Taking Sides: METROSEXUALS vs. BRIGHTS vs. QUIRKYALONES

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Oh, oh!!!!

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:23 (twenty-two years ago)

brights??

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.the-brights.net/

― Jon Williams (ex machina), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh god not that brights thing again

― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

You know, I enjoy reading Dawkins, but for christs, sorry, DARWINS SAKE, there's just no reason to go sucking on anyone's cock that hard.

Now we need a new term for "Rational Humanist"? What was wrong with the old term?

And someone remind me again what Metrosexual means so I can vomit all the harder?

― the river fleet, Monday, 26 January 2004 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

did 'new degenerate' ever catch on?

― g--ff (gcannon), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)

D4MN J0N, YUO FROG0T TEH CLUSTEH G4NG!!!1!! 1 M34N H0W COULD ANYOEN FROG3T TAHT!!1!!1!!!!??!??!"1!!?!!?11?

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, what *is* a metrosexual? I ph34r I am one, going on the book jacket. I *am* one of the Cluster Fuxxors though.

― Enrique (Enrique), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I think I was excluded from the Cluster Gang for telling Momus to GET THE FUCK OFF MY COUCH but, erm, yeah. Metrosexual. Definition, anyone, before I start swearing my head off? I need to take a shower, I'm all sweaty from walking the dog.

― the river fleet, Monday, 26 January 2004 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

And someone remind me again what Metrosexual means so I can vomit all the harder?

from urbandictionary.com

A pathetic loser who has fallen into the consumer trap of thinking that he needs ultra-expensive but utterly useless skin care\hair care products and has a taste in clothing that would make a circus clown blush with embarassment.

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Someone's going to use the e word in a minute, I can just tell.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

forgot to actually link urbandictionary.com/metrosexual

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:41 (twenty-two years ago)

EMBOLISM?!?!?!

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:41 (twenty-two years ago)

vertice-y

― Ricardo (RickyT), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:43 (twenty-two years ago)

quirkyalbrightrosexual

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:48 (twenty-two years ago)

HEY! (HEY!)
YOU! (YOU!)
GET THE FUCK OFF MY COUCH!@#

(BOOM/RICHARDS, 2004)

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 26 January 2004 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)

The Big "Bright" Brouhaha
http://www.skeptic.com/brightBrouhaha.html
"Skeptic Magazine has conducted an extensive survey gauging opinions about the emerging "brights" movement. Results, writes editor Michael Shermer, show that even amongst atheists the term is greatly disliked."

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Saturday, 7 February 2004 20:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Cluster 14(c) was shortlived, Oops, like a Fauves summer. We never meet any more, we never do that tricky handshake.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Saturday, 7 February 2004 21:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Erm, Quirkyalones? Please explain?

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Saturday, 7 February 2004 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd almost forgotten about them:

quirkyalone: my new demographic?

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 7 February 2004 21:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Aha, thanks. I suppose you can't be in a relationship and be a quirkyalone?

'Brights' - that's a nerditude to which only a scientist could've stooped.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Saturday, 7 February 2004 21:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Wrong, colin!

From the Quirkyalone FAQ:

Q. Can couples come to the International Quirkyalone Day party?

A. Absolutely—couples are not only welcome, they are encouraged to attend. Remember, quirkyalones can be in relationships. When they enter into these romantic unions, they become (permanently or for a time) quirkytogether.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 7 February 2004 21:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Someone's going to use the e word in a minute, I can just tell.

Do you mean "*mosexual"?

Conor Oberst's head on a peacock's body to thread!

― j.lu (j.lu), Saturday, 7 February 2004 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks, Music Mole, for reminding me that I'm actually a Fauve.

― Skottie, Sunday, 8 February 2004 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought the Fauves broke up. < / obscure aussie joke>

― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 8 February 2004 23:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I like how Kate thought that Nick was kipping on "her" couch. For the record, Kate does not own a couch or a flat ;-).

― suzy (suzy), Monday, 9 February 2004 00:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Right, I'm definitely a quirkytogether and no mistake. Hooray! I belong to something!

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Monday, 9 February 2004 21:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Trayce, you reminded me about this:

Classic Rockumentaries

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Monday, 9 February 2004 21:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I had a friend who was a metrosexual, he was always picking people up on the bus.

― Layna Andersen (Layna Andersen), Monday, 9 February 2004 23:46 (twenty-two years ago)

URBAN HERMITAGE©™

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 9 February 2004 23:51 (twenty-two years ago)

thirteen years pass...

Are unashamed brights a thing, still a thing, ever a thing, what is the status in 2017 of brights

― fake pato is kind of racist, dude (darraghmac), Monday, 27 November 2017 11:27 (eight years ago)

one of the funniest "we are the exact opposite of our soi-disant label" groups out there

― Big Pred aka (Noodle Vague), Monday, 27 November 2017 11:39 (eight years ago)

people who think MENSA isn't quite obnoxious enough

― Big Pred aka (Noodle Vague), Monday, 27 November 2017 11:40 (eight years ago)

I mean yeah I mean what

― fake pato is kind of racist, dude (darraghmac), Monday, 27 November 2017 11:44 (eight years ago)

never heard of 'Brights' till now. jfc

― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Monday, 27 November 2017 12:06 (eight years ago)

international quirkyalone day still going strong as of 2017: http://quirkyalone.net/index.php/10-ways-to-celebrate-quirkyalone-day/

― soref, Monday, 27 November 2017 12:18 (eight years ago)

A quirkyalone is a person who enjoys being single (or spending time alone) and so prefers to wait for the right person to come along rather than dating indiscriminately. Quirkyalones prefer to be single rather than settle.

might use this as an excuse in future rather than "I'm an obnoxious old twat".

― Big Pred aka (Noodle Vague), Monday, 27 November 2017 12:21 (eight years ago)

Aw I'd have said .... quirky old twat?

― fake pato is kind of racist, dude (darraghmac), Monday, 27 November 2017 12:22 (eight years ago)

well you'd have to ask my exes I guess

― Big Pred aka (Noodle Vague), Monday, 27 November 2017 12:23 (eight years ago)

altho I guess "never going to date again because I'd have to give the house a bit of a clean" wd also cover it

― Big Pred aka (Noodle Vague), Monday, 27 November 2017 12:24 (eight years ago)

'One of the main problems with religion is that it lacks inclusion, encouraging an us-and-them mentality that denigrates those who do not abide by its worldview. Quick, let's get a condescending banner for people who disagree with religion to flock under'

― FREEZE! FYI! (dog latin), Monday, 27 November 2017 12:24 (eight years ago)

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (perhaps the original self-help book for quirkyalones)
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (perhaps the original self-help book for quirkyalones)
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (perhaps the original self-help book for quirkyalones)
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (perhaps the original self-help book for quirkyalones)
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (perhaps the original self-help book for quirkyalones)

― soref, Monday, 27 November 2017 12:24 (eight years ago)

the think I hate most about secular humanists and lol "Brights" is they're so fucken pious tbh

― Big Pred aka (Noodle Vague), Monday, 27 November 2017 12:25 (eight years ago)

brb, just going for a quick bright.

― calzino, Monday, 27 November 2017 12:42 (eight years ago)

xp fear of being beaten up by the jocks for disrespecting jeebus, after all these years since junior high

― j., Monday, 27 November 2017 18:17 (eight years ago)

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