Quote Originally Posted by Eric C. View Post
That thing is pretty cool, such a melodic thrash core, kinda reminds me of how I used to listen to Slipknot everyday as a student, lol ; but here every part seems to be much more intense, both the thrash core and melodic solo; the music vid rocks, btw --- looks just like my 1000th date in the town xDDD
Thrash metal FTW! And yeah, their style's a lot like The Devil Wears Prada, The World Alive, or maybe even Attack Attack (well, without the pop elements mixed in). There's so many cool bands out there. I hear a lot about Slipknot at the music forums and total props for that band. I really need to check them out more. Lol @ the 1000th date but yeah, that vid pwns too.


Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
Well anyone young would be wise to bear in mind that the average age among the Russian fully English speaking participants here, is a lot higher than both Eric and UHox.
Many of the people here have personally lived through Soviet socialism, perestroika, the wild and destructive 90s in Russia, and the modern era with Putin.
They are people who managed to learn a quite different foreign language to full fluency either because of hard studies or due to moving country - which in itself is an experience that teaches a person a lot.
So in light of what I that, it's well worth listening carefully to what people like Alex, Lampada, SergeMak, Basil77, Crocodile (although he's taking a vacation from the forum), diogen(?), Iodka(?) and many others have to say (there are others, I think, but i am less sure of their age ranges, or they are less frequent participants).
They don't represent one unanimous viewpoint, but a spectrum, hence giving a broad but trustworthy source of information.
You don't have to agree with everything they say, but you should certainly respect that they are likely to have a much more relevant and well-founded view than somebody who doesn't live in the region, isn't a native Russian speaker and is too young to have a broad and mature perspective on the political, economic and social changes that Russia and the other USSR countries went through!
So take the opportunity to learn from people who had some very unique and interesting experiences and have been around on this planet a while longer than yourselves, instead of being prejudiced and hostile. If you do not agree with somebody, try to understand what causes that person to have a different viewpoint.
Yeah, that's why we have the 89er's day parade every year - to commemorate and learn about the Oklahoma land rush in 1889 (our State's only 125 years old). But we don't have a Perestroika day parade so this is the best place to learn about that. But don't forget, we weren't even alive when all that happened so it's easier for older people to discuss - We have to learn the history first before we can even post.

Quote Originally Posted by eisenherz View Post
having to emphasize an 'extremely high IQ' more often than not points to the opposite being true ...and if not then at least to a lacking level of maturity
It's true but it was only a defensive statement. And I really hope you don't believe that learning curves are more important than who somebody is. I think me and Eric just proved that they aren't.
And you do know that a lot of important scientific discoveries were made by people with average IQ's, right? So no, it's really not an epic issue.