Return of Confessions

Joe K · Post by **Joe K** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 9:58 am

HaulCitgo wrote:Maybe its just my familiarity but what is the other way you would pronounce Quincy?

Yeah, it's the see vs. zee that is strange to non-natives. I would be shocked if anyone who hasn't lived in Eastern Massachusetts can correctly pronounce Peabody and Billerica.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:00 am

Haverhill still gets my vote for the ultimate shibboleth (HAY-vrul).

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:01 am

Everything else named for that Quincy family should technically be pronounced that way too. KWINZEE MAHHHKET, KID.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:02 am

Post by **brian** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:10 am

Ask someone in Massachusetts how they pronounce the town of Wooster, Ohio.

It's probably something like "war-CHEST-ter"

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:13 am

Worcester is the dumbest one, but its so common by now it gets overlooked.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:15 am

Yeah, thats the one I will acknowledge as odd. WAR Cester makes more sense. Peebddy or Billrica seem perfectly normal.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:16 am

Speaking of irrational--I don't know if it's the particular people they get, or just the inherent nature of the thing, but I want to punch everyone in these "People Try to Pronounce Unusual Names" videos. I can't even watch all the way through, I have to keep skipping forward.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:23 am

HaulCitgo wrote:Yeah, thats the one I will acknowledge as odd. WAR Cester makes more sense. Peebddy or Billrica seem perfectly normal.

God, I totally forgot about that feeling I got hearing someone say "Pee-biddy". Infuriating.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:28 am

You'd think it would be second nature by now - that movie Mr. Peebidy and Shman was everywhere

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:32 am

Giff wrote:We had our 20-year reunion a couple weekends ago so people have been plastering Facebook with old pictures. Someone posted our 8th grade class picture and I'm wearing a fucking Michael Bolton shirt. I did get two fingers inside my girlfriend the night of the concert, so maybe I was just wearing it for those memories?

Dear diary, the Bolton concert was ok but I was seriously weirded out when Giff stuck his fingers in my nostrils.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:37 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:Speaking of irrational--I don't know if it's the particular people they get, or just the inherent nature of the thing, but I want to punch everyone in these "People Try to Pronounce Unusual Names" videos. I can't even watch all the way through, I have to keep skipping forward.

Perhaps it's that people who try too hard to be funny, such as those in these videos, are inherently unfunny.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:36 am

DSafetyGuy wrote:
Johnny Carwash wrote:Speaking of irrational--I don't know if it's the particular people they get, or just the inherent nature of the thing, but I want to punch everyone in these "People Try to Pronounce Unusual Names" videos. I can't even watch all the way through, I have to keep skipping forward.
Perhaps it's that people who try too hard to be funny, such as those in these videos, are inherently unfunny.

Yeah. Also, they all talk with that dumb lazy Valley Girl-esque inflection, coupled with the "Why would anyone ever do anything differently than me?" attitude.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 4:57 pm

I'm over being thanked for my service. I get it, I volunteered to do a job like 3% of people will ever do. But it's a job. If anything has reminded me that I'm replaceable and pointless it's Congress not giving a fuck and the services themselves forcing people out in all sorts of ways possible while simultaneously telling us that we're doing a phenomenal job and that "selfless service" is a desirable trait. Big Brother likes to speak out of both sides of its mouth.

It's all bullshit and I fucking hate it. Not to mention that when you blanket love all military members the cunts of society that have volunteered get praise where they don't deserve it. I have spent over 14 years in and let me tell you, some of the worst humans I've ever met were in the military.

Bill Burr kind of hits it on the head because he's a smart dude:

So I know you folks actually give a shit and truly mean it when you do thank me. But tomorrow when there's this massive slobbery throatjob for service members don't forget that it's to distract you from everything else going on in the world.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 5:06 pm

Johnnie wrote:I'm over being thanked for my service. I get it, I volunteered to do a job like 3% of people will ever do. But it's a job. If anything has reminded me that I'm replaceable and pointless it's Congress not giving a fuck and the services themselves forcing people out in all sorts of ways possible while simultaneously telling us that we're doing a phenomenal job and that "selfless service" is a desirable trait. Big Brother likes to speak out of both sides of its mouth.

It's all bullshit and I fucking hate it. Not to mention that when you blanket love all military members the cunts of society that have volunteered get praise where they don't deserve it. I have spent over 14 years in and let me tell you, some of the worst humans I've ever met were in the military.

Bill Burr kind of hits it on the head because he's a smart dude:

So I know you folks actually give a shit and truly mean it when you do thank me. But tomorrow when there's this massive slobbery throatjob for service members don't forget that it's to distract you from everything else going on in the world.

Shit, is it too late to cancel the Veterans Day flowers I ordered for you?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 5:17 pm

Are they poppies? Poppies are cool.

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 5:27 pm

Yeah, we should've kept it Decoration Day. Between the crosses; row on row.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 6:47 pm

Why the fuck are they thanking you John? It's VETERAN'S DAY, not fucking active service day. Asshole.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 6:53 pm

Rush2112 wrote:Why the fuck are they thanking you John? It's VETERAN'S DAY, not fucking active service day. Asshole.

Because guilt. Because of the halo effect.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 10:27 pm

Johnnie wrote:Are they poppies? Poppies are cool.

90% of all Canadians (exaggerating a bit) wear poppies for Remembrance day.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 11:59 pm

Rush2112 wrote:Why the fuck are they thanking you John? It's VETERAN'S DAY, not fucking active service day. Asshole.

I thought Veteran's Day was a day for Veterans to celebrate getting that they got the fuck out of the military.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 6:50 am

I'm thankful that this hasn't been me:

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 7:13 am

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 9:14 am

Pipe down, Johnny. You're in the Air Force, the IT department of the US Armed Forces. The other three branches are doing the heavy lifting, the Air Force is just providing tech support without getting their hands dirty.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 11:05 am

I hate Sofia Vergara.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 11:17 am

My favorite Christmas song is "Do They Know It's Christmas?"

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 12:47 pm

mister d wrote:I hate Sofia Vergara.

Agree that she's now been frightfully overexposed (and not in the way I'd like).

But "hate" is a bit strong...

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 1:25 pm

I'd rather listen to those emphysema commercials than her talk.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 1:38 pm

mister d wrote:I'd rather listen to those emphysema commercials than her talk.

Just turn down the sound and look at her lungs then.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 8:11 am

I genuinely cannot stand Springsteen's music. And now that he is back on tour, double-dreading the cult of Springsteen that will ooze into seemingly every sportswriters/sports commentators pieces. So bad.

Fwiw, I didn't know his music really, before Born in the USA which is a fucking awful song. And the line from Born to Run "strap your hands across my engines" is just the worst. And Pink Cadillac is so fucking awful.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 8:44 am

Sure, but can't you do that with any artist and a played out popular song or a bad line or two? If you really want to understand Springsteen, [writes 9,000 words on an uncommon favorite album, bootleg cassettes from 30 years ago, some deep cuts and this one time I heard a song live that he NEVER plays live].

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:20 am

Springsteen for me is in the "meh" category - neither love nor hate the music. Better than the Eagles, but nothing I would choose to listen to.

But he's got some sort of connection to the Jews (at least the Jews of Toronto) whereby just about all of the local sons and daughters of Abraham hold him up as the holy of holies.

And I did go along with some friends in grade 10 or so to see him at Maple Leaf Gardens and it was a really good concert. But as I said elsewhere, he is merely an oldies act at this point - Cheap Trick with a sax player.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:29 am

From persona to music and all aspects in between, I hate everything about Kanye.

Post by **brian** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:48 am

mister d wrote:From persona to music and all aspects in between, I hate everything about Kanye.

Completely co-sign.

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:07 pm

Thirded

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:12 pm

I don't hate, but I could not be more indifferent to the man.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:15 pm

At a minimum, I think "dislike" is an easy choice.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:16 pm

Kanye is definitely a bit of a cultural blindspot for me. I know who he is, and who is he married to and some of the shit he has done, but could probably name only one song for sure (though I wouldn't at all be surprised if there more I recognize without knowing it's him), and I don't really remember how/when he became the biggest goddamn thing.

Also, fishsticks.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:19 pm

He's what would happen if Slick Rick toned down his act, had access to a computer and sucked.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:22 pm

rass wrote:Kanye is definitely a bit of a cultural blindspot for me. I know who he is, and who is he married to and some of the shit he has done, but could probably name only one song for sure (though I wouldn't at all be surprised if there more I recognize without knowing it's him), and I don't really remember how/when he became the biggest goddamn thing.

I like some of Kanye's music (as much as a 51 year old white guy can, I guess) but his public persona is pretty reprehensible. Being part of the Kardashian circus show makes it even worse.