Things You Just Don't Care About

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1. What other people are ordering at the restaurant. I don't care.

This Is... The Police (dog latin), Thursday, 4 October 2012 11:36 (eleven years ago) link

2. Waving my hands in the air.

a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Thursday, 4 October 2012 11:37 (eleven years ago) link

3. Care Bears (there is an internet community for this, right?)

Don't Go Home With Your Hadron Collider (King Boy Pato), Thursday, 4 October 2012 11:38 (eleven years ago) link

4. The Jimmy Saville thing that's going on at the moment. I don't care, sorry.

This Is... The Police (dog latin), Thursday, 4 October 2012 11:38 (eleven years ago) link

Sport. Got stuck at one of 2 tables people sat at from my course on Monday night and the rest of the table proceeded to talk about hurling.
I sat there thinking it was rude to leave, for several minutes, then got up and moved to other table and instantly found conversation interesting.

Does mean I'm less fit than I should be probably though. Used to dance quite frequently until I moved too far out of town to get home easily from wahtever clubs

Stevolende, Thursday, 4 October 2012 11:46 (eleven years ago) link

I think I have a thing in my brain that just tunes out sport talk the moment it happens. If sport comes up in conversation or on telly all I hear is "blahblahblahblah" MAybe if I didn't have this handy cerebral device I might learn something, but sadly it's there to stay.

This Is... The Police (dog latin), Thursday, 4 October 2012 11:49 (eleven years ago) link

music criticism.

Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 4 October 2012 11:59 (eleven years ago) link

5. new radiohead album announced

wolves lacan, Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:05 (eleven years ago) link

ill-informed opinions, maybe just opinions
fashion
other people's private lives
most TV
superhero movies

vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:06 (eleven years ago) link

sorry, that was 6-10

there's loads more tbh

vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:06 (eleven years ago) link

11. whether something is real
12. what genre something belongs to

vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:09 (eleven years ago) link

13. what a work of art is about

vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:09 (eleven years ago) link

14. the Beatles and its members

vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:11 (eleven years ago) link

who is president (unless eric b)

nashwan, Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:13 (eleven years ago) link

16. whether somebody used an apostrophe correctly

vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:17 (eleven years ago) link

17. Straight White Dudes and their Straight White Dude problems.

White Chocolate Cheesecake, Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:21 (eleven years ago) link

18.

Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:26 (eleven years ago) link

19. king and queen of country-x visiting your city soon

wolves lacan, Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:29 (eleven years ago) link

20. martin scorsese working on several potential future projects with leonardo dicaprio

wolves lacan, Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:33 (eleven years ago) link

21. Justin Bieber being sick on stage

a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:34 (eleven years ago) link

22. best chocolate-covered wafer

DG, Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:34 (eleven years ago) link

23. record charts

vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:36 (eleven years ago) link

24. relatively distant family member is having a baby. a babay!

wolves lacan, Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:37 (eleven years ago) link

25. what's in fashion

Lee626, Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:38 (eleven years ago) link

26. this thread

I got the Boyzone, I got the remedy (ledge), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:39 (eleven years ago) link

27. meta

I got the Boyzone, I got the remedy (ledge), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:39 (eleven years ago) link

28. whining

Mordy, Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:40 (eleven years ago) link

29. your cynical opinion

I got the Boyzone, I got the remedy (ledge), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:41 (eleven years ago) link

30. awesome lifestyle pictures you took with your expensive camera

wolves lacan, Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:43 (eleven years ago) link

31. dating website horror stories

Mordy, Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:46 (eleven years ago) link

32. grizzly bear not rich enough

wolves lacan, Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:49 (eleven years ago) link

lolled for truth

vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 12:55 (eleven years ago) link

33. a list reaching 33, the age that Jesus was allegedly crucified.

a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:00 (eleven years ago) link

34. "Why do YOU care?"

flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:05 (eleven years ago) link

35. people who feel oppressed by things being popular

vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:05 (eleven years ago) link

36. Married people
37. Their fucking spawn.

White Chocolate Cheesecake, Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:07 (eleven years ago) link

38. twitter

Mordy, Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:08 (eleven years ago) link

So?

Stevolende, Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:09 (eleven years ago) link

39. giraffes

cwkiii, Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:09 (eleven years ago) link

that's just wrong

vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:16 (eleven years ago) link

adherence to a rigid midfield formation

Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:18 (eleven years ago) link

european football

Mordy, Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:19 (eleven years ago) link

40. people moaning about cis-gender stuff, as if it was an inherently bad thing to be. Is it? I dont know.

Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:21 (eleven years ago) link

41. the pathetic howls of my victims

Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:24 (eleven years ago) link

42. foreigners diving

vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:25 (eleven years ago) link

41. the pathetic howls of my victims

― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Thursday, 4 October 2012 14:24 (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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This Is... The Police (dog latin), Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:25 (eleven years ago) link

43. Any of this shit.

comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:27 (eleven years ago) link

44. Any of your shit.

a great poke for Jet Set Willy (snoball), Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:34 (eleven years ago) link

45. what goes on a pizza

it's the Suede/Denim secret police/they have come for your 90s niece (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:34 (eleven years ago) link

46. online gaming

vegetarian beef (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 October 2012 13:35 (eleven years ago) link

I think there are too many types of podcast to make a blanket statement about the form. Accepting Tracer’s list of 4 basic types, you end up with 65 or so possible combinations! I haven’t done that type of math in a while so sorry if I’m off.

I think the scripted/edited format is definitely akin to a NPR show. The talk radio style ones are overall less for me, but it’s interesting how there are parallels, all the way down to people who conflate the views of the podcasters and those of listeners — sometimes those same listeners where consumption is shaping their own views.

I’m in the “something to listen to while doing something else” camp, but I think it’s useful to hear how others speak on topics without necessarily being a participant. Like overhearing a conversation, but without feeling the need to interject or be emotionally involved? There’s a level of context in conversation that doesn’t translate to writing.

ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 23 October 2023 14:06 (one month ago) link

I think conversation can be an art (what is My Dinner With Andre otherwise)? Dialogue is THE method towards truth, right?

#1 García Fan (H.P), Monday, 23 October 2023 14:12 (one month ago) link

ha yes I was thinking abt that movie as I typed the question

out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Monday, 23 October 2023 14:23 (one month ago) link

My Podcast With Andre

At one point I vaguely thought about "My Dinner with Andre the Giant" but I see it's been done by one of those shows I've not watched and don't care about (swerving madly to stay on topic)

The Royal House of Hangover (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 23 October 2023 15:09 (one month ago) link

As a life-long listener and creator of music; I do not care about music theory. I _want_ to care about music theory! I can't make myself. The minute I start digging into it I get sleepy. I'm slightly more interested in composition, but still haven't managed to make time for learning it. It came up because I recently had a conversation with a guy I knew who I didn't know had more than a passing interest in music and he dropped some serious knowledge on me, and the whole time my inner voice was screaming, "Don't caaarrreee!"

beard papa, Monday, 23 October 2023 16:24 (one month ago) link

I mean a little theory isn’t a bad thing. You don’t have to drown in it.

calstars, Monday, 23 October 2023 17:16 (one month ago) link

So they say.

pplains, Monday, 23 October 2023 18:02 (one month ago) link

I find that music theory people are often of the opinion that if you don't understand music theory and/or can't play an instrument then you can't really truly appreciate music and your opinion on music is therefore of less value than theirs.

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 23 October 2023 18:28 (one month ago) link

I dunno, it's helped me in my marriage that my husband can explain that he likes, predominately, songs in major keys ... i.e. it helped me not immediately go to "You don't like this song?! What's wrong with you?!"

Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Monday, 23 October 2023 18:31 (one month ago) link

xp i'm not a carpenter but i know a wobbly chair when i sit on one

no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 October 2023 18:32 (one month ago) link

Night of the music theory people

calstars, Monday, 23 October 2023 18:39 (one month ago) link

my problem is: i have probably read a million classical record liner-notes and booklets and histories and my memory of everything i have read is about...0%. it just doesn't stick. i have never played an instrument though. (third grade violin and guitar doesn't count.)

scott seward, Monday, 23 October 2023 18:49 (one month ago) link

there are about a hundred ways to appreciate music and every one adds value, grateful to any critics who get this.

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 23 October 2023 18:52 (one month ago) link

i laughed reading the notes to one of the most amazing southern indian carnatic dance music CDs that i own the other night - i love the sections that remind me of kurt schwitters and din daa daa - when they said that one of the sections in the performance is relatively new to the form because: IT WAS ONLY 700 YEARS OLD! haha. so, now i just read liner-notes for the jokes.

scott seward, Monday, 23 October 2023 18:56 (one month ago) link

The TV ratings for the World Series. Every single goddamn year they mention how the network execs are quaking in their boots if there’s a small-market team or they’re breathing easy if there’s not a small-market team. You never ever hear this shit for any other sport’s championship. Like fuck off and let Arizona fans enjoy their moment.

Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 17:30 (one month ago) link

Tbf, I think the execs also threw up their hands in despair when the Denver Nuggets made the NBA Finals.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 17:34 (one month ago) link

Mr Snrub otm

Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 17:41 (one month ago) link

time for mark s to start a podcast!

first guest: scott seward
first topic: the phrase “a new york minute"

mark s, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 17:46 (one month ago) link

I would 100% listen to this

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 18:59 (one month ago) link

whatever the hell this "Beatles' last song" is

rob, Friday, 3 November 2023 13:08 (four weeks ago) link

I knew someone would chime in.

hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 November 2023 13:24 (four weeks ago) link

Rob otm.

I just don’t care about AI generated art. Maybe I should? But it’s so ugly and obvious at the moment I can’t bother caring about it’s ramifications

#1 García Fan (H.P), Friday, 3 November 2023 19:17 (four weeks ago) link

AI art sucks balls

calstars, Friday, 3 November 2023 19:27 (four weeks ago) link

AI art should not even be called art. It should just be called illustration.

Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Friday, 3 November 2023 19:29 (four weeks ago) link

Artificial intelligence? More like real stupidity!

Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Friday, 3 November 2023 19:30 (four weeks ago) link

Counterpoint is that the technology is advancing so fast this is kind of like saying "well THIS room isn't burning at all, it's totally fine right now, who cares". Not that I'm motivated to make an argument about it aside from pointing out that any posts about the current specific state of AI (ugly and obvious) are going to age really badly by like say next week or something.

Evan, Friday, 3 November 2023 19:35 (four weeks ago) link

any posts about the current specific state of AI (ugly and obvious) are going to age really badly by like say next week or something

Oh, is that the cutoff for when dipshits are going to stop typing in prompts like "the Mona Lisa, but with anime girl eyes and huge tits" and paying to have the results advertised on social media?

Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Friday, 3 November 2023 19:42 (four weeks ago) link

not at all, those images are just going to get 10x sexier by this time next Friday

Evan, Friday, 3 November 2023 19:44 (four weeks ago) link

Go f a GPU

calstars, Friday, 3 November 2023 21:24 (four weeks ago) link

the AI art was the worst part of the 2022 ILM poll

omar little, Friday, 3 November 2023 21:27 (four weeks ago) link

AI art should not even be called art. It should just be called illustration.

― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Friday, November 3, 2023 3:29 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

As a human illustrator I kinda take offense.

SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 3 November 2023 22:47 (four weeks ago) link

Since you've got more skin in the game than I do — although as someone who writes things I care deeply about (record reviews, books) and things I don't care about at all (draft letters to health insurance customers), I can have some limited perspective — what do you think is the right term for AI-created or -assisted illustration to differentiate it from entirely human, artistic illustration?

Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Saturday, 4 November 2023 01:49 (four weeks ago) link

“Imagery”

G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Saturday, 4 November 2023 01:52 (four weeks ago) link

“Dumb crap nobody wants to look at”

G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Saturday, 4 November 2023 01:52 (four weeks ago) link

“Bullshit”

calstars, Saturday, 4 November 2023 02:07 (four weeks ago) link

I gotta give AI “dumb bullshit nobody wants to look at” credit though, at least it ain’t those cursed AI animations.

Also Omar otm. It’s not polite to complain about a small part of free work being done for your benefit, but now that we are a year removed, whatever. That AI art was the worst part of the rollout

Click below for some truly disturbing content
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxIcPi1ra08/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

#1 García Fan (H.P), Saturday, 4 November 2023 02:12 (four weeks ago) link

Or don’t

calstars, Saturday, 4 November 2023 02:19 (four weeks ago) link

I have written a lot of things that are in the public domain (by design) and historically I haven't minded seeing my words floating about without attribution. Once I was pleasantly surprised to recognize myself translated into Spanish. That stuff was done by people.

Perhaps irrationally, I have a very different reaction to someone who uses an AI that takes from a corpus of work that includes mine, then passes it off as their own work.

The AI would have no fuel in its engine without the millions of squishy human people. It is entirely dependent on us and the stuff we have done so far and been brave enough to put out there.

This is, of course, all part of the AI debate, and it's such a losing battle that I may as well shrug and just try to adapt.

don't let days go by, Listerine (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 4 November 2023 03:52 (four weeks ago) link

Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon Bonaparte

Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 22:00 (two weeks ago) link

Any movie Ridley Scott has made since Blade Runner

Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 22:02 (two weeks ago) link

(ope, sorry, since Thelma & Louise)

Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 22:02 (two weeks ago) link

The director's cut of The Counselor is really good; otherwise, I'm with you.

Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 22:24 (two weeks ago) link

the martian, american gangster and a good year are all year all worth catching

close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 23:27 (two weeks ago) link

Hannibal is less boring than Blade Runner

Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 23:31 (two weeks ago) link

I just got out of a Napoleon screening. It's fine if you think Phoenix should play him like Commodus.

he's only got one emperor in him, is that what you're saying?

Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 23:54 (two weeks ago) link

Joaquin contains multitudes.

stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 November 2023 00:00 (two weeks ago) link

he's commodious, if you will

assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 15 November 2023 00:14 (two weeks ago) link

Andre 3000 new age spiritual jazz

Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 15 November 2023 00:35 (two weeks ago) link


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