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UK/R.O.I GAF - Thread of geopolitical confusion
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Hot Coldman
Banned
£1m worth of GUILT per shirt, you mean
I already own electronics and shoes. If I don't feel guilty about that, I'm not going to feel guilty about shopping in Primark.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Yeah I wasn't being entirely serious, as I said in the Phil Fish thread, I have a hard time getting up in arms about the people I buy shit from. I got a nice coat for Primark, and they're good for socks and stuff, so they're alright by me... *shrug*
Salvador points out the worst part. The one on Oxford Street is fucking bedlam.
J Tourettes
Banned
Fair enough (at least metallers genuinely like their music though) and I do agree with the bolded, although that could be levelled at any genre.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I made the mistake of buying some shirts from Primark before and it seems to be that the low price is offset by shoddy workmanship and insane design decisions. The spare buttons were placed exactly where I do my trousers up, the care label was massive and sharp and scratched buggery out of my love handles and then most of the buttons fell off within a month.
Also, as a larger man I can hardly find anything there to fit me, seems their trousers top out at a 38 here while I'm a more portly 40.
And anyway, fuck clothes, I have way more interesting stuff to spend my money on
Hot Coldman
Banned
And anyway, fuck clothes, I have way more interesting stuff to spend my money on
Let's all get naked and buy iPads, woo! Haha
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I think the accusation of hipsters not really liking their music is a bit unfair. I'd say my music tastes definitely fall into the realm of the hipster (I went to a slow club show recently and was dismayed at the asymmetrical haircuts) and I love it with all of my heart. No one social group has dibs on loving their stuff more than any other.
J Tourettes
Banned
I have a fair few overlapping interests with hipsters and it pains my heart, almost as much as it pains my heart to see what they've done to my beloved eastend
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
£5 jeans from Asda. Does the damage.
As for the earlier "metal fashion/subculture" thing, I wore this trenchcoat back in 2003-2005 (bought it with a student loan alongside a Gamecube and MiniDisc player, ah, those were the days) and as a metal fan I wore the shirts. As I got older, still wore the shirts but didn't wear the trenchcoat as I cycled everywhere. My "fashion" has always gravitated towards metal t-shirts and military surplus. I just don't give a fuck. I also had long hair from 2003-2010, and have been growing it back since then.
I started wearing the trenchcoat again as a laugh really. I found it when I went back home last summer but then said "fuck it, I'm bringing it back to Taiwan with me" and I've found myself wearing it to work every day during the winter.
I can remember being annoyed by the metal/goth scene in Glasgow. Outside of the guys who were in bands they were just as bad as Neds.
As for the earlier "metal fashion/subculture" thing, I wore this trenchcoat back in 2003-2005 (bought it with a student loan alongside a Gamecube and MiniDisc player, ah, those were the days) and as a metal fan I wore the shirts. As I got older, still wore the shirts but didn't wear the trenchcoat as I cycled everywhere. My "fashion" has always gravitated towards metal t-shirts and military surplus. I just don't give a fuck. I also had long hair from 2003-2010, and have been growing it back since then.
I started wearing the trenchcoat again as a laugh really. I found it when I went back home last summer but then said "fuck it, I'm bringing it back to Taiwan with me" and I've found myself wearing it to work every day during the winter.
I can remember being annoyed by the metal/goth scene in Glasgow. Outside of the guys who were in bands they were just as bad as Neds.
Trenchcoats in Taiwan sounds like just about the worst fucking thing in the world.
But I guess I spend my time in the south. The mercilessly hot south. *shudders*
BTW, I'm coming over this June, up for a meet-up again?
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Speaking of slim fit, I'll tell you what is dumb - slim fit with a 17 inch neck. There are no skinny people with 17 inch necks. It's a fattie size. So why the fuck would there be slim fit shirts that size? Is there a secret majority of bodybuilders buying these things up or something?
It would be cool if the clothing companies did a fat fit, where the shirts had a little more around the tummy while keeping the shoulders and neck nice and snug.
But I digress...
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
It's been 9-15c from mid-December until now. Last weekend it was around 25c, but yeah, the trenchcoat's being hung up in a few weeks time until December hits.
I'll be up for a meetup anytime in June, considering I'm about to leave my job and all. Shit's gonna be bangin'. If you're here for the Euros then we could watch a game or two.
snoopeasystreet
Member
It's so nice out and I'm sitting in an office with no window and no cigarettes left. Today is the worst.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I hope I get mine on Friday. I only ordered last night but paid the extra fiver to receive it on release day. They better not screw me! I can't wait though. Funny to think when ME1 came out I finished it and though "Now I have to wait 4 years to see how this ends".
4 years later...
Monkeylord
Member
Only 17hrs left before tickets go on sale for Tenacious D at Brixton.
Planning on snagging 3 tickets if I can, one each for me and my GF and one as a B'day prezzie for a mate of mine. he doesn't even know they're gonna be playing a gig over here yet so if I manage to get one for him I'll be printing off the confirmation email and sticking it in his B'day card which he'll see at our annual "Birthday Rock Band Rawkfest" at his place on Sat evening. It would blow his fucking mind!
Anyone else planning on going?
Planning on snagging 3 tickets if I can, one each for me and my GF and one as a B'day prezzie for a mate of mine. he doesn't even know they're gonna be playing a gig over here yet so if I manage to get one for him I'll be printing off the confirmation email and sticking it in his B'day card which he'll see at our annual "Birthday Rock Band Rawkfest" at his place on Sat evening. It would blow his fucking mind!
Anyone else planning on going?
Monkeylord
Member
I'd love to go to Download, but I haven't been able to afford to go to a Festival since Daphne and Celeste got bottles of piss thrown at them at Reading (can never remember what year that was, but I remember blink-182 slipping over in it when D&C got dragged off the stage by their minders.. lolworthy).
Dem bills won't pay themselves.
Fuck being a grown up
Dem bills won't pay themselves.
Fuck being a grown up
Musha_Soturi
Member
If you're with O2 and signed up to priority tickets you can get them now.
I'm not going, they're ok and quite amusing but I can't see it being the same live, plus I begrudge spending £35 on a ticket to see a band a really like, let alone one I think is just ok.
I did use my O2 to buy a ticket for a friend who's on vodafone though.
Monkeylord
Member
So I hear, but alas I am not.
Isn't there also a max limit on how many you can get through that?
Musha_Soturi
Member
I'll be seeing the D at Download
Screw Download and it's handful of worthy bands. Sonisphere is where the good bands are at this year.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I'd love to go to Download, but I haven't been able to afford to go to a Festival since Daphne and Celeste got bottles of piss thrown at them at Reading (can never remember what year that was, but I remember blink-182 slipping over in it when D&C got dragged off the stage by their minders.. lolworthy).
Dem bills won't pay themselves.
Fuck being a grown up
It was 2000, Mark Hoppus fell in the piss and that year Dave Grohl touched my friend's hand during the crush in the Foo Fighters set. And I met a friend from college during the Deftones' set and we danced in the mud wearing binbags. Best year ever! I also lost a toenail in the Amen circle pit.
EDIT: they should also just call download Neckbeardfest or Gathering of the Juggalos UK and be done with it
J Tourettes
Banned
I'd love to go to Download, but I haven't been able to afford to go to a Festival since Daphne and Celeste got bottles of piss thrown at them at Reading (can never remember what year that was, but I remember blink-182 slipping over in it when D&C got dragged off the stage by their minders.. lolworthy).
Dem bills won't pay themselves.
Fuck being a grown up
Being grown up is where it's at. Can go to any festival I want but after last year's Reading effort decided I'm far too old for that. I could possibly be persuaded to go Sziget festival (mainly because Budapest is fucking brilliant) and I could probably have my arm twisted to give Exit another bash. Apart from that, from now on, all gigs will be seated unless I see Gogol Bordello again.
Monkeylord
Member
There are elements of being a grown up that I enjoy (free reign is pretty darn sweet)... maybe I should have said "being a responsible adult with outgoings comperable to incomings sucks".
snoopeasystreet
Member
I'm going to budapest in april. Heard it's great and the drink is mad cheap. Anything cool to do there?
J Tourettes
Banned
Yeah, that sucks hard. It's only over the past couple of years that I've managed to be living pretty comfortably and I'm in my early thirties.
Monkeylord
Member
34 in a couple of weeks, here.
Just after Christmas I became debt free, but have just had to shell out for a new mattress and sofa (gotta wait till the end of April for delivery... fuckers!). Beginning of the year and end of the year are the worst for me as there's so many B'days, but once we get to late May/June time I should be set and will have a few quid in the savings account for once.
Wouldn't be so bad if my GF's work (fucking Icelands) actually gave her some regular and/or decent hours. As it is she makes enough to contribute to the weekly shop and the rest is on me. Not her fault, and there's fuck all work available to her where we are, but it does put a limit on what we can do.
For the first time since moving out I'll actually have little play money AND some money for the savings too. This time next year I'd say we'll be comfortable. Till then it will be a yo-yo depending on what time of year it is.
Same. Even then, I'm 'comfortable' because I know what stuff to go without and what to treat myself to. Not sure I'll ever be totally comfortable, short of a surprise windfall.
Monkeylord
Member
I can relate.
J Tourettes
Banned
That's why I'm studying to be a sparky (domestic) in my spare time as it's the only way I can see me being relatively happy in my job and earning a fair bit of money. Will set up as a one man band once qualified and as long as I can get at least two days a week consistent work, I'll be laughing.
J Tourettes
Banned
I have zero savings, that's probably why I'm comfortable! :lol
My gf is moving in with me in August and then we're going to be saving hardcore for a mortgage. Cutting out takeaways and having a packed lunch would save me close to £300 a month, I need to stop being such a lazy bastard.
I got a couple of tickets through O2 Priority for the Tuesday show. It's gonna be awesome!
I'd have gone to Download this year, but I'm off to Scotland with Musha_Soturi & a few friends for the UCI Downhill Champs, which happens to be on the same weekend. I'm also going to Bloodstock this year for my best mate's Stag Do (I'm organising it), so I can't really afford to lay down the £500 total going to Download would ultimately cost.
J Tourettes
Banned
Drink is about 50p to a pound for a lager. What do you like doing? Some things to consider:
Baths (I didn't bother as was almost 40 degrees when I was out there), Parliament building, Heroes Square, House of Terror, Margit Island, good bars and restaurants.
Bit of a photodump from the holiday here with a couple from Novi sad thrown in at the end. Beware, may cure insomnia.
Monkeylord
Member
My GF moved in with me in 2005, and I don't eat lunch.
Haven't eaten a regular breakfast or lunch since I was 14 or so. Not sure why. have the odd sandwich at around lunchtime on a Saturday sometimes (still rare, like maybe once every 2 months or so). I've probably fucked my body up so much, lol.
snoopeasystreet
Member
I'm only really going for the drink but I need something to do during hangovers.
www.trofeagrill.eu/en/trofea
I heard about that place from a friend. seems like the perfect place for pre drinking.
www.trofeagrill.eu/en/trofea
I heard about that place from a friend. seems like the perfect place for pre drinking.
J Tourettes
Banned
I went there (although it looks like it's moved unless they have more than one). Was great food for the price.
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