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The ***Official*** Friday/Saturday Evening Singles' Thread (Jan. 27th and 28th)
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| 1/27/06
| scott7278
Posted on 01/27/2006 5:57:28 PM PST by scott7278
Welcome to the OFFICIAL Friday/Saturday Night Singles' Thread 
January 27th and 28th, 2006
"We're Gonna Have a Good Time Tonight...Let's Celebrate...It's All Right!"
In store for tonight:
I read a fascinating article in the February 2006 issue of Popular Mechanics entitled "The Flying Luxury Hotel." Rather than a cruise ship, it functions as a cruise craft -- but the potential for this new aircraft also extends to military and commercial freighting applications. More information can be found here. Let me know what you think!
Further thoughts:
What is/are your pet peeve(s)?
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: singles; singlesthread
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To: tuliptree76
I haven't seen the video. But it's basically about a guy who likes a girl he'll never be with. I know that feeling.
481
posted on
01/29/2006 10:04:48 AM PST
by
WFTR
(Liberty isn't for cowards)
To: pcottraux
Why is that the most common kind of song out there? It's like the most popular kinds of music in the world involve love, heartbreak, and mild depression. People love being depressed. People don't like being depressed, but most can identify with being depressed. Therefore, songs about that topic will resonate with most people on some level, and people will listen. If people listen, the song will make money for the singer and producer. Supply and demand dictate that if a certain kind of song makes money, more of that kind of song will be produced.
I haven't tried to do any kind of statistical study, but I don't really believe that songs about depression or lost love make up either the majority or a plurality of songs being produced. Maybe some people notice those songs a little more than the others, but I don't remember them being that prevalent.
Bill
482
posted on
01/29/2006 10:09:31 AM PST
by
WFTR
(Liberty isn't for cowards)
To: Rca2000
or a CM, either What's a CM?
483
posted on
01/29/2006 10:11:27 AM PST
by
WFTR
(Liberty isn't for cowards)
To: tuliptree76
I like the Statler Brothers. :-) Me too
484
posted on
01/29/2006 10:13:01 AM PST
by
WFTR
(Liberty isn't for cowards)
To: Rca2000; killjoy; Nowhere Man; pcottraux
Sorry dude, but on Friday and Saturday nights we Neanderthal men are out on dates with real live women (possibly fornicating... heaven forbid).
You should be safe from our attacks in your little social group since we don't spend our weekend nights in front of a computer screen with a bunch of 40 year old virgins waiting for God to send the woman of their dreams to their front door.
To: WFTR
Oh, they love it, alright.
I'm reminded of a short story where an old woman ran across a telephone service. You could dial a number, and it would give you a feeling of a certain emotion. The old woman dials happiness. She's happy. She dials frustration. She's frustrated.
But then, she reaches mild depression. Not intense, but mild depression. She receives it. Then she goes back. And back. And back. She becomes addicted to dialing mild depression.
Things that are kind of depressing are what sell. People LOVE to feel mildly depressed. It sparks an emotional reaction. People like to emotionally react to something; it shows the power of the material if they can react a certain way.
486
posted on
01/29/2006 11:15:41 AM PST
by
pcottraux
(It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
To: golfdude
What, dare I ask, are you doing here, then?
I can't find that anybody pinged you here. Are you searching us out with the intent of mocking and humiliating us?
Please leave us alone and let us enjoy our thread without the tone of ridicule, or I will report you for harrassment.
487
posted on
01/29/2006 11:17:58 AM PST
by
pcottraux
(It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
To: golfdude
OH, and by the way, I am 21, not 40.
And there's more people than just us on the weekend night singles thread.
488
posted on
01/29/2006 11:20:14 AM PST
by
pcottraux
(It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
To: golfdude
I sure feel the Christian love flowing from your message /sarcasm>
Time to call out my lead Viking Kitty for the Zot! I wouldn't mess with her, she runs on 120 VAC, 60 cycles too.
Pansy: b. 1987 -
489
posted on
01/29/2006 11:26:48 AM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(Michael Savage for President in 2008!!! He is our only hope!)
To: pcottraux
Just depth charged that sucker. Time to move on so I will no longer respond to that insipid fool.
490
posted on
01/29/2006 11:28:31 AM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(Michael Savage for President in 2008!!! He is our only hope!)
To: Rca2000
I wouldn't shout that too loud around here, or a CM, either. It might attract some negativity.
Yeah, tell me about it. BTW, hows the blower fan repair going?
491
posted on
01/29/2006 11:34:16 AM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(Michael Savage for President in 2008!!! He is our only hope!)
To: golfdude
To: WFTR
Yeah, my friend was a super good guy, but he occasionally was too swayed by popular opinion of what was cool and uncool. I never had a chance to ride in an Eagle, and I really didn't see that many of them. I guess if they had been more popular, AMC might have survived. I agree that the Eagle was ahead of its time. Subaru has made a great deal of money on 4x4 sedans.
I think AMC did have many interesting cars such as the Rebel, the Ambassidor, and so on. There is one ham radio operator around here who bought his 1964 Rambler (what AMC was called before it was AMC) American new and he still drives it around to this day. THr Subaru Outback and it's pickup version are cool looking.
493
posted on
01/29/2006 11:39:51 AM PST
by
Nowhere Man
(Michael Savage for President in 2008!!! He is our only hope!)
To: pcottraux
You may be more cynical than I am, and being more cynical than I am requires some work. While I don't doubt that you found a short story with the plot that you describe, I still don't believe that your short story describes most people. If people really liked dialing a number to receive mild depression, late night TV would advertise 1-900 numbers that say "Call us and feel mildly depressed." Those numbers would make a great deal of money. Instead, the 1-900 numbers say "Call us and be titilated," and those numbers really do make money. I may think many unkind things about my fellow human beings, but I don't think that most of them want to be mildly depressed.
I can see where some people who never truly experience depression might think that depression of any kind might be appealing. They are like the old Romans who upheld chastity as a great virtue but not a virtue that they would practice. Back in my church days, I had a "friend" who used to sing the praises of being single and not depending on women for every little thing. Of course, he had women from the fellowship who did his laundry, his cooking, and wrote his term papers. He went into the missions field and bent all of the rules of his organization to "court" and marry some girl after his first year in the field. If he'd ever really experienced singleness, he would see that there are few positive aspects to this condition. In that sense, I'm sure that there are people who've never really experienced depression who think that depression sounds enjoyable. However, I see no evidence that most people want to be mildly depressed most of the time.
Bill
494
posted on
01/29/2006 11:44:27 AM PST
by
WFTR
(Liberty isn't for cowards)
To: WFTR
Your disagreeing with me has made me mildly depressed. PLease...I must hear more!
495
posted on
01/29/2006 11:46:53 AM PST
by
pcottraux
(It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
To: Nowhere Man
My grandmother had a Hornet, and that car seemed good to me at the time. I'm not sure whether the car was really that nice or whether I just liked it because I associated the car with my grandmother. Officially, I was supposed to take the car after her death, but I wasn't in a good position in life to have a second car. She had a neighbor who had done a great deal to help her live independently for the last ten or fifteen years of her life, and he wanted the car to teach his grandson to drive. I let him have the car. I halfway think that my grandparents may have had a Rambler before they had the Hornet.
496
posted on
01/29/2006 11:49:36 AM PST
by
WFTR
(Liberty isn't for cowards)
To: pcottraux
Your disagreeing with me has made me mildly depressed. PLease...I must hear more! LOL Actually, we're having a nice day here, and I may take a walk. While seeing what used to be a wooded area that has now been bulldozed to make room for more houses is depressing, the overall effect of the walk should make depression less likely for me. If I don't get back to posting, I wish you luck in job hunting this week. If you get an interview, I'd spare them the theory about people enjoying depression. Admittedly, I'm horrible in interviews, but I don't think that theory would help you.
Bill
497
posted on
01/29/2006 11:55:40 AM PST
by
WFTR
(Liberty isn't for cowards)
To: WFTR
I'm not really much of a cynic. My experience with people just noted that (no research or statistics) that whenever a depressing song would come on the radio, people would always say, "I love this song. It's real sad." Or the same with sad, tragic movies. I never got it.
498
posted on
01/29/2006 11:58:47 AM PST
by
pcottraux
(It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
To: WFTR
To: tuliptree76
:-( Yep, that's an understatement, (or an under-emoticon-atement if such a word exists ;-) ).
Personally, I see nothing positive about single. I become frustrated with people who try to tell me that there is something positive about it. Being single is horrible. Being single is better than being in a bad marriage, but that statement is analogous to saying that being a paraplegic is better than being quadriplegic. It's technically true but not exactly comforting.
I do allow myself some consolations. I've wanted a pet snake since I was a little kid. I've often been in situations where having one just wouldn't work, and I always talked myself out of getting one. I've also hesitated at times because I realize that I may be an awkward fit as a spouse anyway, and adding "must love reptiles" to the requirement list might be too much to ask. When I started to realize a year ago that marriage just isn't likely to happen for me, I started deciding to fulfill my lifelong desire in this area. Last October, I bought two snakes. They are great pets, and I like them very much. They are one more reason why I may never get married, but at this point, I have nothing to lose and some scaly friendship to gain.
Bill
500
posted on
01/29/2006 2:08:09 PM PST
by
WFTR
(Liberty isn't for cowards)
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