atomicfront's Thread of Contrarianism?

James wrote:
Sure, if eating murdered animals is your thing.

Nigel wrote:

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:

James wrote:
After attending the Dwight Yoakam concert last Friday and subsequently walking down U Street at 1am or so, I almost started a thread when I got home to the effect of "DC has more douchey people than any other city". But I held off.

Just thought I'd add that to the conversation.

I was walking down 14th, between U and R, on Saturday night around 6 or 7 and there are SO many douchebags. Too many patios, too many restaurants, too squeaky clean. Damn you, gentrification.

The Matchbox has good mini burgers, though.

Isn't it everybody's?

the change on 14th street the past few years has been dramatic…personally I think some of the development is nice but a lot of it is so boring.. I mean how many overpriced restaurants/bars does one street need? I guess all people care about is drinking and eating……. thank god for Som Records, Miss Pixies, etc… it was a shame that chocolate shop couldn't make it.. and before the development there was a nice bookstore there..

I read in City Paper that last month (or month before now) 8 new restaurants opened up on 14th St.

for a few years i was taking pictures of every block on 14th between N and just north of U.. unfortunately life got in the way and I abadoned that project a few years back… 14th street still had some grit and remnants of the old industrial zone …

what really set the whole thing in motion was that Whole Foods moving in… that got things going…that was probably about 12-13 years ago now.. the change has only really  picked up pace in the past 3 years..

James wrote:
Sure, if eating murdered animals is your thing.

Nigel wrote:

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:

James wrote:
After attending the Dwight Yoakam concert last Friday and subsequently walking down U Street at 1am or so, I almost started a thread when I got home to the effect of "DC has more douchey people than any other city". But I held off.

Just thought I'd add that to the conversation.

I was walking down 14th, between U and R, on Saturday night around 6 or 7 and there are SO many douchebags. Too many patios, too many restaurants, too squeaky clean. Damn you, gentrification.

The Matchbox has good mini burgers, though.

I only eat animals that died of natural causes.

Yada wrote:
I guess that is an unfortunate reaction to gentrification.

All of the other hoods; C. Heights, Petworth, H. Street, hell even 9th and U street areas five/six years ago had nice little hidden gems, but now those are the popular spots. You can't escape douchiness in this city any longer.

You can escape it a little in Petworth. Right around where the metro is still isn't the best area and you can chill out at Looking Glass/DC Reynolds/Chez Billy.

The whole U St Corridor area has attracted an epic proportion of douchebags. H St has good dive bars BUT are they really that divey when they're crammed with douches? I still love me Velvet/Duffy's/Solly's/Dc9.

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
I only eat animals that died of natural causes.

I once had somebody tell me that they don't eat anything with a central nervous system.  I nearly convinced him it was OK to eat starfish, on the grounds that their nervous system is decentralized.

I never did go back to check and see if that was true in any way.

This is photo you have to love.  James Woods with his new 20 year old girlfriend.  He dated his previous girlfriend for 6 years but as she was now 26, time to trade her in for a newer model.

Google "James Woods large penis"

Are newspapers dead?  I subscribed to Baltimore Sun online to read their sports section and then I realized I don't even read their sports section anymore.  Their Sports staff is so small and is made up almost entirely of Opinion writers who don't have very good opinions.  I end up reading MASN Sports for Orioles coverage and the Ravens site for Ravens coverage.  What is the point?  Other than seeing how many people have been shot in my city today.

City Paper does a good job of posting the weekly murder count. 

James wrote:
Google "James Woods large penis"

I am sure it has more to do with him being rich and famous than the size of anything on his body.

So I went to the National Gallery of Art yesterday and I came to the conclusion that people like the french impressionists the best and Monet in particular.  What is it about impressionist art and Monet that people like so much?  I mean I had the El Greco's to myself as no one seemed to care about him. 

I never really liked Monet. I'm a huge, huge fan of Roy Lichtenstein and was jumping for joy when his paintings were displayed not too long ago there.

I really think people in general like what they're told to like or what they think they should like

El Greco is pretty cool.. Somerset Maugham goes into el Greco at length in Don Fernando; one of my favorite books.

atomicfront:

worst taste in beer: ✓
worst taste in comedians: ✓
worst taste in music: ✓
worst taste in movies: ✓
mullet: ✓
not really atomicfront (Julian): ✓
not really atomicfront (walky): ✓
douches up every single thread on the board: ✓

Yada wrote:
atomicfront:

worst taste in beer: ✓
worst taste in comedians: ✓
worst taste in music: ✓
worst taste in movies: ✓
mullet: ✓
not really atomicfront (Julian): ✓
not really atomicfront (walky): ✓
douches up every single thread on the board: ✓

That is actually James Ford douching it up. 

Tommy Front is easily baited, I'll say that.

loltomicfront

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fty29zmxndo

Yada wrote:
loltomicfront

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fty29zmxndo

a marked improvement over the original (not that that was hard to do).

i about lost it somewhere in the middle

So Coke and Pepsi are loaded with cancer causing junk.  I am glad I don't drink that stuff.  But evidently it is in the Carmal Color.  Why do they put artificial colors in foods?  I never got that.  Would you like Coke less if it were clear?  I wouldn't.