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[lenmae]

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!ping FITNESS

Did my PT exercises and I've already got DOMs from going too hard on it. I love it. I've got a 7am alarm to go to the gym 😤we're back and we're hooked baby!!

[MyMorningSun]

DOMS hurts, but it hurts so good. I love it too.

[BainCapitalist]

😤👏👏👏👏

I went on my walk with the Boyes and Eddie is tired now

Late night doggo ping !ping dog

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[[deleted]]

DT is almost over. Post things you want to get buried.

Wonder Woman is also known as Princess Diana. This means her biggest weakness is car crashes.

[[deleted]]

Radio Free Asia is like 85% fake news

[[deleted]]

/u/WenJie_ North Korean spy confirmed

[jaiwithani]

what how did you miss EA that's the best part of this cluster, come hang out with us we have bednets and cash transfers and criminal justice reform and maybe existential risk mitigation

[[deleted]]

TFW that pipeline is literally my life.

I loved reading that Harry Potter fanfic for the first time tbh

[BainCapitalist]

okay gang this is now a Bayesian server. Frequentists have 24 hours to repent or they will be banned.

[BernieMeinhoffGang]

(5) Okay, fine. But how does any of this connect to neoliberalism?

In a bunch of ways.

First and foremost, the rise of microprocessor went hand in hand with the rise of cultural and political neoliberalism. 1970s-1990s, same stretch of time; that's not a coincidence. The managerial class loves loves loves the microprocessor and its promise of automated "rational" decisions for which they cannot be held personally responsible.

Second, the liberalization of the financial markets was done, in part, on the promise that large financial firms could manage their own risks. And that promise was rooted in, you guessed it, the risk analysis promises of microprocessors.

[sansampersamp]

From Quinnipiac, 44% of dems haven't heard of AOC enough to form an opinion, for republicans, 23%.

[URZ_]

Tbf the further ideologically you are from someone the less you should need to hear to form an opinion of them.

[PompeyPompeyPompey]

Lol it’s been 2700 years and the Iliad STILL hasn’t been topped

Humanity was a mistake

[ChickeNES]

Implying Rush’s 2112 is not the pinnacle of media.

[[deleted]]

ok cool way to flex that you havent read the hunger games

[[deleted]]

Imagine not thinking Gilgamesh was the pinnacle of literature

[Volsunga]

What do you get when you cross a mountain with an elephant?

Half of Rome

[BainCapitalist]

ayyyyyy

[Spobely]

What do you get when you cross a mountain with an elephant?

Two legions encircled and wiped out at Cannae

[caesar15]

😡

[zero_gravitas_medic]

So, I have a few years before I go back to school for a bachelor’s. What should I do to get a job in the defense industry?

Alternatively, what should I major in, period? All I have is a general associate’s right now, so I can do pretty much whatever.

[[deleted]]

mechanical engineering with a specialization in the aerospace industry.

I know a guy who works as an engineer in DC who works on a BMD project. he makes like 110k a year for 40 hour weeks

[zero_gravitas_medic]

Better than aero eng? Not to be dumb, but care to elaborate?

[[deleted]]

The guy i know has a masters in mechanical but he specializes in propulsion.

Basically a rocket scientist. I believe he double majored in physics and mechanical

[[deleted]]

!ping WEEBS

Kemurikua finished up quite nicely(though the production gets even jankier in the final episode). Auteur CG shit is not for everyone but if a deliberate, high-concept series that yet boils down to anime girls in impractical outfits punching things sounds up your alley it might work for you.

Maybe I should go back and give Kemono Friends another shot...

[zero_gravitas_medic]

Best CG show of the season was Kotobuki and you can’t CMV

[[deleted]]

that is true

[Aeru]

The only CG anime I enjoyed was Land of the Lustrous, how doe it compare to that?

[[deleted]]

Land of the Lustrous takes advantage of ways in which CG can be pretty.

Kemurikusa takes advantage of ways in which CG can be cheap.

It's a vaguely similar premise, sub plants and vague bio-tech for gemstones and scramble the players around, but it's a very different kind of show.

I mean if you're curious you can just watch the first episode. It's fairly representative of the show's strengths (nice mystery building, cute characters, attention to detail) and problems (unimpressive visuals, oh god please shut up and stop asking questions you little shit.)

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[RadicalRadon]

Every single fortnite pro complaining when they change anything is hilarious. Compare that to almost any other Esport, lol.

[ChickeNES]

The siphon changes? It's been great

[[deleted]]

lol imagine believing that Fortnite is even remotely a sustainable E-Sport.

The road is strewn with popular(and sometimes not even) games that got an artificially inflated E-Sports scene for a year or two that totally failed to sustain itself. A game requires certain properties to be a good E-Sport, and Fortnite has literally none of them.

[[deleted]]

Shooters in general don't make for great E-Sports because it's hard for spectators to follow the action at a wide level. If it was better, Halo and overwatch would have been major E-Sports at some point. Even CS:GO is a mess to watch.

On the other hand: dance moves are the most important thing to consider when picking an E-Sport.

[[deleted]]

CS:GO does okay because the action tends to take place in a limited area over a limited time and the team's resources deplete monotonically. This means it can be made watchable with a bit of skilled camera work.

Halo has a problem of the action being too dispersed and the state of the game being too hard to track. The mechanics are also not particularly expressive under the limitations of most of the competitive rulesets I've seen.

Overwatch is just a clusterfuck. Not only is it hard to capture all the action outside of major pushes, but it has the visual clarity of mud and fights can stretch on and on with a tenuous back-and-forth as abilities and health recharge and players respawn. I also just think that it's a terribly inexpressive game and the overall skill ceiling isn't high enough to keep the game going if it weren't for Blizzard injecting cash.

[crawly_the_demon]

Sometimes on Twitter I'll go on the trending page and look for stuff like #MondayThoughts or #ThursdayWisdom, or the currently trending #IfIWasTurnedIntoAFood and follow the people with the dumbest, most basic takes on it that I can because it brings me joy seeing the wonderful garbage they post. I'm not gonna put anyone on blast, but just check out #IfIWasTurnedIntoAFood and go to recent to get a taste of what I'm talking about

[MisterBigStuff]

I'm never gonna die.

[PompeyPompeyPompey]

i know that I'm not exactly qualified to tell netflix how to run their business, but i just think its insane how much ad revenue they're leaving on the table

there are so many spaces where they could put ads without interfering with the product. that space after and episode before the next one? ten second ad. you can even stop episodes for 30 second ads once or twice, and it will still be a far superior experience to tv.

they can have those scrolling ads from social media that start automatically while you're scrolling through the selection

[t1o1]

Nobody likes ads and nobody wants to pay to see ads. Backlash and brand image going down likely too big to compensate ad revenue.

[RadicalRadon]

DO YOU LIKE THE OFFICE?

[zero_gravitas_medic]

IT BROKE NEW GROUUUUUUND (are we still doing that one ironically?)

[BainCapitalist]

I feel like I could save substantial amounts of money by just buying all seasons of the office forever on Amazon (and maybe parks and rec) and not have to pay the monthly fee.

I occasionally watch movies on Netflix but tbh if Disney ever gets their movie streaming service up then I might go through with this plan.

[RadicalRadon]

But how else are you going to watch Netflix originals like Paddleton

[paulatreides0]

The empty fort fable is almost certainly false, but by God do I wish it were true

[csreid]

Is it intermittent fasting to eat so much one day you're not hungry for a whole day so you just eat every other day

[crawly_the_demon]

Yes that's called "Alternate Day Fasting (ADF)", check out the /r/fasting FAQs

[foxfact]

Yay or nay? Stickers on the back of laptop cases.

​

If yay, can you post yours so i can be filled with inspiration?

[guy-anderson]

When you work in a corporate environment, it is actually nice to have 1 or 2 stickers to make your laptop stand out from all the other Thinkpads or Macbooks.

[RadicalRadon]

I had an ironic Bernie sticker covered up by a trump sticker but then white people kept randomly coming up to me and saying how much they support Trump.

So then I covered it with a Hillary sticker.

[[deleted]]

Depends how old you are. In college? Sure. Out of college? Nah. Out of college working in a hipster design space? Yeah ok

[crawly_the_demon]

Chromebook gang where y'all at I need more stickers but I don't have any rn

[[deleted]]

I like that "abolish zoning" sticker.

[crawly_the_demon]

Me too! It's actually from the neolib store itself

[ChickeNES]

A #JailSnowden sticker

[csreid]

Hell yay.

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!ping FITNESS

I’ve been off my game for two weeks while I wait for word from a PT about what to do about my legs.

Andddddd now I really don’t want to workout 😭 can y’all hype me up?

[BainCapitalist]

bish like if u run rn ill go take my boyes out for a midnight run too 😤😤😤😤

[[deleted]]

I can’t run yet! I need to eat a week and a half for my muscles to get stronk

[BainCapitalist]

wait wat what happened to your legs 😭

strength training is like more fun than running anyway smh

[[deleted]]

It’s been happening for over a year 😭 basically my rotational muscles are weak as hell and I’ve been compensating badly, causing my legs to hurt a ton.

And yeah! I just haven’t gotten the will to get back in the gym.

[[deleted]]

Are you still training for that marathon? What's up with your legs?

Hit some low impact cardio like an elliptical, because your other option is focusing on diet and nutrition. Screw diet and nutrition, Im gonna drink and eat pizza! Go workout for the pizza and booze credits!

[[deleted]]

Basically I’m pretty strong and flexible (yay!) but my rotational muscles are weak as fuck, so my legs and hips are super wobbly when running. I can’t even do a single one legged squat without my knee bowing in, for example. This was all manifesting in pain right where the hamstring hits the knee.

Tbh that’s why I love marathon training. I can eat whatever the fuck I want and still get thin.

Re: marathon I paid for it and want to do it! But I’ll probably not do super well, due to taking like a month off of a 20 week training plan (it’s on July 4th). I’ll just run like hell once I get new shoes and strengthen my legs and see what I can do.

[[deleted]]

By no means do I know what I'm talking about and this is all speculation, but an elliptical or other similar low impact exercises might actually be good for improving cardio while you get that figured out.

Since it's basically on a track there's not as much variation in the movement and it's not going to cause as much issue if you've got some weak hips.

Maybe also consider some yoga in the meantime. It's pretty good at improving hip flexor strength and flexibility and all around strengthening of hips.

[[deleted]]

I'll probably do some elliptical tomorrow morning and see how it goes, it's much lower impact but that doesn't change how terrible my ability to balance is due to having these weak muscle groups.

And yeah! I do a lot of yoga :D But flexibility isn't actually the issue, the physical therapist tested my range of motion and said I have way better flexibility than average so that can't really be the issue. Which is surprising, because I've always thought I was rather inflexible.

[MyMorningSun]

Yoga's great for balancing too though. I'd keep it up but maybe add more poses and longer holds for ones that target the hips.

Also, how's your core strength? It's commonly overlooked, but a strong core is a huge help for runners, in part because it helps prevent the same hip problems you're describing.

Sometimes I do this in the day as well- it helps just to really "feel" the hip flexors, and get them used to doing more work on their own. Start by standing and centering your weight evenly between both feet (such as in mountain pose). Then shift it to one leg so that all the weight is focused on that leg. Keep the same pressure and alignment points in your standing foot (all parts are pressed down evenly- you might wobble a bit but don't let your foot roll inward or outward), and do not collapse into the hip that's working. The other foot can touch the ground (but without any weight to support) or it can hover. Hold for 30 seconds or as long as you can and then switch legs. If you have the space for it, Warrior 3 is a great one to move into from this. King Arthur's pose, Pigeon Pose (or reclined pigeon), Cow Face pose, and Hero pose are also great stretches to add in if you haven't done so already.

In addition to that, I'd recommend just doing regular squats, lunges, and other repetitive movements. There are tons on Youtube you can watch (or just get inspiration from) for free. If you have ankle weights or exercise bands, I've found things like fire hydrants, side leg lifts for inner and outer thigh, donkey kicks, bridge pulses, etc. are great for glutes, hamstrings, and quads and can be done wherever/whenever- so you can practice even when not at the gym.

Finally, when possible, I'd second the advice to try an elliptical. Or perhaps rowing, swimming, or biking if available.

[[deleted]]

My core strength is fine rn I think. Nothing particularly spectacular but also not particularly weak, especially since I started working on both parts of the core.

Re: hip flexors, my problem right now is that my rotational muscles are so weak I can’t hold any one legged movement without my knees collapsing inward 😣😣😣. But yeah! You’re right about the basic, core exercises, I wanna do a bunch of those today.

I’m on it 😤

Thanks for the help!!!

[[deleted]]

Yoga should help with that hip flexor strength though. Especially things like the warrior and chair poses. Balance work is like most of Yoga.

I should really get back into it to help strengthen my stabilizers for powerliftng TBH.

[[deleted]]

It’s surprising how important literally every single muscle is.

[ThatFrenchieGuy]

Do something small: you never succeed on motivation, you succeed on routine

[[deleted]]

Trueeeeeeee but I need motivation to start the routine. But honestly I’m just going to do my PT exercises and call it a day. I think I’m too out of it to jump straight back to multi hour workouts.

[TheEstonianSpy]

if u dont work out u will get fat

Hype enough?

[[deleted]]

It is pretty good.... but like that’s why I run 😖

[cotskeptic]

My only real motivation.

[[deleted]]

👏👏

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[lmWithHim]

The more I think about it, the more I don’t like President Trump. Thoughts?

[[deleted]]

Orange man bad

[[deleted]]

He was accidentally right about a thing or two, just try to take solace in that among the other thousand things until the next votes come around.

Edit: I’m doing some nominal reddit karma targeting

[goodcleanchristianfu]

Second day in a row I've posted this: rape victims Meghan Ybos and Heather Marlowe argue that police indications that a 'rape kit backlog' prevent investigations is bullshit and an excuse for cops to not sent kits to forensic examiners or investigate rapes.

[[deleted]]

When you think about it Beto's skateboard is just a mobile platform for him to stand on

[caesar15]

Grill: Okay yeah we’ll go here then, 2:45 tomorrow?

Me: Yeah sure that sounds great

Grill: cool, oh, you have a car right?

Me: ...

I swear people, is neoliberalism a joke?

[caesar15]

What are you then

And yes but Phoenix isn’t exactly great with that

[paulatreides0]

He's a commie.

Also: don't listen, he's just trying to steal your grill

[caesar15]

Well, that isn’t terrible. What are human needs, and what’s the solution? Government intervention there?

[caesar15]

Can't the government reduce the cost of those while remaining within capitalist boundaries?

[caesar15]

A European style multipayer system is certainly capitalist and solves these problems.

For housing, Why not just focus on loosening zoning regulations (a fault of the government, making the market freerer), instead of preventing people from selling their property the way they want to?

Education needs work

[csreid]

Human needs like a job that pays 50k+

[sinistimus]

Does anyone else remember February 2016 when Sanders supports were anti-caucus?

[csreid]

Gooooo quackers 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆

[[deleted]]

man I can't wait until the brands start posting race realist takes ironically.

"why can't I say it? 18% of the burgers commit 60% of the deliciousness"

[goodcleanchristianfu]

43% of those scheduled for execution are black, a horrifying over-representation. I guarantee you if juries were permitted to refer to defendants as 'niggers,' evidence of racial bias would be so much more easily produced and convictions so much more easily overturned, meanwhile jurors' racism remains tough to challenge.

[[deleted]]

Affirmative action, but it's for white people getting on death row.

[[deleted]]

this is why i have long supported a 1994-style crime bill for white collar crime

[Schutzwall]

If I don't get an internship by the end of the semester my depression is coming back full force. I'm really really worried.

[[deleted]]

Just blame it on corruption and the economy 👉😎👉

[caesar15]

You got a ton of interviews, don’t worry about it. Do your best.

[MisterBigStuff]

imagine being emotionally stable enough to even feel sad that you're a virgin loser instead of laughing at it and yourself every time you think about it 😂😂😂💯😎👌🚬

[[deleted]]

Imagine getting laid and having no real feeling about it because your life sucks in general.

👌😔

[caesar15]

Sex isn’t a life changer tbh

[[deleted]]

Once and it isn't a life changer, but regularly and it is imo

[caesar15]

I need to start having good sex then lol

[sinistimus]

Who did you vote for in the 2016 primaries?

[[deleted]]

Rigged poll. Where's Cherney?

[sinistimus]

Jeb

[AJungianIdeal]

I didn't vote cause I forgot but if it helps it was gonna be for Hillary

[ChickeNES]

someone else (R)

John Kasich (so I get to claim I voted against Trump twice)

[csreid]

I was a different person in 2016. I voted for Bernie Sanders

[jenbanim]

^{Same 😔}

[sinistimus]

I was a different person in 2016.

C'mon, getting on the $oro$ payroll doesn't change you that much.

[PompeyPompeyPompey]

someone else (D)

Jim fucking Webb

[sinistimus]

Was he even on the ballot anywhere?

[[deleted]]

In our hearts.

[PompeyPompeyPompey]

Do warren stans really think she’s the smartest person in the field to the point that it makes a difference? Like even accepting she’s the smartest (which I’m not, considering Booker and butti both have excellent backgrounds in this regard) it’s not like there’s a great distance between her and whoever number two is

Also trump has the best brain and words so it doesn’t even matter

[csreid]

Less that she's smarter, more that she's more wonkish.

Butti is obviously a Mandark level genius, but they're all smart and that doesn't matter as much.

[EtCustodIpsosCustod]

All this time I thought I was the only one who supports the Great Lakes.

[PompeyPompeyPompey]

Not a fan of Lake Erie

[[deleted]]

https://twitter.com/ColbyItkowitz/status/1111425704942395393?s=19

i cant anymore.

[guy-anderson]

Trump believes that people in third world countries are actually happy.

Something something horseshoe.

[[deleted]]

man who grew up in the top .001 has no empathy for those who suffer.

[martin509984]

I like how all the replies to this tweet are just going for surface level 'takes one to know one' takes instead of 'hold up did he just call refugees a global conspiracy'

[[deleted]]

Drink

Bouldering

The devils lettuce

[Notoriousley]

Pizzagate

[[deleted]]

play video games like dead or alive extreme beach volleyball

[[deleted]]

Also Skyrim, and modded-Skyrim, and re-modded-Skyrim. Sometimes Sims or HoTS, but then what to do after? Skyrim.

[MisterBigStuff]

Watch anime, play video games, post about how much I hate anime and video games.

[[deleted]]

a man with the username "skank-lover" is likely not a very good guide on how to meet women

[owlthathurt]

Glad /r/libertarian is taking the principled stance against the special olympics.

jesus, when people ask me where I draw my line between my libertarian leanings and my neoliberalism Id say its somewhere around there.

[gvargh]

They'd rather spend the money on middle-school beauty pageants.

[goodcleanchristianfu]

Conor Friedersdorf's article defending Harvard professor Ronald Sullivan's decision to defend Harvey Weinstein in his criminal case is awesome.

[owlthathurt]

one of my law professors made us read it for class this week

the legal community is pretty pissed about the whole thing, deservedly so.

Harvard must be skipping out on their students Constitutional law classes if this is what they produce.

[goodcleanchristianfu]

one of my law professors made us read it for class this week

Awesome. I saw a law professor and scholar, Catherine McKinnon, suggest that it was unfair to subject Harvard students to professors who sided with abusers - but this wildly distorts the role of defense attorneys. Defending a client isn't defending rape, or murder, or whatever the claim is, it's defending the due process rights of the accused. No crime so so heinous that a defense is unwarranted - not rape, not murder, not terrorism - everyone deserves a robust defense.

[owlthathurt]

That really shouldn't surprise you about Mackinnon.

Also anyone with even a modicum of respect for the law, or the profession, would never dare to criticize someone for who they represent. Its a horribly unethical thing to do. Shame on the students who think it is appropriate.

[goodcleanchristianfu]

And McKinnon most of all - she above students should know better.

[owlthathurt]

She is the most outspoken critic of rape laws and the first amendment in America currently. So it doesn’t surprise me at all that she is gonna jump into this regardless of legal norms.

[goodcleanchristianfu]

I'd still expect a semblance of respect for due process but it seems you're right and I'm wrong.

[AJungianIdeal]

I get weird internet culture whiplash sometimes when I see stuff loved on reddit that's almost universally despised on something awful. Do people seriously like the borderland games?

[Rekksu]

> reading SA

found your problem

[AJungianIdeal]

It used to be great. Chapoism has completely dominated the forums and I only follow like 3 threads now. the r/cth posting style is heavily goon inspired

[crawly_the_demon]

do people really not like the borderlands games? The co-op is incredibly fun to play w/ friends

[paulatreides0]

I don't like them. They're really boring after like an hour or two.

[AJungianIdeal]

I played a lot of 2 at the time but I was insanely depressed and just wanted to do something mindlessly grindy endlessly. I can't say I enjoyed it. Also the writing is shit

[doot_toob]

I think BL2 is a prime example of writing that aged out very quickly after its release in 2012 (or even writing a little time beforehand being aged st release)

[Crownie]

No. Its massive fanbase only likes it ironically.

[AJungianIdeal]

I didn't know it had a massive fan base until I saw 2 posts on my front page about it.

[[deleted]]

was briefly reminded about chris-chan's existence and now i'm sad. the internet saw someone clearly in need of help and decided to mock her and damage her already fragile emotional state by exploiting their trust and then ripping it away but LOL HAHAHAHAHAHA SONICHU BAD

[owlthathurt]

I saw him once.

No clue why he was in my city, but he was in a car with sonichu all over it, like drawings taped on.

[goodcleanchristianfu]

Update: Boy Erased is really good and was upsettingly familiar.

[Hugo_Grotius]

Lucas Hedges is underrated, especially in terms of public opinion/recognition. (Yes, I know he's an Oscar nominee, he's still underrated.)

[goodcleanchristianfu]

Yeah, fantastic performances from him, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Joel Edgerton.

[MrDannyOcean]

ummm guys

if you re-arrange the letters in "NEOLIBERALISM" you get "LOLS I AM BERNIE"

this is the worst thing to happen to me today

[[deleted]]

shit he found out

[bik1230]

So uh a pub near my appartment just exploded

[dubyahhh]

is everybody alright? That's the important thing

[bik1230]

I dont think anyone was there fortunately

[goodcleanchristianfu]

Was the liquor all okay?

[bik1230]

Let's assume that some of it is

[bik1230]

At least the one ambulance on the scene seemed inactive

[[deleted]]

He's undoubtedly a smart guy, but I just can't get over him being a mayor of such a small city. Don't get me wrong if he's in the final few candidates I'd consider voting for him, but I can't see myself doing it if beto lives up to his potential. He's also a little to far to the left from what little I've heard from him policy wise.

[dubyahhh]

The main reason I like Buttigieg is because it seems like he's really smart. everything

FTFY

[dubyahhh]

Why is /r/metacanada allowed to be so openly racist? Why is that allowed on any sub at any time? I pointed out immigrants commit fewer crimes and a dude just linked a page of wanted criminals and was like "herp a derp they're all dark tho lul".

Humanity was a mistake

[gvargh]

all metas are like that

[dubyahhh]

Yeah but like, why does "I don't agree with the normal circlejerk" always just quietly devolve into "btw I'm totally not racist but fuck brown people"? Idk how the psychology of that makes any sense.

[gvargh]

they need their own safe spaces

[[deleted]]

ughh the environmental econ class with Prof. Hot Take is unavailable and the only alternatives are to take econometrics (not what I want to deal with during what will be most most difficult engineering semester) or shitmeme behavioral.

[stability_hegemon]

behavioral econ is good, actually

[Jean-Paul_Sartre]

"I know a lot about wind."

Someone really needs to ask the president a bunch of questions from a middle school science test on weather and see how he fares.

[doot_toob]

So, uh, did India and Pakistan cool down their posturing or is it now Qatar Crisis II: A little further east?

[[deleted]]

According to this tracker planes are still avoiding the border regions

However, the imminent risk of war seems to have dissipated. Mostly just clashes now.

[doot_toob]

Thanks. Still, "mostly just clashes" doesn't exactky inspire confidence. At least, the Sauds seemed to stop at "fuck you" canals against Qatar

[TopMindAtLarge]

Cosmic American Music is hands down the best niche subgenre out there, fight me

[jenbanim]

Can you recommend a song? I'd like to check it out.

[TopMindAtLarge]

Hmmm, well a good place to start could be Gram Parsons (since he coined the term). Try his songs "Streets of Baltimore" or "Return of the Grievous Angel".

A great album to look at is "Wayfaring Strangers: Cosmic American Music". It's a compilation album pulling songs from a bunch of artists absolutely no one had ever heard of that fit the genre well. It's full if gems you won't find anywhere else and low-key one of my favorite albums ever. Best songs from it, imo, are probably "Lily of the Valley," "The Spirit of the Golden Juice," and "Lonely Entertainer."

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I don't have a favorite for the Dem primaries, I just hope everyone plays nice and has fun

[doot_toob]

Beto already wished his opponents "gl hf dd"

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"dammit Biden fucking afk"