OVER THE LINE!Uzique wrote:
getting drunk at 10-pin bowling would make me feel too much like a 50 year old vietnam war veteran
i wish i was a vietnam vet. its pretty much impossible to find opium here
Just to note: I didn't say anything about getting drunk.Uzique wrote:
getting drunk at 10-pin bowling would make me feel too much like a 50 year old vietnam war veteran
"a multitude of causes, unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind... the most effective of these causes are the great national events which are daily taking place, and the increasing accumulation of men in cities, where the uniformity of their occupations produces a craving for the extraordinary incident, which the rapid communication of intelligence hourly gratifies".
wordsworth really knew his shit, eh. he was afraid of shit like that 200 years ago in 1800... you could pretty much use that paragraph to describe social decline with internet 'social networking' and email. in fact psychologists have diagnosed a personality-trait that goes alongside this: 'Continuous Partial Attention' (CPA). thinking about shit like that scares me.
wordsworth really knew his shit, eh. he was afraid of shit like that 200 years ago in 1800... you could pretty much use that paragraph to describe social decline with internet 'social networking' and email. in fact psychologists have diagnosed a personality-trait that goes alongside this: 'Continuous Partial Attention' (CPA). thinking about shit like that scares me.
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I've seen tons of reasons and sound logic as to why AU Chats should be closed and they can use EE Chats like the rest of us.
I've yet to see a single remotely-decent reason as to why AU Chats should remain open.
I know people complain about moderation a lot, and how unfair, unbalanced, or confusing it is, but I had always brushed those allegations off as exaggerations. Up until now.
After extensive special treatment for a long period of time, one begins to feel entitled to that.
I've yet to see a single remotely-decent reason as to why AU Chats should remain open.
I know people complain about moderation a lot, and how unfair, unbalanced, or confusing it is, but I had always brushed those allegations off as exaggerations. Up until now.
After extensive special treatment for a long period of time, one begins to feel entitled to that.
just leave them their own little corner of the site. idc anymore
love this pic
anyone here a fan of Mad Men? woo hoo
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I don't either, but when other people try making their own little corners and those get closed, it makes me goRTHKI wrote:
just leave them their own little corner of the site. idc anymore
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I think it's on the second season over here. Dunno, never watched it. Is it as good as the media hypes?Uzique wrote:
anyone here a fan of Mad Men? woo hoo
tbh every HBO drama is good... it's like the only good television production coming out of america. the only exception is, surprisingly, the pacific... which has turned out to be utter shite. the sopranos, six feet under, entourage etc. are all pretty good. the wire and mad men are both really fucking good. like, supremely good. like, as good as a television series can be.
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(quote unrelated)Andoura wrote:
lool
Well yeah, it's premium cable. Networks aren't gonna waste their time and money trying to make something original and amazing when they could just make popular shit and draw in the masses and get more sponsors and better revenue from ad space.Uzique wrote:
tbh every HBO drama is good... it's like the only good television production coming out of america. the only exception is, surprisingly, the pacific... which has turned out to be utter shite. the sopranos, six feet under, entourage etc. are all pretty good. the wire and mad men are both really fucking good. like, supremely good. like, as good as a television series can be.
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it is fucking amazingUltrafunkula wrote:
I think it's on the second season over here. Dunno, never watched it. Is it as good as the media hypes?Uzique wrote:
anyone here a fan of Mad Men? woo hoo
time period's underused, post-war america...
oh i don't know about that... I quite like Doctor Who.Uzique wrote:
it's like the only good television production coming out of america.
You forgot True Blood and Oz. Buuuuut atleast you didn't mention Sex and the citymtb0minime wrote:
(quote unrelated)Andoura wrote:
loolWell yeah, it's premium cable. Networks aren't gonna waste their time and money trying to make something original and amazing when they could just make popular shit and draw in the masses and get more sponsors and better revenue from ad space.Uzique wrote:
tbh every HBO drama is good... it's like the only good television production coming out of america. the only exception is, surprisingly, the pacific... which has turned out to be utter shite. the sopranos, six feet under, entourage etc. are all pretty good. the wire and mad men are both really fucking good. like, supremely good. like, as good as a television series can be.
[ ] mad men is hboUzique wrote:
tbh every HBO drama is good... it's like the only good television production coming out of america. the only exception is, surprisingly, the pacific... which has turned out to be utter shite. the sopranos, six feet under, entourage etc. are all pretty good. the wire and mad men are both really fucking good. like, supremely good. like, as good as a television series can be.
I like Eureka. It's not that dark of a sci fi show and it's a nice change to for example Fringe, which I'm addicted to also. John Noble does an amazing job as Walter in Fringe
Wait, what? Isn't that done by BBC Wales?Miggle wrote:
oh i don't know about that... I quite like Doctor Who.Uzique wrote:
it's like the only good television production coming out of america.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO THINK!liquidat0r wrote:
Wait, what? Isn't that done by BBC Wales?Miggle wrote:
oh i don't know about that... I quite like Doctor Who.Uzique wrote:
it's like the only good television production coming out of america.
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it's done by the people that previously wrote for HBO... and for all purposes, you get my distinction. there's a 'HBO' type of drama-series and then there's the populist, droll and far-more popular shit that doesn't have half as much complexity, plurality or thought behind it. in reply to matty, i don't think the incentive to make these dramas 'worthy' (as in, worthy of the artistic title of a 'drama') is premium-cable money. i think the people that write these series genuinely do it to make some decent, critically-applaudable television. sort of like a diamond in the rough.ig wrote:
[ ] mad men is hboUzique wrote:
tbh every HBO drama is good... it's like the only good television production coming out of america. the only exception is, surprisingly, the pacific... which has turned out to be utter shite. the sopranos, six feet under, entourage etc. are all pretty good. the wire and mad men are both really fucking good. like, supremely good. like, as good as a television series can be.
there's a saying going saying something like... the wire only pulled 100k viewers... but each one of them had a newspaper column. haha.
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have you seen breaking bad? it's up there with the wire. i haven't seen mad men yet, tho. will try it out sooner or later