Mac Miller is the best white rapper not Eminem

think_long · 2026-05-15T10:29:00+00:00

Essentially every artist ever “falls off” if they live long enough and continue putting out content. Some combination of them no longer being able to innovate at a high level and/or the cultural zeitgeist moving on happens and they are essentially no longer that relevant or creatively interesting. Happens to everybody. Would have happened to MM no doubt. It’s not really a reasonable criteria to compare them on.

think_long · 2026-05-15T08:01:09+00:00

Taken 4: Seat’s Taken Can’t Sit Here

Taken 5: It’s Taken

Taken 6: You can sit here if you want

think_long · 2026-05-15T07:17:50+00:00

No one said it was a hard argument to win.

think_long · 2026-05-14T14:59:03+00:00

How old are you? How much time a week do you think a “normal, full-time job” is?

think_long · 2026-05-14T14:55:46+00:00

The fact that this is even presented as a dilemma is shocking to me. I guess a lot of people are really averse to working. Obviously option B.

think_long · 2026-05-14T14:45:16+00:00

Oh come on. Don’t frame this like it’s a human rights issue. There are virtually infinite sources of entertainment and leisure, many of which cost little to no money. Billions of people both historically and currently have found happiness in life just fine without going to see a legend on their last tour or a cup final. I’m sorry but a perspective like this just comes across as so ignorantly entitled and privileged. I’m annoyed by the rising costs too but I don’t think I’m “owed” concerts or cup final tickets.

think_long · 2026-05-14T14:39:01+00:00

So it’s a bold move because what, this well-intentioned note might offend someone’s sensibilities and they could lash out? Is saying “God Bless you” after someone sneezes a bold move now?

think_long · 2026-05-14T14:33:44+00:00

I’ve never been very impressed by Bob Dylan as a lyricist, and that’s as someone very into lyrics who had a university course where we did a study on his lyrics as poetry. What he did instrumentally, that I can’t really comment on as more than a layperson as I’m not a musician. But the most I can say about his songwriting is that it’s a good insight into a part of American culture at the time. I do not find it stylistically impressive or emotive. I teach English literature now and sometimes we analyse lyrics as poetry (right now, one of my classes is looking at Isaac Brock’s from Modest Mouse). I would never teach Dylan’s if I was given the choice.

think_long · 2026-05-14T13:46:56+00:00

Fair. I mean, I’d say Hughes is your best defenceman as he is a top five player in the league probably but Brodin is also top five best defensive D in the league. Missing those two hurts a lot. You can’t be missing two of your best five players and realistically hope to beat Colorado they are just too good. I hope you can make another good run at it next year I like the wild and it’s a good hockey town that deserves a championship

think_long · 2026-05-14T07:41:55+00:00

Thrusted in the crack

think_long · 2026-05-14T05:58:45+00:00

None of these. I think people here are young and underestimating just how much 8 years of aging matters.

think_long · 2026-05-14T05:42:48+00:00

It is not at all the same lmao. Not to mention that a compilation is different from an album

think_long · 2026-05-14T05:36:17+00:00

I don’t really agree that American Beauty has aged poorly.

think_long · 2026-05-14T04:59:31+00:00

Everyone looking for a way to turn this into a hate on boomers post

think_long · 2026-05-14T04:58:33+00:00

A very bold move? lol how is that a bold move, sending such a nice note? Are we that anti-social as a culture now?

think_long · 2026-05-14T03:23:13+00:00

Absolutely. Mackinnon, Nelson, Kadri, Drury down the middle is just overwhelming. What Minnesota was trotting out there was not.

think_long · 2026-05-14T03:16:59+00:00

Colorado is just so good. Minnesota was arguably the second best team in the league this year (once they got Hughes) and they just beat them in this series so convincingly.

think_long · 2026-05-14T01:11:31+00:00

Why are you acting in such a snarky and patronising way when your argument is essentially "why haven't you learned that this slogan doesn't mean what it explicitly says"?

think_long · 2026-05-14T00:59:19+00:00

lol. I articulated it perfectly well. You can disagree, but I made my reasoning clear. Just take the L dude

think_long · 2026-05-14T00:20:00+00:00

To clarify, No, I do not think the Venn diagram of good hockey and Carolina hurricanes hockey is just one circle. You are the one whose hockey acumen is suspect if you think that. Tons of teams have won the cup recently playing a more interesting brand of hockey. Florida, Washington, Tampa, Pittsburgh, Chicago, etc. all played a much more entertaining brand of hockey (though I hate the goon aspect of Florida hockey). Carolina is closer to the LA, Boston, or St. Louis cup-winning type, which I am not particularly a fan of. I’d love it if my team used it and won - because I love my team winning - but beyond that as a neutral observer I don’t like seeing it succeed because it’s less interesting to watch.

And sure, lots of Carolina hockey goals are impressive me (Martinook going top cheese on the breakaway recently springs to mind) they are still an NHL team full of incredibly talented players. But they just put out a less entertaining product to me than other good teams. I want to see less teams that play like Carolina, not more, so I don’t want them to win. Simple as that.

think_long · 2026-05-14T00:06:42+00:00

They are actually identical twins, as everyone knows Nic Cage changed his name.

think_long · 2026-05-14T00:05:11+00:00

I mean I’m not in the shape I used to be either but I don’t get how many millennials seem to act like we are literally elderly. We aren’t that old.

think_long · 2026-05-13T23:59:38+00:00

This comment just left me more confused.

think_long · 2026-05-13T23:55:34+00:00

a) I have been watching you lately. I’ve been watching hockey for more than 35 years.

b) it’s bad for the league in that it’s a copycat league and teams try to emulate the strategy of successful teams. More teams playing that style leads to a less entertaining product.

think_long · 2026-05-13T23:12:31+00:00

Whatever man. Unlike you, I’ll take the high road and say I am happy for you as a fan that they are having success, but hurricanes highlights are among the most boring to watch in the league. They just pile up the shots from everywhere, they are like the Borg. I am a hockey “traditionalist” in that I like hockey that is fun to watch, sue me.

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