The Snyprrr Appreciation Thread.

[Mandryka]

Please let him post without someone moderating what he says. Spontaneity is the essence of his poetry.

Congress shall make no law  . . .  abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

[Karl Henning]

It's naïf to invoke the First Amendment in this case.   I leave it to you to discover why.

[Maestro267]

Can this be moved to General Discussion?

[Ken B]

Did I miss something that prompted this thread?

[Mandryka]

I believe that Snyprr can't post here until his posts have been approved. Who knows how long the approval process takes but it's hardly conducive to lively exchange of opinions and ideas. I'm not sure why the éminences grises have lost confidence in him, he thinks it's got something to do with a discussion about Wuorinen, I just browsed that thread but I didn't see a problem myself . . .

. . . except for the title Grand Bamboula which is unbelievably offensive in French, bamboula being one of the most offensive racist insults in French.

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Somebody should take the most creative of snyprrr's posts and publish them together in book form, without divulging where they came from. It would probably win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

[Karl Henning]

Somebody should take the most creative of snyprrr's posts and publish them together in book form, without divulging where they came from. It would probably win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

In much the same way that a formaldehyded skate would win an Art prize 

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

I love snyprrr; his posts are always entertaining, often thought provoking, sometimes controversial but always honest. I don't think he is brash or rude to the extent that his posts must always be approved by a moderator before posting, unless I'm wrong and allowing him to post whenever and whatever he likes would be unleashing the devil or something (but really, it's not really like that at all anyway). I've really enjoyed reading his thoughts in the Wuorinen thread, often I find myself agreeing but disagreeing at the same time, which is an interesting position to be in. I hope he can post how he likes soon.

[Daverz]

Dudes, he's a straight up anti-semite.  What are you nattering on about?

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Dudes, he's a straight up anti-semite.  What are you nattering on about?

Really? I didn't know. There's another member who has posted out and out racist things repeatedly but with such ferocious speed that it seems they aren't subject to the same limitation.

[Sammy]

There are some posters I find irritating.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

There are some posters I find irritating.

This is why I only stick non-irritating posters on my wall.

[Karl Henning]

Even when snypsss is on his best behavior, his tics have ceased to have any entertainment value for me. Of course, it isn't as if he were responsible for entertaining me. But most of his strictly musical posts boil down to how difficult he is to please, and how resistant to reason the process can be.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Like you and your game threads on every fucking forum I go on? you're one of them.


I don't miss Snyprrr because I've never seen his posts before

This is an example of someone being mean on the internet.

[Ken B]

This is an example of someone being mean on the internet.

Pfffft. Karl once linked to Mennin's 8th. Now that was being mean on the internet.

[Sammy]

Like you and your game threads on every fucking forum I go on?

You evidently only go to 2 forums.

[amw]

Dudes, he's a straight up anti-semite.  What are you nattering on about?

He's antisemitic, very anti-black, extremely misogynist, deeply homophobic & transphobic, and expresses these views at any opportunity outside the music threads (or sometimes even in the music threads). His thoughts on music are often worth reading and valuable, but everything else I can do without, which is why he's on my ignore list and has been for some time, and also why I keep The Diner hidden from default view. If y'all don't have a problem with his non-musical posts or are capable of ignoring them you have more fortitude than I do.

I mean he's not the worst poster we've had on this forum by a long shot, I don't think he necessarily deserves the special courtesy of moderation or banning, but I won't be lining up to pay homage personally.

. . . except for the title Grand Bamboula which is unbelievably offensive in French, bamboula being one of the most offensive racist insults in French.

Kind of what happens when your aesthetic position is completely "disinterested" from worldly concerns because you can afford to live with your cat and husband in a three-story semi-detached townhouse on one of the Upper West Side's most expensive streets. (And a country house in New Jersey, apparently.) That's probably a discussion for a different thread though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

He's antisemitic, very anti-black, extremely misogynist, deeply homophobic & transphobic, and expresses these views at any opportunity outside the music threads (or sometimes even in the music threads).

I obviously haven't been here long enough.

His music posts are great, but I don't see the point in abusing freedom of speech to spread hateful sentiments.

[San Antone]

I keep The Diner hidden from default view

How?

[amw]

How?

The "Back Room" section has a small minus button over on the far right. If you click that, it collapses the section so that it no longer appears on the forum homepage.