the legitimately awful things you like

[Saint Cornelius]

Yeah, looking over the list...maybe it's not THAT many, but Catherine Bell, Leah Remini and that hot middle eastern chick in Season 6 of 24... 

Laura Prepon too, but she's dead to me ever since she went blond.

[MrAngryFace]

Curious George > *

[brawndolicious]

games: I'm getting a wii.

books: I really like Wicked.  pretty meh book in some places.

TV: Heroes.

Movies: Well it changes a lot because if it's bad I won't like it anymore but I like Boondock Saints a little.

Music: I can't think of any bad music I like to listen to.

[TVC15]

Slaughterhouse-Five is a bad book?  Am Nintenho am distinguished mentally-challenged rererereconfirmed.

[CajoleJuice]

Slaughterhouse-Five is a bad book?  Am Nintenho am distinguished mentally-challenged rererereconfirmed.

Wow.

[brawndolicious]

I'll finish it but it's absolutely awful so far.  I don't get why this gets praise.  I know what the basic plot is about because somebody told me but it's sounding pretty predictable and pointless so far.

[brawndolicious]

edit: I don't see anything good in slaughterhouse 5.  I'll edit that.

[etiolate]

The Fall Guy is awesome >|

[tiesto]

movie: Mallrats
teevee series: The War At Home
book: Xanth series
music: Eurodance
game: Mighty Bomb Jack

[warcock]

movies: Big stallone fan, albeit aside from the original rocky his formulaic action induced clusterfucks are completely cinematically incompetent. Also something bothersome about my movie watching rhetoric is how much i appreciate passable mediocre movies. For one i believe Ridley Scott's works to be comparable eye candy as to laying my eyes on monica belluchi's silhouette at a distance of 2 meters. Black hawk down is simply put, visual poetry. An amalgam of the most elegant physical action frames a camera could possibly record. AND THE SOUND. It really elevates the medium.

Books: i enjoy some of RA salvatore's forgotten realm works. It is probably the only english fiction i read. My library is otherwise composed of books that are french or that i cant understand.

Music: The offspring. Although i must say that they "have" been musically significant as a counter point to all the h8 over here, it perhaps couldnt be labeled as positive... I totally love them though, their music makes want to act crazy and stupid.

Games: I only play the very best of games.

[TVC15]

Oh jesus fuck.

[warcock]

I'll finish it but it's absolutely awful so far.  I don't get why this gets praise.  I know what the basic plot is about because somebody told me but it's sounding pretty predictable and pointless so far.

Aside from mark twain american literature is totally subpar, dont listen to them. Fool the declaration of independence is probably as far as verbose new world erudition goes and it is partially copy pasted from two treatise of government.

[Phoenix Dark]

Black Hawk Down is extremely bad. A disgraceful taken on a serious subject. Let me set you straight, lost sheep. Mr. Scott has three good movies.

Alien: 10/10
Thelma and Lousise: 10/10
Gladiator: 7.5/10

You can forget about everything else for it is either appauling (Kingdom of Heaven) or treasonous (Black Hawk Down)

[TVC15]

I'll finish it but it's absolutely awful so far.  I don't get why this gets praise.  I know what the basic plot is about because somebody told me but it's sounding pretty predictable and pointless so far.

Aside from mark twain american literature is totally subpar, dont listen to them. Fool the declaration of independence is probably as far as verbose new world erudition goes and it is partially copy pasted from two treatise of government.

"You are distinguished mentally-challenged.  Am Nintenho style."

[Cheebs]

Black Hawk Down is extremely bad. A disgraceful taken on a serious subject. Let me set you straight, lost sheep. Mr. Scott has three good movies.

Alien: 10/10
Thelma and Lousise: 10/10
Gladiator: 7.5/10

You can forget about everything else for it is either appauling (Kingdom of Heaven) or treasonous (Black Hawk Down)

you havent seen KoH lol

[warcock]

Black Hawk Down is extremely bad. A disgraceful taken on a serious subject. Let me set you straight, lost sheep. Mr. Scott has three good movies.

Alien: 10/10
Thelma and Lousise: 10/10
Gladiator: 7.5/10

You can forget about everything else for it is either appauling (Kingdom of Heaven) or treasonous (Black Hawk Down)

Kingdom of heaven's director's cut was fucking masterful and it also depicted accurately my feelings towards christian theology. Black hawk down was "treasonous"? Did you not see every fucking soldier racking a fucking K:D ratio of about 20:1. Also note in the credits how it goes on with the sentence

"During the raid 19 american soldiers sacrificed their lives and over 1000 somalies lost their lives."

Then they go on displaying the names of every soldier that died in memorium totally ignoring the fact that 1000 "skinnies" actually did DIE. If that does not spell pumpous imperialistic narcisism i do not know what does.

[Phoenix Dark]

You're right, it's quite disgusting

[warcock]

I'll finish it but it's absolutely awful so far.  I don't get why this gets praise.  I know what the basic plot is about because somebody told me but it's sounding pretty predictable and pointless so far.

Aside from mark twain american literature is totally subpar, dont listen to them. Fool the declaration of independence is probably as far as verbose new world erudition goes and it is partially copy pasted from two treatise of government.

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"You are distinguished mentally-challenged.  Am Nintenho style."

Dude if i was to post pictures of every significant French,english and german authors in the past 200 years the server's bandwith capacity would assplode. Quit wasting your time and move on to greener pasture!

"NEWTON INVENTED KALCULOUS!"

[Mupepe]

F Scott Fitzgerald

I love him.

[TVC15]

I'll finish it but it's absolutely awful so far.  I don't get why this gets praise.  I know what the basic plot is about because somebody told me but it's sounding pretty predictable and pointless so far.

Aside from mark twain american literature is totally subpar, dont listen to them. Fool the declaration of independence is probably as far as verbose new world erudition goes and it is partially copy pasted from two treatise of government.

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"You are distinguished mentally-challenged.  Am Nintenho style."

Dude if i was to post pictures of every significant French,english and german authors in the past 200 years the server's bandwith capacity would assplode. Quit wasting your time and move on to greener pasture!

"NEWTON INVENTED KALCULOUS!"

As far as novels go, Americans are second only to English authors.

[warcock]

LAWL. French literature shits all over both.

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[Mupepe]

LAWL. French literature shits all over both.

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Well I have to give it to French artists.  I've never seen so much emotion expressed with the word "ribbit".

[TVC15]

LAWL. French literature shits all over both.

.

There aren't many great French novelists or dramatists.  There are a considerable number of good French poets (probably more than American poets, but both pale before the mass of great Brit poets).

If you want to get in a list war, I can rape you six ways from Sunday.

[warcock]

Dude quit using 1900-2007 as your search engine restriction. The french single handedly sparked the enlightment era.

[Phoenix Dark]

The French wrote books? I thought all they did was lose wars

[Flannel Boy]

Dude quit using 1900-2007 as your search engine restriction. The french single handedly sparked the enlightment era.

Not really. The French were, more or less, the ones that carried the Enlightenment, but they were sparked by the Scientific Revolution and also the philosophy of John Locke, among others.

[Mupepe]

I fucking hate John Locke.  All he ever does is fucking whine about destiny. 

[Van Cruncheon]

voltaire, sartre, montaigne, camus, moliere, uhhhhhhhh

frogs make better philosophers and surrender monkeys

[CajoleJuice]

[Flannel Boy]

I fucking hate John Locke.  All he ever does is fucking whine about destiny. 

I think you are 'Lost'.

voltaire, sartre, montaigne, camus, moliere, uhhhhhhhh

frogs make better philosphers and surrender monkeys

voltaire, sartre, montaigne, camus, moliere, uhhhhhhhh

frogs make better philosphers and surrender monkeys

Well, I dislike most 20th century French Philosophers. I think the English/Scots have had the best philosophers.

[TVC15]

Warcock is just trying to pretend to be elite.  I think America might even edge out the UK for best lit of the 20th century.  France?  Nobody gives a fuck about French lit.

[Flannel Boy]

Occam
Burke
Hobbes
Hume
Locke
Bacon
Mill
Benthem
Russell
Moore
Austin
Ayer
Ryle
Strawson
Germany is out of the running because of Hegel

[warcock]

I LOSE.

[Van Cruncheon]

let me finger fuck you

[TVC15]

I want to fuck David Hume.  For whatever reason, I think David is a funny name for a philosopher.  I just think of that DAVE'S NOT HERE Cheech and Chong bit and stuff.

[Flannel Boy]

I want to fuck David Hume.  For whatever reason, I think David is a funny name for a philosopher.  I just think of that DAVE'S NOT HERE Cheech and Chong bit and stuff.

I love his turban.

[TVC15]

He kind of reminds me of my LOTRO character:



except hume is not a magical hobbit and I am

[Madrun Badrun]

I want to fuck David Hume.  For whatever reason, I think David is a funny name for a philosopher.  I just think of that DAVE'S NOT HERE Cheech and Chong bit and stuff.

I love his turban.

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[Flannel Boy]

Are you laughing at Hume? 

[Madrun Badrun]

Are you laughing at Hume? 

I am.  If he were black and a woman I would ask him to make me pancakes!


I like his shirt though. 

[Phoenix Dark]

Gotta cover up them hair rollers somehow!

[ToxicAdam]

book: the elfstones of shannara by terry brooks (almost indefensible, frankly)

Holy shit, I think thats worse than the fact that I love 'The Wizards and the Warriors' by Hugh Cook.


I think I have the worst taste in television here. I watch a lot of reality tv (American Idol, Next Top Model, Big Brother, Survivor). America's Next Top Model being the most embarassing one.

[TVC15]

book: the elfstones of shannara by terry brooks (almost indefensible, frankly)

Holy shit, I think thats worse than the fact that I love 'The Wizards and the Warriors' by Hugh Cook.


I think I have the worst taste in television here. I watch a lot of reality tv (American Idol, Next Top Model, Big Brother, Survivor). America's Next Top Model being the most embarassing one.

That's. . .my favorite one.  I think it peaked in the first or second season, but it is always trashy enough.

[FlameOfCallandor]

I find a guilty pleasure in the wayne's brother's humor.

[Stocky]

Movie:
The Seven Year Itch

Book:
Eyes of The Dragon

Music:
Nelly

TV:
Cribs

Game:
Sneak King

[Cyanista]

Eyes of the Dragon was a good book.  WTH.

[brawndolicious]

Aside from mark twain american literature is totally subpar, dont listen to them. Fool the declaration of independence is probably as far as verbose new world erudition goes and it is partially copy pasted from two treatise of government.

yeah mark's pretty down but I believe people here said it was a good book but this is the farthest thing from good literature.  I KNOW what to pay attention to in the story and it's boring me to tears.

[Madrun Badrun]

Besides anime I have no bad tastes 

[Human Snorenado]

Aside from mark twain american literature is totally subpar, dont listen to them. Fool the declaration of independence is probably as far as verbose new world erudition goes and it is partially copy pasted from two treatise of government.

yeah mark's pretty down but I believe people here said it was a good book but this is the farthest thing from good literature.  I KNOW what to pay attention to in the story and it's boring me to tears.

You should pretty much just be shot.

[TVC15]

Aside from mark twain american literature is totally subpar, dont listen to them. Fool the declaration of independence is probably as far as verbose new world erudition goes and it is partially copy pasted from two treatise of government.

yeah mark's pretty down but I believe people here said it was a good book but this is the farthest thing from good literature.  I KNOW what to pay attention to in the story and it's boring me to tears.

You're basically distinguished mentally-challenged though, as you have proven many, many times over.

[Phoenix Dark]

Mark Twain is no RL Stein!

[CajoleJuice]

Mark Twain is no RL Stein!

*Drops Xbox*

[Madrun Badrun]

Some one needs to teach me about American lit; I've read of mice and men, which was good, and tried to read Twains translations of joan of ark, which wasn't so great, thats all I know about out. 

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British  Dickens 

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[TVC15]

Read some Papa.  You can't hate Hemmingway.  A man's man.

[Madrun Badrun]

Read some Papa.  You can't hate Hemmingway.  A man's man.

Should I start with Bell or Oldman? 

[Phoenix Dark]

Some one needs to teach me about American lit; I've read of mice and men, which was good, and tried to read Twains translations of joan of ark, which wasn't so great, thats all I know about out. 

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British  Dickens 

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Here's my list:

Huck Finn - Mark Twain, great writer and inventor of sarcasm and that literary phenomena where you say something crazy and don't mean it, but are just trying to show how crazy something is.

The Bible - Jesus, one of the greater white American authors. Invented the question mark

Battlefield Earth - L Ron Hubbard, the famed author and favorite artist of our next president, Mitt Romney

[TVC15]

Read some Papa.  You can't hate Hemmingway.  A man's man.

Should I start with Bell or Oldman? 

Between the two, Old Man and the Sea.  He has a fairly distinct writing style, and Old Man at least doesn't feature a ton of characters or dialogue, and it is one of the ones thatmost people have read due to its brevity.  All of his novels are great, and he was also an accomplished short story writer.  He has a shitton of short stories, and I honestly don't know where to tell you to start there.

[CajoleJuice]

Some one needs to teach me about American lit; I've read of mice and men, which was good, and tried to read Twains translations of joan of ark, which wasn't so great, thats all I know about out. 

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British  Dickens 

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Here's my list:

Huck Finn - Mark Twain, great writer and inventor of sarcasm and that literary phenomena where you say something crazy and don't mean it, but are just trying to show how crazy something is.

The Bible - Jesus, one of the greater white American authors. Invented the question mark

Battlefield Earth - L Ron Hubbard, the famed author and favorite artist of our next president, Mitt Romney

Don't forget

[TVC15]

Steinbeck is also really worthwhile.  Not as consistent as Hemmingway, overall, but his subject matter was more varied.

I'd like to recommend Faulkner right off the bat, but he is an incredibly talented, difficult writer, and I have a feeling that one should have a fairly nice understanding of 19th century American history before getting into his classics.  Faulkner is, by a very very wide margin, the best American writer in the country's history.

[etiolate]

I like Steinback's shorts about the California valley.