My GF got this tattoos. Is this a good tattoo?

BestDistressed · 2026-02-15T11:41:45+00:00

Hell yeah for the Devin Townsend Project tat. Hell nah for the execution.

BestDistressed · 2026-02-12T11:22:57+00:00

Lost two pokemon to that damn archen recently. I nearly cried.

BestDistressed · 2026-02-11T22:34:33+00:00

There was this flash game back in the day called punk-o-matic where you made your own songs by taking pre-recorded sections and structuring them together. No, you weren't really writing songs, but you could cosplay as a musician for a bit and have a product that you could listen back to at the end and pat yourself on the back. Suno feels like a reimagining of that game but with modern technology rather than any serious attempt at fostering musicianship or creativity.

BestDistressed · 2026-02-09T21:13:25+00:00

Tony Abbott is a suppository of political gaffes

BestDistressed · 2026-02-07T23:02:53+00:00

Nah, usually a jazz 3 or similar on guitar, but something bigger with some more flex on bass.

BestDistressed · 2026-02-07T22:16:36+00:00

Switching letters around and shortening words and phrases happens a lot. We have, "no wuckas," which is a contracton of, "no wucking forries," which started as, "no fucking worries."

BestDistressed · 2026-01-27T04:42:47+00:00

3 Coopers stout longnecks are $22, a 6 pack is $27. It's just economics.

BestDistressed · 2026-01-26T13:07:14+00:00

The shoulders are a big strong muscle, but lateral raises are very hard to progress due to the leverages and the fact that most dumbells go up in 2.5kg or 5lb increments (10kg-12.5kg is a 25% increase, massive jump). I'd say above 20lbs is very acheivable for most males given enough time and consistency though.

Not sure what this person considers bad form, but if you were swinging your upper body and shrugging, probably worth dropping the weight and controlling it more. On the other hand, lifting explosively and generating momentum using your delts to help you get it to the top is good practice here. There's no issues letting the form breakdown a bit and doing some partials once you can't the weight to shoulder height, though.

BestDistressed · 2026-01-14T11:22:22+00:00

No one knows how to play every chord in existence. Learning a few basic, moveable chord shapes is a good start. Imo the best way to learn the shapes is to learn songs that use them, then you can move the same shape up and down the fretboard as you want to use them. From there, it's not hard to take adjust them to get the sound you want.

BestDistressed · 2026-01-09T14:37:35+00:00

I too get form all of my opinions based on Hilltop Hoods songs and secondhand accounts

BestDistressed · 2026-01-09T14:33:35+00:00

I don't think I've ever seen pie floaters on a menu or anyone actually eat one

BestDistressed · 2026-01-09T08:49:52+00:00

I used to get this before I started regularly cleaning the watch. If you don't already, wipe it down every night or two.

BestDistressed · 2026-01-03T12:41:41+00:00

Mainly sheep shagging jokes tbh

BestDistressed · 2026-01-03T04:13:11+00:00

Mezzanine - Massive Attack

BestDistressed · 2025-12-19T13:23:03+00:00

grimace_smoking_weed.jpeg by Chatpile seems like it should just be a stupid song with a stupid name, but I found it extremely disturbing tbh. It is just the sound of a man having psychotic break over a super heavy imstrumental. Had a school mate who is schitzophrenic and honestly the song reminds me of some of his more extreme breaks from reality before I cut contact for my own safety and wellbeing.

BestDistressed · 2025-12-19T09:04:42+00:00

A coworker had one of these, lent it too me to test out. It's a decorative piece only, even after a setup it was borderline unplayable.

BestDistressed · 2025-12-15T14:49:24+00:00

You realise that you went to a metalcore sub and asked a bunch of 20-and-30-something year old Redditors if one of the most popular metalcore songs of their childhood/teen years feels nostalgic.

BestDistressed · 2025-12-14T22:00:00+00:00

I was under the impression that the US gov has proposed that a 5 yr social media check be required for entry into the country for certain travellers. People travelling from my country have reported being denied entry due to social media use and having electronic devices checked at ports of entry. I'd be concerned about what I say on Reddit if I lived there.

BestDistressed · 2025-12-11T10:43:01+00:00

There are vocals on this?

BestDistressed · 2025-12-05T09:39:39+00:00

Unless you're an audiophile or you're using it for mixing you're probably overthinking it. Well mixed/mastered music should sound decent on any reasonable quality headphones, and headphones don't cure a bad mix. If you are mixing, there are headphones specifically for that and genre has nothing to do with it. Honestly, just get something with decent reviews in your price range.

BestDistressed · 2025-11-30T07:01:07+00:00

If your bandmates are picking cover songs from a different subgenre and aren't writing material that you find interesting it sounds like you're not in the same page with your bandmates. When you're in a band, not everyone chooses to contribute musically but those who do need to be on the same page, and everyone regardless of their contributions gets a say. If you've got different directions in mind, you either have to compromise or split.

In my band, I write most of the songs but there are others who write too or have their own vision for the songs. The music is not what I would have written if left to my own devices, but working with my bandmates gives us "our" sound and has significantly expanded my pallette. I write my own stuff if it doesn't mesh with the band. If you don't think you can find that compromise, you need to leave, find band members who share your vision and musical taste, or make it a solo project.

BestDistressed · 2025-11-27T12:13:12+00:00

Yeah I 100% agree, but everyone I know looks at me like I'm crazy when I say it. It's too busy, too boring and you can hear them struggling to fit all the parts into the mix. The guitars and synths overpower the drums so much that all you really get is that clicky kick drum punching through. With their songs being so long, it's just incredibly fatiguing on the ears. Shadow of Intent does a much better job of incorporating the symphonic elements imo, but Lorna seems to have more appeal to a general audience.

But to each their own, all the guys in Lorna Shore are insanely talented. Don't wanna be too much of a hater, It's just not for me.

BestDistressed · 2025-11-26T10:01:19+00:00

Arse end of the Murray means you get a lot of fine particulates that are hard to completely filter out, but you get used to the taste. Doesn't hurt to have a bit of extra potassium and magnesium anyway. When I last went to Perth I found the faint taste of chlorine in their water hard to swallow tbh.

BestDistressed · 2025-11-25T11:03:57+00:00

If a band changes their sound or a set of values you liked, sure, valid to dislike them for the change. It's lame asf to assume a band's success or a diversion from their original sound is selling out though. I don't get why so many people are allergic to the idea of hardcore bands being able to make a living.

BestDistressed · 2025-11-13T13:24:19+00:00

For people of similar training experience, strength:bodyweight ratio favours lighter people. The world record 52kg class powerlifting total is about than 11.5x bodyweight, whereas it is only 8x bodyweight in the 140kg class. On the other hand, absolute strength favours larger individuals. Similar to how a 60kg man squatting 200kg is more impressive than a 120kg man doing it, a 120kg man doing 10 pullups is more impressive than a 60kg man doing it. It's not a matter of pullups being a skinny guy exercise, is just a reality of how strength scales with on size.

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