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jico. 07.25.2007 08:40 AM

what is really sad is the amount of ministry of sound clones spreaded all over iberia.

demonrail666 07.25.2007 09:11 AM

Hate it when someone hogs the jukebox like they're the resident dj. trying to impress everyone with their 'spot-on' selection - which invariably means a night of Northern Soul overkill. Twats.

Rob Instigator 07.25.2007 09:13 AM

This is a good question.

downer music at bars fits the whole endeavor. bars are depressing as fuck. wekll, most of them are, and most of the people who are "regulars" are there to drink their life away. alcoholism is just a slow suicide. and those that drink the hard stuff only, are ussually depressed people, whether they were that way or the drinking fucked them up and made them that way.

I hate bars

Danny Himself 07.25.2007 09:24 AM

I agree with rob.

Pubs are as depressing enough as it is, even without music. The dank atmosphere, the smell of urine and lager, the dark wood, the omnipresent mumbling, the ridiculous crap on the walls- like toby jugs and old 1940s ad posters-, the fact that people are drinking at 2 in the afternoon, the bartender with the gravy stains on his bargain-basement nike t-shirt..

demonrail666 07.25.2007 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by jico.
what is really sad is the amount of ministry of sound clones spreaded all over iberia.


I just recently came back from Spain (family visit) and the amount of genuinely disgusting English people that had taken over the bars was a real source of depression. Never been more ashamed to be English in my life.

Danny Himself 07.25.2007 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666
I just recently came back from Spain (family visit) and the amount of genuinely disgusting English people that had taken over the bars was a real source of depression. Never been more ashamed to be English in my life.


Hell is Benidorm. I can't believe how many 'Man U Bar's there are. Why do people haul their greasy arses out of pubs in england to get on a RyanAir jet to some foreign equivalent of Blackpool to sit in a DIFFERENT pub with the same english scum?

sarramkrop 07.25.2007 09:29 AM

What working men's pub have you been to, of late?

Edit- Danny

demonrail666 07.25.2007 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danny Himself
Hell is Benidorm. I can't believe how many 'Man U Bar's there are. Why do people haul their greasy arses out of pubs in england to get on a RyanAir jet to some foreign equivalent of Blackpool to sit in a DIFFERENT pub with the same english scum?


Totally agree. Loads of blokes wondering around in England shirts, ordering pints of Stella and chatting up perma-tan girls from Bolton. I'd rather eat my own shit.

demonrail666 07.25.2007 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarramkrop
What working men's pub have you been to, of late?

Edit- Danny


Seriously, Working Man's Pubs are one thing, stick those people in some Nike sandals and expose them to 90+ heat and you have a social catastrophe.

sarramkrop 07.25.2007 09:36 AM

I don't wanna think about it.

jico. 07.25.2007 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by demonrail666
I just recently came back from Spain (family visit) and the amount of genuinely disgusting English people that had taken over the bars was a real source of depression. Never been more ashamed to be English in my life.


tell me about it, especially during summer. it's not just english people, tough.
i feel sorry for the people that go to that kind of places.


at bars i prefer downtempo music, so that i can talk to people, relax, enjoy my drink etc. fortunaty there's a huge variety of bars, that play different music, so in that aspect i think we are well served. if i want some action i go to some club where they play live music or live sets or whatever.

the ikara cult 07.25.2007 11:09 AM

Another profiteering example is when they provide zero seating so you get sick of holding your drink, and hence drink quicker. Its a conspiracy man!

demonrail666 07.25.2007 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the ikara cult
Another profiteering example is when they provide zero seating so you get sick of holding your drink, and hence drink quicker. Its a conspiracy man!


Never thought of it like that but you might be on to something. The bastards!

gmku 07.25.2007 11:17 AM

I try to go only to bars where they've got like a beer garden or patio. Sitting inside them is depressing as fuck, and scary sometimes.

sellouteater 07.25.2007 11:20 AM

alcohol alone is sad alot of the time. i usaly try to avoid it, plus i dont hold me water to well

atsonicpark 07.25.2007 11:27 AM

they need to play SCISSOR SHOCK

SCISSOR SHOCK

SCISSOR SHOCK

heh

demonrail666 07.25.2007 11:32 AM

So long as music isn't so loud it obscures conversation, then I tend not to notice it.

gmku 07.25.2007 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sellouteater
alcohol alone is sad alot of the time. i usaly try to avoid it, plus i dont hold me water to well


yeah, but at the end of the day, a beer or two sure is nice, especially while cooking dinner for the family.

sellouteater 07.25.2007 11:47 AM

yeah, everything in moderation

thats hard to do when yr 15 though

jon boy 07.25.2007 11:55 AM

its probably to do with the fact that the masses go to the pub and the masses are asses (thanks kegmama) who will listen to whatever gets ramed down theyre pathetic ears and talk about how 'genius' things are and wait for life to bring the bottle again.


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