It's PanDENmonium! [Off Topic Chat]

I try to be the same. There's a reason Nickleback are one of the biggest bands in the world, there's no point lying about it, enough people like them (and I'm one of them)

Junco Partner wrote: »

I was into punk exclusively as a teen. Until I realised that far from being the totems of open mindedness that punk and metal music claims to be they have some of the most closely fed elitist communities.

Now when people ask me what kind of music I like I answer with I just love music in general.

The one problem with that is that when you know you're talking to someone who's deeply passionate about a particular genre of music, saying "I dunno, I just like a bit of everything really..." sounds like such a cop-out answer. But I mean, it's true, I love hip-hop, rock, country, pop, soul, dance, electro...

I got really into K-Pop and J-Pop two years ago. Some of it is just so ridiculously happy and cheerful. It makes a nice change from the oft dour and pouting crap that populates "cool" music.



On the topic of discovering new music though, where do you guys generally learn about new bands and stuff? I'm sort of at a loss. I use Spotify and have discovered some stuff on there, but it's very hit and miss. I cannot stand Pitchfork or most music journalists (The Guardian in particular has really irked me just now) because they're so snarky and condescending to anything that isn't a whiny guy with a guitar, and seem more interested in getting a witty put down in rather than talking about stuff they actually like. I mean, seriously, The Guardian's "New Music" thing this week is literally 5 songs that the writer doesn't even seem to like. I just don't get that.

I used to discover a lot on last.fm back in the day, but I can't remember teh last time I logged in there. :P

wnolan1992 wrote: »

On the topic of discovering new music though, where do you guys generally learn about new bands and stuff?

Not helpful.. but Dutch radio.

HugsiePie wrote: »

I am a weirdo who doesnt really listen to music.

Like if all music was to cease immediately it wouldnt really affect me/I wouldnt particulary care. The only time I listen to music is during work just so I dont have to talk to my coworkers-Im so social!

Am I banned now? :pac:

Music is one of the few types of small talk I can actually tolerate.
If I didn't listen to and chat about music at work I think I'd murder everyone who wanted to talk about the weather or about how hungover they are.

if music isnt your jam what is? I can't even think of what I'd replace music with in my recreational life.

Junco Partner wrote: »

Music is one of the few types of small talk I can actually tolerate.
If I didn't listen to and chat about music at work I think I'd murder everyone who wanted to talk about the weather or about how hungover they are.

if music isnt your jam what is? I can't even think of what I'd replace music with in my recreational life.

I dont have a life, I thought this was already a well established fact here :P

These people are my spirit animals!

We don’t have any hobbies. But we do try to get together a few times a month to judge people and complain about things

Guys...my life is strange. Went to a conference last night and planned to get the last bus home. Instead I ended up in the resident's bar in the hotel, getting pints bought for me by politicians.

I enjoy reading the comments under Mitt Romney's statuses on Facebook.

They make me laugh, they make me cry, they make me realise that, sometimes, free speech isn't a good thing. :pac:

pajor wrote: »

Enjoy it.. that's the real centre of power. :pac:

Also sounds like it could be the beginning of a political thriller novel.

So there I was. In the conference men and women all sat around me. I was bored out of my mind these faces I did not know, who were these powerful people that I was seated with. Time went by and the conference ended I was on my own where do I go. Do I follow them? Do I go home. I hesitated for a moment trying to decide when a hand laid upon my shoulder "following us to the residents bar ma'lady" said a voice as they walked on past. That's how I got to where I am that one night was my key and I took it but my story does not end there the thriller is only beginning..

HugsiePie wrote: »

Sat here in the work canteen and theres 2 English guys complaining how the tv is broken and that somehow indicates theyre less than second class citizens.....cause the canteen tv is broken.

I dont think Ive ever heard anything as British in my life :P

What about this?



(Context: They spent like 2 months trying to get him to do this accent :pac:)

Jhcx wrote: »

Only been in my job a month already starting to question whether I'll be able to keep it up. It's a grand job but like yesterday and today proved tough not getting 2 seconds without you name being called. Feel like going to get nothing done. And making so many mistakes cause of the rush.

I Know the feeling.
"Junco can you get me change?"
"Junco can I take my break?"
"Junco there's someone on the phone looking for you"
"Junco, junco , Junco"

There's a typo on page 8 of my Harry Potter script.

"Get ready to being amazed."



*tosses book in fire*

Jhcx wrote: »

*Fire spits out a piece of paper, inscribed Harry Potter *

OH SH*T SON! What a reference!

Procrastinating, like I am?

Studying for my exam in 12 hours, I havent half of what I want covered and what I do have covered, well I dont understand, the more I read the more confused I get

Land Law can go screw itself.

My uncle told me I carry myself like a guard yesterday.

An odd thing to say but he is the third person to say it to me in the last year or so.

I don't know what that means .

Yeah Junco, off to Templemore with you. We could do with a man on the inside to play the system... :P


Did your uncle say this to you after you asked him to get out of the ve-hicle?

HugsiePie wrote: »

Studying for my exam in 12 hours, I havent half of what I want covered and what I do have covered, well I dont understand, the more I read the more confused I get

Guess what topic came up in my exam :pac:
And even tho I had my choice of questions guess what question I decided to do anyways :pac:

Junco Partner wrote: »

My uncle told me I carry myself like a guard yesterday.

An odd thing to say but he is the third person to say it to me in the last year or so.

I don't know what that means .

This is exactly how i picture guards walking. just waddling everywhere. honest to god does it not look like there are. just cant walk in a straight line honestly yer man on the left just reminds me of a puppet im so sorry but its what i see.



In saying all that i ve been told i stand like a bouncer so... meh

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Random question, but does anyone here actually know any Gardai? Like, have any of your friends gone to Templemore or have you met a Garda someplace else and become friends?

I mean, I know there's only 13,000 or so of them in the country, but it surprises me that I don't think I've met any in the wild...

And here we have a fine specimen of a super intendant, as he watches over his barracks with great caution and pride. The underlings dare not challenge him or feel the rath of a suspension.
An intruder approaches, all is calm, the gardai are weary but hold their ground......it is just a false alarm, the intruder was reporting stolen goods, and he quickly makes his way back to his den and leaves the gardai to continue their filing.
But hark, the sounds of sirens drive the underlings from the sweet comfort of their barrakcs to a more desolate dangerous location on the outskirts of town, in hopes that a paycheck will soon arrive. There are vicious attackers preying on the defensless citizens, but as the gaurdians of the jungle, I mean town, with one flail swoop of pepper spray, the attackers are underhanded by the gardai and are bought back to the barracks for interrogation and charging, a most delectable activity.

HugsiePie wrote: »

And here we have a fine specimen of a super intendant, as he watches over his barracks with great caution and pride. The underlings dare not challenge him or feel the rath of a suspension.
An intruder approaches, all is calm, the gardai are weary but hold their ground......it is just a false alarm, the intruder was reporting stolen goods, and he quickly makes his way back to his den and leaves the gardai to continue their filing.
But hark, the sounds of sirens drive the underlings from the sweet comfort of their barrakcs to a more desolate dangerous location on the outskirts of town, in hopes that a paycheck will soon arrive. There are vicious attackers preying on the defensless citizens, but as the gaurdians of the jungle, I mean town, with one flail swoop of pepper spray, the attackers are underhanded by the gardai and are bought back to the barracks for interrogation and charging, a most delectable activity.

pajor wrote: »

Go study Hugsie. :pac:

I don't think it's possible to study when you're that hammered... :pac:

wnolan1992 wrote: »

I don't think it's possible to study when you're that hammered... :pac:

Im not drunk but Im probably high on a caffeine overdose.....which is the equivalent to a small dose of methadone did you know? I did, its one of the many things Ive learned this past week, not the nitrogen cycle like I was supposed to, but the effects of caffeine on an individual, ask me anything :pac:

It's ok, I have an exam in four hours that I've studied one question for. And I can probably rattle off another.