Pretentious - worst word in the English language.

Derek · 10.19.2010, 05:36 PM

Stop fucking using it. UGH!

Toilet & Bowels · 10.19.2010, 06:42 PM

it's become so popular in the last 10 years

demonrail666 · 10.19.2010, 06:54 PM

it's the new ironic

!@#$%! · 10.19.2010, 07:00 PM

it's a perfectly good word that's been overly misused by dumbfucks (just like "ironic" in the 90s or "sarcasm" in the 00's).

rather than accuse innocent words, let's make the right request-- don't be a dumbfuck.

Glice · 10.20.2010, 03:43 AM

"I'm incapable of constructing a decent argument; please have a weak one".

AND the irony that most 'pretentious' people are perfectly earnest.

I've just finished a book that argues that 'postmodern' nominalisation ends up eliding the possibility of meaningful dialogue, and that we should return to the liturgical culture of the Roman Rite to arrest this process. Something for us all to think about.

Genteel Death · 10.20.2010, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Glice

"I'm incapable of constructing a decent argument; please have a weak one".

AND the irony that most 'pretentious' people are perfectly earnest.

I've just finished a book that argues that 'postmodern' nominalisation ends up eliding the possibility of meaningful dialogue, and that we should return to the liturgical culture of the Roman Rite to arrest this process. Something for us all to think about.

When I used to work in a bar at the end of my shift I would be changing into normal clothes and this guy would regularly ask me 'have you finished?'.

Glice · 10.20.2010, 06:30 AM

That sentence feels like it's missing a 'with spunk glistening on my sanguine lips'.

Glice · 10.20.2010, 06:31 AM

I'm sorry if crass and unfunny gay jokes are too pretentious for some of you. I'm an artiste, I don't play by your rules. So fuck off.

Incidentally, I think I'm going to end every post with 'so fuck off' today.

Toilet & Bowels · 10.20.2010, 07:53 AM

i would say for every 500 times i've heard the word used it probably gets used correctly once. plus, what's so bad about pretentiousness anyway?

Glice · 10.20.2010, 08:00 AM

Moustaches are what's bad about pretentiousness. So fuck off.

candymoan · 10.20.2010, 08:04 AM

you guys are soooooo pretentious..

atsonicpark · 10.20.2010, 08:26 AM

Yeah, it's not so much the worst word, but the most misused, especially on imdb! That's why my imdb sig is the full, complete, correct use of the word "pretentious".

Derek · 10.20.2010, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Yeah, it's not so much the worst word, but the most misused, especially on imdb! That's why my imdb sig is the full, complete, correct use of the word "pretentious".

This stemmed from when I was thinking about a certain person we've spoken about before calling Jean-Luc Godard 'pretentious'.

atsonicpark · 10.20.2010, 09:48 AM

That person has never seen a JLG film, knows nothing about him, and knows nothing about movies, period.

The best thing I did was completely stop reading just about everyone's facebook page, except for 4 or 5 people I didn't "hide the status" of. I mainly just use it for email.

SONIC GAIL · 10.20.2010, 09:53 AM

why don't the lot of you FUCK OFF

Derek · 10.20.2010, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

That person has never seen a JLG film, knows nothing about him, and knows nothing about movies, period.

The best thing I did was completely stop reading just about everyone's facebook page, except for 4 or 5 people I didn't "hide the status" of. I mainly just use it for email.

Yeah, she's a total moron.

The best thing I did was just delete my page. I logged into it the other day after not being online for days and some of the things people were saying just legitimately made me angry. I've never cared for what other people say but when I realised I was actually caring about the diatribe people vomitted onto this cesspool of social hate, I decided it was time to stop.

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Originally Posted by SONIC GAIL

why don't the lot of you FUCK OFF

If Glice fucks off then the rest of us will follow.

Glice · 10.20.2010, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by SONIC GAIL

why don't the lot of you FUCK OFF

You must blah. So fuck off.

atsonicpark · 10.20.2010, 11:32 AM

great sig, derek.

frusciante is probably one of the top 10 musicians ever

gast30 · 10.20.2010, 11:37 AM

why you found that word the worst?
pretentious = don't think you are more then me

a word to put a hold on some one
like you would like to dim the light
to have some sort of control

i'm a pretencious ass

Derek · 10.20.2010, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

great sig, derek.

frusciante is probably one of the top 10 musicians ever

Lose the 0 in 10 and you're in the right ballpark.

Oh by the way Adam, here's some Frusciante links you should check:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL6a9ZbGhEw
VPRO Interview; conducted in 1994 in Frusciante's home while he was a reclusive fucked up heroin addict. He talks about everything from Kurt Cobain to why he loves heroin etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx7oJ7-Xjpg
A short film called STUFF that was directed by Johnny Depp before he was famous. Shows Frusciante's living conditions before that house burned down in a fire (destroying his record collection and guitars in the process). Concludes with Frusciante lying on his bed reciting a poem.

You've probably seen these if you've looked around but more people should see them anyway.

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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,282	it's become so popular in the last 10 years
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	it's a perfectly good word that's been overly misused by dumbfucks (just like "ironic" in the 90s or "sarcasm" in the 00's). rather than accuse innocent words, let's make the right request-- don't be a dumbfuck.
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,282	i would say for every 500 times i've heard the word used it probably gets used correctly once. plus, what's so bad about pretentiousness anyway?
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candymoan the end of the ugly Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: istanbul Posts: 855	you guys are soooooo pretentious.. __________________ /* nothing here...
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Yeah, it's not so much the worst word, but the most misused, especially on imdb! That's why my imdb sig is the full, complete, correct use of the word "pretentious". __________________
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	That person has never seen a JLG film, knows nothing about him, and knows nothing about movies, period. The best thing I did was completely stop reading just about everyone's facebook page, except for 4 or 5 people I didn't "hide the status" of. I mainly just use it for email. __________________
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SONIC GAIL invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: I moved from hillbilly Florida to hillbilly Alabama Posts: 3,723	why don't the lot of you FUCK OFF __________________
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	great sig, derek. frusciante is probably one of the top 10 musicians ever __________________
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gast30 invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: where all the childeren are insaine Posts: 6,802	why you found that word the worst? pretentious = don't think you are more then me a word to put a hold on some one like you would like to dim the light to have some sort of control i'm a pretencious ass
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