Let's hunt down this guy's 5-star recommendations and bash them mercilessly.
― gazuga (gazuga), Monday, 14 October 2002 05:59 (twenty-three years ago)
i like reading the lists.
Commentary
During my last list, I [hopefully] enlightened some of you fans of pop to lean towards a more intricate genre of music known as rock. Now, I feel it is time for those of you willing to move to the next step and add some REALLY rocking albums to your collection!
― dk, Monday, 14 October 2002 06:12 (twenty-three years ago)
:(Okay, so it happened, you realized that pop is pre-fabricated garbage, and rap (not hip hop) is morons attempting poetry overy horribly annoying beats. Well good for you my friend, I'll even help you get started on your rock collection. First off you have to determine what type of rock you would like to listen to, but remember your not limited to one type, mix and match.
― dk, Monday, 14 October 2002 06:17 (twenty-three years ago)
"Of two evils, choose neither."
-Charles Haddon Spurgeon
― Steph (Steph), Monday, 14 October 2002 07:02 (twenty-three years ago)
"Jimmy Eat World are quite possibly the most talented emo/alternative band around today."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 14 October 2002 08:28 (twenty-three years ago)
Oh my god... this man needs to be sterilised. Like, now.
Adema may be the worst band I've ever heard. It actually hurt me to listen to that album.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 14 October 2002 11:12 (twenty-three years ago)
Well, don't just sit there. Set these morons straight! Put your own Listomania up so you can counter the witless prattling of these 12-year old Creed fans.
― Lord Custos Alpha (Lord Custos Alpha), Monday, 14 October 2002 14:33 (twenty-three years ago)
Oh my god... this man needs to be sterilised. Like, now.
Adema may be the worst band I've ever heard. It actually hurt me to listen to that album.Yeah, but Dom, isn't that his point?
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Monday, 14 October 2002 16:10 (twenty-three years ago)
troll
1. v.,n. [From the Usenet group alt.folklore.urban] To utter a posting on Usenet designed to attract predictable responses or flames; or, the post itself. Derives from the phrase "trolling for newbies" which in turn comes from mainstream "trolling", a style of fishing in which one trails bait through a likely spot hoping for a bite. The well-constructed troll is a post that induces lots of newbies and flamers to make themselves look even more clueless than they already do, while subtly conveying to the more savvy and experienced that it is in fact a deliberate troll. If you don't fall for the joke, you get to be in on it. See also YHBT. 2. n. An individual who chronically trolls in sense 1; regularly posts specious arguments, flames or personal attacks to a newsgroup, discussion list, or in email for no other purpose than to annoy someone or disrupt a discussion. Trolls are recognizable by the fact that they have no real interest in learning about the topic at hand - they simply want to utter flame bait. Like the ugly creatures they are named after, they exhibit no redeeming characteristics, and as such, they are recognized as a lower form of life on the net, as in, "Oh, ignore him, he's just a troll." Compare kook. 3. n. [Berkeley] Computer lab monitor. A popular campus job for CS students. Duties include helping newbies and ensuring that lab policies are followed. Probably so-called because it involves lurking in dark cavelike corners.
Some people claim that the troll (sense 1) is properly a narrower category than flame bait, that a troll is categorized by containing some assertion that is wrong but not overtly controversial. See also Troll-O-Meter.
The use of `troll' in either sense is a live metaphor that readily produces elaborations and combining forms. For example, one not infrequently sees the warning "Do not feed the troll" as part of a followup to troll postings.
-- The Jargon File
― Jonathan Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 15 October 2002 15:16 (twenty-three years ago)