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[The pessimistic tone pissed me off anyway.]

Yeah, sure. I'm just using it for inspiration. I guess I don't really want to be involved with the BIP. The pessimistic tone pissed me off anyway. (And yes, I know about the "Golden Sphere of Possibility", I just feel the entire metaphor is just worded in a downbeat way. Not my style...)

Transcending one's revulsion is a strategy in some Tantric cults.

I have transcended revulsion. But that doesn't mean I don't know what's good for me. I follow my own diet.

I love the smell of coffee, but for some reason my stomach does not really tolerate it.

So, we're stuck with our fancy Italian espresso-machine (which breaks down like, every month  ), but I like espresso.
It's like a cup full of GOOD MORNING WOOOORLD!!!!!1, followed by explosions.

Well, they had David Bowie and Iggy Pop in the late 70s...

Incidentally, I saw The Stooges two weeks ago, back in West Germany.

And GOD-DAMN

That man is GOOD!

I only knew one, maybe two of the songs they played, but I was in constant Dance-Jump-Scream-Mode, much to the bewilderment of other less enthusiastic parts of the crowd. 

The stooges are awesome.

When they came to Boston, I was able to get on stage, shake Mike Watt's hand, and dance to No Fun on stage with the band.

They did the same this time... with the exception that they invited two pretty girls on stage, who proceeded to bounce around like psychotic flamingos.
I was jealous.

Well, they had David Bowie and Iggy Pop in the late 70s...

Incidentally, I saw The Stooges two weeks ago, back in West Germany.

And GOD-DAMN

That man is GOOD!

I only knew one, maybe two of the songs they played, but I was in constant Dance-Jump-Scream-Mode, much to the bewilderment of other less enthusiastic parts of the crowd. 

Haven't found a wine like this yet, but I once had a port that was quite palindrome - like.

It tasted the same going in as it did going out?

New desktop-background found.

I REALLY like this one!

As a toddler, I never REALLY believed that there was an old beardo in the sky, watching us;
Back then I couldn't read, but I could watch television; there were two cartoon series, and one of them I enjoyed, and he other I watched because it was animated, but I was not really into it.
I distinctly remember thinking "Hmm...I don't think there really IS a god...but, well, I guess I'll just pray, perhaps he's going to make the TV show my preferred cartoon."   
I was a really sciency-kid, with a experiment-kit and loads of books on various subjects and so on, and angels and JHVH just seemed implausible to me.

Then came the whole catholic confirmation thing, and for a while I was drawn into it, I really enjoyed it (partially because there was an altar girl I really liked)...but for me, it was never the whole GOD-thing, but the New Testament-stuff, peace and compassion and sympathy and so on. My parents were quite indifferent about it, and, after the whole Sell-Your-Soul-To-God-For-Eternal-Life event was over, I kind of dropped out.
It was just too much droning on and on about the SAME subjects every sunday, and the congregation mumbling through the happy-go-lucky God-songs. I was not really opposed to the church, but it couldn't give me anything worthwhile anymore. After that, I got an Education, became an atheist because that was the hip, intellectual thing to do back then, and proceeded to detest everything catholic.

I guess I have to thank my parents for that, because back then they identified themselves with Christian values but refused to go to church, and that kind of half-assed-ness grew on me.

That was GREAT!

To ask for the sauce on the side is like asking Van Gogh to scrape away some of the excess paint that's built up on the canvas; sure, the overall picture won't change very much, but the subtlety is ruined.

To stay in the simile, Van Gogh sold one picture in his lifetime. He did not paint to make money.
Chefs, I assume, do want to make money(if only to survive).

Don't misinterprete that, I understand that sometimes the stupidity and lack of finesse of customers stresses the fuck out of people who love what they do; happens to me often enough. 

But, seriously, what do you care if they are a bunch of sauce-on-the-side-loving freaks (for whatever reasons)? They are happy, you get paid, and you know that they are missing out the full enjoyment you could have provided.

I just assume that people who are willing to pay a lot of money to eat at a good restaurant either know anyway that the sauce belongs where the chef wants it to ( and have a good reason for ordering on the side ), or are just there to burn some money and probably wouldn't taste the difference anyway.

Less mindfucking, more personal lulz - would be better in Germany as most people there still don't laugh comfortably at the 3rd reich.

Actually, no.
From my experiences, adding Hitler to ANYTHING makes it spontaneously hilarious, to the broad masses at least.

I really liked that piece; seems to be something that gets easily forgotten:
You can do anything you want, and you will face the consequences, just like everybody else.

Daruko, I think that the central point has flown right by you; it's got nothing to do with piracy in this case, it's about saying something jerky for no apparent reason.

Maybe you're just unaware that saying something like that is rude, tacky, and assholish. That's why people were trying to tell you it is.

LMNO made a JOKE about payment, and put his email addy out there. Some people listened to the piece and evidently thought to themselves "Shit, I like this enough to send the sap a dollar". Some people didn't. Doesn't matter. It was the "I'm not paying you squat for this" that DIDN'T NEED TO BE SAID that got you criticized.

As for what LMNO's equipment cost him, you opened that can of worms when you started talking about recouping costs.

The lesson here for you is, don't say belittling or rude things to people without expecting to have them taken as belittling or rude. Haven't we been over this before? Just because inside your head you know it's a joke doesn't mean anyone else does. Just because your IRL friends know you well enough to get that it's meant to be a joke doesn't mean anyone online does. Learn to use the fucking winky emote or something, for fucks sake.

Yes, yes, yes, yes and yes.

And what.. you didn't bother reading the next line?

You mean the one about THEM being wrong about imposing THEIR moral standarts on you?
Or the Crowley-quote?
Because, you know, if veganism is an ideology, I guess Thelema is as well.

And don't even start that shit about recycling unless you're prepared to state you NEVER throw anything in the garbage and attack everyone who does

Why so? I always thought that you don't have to completely refrain from drinking alcohol to qualify as a non-drunk, metaphorically speaking.

Fucking ideological bullshit.  That's all.   And I don't buy it.   I also don't buy that LMNO never pirates anything.  And I also can't believe the audacity of someone who posts something FREELY DOWNLOADABLE, and then turns around and calls you a "freeloader" if you find enjoyment in not paying for it.

Well, if you run around going 'Nerh nerh nerh, I'm not paying you ANYTHING AT ALL! Har har har!', if you're actually "finding enjoyment in not paying" for someone else's stuff, instead of finding enjoyment in consuming the product without having to spend money on it, then you do seem to be on the ideological-freeloader-fringe, don't you think?

You can have it for free, but you're an asshole unless you're deeply grateful and don't support piracy!  pffft!  Suck it pussy.

I don't go around telling people they're assholes for not littering, or for not eating meat, or for pirating data.

[ideologies]

EDIT:   Anti-Piracy, Veganism, and people who vehemently oppose litter on account of it "harming the environment" seem eerily similar to me.   For instance, all three ideologies involve masturbatory ego boosts revolving around strong certainty (usually coupled with activism) and completely pointless self-imposed limitations.

 

Of course, I get dangerously close to doing the same, if I ridicule these people for choosing not to pirate, eat whatever, or not litter.

Well, yes.
You are.
Actually, you are doing JUST the SAME.