Why do we all end up here? Now that discussion-boards are just about everywhere on the net, and one can discuss about everything with all sorts of people from god knows where, WHY do we still come to this site? huh! i sure as hell don't get it. there's nothing of interest in here, really. we're all bastards here, most of us even miserable useless bastards, and this place isn't really that much about Blur anymore either!
what a fuckin' mindfuck i'll say.

By Lucky on Monday, February 11, 2002 - 11:43 am:

Speak for yourself, mate. It's quite nice here.

By Rob Ruck on Monday, February 11, 2002 - 12:03 pm:

Yes indeed!

By indigo on Monday, February 11, 2002 - 01:25 pm:

yeah, i think we're quite a nice little community! and while we may not have the completely slavish devotion to one band to the exclusion of all other topics, I think we're fairly well balanced and amusing. Plus, the layout is easy to work with, whereas the other boards I've tried (Muse, some really naff Radiohead one, ummm... all those shite ones attached to nme.com) are unnecessarily complex.

By mwn on Monday, February 11, 2002 - 07:21 pm:

nah it ain't. I'm not saying it's all rubbish, just that it used to be a hell of a lot better. And yeah there IS a much fucking better layout choice possible, you know that pissy radiohead and muse aren't the only boards on this fucking planet. i do give credit for simplicity yeah, but some simple additions would do wonders. We could all help: write PROPER topics. stuff with fucking context like it used to be, and not some fucking debate about sarki's first pubic hair or who some twat big brett pumped in the arse last nite. PROPER FUCKING TOPICS. get to it.

By Karla on Monday, February 11, 2002 - 10:47 pm:

I've been part of this Blur community for about 4-5 years now, but I only recently started posting in Coping about 6 months ago. I stopped by Coping one day just to shoot the breeze and distract myself from things, but ended up posting more and more and haven't left ever since. I can't believe i'm still here, hahah

mwn, I don't know what happened before I was here, but I've learned a little (or a lot sometimes) from the communities I've been to...*still learning from this one* And I'm greatful for that. Blur or no Blur.

And message boards, chatrooms, and people go through changes. If you can't contribute anything constructive or positive to this board, maybe you should consider moving on to another community...god knows this isn't the only board on this planet.


by the way, thanx for bringing this PROPER FUCKING TOPIC to the board. It's been a mindfuck and a half so far.

By mwn on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 - 06:26 am:

hmmm why thank you. (given that this wasn't sarcasm, i'm too tired to figure it out really)

i've visited coping frequently for 4 years now as well (with many names and aliases), and seeing how it has progressed through the years has kind of left me saddened along the way. It seems apparent that this site only flourishes truly when Blur (the band, remember, anyone?) have come up with a new record etc. Other than that Coping pretty much dies, if not in amount in topics, then at LEAST in rate of context.

much of my bitterness dwells from that. i know that it's nice to have a safe haven for idle chit chat et al that (friendly) bollocks, but maybe there should be a separate forum in Coping for that?

many of the people here are from the same neighbourhood, or at least the same country. no fucking wonder that i'm upset when conversations about engerland's finest suburbian crossings come out on these boards. what the hell do I get to say about that?? nothing! i don't live at all around the UK and i don't think everyone should either. domestic insider babblings are kind of a shutout/shutup for anyone from another country.
And that fucking BLOWS.

or maybe i should rally up my best mates (all two of em :P) and start ranting about the latest that's happened in a houseparty in vartiokylä and who fucking ended up deadwasted in the southside of kontula with no money to pay the taxi with.

See how many would be interested then?

By infomatic on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 - 09:14 am:

a) There is a separate forum - it's called "Personal - off topic". Got that?

b) The majority of people on here only know each other through the net, or only know one or two other copers. in fact, most "domestic insider babblings" don't concern the UK at all, and they frequently lead to discussions about the differences between countries which everyone can join in, or end up on a different subject anyway.

c) There is no reason why you can't rally up your mates and talk about random places. If you talk about it in an interesting way. There is a pretty infinite amount of space for you to start your own irrelevant topics, which nobody else has to read.

d) If you're so concerned about the lack of topics on Coping, go start some interesting ones. we're all bored of Sarki, BB etc.

By mwn on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 - 11:17 am:

QUOTE: "a) There is a separate forum - it's called "Personal - off topic". Got that?"

Why don't you use it then, hm?
If there is a wasteland of mindless drivel here, i think you should fill THAT one up instead of the "main" board of coping. (this hint especially to sarki, bb etc)

By Lucky on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 - 12:23 pm:

I think we've got that "mindless drivel" here because some of us have been here BEFORE the 'Personal - off topic' section existed. So it's just a habit. Not big deal.
I don't live in the UK either, but I can still butt into conversations, and that's mainly because people talk about the MUSIC, and anything else we have in common/find amusing/find significant. It's not like talking about yourself all the time is a godsend to everyone else.
And hey, we don't talk about Blur cos there's nothing to say that hasn't already been said at the moment. Besides... what does it matter where we post things??? It's not like the old Blur general made a lot of sense (eg "Did Graham shag baby spice??") Surely the stuff we've come up with now is slightly more ethical (towards Blur)?
I've been posting here for about 4 years too, but not that frequently until about 2000 I think, so I might remember who you are. What was one of the aliases you used?
And finally (ahem hem), whatever Sarki decides to post is his business, really. You don't necessarily have to take any notice. I don't.

By Karla on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 - 06:11 pm:

mwn, I don't live in the UK. You don't necessarily have to post on certain subjects/postings if it doesn't apply to you. Simple.

Infomatic and Lucky are right - post some subjects of you own…and let sarking or anybody else have their fun. As long as people don't antagonize you personally, everything's ok, don't worry about it.

Also, there IS kind of a separate safe haven for idle chit chat (and sometimes not so idle), and that's BlurChat. Coping and BC have been joined for a long time, but not everybody likes going to BlurChat (or Coping). But anyway, that's where I've going for the past 4-5 years (off and on).





www.blurchat.com

get to it.

By mwn on Wednesday, February 13, 2002 - 09:12 pm:

well... i tried it. it was shit. end of sentence

By sarki on Wednesday, February 13, 2002 - 11:53 pm:

Well said there mwn! This place is shite, just like blurchat. They're all sad wankers who post on here these days (except for moi), so I'd advise you not to come here, find somewhere where there's intelligent conversation which you sure aint gonna get from the muppets who post here.

By mwn on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 06:04 am:

uhh right. blur.org.uk? BORING.org.uk., more like.

By A Coper & A Gentleman on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 05:12 pm:

KEN: Why don't we hang ourselves?

BARBIE: With what?

KEN: You haven't got a bit of rope?

BARBIE: No.

KEN: Then we can't.

By fear on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 01:26 am:

that reminds me of Waiting for Godot

A: shall we hang ourselves on that tree?
B: the tree isn't strong enough
A: we haven't got any rope anyway
B: so , we can't hang ourselves

this is not how it actually went, they had a long long arguement about one holding the tree, but then only one could die, and who should die first then?

By A Coper & A Gentleman on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 11:32 am:

I didnt think anyone would pick up that reference, fear. Congratulations.
Do you like Waiting For Godot, or Samuel Beckett in general? This sweeping mania infecting the art world of late which is seemingly trying to crown him as the "most important artist" of the last century is a bit underserved, in my opionion. Though I do love his work. "Love yer work, m8."

By fear on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 04:55 pm:

in some way i can relate to anything absurd. german literature , absurdismus, seems to be the story of my life, or the other way round. beckett is a good second. discommunication seems to be a part of my every day life.

fear, the atheist

By A Coper & A Gentleman on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 05:22 pm:

f.e.a.r...for everyman a religion. Are you female?
I personally think Atheism is as absurd as Christianity.
What nationality are you, fear? Sorry for the pop quiz, btw. I'm just curious.

By fear on Monday, February 18, 2002 - 11:20 pm:

atheist was meant as a metaphor actually, nothing serious. i believe in the power of trees, like the pequinhos in ender's game, speaker of the dead.

naw, that's rubbish, scrap that.

fear, the female

By Anonymous on Tuesday, February 19, 2002 - 07:36 am:

Metaphors should be banned I think

By indigo on Tuesday, February 19, 2002 - 08:09 pm:

i work in a bookshop at the weekends and my boss keeps recommending me sci-fi and children's books. she's spent the last couple of months trying to get me to read ender's game, to the extent where i know the entire plot and characters, but we don't actually sell it.

ah, the ironies of life.

By fear on Wednesday, February 20, 2002 - 08:47 pm:

hehehe...my ex gave me ender's game , to keep me sane i reckon, coz it's got some very rationalistic thinking in it and politics and ethics and all kinds of other stuff intelligent human beings seem to like to think about.

'there you go, 4 books, about 500 pages each, that should keep you occupied for a while'

read it , it's very relaxing

By A Coper & A Gentleman on Thursday, February 21, 2002 - 04:42 am:

That would certainly keep me occupied for a while. So, did it actually manage to keep you sane? Some people would argue that Ender's Game isnt exactly the book to encourage sanity, but I'm not sure seeing as I havent read it yet either. I've been more interested in Beckett's plays than his novels. My "Must Read List" is rather lengthy though, and is growing all the time. Ender's Game is sitting at Book Number Three on that list, at present.

By indigo on Thursday, February 21, 2002 - 07:06 pm:

See, i didn't even know that anyone else knew this book. I don't think I'm suited to my job - it's a discount bookshop and the only large section is science fiction and fantasy, which I don't really get on with. I read the Philip K Dick (or whatever his bloody name is) and some weird future computer based stuff, but then I got to the shelves with unicorns on the covers, and I gave up.

By Lucky on Friday, February 22, 2002 - 06:57 pm:

Yeah, same here. I'd only ever stick to drawing them (like a mad, untamed, frantic unicorn-drawing-beast-thing). Reading about things called 'Farquaire' gets tedious.