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Things You Never Say

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    #32
    degausserxo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭degausserxo


    Sometimes I miss hs666 for the luls.


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    #33
    Pygmalion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,082 ✭✭✭Pygmalion


    degausserxo wrote: »
    Sometimes I miss hs666 for the luls.

    I'm pretty sure I'm in love with D.R. Cowboy tbh


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    #34
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,905 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Those are definitely things that should never be said! :pac:


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    #35
    Woow_Aqualung
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭Woow_Aqualung


    I'm always thinking about aesthetics. Like could there be a formula for a beautiful person or a masterpiece painting or sculpture, or is it purely subjective?


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    #36
    Ginja Ninja
    Registered Users Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Ginja Ninja


    Woow_Aqualung wrote: »
    I'm always thinking about aesthetics. Like could there be a formula for a beautiful person or a masterpiece painting or sculpture, or is it purely subjective?
    just an anecdote,but I read an article on this a while back.Beauty is a lie in most situations.A concert violinist played his music in a subway station in new york for 2 hours [he played his signature piece and some classics] he made 1 dollars and no one other than a young child stopped to listen to him.
    He normally gets 100,000 per performance and is widely quoted as the greatest musician of his area.

    and yet no one could appreciate what is award winning music the world over.Beauty[in this case] is a matter of social pressures,in a concert hall it's the greatest piece in the world,in a subway station it's nothing more than background music


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    #37
    Banjo Fella
    Registered Users Posts: 695 ✭✭✭Banjo Fella


    Ginja Ninja wrote: »
    and yet no one could appreciate what is award winning music the world over.Beauty[in this case] is a matter of social pressures,in a concert hall it's the greatest piece in the world,in a subway station it's nothing more than background music

    I like that anecdote, but I don't know if I agree with its message. He was playing in a subway station, one of the busiest and more stressful locations you can be in! I've only ever been in the London Underground, but I found myself in too much of a rush to read the posters on the walls, let alone stop and listen to a performer for a few minutes. I'd imagine most people would be the same. If you're in a hurry, you tend to be blind to the beauty around you.

    Speaking of beauty around you, I'd really like to be able to say "hello, I think you're very pretty/quite staggeringly handsome" to random people. Especially friends! Friends deserve compliments. But alas, I don't, for fear of people looking at me funny and the associated guilt. :p


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    #38
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    I never say Flugelhorn

    Now who will get this reference >_>.......<_<


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    #39
    KnifeWRENCH
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    degausserxo wrote: »
    Sometimes I miss hs666 for the luls.
    In fairness, I don't think hs666 was a bad guy. Just a little....."eccentric". So I can kinda understand that.....
    Pygmalion wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure I'm in love with D.R. Cowboy tbh

    ....but not so much this. Let's not go nuts. :pac:

    I also think it's fair to say that everyone misses Jizzler.


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    #40
    Woow_Aqualung
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭Woow_Aqualung


    Banjo Fella wrote: »
    Speaking of beauty around you, I'd really like to be able to say "hello, I think you're very pretty/quite staggeringly handsome" to random people. Especially friends! Friends deserve compliments. But alas, I don't, for fear of people looking at me funny and the associated guilt. :p
    I know! You say someone has a nice smile and they give you a funny look.:o
    just an anecdote,but I read an article on this a while back.Beauty is a lie in most situations.A concert violinist played his music in a subway station in new york for 2 hours [he played his signature piece and some classics] he made 1 dollars and no one other than a young child stopped to listen to him.
    He normally gets 100,000 per performance and is widely quoted as the greatest musician of his area.

    and yet no one could appreciate what is award winning music the world over.Beauty[in this case] is a matter of social pressures,in a concert hall it's the greatest piece in the world,in a subway station it's nothing more than background music
    It's the same for modern art, people paying millions for a triangle drawn on a canvas just because someone in specific did it.


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    #41
    Pygmalion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,082 ✭✭✭Pygmalion


    Woow_Aqualung wrote: »
    It's the same for modern art, people paying millions for a triangle drawn on a canvas just because someone in specific did it.

    +1 for recognising the ultra-crappiness of modern art.


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    #42
    jumpguy
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    Can I get a +1 for realising the ultra-crappiness of art in general? :P

    *runs*


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    #43
    Pygmalion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,082 ✭✭✭Pygmalion


    jumpguy wrote: »
    Can I get a +1 for realising the ultra-crappiness of art in general? :P

    *runs*

    You can but at least up until recently people put time and effort into it.
    Nowadays they realise that if they have influential friends they can pretty much vomit onto a canvas and sell it, and I wish I didn't mean that literally, but it's probably been done.


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    #44
    gonnaplayrugby
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    i think its weird when posh girls get with lads frm skobe areas....


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    #45
    Pygmalion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,082 ✭✭✭Pygmalion


    gonnaplayrugby wrote: »
    i think its weird when posh girls get with lads frm skobe areas....

    Oh D.R., how I love you so.


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    #46
    sock puppet
    Registered Users Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭sock puppet


    Ginja Ninja wrote: »
    just an anecdote,but I read an article on this a while back.Beauty is a lie in most situations.A concert violinist played his music in a subway station in new york for 2 hours [he played his signature piece and some classics] he made 1 dollars and no one other than a young child stopped to listen to him.
    He normally gets 100,000 per performance and is widely quoted as the greatest musician of his area.

    and yet no one could appreciate what is award winning music the world over.Beauty[in this case] is a matter of social pressures,in a concert hall it's the greatest piece in the world,in a subway station it's nothing more than background music

    Most people have no appreciation of classical music though. The fact that no one recognised him suggests that the people passing by were not the type of people to go and see him perform.


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    #47
    Ginja Ninja
    Registered Users Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Ginja Ninja


    "I like you"


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    #48
    Pygmalion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,082 ✭✭✭Pygmalion


    Ginja Ninja wrote: »
    "I like you"

    When I try it just comes out as "I like boobs".


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    #49
    Woow_Aqualung
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭Woow_Aqualung


    sock puppet wrote: »
    Most people have no appreciation of classical music though. The fact that no one recognised him suggests that the people passing by were not the type of people to go and see him perform.
    At least some people, out of the many who were using that subway station, would have appreciated a very good violinist playing. However I do agree with Banjo Fella:
    I like that anecdote, but I don't know if I agree with its message. He was playing in a subway station, one of the busiest and more stressful locations you can be in! I've only ever been in the London Underground, but I found myself in too much of a rush to read the posters on the walls, let alone stop and listen to a performer for a few minutes. I'd imagine most people would be the same. If you're in a hurry, you tend to be blind to the beauty around you.
    That other sounds would have drowned the violin out.


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    #50
    degausserxo
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    Woow_Aqualung wrote: »
    I'm always thinking about aesthetics. Like could there be a formula for a beautiful person or a masterpiece painting or sculpture, or is it purely subjective?

    Beauty is symmetry, apparently. In maths in TY we did a project on the Golden Ratio, which is meant to calculate aesthetic perfection (one girl in the class had a perfect arm!)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio

    Mona Lisa's face is a perfect golden rectangle, and the painting 'Composition in Red, Yellow and Blue' (the one with a loada squares) is based on the Golden Ratio.


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    #51
    Novella
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    I never tell people when they've upset me, or when they've hurt me.


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    #52
    almostnever
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    Novella wrote: »
    I never tell people when they've upset me, or when they've hurt me.

    I do this too. Terrified of confrontation, I guess, but people never know when they've upset me.

    I also never really tell people what they mean to me. I hate that. They should know.


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    #53
    Novella
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    almostnever wrote: »
    I do this too. Terrified of confrontation, I guess, but people never know when they've upset me.

    I also never really tell people what they mean to me. I hate that. They should know.

    I can't stand confrontation. I'd like to be able to say, "You know, when you said/did X, that actually really hurt me", but I'm too scared. I'm not really sure what of. Maybe of being seen as dramatic, or... Well, mainly I'm scared of fighting, and of the friendship ending because of that.

    Yeah, same! Grr @ that!


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    #54
    ohthebaby
    Registered Users Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭ohthebaby


    almostnever wrote: »

    I also never really tell people what they mean to me. I hate that. They should know.
    Either do I. I don't know, I just find it hard and weird to talk about feelings and stuff. Which is silly, especially when what I want to say positive. But I'm trying to change that.


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    #55
    Extrasupervery
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    ohthebaby wrote: »
    Either do I. I don't know, I just find it hard and weird to talk about feelings and stuff. Which is silly, especially when what I want to say positive. But I'm trying to change that.

    Do <3

    When I remember I do it to the extent that people are incredibly taken aback. But if you love someone or appreciate them for something they do then let them know. Pretty pretty please. You have no idea of the chain reaction you might start - get those happy vibes out there!


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    #56
    OopsyDaisy
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    I always think about the little voice inside your head that talks to you (i'm not crazy, think about it, you'll understand)

    It sounds like you only inside you head..

    Anyways, I always wonder whether people think the same strange thoughts I do, or am i alone?

    Oh, and I get really freaked out thinking about that other dimention thingy...just the idea that there's another one of us out there and stuffs

    And just the universe in general, although it's beautiful, it's also kinda scary how small we are, makes you feel kind..unimportant *sniff*

    But then I think about places like this and all the lovely people in this world, and I'm fine and dandy once more :P


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    #57
    illiop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 682 ✭✭✭illiop


    I never tell people my problems. Ever. I don't know why, I think it's because I despite the fact I know taking about problems helps on some unconsciou level I don't believe that so I just prefer to wollow in self-pity.

    I also don't like telling people that I actually enjoy being alone because I'm afraid they'll think that I never want company. :o

    I also never tell people how I can't fathom how I'm sitting here consciously doing...whatever and there are other people doing their own thing...like I feel like whem I'm not around people shouldn't exist.


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    #58
    Pygmalion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,082 ✭✭✭Pygmalion


    OopsyDaisy wrote: »
    I always think about the little voice inside your head that talks to you (i'm not crazy, think about it, you'll understand)

    It sounds like you only inside you head..

    I always think about this too.

    Is it just that EVERYONE in the world who has ever spoken about this is speaking metaphorically but never explains themselves, or do they actually hear this?

    I have never heard voices and would be quite worried if I did.


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    #59
    OopsyDaisy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,191 ✭✭✭OopsyDaisy


    Pygmalion wrote: »
    I always think about this too.

    Is it just that EVERYONE in the world who has ever spoken about this is speaking metaphorically but never explains themselves, or do they actually hear this?

    I have never heard voices and would be quite worried if I did.


    You don't actually hear it, it's not a noise...but it sounds like you in your head...

    ^I think the reason no one ever explains it is because it's so hard to explain :confused:


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    #60
    illiop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 682 ✭✭✭illiop


    Pygmalion wrote: »
    I always think about this too.

    Is it just that EVERYONE in the world who has ever spoken about this is speaking metaphorically but never explains themselves, or do they actually hear this?

    I have never heard voices and would be quite worried if I did.


    I always hear voices (well not voices, voice) and often have fake conversations (almost like practise) before I fall asleep.
    Perhaps you're just much more visually minded.


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    #61
    Pygmalion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,082 ✭✭✭Pygmalion


    OopsyDaisy wrote: »
    You don't actually hear it, it's not a noise...but it sounds like you in your head...

    ^I think the reason no one ever explains it is because it's so hard to explain :confused:

    I get it now.

    You're a nut.


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