...so like

...this is popular?

people like this? this is funny?

i haven't listened to a single song by kendrick lamar

but i've never seen more praise for a new record
it's "game-changingly good", according to one of my buddies

even anthony fantano gave it a 10/10

i just wanna make sure that it's indeed "that good" before i walk into it all cynical

a hear a lot of music enthusiasts talk about how wikipedia's genre listings are always inaccurate

for example, for NIN's genres, it lists:
Industrial rock
Alternative rock
Industrial metal
Dark ambient

this all sounds right to me, though i'm sure i'll hear, "NIN is not metal" from a bunch of people

but if that's the case, and you guys are the arbiters of music genres

why don't you edit the wikipedia pages when you see a factual discrepancy?
that's sort of what wikipedia is for, isn't it?

i'm not saying you gotta sit on your ass all day editing wikipedia pages
but just, whenever you see a flaw, why don't you take the second to fix it?

that way, we'll have a better and more accurate online encyclopedia

post intelligent rap
AKA good rap

basically, the shit you won't hear at a club

and how many likes did you get for it

the duplicate "like" exploit doesn't count

if you don't know and are too lazy to check, i can do it for you
(unless you have more than, say, fifty pages)
(fuck that shit)

I think this falls under the realm of philosophy, but if the mods disagree, feel free to send this to Shitpost Central.

I consider myself to be a relatively virtuous person. Among other things, I am courteous, I am loyal, I am responsible, and I am accountable. I also never lie.

But what do I mean by that last bit? To me, a lie is when you steal money, and then later claim that you did not. In worse cases, you'll end up blaming someone else for your misdeed. Another lie is exaggerating your capabilities to achieve something, like a job. Lying about your qualifications on your resume. And for a third example, a lie is when you fail to take accounting for something that has happened due to your incompetence, or otherwise. Spilling milk all over the kitchen floor and blaming it on the cat--that's a lie.

What all these three things have in common is that some prior truth-laden event must have taken place first in order to make the truth statement. The truth statement being made is contingent upon the truth event. You can't claim that the cat spilled the milk before the milk was even spilled.

So, here's the question--do broken promises count as lies?

Though I've already made the claim that I never lie, I have broken a fair amount of promises in my life. All of them due to incompetence on my part. I wasn't mindful enough, I wasn't strong enough, I wasn't smart enough, I wasn't prepared enough, I didn't care enough, I didn't know enough--either which way, the promise that I had given was not fulfilled, often leaving the individual highly disappointed with me.

Does this make me a liar? If I say, "I'll do better next time," and I fail, is that a lie?

To me, it seems like the word "lie" implies that some prior event must have taken place first. A broken promise is an event taking place after the promise was made--it took place in the deterministic future, something that I can't feasibly change. I can make the strongest effort I could possibly make at some task, and still fail--we often call this an "honest effort". "Honest". Does that honesty nullify the deceptive nature of the broken promise? Or is it all ultimately still a lie?

Anyway, I think you get the gist of my query. For the sake of brevity, I'll stop here.

Am I a liar?

wow i've been shitposting a lot lately
anyways

---

TIL:

despite receiving 13.1 million votes this year in a public poll back in december (a wopping 22% of the ballot), nine inch nails was NOT inducted into the R&R hall of fame--but fucking green day was. And fucking SRV.

GREEN DAY & SRV GOT IN
...but nine inch nails? the ones responsible for bringing one of the greatest genres of music into the mainstream?
didn't get it.

Fucking Retard: This is meaningless. Who the fuck cares who gets in the hall of fame?


well, i mean, i'm not gonna lose sleep over it, or anything

BUT IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT'S MEANT TO HONOR GREAT MUSICIANS
AND WE'RE NOT EVEN GONNA DO THAT WITH IT
THEN WHAT IS THE FUCKING POINT OF HAVING IT

and i'm sorry if you like SRV--i realize he's a great musician, super influential and all
but...

i don't like him.
at all.

i think he's boring, i think he sucks, i hate his music, and i'd certainly rather see NIN be inducted before shitty fucking SRV

UGH

don't get me started on fucking green day either
fucking teenybopper-ass "NEUROTICTOTHEBONE" fucking faggoty-ass bullshit

LOOK AT THE POLL RESULTS
LOOK HOW MANY VOTES GREEN DAY GOT

LOOK AT IT
SEE HOW MUCH MORE VOTES NIN GOT?

now i ask you

WTF
T
F

i realize public opinion does not really factor into the process of induction--it's basically a "youth vote", but STILL
if the majority of people want NIN inducted (besides shitty fucking SRV), and NIN doesn't GET inducted...
what does that say about the entire fucking system?

IT'S BROKEN.

#FucktheR&RHallofFame
#FucktheR&RHallofFame
#FucktheR&RHallofFame
#FucktheR&RHallofFame
#FucktheR&RHallofFame

---

discuss musicians that ought not to be on the hall of fame
like madonna--what the hell is she doing on there?

unless you don't care, in which case, don't even bother making fun of me for caring about this stuff, because

i certainly don't think much of the hall of fame anymore after this bullshit
what a complete fucking joke

...then fuck you



Red.

(i actually had it for awhile but i didn't know you could stream it on a computer)

what do

i'm starting with the original pokemon anime because nostalgia
but i need some other stuff

chocolate makes me feel better

just a little though

>dad watching the superbowl
>come down to say hi, 'cause i haven't seen him all day
>look at the TV
>"Was that Paul McCartney in the audience?"
>"Yeah, that's Paul McCartney. He was a Beatle."
>"...Mm. Yeah, uh... I know. Heh."

oh dad

not necessarily "catch phrases" but stuff that you say a lot
maybe even too much

"I'm just saying". I'm just saying, it's a pretty good way to placate people who are on your case over something, that's all. You don't have to get all hung up about it. Sometimes I use it to clarify a point that I made, too.

"Literally". I literally never use this word incorrectly, but I do use it too often, I think.

"Like". I'm, like, practically a valley girl when it comes to this word. Like, especially in chat rooms. Sometimes I think it, like, gets on people's nerves.

"At all". I don't understand why I use this term so much. At all. It makes me sound douche-y, which is useful, but sometimes I use it even when I'm not trying to sound douche-y.

"Or some shit". Sometimes extended to "or some shit like that," or some shit like that. I love taking advantage of the word "shit" with all its versatility.

And many more.

Ever notice how you just say the same shit sometimes? Who do you think influenced the way you speak? When you finish watching a movie, do you subconsciously start talking like the people in the movie for the rest of the night?

What says "bad taste" more to you:

Liking things that are bad,
or disliking things that are good?

Maybe both? Neither? Is there a lot more to it than that for you?

So, for those of you interested, here are the rules for the mono-type tourney we'll be having...

We will be using the Showdown battle simulator found here: http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/
If you don't have an account, go ahead and make yourself one and get yourself familiarized with the team builder.

I assume most of you know how the competitive metagame works, so I'll skip over most of that shit.
Just keep in mind that Showdown uses Smogon rules, so any Pokémon considered "Uber" will be ineligible.

Rather than a standard elimination bracket, we'll be using a round robin tourney. That is, you have a match with every other person in the tournament to gain points (and whoever has the most points at the end of the tourney wins). A "match" will be considered whoever wins the first two out of three battles.

This means the winner of the match will always get two points--but the loser can still gain at least one point. This adds a further dynamic to the scoring, and it helps prevent ties. In the event of a tie, everyone who tied up will engage in another round robin style tourney, gaining points once again until there is a definitive winner.

Now for the fun stuff!

Given that this is a Mono-type tourney, you are limited only to your selected type. If your type is Water, you may use any 'mon who is solely water, primarily water, or secondarily water. To make things more fun and dynamic, however, you will not be allowed to choose your OWN type--I will use a random number generator to give you one. If you are unhappy with your type, I can reroll for you once--but if you do that, you can't go back on your decision. Failure to comply with that will result in your forfeiting of the tournament.

TEAMS WILL BE FLUID. That is to say, you can edit your teams in between matches at your leisure as long as you only use 'mons that are in your designated type, but you don't have to use the same Pokémon with the same moves. This allows you to optimize your strategy against an opponent who may have a type advantage over you--but be wary, for your opponent will likely have an optimized strategy against you, as well.

(also important: if you choose to reroll, you may get your type twice in a row, so be wary of that. ALSO, no two participants will have the same type, for maximum diversity)

The nice thing about round robin is that it allows for relatively free reign--you can fight whoever you need to, whenever you are able to. So for the sake of getting more people involved, signup for the tourney will end on January 31st. That's next Saturday at midnight, EST. You can take your time building yourself a team and battling everyone, but keep in mind that this tournament will END at the end of February. That's plenty of time for you to get all your battles done with everyone. Be wary if new people signup before the 31st of January, however!

CURRENT PARTICIPANTS:

xVerbatim
therealTyger
IberianHusky
Luis3318
Alphy
CK97
Cheatlancer
Byrnex
GreyValkrie (Mega Sceptile)
Yutakas
Valentimes (Prime Meridia)
Funnington Bear (Simseo)
DAS B00T
Argonar (Noodles)
Prehistoric (Snake)
Niedopalek (Ember)
exalted orion
TBlocks

Bold indicates that this is their username on Showdown.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE / WANT TO SIGN UP (Before the 31st of this month).

As mentioned, battles can be done at your convenience--there's no bracket, just a scoreboard. HOWEVER:

If you battle someone, MAKE SURE TO SAVE A REPLAY OF EACH BATTLE and report to this thread after each match (you can also send a PM). This authenticates your win/loss. If you don't have a replay, you need confirmation from both you and the person you battled with. I will keep a log of each replay in that thread as well.

The current type designations are as follows:

If you have any questions, fire away. This is actually my first time setting up a tournament, so, I hope I'm not too sloppy right now.