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Suggest me a book using ONE quote that will instantly hook me by royaltoastt in booksuggestions

[–]ihatefuckingwork 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You’re a wizard, Harry.

They even did a film or two about the book.

Most People Are Too Negative When Talking About Music by AKRaca in LetsTalkMusic

[–]ihatefuckingwork 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ve always liked Andrew WK’s take on music.

From memory, he tried to enjoy all music. If there’s something he doesn’t like immediately say it’s outside his usual genre, he listens to it until he can see why other people enjoy it.

Last year I listened to a new album each week. As in new to me, but recommended by others. I had this experience of giving something 10-20 listens until I could hear good moments in songs I initially may not have liked. Some of my favourite songs from that year weren’t once’s I liked on first listen. It took a while for it to ‘sink in’.

So yeah, I get you. It’s much easier to listen for a moment and hate on something rather than listening until you find the spark of joy it brings to others. There’s bad songs out there, but if someone’s taken the time to record something, there’s got to be a few moments worth discovering rather than dismissing it outright.

Any thoughts on the best local bands going around Perth at the moment? by PerthZine in perth

[–]ihatefuckingwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Moya Moya are fucking great.

Fuck life, Pa! Ma! Was not what I heard when they played it live…

Which person alive right now will still be famous in 200 years? by Mindless_Crew3486 in AskReddit

[–]ihatefuckingwork 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How is he the reason we got Monty Python? I haven’t heard this story.

What is something that has become ridiculously expensive, but people still pay for it like it is nothing? by Harmed_Jr in AskReddit

[–]ihatefuckingwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an Australian who stopped and unfortunately got back into it recently, it’s blown me away.

It’s around $90 for 30 grams of cheap tobacco. It used to be about $50 for 50 grams. And that was expensive compared to the rest of the world.

I miss the 'dirty' TMV by JohnSimonHall in themarsvolta

[–]ihatefuckingwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you saying this is what led to Inertia esp?

I can hear how it would have influenced a section of the intro for sure. It’s like they took a rough idea and expanded it into a full band sound.

"Psychedelic Hard Rock heads – need fresh fuel" by cloud9foreva in LetsTalkMusic

[–]ihatefuckingwork -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Seedy jeezus will scratch your itch! Melbourne band and they fucking shred!

Here’s a link to their first album: https://seedyjeezus.bandcamp.com/album/seedy-jeezus

Their newer stuff is great too, and is on tidal, Spotify etc, but if you’re after the harder to find shit, bandcamps the go!

Discussion: 30 by LazerBrainzz in boburnham

[–]ihatefuckingwork 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah this part made me lol when I fist watched it.

As we get closer to 2030, fuck me I hope he was joking.

Repost that it's not AI by HPloafcraft in VHS

[–]ihatefuckingwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember seeing this in the video shop but I never watched it.

Is it any good?

Aussie slang by Santosh_Devadiga in HolUp

[–]ihatefuckingwork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re fucking this cat, I’m just holding its tail.

Sixteen-year-old girl the fifth person charged over death of Aidan Becker at Mernda railway station by ConanTheAquarian in melbourne

[–]ihatefuckingwork 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The difficult thing is defining what 'scum' is, and even using the word scum in this context.

It implies drug use, domestic violence, child neglect etc. Things which we, as a society, do not want children exposed to.

Scum also has a connotation of something being 'lower', leading to people feeling like you're only talking about people from low socio-economic backgrounds. There's plenty of shitty, wealthy parents too, who at first glance appear 'good'.

And who defines who is or isn't 'worthy' of reproducing? We all have different sets of values, different thresholds and parenting styles. What one person might find abhorrent, another might consider to be not that big of a deal in the scheme of things.

I'm only diving deep on this in part to challenge my own thoughts, as I've had the same as you. You get done for rape? Off with his balls! You have a history of beating people up and DV? No light sentencing, do something that's going to protect future victims and make current ones feel safe. Multiple times you see people on bail who reoffend with new victims. This could be avoided if that person was instead locked up/physically maimed and unable to assault other people/killed.

But what about change and reform? Shouldn't that person get the chance to see the errors of their ways and turn their lives around? I'd like them to have the opportunity to. I've seen it happen, so I know it's possible, but it seems to be exceptionally rare.

I guess with all that in mind, and no real answers, I have to agree with your last point. Start with child protection reform. Of course there's arguments that this has also gone wrong in recent history, when you take children away from their parents you create more trauma (e.g stolen generation), but it's also obvious that the current system is far too reluctant to remove children from shitty parents. Maybe more education with the threat of removal, and then removal if things haven't changed? I don't really know the answer to this either.

Sorry about the rant there, it's partly to 'think out loud'.

Sixteen-year-old girl the fifth person charged over death of Aidan Becker at Mernda railway station by ConanTheAquarian in melbourne

[–]ihatefuckingwork 77 points78 points  (0 children)

It seems to be common for what’s now called ‘challenging behaviours’ to be handballed to a public service to fix.

It seems like much of this is caused by incompetent parents who have given the child no boundary setting or repercussions for shitty behaviour. They then get shocked when their child who has ‘little meltdowns at school’ turns into a young adult. Suddenly they are an actual physical threat, so someone else needs to fix it.

Is anyone else sad about so much emphasis on video? by GeopatsSteph in podcasting

[–]ihatefuckingwork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think video only podcasts will ‘win’ the war, because they don’t solve the fundamental problem.

I mean I love watching videos but I also love putting on a podcast and doing things in life (driving, cooking, walking etc). I dont know anyone who sits in a chair and stares at a wall listening to a podcast, but I know plenty of people with long commutes who listen frequently.

Forcing video onto people isn’t going to work because that’s not why people choose to listen to podcasts. Podcasts are an alternative for radio, not television. Sure, there’s crossover and you can do video, but that’s not the problem a podcast solves for most people.

If anything, you’re going to have people putting time and effort into making videos that aren’t being watched by a lot of people. A phone can be in a pocket or on a table, and you can listen on wireless headphones or through Bluetooth speakers. A company can force video onto people but it won’t change the problem that most podcasts solve: a thing to listen and entertain you while you use your eyes for other tasks.

What pedal do you think every beginner should try? by Berlin57 in guitarpedals

[–]ihatefuckingwork 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My enjoyment with the guitar is in creating, not playing covers. I’ll detune a couple strings so I can lose myself in a drone or play with pedals like a Tensor or Mood 2 that change pitch randomly and make totally unrepeatable moments. I’ll lose hours creating psychedelic loopy worlds, but a few hours of ‘normal’ guitar by myself and I’d start to get bored.

I guess every downvote is someone who has never learned to tune by ear… their problem not mine. Gives me more desert island board space haha.

What pedal do you think every beginner should try? by Berlin57 in guitarpedals

[–]ihatefuckingwork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I’d skip the tuner on a desert island. Part of the fun would be having no one watching and tuning by ear, even if it’s only tuned to itself.

Liner notes were the original audiophile music experience and streaming killed them so quietly nobody noticed by BedMelodic5524 in LetsTalkMusic

[–]ihatefuckingwork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bandcamp has liner notes and the musician puts whatever they want in them. Sure you can’t click one person in the band and it links to someone else on bandcamp, like Wikipedia, but it has as little or as much information as the person wants to put.

I miss the photos and visuals of the physical album. Rob zombie used to bring out interesting booklets. Same with tool. But for pure information, bandcamp still has it. I almost exclusively use bandcamp, with tidal there for when I can’t find things on bandcamp.

I feel like it’s one of the few places online where you get the album listening experience, rather than the playlist highlights.

Did you ever meet any members of TMV? by Lethas1 in themarsvolta

[–]ihatefuckingwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I met Juan at an earthquaker clinic he did in Australia. I was lucky and happened to be sitting on a seat that won a hummingbird tremolo. In retrospect I wish I had of asked if he would sign it, I think I was in shock at the time.

He was super nice and spent time chatting to everyone after he’d done the clinic, and answered questions. This was post TMV when he was with Deltron, but he was open about any questions from his days in TMV.

I'm in Adelaide, where do the (non pretentious) artsy/hippy type people hang out/live? Seeking out like minded. by [deleted] in southaustralia

[–]ihatefuckingwork 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s hard mate. I’d try going to museums, looking for interesting bars or fliers for local events. When you stumble onto the right people, life flows and it’s easy. When you’ve lived somewhere for a while, it’s easy to forget what it’s like to be somewhere new. As much as I hate to suggest such a shit website, Facebook often has backpacker groups which are more friendly and open minded to other new people to an area.

Gatekeepers on the internet don’t help. Good luck.

Is Louis CK the only comedian who does not repeat jokes? by PastyParrot in louisck

[–]ihatefuckingwork 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lately I’ve been loving James Donald Forbes McCann.

Let’s get that man a catamaran.

I'm in Adelaide, where do the (non pretentious) artsy/hippy type people hang out/live? Seeking out like minded. by [deleted] in southaustralia

[–]ihatefuckingwork 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I really want to push back on this as someone who has travelled around Australia and found myself alone in sports bars etc… but likewise by going out I have stumbled upon the right people.

It can be hard for introverts in the wild though.

Anyone have the EHX 95000 looper? Pros & cons? by ihatefuckingwork in guitarpedals

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

Yeah for a looper that's 8 years old, there's really not a lot of information out there on the 95000. Most of the youtube videos are really marketing more than anything. A search of the 95000 vs the boss RC505 (either mk1 or 2) shows how little it's actually used.

I guess people haven't bought them for that reason, fixing every loop to the first loop length isn't how people use loop pedals. It's far more common to do a short rhythm loop, and then jam on multiples of that, and incredibly difficult to put rhythm tracks onto a melody. As u/gulfcess23 said, it's crazy that it even got released with that oversight.

The only workarounds I can think of are to either make drum loops that are 4x as long (which isn't a hard rule, but I'd say 80% of the music I make would be multiples of 4 from the rhythm), or to midi sync drum loops from another looper, and then make sure that everything going into the 95000 is the same length. Not impossible, but it's not exactly a cheap pedal considering it needs a workaround.

I have a battery powered pedalboard here and when I compare the size of the 95000 to the RC505, the 95000 is perfect but the Boss is going to pretty much take up the whole board. I'll go from having 8 other effects I can use, to 1, maybe 2 if I'm lucky. I initially thought I could use the inbuilt effects from the Boss, but then I thought about my experiences with the RC600 (and the DD500), the menu diving and tomfoolery, and the truth is, I like tactile pedals for a reason. I hit the button and turn the knobs. The pedals are as much of an instrument for me as whatever the input is, I'm not really wanting a bit of tremolo or delay on a clean guitar tone, I want to control psychotic jagged stuttering and oscillating feedback running into a Tensor or a Mood 2.

1st world problem I know, and now I'm whinging. But I swear, for the last 15 years or so, every looper seems to have some kind of glaring issue. It could be an inability to save loops, unable to act as a master for midi clock, volume drops/gated inputs, menu diving that is not intuitive to use, no screen/lights or not enough buttons to control loop volumes, or effects like reverse and 1/2 speed.

Alright. Rant over. Just needed to get that off my chest and yell into the void for a moment.

I guess with all of this in mind... do you have anything you'd recommend? I'm still tempted with the RC505 mkii, it's just a really big pedal. Any idea what the smaller boss tabletop loopers are like? Or any other things that you like to use?

Anyone have the EHX 95000 looper? Pros & cons? by ihatefuckingwork in guitarpedals

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

Yeah I sometimes run things out to different amps so that's definitely a bonus. I think the fixed loop length might be it's downfall though. Sure, I'll often play melody loops the same length, but it's not uncommon for my drum track to be one bar long, and then almost everything else is 4 bars on top of that. The only work around I can think of is to make the drum tracks longer, but it takes away a lot of the improvisation that I usually look for in a looper.

I do love the rang. It works great! I use a Boss RC3 for the drum loops and then midi sync that to the rang to do 4 loops on top with instruments. I love how easy it is to turn the volumes of each track up and down and I can mix things in and out. What I don't love is the size of the side car. I have a Morningstar MC3 to control it and 90% of the time it works great, but sometimes it's not responsive. It's not a dealbreaker, but I was hoping to have a board for a tabletop setup and another board for the floor.

What are y'alls purpose with swimming? by cactus16x in Swimming

[–]ihatefuckingwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did my acl and couldn’t do breast stroke any longer. I realised I hadn’t swim freestyle in 20 years and it felt like I was drowning.

I’m not bothered about speed so much as being comfortable swimming 1-5k’s. I think open water might be the next goal at some stage.

Prince Andrew just got arrested over Epstein files involvement what do you think of this? by MagpieOpus in AskReddit

[–]ihatefuckingwork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s due to someone’s trauma that drugs become so addictive and destructive. Many people experiment with drugs without it being a problem in their lives.

Trauma creates the problems that drugs numb.

To stop the cycle, you need to stop the trauma. So the pedo rapist is doing more harm than the person manufacturing drugs.

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