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General Category => General Talk => Topic started by: Drule on February 06, 2010, 10:38:48 am
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Didn't someone have a HK quotebank? I wanna see some Hempknight quotes.
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I hope gw's only professional photographer is doing well
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I hope gw's only professional photographer is doing well
I hope Bub doesn't see this...
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Pffft fucking hobbyist
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I had a bunch but unfortunately I lost the file long ago. Maybe I sent it to someone over IRC once but it's probably lost!
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wut is this a new class for wow when cata comes out
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Got it right here guys. (http://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%83%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B)
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lmao
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chef how did you find that web page?
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Was reading the article on wikipedia about Tibetan sky burials (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_burial). There are some really gruesome pictures at the bottom and I read their discussion page because I was actually kind of surprised they'd be allowed. One of the guys on the discussion page said something like "if you think this is bad, look at autofellatio" or something, so I looked at autofellatio and it had that picture. Then I looked at all the pages that linked to that picture and found that.
PS look at the dude who uploaded that picture's profile (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jiffman). Jiffman. The dude has been banned like 2 times and had his picture taken down a million times but he kept persevering... There's no stopping the Jiffman. Dude's legit. When the Jiffman jiffs, it goes on Wikipedia. No citation needed.
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did that once and felt real weird about it.
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Was reading the article on wikipedia about Tibetan sky burials (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_burial). There are some really gruesome pictures at the bottom and I read their discussion page because I was actually kind of surprised they'd be allowed. One of the guys on the discussion page said something like "if you think this is bad, look at autofellatio" or something, so I looked at autofellatio and it had that picture. Then I looked at all the pages that linked to that picture and found that.
PS look at the dude who uploaded that picture's profile (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jiffman). Jiffman. The dude has been banned like 2 times and had his picture taken down a million times but he kept persevering... There's no stopping the Jiffman. Dude's legit. When the Jiffman jiffs, it goes on Wikipedia. No citation needed.
that guy kinda owns. he's definitely taken complete ownership and control over what he's doing and it's like he stands for something
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwegzhXAqaQ
I feel like this an an appropriate place for this video to finally have a home in
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i just want to say congratulations to jiffman for getting unblocked on wikipedia. I, like probably most of us, am 100% on Jiffman's side in this dispute.
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Durova (talk) 03:10, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
ahahahaha
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(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/www.gifbin.com/bin/052009/1242909212_sexy_girl_vs_yoga_ball.gif)
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you mean the show the wire? is it any good?
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its the best show in the fucking world
I'm serious
if you're ever going to watch anything in your life watch the fucking wire god I love the wire when I get home and get moved into a condo on the beach I am having a "the wire" party I'm buying and eight ball and I'm gonna coke the fuck up and watch it all night with friends I love the wire the wire is the most brilliant form of visual artistry to ever grace the forgotten slums of baltimore goddamnit I love the wire the wire the wire the wire the wire so much
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I never heard eminem mention it though but that makes me like him a little more but I still don't like him
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yes afura you'd love it
my sister just recently watched the first few episodes and she said it blows tho so I'm going with her over thousands of stupid stupid critics and moving it to the bottom of my must watch list
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good choice, if anyone knows what blows it's your sister
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because I feel like one of those names I see reading the page down there will quote that and post "hahahahaha" I would like to point out that doesn't even mean anything
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i dunno why i made that post but yeah the wire is very good and it is kind of slow to get into it so i can understand why someone might say it isn't very good after just the first few episodes (not that they aren't good, the quality is pretty evenly great through most of it), because the show relies on you being pretty immersed in it and it just starts you off cold with dozens and dozens of characters and stories. i think i remember episode 6 as about when i got 'hooked', or whatever.
it's very focused on being REALISTIC and i used to think that alone made it fantastic but i put alot more importance in imagination and weirdness now. the wire is probably a bit pretentious and i think alot of the people who give it loads and loads of praise definitely are.
it is very 'streets'
- wire fan
if you want to watch a show which is entirely about exploring social problems and politics then this is about as good as it gets on tv. also if you just want to watch a show that isn't dumb as hell.
i think calling it the best thing on tv is dumb because take another show i like alot like twin peaks. is the wire better than twin peaks? i think that is a pointless question. i think the wire is very good at being a cop show with an emphasis on the causes of crime.
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she said none of em are good actors and their "fake ghetto/attempts at acting 'urban'" are awful, and that really killed it for me because I always got a Noble Savage vibe from what I've heard about it plus the fact that it seems to be mostly white guys from other countries who love it. I don't know, no one needs to rebut this I'm not going to watch it until I feel like it anyway
not dumb is a big bonus tho so I'll watch it eventually
edit forgot to mention The HBO StandardTM
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she said none of em are good actors and their "fake ghetto/attempts at acting 'urban'" are awful, and that really killed it for me because I always got a Noble Savage vibe
well i don't know anything about what people act like in urban america but i can tell bullshit rich people trying to write like that and the wire doesn't usually feel like that. also, lots of them are good actors and if authenticity is an issue for you then maybe i could say in it's defense that they hire people mostly from baltimore (including a few people in the main cast) and have people formerly from the kind of lifestyle that the show is mostly about (there is a recurring church deacon character who is played by a former drug dealer, and a main cast member who plays a totally ruthless killer was in jail for manslaughter before, or something). i don't really care about this but i don't think the show is made by a bunch of idiots just patting themselves on the back for giving those urban blacks a show of their very own. if i remember right the writers are all former journalists and police officers, too. again, it doesn't matter much because if the show is good, it's going to be good on it's own merits and not those of the people behind it but i think the people making this have some authority to be saying the things they are saying.
as far as noble savage goes, i think you can really only say that about character (omar) who is romanticised like hell, but he is basically the show's superhero and isn't portrayed as being a typical kind of person you would find in the business of drugs and murder. i think, though, the show tries to show the people who deal drugs more completely than you would find elsewhere and maybe you could confuse this as being noble savagery (he may deal drugs and kill people...but he has his honour.) from a distance, but there are a whole lot of drug dealers on this show and they are all different. some are portrayed as flat out shitheads, no redeeming qualities at all other than maybe being interesting to watch, other ones are almost heroes (like d'angelo who is basically a good guy in a bad situation). it is romanticised a little, and i think there's probably some criticism to be made about how people never shut up about 'the game' (the game is drug dealing and everything surrounding it) but i don't think we're dealing with a show made by a bunch of upper class whites trying to portray inner city killers simply as misunderstood and secretly beautiful. it's a big, long and varied old show
the audience seemingly being made up of white guys from other countries, well, i dunno. the audience of everything is made up mostly of suspect shitheads, i don't think i can even really get into talking about that because it's too big and elusive a subject. i don't think not wanting to be one of those guys should put you off watching it, it's just when people start turning the show into a fucking meme or badge of hipster coolness that things get too much. the fans are probably guilty of turning the characters into noble savages but i don't think that is the way it was intended.
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i mean yeah there are problems with the show but politically it's the only show i've really ever watched that i don't see glaring examples of ignorance in. i don't just watch shows for their politics, obviously, but i can't think of much to fault the wire on in that area. i'm open to it being criticsed cos like i said i can detect some slight romanticism of horrible things here and there, but it's not enough for me to not recommend the show. i've got a lot of respect for what it tries to do, and i think most of the time it succeeds at doing it! and i'm not gonna throw it in my bad books because i'm afraid of sounding like a hipster.
although it kind of fits that i am talking about this in the hempknight topic...
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sorry i just noticed the 'no one needs to rebutt this' disclaimer.......
this isn't really directed at you, it's just what i have to say on the subject. i do feel a little sick of the wire (just cos of the press it gets) but maybe other people don't and they might enjoy it.
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I think that she doesn't know what she's talking about and you need to watch it for yourself.
And that only foreign white guys only liking it stuff is complete bullshit because I love the hell out of it, my brothers love watching it, and an old black dude I work with thinks its the best show ever.
Also if she thinks thats fake ghetto then whats real ghetto? I'd say that uneducated, homeless, drug running pre-teens would sound alot like the way they speak in the show. Also as you move up to the more educated, intelligent druglords the gangsta speak seems to teater off accordingly. And the acting is great for a bunch of rookie actors taking a shot at a cop drama.
I'd say that the acting is pretty damn good, actually. Either she didn't watch enough of it to let it grow on her or she has absolutely no idea about the subject focus at all.
Its a really really good show and if you don't wanna watch it now then fine but I wouldn't let her opinion alone stop you because you're missing out if you're remotely interested in what its about.
Also what jamie said about noble savages. Thats part of the show, there is no one really noble on any part of the webbed story the show takes place and even Omar has his flaws.
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although to be fair i think the first few episodes weren't as good as what it developed into imo and i could see how someone would watch them and just write it off as HBO CRIME DRAMA (the Snot Boogie scene in the first episode was kind of stilted and cutesy i think and there were a few more moments like that). i like it a lot but saying Must Watch Quality TelVee (television) is kind of bad anyway i think so yeah if you have no interest in it then thats that!
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i grew up near baltimore. the wire rules. i'm up to season 4 now and it is amazing
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Earl chip did your sister really say this show sucked or are you trolling to get people riled up again about something they like because you seem to intentionally do that all the time.
I honestly do not see how anyone could say this show flat out sucked because I haven't met a single person who has watched it and said they did not like it.
what? I thought the snot boogie scene was awesome. Also I loved what they did with the theme song in each season. And the longshoreman thing they did in the second season was so cool, with the union being short work and everyone there being kind of like a loose knit family with the president trying to make them money on the side by smuggling shit. Having worked on a container ship before I could really see that shit happening at some point especially in a baltimore port with foreign flagged ships coming and going all the time.
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I live in Maryland, I guess kind of close to Balitmore. I have never watched The Wire. I have heard nothing but good things, but I do not really watch tv shows so I am not interested.
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Earl chip did your sister really say this show sucked or are you trolling to get people riled up again about something they like because you seem to intentionally do that all the time.
I honestly do not see how anyone could say this show flat out sucked because I haven't met a single person who has watched it and said they did not like it.
what? I thought the snot boogie scene was awesome. Also I loved what they did with the theme song in each season. And the longshoreman thing they did in the second season was so cool, with the union being short work and everyone there being kind of like a loose knit family with the president trying to make them money on the side by smuggling shit. Having worked on a container ship before I could really see that shit happening at some point especially in a baltimore port with foreign flagged ships coming and going all the time.
i dunno it felt a little uh. there's a certain kind of back-and-forth dialogue that gets used in that scene and in like tarantino movies etc and that always feels very cute and artificial to me. also some of the stuff with the chess game metaphor etc. the lieutenant who cusses out the one maverick officer who does things his own way. i'm kind of exaggerating in that i don't think it was really terrible either and that it gets much better and finds its feet after three or four episodes. also the fact that its a show which has a consistent theme and stuff of the stuff that might be romanticised etc is done in service to this theme and not just a product of bad tv writing. having said all that i could definitely see how someone could come to it with the wrong attitude after all the press coverage etc and look at the stuff i've mentioned and just write it all off as more dumb Intelligent Television stuff!
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come to it with the wrong attitude
come child.... let me show you the light.. the 'wire' light. you must approach hbo tv shows like the coiled snow leopard, alert yet appreciative. you will learn. you are still young.
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Just Want to Point out that Pres Obama Loved this show... Omar Is His fav Character thatshow I know Hell support Gay rights :-D
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Why Cant ever gay guy be like omar... -_-
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is gay omar a spoiler?
I see what you're saying about the fans bringing out the noble savage Jamie, that may be the case.
Also if she thinks thats fake ghetto then whats real ghetto? I'd say that uneducated, homeless, drug running pre-teens would sound alot like the way they speak in the show.
lol
if you're remotely interested in what its about
I'm not. I'm not at all inherently interested in the subject matter of most shows I like. the only one I can think of is breaking bad (drugs too (meth) but about a highschool chem teacher (hal from malcom) who starts cooking. that was kind of interesting to me). twin peaks: the investigation of a highschool girl's murder
Earl chip did your sister really say this show sucked or are you trolling to get people riled up again about something they like because you seem to intentionally do that all the time.
I honestly do not see how anyone could say this show flat out sucked because I haven't met a single person who has watched it and said they did not like it.
I'm not and tbh you are Flying Off The Handle. and I never troll anyone just to be annoying or get them riled up for no reason. also that's not what I mean by noble savage a noble savage can have flaws
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good choice, if anyone knows what blows it's your sister
i know this from experience hehehehehe
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is gay omar a spoiler?
not really. you find out pretty much as soon as omar is introduced in one of the first couple eps.
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i know this from experience hehehehehe
his sister knows you blow?
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i'm glad you're following