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WHO CARES?

There are components of your rant that are truly justified, Satan: the recent increase of (misplaced) threads dedicated to Fall Out Boy inquiries and Paramore pricing.  The New Bermuda dude who's genuinely upset that his colored wax doesn't match the mockup photo.  The never-ending stream of complaints about shipping costs, corner dings, flipping records, and securing tour variants.  It's nothing new, and it's more than alright to blow off some steam now and then.
 
However.  You're complaining about what makes VC so tough to browse, some days... but the irony here - if I'm being brutally honest - is that I'd rather read about seam splits and absurd MSRP prices over "VC veterans" grasping for attention.  I've called you out before because you post some of the dumbest try-hard shit I've ever seen on the boards.  Ranging from comments that broadly dismiss everyone's tastes (i.e. "There's a similar discussion to this one going on in the [     ] thread, but none of you would know that because you all listen to shit") to tastefully posting "ya'll are a bunch of faggots" in the middle of a discussion on [homo]sexuality – and why it's not alright to post derogatory comments pertaining to it.  I mean, I get that you're trying to be ironic or witty by attempting to derail topics in the flashiest ways possible.  But it just comes off as "hey guys look at me i'm being all edgy and shit lol".  It's embarrassing, and it induces way more cringes than any number of non-ironic Crosley threads will.  At least for me.
 
I've been accused of being a VC elitist more than once.  I'm pushing 9,000 posts, I'm aware, and I've been a member for nearly 7 years now, but the majority of those posts (and time) have been spent on niche discussions about music I'm excited for.  I don't regret them.  I do a lot more lurking than posting, and find myself scrapping a huge portion of my posts when I consider the weight of my words and whether or not they're even worth submitting.  [This post, for example, has been considered for deletion at least three times now.]  I was a part of the Proboards just like you were, so, yeah, I've seen some shit.  And I feel like there will always be new topics and members to point and laugh at.  I can't deny that it's nice to have a little fun with the newbies now and then, and I'm all-too guilty of getting in the periodic jab when a redundant questions begs for a sarcastic response.  But there's no reason to continually harass new members past the point of some light initiation hazing.
 
As far as tastes? – it's all subjective, sure, but you're right: as a collective, this board's tastes are fucking terrible.  There.  I said it.  More and more young people join every week, and there also seems to be a select group of adults who are chomping at the bit for Blink-182 reissues.  It's whatever.  But you need to stop stressing it and just adapt.  I don't even graze the Hot Topic repress threads, because - as snobby as I may sound - I basically have zero interest in 99% of the music that Travis is pressing splatter copies of.  Why rain on someone else's parade, or waste the energy to post something negative in a thread clearly catered to discuss the excitement for a release in a positive environment?  It seems pointless.  Work can get a little boring for me, of course, but there are a million other things to read and interact with, on the world wide web.  Once you develop a knack for letting those threads bubble up to the top of the boards while still tuning them out, it becomes pretty easy to lighten up and care less about the "inferior" music that so much of VC seems to be stuck on.  I love a good discussion on genres, tastes, and what it means to explore new music; even if I poke fun at the folks bouncing off the walls for My Chemical Romance represses, I don't think that I'm somehow better than them because my tastes have "evolved" past "high school drivel".  I just keep on scrolling and find something relevant to my interests.  It's pretty easy.
 
Members being attacked for their age is just stupid.  I agree that an occasional joke is worth posting when the comedic timing is right, but when users are being ridiculed just for being younger [or older] than the general age pool?  Come on.  DOMAN's in high-school and posts more articulate, relevant replies - that are in line with the forum rules - than a huge portion of new members.  And Don (drds89) is probably old enough to be my dad, but has no shortage of excellent recommendations and positive things to contribute to a lot of quality threads.  Point at hand? – age is moot.  Let it go.  If you really want to keep at it and get nasty, though, we can talk about your sleek "ninja edits", where you go on caps-lock tirades and then proceed to backspace them, leaving a simple "sorry I was drunk" in their place.  Losing your cool to someone half your age, flying off the handle, not having the balls to stick by your initial rant, and blaming it on a mid-day buzz?  That's pretty cool, I guess.  But proceeding to reply with "fuck the fuck right off, you don't know me or my sense of humor" when someone casually calls you out on it – that, right there, is the true essence of pushing 30.  Give me a break, man.
 
I'm all for healthy, isolated rants and I'm also a sucker for irony.  This topic delivers both in spades.  Sorry if I come off as a condescending prick.  I'm just staying true to the thread's theme, I guess:
 

First and foremost, fuck you.
 
This has been a place that I have enjoyed for years until the last year or so. That's when the newbz started to come in, rack up 13,000 posts and think they run the fucking place. This whole flipping discussion can fuck off. THIS IS A COLLECTORS FORUM - GET THE FUCK OVER IT. IN COLLECTING, THERE'S FLIPPING. Im fucking sick of hearing it. (im looking at you museummouth)
When this place was in its prime, anything went (im looking at you parkinglot). I was part of the proboards era. All of you new jacks dont know what the fuck this place used to be in it's glory.
You folks have ruined VC. EVERYTHING IS TOO EXPENSIVE. OH NO A CORNER DING! DOES THAT CORNER DING HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WAY YOUR RECORD SOUNDS? NO. THIS ISNT A FUCKING ART FORUM.
 
Why do you think great members have left?
 
TL;DR
 
lighten the fuck up, listen to your records and enjoy life.
Oh. and this "pop punk " that you just think is great, is a fucking joke. Go listen to Teen Idols.

Barely beat the Steelers. Barely beat the Bills. Stomped the Jags.
The Pats are good, but to declare that they're going to be 16-0 is a huge stretch.

I've been playing Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon this week. This game is crazy good

he's also 1,000,000x better looking than anyone associated with ETR, for what it's worth

I think in this case it can literally be scientifically proven.

he's also 1,000,000x better looking than anyone associated with ETR, for what it's worth

he's also 1,000,000x better looking than anyone associated with ETR, for what it's worth

The answer is 1. Just think of the limit as x->infinity of the funciton 1/x. That goes to 0 (1 divided by an infinitely large number is 0). Then cos(0) is 1.

You're really burying the lead here. The coolest part of the contest is that if you win, you get a time machine to go back 15 years to when opening for Godsmack was a desirable prize.

The answer is 1. Just think of the limit as x->infinity of the funciton 1/x. That goes to 0 (1 divided by an infinitely large number is 0). Then cos(0) is 1.

The answer is 1. Just think of the limit as x->infinity of the funciton 1/x. That goes to 0 (1 divided by an infinitely large number is 0). Then cos(0) is 1.

The answer is 1. Just think of the limit as x->infinity of the funciton 1/x. That goes to 0 (1 divided by an infinitely large number is 0). Then cos(0) is 1.

Is Dantheriver a kunt?

 
 
Your friend,
Sven-Göran Eriksson

oof @ "they've gone commercial". if you say that in 2015, please stop listening to music.

I mean. It was the story of detectives whose murder investigation spiraled into a web of institutional corruption, sex crimes and coverups from high ranking players.
So was season one. Both of which were written entirely by the same writer. I think it is fine to compare and the judge season one against season two. Honestly, you should be comparing the two, so should HBO. Criticism is an important part of growth.
That concludes my personal opinion.

Tom Brady is guilty of being a spoiled brat, which makes it tough for me to sympathize with him.

Tom Brady is guilty of being a spoiled brat, which makes it tough for me to sympathize with him.

Mine is the first Batman with Keaton and Nicholson. Favorite Batman is Keaton. Favorite Joker is Nicholson.

I was "straight edge" when I was 16 too.

How to Not Be a Hated New Member
 
Step 1: Don't start a thread like this.

How to Not Be a Hated New Member
 
Step 1: Don't start a thread like this.