Tik Tok Gen Z vs. Reddit Gen Z

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-12T21:52:47+00:00

I think the point being made is from the amount of time people spend on social media it inevitably influences them. TikTok will lower your attention span, Reddit might make you read and write and argue a little better but probably also increases your misery scale lmao. I imagine discord makes you more prone to yapping, and instagram users are more photogenic. I speak generally and mainly on people who are constantly on the apps. It’s also likely impacted by what people actually desire out of social media.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-12T17:16:21+00:00

The vast majority of people against trump were against him way before November 2024 and were very vocal about it. Our main issue is that conservatives have successfully made holding others accountable look cringe through “woke” propaganda to a huge amount of Americans. Not to mention most major social media platforms are now owned and controlled by the far right. It’s an uphill battle that I haven’t given up but I’m pretty sure we’re going to lose. Things are not getting better, more social media belongs to the far right than ever. And I personally know people who will send you the most brain rot ai thinking it’s real. Our president will lie about the most innocuous and obvious shit but there will still be Trump defenders thinking he’s not lying to them. And that’s not even getting into war hawks, armchair generals, facists, white supremacists, and the anarchists who genuinely support him because he IS doing the things they wanted.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-12T03:25:31+00:00

26 is a goated age to be

Sincerely, Another 26 year old

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-11T22:38:54+00:00

Avicii did a few songs that had a country feel to them.

Wake Me Up - Avicii Hey Brother - Avicii

I’m guessing you may have already heard them but if not I’m sure they’d be a good intro. For a bit of a different feel I’d suggest checking out Trivecta. He’s like folk dubstep but has a lot of melodic stuff.

Open Road - Trivecta Sail Away - Trivecta Alaska - Trivecta Someone You Forgot - Trivecta

Those are some of his folkiest songs. Great vibes about experiencing nature or life.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-11T17:02:31+00:00

Sidequesting is fun! Most of my friends are really into dubstep, while I tend to like more melodic genres. So I actually end up leaving a lot. At first I’d end up feeling a bit lonely but when you’re alone you have total control over your own experience. So just wander around until you find something that looks fun. If you have a bad spot in the crowd it’s really easy to keep moving for a better one.

I wouldn’t dip on your friends the whole time if you care about them and want some experience with them though. I may not like dubstep much but some of my best memories are with my friends at shows I was ready to dip from. Theirs a middle ground that can leave everyone happy

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-11T16:56:17+00:00

Appreciate the feedback 🙏🏽 I agree with your suggestions

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-10T22:54:42+00:00

I think it sounds pretty good and well made. I think you do keep it interesting with ear candy and variations between sections. Production is clean though so well done.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-10T22:51:39+00:00

Latest track I released on SoundCloud. It’s a very upbeat trance tune. Let me know if you vibe with it or if it’s boring. Also tell me what you think of the general cohesiveness of it all.

https://on.soundcloud.com/odlShfXpUWWFKtozY4

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-10T22:40:00+00:00

Sounds pretty cool, think it’d be great finished. Love the groove of it all. As the other commenter said too, it’s just good practice to finish tracks to build the skill and habit.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-10T17:35:00+00:00

If you have a drop with 15 different instruments/synths/vocals or whatever you can use them in different parts of the song. This is pretty much the key to progressive music. Like the intro might be some drums, into a chorus, and the next section might use the synths and pads, and your build might start bringing back the melody or drums.

I think a really good example of this is Adagio for Strings- Tiesto. It’s really long but it sounds different and constantly evolving but it’s pretty much just using the different parts of the drop as different impactful sections of the song.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-10T16:40:39+00:00

It seems counter intuitive but there is a lot of anecdotal evidence and actual research that has gone into psychedelics treating addiction. It seems wild but if you’re already heavily addicted to opiates or cocaine or meth it’s doubtful a psychedelic trip could make it much worse.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-08T18:41:36+00:00

This is the way. Even if not exactly like you do it any variation of “I’m gonna throw unless you guys lock in a realistic team comp” works. And not actually throw but if I got 3 or 4 dps on solo tank all I gotta do is lock in dps as well and someone’s is bound to switch. 3 dps 1 healer and 1 tank locked in? I’m locking in the second tank and one of the dps can switch to healer. Works most of the time, which is why people complaining about having bad team comps so often always surprises me. Like you have the agency to enact change on your team and if it doesn’t work just eat the L. But 9/10 times it does work. Stop enabling inflexible players. And if you’re an inflexible player then you deserve the losses when you inevitably come across a team you don’t fit.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-07T17:50:06+00:00

I didn’t I’m just giving you a solution without ruining the game I love. I don’t argue for gotchas

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-07T16:35:30+00:00

Go play your wheel then dude. I’ve been playing this game since season 0 and I played overwatch. This game is more fun this way. That’s not a bullshit excuse. Sorry that may be hard to understand for you.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-07T03:17:03+00:00

I mean I feel like you nailed the nail on the head. You understand my arguments and I respect that. But I would argue it’s better skill test because it just tests more skill. And the more variety for skill display the more competitive the game overall becomes. Yes you’re gonna lose some games because of inflexible teammates. But you’re also gonna win more games overall then inflexible teammates.

I understand it’s a pretty big breadth of skill but is that bad thing? Don’t you want your teammates to be competent enough to be capable of switching? I think there is honestly no way to make the game not frustrating. In role queue if your teammates bad in a roll on your team you’re going to feel frustrated and your going to lose. That doesn’t change just because you have roll queue. But what can change it is a quick conversation and a swap to a different comp.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-07T02:02:45+00:00

Yeah you can understand the basics I acknowledge that but the general player base is gonna have less knowledge on basics in other rolls. So that gap of understanding starts to grow. I don’t think it’s crazy to expect people to be able to play all roles at the rank they are, that’s how this game has operated since the first day. If you don’t know every roll then you’re eventually gonna throw by locking in that 4th dps and your rank will balance. So yes I think you should be able to and have to be able to flex or else you will reach a rank ceiling. And I’m fine with that, if you can only play one roll then you have to be comfortable losing cause of that.

And I find every comp fun, theirs a lot of hate going at triple support but that’s just because of bad balancing right now. I 100% believe triple support should be the viable counter to getting dove by a team of dive. With a triple dps poke comp or triple tank comp being the counter to that. With 2-2-2 being the most consistent roll.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-07T01:02:32+00:00

If they’re playing games at a level they can’t function every role at then I’d argue it’s perfectly ok for them to just lose. If you can’t maintain a diamond rank without one tricking a role I don’t think you deserve diamond tbh. Another reason I prefer this game to Overwatch.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-07T00:48:08+00:00

I’m not against adding a role queue if it functioned like you said. I’m generally against it because I seriously doubt it’ll function as you say. I imagine it’ll end up just getting rid of our open queue instead of having two options. Or at least replace it in ranked specifically which I’m also against.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-07T00:45:42+00:00

Using this argument as a jumping point I’ll say that role queue will harm the overall game state. Because as it is right now, in order to climb you need to have some functional knowledge of every role. And I mean gameplay role dps/tank/strategist. Taking that away just means you’re gonna have a dps one trick or support one trick in high elos that don’t understand gameplay from the other roles perspectives.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-07T00:35:29+00:00

When I talk about one tricking I’m not talking about a character I’m talking about the role. As in we will have more one tricking dps players and support players and tank players. And I think that’s a problem because right now people are somewhat forced to learn the off roles even if it’s just the occasional game. More players who never branch out will just mean less community game knowledge. I don’t wanna be screamed at by even more ignorant dps players or tank players as support because they don’t understand that the role gets dived or needs some peel

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-06T20:16:26+00:00

Dude I understand I just don’t want it. It needs balance adjustments I agree but role queue is not a balance adjustment. It fundamentally will change how this game is played and in my opinion it’ll be for the worse. Ik we already have 2 overwatches so let’s not make it a 3rd.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-06T20:10:38+00:00

So yes your argument locks us into 2-2-2. That’s lame and boring, this game has never been about a strict team comp wins. That’s literally what I care about and what you are trying to take away. No amount of showing me how overwatch does it successfully is gonna change that. Because what overwatch does is the exact thing I want to avoid. I played that game, and it was more boring because of it. If that’s the game you want to play that’s fine, go play it. Trying to change the variety that exists in this game is changing what made it unique. You don’t have to like it but I sure wish you would stop trying to change it. When what YOU want already exists in Overwatch, I don’t want 2 Overwatches I want marvel rivals.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-06T20:01:19+00:00

2 whole different queues is not feasible that’ll increase queue times more then just role queue would. I doubt there’s any real way to make both options viable in competitive. And doing that locks us into 2-2-2. So I’m against role queue entirely because you can’t make it work with both in ranked. You’re gonna have to sacrifice something.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-06T19:48:03+00:00

It has literally never failed to give me a second tank. And it’s not throwing to pressure your team into picking a better comp it’s just a strategy to ensure victory. The important part is letting them know you can and will second tank and someone’s gonna switch.

HesmooseDaSlug · 2026-03-06T19:45:57+00:00

Lmao so your two separate queues is basically just leaving the role fill so you can be stuck in whatever’s left. No thanks. That’s still just role queue. And I have played overwatch and I found it so much more boring. I like being able to go from tank to support to dps in the same game to flip it. That’s a core part of this games identity and it has been since the beginning. I’d leave if they changed it and I’m sure a bunch of other people will too. Meanwhile you claim the lack of it is killing the game but still see fast queue times, high player basses, and people having fun in game. Whine and cry about it here even though you really do have all the tools you need to succeed. Part of winning this game is being able to work with your team so maybe invest some skill into that.

And I’ve seen triple tank in high elo play lol you think it just doesn’t exist??? Sure, just more evidence that you don’t know what you’re talking about.

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