noel wrote:Funkmasterr wrote:Ok, I'll respond to that. How precisely do you know me well enough to say I live a sheltered life? I assure you that you could not possibly be any more wrong. I have seen a lot more, and most likely been in far more dangerous and uncomfortable situations than most people here.
You answered your own question with your fourth sentence in the above paragraph. You don't even understand what I meant by 'unfamiliar and uncomfortable.'
I'm talking about ART, LITERATURE, OTHER PEOPLE'S CULTURES, DIFFERENT KINDS OF MUSIC, A FUCKING PLAY, AN OPERA. Things you wouldn't normally seek out on your own.
You base what you say about me largely because I don't play the "vv game". I have a bad temper, I don't tolerate disrespect well at all.. I don't tolerate it for a millisecond from even my best friend, so the idea of ignoring it from total strangers just because it's a message board and "thats how vv is" is fucking absurd to me. Maybe if you were so diverse and familiar with these uncomfortable real world situations you talk about, you would realize just how far respect gets you and how fast a lack of it can get you into a world of pain.
But I'm the sheltered one. hah. Seriously, lol.
The above is really stellar information that definitely shows how hard you are, but again, completely misses the point of what I was saying. I'm going to do you the favor of ignoring it since my instinctual response wouldn't be of any help to you.
Edit: Oh and by the way, I'd definitely talk to your face the way I do here.
Again, even if I misjudged what you were talking about - you STILL have no basis for what you are saying. Culture falls right into my response anyhow (of course I could still experience more culture, but so could you and everyone else here, so it's a moot point.) I've been to a variety of plays (my girlfriend and I went to one a month or so ago for her company party, a lot of people seemed to like it but we were bored to shit and left), and it's not my thing, they all bore the shit out of me.
I may not read more than the average person on VV, but overall I read much more than the average person, so I'm not sure where you are going there.
Art is also not my thing (I say that in the painting/drawing/etc kind of art way) - the few times I have been to museums/showings, etc I just don't see what people see in it.. again, bores me.
Music wise I listen to mostly rap, but I also listen to a variety of rock music ranging from the 60's to now, I listen to a lot of old motown type music and a little modern R&B, I even listen to some instrumental music (classic and otherwise), dancehall, raggae, and I have even been messing around with making some beats with cubase and a few other programs I've downloaded recently.. So um.. yeah.
The only hit you have is the opera, I have not been to one, and while I would be willing to give one a shot (which will probably never happen because the only person I've ever known that was into opera is my aunt, who is dead) I don't think it would be my type of thing.
So, I have been to a variety of the things in each category you listed... Again, you based this off of nothing besides my lack of interest in discussing those things with a bunch of people that mostly piss me off.. makes sense.
Edit: And trust me, I would be greatly intimidated by a Lance Armstrong wannabe with shaved legs getting in my face.. I can see it now.