i'm no lamp connoisseur but i certainly agree those are hideous.

The 1st and 3rd in the second row are fine but I wouldn't touch any of the others.

"Rather frightful" lamps ffs :D

The old crap comment was tongue in cheek. I also enjoy the aesthetics you find appealing, but some of the adjectives you used to support your ultimate conclusion of grotesque aesthetics is what got to me. Geometric, angular, and new to be exact.

You also have to understand that those designs would, in fact, fit the aesthetics of many modern homes, so it's not unreasonable for low/middle class consumers to feel "Yes! That is what I want in my home. That object reflects and accentuates my taste in art and general aesthetic values!" even if you can't appreciate or understand where they are coming from. I have no argument in regards to the quality of the products, but aesthetically I disagree. I like a couple of those designs.

I was taking my reaction to an extreme to convey the surprise I experienced given my contemporary consumer ignorance. It appears we were both being tongue-in-cheek.

You're quite right - the lamps pictured are likely suitable for low/middle-class homes, and it would be unreasonable for me to expect that sort of customer to purchase a Victorian lighting solution. I suppose I was frustrated that there was not a single offering from Target remotely in the ballpark of what I was looking for, but again - that was also an unreasonable expectation. I'd presumed that neo-Victorian style was still in fashion for at least a sufficient portion of the hoi polloi to warrant a single representative piece, but I was incorrect in that assumption. Or perhaps more simply, it would appear that Target does not market to that demographic, neither financially nor artistically.

My difficulty, (and it is entirely my own doing), is that I so seldom set foot into a market which sells mass-produced or new goods that every time that I do serves as a culture shock to my system.

Why is it that in so many old movies and tv shows footsteps are so loud? It's ****ing irritating and takes me out of whatever scene I'm watching.

that is pretty heckin' cute

Drinking smoking I'm not promoting
Cool with the Queen but I'm not voting
Big in the game but I'm not boasting

You're just a badman behind the qwerty
I've been a G from early
Before D Double E said 'dirty'

it's like regardless of which thread i go in somebody wants to battle rap me :(

Hit, run, smash, grab
Hands in the air, cash in the bag
You look upset, you look sad
What did I say - swag

ROFL, I agree Foley artists back in the day were tripping with those super loud footsteps. We get it. Someone is coming.

Imma bust one out fo da Batlode (aka Handsome B)

*ahem*

Y'all lookin good innoze skin tight jeenz
Fixina touch y'allz jelly beenz

i googled those lyrics to see if it was a real song and this was the first link to come up

L O L

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hm the link wont work because it has the n word in it, but basically it's a website with lyrics to racist country songs that looks like it was made in the late 90s.

You know why his alias is Handsome B right?

edited my post, it wasn't your lyrics.

Oh.

ok.

nevermind

but your rap was nice too plankton tyvm

I got mad skillz brohammad.

Ok, I'll tell you why he's known as Handsome B:

If three people having sex is a threesome, and two people having sex is a twosome...

lol I'll check it out. Charles posted a very racist Christmas song the other year about Leroy. Still makes me laugh.

Them lyrics are from this https://youtu.be/S4C4A6d7dWo

charles got 0wned

Charles :D

Charlos Tevez
Charlos Valderrama
Charlos Sanchez

But even just some dude casually walking down a hallway, not doing anything that should draw focus to his footsteps, like, just walking and talking to some other dude, and he might as well be stomping around in tap shoes.

I do not remember this.

Charle Jenkinson

Re: footsteps my guess is that it was one of those remnants of theatre/radio during that time before they realized how different film is as a medium.

Went something like, Leroy the big lipped ******, had a very pushed in nose :D

It had to be you, nobody else would post it.

Charleton Athletic

Charlisle United

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:cool:

lol I can't even think of any more.

Mad ting. Thought it was Charles.

Charlize Theron

Charles Nottincharge

Charlington, Texas

Houses of Charliament.

Lenny and Charle

:d

Charles Em All!

if someone could photoshop charles face from nea's avi onto a picture of lenny and carl for me i would make it my avatar 5eva.