I think that some sort of gif of a slow handclap would be more appropriate...

I oppressed his right to boast about Low... This forum is like the history of the British Empire in miniature.

The lastest tumblr news is that all the crazy Pulp fans are now saying that I'm PRETENDING to be British, but I'm actually American, just like them. I haven't had this much fun in AGES.

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Anyone got any popcorn?

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It reminds me too much of ridiculous arguments I got into on the internet when I was 18 or 19. Mortified when I read them now. Stop, Calum, for the love of christ, you don't need to win this one.

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 I think you're right... it's just so irrellevant to anything that actually matters. I just enjoy it so much and get so easily spurred on, I always have to have the last word etc etc. Bit pointless though. The internet, eh?

@rawsome, the verified fake account of Manny Pacquiao has more followers than the real Manny Pacquiao.  There's even a verified Kim Jong Il.

I've been reading reallyjcocker's timeline and they're pretty harmless. If Jarvis and his management are not protesting its verified stamp, then there's no reason why I should be bothered by it's official status. Keep doing what you are doing tricia, while you're at it, why not promote the WLL petition to your followers, provoke a verbal tussle with fake Brett Anderson or send creepy tweets to juvenile starlets like  Selena Gomez. (Oy, don't do that!) The fun things you can do with that check stamp on your profile. Personally, I prefer this -->Jarvis Cocker. His bio fits Jarvis' personality so perfectly. 

@20727, That jarvizcocker  on Youtube is awesome. Thank you for the Pulp and Blur vids. Btw, Severus Snape isn't really a villain. 

Psst! calum, there are almost 60M tumblr users, I don't understand why you can't find someone sharing your interests.   The visual nature and short-form blog format is why it is popular with teenagers and fandom. So it's pretty much populated by Dr. Who fans and cat lovers. If you want see  some serious architecture convo then join Skyscraper City forum. Here. Here. Most members are  architecture and urban planning enthusiasts.  Tumblr is not the place to go. People use tumblr b'coz of it's simple and it's a lighthearted way to share your favorite image or video. If you are looking for a Pulp fan, male or female, who isn't fancying Jarvis, then I'm sorry, there is no such thing. But you can follow this and this. Both respected music journalists and pop culture experts. 

OMG! Someone is WRONG on the Internet

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OMG! Someone is WRONG on the Internet

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 hahah I have been thinking about this meme all day!

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Twitter has a history of verifying fake accounts, when Rupert Murdoch joined, someone set up a fake account for his wife and that got verified!

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 oh yeah I heard about that- also, someone had been running a fake (yet verified) twitter account for a band one of my friends is in, which had been up for months before said band realised! They were tweeting stuff about gigs being cancelled, when they hadn't been cancelled at all... a nasty prank to pull.

Wow I join this forum to finally talk to people who understand my Pulp obsession and this is the first thread I see... I hope it's not a bad omen ;)

Trisha I enjoy your Twitter account. Most of the tweets I've seen directed towards it are people who are aware it isn't really Jarvis and I've been waiting to see when Twitter would realise that too. Every Tweet is clearly a joke and you've never posted anything negative that could be associated with him are or family so I don't see the problem. It shouldn't be verified but if I was in your position I'd probably find being verified too funny to do anything about it.

As for "fan girls"... it is possible to appreciate the band for their talent, intelligence and pure determination and still find them attractive or find silly Tumblr posts about them humorous. Jarvis's (I am absolutely positive that isn't grammatically correct) lyrics in particular has influenced not only my appreciation of their music but my life and no amount of laughing at crudely PhotoShopped images will change that. The sort of light hearted fun poking you'll mainly find on Tumblr is the sort that comes from a place of admiration - people tend to say far more vulgar things when they only appreciate a band for their looks. Now if you want to criticise that person who floods that tag with slash (and very badly written slash judging from the excerpts) be my guest :)

The thing is with Tumblr it's such a mix of serious and light hearted posts it can be hard to figure out who's coming from where. I think for quite a few people who don't know anyone with common interests Tumblr is the only place they can talk about that particular thing and it gets exciting to meet people who've had the same thoughts. It can look obsessive but that's because all their Pulp thoughts are concentrated there. I've seen the odd people write things "appreciating" certain members that I think they shouldn't be posting on the internet but then I remember when I'm with my friends talking about people we all find attractive we've said things that could be perceived a certain way from the outside but from the inside we all know it's just hyperbole. Now when people post things blatantly sexualising people I think that's out of line but I see no harm in the posts about wanting a hug and the like.

You don't follow fandom blogs but you follow a ONE DIRECTION blog? Make your mind up lad! Also most of those OD fans are probably in their early teens. Don't judge them too harshly.