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Posted by Kirby on Jul-31-2003 22:06:

People who collect things obsessively

Why do we constantly hear of people calling super-serious collectors 'losers', like I was watching a movie with such a character (the guy in ghost world to be specific) and I wonder where this association developed, is it because these people sit alone and live in a secret substitute of the real world, or just because they're geeky and know way too much about one specific thing, like people who are obsessed with baseball stats. I admit there's something I dislike about finding out that someone has memorized a huge amount of random information, it's not just that they're passionate about the subject but something different than that. What do you think?

Posted by Vanilla on Jul-31-2003 22:16:

My friends who dont listen to trance think I'm weird obsessive because I know so much about trance/electronic music (thanks to this board) It's all a matter of perspective I guess.

Posted by UWM on Jul-31-2003 23:19:

I knew a guy from my dad's hometown who (it was later discovered) had obsessively gathered paintcans in his basement. Empty and full. Thousands of them.

He was later the instigator of a murder-suicide.

Posted by whiskers on Aug-01-2003 00:05:

i collect mp3s... not extremely obsessively, but i think it's rather over the top. can't miss a download. always have to be downloading something at all times (on 56k too)

Posted by T-1000 on Aug-01-2003 02:17:

quote:
Originally posted by whiskers
i collect mp3s... not extremely obsessively, but i think it's rather over the top. can't miss a download. always have to be downloading something at all times (on 56k too)

Just like me. Only difference is......I'm on a T3

Posted by jinxed84 on Aug-01-2003 04:23:

Posted by reso on Aug-01-2003 04:55:

who the fuck collects thimbles?

losers.

Posted by [N]�k|��[Z] on Aug-01-2003 09:50:

i collect old skool rave flyers, ive been into the scene a long time, and back in the early 90's i was well into hardcore and the underground rave scene, and the flyers that were made back then were absolutely breathtaking, you dont find flyers like them anymore, as they oozed with passion, i did have loads that i had collected from back in the day, and i realised that my mum had threw a lot of them out, and now they are werth quite a lot of money, so now i am collecting them again and once again plastering my bedroom walls with them

Dreamscape 6 (1993)

World Dance (1992)

Dreamscape 10 (1994)

Pleasuredome Bonfire Night Party (1994)

there are just a few of mine,

here are sum that i need to get my hands on again
***CLICK HERE***

Posted by sykadelik on Aug-01-2003 10:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Vanilla
My friends who dont listen to trance think I'm weird obsessive because I know so much about trance/electronic music (thanks to this board) It's all a matter of perspective I guess.

Ditto, i get that all the time.

Posted by DaveSZ on Aug-01-2003 10:33:

I collect vinyls and CDs obsessively.

It's better than crack I suppose.

Posted by Misty Kitty on Aug-01-2003 10:38:

As a race we are hunter gatherers... its where our tendancy to horde comes from.

Myself (when i have a better computer) will go slightly crazy over tunes. But other than that i like postcards/flyers (but anally they all have to be the same size) not holiday postcards more random art ones. I dont have a huge ammount but i love the way they look put up as a series.

Posted by bettsy on Aug-01-2003 10:49:

Collectors give me the creeps. Collecting things like music and things you can actually use is one thing, but when you collect something like stamps it begins to get freaky.

I think all collectors of stupid things should put their positive engergy to make the world a better place instead of stealing soaps and shit at hotels >_<

BTW all collectors are psychoes.. beware and stay away from them !

Posted by DaveSZ on Aug-01-2003 11:01:

quote:
Originally posted by bettsy
>_<

How innovative. ^_^

Posted by Streakfury on Aug-01-2003 14:11:

quote:
Originally posted by Vanilla
My friends who dont listen to trance think I'm weird obsessive because I know so much about trance/electronic music (thanks to this board)...

Ditto

Posted by GrimReaper on Aug-01-2003 14:25:

quote:
Originally posted by DaveSaenz
I collect vinyls and CDs obsessively.

I'm maybe not that obsessive about records anymore than i wa back in mid 90s but i think i'm more obsessive with collecting comics.

And yes, some ppl think i'm a freak too because i know so much about electronic music. I have started to believe so myself.. aren't we all some kind of freaks?

Posted by reso on Aug-01-2003 14:27:

quote:
Originally posted by DaveSaenz
How innovative. ^_^

(`._.)

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Aug-01-2003 14:28:

I used to be obsessive about CD's... I just had to have it all that was remotely related to some project or another (I bought Fear Factory's albums because the guitarist had played the guitar on Junkie XL's first album etc.) and was spending insane amounts of cash... everything I had went straight to CD's...
Then one day I just stopped. I have no idea why. Now I just buy the absolute essentials.