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    Progism: Let's create a definition!

    Spurred on by my post on Rockism, as no definition exists for something called Progism, then let's create one!

    So what's your definition of Progism?
    To be or not to be? That is the point. - Harry Nilsson.

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    Give people a chance to describe a prog fan and they campare it to someone trying not to fall asleep?
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    [dan_aykoyrd] If it's not prog... it's crrrrrrrrrrraap! [/dan_aykroyd]
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    Quote Originally Posted by notallwhowander View Post
    [dan_aykoyrd] If it's not prog... it's crrrrrrrrrrraap! [/dan_aykroyd]
    That's more like it!
    To be or not to be? That is the point. - Harry Nilsson.

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    Oh no, not again...

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    Maybe progism is a little more passive-aggressive...

    "That's nice, for pop music."

    "Yeah, he really makes those three chords his own."

    "I listened to a lot of that when I was twelve."

    "They wrote and recorded the whole album in a week? Yeah, I can hear that."
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    The end result of masterbating while listening to prog.
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    A progist's mantra
    1. melody not at all important
    2. harmony ditto
    3. popularity ditto
    4. catchy hook or tune ditto
    5. radio friendly ditto
    6. radio length ditto
    7. a pleasant listening experience ditto
    8. interesting music ditto
    9. actually being music ditto
    10. No one likes us but we don't care

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow View Post
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    What does irritating your mother have to do with prog?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bob_32_116 View Post
    Oh no, not again...
    we got a winner!!
    my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeterG View Post
    What does irritating your mother have to do with prog?
    Well played.
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    I think it already has a definition: Progism - \Progi-zəm\ n. "An abnormal blood-filled bulge of a blood vessel and especially an artery resulting from listening to too much Prog-Rock music."

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    Quote Originally Posted by notallwhowander View Post
    Maybe progism is a little more passive-aggressive...

    "That's nice, for pop music."

    "Yeah, he really makes those three chords his own."

    "I listened to a lot of that when I was twelve."

    "They wrote and recorded the whole album in a week? Yeah, I can hear that."
    Ha ha classic, I pictured Tony Banks saying that in my head and he likes (and made) some pop music.

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    Quote Originally Posted by notallwhowander View Post
    Well played.
    Thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by StevegSr View Post
    Spurred on by my post on Rockism, as no definition exists for something called Progism, then let's create one!

    So what's your definition of Progism?
    Progism has emerged from a theory that abbreviation *prog* is actually a different genre than *progressive rock*
    Last edited by Svetonio; 03-06-2016 at 05:42 AM.

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    Prog is prog.

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    Progism: "proggers are nerdy males, with long hair, that still live in their mothers basement and never get laid"

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    Having more than two people to agree on a definition of prog...
    Building a Tower of Babel

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    I suffer from late onset Progeria. I'm aging and my hair is falling out.

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    You stole Elvis's cape, Shakespeare's codpiece, and Moondogs beard... Now what?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rarebird View Post
    Progism: "proggers are nerdy males, with long hair, that still live in their mothers basement and never get laid"
    I think that this is something that a rockist would say regarding a prog fan. As Progism is supposed to be a prejudiced view of someone else's music that's not prog, I think you missed the point. But it's only for laughs anyway, so don't feel bad.
    To be or not to be? That is the point. - Harry Nilsson.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StevegSr View Post
    I think that this is something that a rockist would say regarding a prog fan. As Progism is supposed to be a prejudiced view of someone else's music that's not prog, I think you missed the point. But it's only for laughs anyway, so don't feel bad.
    If sexism is attributing certain stereotypes, based on sex and racism is attributing certain stereotypes based on race, I supposed progism would be attributing certain stereotypes, based on the love for prog.

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