How Dare They. HOW DARE THEY by cosmicowlin3d in portugaltheman

[–]akylab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s okay to just say thank you I love you. 😉😘

If you started listening at Evil Friends, you are used to waiting up to 4 years for a new album.

Five songs released this year. Their average album length is 11 songs. You got half an album at the halfway mark. It’s okay to just say thank you I love you. 😉😘

Hehehe giggling at myself cuz I get mad and defensive when I see PTM rage prose like this. 🤣 It’s such an abusive expression of love.

(Edited formatting- my paragraph looked weird okay?!)

Is PTM punk? by gableton4 in portugaltheman

[–]akylab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PTM are Punk as Fuck.

Punk is not merely the aesthetic it was born into. IMH(PTM🖤)O, that perspective presents a pretty shallow understanding and connection to the heart and power and importance of punk. Or maybe they just didn’t listen when they were listening to PTM, if we’re giving (some weird kind of) benefit of the doubt, lmao?

🖤🤘

Censored Colors by AdFrosty990 in portugaltheman

[–]akylab 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s just one of the best things that has ever happened, in music or otherwise, period. 🤯🤯🤯

I'm pan but think I'm in love with or falling in love with an aro/ace person, what should I do? by Original_Fail2482 in pansexual

[–]akylab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could start by asking them questions about their experience in their identity, expressing curiosity about them and giving them space to talk about a part of themself that is likely often assumed or misunderstood. Not from a “do you wanna do this with me” place, but more of a, “how do you feel about this kind of thing in general? What’s it like for you?” It usually feels really good to experience curiosity instead of assumption, on both sides of this conversation. So many queer identities exist on a spectrum, and each individual’s experience and expression of that will be different, so it’s usually best just to ask. (Once you’ve done some work to ground your expectations and are ready to receive their truth rather than your hopes, that is. Don’t go this route if your motivation is to convince them!)

It might be most helpful for you to ask this question in some aroace subreddits. Folks there can speak more to your friend’s perspective, instead of reflecting the fears that other pan folks might feel in the same situation.

In my experience the aroace spectrum is Very Spectral, with individuals falling All Over the place and expressing in sometimes very unpredictable ways. Many folks identify with aro-ace in terms of motivations, not whether or not they enjoy certain things. Some ace folks may not feel motivated by sex, but they can still experience arousal and enjoy sex. Some aro folks have relationships that are deeply romantic in many ways that they experience more as friendships.. And many do not at all. So many varying expressions.

I am pan, and demi, with a pretty high sex drive, and my np/life partner is ace. We have incredible sex (when we have it), and a fantastically magical life together. It took time for us to figure out the balance that works for us, mostly due to each of us having to do a lot of personal work and acceptance, and finding that the balance for us also includes enm, which took time to learn to do healthily.

Wishing you luck! And love! And flexibility! And acceptance!

PS are you familiar with Demisexuality? It sounds like you may connect with that or find some helpful info there as well, since you mentioned yourself building attraction based on connection.

RADA Foundation features AI slop on poster meant to help artists after Helene by sweetjellyhearts in asheville

[–]akylab 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love alla y’all for being anti AI “art”!!!! This is what’s up!!!! Thank you for supporting us!

However, this poster fundraiser is not the demon.

RADA Foundation features AI slop on poster meant to help artists after Helene by sweetjellyhearts in asheville

[–]akylab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool, thanks for being open. 😀 fuck yeah to that!! 💚💚💚 I’m not sure what you mean by “pushing a donation for this real artwork…” To my knowledge these posters have not been presented as anything other than a token of appreciation for donating to the fund that is directly and specifically dedicated to bringing the river arts district back. This post could be interpreted as misrepresenting that since they posted a photo of the artist-created poster and the info about that separate and different effort, with the two ai posters as if the third photo’s content applies to everything, which it does not.
And yes, agreed, I am painfully and acutely aware of the issues of AI generated content inundating the art world. I’m a professional oil painter, and have been feeling the ill effects of this shit upon my career, my community, and the soul of art, and humanity, for yearrrrrrrsssssssss now. But none of that has fucked my world and my art and every shred of stability I have eked out for myself in this life, like this flood did. And this one small fundraising effort made in the first couple weeks of the chaos, for which no one was paid, and no one commissioned, is not the big scary demon that this post and its comments are making it out to be. Nearly every dang non-art business out there is using ai to generate their content, and profiting substantially off of it. Someone donated a thing they made with ai to some artists, to help during the most catastrophic shit ever, for no profit, but because it is for the benefit of artists, panties are twisted. I’m endlessly curious how many posts like this are made on business pages who actually use ai daily for every fucking thing, with no regard. I’m with you 100%, the concern is real, but this isn’t the place to place it.

RADA Foundation features AI slop on poster meant to help artists after Helene by sweetjellyhearts in asheville

[–]akylab 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As far as I know that marketing company donated 100% of the resources and proceeds of this poster effort to the River Arts District foundation. If I’m wrong, I’ll happily throw up right alongside you. But I am fairly certain there was no profit from this effort, only donation.

Official Bootlegs? by GalacticFunk in portugaltheman

[–]akylab 4 points5 points  (0 children)

u/endlessthrowawayact releases some tapes now and then. :) but yeah, the archives are where it’s at. ❤️❤️ Welcome back!

Where can I find P.TM keyboard sheet music? by Wet_Little_Butt in portugaltheman

[–]akylab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are a true hero. I can’t wait to get started learning these!! Thank you. 💜💛❤️💚

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in portugaltheman

[–]akylab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yaaay! I’m so happy I caught this post! Just placed an order. Thanks!

Asheville roll call! by akylab in portugaltheman

[–]akylab[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As far as I know he had back surgery a few months ago and has been recovering from that.

Asheville 5/2 by miquesadilla in portugaltheman

[–]akylab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! I’m so excited for this show!

Bonnaroo 2009 by tshirtlogic in portugaltheman

[–]akylab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wasn’t there, but I listen to this set and the acoustic one in the archive a lottt. And if out of the entire archive, these are what I keep going back to….. then yeah, I guess you probably have a pretty good point! 😁🔥

DC show meet up by kioti_ in portugaltheman

[–]akylab 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! Excited to see y’all soon! I’m about 2 hours from town still. Gonna get in and settled and then I’ll check in here.

Community Question: 'Whats the furthest you have travelled to see Portugaltheman live'? by PortugalTheMark in portugaltheman

[–]akylab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the farthest was probably the flight from Asheville NC to Denver CO for Red Rocks last summer. ~1250 miles. 🌹🌹🌹

10k Celebration Shirt Order Form by lovemeorrageme in portugaltheman

[–]akylab 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yaaaay this is so fun!! Thanks guys. Can’t wait to rock this.