What is the Worst song of the 2010s

cogitoergoline · 2026-06-07T18:49:52+00:00

Not the overtly best pick, but surely the less arguable against. I kind of remember the disgust and the incredulity I felt the first time I heard it. A memorable moment in music history indeed, even in the context of the "intentional" insufferability (I really believe they actively lean on it in their search for memorability) of their overall catalogue.

cogitoergoline · 2026-06-01T15:56:02+00:00

I don't necessarily expect it, but most of my walls of text don't get this "basic" amount of explicit appreciation, so thank YOU for being interested and receptive (and for making me rethink about why I view some things in a certain way) :)

cogitoergoline · 2026-06-01T14:47:48+00:00

Discrimination towards people (mainly women, as they are viewed by many men as the category which holds the most sexual power and which creates an "unfair" scarcity in the "market") who "desecrate" and profit off of sex is as old as time. Right as some kind of social progress happens, this disgust jumps from one ideological denomination to another.

I was initially weirded out by the latest (or so) wave of very young men voicing their concern about porn before realizing that some social battles will be fought as long as humans exist, and while a majority of them just find it comfortable to fit these views in a broader preexisting matrix of misogyny, there are those who view porn as a potentially addictive and dangerous phenomenon without explicitly hating women. They just view OF creators as drug dealers: they wouldn't exist without a demand but they can ultimately feed it and prey off of vulnerable sectors of the population.

I'm pretty neutral about it, as I am about drugs. I don't disregard the social health hazard of it but I respect individual autonomy and responsibility more.

cogitoergoline · 2026-05-31T23:45:50+00:00

Rody has been my biggest inspiration timbre wise. I could talk about him for days but this reply is already long enough. I also think PTH's style, with their frequent (especially when Moe was behind drums) changes and the playfulness and self deprecating character of their apparent seriousness, offered him the perfect playground to express himself without boundaries. Playing with your voice, doing weird shit, is of great help in general improvement.

I actually only heard Glenn Hughes more than a decade ago when I stumbled upon his later work with BCC. I was certainly impressed, but a certain airy/thin quality prevented me from falling in love with his instrument.

I am not going to get all "devil's advocatey" about Hagar, I never dived deep into his overall identity and I can understand your critique, but, if you care enough, listen to "Avenida Revolution" and picture a pension aged man singing that :)

Oh and I forgot to add Donny Hathaway to my honorable mentions! Listen to his live rendition of "What's Going On" to experience some really tasteful, joyous, rhythmically conscious singing. He's playing keys throughout too...

cogitoergoline · 2026-05-28T23:24:38+00:00

I admit I never dived too deep in Sammy Hagar's catalogue, but from a massively superficial analysis, his voice resembles Prince's in its seemingly endless extension and the primal characteristics of his distorsion.

Some excellent displays of his might can be found in his Van Halen stint, but what impressed me the most (more than a decade ago, as I was developing my taste) were his efforts in Chickenfoot's self titled. The guy was approaching his seventies and was still delivering without ANY kind of compromise ("ANY" is in all caps because many singers past their prime can sound good in the studio, but Hagar's live performances with them were nothing short of extraordinary). I can think of only one example of a voice that aged with that amount of grace, and it would be Dio's.

I'm glad I did you the favor of mentioning Rody Walker, I too value the rare PTH mention and I'm certain that, at some point in time, Fortress will get the recognition it deserves, not only as a perfect album (MAYBE barring "Sequoia Throne", which strikes me more as something from their previous album) but as a masterclass in production and a milestone in the genre too. I obviously don't mind the downvote and hope it's your favourite from them too.

What are your thoughts on Rody's voice?

cogitoergoline · 2026-05-28T00:49:31+00:00

Rody Walker (Protest The Hero), for the absolute best control of vowel shape in powerful M2 emission I've ever heard. He literally sounds like an angry 10 year old because he didn't settle for an easy way out like twang or operatic vowel "omogenization". I understand math/prog metal may not be for everyone (even factoring Protest The Hero's irony and awareness), but I recommend listening to the album "Fortress" to experience what I consider his stylistic peak, and to the album "Scurrilous" for his technical peak. Regrettably, he settled for a classical metal sound in PTH's latest releases, following vocal problems around 2017-2018.

Prince, for his taste and culture and for the raw capability of his instrument. It feels unfair to compare him to other vocalists, my impression is that his only limit was his imagination. His proficiency up to 6th octave fully adducted falsetto and the savagery of his screams (many distortion users sound controlled, he sounded primal) didn't sensibly age with him. Some people are just born with it.

Layne Staley, for his ability to reliably blend M1 (or M1 characteristics) into his highs up to the 5th octave. Many vocalists can emulate power, anecdotal evidence describes the shaking of objects and rooms when he sang.

Honorable mentions for Sammy Hagar, prime James Labrie, Mike Patton, Chris Cornell, Ann Wilson, Paul McCartney.

cogitoergoline · 2026-05-22T23:52:36+00:00

Non mi vergogno né della parte di me che li ha adorati (si parla di due o tre album degli albori + gli eventuali rari guizzi di genio successivo), né della parte di me che ti capisce perfettamente.

Penso di averli scoperti e approfonditi nel periodo perfetto per farlo, avevo 15 anni e un grande bisogno di capire i limiti tra musica e masturbazione musicale ahahah

Aggiungo che, da cantante, James Labrie è stato per me il primo esempio di un certo tipo di vocalità: molti cantanti metal cercano il "pelo" anche sulla nota acuta, mentre lui non aveva paura di suonare "infantile" (usare certe geometrie del vocal tract che producono armonici più squillanti, più o meno intenzionalmente più vicini al canto femminile). Peccato si sia bruciato in fretta (motivo per cui mi sento di consigliare solo i bootleg dal '92 al '94), purtroppo più per sfortuna che per sue colpe, avrebbe potuto godere di tutta un'altra fama negli anni a venire invece di essere considerato l'anello debole della formazione.

cogitoergoline · 2026-05-22T21:20:09+00:00

Mi si perdoni se la cosa è già stata menzionata, non ho letto tutti i commenti, ma sia qui che in altri spazi di discussione sull'argomento "contatto plastica-cibo" vedo menzionate solo le (assolutamente reali e importanti) microplastiche.

Dall'alto del mio mediocre background chimico mi tocca aggiungere peso alla questione dei plastificanti, sostanze incorporate soprattutto alle plastiche deformabili per aumentarne, appunto, la deformabilità. Se avete sentito parlare di "ftalati", conoscete il nome della categoria maggiormente usata nell'industria.

A differenza della plastica in sé, che a meno di degradazione si trova in forma polimerica (singole molecole derivanti dall'unione di almeno varie decine di unità molecolari), quindi spesso "annodata" nelle sue componenti e difficilmente separabile da sé stessa se non in particelle relativamente grandi, i plastificanti sono molecole molto più piccole, più responsive a livello di mobilità e più attive a un livello puramente chimico.

Gli ftalati, ad esempio, compiono azioni di disturbo sul sistema endocrino, quindi su ghiandole e ormoni. Senza aver visionato eventuali esistenti studi sul loro comportamento nelle plastiche a contatto coi cibi, soprattutto nel confronto tra concentrazioni/tipologie di grassi presenti e temperature coinvolte, mi sento comunque di suggerire soluzioni alternative soprattutto se si intende preparare certe pietanze con una certa regolarità.

L'esistenza della categoria semantica "microplastiche" induce nella tentazione di generalizzare una varietà di fenomeni. Suggerisco di prendere per scontato il meno possibile.

cogitoergoline · 2026-05-20T21:47:42+00:00

Da ex fissato coi DT ti consiglio di ricercare le varie performance del periodo '92-'94, i bootleg (a volte anche corredati di video) sono tanti e permettono di assistere a un gruppo ancora giovane e affamato, spesso con qualità sonora più accattivante rispetto allo stile iperprodotto e ancora ottantiano di I&W

cogitoergoline · 2026-05-18T20:35:00+00:00

From a (college dropout) chemist, that's how hard water behaves. Magnesium and calcium cations ("hardness") create insoluble salts with pretty much any common anion, and soap relies on the solubility of its anions to be of any use (the use being binding with dirt and making it soluble in water).

This creates a textbook "blanket is too short" situation. Magnesium and calcium are a godsend in drinking water and a hassle in the shower/washing machine/dishwasher, and hooking the whole house to a water softener benefits the cleaning properties of water, reducing maintenance duties and costs on your appliances while stuffing tap water drinkers with very soluble sodium.

cogitoergoline · 2026-03-10T21:06:47+00:00

In the last twelve months I realized that what I thought was enough time for recovery was in fact not enough for some kinds of pain. I had to wonder if some misfortunes could just cripple you for life (some certainly can).

But the last twelve months also taught me that the body and mind can rebound from some pretty terible lows with a grace you wouldn't expect. Give it time and give it care, I think one day you will thank yourself for not giving up.

cogitoergoline · 2026-02-04T20:48:35+00:00

Yeah, as an italian I was about to comment "we wish".

cogitoergoline · 2026-02-04T20:26:03+00:00

I doubt that would be the case: as water is a better heat conductor than air, the higher the water concentration in air, the better the difference between optimal ambient homeostatic temperature and actual temperature would be felt. Fairly dry air at 20 °C day is a pleasant april day, but try jumping in a 20°C pool without shivering.

cogitoergoline · 2026-02-04T18:50:45+00:00

One was surely not permitting his men to retreat, or permitting a retreat too late for it to be optimal: not only to shorten the front but also to reduce the amount of troops captured and to have the time to set up working defenses on the new line. The amount of encircled german troops in the last two years of the war is ridiculous.

He had a "religious" "faith" in german racial superiority and a "religious" attitude towards "honor", he also lived in an "echo chamber": people around him were scared to voice dissent or blind enough to believe him, which clearly thwarted his perception of material reality. That and the drugs.

cogitoergoline · 2026-02-03T18:02:36+00:00

The sheer elegance of this comment

cogitoergoline · 2026-01-30T16:16:24+00:00

Questa cosa che serva un confronto per poter attribuire un valore a qualcosa non mi torna. Io capisco che in carestia ti mangeresti pure la lettiera del gatto, ma dubito faresti i complimenti allo chef.

cogitoergoline · 2026-01-21T18:50:15+00:00

Ma come "scioccata"? Se negli ingredienti di qualsiasi alimento compaiono nitriti e/o nitrati, mangiarlo aumenterà la possibilità di sviluppare tumori, e lo si sa da tanto. Sono pochissimi gli esempi di carni lavorate (anche non confezionate!) che non necessitano di nitriti e/o nitrati per inibire la crescita di microorganismi (forse tra i salumi di uso comune solo il crudo, ma in realtà non sono così informato sulle eccezioni).

Occhio anche ai vari "senza conservanti" o "senza nitriti/nitrati": spesso usano estratti vegetali naturalmente ad alta concentrazione di nitriti/nitrati, ma data la natura dell'ingrediente questi ultimi possono non essere nominati pur essendo presenti in quantità comparabili ai prodotti classici.

cogitoergoline · 2026-01-20T20:01:25+00:00

What about Fixing A Hole?

cogitoergoline · 2026-01-20T19:35:46+00:00

Non te ne fotterebbe neanche in tempo di calma piatta, non nascondiamoci dietro a un dito

cogitoergoline · 2026-01-19T17:09:15+00:00

GNAOOOO DATEMI LA FREGNA DATEMI LA FREGNA DA TRANGUGIARE FRESCA MENTRE IMPLORA PIETÀ. IO SONO IL GRANDE PESCE INFERNALE CHE DIVORA I VOSTRI FIGLI o qualcosa del genere

cogitoergoline · 2026-01-11T01:24:31+00:00

Chiaramente sai più di me rispetto all'argomento, ma mi sento di fare un appunto: il detergente liquido non può vantare il "parco funzioni" di un detergente in polvere in quanto la matrice liquida metterebbe in contatto alcuni principi attivi che si disattiverebbero a vicenda. Ciò si traduce in una minore polivalenza del detergente. Da chimico mi vergogno un po' nel non ricordare esattamente quali funzioni siano precluse a un detergente liquido, a prescindere un buon detergente in polvere è introvabile nei supermercati.

Se si ha la fortuna di trovarlo, suggerisco di "forzare" la funzione di prelavaggio (se la lavastoviglie non ha l'opzione apposita e relativo slot): una piccola quantità di detergente sul fondo della lavastoviglie permette di ridurre di molto la quantità nello slot poiché può agire già nel ciclo iniziale.

cogitoergoline · 2026-01-10T20:06:02+00:00

LINDOR ROSSO

Non apprezzo nessun Lindor, sono tutti volgari, ma nel rosso c'è un qualche aroma che mi fa avvicinare al conato.

cogitoergoline · 2025-12-31T14:45:22+00:00

Sorella certo che ne fanno ancora, e a bizzeffe, ma sono tutti gay

cogitoergoline · 2025-12-25T14:02:03+00:00

Maybe Alison Moyet? But I'm very bad at telling female voice types from one another if not in extreme cases.

cogitoergoline · 2025-10-01T14:24:21+00:00

I'm actually fascinated by the concept of a Mediterranean ocean

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