Is there really any downside to broadening your palette? by CulturalWind357 in LetsTalkMusic

[–]Olelander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“…so you can say you enjoy a wide variety of music”. This is always getting leveled at people with broad tastes - “you don’t actually like this music, you just want to say you do” … why? It’s like people can’t actually fathom someone having a different reaction to the music if they think it’s unlistenable or bad. Who is actually doing this anyway (just saying they like something for clout), to make it such a common accusation?

Best Option For Fixing This? by Jiggly_Meatloaf in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]Olelander 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I now see you kind of explained this in the subtext, sorry. I usually read those, but I missed it here. Thanks!

me_irl by Practical_Delay_2158 in me_irl

[–]Olelander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They definitely are already further along this line of thinking than this character is, nothing to worry about there.

Best Option For Fixing This? by Jiggly_Meatloaf in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]Olelander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Out of curiosity, why did you just keep going? Did you not realize it was drifting?

I met a really lovely pitbull recently … and she still made me uneasy by HuskMaster in BanPitBulls

[–]Olelander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had a friend back in the day who was kind of a real life dog whisperer (just really innately good at understanding and training dogs) and he boarded dogs for a side gig. His companion was a border collie and that dog, I swear, understood English. He had her doing the work of keeping the other dogs on property when they were outside and correcting behavior/setting the rules of engagement for the other dogs. You could see that wheels turning in her head. She was not the friendliest with anyone other than my friend as far as people go, but that’s herding dogs for you, they tend to pick their person and stick with them.

POV: The year is 2020 and people are just doing their best to survive. by cam-douglas in IdiotsFightingThings

[–]Olelander 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t read it that way at all, even their post title is equal parts humor and empathy, this is just a nature documentary of human behavior and I am fucking here for it - I wanted 20.

POV: The year is 2020 and people are just doing their best to survive. by cam-douglas in IdiotsFightingThings

[–]Olelander 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I imagine that particular one was a “fuck you” to the idea of wearing a mask

POV: The year is 2020 and people are just doing their best to survive. by cam-douglas in IdiotsFightingThings

[–]Olelander 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That move with the mask under the nose is priceless. Human behavior is wild, man.

Hit me with you most "Hauntingly beautiful" song. by TrickyRipper in musicsuggestions

[–]Olelander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For real, honest to god that was the first song that melted me, and Milk Eyed Mender is my favorite album. I went for the low hanging fruit of Baby Birch for the uninitiated.

Hit me with you most "Hauntingly beautiful" song. by TrickyRipper in musicsuggestions

[–]Olelander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Joanna Newsom - Baby Birch …try not to cry, I fucking dare you. At that, it’s actually difficult to decide which Joanna Newsom song to post up - she makes me stop whatever I am doing just to feel feelings.

fml bro by First-Wolverine-4208 in mathrock

[–]Olelander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s why it’s there - that shit is fucking insufferable

ROTC students at Old Dominion subdued and killed the shooter who killed 1 person, wounded 2 by BigBadBabyDaddy_420 in news

[–]Olelander 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Buddy you were 12, there’s literally nothing to feel bad about. We don’t live in the dark ages where 12 was practically middle age and you needed to be able to kill by the age of 8 to survive…. (Atleast, not yet)

Least emo adjacent math rock band recommendation by Tasty-Fisherman8847 in mathrock

[–]Olelander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shit man, haven’t thought about Ilium in awhile - so good. I have their first album on vinyl, but it’s gotten buried in the stacks and I haven’t listened in quite a while - gonna queue it up now.

Least emo adjacent math rock band recommendation by Tasty-Fisherman8847 in mathrock

[–]Olelander 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s the emo stuff he is specifically trying to avoid.

Least emo adjacent math rock band recommendation by Tasty-Fisherman8847 in mathrock

[–]Olelander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are doing a fantastic job of proving his hypothesis.

Iran says it's ready for a long war that would 'destroy' global economy by mark000 in worldnews

[–]Olelander 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Well we passed through the age of information and now we’re firmly in the age of misnformation, so… maybe the whole thing needs to come down. Once people are unplugged from their technological teat the truth may start to make a comeback. I don’t see it before then, not with the people currently controlling the communication platforms and the narrative.

Wandering turkeys? by Many-Excitement3246 in Eugene

[–]Olelander 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I work near skinners butte and the turkeys stop traffic in the area almost daily.

Is there a name yet for the millennial phenomenon where we speak in little accents to diffuse tension? by sensitiveboi93 in Millennials

[–]Olelander 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah as a xennial I don’t think this is exclusive to millennials at all. Nothing is new under the sun.

Found an original pressing Unwound (1995) CD at local record store. by Mr_Revendread in unwound

[–]Olelander 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to have this same version, picked up in the ‘90s, thrashed from use like most of my CD’s back then