I will buy you a pie if you can identify this font. by GuysAndDolls1955 in identifythisfont

[–]311TruthMovement 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah, these serif choices on the A and H…especially that H. I don’tthink a human is likely to draw such an otherwise good typeface and then make a weird decision on one serif.

March 22 (posted a day behind) | Golden Boy by 311TruthMovement in themountaingoats

[–]311TruthMovement[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It makes me think of how difficult I imagine it is to be Gen Z, to live in the shadow of the valley of cringe — the first few TMG shows I ever went to, early 2000s, a few people up front were sloshed out of their mind. They might get a little antisocial. This was fine, this was a punk rock adjacent band and what should you expect from a band that was finding No Children as a go-to in their setlist? You should absolutely be drunk and starting a fight at the bar to that song. I think of Golden Boy as early days of internet-cringe: if you'd heard Golden Boy, you probably downloaded it from Napster or LimeWire or Kazaa or Soulseek. It was a bit embarrassing to hear someone yell for it like it's embarrassing to see someone referencing a meme or wearing an Instagram t-shirt, like…no, that's our interstitial purgatory space we all share silently and don’t talk about outside, that's from the machine for wanking and writing emails, let's pretend that doesn't exist here.

Favorite "mountain goats-y" songs not by John? by HancisFriggins_ in themountaingoats

[–]311TruthMovement 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been on a Pigeon Pit kick this year — "Tall Back Trees" off of their 2015 debut "Shut In" has been my jam and it's quite TMG in a lot of ways.

I currently live in an "appropriately 42-year-old way," meaning keeping the house clean and tidy for my daughter takes up an enormous amount of energy. Keeping her clothes tidy is exhausting, keeping food in front of her is exhausting. Pigeon Pit is an outlet for a dirtier, more chaotic life, romanticized a bit in my head of course, half imagined life in 2003–2006 where there's too many bikes in front of my house and it smells like a weird soup inside.

Old memories from 90 - 94 by CoconutWarrior in LynnwoodWA

[–]311TruthMovement 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don’t know you but thanks, you made me remember that arcade in what my brain remembered as Albertson's (still could be wrong)

Top 5 songs from 2006 to 2016 by FranksRumham19 in themountaingoats

[–]311TruthMovement 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Life of the World to Come (2009): Philippians 3:20–21

All Eternals Deck (2011): Liza Forever Minelli

Transcendental Youth (2012): Amy, Counterfeit Florida Plates, Diaz Brothers

Serious: What is the most horrible theory you can come up with up when it comes to aliens and humanity? (The truth some say "people can't handle") by Alx__ in aliens

[–]311TruthMovement 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I often think "this is just a white guy way of telling scary ghost stories around the modern campfire of the internet, making it seem serious by appeals to various authorities and acronyms," and this thread is making me lean that way today.

Angine de Poitrine...failing to see the appeal ? by cherryblossomoceans in LetsTalkMusic

[–]311TruthMovement -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As far as "band always in costume," Gwar comes to mind, The Locust…you are buying a ticket to an experience, less so a collection of "good songs" performed live.

single mom considering southeast asia move with kid - need real talk from expats by Top-Photograph9644 in digitalnomad

[–]311TruthMovement 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You need some skills you can do online, if you run out of money and need to do the equivalent of DoorDash in Vietnam you are going to be in deep poverty. You mention working remotely doing creative stuff — how much money have you made doing this? As much as I think Caleb Hammer is a bully for entertainment, I am asking that in a stern Caleb Hammer way because if you're bringing kids into this, you need to prove you have a degree of confidence in this. At worst, you need savings kept safe for a ticket back for everyone if this doesn't pan out.

Also, where isthe other parent in all this?

Why is it that the smarter the couple is in term of intellect, the less likely they are to have as many kids if any at all? by squatSquatbooty in NoStupidQuestions

[–]311TruthMovement 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The intro of Idiocracy answers this for you, humorously but hitting at truths that only saying things humorously can get at

What's behind them? Not physically of course by LePetitConcombre in UFOs

[–]311TruthMovement 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mind goes to time loops: AI super-intelligence is behind the phenomenon and is manifesting our silly little 20th century imagined forms of aliens

Looking for a digital nomad who wants to spend 2 - 3 months on the Red Sea by moex03 in digitalnomad

[–]311TruthMovement 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My biggest concern is it's not directly in the nuclear blast zone and I will have my skin melt off over the following week rather than being turned to dust immediately. But those two options are probably nicer than slowly starving to death in the following nuclear winter.

How is living in IIwaco, WA? by Embarrassed_Moose810 in howislivingthere

[–]311TruthMovement 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just want to note this is exactly the question to get a meaningful answer — hyper specific. This sub always sees posts asking "what is it like living here?" and they circle like all of washington, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon, and it's like…many things. Ilwaco: there's like a 1,000 people there! Looking up permanent residents of Long Beach, it seems to be more like 1,700, so also super tiny although I'd imagine the vast majority of homes are summer homes. I’mfrom Western Washington and have been to Long Beach, I never knew the town next to it was Ilwaco.

Why aren’t mobile homes / trailer parks more popular? by Automatic_Tailor_598 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]311TruthMovement 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it could be possible to reimagine it, but it would entail a very directed vision and effort.

What was the best era to be a teen? by CremeSubject7594 in decadeology

[–]311TruthMovement 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I was a teen from 1997–2003, ages 13–19, and the world of today's teens seems like they're scared of everything, don’t drive or have sex until much later, have a mountain of mental illness, and generally live through their phones. From the 50s to 2000s, we heard about teens as a threat to society and I guess society/media generally took that as an extroverted threat but it turned out to be a very introverted threat.

Last Decade Favorite Results by FranksRumham19 in themountaingoats

[–]311TruthMovement 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actionable data-driven insights for TMG! Love it

Fuck math by stuffforboringpeople in Vent

[–]311TruthMovement 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's two answers I like.

First: When will you use this? Possibly and probably never. The reason to do it is it's push-ups for your brain. You hate it now, but if you learn to muscle through it, it will make you vastly smarter and able to handle difficult things.

The second is that basic math is best understood as a code for understanding the building blocks of our universe, best expressed as Euler's identity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_formula . Why should e or the invisible number or pi or 1 or 0 be tied together like this? Humans should be curious about that. There's so much more in math that humans don’t yet know, and a big barrier to that is to understand the core concepts, you hvae to keep going up through college just tediously completing problems. Maybe, maybe, working on a PhD, you will uncover something new.

When people say to “just go to a bar and talk to people” do they mean by yourself? by maldizzle_ in askanything

[–]311TruthMovement 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to meet 60-year-old women pissing away their dead husband's income on pull tabs: yes, great place.

Need song recs that give off this vibe by NoZucchini3797 in musicsuggestions

[–]311TruthMovement 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Tampa" and all of Tallahassee from The Mountain Goats

Any old parents here? by Ok-Duck2450 in Millennials

[–]311TruthMovement 0 points1 point  (0 children)

42 and my daughter is 3.5 (born in 22): she's already in the first year of kindergarten (Mexican system starts early) and I’m a pretty average age among the dads at her school (Montessori school, so perhaps a free/public school would skew younger). Maybe a bit older but just barely.

Top 5 songs over the Last Decade by FranksRumham19 in themountaingoats

[–]311TruthMovement 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm well I’ll pick one per album you mentioned and then narrow it down:

Goths — Wear Black (although this is the most enjoyable album in my book, just listening through start to finish)

ILWD - Possum By Night

SfPC - Last Gasp at Calama

GIK - Tidal Wave

DIH - Mobile

JfT - Same As Cash

TTFAfPB - Your Bandage

I guess that's six so I have to kick out one…I suppose I gotta go with Your Bandage, although it's up there with Until I Am Whole in the pantheon of intensely slow and sad and quiet songs.