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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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tree_ wrote:this guy is really good

and here's tetris.. now you don't need to watch egerton flaunt his face around a screen for 2 hours
Hell yeah, I love the Gaming Historian. And this is one of his best and most in-depth videos

Trag's blanket anti-YouTube stance is dumb but appropriately Traggy
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In principle I would say any movie could be good. But the story of Tetris is just a bunch of misunderstandings between American executives and Soviet executives. Not super gripping
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BurtReynolds wrote:From Rats to Riches: The Incredible True Story of Chuck E Cheese Restaurants, starring Vin Diesel.
I’d hang onto that title for yourself, pard.
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Jorge wrote:In principle I would say any movie could be good. But the story of Tetris is just a bunch of misunderstandings between American executives and Soviet executives. Not super gripping
Yes, movies based on real life events are just recreating the things that actually happened verbatim. Come on, man.
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Oh shit Spike's gonna explain movies to me

Let's hear it Spike TEACH ME
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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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Lotta hurt in this thread. Let's settle this at the arcade.
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tragabigzanda wrote:ok i didnt mean that last part
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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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BurtReynolds wrote:Maybe we should stop making movies for awhile.
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BurtReynolds wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Maybe we should stop making movies for awhile.
Yeah.
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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: There are some good DIY videos I enjoy, like "How to troubleshoot a Rain Bird sprinkler system." But as a source of cultural criticism, it's mostly garbage and I think you are an idiot.
Everything is mostly garbage, including movies
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tragabigzanda wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:ok i didnt mean that last part
yeah you did!! you didnt edited so its there for eeeeeveeeerrr
Careful — I’ve been listening to the new War Paint after your post today and you’re next on my hit list
pff Warpaint´s latest is fucking awesome
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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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