I've Got Friends in Low Places

[canucklehead]

Are these lowbrow?

Homemade corn pipes and Louis L'amour novels.


A literal ton of vintage weights.


Daily cast iron use


Appreciation of old Toyota minivans

 

[telescopes]

Wait, Briar Lee hasn't even posted in this thread. Where has he insulted Telescopes wife or mentioned low lifes? I can't think of anyone lower browed than Briar Lee, packing his cheap pipes with broken up bits of cigarettes, so I am confused.

That's true. He did post in another thread referring to this thread - I can see how my response was confusing - come to think of it, Briar Lee can be confusing, LOL.

My friend telescopes has a thread about identifying as a low life.

I really don’t think a pipe smoker who takes all the time and effort to get past tongue bite, gets his collection of briars, meerschaums and cobs, maybe a clay or two, builds a cellar of tobaccos, then seeks internet companions who share his passion for pipe smoking can possibly be a true low life.

He’s like those “bikers” who are want to be bikers, with a fake belly padding and a Japanese cycle with heated handlebars, and no arrest record, and their wives were actually pretty when they were both young.

 

[telescopes]

Lowbrow…

Definition of LOWBROW

of, relating to, or suitable for a person with little taste or intellectual interest… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

Lowlife…

Definition of LOWLIFE

a person of low social status; a person of low moral character… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

Hope this helps…IBTL. ️

No need to lock the thread. Those definitions are perfect and make the point. And for the record, the thread isn't asking if anyone is a LOWBROW person in particular. Just... do you have an interest in things "Low brow". Although technically I did ask the question "are you low brow" so... take it as you want, LOL.

 

[Grangerous]

Absolutely. There are low brow things I love.. like warm Seagrams 7 enjoyed straight from its brown plastic bottle. Instant coffee. Good n Plenty Candy. Granger…

 

[sardonicus87]

I thought of more lowbrow stuff I like. Barbecue/smoking (not grilling, actual barbecue as in slow indirect heat from wood smoke, not slapping barbecue sauce on some chicken or ribs and grilling directly it over coals, the latter is NOT barbecue and the terms are NOT interchangeable), and Charles Bukowski.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

That's true. He did post in another thread referring to this thread - I can see how my response was confusing - come to think of it, Briar Lee can be confusing, LOL.

Nice use of cross threaded repling. Advanced stuff.

But making fun of Japanese motorcycles is crossing the line. Those SX’s were classic ironhorses, and way more reliable than HDs. But… I don’t ride motorcycles. So…

 

[sablebrush52]

I use a three foot plastic tree for Christmas. Am I lowbrow now?

Was it pink?

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

No need to lock the thread. Those definitions are perfect and make the point. And for the record, the thread isn't asking if anyone is a LOWBROW person in particular. Just... do you have an interest in things "Low brow". Although technically I did ask the question "are you low brow" so... take it as you want, LOL.

I’m taking this discussion quite fine…definitions were supplied to help delineate between 2 references that may’ve been accidentally cross pollinated…as for the IBTL ref…just anticipating these things as they usually unfold…very much enjoying the discussion. Thank you. ️

 

[Kobold]

I like A1 steak sauce on steak. There. I said it .

 

[sablebrush52]

Are these lowbrow?

Homemade corn pipes and Louis L'amour novels.
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A literal ton of vintage weights.
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Daily cast iron use
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Appreciation of old Toyota minivans
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You get points for the Sienna. Mine is 20 years young.

 

[TN Jed]

Thick cut bologna on white bread with miracle whip, bbq pork rinds and a tall boy PBR is my happy meal.

 

[woodsroad]

What is this “friends” of which you speak?

 

[K.E. Powell]

This is such a fun question! So, like I said elsewhere, I'm a person who, at least when it comes to simple commercial pleasures, tries to find a happy medium between the cheap and the ostentatious.

But it would be a fallacious way to live to always seek out a happy middle. For one thing, oftentimes, the right action or best answer is not in the middle. One must judge all things for what they are, and not necessarily where they rest on some sort of imagined spectrum.

But I'm being a pretentious twat (as usual). I knew what my answers would be as soon as I read the OP.

Miller High Life. Don't get me wrong, because I love craft IPAs, German hefeweizens, Belgian whites, etc., but there is something about that overly sweet boomer swill that I just love. And those old Errol Morris ads! Oh man, they just manage to hit a mood. A cold High Life and some tobacco on a summer's night really hits the spot.

There are other things I'm lowbrow for, especially food. This is partly due to my disdain for cooking, and also due to me having the palette of a 11 year old. I can, and oftentimes do, eat Chipotle several times a week. I'm not proud of it, but I do like simple and cheap foods. I haven't done a proper Waffle House run since college. I should remedy that someday.

 

[telescopes]

I like A1 steak sauce on steak. There. I said it .

You might win the

 

[K.E. Powell]

I like A1 steak sauce on steak. There. I said it .

He said lowbrow. He didn't ask for a list of war crimes.

 

[telescopes]

He said lowbrow. He didn't ask for a list of war crimes.

My brother called me and wanted to get me a steak dinner at which at the time was one of St Louis’s most expensive steak houses. It was called Sinatra‘s. He ate there regularly so everyone seemed to know his name. I was impressed until they brought him his Ribeye steak. He ordered it well done and next to the plate the waiter offered him his usual, a bottle of A1. My brother was in heaven. He looked at me and said, “Now this is how a good piece of meat should be served.” To my credit I said nothing. It was his $100 dollar steak to do as he wished.

 

[irishearl]

Was it pink?

Hey, we've got 2 artificial Christmas trees and 1 is pink.

 

[canucklehead]

So I was out walking my dog the other night, and as I passed by the local bar I noticed that they were playing the Garth Brooks song with the related theme to this thread, with most of the patrons loudly slurring along. It confused me somewhat, as it was only 8:30, I thought that places that serve alcohol were only allowed to play that song after midnight, typically at 1:55AM.

 

[DanWil84]

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That's not lowbrow, thats f-ing rad. XS400?

 

[Sobrbiker]

My life became so much better years ago when I started giving zero f___s about what others think of me.

Judging oneself’s insides on other people’s outsides is a fool’s errand.