A Curious Phenomenon

Slartibartfast wrote: jammun wrote: Well here's my screed. It's a given that LTIA is probably the best album ever made.  Don't argue with me. Wrong   Second is probably Galactic Zoo Dossier.  Don't argue with me.  Wrong  By the way, I am not arguing with you...

Don't argue with me   I'm just stating the facts.

Slartibartfast wrote: jammun wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: jammun wrote: Well here's my screed. It's a given that LTIA is probably the best album ever made.  Don't argue with me. Wrong   Second is probably Galactic Zoo Dossier.  Don't argue with me.  Wrong  By the way, I am not arguing with you... Don't argue with me   I'm just stating the facts. I'm merely contradicting you.

Why is it that we creep?

Equality 7-2521 wrote: Sometimes people's taste change in music, but they may be long time visitors to this forum so they still come here to discuss music because there is very clearly a section marked for non-prog music and for non-musical topics so obviously the only function of the forum is not to discuss prog. Some people may be irritated by the attitude many on the forum have pertaining to prog music so animosities may arise that make the person seem anti-prog when really they're just trying to express that non-progressive music is not to be seen as inferior.  Plus it's fun to bash prog because the average prog fan is so uptight and desperately tries to validate his opinions by adding some objective metric to music that doesn't exist. I mean this is the easiest site in the world to troll because the concepts of hyperbole and sarcasm seem very foreign to many who post here.

This is quite true.
ESPECIALLY the very last sentence.

Equality 7-2521 wrote: Plus it's fun to bash prog because the average prog fan is so uptight and desperately tries to validate his opinions by adding some objective metric to music that doesn't exist. I mean this is the easiest site in the world to troll because the concepts of hyperbole and sarcasm seem very foreign to many who post here.

It is easy to troll on any site, so we are no exception. Trolling is a poor gauge of anything other than the tolerance of others who "tut" and move on. Flame-wars seldom last here, not through any heavy-handed diligence of the Mods, but through tired exasperation - Trolls have assumed free-speech on their side - we have the kill-switch on ours - check-mate, cheque please. Hyperbole is okay, everybody exaggerates millions of times a day, it never wins an argument though; hammer the point home too hard and you punch through the otherside, destroying whatever you were trying to build in the process. Sarcasm is harder and seldom amuses more than one person, but it is so rarely executed with any finesse that is is rapidly becoming a lost art. Much of what passes for sarcasm is merely mean spiritedness and petty cruelty that it loses any value other than to offend and upset - and for what end? Two seconds of smugness? Seems a shallow victory to me.

Dean wrote: Sarcasm is harder and seldom amuses more than one person, but it is so rarely executed with any finesse that is is rapidly becoming a lost art.

And it's being replaced with Hipster Irony.

(Above link is from Encyclopedia Dramatica, the posting of which carries two necessary consequences: 1) NSFW  2) Henry rages.)

Finnforest wrote: Dean wrote: It is easy to troll on any site, so we are no exception. Trolling is a poor gauge of anything other than the tolerance of others who "tut" and move on. Flame-wars seldom last here, not through any heavy-handed diligence of the Mods, but through tired exasperation - Trolls have assumed free-speech on their side - we have the kill-switch on ours - check-mate, cheque please. Hyperbole is okay, everybody exaggerates millions of times a day, it never wins an argument though; hammer the point home too hard and you punch through the otherside, destroying whatever you were trying to build in the process. Sarcasm is harder and seldom amuses more than one person, but it is so rarely executed with any finesse that is is rapidly becoming a lost art. Much of what passes for sarcasm is merely mean spiritedness and petty cruelty that it loses any value other than to offend and upset - and for what end? Two seconds of smugness? Seems a shallow victory to me.   What people post is a reflection of themselves - hiding behind screen-names is no defence, the characters may become badly drawn caricatures, but there are still a real people tapping at the keys revealing a little of themselves with each key-press. Over time we can all construct a profile of the personality behind the mask, even mine. Quite a post Dean, well said as usual

Yeah......................, right.

Speaking seriously though, this is the only online forum I haunt and I am as I present myself. Hiding behind a screen name and behaving badly is a cowardly act.  Frankly I think it's more fun to present yourself as you really are anyway.  I only hang out here to have a good time.  Should posting, reviewing, and participating cease to be fun, I'll certainly vanish without creating a thread about it.


Edited by Slartibartfast - February 22 2010 at 20:54

Theorem: It's fun to bash prog because the average prog fan is so uptight and desperately tries to validate his opinions by adding some objective metric to music that doesn't exist. I mean this is the easiest site in the world to troll because the concepts of hyperbole and sarcasm seem very foreign to many who post here. 

Trouserpress wrote: Hmm... I haven't seen much evidence of this myself, but maybe I'm not looking in the right threads.

Quite.  Perhaps being scarce around here has its benefits. 

Equality 7-2521 wrote: Petrovsk Mizinski wrote: Pat, please bear my child Let's get down and dirty to Paramore and raise prog-bashing children together <3

You really should do it... That glorious sarcasm of yours will prevent you of having children any other way...

Equality 7-2521 wrote: Theorem: It's fun to bash prog because the average prog fan is so uptight and desperately tries to validate his opinions by adding some objective metric to music that doesn't exist. I mean this is the easiest site in the world to troll because the concepts of hyperbole and sarcasm seem very foreign to many who post here.  Proof: See Dean's above post.  Q.E.D.