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Certain 10-24-2014 01:48 AM

Yeah, my standard answer is "When the Levee Breaks." But at any given moment it could be something else. "When the Levee Breaks" works because anyone who knows music should know it, but it's not obvious, and it really is an amazing song that I love.

PancakeBrah 10-24-2014 01:49 AM

That was my answer when I was 19. Not trying to be condescending. It's probably the best "rock" song ever.

Well, not really. I really do prefer the Rolling Stones to Zeppelin. And there are a couple Stones songs that are better than Levee. Maybe?

idk

Certain 10-24-2014 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by PancakeBrah (Post 426103)
That was my answer when I was 19.

Same for me. I've been recycling the answer for years.

If it really came down to what song I connect emotionally to the most, I don't even know what I'd have to answer. But "When the Levee Breaks" is the go-to because I'm so impressed with it every time. "Lost in the Supermarket" or "Backstreets," maybe?

Two songs that I absolutely love that are kind of weird for someone of my age: J. Geils Band's "Centerfold" and Benny Mardones' "Into the Night." Assuming you know the former, here's the latter (and its spectacularly creepy music video):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aWhn0Hc8ps

PancakeBrah 10-24-2014 09:26 AM

Pretty hungover today

Witty 10-24-2014 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by PancakeBrah (Post 426185)
Pretty hungover today

I have recently noticed I have started to get quite paranoid when hungover...this is a new development and I'm not sure why it has started happening.

Mr. J 10-24-2014 03:55 PM

Guilt

Witty 10-24-2014 03:57 PM

Perhaps.

asylum 10-24-2014 04:08 PM

Alcohol does it to ypu. Its alcohol paranoia, like the side effects of almost any drug... it's a clinically accepted fact.

Im fucking hungover too.

Three-Planes-Aligned 10-24-2014 04:16 PM

Since alcohol stimulates, amongst other things, the receptors that are geared towards anti-anxiety neurotransmitters it causes, after somewhat long-term use where you drink to the point of intoxication at least semi-regularly, an anxiety-reduction deficiency because it is an 'outer' agent - your brain reconfigures to get used to this supplied liquid courage. Withdrawal from any given drug basically amounts to the opposite of their positive effects (if you're a opiate junkie for example and used to artificial pain reduction, you will become abnormally sensitive during withdrawal).

Psychologically paranoia is anxiety's louder cousin - whereas anxiety is simply fear without any concrete foundation, paranoia is fear that sticks to anything.

Certain 10-24-2014 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Three-Planes-Aligned (Post 426450)
Since alcohol stimulates, amongst other things, the receptors that are geared towards anti-anxiety neurotransmitters it causes, after somewhat long-term use where you drink to the point of intoxication at least semi-regularly, an anxiety-reduction deficiency because it is an 'outer' agent - your brain reconfigures to get used to this supplied liquid courage. Withdrawal from any given drug basically amounts to the opposite of their positive effects (if you're a opiate junkie for example and used to artificial pain reduction, you will become abnormally sensitive during withdrawal).

Psychologically paranoia is anxiety's louder cousin - whereas anxiety is simply fear without any concrete foundation, paranoia is fear that sticks to anything.

Your rhyme scheme fell off about three-quarters of the way through.

big baby 10-24-2014 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Three-Planes-Aligned (Post 426450)
Since alcohol stimulates, amongst other things, the receptors that are geared towards anti-anxiety neurotransmitters it causes, after somewhat long-term use where you drink to the point of intoxication at least semi-regularly, an anxiety-reduction deficiency because it is an 'outer' agent - your brain reconfigures to get used to this supplied liquid courage. Withdrawal from any given drug basically amounts to the opposite of their positive effects (if you're a opiate junkie for example and used to artificial pain reduction, you will become abnormally sensitive during withdrawal).

Psychologically paranoia is anxiety's louder cousin - whereas anxiety is simply fear without any concrete foundation, paranoia is fear that sticks to anything.

so basically witty gonna die

Witty 10-24-2014 06:10 PM

I think deep down I always knew I would be informed of my imminent death on netcees.

Soulstice 10-24-2014 08:20 PM

im trying to write. my roommate doesnt understand i dont fucking care about his baseball stories. fuck.

Mr. J 10-24-2014 08:28 PM

you win this one @Vulgar...next time though.,...

Mr. J 10-24-2014 09:00 PM

You fruits... @timeless must be scared of me
first yall want to switch my oppenent
then hide my topic...I won't try this week but Ill have it in

Witty 10-24-2014 09:07 PM

The topic was there the entire time lol

Mr. J 10-24-2014 11:50 PM

You know Witty...you dont have to conform with the other muppet babies
come back to the OM...

Split 10-24-2014 11:53 PM

esqueça tudo que passou

Adonis 10-25-2014 12:16 AM

3 hour warning

@dead man Props on waiving penalty, I admire you

@Camp Bell @Greed @Ceral_Killa @Vulgar @Mr. J

@Witty for the no-show win in the contendership????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????

@kannon

@Split Props on waiving penalty, I admire you

@Mike Wrecka

@Certain @Copy Pat = epic battle and the fact you both didn't post two days ago has sorely disrupted the linguists time/space continuum

Split 10-25-2014 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by zygote (Post 426092)
you have a big theme that connects all the weekly topics and then each individual match-up is a slight variation on that big theme. (E.g., The dead presidents week - had all the different quotes. The graffiti week produced a lot of surprisingly varied and excellent submissions as well. Even MikeWrecka's infamous 'colored square' week was alright in that sense!) With this method of stimulus allocation you give an option for the writer to focus in on their individual topic or to expand more onto the larger theme.

Also, specifically for picture topics. I'm sure it can be great fun to grab all these fantasy-like pictures from whatever art-school emo with autism and suicidal tendencies deviant-art page you can find, but consider using more normal pictures perhaps?Even if it's just as a change of pace. I mean when you have a picture of a unicorn ridden by some knight atop a castle with a rainbow skull for a face, it kind of limits your options in a way. It's easier to write fantasy stuff if you want to about a normal picture, but it's pretty difficult to write normal stuff about a fantasy picture.



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