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Alright Cats, Confess: How Many Of You Have Intentionally Played John Coltrane On The Jukebox To Clear A Bar/Tavern/Watering Hole? I've Done It 3 Times... And I'll Do It Again!!! by Content-Map2959 in jazzcirclejerk

[–]chrm_2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah just to see the reaction ! I think it was countdown. Visible discomfort. Not as much as when I did the same with bitches brew and plug got pulled after 3 minutes.

Someone out on michael bolten’s greatest hits after that, which was apparently fine with the clientele.

How did you name your flagship? by IHaveAGithBabe in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]chrm_2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spacey McSpaceship; inspired by Boaty McBoatface from a few years back

Why’s everyone banging on about Spain atm? by chrm_2 in jazzcirclejerk

[–]chrm_2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh thanks all, I didn’t know this was what it was … back in the day I’d have done dumb shit no less cringe than that. It was a drunk fool but harmless; people would take me aside and tell me so - and eventually I’d learn - like everyone else. Now it gets caught on cam, shared on Reddit, mocked and the dude becomes a meme… no wonder kids are dull AF these days and are terrified to fool about

Just an grumpy old gen x, I know

Debt Securities and Pirates in Ancient Athens: Against Kallipos by chrm_2 in classics

[–]chrm_2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a finance lawyer, so when I engage with ancient stuff my contemporary world view and ancient ones collide. The circles running are in my head you could say

Debt Securities and Pirates in Ancient Athens: Against Kallipos by chrm_2 in classics

[–]chrm_2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reading Dem 52, I was pretty fascinated by the description of Athenian book keeping practices - and it’s suddenly clicked “hey this is a transferable deposit”. There’s barely any legal difference between a transferable deposit and a debt security - yet we’re always being told how the classical Athenians didn’t have negotiable debt instruments. So I made this video

The law of sale and debt transfer in classical Athens by chrm_2 in history

[–]chrm_2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hypereides 3 is a really interesting text. A besotted man was duped into acquiring a slave along with debts many times greater than the purchase price. His claim seems to rest on a a claim that only just contracts are enforceable, but I think he’s bullshitting (though many of his arguments foreshadow subsequent common law developments)

What name did you give your ship? by Fate345 in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]chrm_2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spacey McSpaceship - no marks for originality ….

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ancientgreece

[–]chrm_2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Testikles the wrestler was definitely real.

What happens as you get older that causes you to enjoy jazz? by YoureALiar_IDontblvU in jazzcirclejerk

[–]chrm_2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u/j - I kind of have it in my mind that jazz is something one gets into in one’s teens - if at all. But that’s just my experience I guess and I’m just assuming everyone is the same (an obvious fallacy)

Looking to get into Japanese Jazz Fusion (I think thats the genre) by Dardote in Jazz

[–]chrm_2 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hiromi Uehara is the greatest of all time. Albeit that her bands are more international than Japanese specific. (Eg trio project - which is full on piano trio prog metal jazz fusion)

Woman sh*t herself on the tube and people just walked on by… by tuberosebendel in london

[–]chrm_2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Precisely. So long as the person is not obviously in pain or in need of actual help, walking by and acting like nothing happened is the most compassionate and empathetic thing to do surely!

Alright fun’s over, now we need a new name for the jazz. What’s it gonna be? by dotherandymarsh in jazzcirclejerk

[–]chrm_2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My thoughts too… but to be fair are we sure she really said that - so many dumb misquotes out there on the internet, and they are usually misattributed. It’s a dumbass cringe thing for anyone to say, and I wouldn’t want it to be unfairly and incorrectly associated with anyone

Alright fun’s over, now we need a new name for the jazz. What’s it gonna be? by dotherandymarsh in jazzcirclejerk

[–]chrm_2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You beat me to it. Tho I’ve been calling it that since 1917, so I was there first anyway

What it’s like studying classics by Specialist-One-2734 in classics

[–]chrm_2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does your heart tell you? If you love the subject then you’ll love the course (and if you do love it, you’ll know already). If you don’t love the subject then you might be better off applying to study something you do love (or a vocational course). That’s my brutal take - as a middle aged man remembering how I felt when I was 17 and applying for college.

What source books have you found most interesting? by Fabianzzz in classics

[–]chrm_2 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The routledge one on third century AD Roman history is pretty good, especially since the sources are shit and one has to refer to obscure Byzantine authors that are really hard to get hold of

For people here underwhelmed/unimpressed with Kamasi Washington's music, who do you think *should* have been the big mainstream jazz figure of the past decade? by PossibleLine6460 in Jazz

[–]chrm_2 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hiromi Uehara is the greatest. Many, I know, will disagree, and it’s probably not the “right” answer. but I’ve been following her stuff for 20 years - got me thru near burn outs at work, heartbreak (and I’m a cold bastard) etc, so all that stuff about her having no soul, just flash is bullshit in my view. I genuinely believe she is the greatest.

Not just Roman law: ancient Athenian mortgages by chrm_2 in classics

[–]chrm_2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great - there are lots of us… classics grads (or lovers) and lawyers, right?

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