RedFive

Best would probably be 63-73, but we'll count it as the 60's

Worst is a tough call between the 80's and 00's.  Yes, there was good music during those decades, but it's vastly overshadowed by 80's disco and 00's pop. 

I'll vote the 80's the worst though.

90's was pretty awesome, but part of that bias is because that's when I was growing up (and listening to grunge/alt/hip-hip).  I'm assuming that's why the frikin 80's are getting some positive votes...

Wait, so it really is?

I just noticed the new DC titles started coming out, and they're $3.99 now (as opposed to 2.99, which was already expensive)!?!?  Is this going to be the regular new price? 

$4/comic is just awful.

7th thru 12th graders.

11-18 year-olds.

Frink's mom can't find them either..... because she can't read!!

That's where you were going with that, right?

But that would defeat the purpose.

;-)

TV's Bob

TV's Steve

(see above)

I thought this was this thread.  I'm terrible..

I'm also preparing for school, Ziggy.

To teach, though.*

Although getting locked in at 169 would be badass..

B-)

**EDIT**  -  I made this post without realize there was a page 170 already... ultimate fail...

Carry on.

PinkFive says you can add her too :)

Just the fact that it's come to this is sad. 

And xhonzi's right, he actually does make good points once in a while.  In fact, I've unignored him a couple times because of just that.  However, wading through his BS to get to those points just isn't worth it.

I pledge to never respond to a single twooffour post again.  I won't quote him, I won't respond to him, I won't mention him.

Thank god.

Frink, whatever happened to your 2/4 quote thread?

Moth3r said:

And Canada is just like the US, only with more French people.

And a lot less religious-right nutjobs.

Sluggo said:

Hard to say, my darthly named friend.  I would venture the opinion that since this thread was created before most of the other threads you refer to... this thread is a shining beacon of what other threads can aspire to.  Forthwith.

QFA

Why'd you replace it with the lame one?!

Most of those movies are so shitty they needed some boobage to make them watchable.  Hell, halfway through Pirates 4 I gave up watching anything other than Penelope Cruz.

I guess what I'm saying is... I see where he's coming from.

^ Frink, I never thought I'd say this, but... you killed my boner.

Dayv, Warbler is never gonna give [you] up.

Tyrphanax said:

CP3S said:

captainsolo said:

xhonzi said:

theprequelsrule said:

RedFive said:

Tyrphanax said:  ....

Also, J.R.R. Tolkien is an awful writer.

First of all, I like that no one even felt the need to refute this unbelievable statement.  However, when I saw this I had to come here and present it as evidence to the contrary:

Meh. Robert E. Howard is far superior to Tolkien as a story teller.

I too find Tolkien to be a frustrating writer.  I want to read his stories, but I struggle with his words.

Me in 6th grade: Oh, I've got to read a book on this list, why not try The Hobbit? 2 pages in: Okay, I'm good.

Whoa! I somehow missed that comment. I will refute it to hell and back, and then all over again. Unbelievable is right! Tolkien is brilliant! I love the way he writes, as have countless others, as evident by the popularity of the books since they were first published.

But it seems most people queef eloquent on the greatness of Stephen King's writing, and yet I've never managed to make it more than a few chapters into one of his books before wanted to beat my own head in with a blunt object. While unquestionably bad writing exists, once you get into the realm of decent to fantastic writing, it becomes very much subject to the reader's tastes.

Tolkien just rambles on and on a lot of the time about really boring and unnecessary detail and extrapolation. Not to mention the forty-five million three-page tuneless songs in every book. Ugh. And the grammar is lacking, as is the sentence structure. I just find myself feeling like I'm slogging through a mire of jumbled words and it hurts my brain.

The posted passage is good, but for every good passage he writes, there are ten passages that make me want to fall asleep and never wake up.

I barely finished FOTR over the span of months. I didn't get that far into TTT over the span of months. It was like pulling teeth. Any book that I'm finding excuses not to pick up again are bad in my... er... book.

I think I can see where a lot of this is coming from.  Yes, he uses a lot of big words and antiquated language - he was a philologist after all.  He helped write the goddam dictionary for christ's sake!  But I studied English in college, and I've always been a huge nerd when it comes to history and fantasy, so to me getting through those difficult passages and words is a challenge that I enjoy.  For example, most people think, "ugh, another name I have to remember!", while I can't wait to look through the genealogy tables and tale of years to figure out what's-what.

And one of the things certain people love about Tolkien is his descriptiveness.  One man's "boring and unnecessary detail and extrapolation" is another man's bread and butter, so to speak.  However, saying that he has "bad grammar" and sentence structure is just bone-headed.  Maybe it's not for you, but bad?

RedFive said:

The man helped write the goddam dictionary for christ's sake!!

Ziggy Stardust said:

Oh my god......

That is one of the most beautiful women ever posted here.

TV's Frink said:

I declare RedFive's post the winner.  Thread over.

Thank you, thank you..
However, Orlando Bloom is the real winner here... bastard!

Thank you for using the real album cover, Zig, the other one (which they were forced to replace the graffiti covered bathroom wall cover with) sucks.

Mrebo said:

Went to the link and it played a Macy's commercial for Ralph Lauren denim. Watched that and then came back here before the advertisement ended. That was some nice rickroll protection.

If you get AdBlockerPlus you don't have those annoying ads.  Not anywhere.  Not on here either. 

It's awesome!