rahvin
keeper of the flame
I gather it's all in the order of terms: instead of "what's ok to want to fuck? = a guy who looks like a real man!" you have "what does it look like a guy who looks like a real man? = someone I want to fuck".
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I gather it's all in the order of terms: instead of "what's ok to want to fuck? = a guy who looks like a real man!" you have "what does it look like a guy who looks like a real man? = someone I want to fuck".
marduk1507
Member
On seeing rahvs signature and to derail the thread even more: Ive finally seen some of the House MD episodes in English and I so hate Lauries American accent! I dont really get it why Chase can "be british" and House cant. Yeah, the character is an American, so fucking what? Laurie himself said that acting with that accent was like playing tennis with a salmon while everyone else had a racket. So he probably decided to overdo it, because hes more American than the US actors.
On topic: Im hairy, Im fuckable! Yay!
On topic: Im hairy, Im fuckable! Yay!
Wow, i didn't know Laurie was british, thanks for opening my eyes. I watched some videos of him talking in his natural accent and it's so weird.
|ngenius
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marduk1507
Member
Wow, i didn't know Laurie was british, thanks for opening my eyes. I watched some videos of him talking in his natural accent and it's so weird.
And you probably havent seen him in Black Adder with Rowan Atkinson and Stephen Fry. Just amazing (ly British).
Yeah, but Black Adder is one of the ONLY British comedies that doesnt suck (start throwing stones). I actually like his American accent, it's dry and soothing. I could imagine him holding me to his breast and lulling me to sleep.
Nick
Nick
Didnt hyena and you whine about how hard it is to find a decent guy to date and about how long it's been since the last hopeful love story and so on? Im just wondering why at this point you two still sport a highly refined opinion about body hair, of all aspects.@Taliesin: who do you mean and why? it would be nice if you could explain a bit more precisely what you mean.
Of course you dont like what you dont like, but shouldnt you start by sorting them into "nice" and "not so nice" before stuff like this comes up?
It's probably a bad example, take no offense if it is, but Ive seen it many times around me, women come up with all sorts of details they ABSOLUTELY want in their man and years later, still single, they rant about how cruel the world is, because they're still single...
Not that you should fuck everyone who offers, but you know.. it's criteria like body hair, eye color, religion, hair color, hair cut, size and stuff like this that raise the bar - not even high, just in weird places.
Btw, you didnt inspire this rant, you just made it pop up
Rusty
A-HAHAHA!
Apparently when he sent his audition tape in, some director/creater/writer/producer/whateverbloke said something like, "Now this is what we need, a real American actor." He is quite glorious, really.Wow, i didn't know Laurie was british, thanks for opening my eyes. I watched some videos of him talking in his natural accent and it's so weird.
Didnt hyena and you whine about how hard it is to find a decent guy to date and about how long it's been since the last hopeful love story and so on? Im just wondering why at this point you two still sport a highly refined opinion about body hair, of all aspects.
Of course you dont like what you dont like, but shouldnt you start by sorting them into "nice" and "not so nice" before stuff like this comes up?
It's probably a bad example, take no offense if it is, but Ive seen it many times around me, women come up with all sorts of details they ABSOLUTELY want in their man and years later, still single, they rant about how cruel the world is, because they're still single...
Not that you should fuck everyone who offers, but you know.. it's criteria like body hair, eye color, religion, hair color, hair cut, size and stuff like this that raise the bar - not even high, just in weird places.
Btw, you didnt inspire this rant, you just made it pop up
Well, first of all, the fact that we have an opinion about such things doesn't mean that we base our decisions mostly or solely on such things. Everyone has preferences, and those who say they don't are straight out lying. (And from this point on, i will only talk about myself.)
Furthermore, as i already stated, it always depends on the guy. If you want me to break that down for you, it means that i won't prefer a hairy asshole just because he's hairy, and i won't reject a nice guy because he doesn't have blue eyes or the perfect body. But i will reject said nice guy if he doesn't do it for me.
So, i don't see how my having a preference about body hair leads you to the conclusion that i base my choices on "body hair, eye color, religion, hair color, hair cut, size and stuff like this" or that i ABSOLUTELY want my man to combine all of my preferences. As i said, it depends on the guy. And i really don't see how my wanting a guy with untrimmed body hair is limiting my choices, since the vast majority of the guys i have ever met (ie 100%) do not trim their body hair.
Now that i got that little misunderstanding out of the way, i want to talk a bit about sorting guys into categories. See, i do not agree that i should start by sorting them into "nice" and "not nice". I should start by sorting them into "straight men" and "everything else".
Now that we have that out of the way as well, i will reply regarding the "decent guy" thing. You can choose any combination of the following answers:
a) Decent guys are overestimated.
b) Decent guys are like Kinder eggs. They come with surprises.
c) There are no decent guys.
Besides, the definition of "decent" might differ from one person to another. And on to reply to your questions more specifically:
No, i did not whine about how difficult it is to find a decent guy to date. Because i don't think there are decent guys, and because i don't want to find a guy to date. I could have any number of 'decent' or not-so-decent guys if i wanted (i have at least 2 guys at my beck and call as we speak, and i'm counting strictly). The point is that i prefer to be alone. Sure, i might get the Spring Syndrome every now and then and miss the good things that come with having a relationship and whine about it, but i'd rather have my hard-earned balance, thank you. And no, i do not whine about how long it's been since the last hopeful love story, i hold that as my pride. It took me a while to get where i am, and i'm not going to trade my lifestyle and peace of mind for some decent guy. I have my friends who support me emotionally, and i try not to care about the physical part. Besides i'm far too busy with more important things, i don't have time for all this (or as Kent put it: har inte tid med all din skit). So why should i settle for a decent guy? I'm not desperate (yet). At this point it would take an amazing guy to make me consider it.
Am i bitter? Yes.
Sorry for the rant.
I know i will regret this post.
Merry Christmas.
@Taliesin: well, i will give my own response to your objection, which is uncannily similar to something my mother often tells me.
contrary to siren, i do whine and i do complain. i wish i was in a relationship. and while i don't particularly care about body hair, as long as it's not obnoxiously dirty, i know i have some standards in areas such as education, culture, professional standing, and religion, or at least tolerance to religion. while you might think that the latter (or all of those criteria) is stupid, i have first-hand experience on the matter of excessive differences in worldview eventually destroying relationships. i don't require my partner to be a christian, but i require him not to hate everything i believe in, and not to try and deconstruct it at every occasion: it gets tiring, not to mention that in the end one can never find an agreement on how to raise children.
also, i cannot be with someone whose use of language makes me think that he's stupid. i am sorry but i cannot help that.
and yes, i agree with siren when she says that everyone has standards: for men, as far as i understand, that's generally more likely to be connected to appearance. i don't hold them responsible for that, it's probably just how we are wired. but would you hold a male friend responsible for only wanting to be with women whom he is sexually attracted to? the fact that for me sexual attraction is a result of several structures (language, culture, etc more important than body) is not my fault.
contrary to siren, i do whine and i do complain. i wish i was in a relationship. and while i don't particularly care about body hair, as long as it's not obnoxiously dirty, i know i have some standards in areas such as education, culture, professional standing, and religion, or at least tolerance to religion. while you might think that the latter (or all of those criteria) is stupid, i have first-hand experience on the matter of excessive differences in worldview eventually destroying relationships. i don't require my partner to be a christian, but i require him not to hate everything i believe in, and not to try and deconstruct it at every occasion: it gets tiring, not to mention that in the end one can never find an agreement on how to raise children.
also, i cannot be with someone whose use of language makes me think that he's stupid. i am sorry but i cannot help that.
and yes, i agree with siren when she says that everyone has standards: for men, as far as i understand, that's generally more likely to be connected to appearance. i don't hold them responsible for that, it's probably just how we are wired. but would you hold a male friend responsible for only wanting to be with women whom he is sexually attracted to? the fact that for me sexual attraction is a result of several structures (language, culture, etc more important than body) is not my fault.
marduk1507
Member
Well, no. A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Monty Pythons, Im sure there are more. And they have really good crime series, like Cracker with Robbie Coltrane. Robert Carlyle was also awesome in several episodes playing a mass murderer (who else, eh?).
As for Lauries accent and voice in House MD, I dont like his voice either. Its like hes speaking through his throat all the time. Its probably meant to sound indifferent, but its weird.
Dr. House is teh sexy. Laurie not so much. He said he doesn't even know what encephalitis means. But he has humour, i'll give him that.
And i do enjoy the way House talks, it seems natural and cynical to me.
But he has humour, i'll give him that.And i do enjoy the way House talks, it seems natural and cynical to me.
DisplayofCharacter
Are You Scared Enough?
I agree with Siren and Nick. I did not find out Laurie was British until halfway through the second season (I've been following since the pilot). I did not know of him as an actor before the show (the only britcom I have spent time with is Monty Python). He did an appearance on a late-night talk show, and it certainly surprised me to hear a distinct accent.
On a related note: I love the show, I think the writing for it is excellent, and I am pretty shameless about it.
Rusty
A-HAHAHA!
Anyone else get tickled by the thing Hugh Laurie and Zach Braff did when they presented some award a couple of years ago?
[ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZTeYBCN3FbY[/ame]
And then there was the thing with Helen Mirren.
[ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=4AO9Z4bAvMU[/ame]
Gosh, iLove Hugh Laurie almost as much as iLove Stephen Fry.
[ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZTeYBCN3FbY[/ame]
And then there was the thing with Helen Mirren.
[ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=4AO9Z4bAvMU[/ame]
Gosh, iLove Hugh Laurie almost as much as iLove Stephen Fry.
marduk1507
Member
No need to be sorry, no problem. I still like watching the series a lot. And I think Laurie would deserve much better.
@Rusty: Superb!
rahvin
keeper of the flame
I like his American accent, to be honest, although I'm sure my opinion as a non-native is not something to hold in the highest regard. However, Chase is Australian, not British. And I find his accent annoying.
Laurie has a lot to do with the accent, limp, and sometimes a cold or other momentary crisis going on. I don't particularly see why he couldn't have been British, as well, but I imagine the idea of an arrogant British doctor in New Jersey would not be exactly out there.
marduk1507
Member
How can you?
Oh, so Chase is an Aussie, right. I thought he was British Because House says to him "thats because youre British" in one of the episodes. I dont like his accent either.Laurie has a lot to do with the accent, limp, and sometimes a cold or other momentary crisis going on. I don't particularly see why he couldn't have been British, as well, but I imagine the idea of an arrogant British doctor in New Jersey would not be exactly out there.
True.
edit: replied to something 2 pages ago and then realized the topic of the thread has changed from Christmas to body hair to British actors faking American accents to how girls' standards seem to be higher than men's (you didn't say that but that's what I think) and back to accents again...are we going to talk about decent English men who fake an American accent but can't hook up with girls because they have excess body hair? *confused*
