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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Inspired in part by Momus (imomus.livejounal.com). Let's see how many faux-earth-shattering statements we can make by simply substituting 'x' for a dearly-held concept of western culture. You have to qualify each statement. You don't neccessarily have to believe in what you're saying but it has to sound plausible. I'll start the ball rolling.

Originality is primarily a western conceit

In China it's possible to find western-style landscape and portrait paintings produced in a heavy industry setting, churning out 5000 Mona Lisas a day. There are no mavericks in the world of sumi-e painting. Manga artists are encouraged and expected to draw the same as the last guy, with innovation consisting purely of building on top of what the previous generation discovered and throwing out nothing. In eastern countries, art, like any craft or trade, is done for the people and not for the individual. Our idea that creativity and originality are intrinsically linked to one another is simply a product of our indivdualistic, capitalist mindset and not an essential truth.

Redeye · . Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 986 Location: filth

At least we're not ant-people.

lol

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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:23 pm Post subject:

x is primarily a western conceit.
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Swimmy · . Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 990 Location: Fairfax, VA

X is primarily a western conceit?
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extrabastardformula · . Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 295

Back in Missouri we called it "e", and it was still a primarily western conceit.
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dhex · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject:

x was primarily a western conceit.

hey is momus that blowjob with the eyepatch?

wikipedia sez yes:

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ApM · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:29 pm Post subject:

Did you ever write that song entitled "Momus friended my Livejournal"?

Jarvey hams, you might be interested in Barkley, Shut Up And Jam: Gaiden. Specifically the save points.

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

I simultaneously love/loathe Momus's idea that ideas and beliefs are to be worn like hats and thrown out when a newer, more attractive one comes along, which partly inpsired this thread.

Interesting fact! I'm on an album with Momus!

He didn't friend my Livejournal, though.

aderack · . Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 1105 Location: San Francisco

Some Mad Libs:

Death
Reason
Architecture
Growth
Ambivalence
Disease
Nutrition
Psychology
Popularity
Forensic science
Motion
Plumbing
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dhex · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:36 am Post subject:

dudes who wear scarves are inherently untrustworthy.

it's true! if there's some dick on the subway with his legs out in the aisle and looking annoyed anytime someone (ok me) kicks his legs out of the way, he's wearing a scarf. even in fall.

his wittle neck is so cwold!
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Fuck you, my SO knitted that scarf.
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dhex · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:37 am Post subject:

so veddy veddy cwold!
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Where do you live again?
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dhex · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:01 am Post subject:

it gets cold in new york.

just not cold enough to surrender one's manhood.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Try selling that one to Northern Europe.
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dhex · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:44 am Post subject:

that's a trick question: there's no manhood to surrender there without filling out the proper forms in the Office of Testicular Fortitude and requisite tax stamps. (in case someone slips on a loose vas deferens and has to be pensioned for life.)

ha ha get it?

i don't know why the venn diagram for scarf wearing and total dickhole overlapsso much in new york city but it certainly fucking does.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Because it's fucking New York.
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boojiboy7 · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:50 am Post subject:

Yeah, I am inclined to go with Dracko. In Cleveland winters, scarves are just like gloves, tons of people wear them and nobody thinks a thing about it.

dhex · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:53 am Post subject:

but what does that have to do with scarves?

this is the mystery at play here.

not everyone here is a cockhole by any stretch, even during rush hours (though it doesn't help at all) - yet the scarf thing i've observed over the course of several years. also, the length of the scarf seems to come into play - the longer and more elaborate the scarf, the higher the likelihood of dickhole behavior.

perhaps this is a general issue of foppishness and the social signals involved. more work is required.

(this is secondary to the hilarious art kid with palestinian neckerchief thing, mind you, since that's just for our collective amusement.)
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Blame Robert Zimmerman.
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dhex · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:06 am Post subject:

who's robert zimmerman?
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Redeye · . Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 986 Location: filth

He's the guy who played Horshack on Welcome Back Kotter.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Better known as Bob Dylan.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

dhex how do you dress? I imagine tweed jackets with leather patches. Pics plz.

dhex · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:03 pm Post subject:

i dress like a 12 year old whose parents died in a car accident and now no one has the heart to correct him on anything.
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aderack · . Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 1105 Location: San Francisco

I wore scarves until I cut my hair. Now they don't make sense anymore.
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dhex · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:27 pm Post subject:

why did they make sense before?
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aderack · . Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 1105 Location: San Francisco

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dhex · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:42 pm Post subject:

but wouldn't your neck be less cold with long hair?
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Eric-Jon do you see Doctor Who as a kind of role model?

Redeye · . Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 986 Location: filth

Reminds me of the guy who wrote The Alienist.
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aderack · . Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 1105 Location: San Francisco

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Hey Eric-Jon, can you justify any of your suggestions for the orginal thread concept? You know, since you're the only person who played along and all.

aderack · . Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 1105 Location: San Francisco

Sure, sometime when I don't have too much work to do.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

They're rebels who like the comforts of statism, okay?
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boojiboy7 · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject:

guys i just wear a scarf because it keeps my neck warm.

aderack · . Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 1105 Location: San Francisco

Redeye · . Joined: 02 Oct 2006 Posts: 986 Location: filth

aderack · . Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 1105 Location: San Francisco

The premise sounds amazing. I'd like to see a comic book version of it.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Sure, but you're not Palestinian, are you?
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extrabastardformula · . Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 295

The Palestinian neckerchief have a good design, better than just a long floppy scarf that you have to keep adjusting. You don't have to be the sort of person who rejects everything a group of people has contributed to the world just because you aren't down with them in general. that would be like refusing to drink green tea because you aren't down with lolicon animes, which is to say it would be stupid.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Chinese green tea all the way.
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