One Minute Silence?
She's quoting SOAD.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:30, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

It's a stupid lyric though
the answer is "because they can."
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:32, Reply)

that's why it gets posted a lot

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:34, Reply)

Of course it's a stupid lyric
It's by System of a fucking Down. The most overrated metal band of all time
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:37, Reply)

Megadeth.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:39, Reply)

I don't think anyone ever rated Megadeth above the level of "second-rate Metallica"
which is exactly what they were
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:41, Reply)

error
Megadeth have hordes of fans. They have done some good stuff, different to Metallica.

I prefer Metallica in general, but Megadeth had some great moments. They also produced a lot of shit.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:44, Reply)

I was a huge Megadeth fan in my teens
but as soon as I drifted away from classic metal (ie when Metallica disappeared and resurfaced with the execrable Load album) I stopped listening to them too. Your assesment in the bottom line of this post chimes exactly with how I feel about them.

They were my first ever gig, mind. Lost my glasses.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:53, Reply)

glasses brown wings to an acne-faced teenage boy with patches sewn all over his sleeveless denim jacket.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:56, Reply)

Go on then, have an 8/10
You're certainly trying hard enough
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:00, Reply)

you have some really stupid opinions
SOAD are at least a bit different. They write interesting songs, and they are superb live.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:41, Reply)

Noah and the Whale are "a bit different"
It doesn't make them good. SOAD seem to believe that an excess of infuriating zaniness can make up for a lack of decent tunes.

I will have to concede that the only time I've seen them live was back in '98 supporting Slayer and Sepultura, they were certainly not yet in their stride and the whole crowd badly wanted them to fuck off and make way for the headliners.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:43, Reply)

I like SOAD
more than I like Slayer
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:44, Reply)

I think Slayer are impressive although not my 'thing' at all.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:50, Reply)

Really?
I find them incredibly boring
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:51, Reply)

Conversely, they say you are 'a right barrel of laughs'.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:55, Reply)

just the barrel bit actually

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:56, Reply)

They are very dull live

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:56, Reply)

I thought they were excellent last year
and that was next to some first class performances from Bigelf and Karnivool. and Europe.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:57, Reply)

Slayer?!
Are you sure it was Slayer you saw?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:59, Reply)

Absolutely
Yes, the music is good. But there is zero crowd interaction, and that gets dull very quickly.

Still sounds great hearing Tom Araya roaring "Raining blooooooood!" though
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:01, Reply)

The crowd were too busy trying to kill each other when I saw them

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:02, Reply)

some bands can get away without crowd interaction
and I believe Slayer to be one of them.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:03, Reply)

You can be 'different' and be 'different from good'.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:44, Reply)

My bro made me go and see Noah and the Whale a couple of years back
It wasn't bad. Then I heard the album. Fucking dreary shite. Would never have even considered going if I'd heard them before I saw them.

Let me put this to you: Why on earth do people go crazy for The Strokes? They are bland and uninventive and far from original.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:46, Reply)

Oh god, I have no argument with that at all
I heard all the hype about the Strokes before hearing the band and was vaguely intrigued. Fuck me, that was an anticlimax. Stunningly dreary crap.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:50, Reply)

The opposite of the 'vinegar strokes' then?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:53, Reply)

I quite like The Strokes
But I'd never try to defend their music.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:52, Reply)

Very wise.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:53, Reply)

I disagree.
I saw them 'live' on the television and concluded they were fucking terrible in around 3 seconds. Some of the most embarrassing lyrics I have ever heard - and I've heard 'The Lebanon' by The Human League.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:44, Reply)

It may have helped that the support band were the worst band I have ever heard

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:45, Reply)

Who were they?
And worst band you'd ever heard or ever seen live? If the former, I'm going to have to play the Oasis card again.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:50, Reply)

Pendulum.
Must have been.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:54, Reply)

they win the award for "band that has most quickly put me off listening to them with their appalling live act"

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:56, Reply)

and a minor medal
for 'band that drives people to Fightstar's loving embrace'
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:58, Reply)

Fightstar are an odd band
They started with two pretty damn good tracks, then just completely went to shit. It was embarrassing.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:00, Reply)

that is impressive

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:00, Reply)

ten minutes of Pendulum
and I fucked off to Fightstar who were quite good
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:02, Reply)

Dillinger Escape Plan
they were so bad it hurt. I led the booing.

The best part of the gig was when the guitarist fell over, then dropped his guitar when he stood up.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:55, Reply)

Hahaha
Worst band I've ever seen live were the White Stripes. They were perfectly organised, just unbelievably dull.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:56, Reply)

see, I saw them in 2001 or 2002 and they remain one of the most intense and exciting gigs I have seen

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:57, Reply)

Maybe they just weren't up for it when I saw them
Which is fucking inexcusable as they were headlining Glastonbury
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:59, Reply)

that's a shame
they really were excellent
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:00, Reply)

Maybe all the cunts with juggling balls and waki hats
put him off.

Fair enough I say.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:02, Reply)

I like the cut of that fellow's jib.
He stands for proper music on decent vintage kit and turns his nose up at polished production. I throughly approve.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:01, Reply)

he is also an outrageously good guitarist
the point where he'd put his guitar down on the stage and was playing it like a man possessed in a lap steel way was amazing.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:03, Reply)

He is.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:09, Reply)

They are fucking dire
The singer has attempted to start an online argument with Jared Leto. It just reeks of jealousy.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:57, Reply)

damn you're right! I'm on fire this morning.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:35, Reply)

And no-one will piss on you.
Sad times.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:36, Reply)

It's alright it's a lovely day and I have no lectures.
Might get up in a minute.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:41, Reply)

Best warn the Japs first, eh?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:42, Reply)

This is very cruel
I am ashamed to have laughed so hard when I read it
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:44, Reply)

did you laugh so hard pooh escaped from your loose bowels?
you know 'cause you love cock up it and what not ;)
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:48, Reply)

No, but Piglet and Eyore popped out.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:50, Reply)

What I do with my nephew's stuffed toys is my business and mine alone

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:51, Reply)

6/10
Quite good but you should never show your working, you're much funnier than Chompy
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:51, Reply)

As a teacher I would advise always show your working!
unless you're a massive helmet like Chompy then you should just top yourself.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:54, Reply)

I like this

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:55, Reply)

too soon! was at my folks' on Monday night
news comes on "death toll in Japan reaches 10000, nuclear disaster imminent" old man doesn't bat an eyelid,"Small child killed by bus" my old man pipes up "oh that's a shame". Unbelievable.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:47, Reply)

I think one of Monty's heroes said "The death of one is a tragedy, the death of a million is just a statistic"
It was Brian Warner
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:54, Reply)

nice, but utter bollocks imo.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:55, Reply)

^this
there are always plenty of retarded little children around. Yes, it's a tragedy for the parents or whatever, but in the grand scheme of things, who gives a shit?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:59, Reply)

POTD

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:04, Reply)

Everyone does it.
It's impossible to comprehend what the death of 10,000 people means, because all our empathy has to be divided by 10,000. If it's one person, we can concentrate it.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:58, Reply)

I take the opposite view
it has to be loads of people to make me give enough of a shit
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 9:59, Reply)

Yeah, not everyone's the same
Have you ever heard of the 'Monkeysphere' theory?
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:04, Reply)

I have not

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:04, Reply)

Quite interesting:
www.butireaditinthepaper.co.uk/2011/02/16/multiculturalism-and-the-monkeysphere/
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:05, Reply)

That's one of the most ridiculous things ever
I reckon. He's basically saying that we have limited amounts of empathy and imagination.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:08, Reply)

I don't think that's what he is saying
but that it is harder to empathise.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:11, Reply)

I don't think this is true
the man's backing up his ideas with Facebook research anyway
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:12, Reply)

yeah, clearly a lot of that is bollocks
some people have over 500 friends because they are fucking gimps.

I think though that you are making the mistake of judging the majority by your own standards. You may not have a hard time empathising with people outside your immediate circle (probably bigger than in the article, or at least there are several shells of it) but most people are stupid, belligerent and awful.

and I freely admit that I don't much care about most people.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:20, Reply)

Most people do.

(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:12, Reply)

Is this why I have an unstable social relationship with you lot?

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:10, Reply)

No, that's because you are bent.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:10, Reply)

Thought as much.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:11, Reply)

that is interesting
I believe I'd heard of the Dunbar number, but not the term monkeysphere. Thanks.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:10, Reply)

I read something just yesterday about the empathy for one v empathy for 10,000.
But for the fucking life of me, I can't remember where.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:13, Reply)

You might find this interesting, if you haven't seen it already.
Bad Science.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:18, Reply)

that is also interesting

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Mar 2011, 10:24, Reply)