The Saturday 6-Pack

The Batlord · 05-14-2022, 05:31 PM

1. What is your favourite piece of classical music?

Don't listen to enough to have an opinion but something by Schoenberg or Stravinsky maybe? More modern composers are more interesting than older ones to me at least.

2. At what age did you begin drinking?

17

3. Would you rather live under a benevolent dictator or an incompetent president?

I imagine "benevolent dictator" is probably a propaganda relic of some sort so I'll go with Biden. They can both swing though.

4. What material do you believe has had the most impact on humanity?

Wood sounds good. Fire and building materials have been pretty huge.

5. What’s your favourite plant or flower?

Roll dat **** light dat **** smoke dat ****.

6. What mystery would you like to see solved?

Dyatlov Pass is good.

~~jwb~~ · 05-14-2022, 06:16 PM

1. What is your favourite piece of classical music?
I only have a handful of classical songs i actually **** with.

I like piano concerto 2 by rachmaninov
Also 1812 overture and symphony 6 by tchaikovsky

2. At what age did you begin drinking?
First time i drank i was 11. Didn't start it regularly though till i was a late teen.

3. Would you rather live under a benevolent dictator or an incompetent president?
Obviously the benevolent dictator. Assuming you mean benevolent genuinely and not as a euphemism..

4. What material do you believe has had the most impact on humanity?
Oil

5. What’s your favourite plant or flower?
Don't really care?

6. What mystery would you like to see solved?
9/11 brother

Trollheart · 05-14-2022, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb

1. What is your favourite piece of classical music?
I only have a handful of classical songs i actually **** with.

I like piano concerto 2 by rachmaninov

**Marie Monday** · 05-15-2022, 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by jwb

3. Would you rather live under a benevolent dictator or an incompetent president?
Obviously the benevolent dictator. Assuming you mean benevolent genuinely and not as a euphemism..

At least you're not letting my rant stop you (probably the opposite knowing you)

rubber soul · 05-15-2022, 05:09 AM

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3. Would you rather live under a benevolent dictator or an incompetent president?

FYI, I think benevolent dictators do/did exist, for instance Julius Caesar, being the first one, and probably all the Roman Emperors who followed. With a few exceptions, once you followed the law you were basically okay. The Roman Empire looked after its people.

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Obviously the benevolent dictator. Assuming you mean benevolent genuinely and not as a euphemism..

I'm not sure I necessarily agree that Caesar (and his successors) was all that benevolent given the history of the Roman Coliseum and all. When I think of "benevolent dictators" the first name to come to mind is Yugoslavia's Tito and, after talking to a Croatian friend whose parents lived under his rule, maybe he wasn't such a sweetie either.

Trollheart · 05-15-2022, 08:45 AM

Yeah that's fair comment, but let's remember that those put into the Colosseum were basically enemies of the State (i.e., Christians) and certainly not Roman citizens. As I said, if you paid your taxes, worshipped the right gods and kept your long aquiline Roman nose clean, in essence the senate left you alone. Certainly there was infighting among the noble houses, but in terms of being oppressed by your own government as a normal, law-abiding citizen, I don't think it really happened.

I suppose you could maybe see Castro as one too, though of course he crushed his enemies, but then, gotta crush something, ya know?

jadis · 05-15-2022, 09:12 AM

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I'd be going for "Moonlight Sonata".

We are fed so many kitschy performances of it in soundtracks etc that it's easy to forget what a beautiful piece it really is. Luckily there are still the great masters (here Gilels from Carnegie Hall).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shfN-n1iW4c

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

1. What is your favourite piece of classical music?

Don't listen to enough to have an opinion but something by Schoenberg or Stravinsky maybe? More modern composers are more interesting than older ones to me at least.

Maybe you've seen me post about her before but my favorite barefoot violinist plays a lot of these two (including Pierrot Lunaire where she's the sexy narrator). Stupidly sexy (not even a foot fetishist but there is something about her...).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48WnNgrH57E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn6K53W_Nu0

**Marie Monday** · 05-15-2022, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yeah that's fair comment, but let's remember that those put into the Colosseum were basically enemies of the State (i.e., Christians) and certainly not Roman citizens. As I said, if you paid your taxes, worshipped the right gods and kept your long aquiline Roman nose clean, in essence the senate left you alone. Certainly there was infighting among the noble houses, but in terms of being oppressed by your own government as a normal, law-abiding citizen, I don't think it really happened.

I suppose you could maybe see Castro as one too, though of course he crushed his enemies, but then, gotta crush something, ya know?

um what you describe there is kind of fascist and very oppressive though. If you personally don't experience obvious consequences of oppression that doesn't mean you're not oppressed. The whole idea of a dictator is that they enforce their own authority and opposition is not allowed, which can't be enforced without violence towards dissidents, which is not benevolent.

rubber soul · 05-15-2022, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yeah that's fair comment, but let's remember that those put into the Colosseum were basically enemies of the State (i.e., Christians) and certainly not Roman citizens. As I said, if you paid your taxes, worshipped the right gods and kept your long aquiline Roman nose clean, in essence the senate left you alone. Certainly there was infighting among the noble houses, but in terms of being oppressed by your own government as a normal, law-abiding citizen, I don't think it really happened.

I suppose you could maybe see Castro as one too, though of course he crushed his enemies, but then, gotta crush something, ya know?

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um what you describe there is kind of fascist and very oppressive though. If you personally don't experience obvious consequences of oppression that doesn't mean you're not oppressed. The whole idea of a dictator is that they enforce their own authority and opposition is not allowed, which can't be enforced without violence towards dissidents, which is not benevolent.

Yeah, that's kind of like saying you don't have to worry about being repressed in America- as long as you're a Republican. (Or a Democrat if they happen to be in charge)

~~jwb~~ · 05-15-2022, 11:17 AM

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At least you're not letting my rant stop you (probably the opposite knowing you)

What rant? I don't understand this comment.

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	1. What is your favourite piece of classical music? I only have a handful of classical songs i actually ** with. I like piano concerto 2 by rachmaninov Also 1812 overture and symphony 6 by tchaikovsky 2. At what age did you begin drinking? First time i drank i was 11. Didn't start it regularly though till i was a late teen. 3. Would you rather live under a benevolent dictator or an incompetent president? Obviously the benevolent dictator. Assuming you mean benevolent genuinely and not as a euphemism.. 4. What material do you believe has had the most impact on humanity? Oil 5. What’s your favourite plant or flower? Don't really care? 6. What mystery would you like to see solved?** 9/11 brother