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fidel_catstro [Edit] [Delete] 190 replies 15:06, 8 October '13

Finally, a scientific analysis of which things are most ruined by their dreadful, dreadful fans.

I enjoyed the evaluations of Bicycling and Sublime in particular. Your thoughts and additions are welcome.

http://ruined-by-fans.herokuapp.com/

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Pretty amusing

monoshono | 8 Oct '13, 15:10 | X

Royter-Hatfood, brusma, marckee, and Smee this'd this
Good to see that it includes Bob Dylan. Pink Floyd and Radiohead,

but I'd like to see The Smiths in there too.

marckee | 8 Oct '13, 15:11 | X
- Also, it DEFINITELY needs street food in there,
  
  especially burgers and burritos.
  
  marckee @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 15:12 | X
  - And pulled pork
    
    Especially pulled pork.
    
    Steved @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 15:13 | X
    - Is that even still a thing?
      
      marckee @Steved | 8 Oct '13, 15:19 | X
      
      LdnMetropolitanElite this'd this
      - I had a pulled pork burrito yesterday
        
        Perhaps That London has already moved on from such trivialities but it's still very much a thing elsewhere.
        
        Steved @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 15:21 | X
        
        I think I'll be ready to call it
        
        when it appears on the wetherspoons menu.
        (don't get me wrong, I'll be v pleased when this happens...)
        
        fidel_catstro @Steved | 8 Oct '13, 15:22 | X
        
        i've seen (and eaten) it in a fair few crapper style establishments in the last few months.
        
        meths @fidel_catstro | 8 Oct '13, 15:28 | X
        
        Royter-Hatfood this'd this
        
        Big Red does it now
        
        but it's actually pretty decent. they seem to have upped their game on food massively lately...
        
        fidel_catstro @meths | 8 Oct '13, 15:31 | X
        
        had one from the burrito shop in the westfield the other day.
        
        not amazing, but i was hungover so it made me happy.
        
        meths @fidel_catstro | 8 Oct '13, 15:33 | X
        
        I've had it in a shabby pub in Wales
        
        It is no longer a thing.
        
        Royter-Hatfood @meths | 8 Oct '13, 15:35 | X
        
        you can get a ready-to-cook pulled pork shoulder in small sainsbury'ses now
        
        it's shite and over priced
        
        alcxxk @meths | 8 Oct '13, 15:57 | X
        
        Tomorrow (9th October) Wetherspoons launch their new menu
        
        Including:
        However, the company is adding a new barbeque hot dog, topped with a half portion of pulled pork and grated cheese.
        
        BOOM - We know where you'll be tomorrow
        
        lordscopie @fidel_catstro | 8 Oct '13, 22:05 | X
        
        I can't actually do this today
        
        But I am definitely doing it tomorrow. And expensing it *swoosh*
        
        fidel_catstro @lordscopie | 9 Oct '13, 11:14 | X
    - Had pulled chicken mac & cheese the other week
      
      was immense
      
      safebruv @Steved | 8 Oct '13, 15:25 | X
      - fuck off pulled chicken
        
        shredded chicken. pulled chicken is not a thing
        
        fidel_catstro @safebruv | 8 Oct '13, 15:26 | X
        
        shadyadie this'd this
        
        Even thats better than "Torn Chicken"
        
        Rembrum @fidel_catstro | 8 Oct '13, 15:43 | X
  - *food, generally
    
    guntrip @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 15:34 | X
    - Calm down, Steven Poole
      
      marckee @guntrip | 8 Oct '13, 15:39 | X
- using infinity to properly model smiths fans
  
  might get tricky
  
  fidel_catstro @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 15:13 | X
Tool were the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title

Surprised Game of Thrones isn't on there. Never watched it because the people who do seem like such beardy dweebs.

Steved | 8 Oct '13, 15:13 | X

wisdom this'd this
- Your stereotype would be right for ASOFAI,
  
  but not really for the TV show.
  
  marckee @Steved | 8 Oct '13, 15:16 | X
  - I don't know what ASOFAI is
    
    But it's words like that that put me right off that sword and shield bullshit festival.
    
    Steved @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 15:17 | X
    
    meths this'd this
    - A Song Of Fire And Ice is the name of the series of books that the TV show is based upon.
      
      marckee @Steved | 8 Oct '13, 15:20 | X
      
      meths this'd this
      - Disacronymising it has actually made it worse.
        
        Steved @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 15:21 | X
        
        SenorDingDong, meths, alcxxk, Royter-Hatfood, DaveMK, and Antelope this'd this
        
        Especially as it's wrong
        
        and it's 'a song of ice and fire'...
        
        ElthamsmateOwen @Steved | 8 Oct '13, 15:45 | X
        
        14.41 to 14.45
        
        ten points to H_Y_G. Well played, sir.
        
        fidel_catstro @ElthamsmateOwen | 8 Oct '13, 15:47 | X
        
        ElthamsmateOwen this'd this
      - If you're deliberately getting it wrong just to irk the nerds,
        
        well, bravo sir.
        
        hip_young_gunslinger @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 15:41 | X
        
        ElthamsmateOwen and marckee this'd this
        
        Would be a bit weird of him to do that as he is a beardy dweeb
        
        ElthamsmateOwen @hip_young_gunslinger | 8 Oct '13, 15:52 | X
        
        Intentional or not, using an acronym instead of just saying "the books" like a normal human being is stellar work.
        
        -dan- @ElthamsmateOwen | 8 Oct '13, 22:11 | X
        
        Because in the past others on here have started huge arguments,
        
        when someone has suggested that the books were called Game Of Thrones.
        
        marckee @-dan- | 8 Oct '13, 22:26 | X
        
        So instead of admitting trolling
        
        you're admitting you were wrong? Who are you and what have you done with marckee?
        
        ElthamsmateOwen @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 23:42 | X
- think this was pre-GoT
  
  but you're behind the curve, anyhow: http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news-in-pictures/news-briefly/normal-people-resign-themselves-to-watching-game-of-thrones-201106274001
  
  fidel_catstro @Steved | 8 Oct '13, 15:16 | X
Are Wes Anderson fans that bad?

I mean, they may be awful generally, but they're not awful because of a fondness for Wes Anderson. At least, that's how I'd describe myself.

hip_young_gunslinger | 8 Oct '13, 15:15 | X
Oh man, just the concept of something being "runined by fans"

is so petty it is cracking me up at my desk. might just be office-stress hysteria.

monoshono | 8 Oct '13, 15:18 | X
- it's that sublime thing
  
  where someone manages to effectively put into words a concept you'd never even considered, but instantly recognise as being profoundly true.
  
  fidel_catstro @monoshono | 8 Oct '13, 15:20 | X
  - I had to check who this was made by, as, for a moment there,
    
    I thought it might be a friend, as this is something that has come up in conversation before.
    
    marckee @fidel_catstro | 8 Oct '13, 15:25 | X
Is 'Europe' the band or continent?

Plenty of these things seem intolerable irrespective of their fans. Like veganism, and wine bars. Fucking hate veganism and wine bars.

DanielKelly | 8 Oct '13, 15:31 | X
- do wine bars still exist?
  
  meths @DanielKelly | 8 Oct '13, 15:33 | X
- bet you'd love this place
  
  http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d2164819-Reviews-V_Note_Organic_Wine_Bar_Vegan_Bistro-New_York_City_New_York.html
  
  ideserve2 @DanielKelly | 8 Oct '13, 15:34 | X
  - At least it's not in 'Europe'
    
    Small mercies
    
    DanielKelly @ideserve2 | 8 Oct '13, 15:38 | X
- Given that it's written by americans, I would assume that it's the continent.
  
  http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/23/19-travelling/
  
  marckee @DanielKelly | 8 Oct '13, 15:39 | X
  - Can we add travelling please?
    
    Case for the prosecution: backpackerbanter.com
    
    Steved @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 15:40 | X
    - especially when done on gap years
      
      and they return thinking they're some fucking world wise spiritualist.
      
      ElthamsmateOwen @Steved | 8 Oct '13, 15:59 | X
surely

football should be in here?

zahidf | 8 Oct '13, 15:34 | X
- Definitely
  
  Either the thick shouty cunts that take their opinions from whatever The Sun tells them. The armchair Man Utd fans that only ever watch them on TV. The other newcomer pricks that believe on the back of Sky that football started with the Premier League, and any league below isn't worth watching. The other twats that claim to like football when the Euros or World Cup Come around.
  
  I love football, actually really dislike most football fans.
  
  Chip_Batch @zahidf | 8 Oct '13, 16:28 | X
I don't know what these things are:

BACKPACK RAP
CHAPPELLE'S SHOW (vague idea about this)
FERNET (I know Fernet Branca but surely this isn't what they are on about)
HOEFLER & FRERE-JONES
IRC
KOMBUCHA
RENN FAIRE STUFF
STARTUPS
THE SMELL OF BOOKS (unless this is literally the smell of books)
WACKY SNEAKERS (Brainlove?)

Balonz | 8 Oct '13, 15:37 | X
- i think they're american.
  
  meths @Balonz | 8 Oct '13, 15:39 | X
  - hence the europe hatred
    
    meths @meths | 8 Oct '13, 15:39 | X
- thi
  
  Jordan_229_2 @Balonz | 8 Oct '13, 15:39 | X
  
  DanielKelly this'd this
  - s
    
    moker @Jordan_229_2 | 8 Oct '13, 16:24 | X
- in order
  
  some fucking dork will be able to explain this I'm sure
  this one should have the maximum possible score
  I reckon it is
  dunno
  internet relay chat
  gross tea for idiots
  swingers dressing up as robin hood
  come on, man
  yes it is
  yes it is
  
  fidel_catstro @Balonz | 8 Oct '13, 15:41 | X
  - Oh, ok
    
    Rennaisance Fayre or whatever I could have understood. Startups as one word is starting up a company. I'm not having that on my watch you yank pricks.
    
    Balonz @fidel_catstro | 8 Oct '13, 15:43 | X
  - internet relay chat?
    
    something about that virgin advert starring usain bolt
    
    meths @fidel_catstro | 8 Oct '13, 15:44 | X
    - Leave it alone
      
      I'm a MASSIVE fan of internet relay chat. Massive.
      
      Balonz @meths | 8 Oct '13, 15:45 | X
- backpacker rap is a derogatory term used to refer to more underground hip hop
  
  it used to be used a lot in conjunction with Def Jux type stuff. it feels like a bit of a dated term to use now.
  
  IRC is an internet chat service
  
  kombucha is a fermented tea thing that sorta gets referenced in Sugar by System of a Down
  
  guntrip @Balonz | 8 Oct '13, 15:42 | X
  - heh
    
    no offence intended, some fucking dork
    
    fidel_catstro @guntrip | 8 Oct '13, 15:44 | X
    
    Balonz and Songs_about_ducking this'd this
    - oh yeah, insults from Mr Quibbling About Chicken Terminology here
      
      guntrip @fidel_catstro | 8 Oct '13, 16:05 | X
      - chicken terminology is VERY IMPORTANT
        
        I got DiSquoted, christ
        
        fidel_catstro @guntrip | 8 Oct '13, 16:10 | X
  - I was keeping an eye on this subthread
    
    but now that something called Def Jux has been used to explain something called backpacker rap, I'm going to go outside and yell at clouds instead
    
    DanielKelly @guntrip | 8 Oct '13, 15:45 | X
    
    PickledOeuf and andyvine this'd this
  - i feel like def jux was too fashionable to be backpack rap
    
    they released some backpack records probably but they were from new york and were actually cool
    
    backpack rap is like u.s. college town rap for people that otherwise never listened to hiphop and had ginger dreadlocks
    
    this photo is backpack rap to me
    
    http://confusionmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SageFrancis_022.jpg
    
    ideserve2 @guntrip | 8 Oct '13, 16:30 | X
    - why is Daniel Johnston rapping?
      
      guntrip @ideserve2 | 8 Oct '13, 16:32 | X
    - also
      
      idk, the whole college town thing just makes me think of nerdcore more.
      
      guntrip @ideserve2 | 8 Oct '13, 16:34 | X
      - i don't know what nerdcore is
        
        actually having thought about it def jux were definitely backpack rap purely because they weren't gully mobb deep types in timberlands. but they were closer to odd future than to anticon
        
        ideserve2 @guntrip | 8 Oct '13, 16:37 | X
        
        You don't know what nerdcore is?!
        
        Balonz @ideserve2 | 8 Oct '13, 16:39 | X
        
        AAAH! THE SICK BURN! IT BUUURRRRNNNSSSS
        
        :#
        
        ideserve2 @Balonz | 8 Oct '13, 16:41 | X
        
        I kinda wish I didn't know what it was, if that helps at all.
        
        guntrip @ideserve2 | 8 Oct '13, 16:54 | X
        
        the alarmingly extensive wikipedia entry was very informative
        
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerdcore
        
        i never had any contact with any of that growing up though.
        
        ideserve2 @guntrip | 8 Oct '13, 16:56 | X
        
        Just got lost down a wikipedia hole reading about this:
        
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filk
        
        err... wow...
        
        marckee @ideserve2 | 8 Oct '13, 17:01 | X
        
        oh my god the picture is so perfect
        
        ideserve2 @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 17:07 | X
    - Def Jux was definitely backpacker
      
      marckee @ideserve2 | 8 Oct '13, 16:35 | X
      - yep, see above marckee
        
        ideserve2 @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 16:38 | X
- BACKPACK RAP = INDIE RAP
  
  rather than TRU GANG$TA JOINTZ, pretty much
  
  TheWza @Balonz | 8 Oct '13, 15:51 | X
  - rapidly adding to the Some Fucking Dork list here
    
    Fernet is great, tho.
    
    fidel_catstro @TheWza | 8 Oct '13, 15:53 | X
    - So my mum is a hipster
      
      she's been cracking out the Fernet Branca (we use the full name) for a couple of decades now.
      
      My favourite of her after dinner boozes is a sloe berry Jagermeister, fuck me that shit is good.
      
      Balonz @fidel_catstro | 8 Oct '13, 15:55 | X
      - I feel the same about Campari
        
        I've taken shit for drinking that stuff for almost decades now, and suddenly it's everywhere. I am a Campari hipster. Somebody shoot me.
        
        fidel_catstro @Balonz | 8 Oct '13, 15:57 | X
- Surely you know what backpacker hip-hop is?
  
  Fernet is what you think it is: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/12/fernet-the-best-liquor-youre-still-not-yet-drinking/250381/
  Hoefler & Frere-Jones are Typographers - http://www.typography.com/
  Kombucha is a type of Chinese tea
  Renn Faire is a a mainly US-based mixture LARPing and the Sealed Knot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_fair
  
  And you already know what Chappelle's show, IRC, startups, the smell of books and wacky sneakers are.
  
  Everything on the list is basically taken from stuffwhitepeoplelike
  
  marckee @Balonz | 8 Oct '13, 15:46 | X
  - why should he know what craptracker hip hop is?
    
    meths @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 15:57 | X
    
    Royter-Hatfood and deadonthestairs this'd this
    - Because it's a very, very well-known term for a type of music,
      
      that I'm pretty certain he has mentioned that he likes before on here.
      
      It's basically the hip-hop that white, middle-class kids like/liked. Any of the DAISY-age acts, any of those connected to Solesides (DJ Shadow, El-P, Blackalicious etc etc etc), Jurassic 5, any of those on Mo Wax, any that involved crate-digging and verbal dexterity, and 'keeping it real' and old school.
      
      marckee @meths | 8 Oct '13, 16:08 | X
      - mark, do you honestly think backpacker hip-hop is a very very well-known term?
        
        if so, you're welcome to take a peek back into how people actually think and how things actually are any time you like
        
        brusma @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 16:10 | X
        
        nice_squirrel, Antpocalypsenow, guntrip, andyvine, Kitchmo, umlaut_ampersand, deadonthestairs, and Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
        
        I'd never heard the term before
        
        'backpacker' makes me think of that shit surfers like, like Newton Faulkner and Jack Johnson. And Pendulum.
        
        nice_squirrel @brusma | 8 Oct '13, 16:17 | X
        
        PickledOeuf this'd this
        
        i've never heard of it either.
        
        meths @nice_squirrel | 8 Oct '13, 16:21 | X
        
        It's less of a reference to the gap-year rucksacks,
        
        and more a reference to the little backpacks they all used to wear.
        
        marckee @nice_squirrel | 8 Oct '13, 16:25 | X
        
        On a music website, populated by thirty-somethings, I'd expect most people to know it, yes.
        
        marckee @brusma | 8 Oct '13, 16:23 | X
        
        TheWza this'd this
        
        like i said then
        
        you're welcome to take a peek back into how people actually think and how things actually are any time you like
        
        brusma @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 16:26 | X
        
        As I said, balonz has mentioned on here, before, that he likes/liked DJ Shadow,
        
        Rae and Christian etc. when they were around. That music has been known as backpacker ever since it kind of came around, and if you're into that music, it is a very well known term.
        
        My points of reference are correct.
        
        marckee @brusma | 8 Oct '13, 16:32 | X
        
        TheWza this'd this
        
        A whopping 33 results
        
        https://www.google.co.uk/search?safe=off&q=backpacker+rap+site%3Adrownedinsound.com%2Fcommunity%2Fboards&oq=backpacker+rap+site%3Adrownedinsound.com%2Fcommunity%2Fboards&gs_l=serp.3...12724.17105.0.17314.17.17.0.0.0.0.51.608.17.17.0....0...1c.1.27.serp..17.0.0.bTgFiDjMPes
        
        Royter-Hatfood @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 16:39 | X
        
        Backpacker hip-hop gives you 175,000
        
        marckee @Royter-Hatfood | 8 Oct '13, 16:55 | X
        
        7 results. Including a thread Balonz just made
        
        https://www.google.co.uk/search?safe=off&q=%22backpacker+hip-hop%22+site%3Adrownedinsound.com%2Fcommunity%2Fboards&oq=%22backpacker+hip-hop%22+site%3Adrownedinsound.com%2Fcommunity%2Fboards&gs_l=serp.3...3320.5158.0.5875.2.2.0.0.0.0.42.79.2.2.0....0...1c.1.27.serp..2.0.0.X2j30-raGVs
        
        Royter-Hatfood @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 17:03 | X
        
        polka hip-hop gives you 214,000
        
        brusma @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 17:04 | X
        
        enjoying your work developing the marckee persona here
        
        brusma @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 17:00 | X
        
        likewise, with the passive agressive point-scoring and assumed superiority.
        
        marckee @brusma | 8 Oct '13, 17:02 | X
        
        no-class this'd this
        
        you, lecturing someone else on passive-aggressive point-scoring and assumed superiority?
        
        now i've seen it all
        
        brusma @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 17:05 | X
        
        guys, you've just opened a wormhole
        
        in space. Probably.
        
        Royter-Hatfood @brusma | 8 Oct '13, 17:11 | X
        
        Don't you dare intervene in this
        
        You might make them stop.
        
        Kitchmo @Royter-Hatfood | 8 Oct '13, 17:14 | X
        
        umlaut_ampersand and ElthamsmateOwen this'd this
        
        Nah, we've not really even started anything here,
        
        despite how needy Royter's been throughout the thread.
        
        marckee @Kitchmo | 8 Oct '13, 17:16 | X
        
        Mate, I was there for concrete aggragategate
        
        #neverforget
        
        Royter-Hatfood @Kitchmo | 8 Oct '13, 17:18 | X
        
        You big silly.
        
        Hip-hop don't stop.
        
        Everyone knows that.
        
        TheWza @Kitchmo | 8 Oct '13, 18:17 | X
        
        I would maybe expect them to know it if they were American
        
        not so much if they're British
        
        guntrip @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 16:27 | X
        
        On a music website which traditionally tends to ignore hip hop generally let alone the more niche sub-genres and the derogatory terms for them.
        
        Antpocalypsenow @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 16:32 | X
        
        Read what I've said about what Balonz has said he likes before.
        
        Jesus Christ, this website.
        
        marckee @Antpocalypsenow | 8 Oct '13, 16:33 | X
      - I don't listen to any hiphop at all really, unless it comes on the radio
        
        yes, I used to love Endtroducing, Rae & Christian etc but it wasn't called backpaper hiphop then, the backpacker shit was aimed at Manu Chao back then. I guess I could have put two and two together but those block capitals threw me.
        
        Anyway, I'm off to get a shit load of Def Jux.
        
        Balonz @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 16:14 | X
        
        Labor Days, man
        
        Labor Days <3
        
        guntrip @Balonz | 8 Oct '13, 16:15 | X
        
        ohgood this'd this
        
        Funcrusher Plus <3
        
        Antpocalypsenow @Balonz | 8 Oct '13, 16:17 | X
        
        Funcrusher Plus came out on Rawkus, not Def Jux
        
        BYE
        
        guntrip @Antpocalypsenow | 8 Oct '13, 17:12 | X
        
        Balonz, marckee, and incandenza_ this'd this
        
        Pwned
        
        :(
        
        Antpocalypsenow @guntrip | 8 Oct '13, 17:20 | X
        
        It's got nothing to do with people going travelling and the music they listen to.
        
        http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=backpacker
        
        marckee @Balonz | 8 Oct '13, 16:29 | X
        
        NO DEF JUX!
        
        4. Backpacker
        A Backpacker has NOTHING to do with an over obsessive love for the Hip-Hop label Definitive Jux nor are they in any way associated with Hipsters. A Backpacker is just a person who think Rap and Hip-Hop are two different genres. Thinking Rap is about self indulgent wanna be gangstas with a need to show of their shopping list and contribute nothing to the music industry but their idiotic "thug life" ideals. They put all forms of support into Hip-Hop and just love good music in general.
        
        Balonz @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 16:34 | X
        
        Well I'm glad we can all agree that backpacker hip hop definitely HASN'T been ruined by its fans
        
        andyvine @Balonz | 8 Oct '13, 21:50 | X
        
        Cold Vein, man
        
        Cold Vein <3
        
        incandenza_ @Balonz | 9 Oct '13, 01:05 | X
- THE SMELL OF BOOKS
  
  http://drownedinsound.com/users/TheWza
  
  TheWza @Balonz | 8 Oct '13, 15:55 | X
Comic Book Conventions

surely are all about the fans? I mean, unless you're a moron, if you're going to a Comic Con you know you're going to be surrounded by superfans wherever you go. Hell, the only reason they even bother with those things is because of the people with their ill-fitting costumes.

berksy | 8 Oct '13, 15:54 | X
how is breaking bad not here

CrispinAlexander | 8 Oct '13, 15:58 | X

moousee, chris-budget, and JGJug this'd this
- it's fairly old, I think
  
  Family Guy'd be my top nomination for TV shows TBH.
  
  fidel_catstro @CrispinAlexander | 8 Oct '13, 15:59 | X
  - incredibly low quality, endlessly defensive fans
    
    it's definitely the Tool of TV shows
    
    guntrip @fidel_catstro | 8 Oct '13, 16:08 | X
they think tarantino is 8.5

no

alcxxk | 8 Oct '13, 15:58 | X
- this may've been written
  
  a couple films back.
  
  fidel_catstro @alcxxk | 8 Oct '13, 15:59 | X
Love how seriously some of you are taking this

:D

Royter-Hatfood | 8 Oct '13, 15:59 | X

meths this'd this
- this site
  
  is probably the most obvious DiS material I've ever seen.
  
  fidel_catstro @Royter-Hatfood | 8 Oct '13, 16:01 | X
  
  Antpocalypsenow this'd this
- ^Unruffled kombucha fan
  
  Balonz @Royter-Hatfood | 8 Oct '13, 16:02 | X
- what gives you the impression that anyone's taking anything seriously?
  
  alcxxk @Royter-Hatfood | 8 Oct '13, 16:35 | X
  
  marckee this'd this
  - this kind of thing
    
    http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4437503#r7754908
    
    Royter-Hatfood @alcxxk | 8 Oct '13, 17:23 | X
    - stuff like someone asking what some stuff is and someone answering?
      
      that is very, very serious
      
      alcxxk @Royter-Hatfood | 9 Oct '13, 10:43 | X
FIXed by fans

TheWza | 8 Oct '13, 16:04 | X
I have no interest in watching the last season of Breaking

moousee | 8 Oct '13, 16:09 | X

brusma and monoshono this'd this
I have no interest in watching the last season of Breaking Bad because of the way that cunts have been going on about what is essencially Neighbours with meth.

moousee | 8 Oct '13, 16:09 | X

Royter-Hatfood, monoshono, and CrispinAlexander this'd this
- sounds right up your street
  
  andyvine @moousee | 8 Oct '13, 16:52 | X
  - The day that meth hits the street, I'm shutting it off.
    
    moousee @andyvine | 8 Oct '13, 17:21 | X
- oh man, you've summed it up so well there
  
  except imagine if neighbours had the occasional episode where the script was amazing, just to confuse you.
  
  CrispinAlexander @moousee | 8 Oct '13, 21:23 | X
London

Nestor | 8 Oct '13, 16:10 | X

andyvine this'd this
Although while we're getting pissy about things

I think Bob Dylan is most responsible for ruining Bob Dylan.

Royter-Hatfood | 8 Oct '13, 16:17 | X
- but then he redeemed himself
  
  with that incredible Christmas album.
  
  nice_squirrel @Royter-Hatfood | 8 Oct '13, 16:19 | X
  - Looking forward to listening to that in a couple of months
    
    must be Santa
    
    Balonz @nice_squirrel | 8 Oct '13, 16:22 | X
    
    guntrip and nice_squirrel this'd this
    - I put it on in my office last Christmas
      
      and at first everyone got angry and told me to turn it off - then they all started to appreciate the brilliance.
      
      nice_squirrel @Balonz | 8 Oct '13, 16:28 | X
      - No, that was a dream sequence after they bashed you on the head
        
        Royter-Hatfood @nice_squirrel | 8 Oct '13, 16:34 | X
great thread so far.

meths | 8 Oct '13, 16:22 | X

ohgood this'd this
- and marckee's only just staring to get irked
  
  Balonz @meths | 8 Oct '13, 16:24 | X
  
  Royter-Hatfood and deadonthestairs this'd this
  - staring/starting
    
    Balonz @Balonz | 8 Oct '13, 16:24 | X
  - I think 'My points of reference are correct' has a glorious future
    
    Royter-Hatfood @Balonz | 8 Oct '13, 16:46 | X
    
    Balonz and brusma this'd this
I don't get it.

moker | 8 Oct '13, 16:24 | X
- bit obvious mate.
  
  http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4437503#r7754968
  
  meths @moker | 8 Oct '13, 16:27 | X
  - No I don't get the whole ranking system
    
    Those numbers, I don't get them.
    
    Hope this clears things up.
    
    moker @meths | 8 Oct '13, 16:43 | X
South Korea

that's my joke

ohgood | 8 Oct '13, 16:27 | X

ethricdouble and TheWza this'd this
- very good
  
  marckee @ohgood | 8 Oct '13, 16:37 | X
  - ohgood
    
    moker @marckee | 8 Oct '13, 17:29 | X
- See also:
  
  http://tinyurl.com/qb25s3d
  
  umlaut_ampersand @ohgood | 8 Oct '13, 17:32 | X
  - like the sound of that "great folder".
    
    ohgood @umlaut_ampersand | 8 Oct '13, 18:57 | X
    
    umlaut_ampersand this'd this
the smell of books

:D

anal_schwarzenegger | 8 Oct '13, 16:36 | X
phew

arrived late enough to pretend I knew what backpacker rap was.

You STUPID honkies

Lucien | 8 Oct '13, 16:43 | X
hope breaking bad is in there.

no-class | 8 Oct '13, 18:19 | X
- breaking bad officially jumped the shark yesterday evening
  
  when I finally watched an episode. I thought "spose I better watch it then" given everyone everywhere kept pumping their foreskins over it. To be fair I'm approaching it like someone might approach taking out the rubbish - it's a task that has to be done
  
  Lucien @no-class | 8 Oct '13, 18:25 | X
also guys...

backpacker hip hop is a pretty common term. up there with bedwetter indie.

no-class | 8 Oct '13, 18:29 | X

Loui_Tacceh this'd this
- it's also such fucking inverse-snob elitist cunt bullshit
  
  Loui_Tacceh @no-class | 8 Oct '13, 18:32 | X
  - leave marckee alone
    
    Lucien @Loui_Tacceh | 8 Oct '13, 18:33 | X
    
    no-class this'd this
    - just realised that the same could be said for the 'bedwetter' debate I threw myself into with such gusto
      
      we're all cunts!!
      
      Loui_Tacceh @Lucien | 8 Oct '13, 22:28 | X
gonna call foul on the bill hicks/tool nexus of well-intentioned geekery

Loui_Tacceh | 8 Oct '13, 18:31 | X
non-domestic football followers

labmonkeya529 | 8 Oct '13, 18:34 | X
No real ale entry?

Bit weird!

LOLpop | 8 Oct '13, 19:05 | X
- micro-brewing is there
  
  guntrip @LOLpop | 8 Oct '13, 21:41 | X
Cat race's blog.

Steved | 8 Oct '13, 21:32 | X

Kitchmo this'd this
The gaming community

Actively reinforcing crippling negative stereotypes since 1979

in_limbo | 8 Oct '13, 21:32 | X

Antelope this'd this
Remember the lesson of Take That

If a pile of pillocks pretend to like it, doesn't mean it's crap
And remember the lesson of The Smiths
Just because a bunch of wankers like it, doesn't mean that it's shit

-dan- | 8 Oct '13, 22:10 | X

guntrip this'd this
They've got the Average Quality and Average Fan Awfulness figures the wrong way round for car customisation

-dan- | 8 Oct '13, 22:15 | X

TheoGB this'd this
Why do people on DiS hate so much about life?

I mean I recognise it's intended as a bit of fun...but there's an undercurrent of bile to a lot of posts.

wonton | 8 Oct '13, 22:15 | X
- it's not so much life, it's a lot of the other people you have to endure during it
  
  amirite guys
  
  guntrip @wonton | 8 Oct '13, 22:19 | X
  - Yeah actually
    
    Such a strong distaste for others it detracts from life itself.
    
    wonton @guntrip | 8 Oct '13, 22:22 | X
    - bollocks
      
      sometimes it feels really good to share hatred of something. sometimes i only feel emotionally connected to a person once we've helped each other articulate exactly why we hate something and it's the same. mutual love of something can never be as pure. hate is love
      
      ideserve2 @wonton | 8 Oct '13, 22:29 | X
      - On a music forum though?
        
        I find its best to balance the love and hate in real life. I guess others do too, idk
        
        wonton @ideserve2 | 8 Oct '13, 22:56 | X
        
        especially on a music forum
        
        mutual hatred in person takes a lot of building up to, most people will never become that intimate
        
        ideserve2 @wonton | 8 Oct '13, 23:05 | X
        
        seems a bit weird to view that as a pinnacle of a relationship...
        
        wonton @ideserve2 | 9 Oct '13, 00:09 | X
        
        you have never known true love
        
        ideserve2 @wonton | 9 Oct '13, 10:43 | X
- Life? Don't talk to me about life.
  
  -dan- @wonton | 8 Oct '13, 22:21 | X
  - yeah i'm not a big life guy
    
    ethricdouble @-dan- | 8 Oct '13, 22:25 | X
- You're reading this thread very seriously.
  
  marckee @wonton | 8 Oct '13, 22:28 | X
The EDL

...according to their former leader.

</satire>

wisdom | 8 Oct '13, 23:44 | X
Wish theshipment was in this thread to school people about backpack rap

knowledgeable whilst also being totally nice and cool about it and not smug at all

like the anti-marckee

yes_ | 9 Oct '13, 01:34 | X

Antelope this'd this
wow.

this thread is like when sheeldz ragged on the new gmail compose interface. and was completely correct whilst everyone else was talking shit.

same here. everyone's like "backpacker? wut?" in here, and then coming up with lists of Simpsons episodes using the actual proper names like that's a normal thing that people do. you people make me sick. SICK.

TheWza | 9 Oct '13, 09:31 | X
- Only just read the bit in the middle
  
  Can someone confirm which of marckee and brusma is the People's Front of Judea and which one's the Judean People's Front?
  
  Steved @TheWza | 9 Oct '13, 10:42 | X
- Justinsheeldz isn't going to sleep with you you know
  
  deadonthestairs @TheWza | 9 Oct '13, 12:14 | X
I dont understand

Im old.
Please help me

creakyknees | 9 Oct '13, 09:35 | X
- ignore all the stuff in <>s
  
  <h1>Ruined By Its Fans?</h1>
  <div id="explanation">???</div>
  <div id="back-to-list"><span class="arrow">?</span><br/>Back to the list</div>
  <div id="whats-all-this">
  <p>For those of us who prefer to spend our days enjoying things, it is a fact of life: Lots of disagreeable people like things that might otherwise be pretty cool. In early 2012, <a href="http://sexpigeon.tumblr.com/"; target="_blank">Tag</a>, <a href="http://davidcole.me"; target="_blank">David</a>, and <a href="http://ihatetourists.com"; target="_blank">I</a>, using nothing but a Google doc and our combined grade-school knowledge of mathematics, attempted to quantify the ways in which these madding crowds might be messing up our lives. Then, because we are men with (as has been established) lives, we let the data sit for awhile.</p>
  <p>What we ended up with, though, is the group of criteria what you're seein' here:
  <ul>
  <li><strong>Name:</strong> The items used in this survey are from a big list we created that, as far as I can remember, consisted of things we thought might have particularly objectionable fans, or things we thought might have a high disparity between actual quality and fan quality.</li>
  <li><strong>Average Quality:</strong> The three of us each rated our opinion of the thing's quality, independent from the quality of its fans, from one to ten. This is the average of those numbers.</li>
  <li><strong>Fan Quality:</strong> See above, except this is gleaned from our rating the quality of the fans, independent from the quality of the thing.</li>
  <li><strong>Final Quality:</strong> The average quality minus the fan quality. Simply put: This is the overall percieved quality of the thing, assuming the fans' opinions are weighted equally with the quality of the thing itself.</li>
  <li><strong>Degree Of Ruin:</strong> Finding out what percentage of the Average Quality the Final Quality is and subtracting it from a hundred. Simply put: The percentage of the thing's innate quality that its awful fans knock off.</li>
  <li><strong>Level of Tragedy:</strong> The result of the following equation:
  
  <em>(Average Quality*5) + (Degree Of Ruin/22)</em>
  
  This weights the Average Quality and Degree Of Ruin to a maximum of 50 points apiece, for a potential total of 100.
  The higher the original quality, and the higher the degree to which the thing is ruined by its fans, the bigger a tragedy it is. Simply put: The numerical amount, from one to 100, from which a thing's fans detract from our perception of it.</li>
  </ul>
  
  alcxxk @creakyknees | 9 Oct '13, 10:45 | X
  - ^^^Ruined by lesser-than/greater-thans
    
    umlaut_ampersand @alcxxk | 9 Oct '13, 10:51 | X
  - who are the 3? Why are there only 3?
    
    I dont understand. its bad enough when you have some largish opinion polls, surely with 3 it is worse.
    Surely Its better if I just do one in my own head with my own catagories, as many of these catagories are 'meh' to me.
    Surely everyone should do this themselves..............................................................................or is that the nub of it? we are meant to see how the result of 3 anons cw our own? and derive drama/humour from that? If so, I didnt get much drama/humour, because Im old and much of this is meh to me. Plus, I've never met an unpleasent radiohead fan
    
    creakyknees @alcxxk | 9 Oct '13, 11:24 | X
    - except when they get all po-faced about whether they like muse as well
      
      creakyknees @creakyknees | 9 Oct '13, 11:25 | X
Cheap delicious cuts of meat

People raving about them will just make them expensive. Jamie Oliver is going to make shoulders of pork twice the price and in some kind of supermarket taste the difference range alone, plus add in all the pulled pork twats that have surfaced recently. Next we will find chicken thighs will cost more than breast, it will be madness.

steinbolt | 9 Oct '13, 10:11 | X
- Slow-cooked chicken thigh on a slice of Smart Price white bread
  
  Is the new new pulled pork burrito
  
  urbanfox @steinbolt | 9 Oct '13, 10:40 | X
- chicken thighs are more expensive than breasts in Japan
  
  worst two years of my life.
  
  fidel_catstro @steinbolt | 9 Oct '13, 11:13 | X
Now I have red lines burned onto my retina.

TheoGB | 9 Oct '13, 10:49 | X
- #thanksobama
  
  cocodaLOL @TheoGB | 9 Oct '13, 11:26 | X
Kieslowski and Herzog bellends

(who can generally be co-opted under the term "Bellends who insist on calling movies films")

Average Fan Awfulness: 2.0 and 2.3 respectively. Bullshit.

partyheart | 9 Oct '13, 13:05 | X

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