PM
I'm glad I'm not going potty. I love Pink Floyd. Dark Side of the Moon and Animals are two of my most often played albums.
Without Jazz you don't have albums such as those. The first thing I think of when listening to the music of Dark Side of the Moon is that it reminds me a lot of Sun Ra.
Quote from: Crow on July 24, 2012, 02:51:20 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 21, 2012, 03:50:14 PM
I'm glad I'm not going potty. I love Pink Floyd. Dark Side of the Moon and Animals are two of my most often played albums.
Without Jazz you don't have albums such as those. The first thing I think of when listening to the music of Dark Side of the Moon is that it reminds me a lot of Sun Ra.
Then I shall have to go and find some Sun Ra!
Quote from: Tank on July 24, 2012, 03:21:15 PM
Quote from: Crow on July 24, 2012, 02:51:20 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 21, 2012, 03:50:14 PM
I'm glad I'm not going potty. I love Pink Floyd. Dark Side of the Moon and Animals are two of my most often played albums.
Without Jazz you don't have albums such as those. The first thing I think of when listening to the music of Dark Side of the Moon is that it reminds me a lot of Sun Ra.
Then I shall have to go and find some Sun Ra!
I have a feeling it wont be your thing. As one person said about him in a BBC documentary "he was perfect for the subject case of an episode of the X Files". Its hard to find his good stuff as you have to wade through a lot of rubbish here is a better track of his that I can think of of the top of my head Sun Ra - Door of the Cosmos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87FDctNdUOw).
Quote from: Crow on July 24, 2012, 03:33:53 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 24, 2012, 03:21:15 PM
Quote from: Crow on July 24, 2012, 02:51:20 PM
Quote from: Tank on July 21, 2012, 03:50:14 PM
I'm glad I'm not going potty. I love Pink Floyd. Dark Side of the Moon and Animals are two of my most often played albums.
Without Jazz you don't have albums such as those. The first thing I think of when listening to the music of Dark Side of the Moon is that it reminds me a lot of Sun Ra.
Then I shall have to go and find some Sun Ra!
I have a feeling it wont be your thing. As one person said about him in a BBC documentary "he was perfect for the subject case of an episode of the X Files". Its hard to find his good stuff as you have to wade through a lot of rubbish here is a better track of his that I can think of of the top of my head Sun Ra - Door of the Cosmos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87FDctNdUOw).
Nope. You're right not my thing. I made it to 56 seconds before it almost physically hurt to keep it on. Very odd. But my reaction was almost nauseated by it.
Quote from: Tank on July 24, 2012, 06:33:54 PM
Nope. You're right not my thing. I made it to 56 seconds before it almost physically hurt to keep it on. Very odd. But my reaction was almost nauseated by it.
Same for me. I really can't stand it either.
Quote from: Firebird on July 24, 2012, 04:28:55 AM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on July 23, 2012, 11:06:31 PM
Quote from: Ali on July 23, 2012, 09:09:03 PM
Quote from: Firebird on July 23, 2012, 04:58:39 AM
I doubt everyone on this board will ever agree on muscial taste. Except Creed. Everyone knows they suck.
Yeaaaah. (I said that like Creed. You know how they do. "Yeaaah".) Haha I crack myself up. Also, Creed sucks.
Oh boy, let's not bring up Creed or Nickelback xD
So every year, the National Football League (aka US football) holds a game on Thanksgiving Day in Detroit. Last year they decided to have Nickelback play at halftime, and in response, a bunch of Detroit Lions fans started a petition demanding that Nickelback not be allowed to play. Over 55000 people signed it. Sadly, Nickelback still played, but at least Detroit tried.
wow, they sure did try!
Quote from: Sweetdeath on July 26, 2012, 04:05:40 PM
Quote from: Firebird on July 24, 2012, 04:28:55 AM
Quote from: Sweetdeath on July 23, 2012, 11:06:31 PM
Quote from: Ali on July 23, 2012, 09:09:03 PM
Quote from: Firebird on July 23, 2012, 04:58:39 AM
I doubt everyone on this board will ever agree on muscial taste. Except Creed. Everyone knows they suck.
Yeaaaah. (I said that like Creed. You know how they do. "Yeaaah".) Haha I crack myself up. Also, Creed sucks.
Oh boy, let's not bring up Creed or Nickelback xD
So every year, the National Football League (aka US football) holds a game on Thanksgiving Day in Detroit. Last year they decided to have Nickelback play at halftime, and in response, a bunch of Detroit Lions fans started a petition demanding that Nickelback not be allowed to play. Over 55000 people signed it. Sadly, Nickelback still played, but at least Detroit tried.
wow, they sure did try!
Ok, excuse my ignorence but what's wrong with nickleback?
They're totally generic and Chad Kroeger has the charisma of wilted lettuce.
I'm sorry they're Canadian. :(
Quote from: Tank on July 26, 2012, 04:12:06 PM
Ok, excuse my ignorence but what's wrong with nickleback?
They are an unoriginal, uninspired, corporate manufactured rock band that has recorded nothing of musical value since the day they arrived on the scene. Every song may as well be the same song. In short... Nickelback sucks.
Quote from: Tank on July 26, 2012, 04:12:06 PM
Ok, excuse my ignorence but what's wrong with nickleback?
First, because of this (http://doesnickelbacksuck.com/). ;D
I don't like them because they sound the same on their songs, have generic music and generally seem to be a bunch of douchebags, especially the lead singer. It's become almost a meme to hate on them though.
Quote from: Tank on July 24, 2012, 06:33:54 PM
Nope. You're right not my thing. I made it to 56 seconds before it almost physically hurt to keep it on. Very odd. But my reaction was almost nauseated by it.
Haha I knew it! he was very far out, even in terms of freeform Jazz but his influence was massive on rock in the late 1960's and early 1970's. But in terms of Jazz that the uninitiated may enjoy have a listen to this Alice Coltrane - Turiya and Ramakrishna (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUMuDWDVd20), I listen to a lot of "strange shit" so I don't know if that would even be appealing in anyway.
"The Wonder Years" (TeeVee show).
Like twisting a knife in my belly!! Too close to home.
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on July 26, 2012, 04:16:59 PM
They're totally generic and Chad Kroeger has the charisma of wilted lettuce.
I'm sorry they're Canadian. :(
Eh, I'm not sorry. :) I'm in the small minority that doesn't hate on them. I actually like them. Their video for 'Savin' Me' is interesting, I think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyopRENTtq0 If you'd like to, watch it with the sound off. It's about how long we have left in this life. It's cool.
And even if some of their stuff is 'generic', well, an awful lot of pop and rock sounds generic.
But I did have to LOL at the 'charisma of wilted lettuce' bit.
When glass explodes from heat and covers one's face, burning itself into the skin. That's sort of cringe-y. :-\
...Sort of. It's also quite fun to watch, I suppose, unless you are on the recieving end.
I saw a supermarket check out person touching her mouth. She may have been new and nervous about something, whatever the reason not a healthy habit.
Quote from: Asmodean on July 31, 2012, 06:12:12 PM
When glass explodes from heat and covers one's face, burning itself into the skin. That's sort of cringe-y. :-\
...Sort of. It's also quite fun to watch, I suppose, unless you are on the recieving end.
Has this happened to you? O_o;
It has indeed. No real harm done though.