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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:14 PM Original message |
Elitism: let's discuss. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. I say don't worry about it. If people are so vapid that they feel |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. my answers |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. OK |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. "John-Paul," the Gallic Beatle? |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ok, I'll play: |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:44 PM Original message |
Good points. |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
23. I think that most people want to believe that others are good. |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Ugh...Napoleon Dynamite. |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
53. Ha! I'm for that shirt. |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. I worked at a record Store in Nashville.... |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #58 |
70. That's about when I worked in a used record store. |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. Talk about bastardizing the English language. |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Aren't we really talking about Populism/Elitism here? |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. . |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Book looks like it defends Socio-economic elitism, which I think sucks. |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. It doesn't. |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I'd rather slather raw goosemeat all over my shiveled and ineffective |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. Let the hoi-polloi have their trash, there are finer things to be enjoyed! |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. I would answer, but this thread is below me. n/t |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Ouch! Me like. |
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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well, "It's a Wonderful Life" seems like a pretty shmaltzy... |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. It is, but it's the greatest piece of emotional manipulation I've ever |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. my thoughts at this moment |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
16. i am WAY to good to post in THIS thread |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Snob. |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. that's 'ELITIST SNOB' to YOU fella |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Oh, so the great MATCOM decides to slum it and post |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. you better fucking bow down to me |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. That's not what I've heard. |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. already have some |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Uh...chlamydia, then? |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. ok but... |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. IT"S A DEAL! |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. It is not elitist to say "I didn't really like that film, because it ____" |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Interesting points, but some I disagree with. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
56. Heck, I probably disagree with some of it, and I wrote it! |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. Spielberg's works are all crap. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. ROFL! |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. if it is good it is good --if it is bad it is bad |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
21. Aww, relax |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. . |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. You don't like Jane Austen, either? |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
24. Calling a person "elitist" |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Again you display for me the reasons why you're one of my favorite DUers. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
52. It's because I like the Kinks |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
31. it strikes me that being "elitist" would mean trying to exclude others |
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sundog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
34. train is a shitty band |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. and the window is now shut |
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sundog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. bitch |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
41. I like Oasis |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. At the same time? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
43. When I use the word, I'm typically referring to the snoot-ism |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Some people really go overboard on that shit, you're right. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
45. oh ffs |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Do you want to move to Chicago? |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Your offer intrigues me |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Yup. I work with some really cute indie rock boys. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Yeah, ok, know anyone less easy on the eyes |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Hey, I'm a cook. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I prefer the meat of |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Can do! |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. OOoooOooo |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Nickelback. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Best of Nickleback? |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Nickelback to the Future? |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Nickleback Burana? |
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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
47. Hmm, let's go down the list. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
49. you are not cool enough for me to discuss elitism with |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
50. I would say: |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
55. I suppose I'll respond...it is beneath me though .. |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
60. Nine answers to your discussion questions |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
64. I don't discuss such things with those below my social standing |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
65. I think the term people mean when they throw around "elitist" is "snob." |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. That sounds about right. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-30-06 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
74. bump |
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