Re: Modest Mouse on Michael Monkey

On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:18:49 +0000, W.Dockery wrote:

On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:07:28 +0000, HarryLime wrote:
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On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:40:07 +0000, Will Dockery wrote:

On Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:14:03 +0000, HarryLime wrote:

On Sun, 9 Feb 2025 23:31:02 +0000, Will Dockery wrote:

General-Zod wrote:

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George J. Dance wrote:

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I should have posted this months ago, but better late than never.

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Modest Mouse on Michael Monkey (aka "Michael Pendragon"):

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"... And yeah, I know he's a pretty good read.
But, God. who'd want to be,
God, who'd want to be such an asshole?
[...]
Who would want to be,
Who would want to be such a control freak?

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"Bukowski" lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell
Music, Inc
Songwriters: Dann Gallucci / Eric Judy / Isaac Brock / Tom Peloso

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vtmiV3G9NI

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Ha ha... with a tear in his eye...

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And like clockwork, he's back.

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Even after I had left the group for three months, George Dance was
launching troll threads about me?

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You were gone three months already by that time?

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I'm pretty sure that I only went back the last day to bump up Ode to My
Slurp-puppet & co.

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Right, maliciously trolling to the end, as expected of Michael
Pendragon.
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And so it goes.

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Mischievous,

not malicious
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That's a matter of opinion.

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It's a matter of understanding the differences

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No, you just don't want to admit you're a malicious thug, Pendragon, who
would blame you?

1)
malice
noun
mal·​ice ˈma-ləs
Synonyms of malice
1
: desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another
an attack motivated by pure malice
2
: intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal
justification or excuse
ruined her reputation and did it with malice
2)
thug
noun
ˈthəg
pluralthugs
Synonyms of thug
1
see usage paragraph below : a violent or brutish criminal or bully
a brutal thug
a gang of thugs
… in American History X, Norton … plays a vicious young Venice Beach
thug, a racist skinhead with … a thick black swastika tattooed over one
bulging pec, and a gleam of murder in his eye.
—Owen Gleiberman
An authoritarian government willing to use the most brutal means to hold
on to power; a dictator whose thugs have murdered, tortured, imprisoned
or intimidated tens of thousands of civilians …
—Michiko Kakutani
2
: a member of a group of murderous robbers in India's past whose
activities were suppressed in the early 19th century
thuggery
ˈthə-g(ə-)rē
 noun
Since I have never desired to cause pain, injury, or distress to you,
and since I have never committed any violent, vicious, or brutish
criminal acts against you, the words do not apply.
We are all aware of your reputation for being the Usnet's biggest Drama
Queen, and this post demonstrates why.
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