The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[Muck308 55]

2461

Before we get to Holy Orders?

[astronelson 339]

2462.

Proposed new topic: Statisticians of the 1800s. Discuss.

[Timmystwin 201]

2463

Erm...um..... Theyre all dead now?

[Larks2242 251]

2464.

Not all of them take Walter Breuning for example, looking good for a 114 year old.

 

And there are still people even older then him.

[Duke87 1,070]

(2465)

Astro, that's strike two. First was the mathematics in Alice in Wonderland. One more and you're not allowed to propose new topics.

[Timmystwin 201]

2466

Wow, 114. Thats going some. Im happy to stand corrected in that ever interesting subject.

[un1 41]

2467 - Well he was born in the 19th century...but he probably wasn't a statistician in the 1800s.

[kj3400 178]

2468

Ok since astro's new topic was a bust, why don't we discuss....uh...

screw it, why don't we have a party at my house?

[Vahr 341]

2469

Par-tay!

[Duke87 1,070]

(2470)

Someday I want to go to a party where music isn't being blasted ridiculously loud, so people can actually hear each other talk without shouting at the top of their lungs.

[Timmystwin 201]

2470

2471

Ill supply the Rave music. Either that or some old skool hip hop....

EDIT

Duke ill play it loud, just coz you beat me by less than a minute....again.

[Chptrk 86]

2472.

Oh..seems I opened this window a few hours ago...before a bunch of you said stuffs...oops..

[kj3400 178]

2473

Originally posted by: Chptrk

2469.

I got a topic idea!! But I'm not sharing it. So ha!

quote>

Share it and I'll be sure to have whatever your favorite thing is at my party.

Edit: Yeah, you did. And now I sound crazy.

[Vahr 341]

2474

I've done that before... massive snipes result

[Duke87 1,070]

(2475)

Don't get me wrong, I don't blanketly hate loud music (and indeed, there is some stuff that it's just wrong to not blast)... but I only enjoy that when I'm by myself. When there are other people around, loud music is distracting and interferes with your ability to have a proper conversation.

And it's not just parties, it's in the car, too. People drive around blasting whatever and then yell and scream so other people can hear them. This is a particularly annoying behavior that just makes no freaking sense. There is no need to yell, how about you turn the damn music down (or better yet, off) instead? Not "exciting" enough that way? Relax, not everything needs to be "exciting".

It also doesn't help that the way people listen to music has become very... ADDish (hell, society seems to have collectively gotten ADD in general. Everyone's all over the place, nobody knows how to focus anymore). Let's listen to this one song by this artist, then let's go listen to this other song by this other artist, then let's go listen to this- no, let's listen to that- no, how about- no, ah here we go *30 seconds pass* nah, let's listen to this instead, etc., etc.

I fully blame iPods for this. The ability to just skip around like crazy has robbed people of their attention span and their ability to be coherent. In the old days, if you wanted to switch to a different artist, you had to go through the bother of changing the CD. But now you just push a couple buttons and whatever you want comes on. I find it all quite jarring and aggravating, being rapidly pulled all over the place with no aim or direction like that. In order to actually enjoy listening to music, I need consistency. This means that when I have an album, I am going to listen to the whole album, from start to finish. If I do not have time to listen to the whole album, I will not listen to any of it. Listening to this then that then that in no particular order is usually not enjoyable, nor is listening to just a few songs without listening to them all. I mean, think about it. Would you sit down and read just one chapter in the middle of a book? Would you sit down and just watch a five minute clip of a movie? No? Okay, then why do you sit down and listen to just a song or two off an album? At the very least, when you put on a song, let the song finish - don't cut it off in the middle and change it. That's a thousand times worse.

Okay, end rant.

[Larks2242 251]

2476.

Proper conversations are overrated at a party.

[Vahr 341]

2477

I daresay we shall talk about this over a cup of tea with some soft Mozart in the background!

[Frdm920 50]

2478

Eh I'll pass

[Duke87 1,070]

(2479)

Originally posted by: Larks2242

Proper conversations are overrated at a party.quote>

How so? What is the purpose of getting together with people, if not to interact with them?

[nathanthemayor 1,262]

2480

After the storm is sunshine in Fresno...

[Larks2242 251]

2481.

Always seems to be like that.

[Vahr 341]

2482

Things seem so quiet...

[Duke87 1,070]

(2483)

Assuming all goes according to plan, this will be my last post on ST6.

[astronelson 339]

2484.

Originally posted by: Duke87

Astro, that's strike two. First was the mathematics in Alice in Wonderland. One more and you're not allowed to propose new topics. quote>

Drat. I was hoping I could get a free medium-sized cake with my tenth.

[Hamish 1,369]

2485.

And we are back! hope the wait wasn't too long.

This thread should run smoother now, especially with no PFB!

[Timmystwin 201]

2486

7

And the wait was fine. Ive got other stuff than forum games in my life. Like...erm...umm... minecraft. Ye thats one of...many.

[Duke87 1,070]

(2487)

Wait, where's the reply button now?

Oh, there it is...

[Larks2242 251]

2488.

Nice new look huh?

[Timmystwin 201]

2489

Looks great, more social like. (Wich is fine, i dont play SC4 or CXL anymore)

[Duke87 1,070]

(2490)

Point of inconvenience: all the userIDs changed, and now the URLs for profiles aren't so easily manipulatable as they contain the username, not just the ID#. Same goes for topic URLs, you need to know the thread title. Sooo many old links I had lying around that now no longer work and can't easily be converted...

  Edited February 26, 2011 by Duke87