Happy Hump Day Survey!

Paleocon wrote:

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Smell the Glove?

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It is one of those covers you can just stare at.

Zoso1701 wrote:
Paleocon wrote:

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Smell the Glove?

You got it. Otherwise known as "the Black Album".

As a metalhead, I'll post some metal covers later, but this non-metal album cover was the first truly unique one I thought of. My Dad always had an impressive vinyl collection, and I remember staring at this cover a lot when I was a kid, trying to find all the faces that are worked into it.

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New entry.

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Recent album favorite is the latest Bats For Lashes (NSFW)

Another classic: Queen's News of the World. It's a damn shame that I can't find a good, hi-res version of it, but this will have to do.

Outer cover

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Inner cover

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One more classic rock cover. Click to enlarge.

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Somebody probably posted one of those in the time it took me to find all those.

Now for some metal album covers. I'll restrain from posting ones that I remember that might be considered too graphic.

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Obviously inspired by Meatloaf's Bat of Hell cover:
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This one is kind of cheating, as it was intended by the band to be the cover for their debut album, before the record company rejected it.
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Pretty sure tuffalo just posted a shelf from my album collection.

Nostalgia:
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I forgot a good one!

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The best is often the obvious...

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Happy Hump day!

What is the lamest reason you have ever given for breaking up with someone?

Yeah...I have tons of these...because of all the chicks I've dated...I just can't decide...yeah...

I have seriously dated five women in my life:

Woman 1: I broke up with when she wanted to transition from dating to friends with benefits. So maybe she broke up with me?
Woman 2: We met online, which made her worry about what everyone would say. So she wanted me to lie to her friends and say I was from her hometown, and lie to her family and say I went to her college.
Woman 3: Cheated on me.
Woman 4: Went south when I got into the relationship way too close to woman 3.
Woman 5: Married for 6+ years.

I will let you pick the silly one.

Well...

I'm sort of ashamed to say it, but "being a bad poet" would probably have to be answer. I will say, in my defense, that it was 100% true - it was Vogon level bad poetry. Also, I was 22.

I'm probably also wiggling with the definitions in the question, as this person and I simply met once and then went out on a single date with, so technically it wasn't a break-up so much as it was "let's not continue to pursue this." I didn't ever tell her the reason was her poetry was awful. So it technically isn't a "reason given" to the person in question. But it is certainly the silliest reason I've broken something off.

When someone identifies as something, and gives the impression that they are crackerjack at it, they need to be able to deliver on some level. Poetry is subjective, I understand that in my bones, and I've written my fair share of bad poems. I would have been fine if it simply wasn't my cup of tea. But this poetry was so bad that I believe a thirteen year old having just discovered and fallen in love with Sylvia Plath would have had more restraint. I mean, this was some next level bad. And it was made worse by how clearly she thought she was some sort of poetry genius.

It immediately highlighted personality quirks which might have been interpretted generously, but instead my mind began to color them in with negative connotations (oh, you aren't confident - you are arrogant.) I think it would have been okay if she was pursuing study and craft, and reading lots of poets, but when I dropped basic poetry references or jokes, she didn't seem to catch them at all.

As an artist myself, I actually feel guilty about all this. When I met this woman, I was really into her, and our first encounter was electric... But the moment I heard the poetry though it was like something just died. It was all gone.

The take away here is that artists should wait at least three dates before revealing your art to someone you are into. (You should also present yourself as open to honest feedback, and not simply seeking praise - though I think that's good advice for anyone about anything.)

Ha! Not a particularly popular question this week, eh? I haven't dated much and certainly haven't dated in awhile. I only really ever broke things off with somebody once, and it was something along the lines of "I'm not really feeling attracted to you." I was just trying to be honest but it turned out really lame and really bad.

I don't even remember breaking up with people its been so long since I was a young douchenozzle. I mean, I'm 34, but lame ass breakups happened mostly in middle and early high school.

Am I too cool for school now? Yes, yes I am.

TheHarpoMarxist wrote:

Well...

I'm sort of ashamed to say it, but "being a bad poet" would probably have to be answer. I will say, in my defense, that it was 100% true - it was Vogon level bad poetry. Also, I was 22.

I'm probably also wiggling with the definitions in the question, as this person and I simply met once and then went out on a single date with, so technically it wasn't a break-up so much as it was "let's not continue to pursue this." I didn't ever tell her the reason was her poetry was awful. So it technically isn't a "reason given" to the person in question. But it is certainly the silliest reason I've broken something off.

When someone identifies as something, and gives the impression that they are crackerjack at it, they need to be able to deliver on some level. Poetry is subjective, I understand that in my bones, and I've written my fair share of bad poems. I would have been fine if it simply wasn't my cup of tea. But this poetry was so bad that I believe a thirteen year old having just discovered and fallen in love with Sylvia Plath would have had more restraint. I mean, this was some next level bad. And it was made worse by how clearly she thought she was some sort of poetry genius.

It immediately highlighted personality quirks which might have been interpretted generously, but instead my mind began to color them in with negative connotations (oh, you aren't confident - you are arrogant.) I think it would have been okay if she was pursuing study and craft, and reading lots of poets, but when I dropped basic poetry references or jokes, she didn't seem to catch them at all.

As an artist myself, I actually feel guilty about all this. When I met this woman, I was really into her, and our first encounter was electric... But the moment I heard the poetry though it was like something just died. It was all gone.

The take away here is that artists should wait at least three dates before revealing your art to someone you are into. (You should also present yourself as open to honest feedback, and not simply seeking praise - though I think that's good advice for anyone about anything.)

Unless of course she gave you bad poetry on purpose to see how you'd react.

Boom!

Harpo, that is not a bad reason at all

My more lame/humorous answers to this question are not the reasons I actually told guys I was breaking up with them, but two things I recall realizing the moment a break-up was imminent are:

1. Messy, like disgusting, eater. It wasn't HORRIBLE at first so I gave it some leeway, but there was a dinner where I was so grossed out, I wanted nothing to do with that mouth ever again.

2. Laughing at the wrong parts of a movie. This one might be silly and I can't remember even what movie it was. But this shared interest in X movie was something that led me to believe he was intelligent and when we finally watched it together he laughed at parts that made no sense as though he didn't understand it. I thought, "oh, I have you pegged alllllll wrong."

tuffalobuffalo wrote:

Ha! Not a particularly popular question this week, eh? I haven't dated much and certainly haven't dated in awhile. I only really ever broke things off with somebody once, and it was something along the lines of "I'm not really feeling attracted to you." I was just trying to be honest but it turned out really lame and really bad.

I think we're all filled with shame and embarrassment.

I'll add another.

I had just come to this new city after having to flee my old one for reasons I won't get into. I had relatives in the new city, but I was prepared for life as a refugee. As you can imagine it was hard, and brutal. At first I had trouble making friends and dealing with the loss of my sister (she died during our escape.) Eventually though, I fell in with a good crowd. There was this shy, quirky woman who I really liked, but she had a thing for demons. It was kind of a deal breaker for me.

TheHarpoMarxist wrote:
tuffalobuffalo wrote:

Ha! Not a particularly popular question this week, eh? I haven't dated much and certainly haven't dated in awhile. I only really ever broke things off with somebody once, and it was something along the lines of "I'm not really feeling attracted to you." I was just trying to be honest but it turned out really lame and really bad.

I think we're all filled with shame and embarrassment.

For me, I've hardly dated and the reasons I broke up weren't funny. One was just mutual disinterest, the other... not funny.

tuffalobuffalo wrote:

Ha! Not a particularly popular question this week, eh? I haven't dated much and certainly haven't dated in awhile. I only really ever broke things off with somebody once, and it was something along the lines of "I'm not really feeling attracted to you." I was just trying to be honest but it turned out really lame and really bad.

I always comes out sounding lame and bad, doesn't it? There's really not a cool way to say, with a soft blow, "I'm not into you anymore."

She drove a paint pealing red AMC Pacer. While funny and interesting now, I did not want to be caught dead in that car.

TheHarpoMarxist wrote:

I had just come to this new city after having to flee my old one for reasons I won't get into. I had relatives in the new city, but I was prepared for life as a refugee. As you can imagine it was hard, and brutal. At first I had trouble making friends and dealing with the loss of my sister (she died during our escape.) Eventually though, I fell in with a good crowd. There was this shy, quirky woman who I really liked, but she had a thing for demons. It was kind of a deal breaker for me.

I can't tell if you're serious or if this is just the plot to Dragon Age II.

ClockworkHouse wrote:
TheHarpoMarxist wrote:

I had just come to this new city after having to flee my old one for reasons I won't get into. I had relatives in the new city, but I was prepared for life as a refugee. As you can imagine it was hard, and brutal. At first I had trouble making friends and dealing with the loss of my sister (she died during our escape.) Eventually though, I fell in with a good crowd. There was this shy, quirky woman who I really liked, but she had a thing for demons. It was kind of a deal breaker for me.

I can't tell if you're serious or if this is just the plot to Dragon Age II.

I'm just shocked anyone doesn't like Merrill.