Good reading. As always.

sweet. I was quoted by the almighty Meathead

way to rip on ETS'ers

That was one of the greatest Meathead's ever.

cashpiles out.

im glad someone said something about that lyrical analysis of non-entity... worst. analysis. ever.

My thread was quoted. Actually, my thread was for humour purposes, but people took it seriously enough. Glad the people who gave retarded responses got what they deserved.

"Unfortunately, moderating echoingthesound is comparable to trying to fight off a termite infestation with a ball peen hammer. Shut down one discussion about Trent's sperm count, and fifteen discussions about Jeordie White pop up. I just can't win."

and therein lies a valuable lesson.
repeatedly locking threads doesn't keep morons from posting meaningless shit. it keeps the rest of us (whether we have something good to say or not) from posting for fear that we'll be locked. people will say what they want to say, whether you like it or not. and while you may like to think you can control it because you're a moderator, and that you can flame people for asking a simple question that they couldn't find on search (because let's face it, it doesn't work nearly as well as you like to say it does), the truth is you're only pissing people off. dozens of people join this message board every day, and they most likely won't take the time to search for an answer to their question, no matter how obvious it may seem.
my suggestion is to learn some patience. a "STFU N00B!" attitude is not the way to make this board a place for friendly and civil discussions, rather a home for snobby elitists to thrive.

flame away,
melodrameric

p.s. before i posted this, i did a search for "meathead complaints", and i got 37 pages of results. i apologize for not opening each of 921 hits to find the appropriate place for this post.

Guess I'm one of the retarded ones! ( I was trying to be funny, but it seems no one got my joke )

Hey, while we're on the subject, let's take a look at some of the other topics that have been under debate lately in the good ol' Nine Inch Nails forum!

IF YOU COULD GIVE TRENT ONE PIECE OF ADVICE.... WHAT WOULD YOU TELL HIM?

telly j j:
hurry up and release the Closure DVD!!!!

Fucking brilliant, man.

Thanks for the numerous laughs.

Humourous and with a valuable lesson for the idiots. Overall wibble wibble 2 eggs.

Someone may have already pointed it , but this guy
does a crazy super mario on the guitar.

http://www.thatguyonline.com/Media/Video/super_mario_guitar.wmv

gah, im glad someone finally said something worth noting about people who post retarded threads and posts. those microscopic-analysis of nin songs are so goddamned annoying.

Calm down man Meathead was only having a laugh !.

At least I'm no longer the only one to be singled out in a Meathead Perspective.

After reading Meathead's observations I have come to realize that I have not taken enough time to read through ALL of the threads. If I did, I would be a much happier person knowing how much laughter I can partake from it.




And it would probably end up locking more shit...

Umm..

Maybe its best that I don't read more.

LOL! And I don't think hair threads were even mentioned. Actually, I got the greatest kick out of:

I'mnot gonna take either side but it seems that since all the mature, (pseudo-)intellectual, eloquent, nonpoetic NIN-fans seem to forget, that firstly there are NIN-fans in just about any age, meaning 12 year olds (quote: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen HEY WTF IS TERNT DOING AT TEH POST OFFICE WHAT DOES IT MEAN), 16 year old wallflowers (lyrical interpretationalists..ists...isms), 22 year old smartasses (best meathead ever...) and 32 old loners whose only occupation is being wiseass smartasses (meathead). and still we are all united in loving an extraordinary artists music, and still we all get pissed off and fight, thats what this, just like any other fanboard of any other act, is like (i suppose).
so go fuck yourselves, all of you!!!

My secret decoder ring got shazaam'd. Not to worry, it's never been that hard to decode the blatantly obvious...

Good for a laugh.

Heh, you raise a good point.

I always get a kick out of reading Meathead's musings, but what was the real point of this column? Stupid people are annoying to normal people when they act stupidly? You can't say that Meathead's problem is with lyrical analysis in general (just the stupid kind), and it's not with taking an interest in one of your favorite performers (just when you do it in a stupid/obsessive sorta way.) In fact, there's really no one specific thing he's bothered by, except for the fact that some fans appear to be obsessive and/or annoying.

Sure, I find it annoying when ETS seems to be over-run by what seems to be a bunch of really enthusiastic twelve-year-olds that don't know how to turn off their 'CAPS LOCK', but hey...those annoying twelve-year olds are all someone's kid brother or sister. And some of them, ten or twenty years from now, may grow up to be music fans with much more eclectic taste due to early exposure to bands like NIN. And some of them will remain annoying morons forever, but that's not a problem with NIN fandom, that's a problem with life.

Nevertheless, really funny update.

After reading Meathead's observations I have lost my fear of posting here - obviously the worst that can happen when you write something more or less stupid is that you'll get immortalised. Kinda like Moses.

LOL, whoever wrote "when did Trent get so big?", I just laughed my ass off. Haven't laughed at something so much in a long time. Brilliant. Just brilliant.