A challenge to all the JJ Trek haters

Discussion in 'The Red Room' started by We Are Borg, May 5, 2012.

  1. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    As opposed to whining that someone does like a movie that you don't? Not seeing a material difference there.

    You can objectively quibble over the technical quality of a film, but when you get into subjective personal preferences, neither side is entitled to dictate terms. The very fact that these discussions always devolve into "You're a whiny bitch because..." suggests a dearth of objective criteria.

    De gustibus non est disputandem.

    Or, in other words, you're not making your case by name-calling.
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  2. Nova

    Nova livin on the edge of the ledge Writer

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    them calling him a retard is crying, him calling them crybabies is formal debate, donchaknow.
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  3. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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  4. Fisherman's Worf

    Fisherman's Worf I am the Seaman, I am the Walrus, Qu-Qu-Qapla'!

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    Here, I cleaned that up for you.

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  5. Chuck

    Chuck Go Giants!

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    you should have thrown in a lens flare
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  6. gul

    gul Revolting Beer Drinker Administrator Formerly Important

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    I'm not ashamed to say I'm not a big enough nerd to know. But I do know X is a dumbass.
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  7. We Are Borg

    We Are Borg Republican Democrat

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    Captain X makes reference to some 20-year-old piece of crap anime that nobody's ever heard of, and he has the fucking balls to call us "fanboys"?

    Holy shit. :lol:
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  8. John Castle

    John Castle Banned Writer

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    Don't forget the shakycam.
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  9. Fisherman's Worf

    Fisherman's Worf I am the Seaman, I am the Walrus, Qu-Qu-Qapla'!

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  10. Captain X

    Captain X Responsible cookie control

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    :shrug: I don't really care at this point. I started out just doing the film critic thing, and all it got me was name calling. So I'm just going to name call back.

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  11. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    Which suggests you have nothing better to do with your time.
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  12. Captain X

    Captain X Responsible cookie control

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    Apparently no one in any of these threads has anything better to do with their time than to argue about Star Trek on the internet and call each other names over it. :rolleyes: Attempts at insulting me by claiming I'm just a nerd with no life can just get thrown right back at you by your very participation in the thread like this.
  13. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    Then I guess it's a matter of proportion - how much of each of your opponents' time is expended vs. how much of yours "refuting" them.

    Meh.
  14. Captain X

    Captain X Responsible cookie control

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    Which is a big part of why all I'm doing is posting the same picture over and over. How much time do you think that takes? :diacanu: A lot less than posting a taunt or making an image macro out of the same picture does. :trollface:
  15. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    :links:
  16. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    2 minutes...
    yup, you're just wagging me by my tail there sparky.
  17. Sentinel

    Sentinel Fresh Meat

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  19. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    Now, that definitely does not mean what you think it means.
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    Sentinel Fresh Meat

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    Oh but it does, I'm sure everyone else gets it. But do go on with your "smartest person in the room" act.
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    shootER Insubordinate...and churlish Administrator

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    Redundant post is redundant. :ramen:
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  23. Captain X

    Captain X Responsible cookie control

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    I bet he actually thinks I like Evangelion. :lol:
  24. We Are Borg

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    If I knew what the fuck that was.
  25. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    Enough so you know what it is...

    from the wiki article-
    I can see why you identify with the character.
  26. Captain X

    Captain X Responsible cookie control

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    :lol:
  27. Lanzman

    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    Man, I can't wait until this flick actually hits the screens. All this angst over a movie most of us haven't actually seen yet? BOO-yeah!!
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  28. Captain X

    Captain X Responsible cookie control

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    Yeah, then it'll be all the whining and angst because "haters" saw the movie and post negatively about it. :garamet:
  29. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    Such an open minded intellect.

    Now, wait for the picture...
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  30. Captain X

    Captain X Responsible cookie control

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    Wow, you're really one to talk. :rolleyes: