What's wrong with Jimmy Buffett? - Beyond Tiki

K Kono Member Orlando Joined: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 1266	K Kono Posted posted on Thu, Jun 23, 2005 3:52 PM On 2005-06-23 13:55, Geeky Tiki wrote: Buffet fans had fun in high school, Tiki fans didn't. Ouch! :o I think that this may apply to other common points of polarity that we find in everyday life. PC users had fun in high school, Mac users didn't. Dog lovers had fun in high school, cat lovers didn't etc etc. On 2005-06-23 13:55, dangergirl299 wrote: Personally, I'd rather hang out with a bunch of drunk, friendly, beer-bellied parrotheads than folks who regularly lie, cheat and look down on everyone else, but that could be just me. Ouch!! :o On 2005-06-23 13:55, dangergirl299 wrote: I try to avoid making fun of the way others dress/music they listen to/drinks they drink/weird objects they spend a whole month's salary on etc. because they could easily say the same about US! Well said. On 2005-06-23 13:55, Tiki-bot wrote: One of the biggest mistakes people make is to think that simply discussing something entails automatically adopting opposing viewpoints. Good point (but I edited out the "Americans" part because I think that the disposition to automatically form up into opposing camps is not a distinctly American trait). On 2005-06-23 13:55, Geeky Tiki wrote: If something isn't Tiki to someone, that's cool. Save me the hate part, though. I agree completely! Whether you listen to John Cage or Christina Aguilera don't mean a rat's ass to me. And I won't think any more or less of you for it. Now...the clothes you wear, the car you drive...sure, I may hate you for that! :wink:

On 2005-06-23 13:55, Geeky Tiki wrote:
Buffet fans had fun in high school, Tiki fans didn't.

Ouch! :o

I think that this may apply to other common points of polarity that we find in everyday life. PC users had fun in high school, Mac users didn't. Dog lovers had fun in high school, cat lovers didn't etc etc.

On 2005-06-23 13:55, dangergirl299 wrote:
Personally, I'd rather hang out with a bunch of drunk, friendly, beer-bellied parrotheads than folks who regularly lie, cheat and look down on everyone else, but that could be just me.

Ouch!! :o

On 2005-06-23 13:55, dangergirl299 wrote:
I try to avoid making fun of the way others dress/music they listen to/drinks they drink/weird objects they spend a whole month's salary on etc. because they could easily say the same about US!

Well said.

On 2005-06-23 13:55, Tiki-bot wrote:
One of the biggest mistakes people make is to think that simply discussing something entails automatically adopting opposing viewpoints.

Good point (but I edited out the "Americans" part because I think that the disposition to automatically form up into opposing camps is not a distinctly American trait).

On 2005-06-23 13:55, Geeky Tiki wrote:
If something isn't Tiki to someone, that's cool. Save me the hate part, though.

I agree completely! Whether you listen to John Cage or Christina Aguilera don't mean a rat's ass to me. And I won't think any more or less of you for it. Now...the clothes you wear, the car you drive...sure, I may hate you for that!

:wink:

Post #167681 by Kono on Thu, Jun 23, 2005 3:52 PM