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Style point when writing by Senor Barborito 08/20/2003, 9:59pm PDT
mrs. johnson wrote:

Fullofkittens wrote:

Because I fucking hate The Doors and Pink Floyd.

Actually, we can all agree on Freezepop and LLB's band.


Now I'm not going to frown upon someone else's musical tastes, but disliking Pink Floyd and The Doors makes you a terrible human being. Sorry.

the mrs.


Example here: the above sentence is self-contradictory. "I'm not going to frown upon someone else's musical tastes" and then you make a statement doing just that.

HOW YOU CAN IMPROVE:

"Now I'm not going to frown upon someone else's musical tastes, but disliking Pink Floyd and The Doors automatically qualifies you as a sub-human."

See? That statement is both more vicious AND solves the problem of self-contradiction! You're not frowning on anybody's musical tastes while claiming not to, but rather classifying who falls into the category of someone else to begin with!

Not only that, but it's more inflammatory. Then everybody can get nice and worked up and you can continue to play along with them, all the while laughing at them.

--SB
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Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers (long, rambling review) by Fullofkittens 08/09/2003, 10:25am PDT NEW
    I'm sold - liked their first album, I'll pick this up. NT by Senor Barborito 08/09/2003, 10:31am PDT NEW
    Re: Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers (long, rambling review) by Chairman Mao 08/09/2003, 12:55pm PDT NEW
        It would be, if they'd kept their streak going. But they didn't. NT by Fullofkittens 08/09/2003, 12:57pm PDT NEW
    Stacy's mom: Anti-MILF by Entropy Stew 08/09/2003, 11:04pm PDT NEW
        !!! by Fullofkittens 08/10/2003, 12:47am PDT NEW
            No, he's right, sorry you lose. NT by Choson 08/10/2003, 2:44am PDT NEW
                Argh! NT by Fullofkittens 08/10/2003, 6:20am PDT NEW
        I Know it Might Be Wrong, but I'm in Love with Stacy's Mom. by creativepig 08/10/2003, 4:40pm PDT NEW
            You are also wrong. NT by Choson 08/10/2003, 9:03pm PDT NEW
                We have a serious gap in taste here by Entropy Stew 08/10/2003, 10:41pm PDT NEW
                    At least we can all agree on The Doors and Pink Floyd. Right? by Fullofkittens 08/11/2003, 1:06am PDT NEW
                        Actually we can all agree on the stuff you're making. NT by Senor Barborito 08/11/2003, 6:14am PDT NEW
                        Don't like the Doors or Floyd? Wow, you are quite the intellectual. by Mr. Cranky 08/11/2003, 6:42am PDT NEW
                            Is there some kind of rule that those bands are for retards? NT by Fullofkittens 08/11/2003, 9:28am PDT NEW
                                Weak. NT by Mr. Cranky 08/11/2003, 10:17am PDT NEW
                        Re: At least we can all agree on The Doors and Pink Floyd. Right? by mrs. johnson 08/20/2003, 9:20pm PDT NEW
                            Style point when writing by Senor Barborito 08/20/2003, 9:59pm PDT NEW
                                The contradiction was on purpose... NT by mrs. johnson 08/21/2003, 1:51am PDT NEW
                                    Clarification accepted - I do that myself if I think it will upset people. NT by Senor Barborito 08/21/2003, 1:59am PDT NEW
                                Way to nitpick the best sentence he's written in a month NT by Entropy Stew 08/21/2003, 7:06am PDT NEW
    Re: Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers (long, rambling review) by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/11/2003, 1:22pm PDT NEW
        Re: Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers (long, rambling review) by FoK 08/11/2003, 1:44pm PDT NEW
    Now this is a novelty. by Lizard_King 08/20/2003, 8:45pm PDT NEW
        DIE. PLEASE. NT by Your secret identitty 08/20/2003, 9:09pm PDT NEW
 
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