epilogue wrote:Guys, calm down. I don't like Bill Simmons and was just taking a shot at him.
Most people here hate on shit and take down stuff they don't like all the time. You'd think this wouldn't be so difficult.
I have no idea who Bill Simmons is, I was just curious of the latter part of your statement is all.
What was curious about my statement?
Moving toward 'hating yourself for ever liking something' I gather my hyperbole meter was off, it sounded outlandish but these days I can never be too sure of honest sentiment.
Oh! I see what you mean. There were two different interpretations that I took from your post. Neither of those was correct.
So, to answer what you were actually asking, no I'm not serious. I just think Bill Simmons can be a tool sometimes.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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epilogue wrote:Guys, calm down. I don't like Bill Simmons and was just taking a shot at him.
Most people here hate on shit and take down stuff they don't like all the time. You'd think this wouldn't be so difficult.
I have no idea who Bill Simmons is, I was just curious of the latter part of your statement is all.
What was curious about my statement?
Moving toward 'hating yourself for ever liking something' I gather my hyperbole meter was off, it sounded outlandish but these days I can never be too sure of honest sentiment.
Oh! I see what you mean. There were two different interpretations that I took from your post. Neither of those was correct.
So, to answer what you were actually asking, no I'm not serious. I just think Bill Simmons can be a tool sometimes.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:ok then just watch Call Me By Your Name and Blade Runner 2049 on two separate screens at the same time, and maybe blur your eyes a little bit
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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