Author Topic: Iconoclasm (Read 30339 times)

Canardly · « **Reply #225 on:** 27 March, 2018, 08:42:30 am »

Lets face it life, must have been a bit more boring when the Puritans were doing their thing. Now we have politicians to maintain our depression and other Shibboleths.

Efrogwr · « **Reply #226 on:** 27 March, 2018, 04:10:59 pm »

Quote from: Pedaldog on 27 March, 2018, 12:02:36 am

So, is Figure Skating a Sport or a Display of skill?

A form of dancing...

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #227 on:** 30 March, 2018, 05:16:58 pm »

The most interesting articles in Arrivee are the ones that are not about audaxing.

Basil · « **Reply #228 on:** 30 March, 2018, 10:34:23 pm »

The Beach Boys were so much a better inavovative band than the Beatles.

Jaded · « **Reply #229 on:** 30 March, 2018, 10:43:01 pm »

inavovative is the new black.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #230 on:** 08 April, 2018, 09:26:53 pm »

O Superman is the best song ever to enter the UK Top 3. Well Top 2 anyway.

spesh · « **Reply #231 on:** 08 April, 2018, 09:37:33 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 08 April, 2018, 09:26:53 pm

O Superman is the best song ever to enter the UK Top 3. Well Top 2 anyway.

I'm not sure if championing Laurie Anderson counts as iconoclasm per se...

ETA - strictly speaking, iconoclasm is about assailing cherished beliefs, rather than simply offering an opinion that's out of left-field.

Of course, YMMV.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #232 on:** 08 April, 2018, 10:20:28 pm »

Marmite is bogging.
China Mieville writes shit books.

That's all I can think of for now.

madcow · « **Reply #233 on:** 08 April, 2018, 10:55:05 pm »

Quote from: spesh on 20 March, 2018, 12:43:13 pm

I'd say it's iconoclastic in the sense that there is a lot of religiosity attached to football, with star players being practically venerated as living saints, rival teams and their players being ritually execrated, and so on.

It predates religion in that its tribal. It engenders a sense of belonging that has disappeared from most people’s workplaces and their communities.

Ian H · « **Reply #234 on:** 09 April, 2018, 09:56:17 am »

I don't think drug-taking winners should be expunged from cycling's records. An asterisk would be sufficient.

ian · « **Reply #235 on:** 09 April, 2018, 09:57:47 am »

Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 08 April, 2018, 10:20:28 pm

Marmite is bogging.
China Mieville writes shit books.

That's all I can think of for now.

These are just truisms. Marmite is actually harvested from between the toes of people with a flamboyant disregard for personal hygiene.

I'm not sure anyone can get through China Mieville's turgidly over-descriptive prose. It's like chewing your way through a ocean liner made of cheese.

Guy · « **Reply #236 on:** 09 April, 2018, 11:56:43 am »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 30 March, 2018, 05:16:58 pm

The most interesting articles in Arrivee are the ones that are not about audaxing.

The most interesting articles in *any* publication are the ones that are not about audaxing.

mattc · « **Reply #237 on:** 09 April, 2018, 03:00:21 pm »

Quote from: Guy on 09 April, 2018, 11:56:43 am

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 30 March, 2018, 05:16:58 pm
The most interesting articles in Arrivee are the ones that are not about audaxing.

The most interesting articles in *any* publication are the ones that are not about audaxing.

SoreTween · « **Reply #238 on:** 11 April, 2018, 07:54:44 pm »

Craft beer in cans is not a better way to preserve the brew enabled by modern canning technology. It is simply a means to charge more for less beer.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #239 on:** 12 April, 2018, 09:34:58 am »

Sporks are nowhere near as good as proper cutlery (or fingers).

hellymedic · « **Reply #240 on:** 12 April, 2018, 04:15:38 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 12 April, 2018, 09:34:58 am

Sporks are nowhere near as good as proper cutlery (or fingers).

Agreed, especially if your precision supination is crappy...

SoreTween · « **Reply #241 on:** 22 June, 2018, 08:45:33 pm »

George Ezra. What bollocks is this? Lyrically speaking he's up there with a Rowtrees Randoms advert or the protestations of our cat on being shut out of the bedroom. He has a breifly fashionable tone of voice. And. That. Is. All.

ElyDave · « **Reply #242 on:** 22 June, 2018, 10:47:49 pm »

Quote from: Basil on 30 March, 2018, 10:34:23 pm

The Beach Boys were so much a better inavovative band than the Beatles.

Yes, the beatles were sh!t, what's new here?

ElyDave · « **Reply #243 on:** 22 June, 2018, 10:48:44 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 12 April, 2018, 09:34:58 am

Sporks are nowhere near as good as proper cutlery (or fingers).

Much like your towel, you should always know where your spork is

T42 · « **Reply #244 on:** 23 June, 2018, 08:34:13 am »

WhoTF Shacktup Tapir* and why should Nexflux think I'd be interested in someone murdering him?

* or something like that

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #245 on:** 23 June, 2018, 09:40:01 am »

(Sings)
Suspected murderer of Tupac murder suspect, MUR-DERED

(Bows to audience, splits trousis)

CAMRAMan · « **Reply #246 on:** 23 June, 2018, 10:37:01 am »

Torslanda · « **Reply #247 on:** 15 July, 2018, 01:41:51 pm »

Cobbles have no place in a modern stage race.

LittleWheelsandBig · « **Reply #248 on:** 15 July, 2018, 01:53:03 pm »

I disagree. A stage racer should be at least competent at all facets of road racing. I'm not interested in watching racing if it is only about power/weight measurement or aero tweaks.

De Sisti · « **Reply #249 on:** 15 July, 2018, 03:09:21 pm »

Too many people jumping on the anti-diesel / anti plastic bandwagon.