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GuyBeardmane

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It's surprising how personal music choices can be.   I don't have many little things that bother me, but I can be pretty unreasonable when people misinterpret my intent and turn something I intend to be helpful or innocuous into an attack on them.

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53 minutes ago, GuyBeardmane said:

The other day a friend said I have shit taste in music and it hurt my feelings.  What kind of little things like that get to you?

Oof yea, same thing has happened to me. A lot of people mock my taste in music totally unprovoked. Nowadays it doesn't get to me, but when I was younger it hurt. I was even dragged to concerts to hear "real music" and I hated every second of it. 

People are just dicks about music some times. It's one of the most personal preferences you can have in this life and I guess a lot of people don't get that. 

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It seems to me that a lot of the people that are the most aggressive about what music is acceptable for other people are those who have no musical inclination themselves.  You don't need to be a musician to appreciate music, but those that are quick to criticize tend to also be those who have never participated in music creation in any form.

@GuyBeardmane:  What's your favorite artist?

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7 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

It seems to me that a lot of the people that are the most aggressive about what music is acceptable for other people are those who have no musical inclination themselves.  You don't need to be a musician to appreciate music, but those that are quick to criticize tend to also be those who have never participated in music creation in any form.

@GuyBeardmane:  What's your favorite artist?

Puddles Pity Party.  And Ujico.

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2 hours ago, GuyBeardmane said:

The other day a friend said I have shit taste in music and it hurt my feelings.  What kind of little things like that get to you?

Those true crime murder shows

*spoiler the person is going to end up murdered in some brutal way

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3 hours ago, scoobdog said:

That's an interesting mix, actually.  What speaks to you about either band?

Puddles has a voice that's purely magical, and all his arrangements just emphasize that.  Ujico's music hits all the marks of nostalgia and relaxation and joy.

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1 minute ago, GuyBeardmane said:

Puddles has a voice that's purely magical, and all his arrangements just emphasize that.  Ujico's music hits all the marks of nostalgia and relaxation and joy.

That's what music should be about.  I feel bad that people are trying to take that away from you.

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One time I got butt-hurt over something the singer in my band said about Dio-era Sabbath being better than Ozzy-era Sabbath. I have no idea why it got me so upset, as I love both eras equally and I find his love of the Dio-era actually quite refreshing (normally I only hear that online, not irl). But one time he said something disparaging about the Ozzy era and I got butt-hurt. And I think he actually does like the Ozzy era, just not anywhere near as much as the Dio era. I don't remember what he said, but now that I think about it, he was probably criticizing Tony Iommi's guitar playing, and that would get me butt-hurt, he is my hero. And I'm completely used to people shitting on both Ozzy and Dio, but a classic metal fan criticizing the riff-master is a pretty rare occurrence I guess, so it took me aback. 

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On 3/26/2019 at 1:19 PM, CAC said:

My memories of the last 7 years.

 

On 3/26/2019 at 7:46 PM, nameraka said:

random flashbacks to my high school days. 

This is fucking KILLING me at work lately (although replace high school with college). My job isn't very intellectually stimulating. My mood and performance at work are best when music I like keeps circulating in my head the whole time, my mood and performance is at its worst when I am replaying past memories of drama in my head, and my imagination just adding to it for some reason. I've been dealing with this the past few days.

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8 hours ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said:

 

This is fucking KILLING me at work lately (although replace high school with college). My job isn't very intellectually stimulating. My mood and performance at work are best when music I like keeps circulating in my head the whole time, my mood and performance is at its worst when I am replaying past memories of drama in my head, and my imagination just adding to it for some reason. I've been dealing with this the past few days.

same. i have a part time job that's like this. i can just cruise and let my brain do what it wants. 

lately, it wants to torment me with stupid shit i did as a teenager when i didn't have the self awareness or emotional intelligence to know better. 

teenage me was so fucking clueless. i'm glad that guy is dead. :|

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Every so often, the family members I currently live with make mention of certain things that were easier when I wasn't here. Like how they go through food faster, or that the house is more crowded, that sort of thing. I know they don't mean it in a way that's hurtful, but my depressed brain translates those things to "He is such a burden on our resources and it would be better if he wasn't here."

But after temporarily being awash in a sea of shame and guilt and sadness, eventually logical brain kicks in and reminds me I'm being a little bitch. Then I feel better.

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when i can't bring a plant back to life. (aloe plant got root rot)

when my gatos won't let me boop them or touch their toe beans.

when i step on a fallen paulownia flower that had a giant bumble bee and i killed it, ( i now actively avoid them, or rake a path)

when i see a dead animal on the road, especially turtles. 

when i see one of my cats killed a bird, (especially if it's a blue bird)

when i have to tear down a project for the 5th time, because my ocd brain says 'but it's not perfect', and i'm already behind schedule. 

when i see how terrible humans are to each other and to the earth. (i don't mean here. this place is a cesspool and should be accepted as such)

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13 hours ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said:

Eh, a lot of us musicians are guilty of that as well. 

Not a competent musician.  Anyone who's ever picked up an instrument knows that inspiration comes from obscure sources, and even if they disagree with the musical choice they know not to interfere with his or her preference.

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On 3/28/2019 at 11:28 PM, scoobdog said:

Not a competent musician.  Anyone who's ever picked up an instrument knows that inspiration comes from obscure sources, and even if they disagree with the musical choice they know not to interfere with his or her preference.

Hey, that's mean! :/ But what I meant is that musicians tend to be very judgmental about their obscure taste in music being far better than the "fake ass shit" "mainstream" listeners listen to.

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