Anyone from the UK?

[orangecurious]

This sounds like something the resistance would say in allo allo

notice i said it only once

 

[joclfc]

Lasagne and curry and homemade soup always taste better on day 2

And homemade chilli 🌶

 

[cdstefi]

This sounds like something the resistance would say in allo allo

It is a little like the resistance, the resistance to bland people-pleasing music.

 

[AmandaKellyUK]

It is a little like the resistance, the resistance to bland people-pleasing music.

But if it’s people pleasing it can’t be that bad - otherwise it wouldn’t please people? There is a reason impenetrable jazz music isn’t crowd pleasing - good luck to those who enjoy it though.

I will definitely take some upbeat pop over droning depressive mumblings but that’s just me.

 

[Daisy_Love]

That’s the beauty of music. There’s something for everyone. It’s inclusive.

 

[Wand3rlust]

Just one of those things, you know when you bump into somebody who's into the same music as you, for the same reasons? And you immediately start nerding out and speaking a different language (mostly quoting beloved lyric snatches), one that nobody else knows but the two of you know intimately without ever having learnt it.

This would be me at a party, immediately ignoring everybody else because I found a fellow traveller and nothing else matters in that moment. I have done this at parties.

NB, this doesn't happen with Phil Collins or Abba fans. It has to be artists who nobody else has a clue about. The bond is tighter that way.

I love music. I hate music snobs. Those who are in the corner at parties obsessing over who has the obscurest limited edition of a band noone has heard of and for some reason thinks that makes them 'better' than others. Why does it have to be artists noone else has a clue about? Surely a bond can still be forged?

I like what I like and I respect what other people like. No need to make the 'other' reference.

I made a really good friend due to a bananarama gig. I'm so glad neither of us were pretentious enough to diss someone else's loves.

It's like here. Don't yuck my yum. Just cos it's not for you doesn't make it less or more valid.

Love what you love and celebrate it. Bad Manners are only acceptable playing Lip up Fatty.

 

[Wand3rlust]

It is a little like the resistance, the resistance to bland people-pleasing music.

Which is?

 

[orangecurious]

Love what you love and celebrate it. Bad Manners are only acceptable playing Lip up Fatty.

don't bust a blood vessel!

i'll get me coat

 

[Wand3rlust]

I feel the same about book snobs. God so you've read a 1500 page tome about what ever. Who gives? Unless you fucking loved it. Then good on you. So what if you read Dan Brown, or Dr Seuss or Agatha Christie or Barbara Cartland.

Do you enjoy it? Then why does it matter what someone else likes.

I am VERY intelligent. And comfortable with that. (Sorry for not being modest) but just because I like to escape my brain at times doesn't make me dumb?

Fucking hell

I think I've found my soapbox.

 

[AmandaKellyUK]

I feel the same about book snobs. God so you've read a 1500 page tome about what ever. Who gives? Unless you fucking loved it. Then good on you. So what if you read Dan Brown, or Dr Seuss or Agatha Christie or Barbara Cartland.

Do you enjoy it? Then why does it matter what someone else likes.

I am VERY intelligent. And comfortable with that. (Sorry for not being modest) but just because I like to escape my brain at times doesn't make me dumb?

Fucking hell

I think I've found my soapbox.

Now we all want to know your favourite Dan Brown book!

 

[orangecurious]

I feel the same about book snobs. God so you've read a 1500 page tome about what ever. Who gives? Unless you fucking loved it. Then good on you. So what if you read Dan Brown, or Dr Seuss or Agatha Christie or Barbara Cartland.

Do you enjoy it? Then why does it matter what someone else likes.

I am VERY intelligent. And comfortable with that. (Sorry for not being modest) but just because I like to escape my brain at times doesn't make me dumb?

Fucking hell

I think I've found my soapbox.

i haven't read many 'classics', so i am not 'well read'.

then again, i still think if you're hard pressed to find a better writer that Raymond Chandler, except he just writes crime novels, so he's not important.

horses for courses. I usually read non-fiction, biographies, history stuff, but right no i am totally lost in a novel that hasn't featured in any of the 'prize' lists.

it's all subjective.

I mean, i even talk to someone who likes (insert name of a band who you hate here)

 

[orangecurious]

anyway... i ate too much chilli

 

[Wand3rlust]

Now we all want to know your favourite Dan Brown book!

Angels and Demons. Obvs.

 

[Daisy_Love]

I’m reading Irvine Welsh

 

[Wand3rlust]

I've no idea who that is.

 

[Daisy_Love]

I've no idea who that is.

He wrote Trainspotting

 

[RosewoodTulip]

I've been listening to Terry Pratchett audio books.
Love them

 

[Daisy_Love]

I've been listening to Terry Pratchett audio books.
Love them

I’ve never listened to an audiobook. I buy most of my books from the charity shop. There’s a really good one near me and they always have lots of books.

 

[RosewoodTulip]

I’ve never listened to an audiobook. I buy most of my books from the charity shop. There’s a really good one near me and they always have lots of books.

I don't have the concentration to sit and read anymore. It was really getting me down cos I've always been a bookworm. So listening while I'm farting about doing other things has been a great way to get back into it

 

[Deleted member 6736302]

I think it’s fair that to be a snob on anything probably isn’t the most graceful look.

However, if I may, I think we all agree on one thing.

Croques with socks. No. Croques period - also no.

I am definitely a shoe snob. By that I mean boots. Leather, decent heel, zips to the sides.

 

[orangecurious]

i did wear flip flops when walking down a street once... admittedly, i was in Brasil at the time and we were near a beach.

I prefer walking boots. stompy ones that i will, invariably, wreck in a year or so.

never sandals. ever.

 

[Daisy_Love]

I don't have the concentration to sit and read anymore. It was really getting me down cos I've always been a bookworm. So listening while I'm farting about doing other things has been a great way to get back into it

My friends swear by them
I just picked up an Ian Rankin (non Rebus) I’m looking forward to reading it. I bought a reading chair for my dressing room (spare room, nursery size) so I can read in peace

 

[Daisy_Love]

I think it’s fair that to be a snob on anything probably isn’t the most graceful look.

However, if I may, I think we all agree on one thing.

Croques with socks. No. Croques period - also no.

I am definitely a shoe snob. By that I mean boots. Leather, decent heel, zips to the sides.

Your dignity leaks out the holes *shudders*

 

[orangecurious]

i have trouble concentrating during online meetings, so not sure i could do an audiobook... plus, i'd end up getting distracted by their accent or something silly.

one good thing about trekking across town to work is reading on the tube.

 

[joclfc]

My wife like to read and will go through 2 or 3 books on holidays, I struggle with reading, always have but have managed to read Lord of the Rings series and Game of Thrones