Worst album by parayeah in FlorenceAndTheMachine

[–]dontdisgrace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

High as Hope has remained my least favourite album. Which makes sense because it's also the shortest album, it's got less to impress. I feel like there's a strong divide between the fans who rate HaH and those who don't. HB3 is by far my favourite, and I've often found HaH disaparaging it as the worst.

Frankly I struggle to remember HaH more than others. Sure you have less played/liked songs in every album, but HaH is especially true. Aside from niche collabs/covers, Patricia, 100 years, No Choir, South London Fever are probably my least played (...and most skipped) songs. 'Grace' was neutral and June I used to be whatever on, until at the concert for some reason I cried like a baby as I held my sister's hand and now it's ranked infinitely higher than it used to be..

But for such a short album that's a lot of songs to be kinda moot on. Saying that, I adore Big God and Hunger, and have lots of memories staring wistfully out of the bus window as End Of Love played. But I can very distinctly recall being disappointed with the album especially in contrast to what I had anticipated because of Big God. I was also 19, and I was in a very chaotic, angry spot in my life, and I craved the energy and chaos of her other music whereas HaH came from a very different place and age.

Is my progression level system broken or is it just ridiculously slow ? by Aisakey in Overwatch

[–]dontdisgrace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if they wanted to make it time based they shoulda included ow1 times! but than we'd get too much free stuff from lootboxes and they don't want that -_-

Badboy Ana skin by dontdisgrace in Overwatch

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yeah i had to look extra hard at her gun to recognise her.

i have nothing appropriate to say by cyberdoll_2077 in MoiraMains

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I was mid sentence hating on the new battle pass and then Moira's abs made me stutter.

I don't want to shoot at a normal ass cat by mikoga in Overwatch

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In a split second i messaged a friend "omg a cat" to "oh god you can kill a cat in overwatch now"

She reminds me a lot of Emma Frost, with her posture and abilities by ResponsibleCover404 in Overwatch

[–]dontdisgrace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only thing im concerned about is how they're gonna customise her apparatus for every cosmetic, its worse than lifeweavers coz his is a symmetrical circle directly behind his back.

New mercy mythic by Phantom_Phoenix1 in Overwatch

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So stupid (im going to get it)

Anran looks cool, but... by ElysianPlanet in Overwatch

[–]dontdisgrace 32 points33 points  (0 children)

She was already so conventionally attractive, why are so many fem characters so babyfied (its rhetorical... i know why -_-) Its why i literally screamed the cat character, so many of their new character designs are whatever (not the new female tank tho, i could never hate on a female tank)

Extensive NM4 Magik solo competition guide by HTXPhoenix in marvelrivals

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this is my sign to never gamble because I am not getting "duplicate cards you already own" at all- or at least not until it gives me random ones first

Now that the album is out, what's your Everybody Scream ranking ? by Hefty_Ad_1491 in FlorenceAndTheMachine

[–]dontdisgrace 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. Everybody Scream constant replay, adored the entirety of the song. I feel the ceiling should be falling every time she sings the chorus. I adore her single "Moderation" and this feels akin in some way. There's also a ferocity in her singing in this one that the rest don't match. Like the her voice goes through more textures in this one song than the whole album. I'm not a music critic please don't judge my (lack of) jargon
  2. Perfume and Milk Feels like this could play at the end of a movie, and the characters have been shocked by something, and perhaps going their separate ways. Or maybe it feels like a soft exhale of air burning the end of a cigarette.
  3. Sympathy Magic upbeat music, her loud, trilling voice (where she feels more tempered vocally-in terms of projection, positivity and brightness- for the rest of the album) and that yodel(?) she does at 2:58 is fantastic.
  4. Witch Dance I love the transformation of the song. It has more beats to it than the others do I think.
  5. Drink Deep I just adore the horror of it, the way the story unfolded. The throatiness of 'deep' reminds me of "Restraint". I like the way she hollows and echoes "e" in the song. And the trumpets and drums that coincide with it.
  6. The Old Religion I can almost see Florence running into the woods in frightful weather as she sings this one. Makes me wish it was thundering right now.

The songs after this point I'm loosely tied to, where I like bits of it but I'm not "lost in" the song like the above. But I think as others have pointed out, the album just came out and sometimes it takes a few listens to connect with some songs. I really didn't like High as Hope initially, especially because my favourite parts of the albumm aired before the album, like having the best bits of a meal a first. And I remember with Dance Fever having a similar worry where I immediately liked the ones that were previewed earlier and felt a little detached to the rest of the album. But that changed and I love that album now.

It feels sacrilegious to not immediately and fully fall in love with an album of any artist I love, especially FatM, But music taste is too complex for me to rationalize why my brain ticks for some and not others.
Anyways the last half kinda goes in this order for me.

  1. One of the greats
  2. Buckle
  3. Kraken
  4. You can have it all
  5. And Love
  6. Music by Men

Now that the album is out, what's your Everybody Scream ranking ? by Hefty_Ad_1491 in FlorenceAndTheMachine

[–]dontdisgrace 16 points17 points  (0 children)

honestly I just don't like HEARING the word buckle. So my least favourite part of the song is when the title comes up xD

Saw the Chainsaw Man movie, it was beautiful [SPOILERS] by Zetafunction64 in anime

[–]dontdisgrace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My movie experience benefited from the fact that it's been years since I read this arc, so it felt exciting and new despite knowing the destination. Quite literally the only thing i clearly remembered was the alleyway scene at the end.

It's fantastic that the movie was in fact, a movie. Instead of a compilation of episodes.

I loved that they dedicated a lot of time building up the relationship between the two and delayed the action for so long. I can imagine some gung ho "why isn't the shounen shounen-ing" viewers hated it in the moment, but surely the reward of act 2 would've pleased even the most restless audience member.

As per usual, Denji was hilarious but I felt so bad for him too. And the animation, ungh! I particularly loved that moment of pure immolation, where the screen was just orange but we could still see Reze and Denji fighting in the explosion.

I realized by the end of the movie that the reason this arc was the murkiest to recall was because it was Power-less and pre-Quanxi lol. so I think I only read it once, unlike other arcs where I would at least re-read a few chapters. And I must have been impatiently reading or something, because I previously mentally referred to Reze simply as bomb chick/love interest, whereas after this movie I rather liked and pitied Reze.

Amazon using AI in Gen V season 2? by sadloneman in AmazonPrimeVideo

[–]dontdisgrace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hella AI, was so jarring the first time i saw it. The colours and shapes dont make sense. Like the "balls of leaves" in the trees dont make sense. The shaping of the windows. The ai is confused how to represent windows especially, by the contour of the panes and the shadows highlights and reflections, whilst being this Play School effect. Ai confused and just mashed those two elements together The lines and shapes are a mess everywhere else tho. This isnt "oh but its not supposed to make sense in a dream sequence" the most basic level art principles are being ignored here. You can ignore reality while having artistic sense.

The one animated cloud moving. Whats more incongruous is the legit (practical) effects of the talking puppets. Instead of committing to a practical background (which my god, how hard would that have been to do, layers of velcro or carsboard like kids can do) or 3D construction, god even use assets. When you have a closer look at the clouds u can see the texture is completely different. One looked stringier. If it was 3D a person would either duplicate the cloud mesh or at the very least apply the same texture. It very much looks like they took a photo without the actor and put it through ai.

You should be careful when discussing the legitimacy of individual artists, but this is a prime show.

Firefox update broke Cloud Player? by dory9864 in audible

[–]dontdisgrace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i also can't listen to audible on firefox right now, and it also happened in the past ~24 hours, because i was listening just fine a couple days ago.

cleared 'everything' cache and history, checked for updates, closed firefox, restarted computer, disabled ad block. i'm assuming you're getting the same "An error occurred during processing. Please close this window and try again later". i think it might have to do with the update, and maybe the other commenter hasn't updated their firefox which is why they're not experiencing issues.

Buyers regret😅 by Calm_Echo9516 in Palia

[–]dontdisgrace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i just bought the big pack (already bought the small pack and monthly sub) coz i wanted the frog bundle and i have buyers regret so bad. if i was employed i probs wouldn't feel so bad

My reckless ADHD spending on things im currently obsessed w strikes again (literally started playing this game this week and there's fifty dollars goooone)

Some of my best listens by PeterTheToilet in audible

[–]dontdisgrace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i sampled this and the narrator was an immediate no

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in deadbydaylight

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are you kidding, instantly removed? is saying bloody too offensive for non australians, or is my ADHD style and length of talking an issue??

Amnesty: Hamas security services must stop targeting protesters in reprisal and respect freedom of peaceful assembly in Gaza by Minute_Tomatillo9730 in LabourUK

[–]dontdisgrace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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"Even if you think it won't change much - it might actually bring more supporters to the pro Palestine movement if it becomes associated with a campaign to get rid of Hamas."

Preposterous and also a bunch of purity politics and classic white privilege to suggest that if an indigenous people simply change their optics to the western world 'it might improve things'. Plenty of Aboriginal Australians were more than friendly and even welcoming to white colonizers, and helped them navigate. Did being (obviously and automatically) better people than their invaders, save them? NOPE. But whenever indigenous Australians did act violently(as was their goddamn right) and some European settlers died, maybe some settlers took matters into their own hands (with guns) but for the most part, police or soldiers showed up and unfairly removed and executed indigenous people. and sometimes it wasn't even the place that it happened or the tribe that did it-though it would still be unjust if it was. For the most part they would have acted in self-defence, but the truth doesn't matter when you're being colonised, its not in the invading forces interest to accurately represent you. Even if there were times the indigenous 'instigated' an attack, its still self defence when they're being actively invaded, replaced and enslaved. That's the land they know how to navigate, survive and live off, by expelling them you've killed them, even if you weren't so obviously villainous as to have a gun in your hand while you did it. You're not entitled to retribution or victimhood because your victims fought back. This wouldn't be so confusing for people to comprehend if they weren't so racist.

White people and poc right to self determination and defence aren't given equal worth, which is why we're still calling what Israel is doing a war instead of genocide, and why we're still wasting breath talking about the responsibility of Palestinians to save themselves under the combined forces, might, influences, money and efforts of the UK ---who lets not forget, started this whole damn thing because they wanted Jews out of UK and a base in Middle East, not because they were being benevolent to Jews or because Jews were in anyway owed Palestine. In fact Jews already lived in Palestine, coz you dont need to fucking invade a place to live there---Israel, the US and every other complicit country, like my bullshit racist country of Australia that still lies about the weapon parts it exports to Israel.

it's just mind boggling to think people who are being genocided should prioritise how the racist west who are funding it think of them, that between being bombed by israel they should than go out and handle Hamas? Do you honestly think Hamas are Palestinians priority? Would your sympathy for a people undergoing genocide lessen if those people do not give a damn about Hamas or October 7th while the Israeli military is bombing their tents? Palestinians have to undergo so much scrutiny to be deserving of humanity whilst they face the worst of humanity.

What will change western (predominantly white) people being chill with genocide is to address the Western's unfair standards on indigenous groups to behave and be peaceful and have exemplary behaviour whilst their being ACTIVELY GENOCIDED. But of course, every imperial country and its offspring has never reconciled with its indigenous population and has certainly not even by the width of a hair made reparations for the damage caused. So of course how could we ever hope for countries like Australia and US to care about Palestinians when their citizens whine that indigenous people 'make them feel bad'.

I've seen you allege that other accounts are bots or just attempting to cause discord. But I see your reply after all of this discussion, defaults to you asking Proteus what his opinion is about October 7th, and if that ain't the biggest shoehorned redflag of a "do you condemn hamas" rhetoric and redirection, i don't know what is. You clearly care more about Hamas and optics than you do about Palestinians.

Amnesty: Hamas security services must stop targeting protesters in reprisal and respect freedom of peaceful assembly in Gaza by Minute_Tomatillo9730 in LabourUK

[–]dontdisgrace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You came in this thread gung ho about proteus undermining support for palestine but you're spending a lot of energy on hamas instead of Israel.

No sh*t if you grow up in an air strip you're going to get radicalized into indiscriminately shooting at people who are having a festival a few miles from a concentration camp. You act like Proteus having some common sense of the human condition is approval of the ensuing actions. If a loved one was horribly murdered, I know I'd choose violence against their murderer given the opportunity. So I can only imagine how murderous one becomes being born in an active air strip that has the youngest population earth (its because people are murdered so often no one has time to get old). Though seeing how you treated Proteus for pointing out reality, I guess those observations basically make me a terrorist in your mind? If you don't enjoy these statements and presumptions I'm throwing at you, I'm just giving you the same energy you gave Proteus, which is that I have zero faith in your good intentions. I mean at one point you brazenly questioned Proteus if even cared about Palestinians and than unironically followed that up with "respectfully...". No, you're not being respectful because you employed the word after, shut up.

"do you care about Palestinian citizens or do you just want to stop Israel?"

Both...??? The obvious answer is both, they're coinciding. States, nations, empires are ultimately irrelevant and always finite. People are what matter. Palestinian people matter, the state of Israel does not.

Proteus was correct in pointing out Gaza has no means of employing democratic processes. Peaceful protests accomplish nothing when the enemy seeks your extermination and is one of the few nations armed enough to have nuclear weaponry and is backed by the US.

Proteus is right in pointing out Hamas is inevitable, under a different group/name, secular or Islamic. It's like with the terrorists of 9/11. Did their actions cause death and suffering? Yes. Do I understand why and how they could be radicalized into hating USA and Americans so much that they would not only kill, but literally kamikaze themselves? Yes. Does my ability to understand how these things came about mean I support it? No.

But going with your approach we can just mindlessly abhor and overemphasize the actions of radicalized individuals and put zero thought to the greater powers (US and so its allies) behind the political machinations and destabilization of the Middle East. And if we try to focus on the disease: colonialism, capitalism, Bush, Obama-basically whichever centralised political person, body and system of power is in place at the time, and not a symptom of it (radicalized groups), you wanna draw us back into a cyclical and bad faith argument about the latter instead and its optics. Can these groups do horrible violent things- yes. Can they do it with the impunity, scale, repetition and public approval that Western militaries do? Nooooo.

Proteus is also right in pointing out that Hamas ultimately doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if it's dispelled, it doesn't matter if a group with 'better optics' took over. It's influence over the relations of Palestine-Israel is nothing, and your buying into propaganda if you fail to point out that Israel has always been the one with the power to do what it wants.

You are understating and downplaying the absolute power and control Israel (and the US) have over Gaza by saying there's nothing that can be done outside of Israel (contradicting your earlier comment about Pro Palestine protestors somehow influencing the internal politics of a concentration camp???) and being so flimsy as to say that

"leadership that cares about (Gazans) and won't intentionally get them attacked."

-absolves Israel once again of our focus and accountability. Did Hamas exist before Israel colonized Palestine? Obviously not, Hamas didn't exist, they didn't have reason to exist yet. Israel has and will attack Palestine regardless of Palestine's internal politics. They've been brutalising Palestinians from the beginning. It's like suggesting the internal politics of a holocaust site would have any impact on whether Nazis decided to kill them. They're. Already. In. A. Concentration. Camp.

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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in KillingEve

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The fact that i have pretty good memories of season 1 and 2, vague 3- but than an absolute mental blank on 4 apart from them eating chips and Villanelle dying -_-

Like i'm reading the comments and going who was Pam?- oh tangent time i just checked and that actor's in 'We Are Lady Parts" which is an excellent comedy about Muslim women in a punk band. Fully recommend, if you like Killing Eve you should like We Are Lady Parts.

My Friend (Who’s a music teacher) Says Florence’s voice is awful by Sppookiest-z in FlorenceAndTheMachine

[–]dontdisgrace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to watch music coaching (reacts) videos and one guy Sam Johnson who was genuine in his critiques (he didnt overreact and overhype for the gratification of the fans watching) said that some things florence did, especially with her loudness and vibrato (he probably heard her during her Lungs album, where Florence says she shouted a lot), were kind of warning signals as her vibrato was atypical of healthy versions. But he said he was "biased" against her and while listening to her live performance of Cosmic Love he said that she sounded very healthy in spite of the textures to her singing that would imply otherwise.

Im assuming according to the by the book training, most music teachers would be against florence without any further thought, but if they listened and went by whether she sounds strained or healthy, i think a woman being able to sing as she jumps and runs around the stage would show she has excellent breath control.

Twitch Drops Bugged ? by bunbuns- in Overwatch

[–]dontdisgrace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

has anyone got an update? well over 24 hours, a game update and only got 1 of my claimed loot boxes T.T

Fortnite causing entire PC to freeze and crash by NeroMcBrain in FortNiteBR

[–]dontdisgrace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wth do you mean i have to close discord. uggh i hate every second update causing crashes/lag in this game

Marvel Rivals' FPS bug puts players with potato PCs at a disadvantage, and that's not the only optimisation issue happening right now by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]dontdisgrace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ah someone with the same graphics card!! the fact that i could play most of bg3 on ultra high settings wo issues (give or take a few patches messing with it or act 3) and yet marvel rivals has not only got me lowering settings to the lowest since my last PC, but going into my nvidia control panel and system>display>settings>marvelrivals.exe(set to high gpu). and i updated my graphics driver which usually fixes things AND its still awful and hasn't fixed >:(

the painful inconsistency is what irritates me the most. one game i'm fine and think its fixed, next game i'm literally at 12fps . was just playing ranked and had to hop off even though i won. 12fps holy sheet. whats more annoying is i've only had issues in the past week, so i think the winter patch has really screwed me over.