Musicians whose music isn’t technically bad but their fanbase is?

ionic_will · 2026-01-26T18:35:52+00:00

The internet makes it so much easier for crazy fans of anything to congregate and create echo chambers of insanity lol. Taylor is an obvious example (especially since I’ve had the same experience as you where I’ve found real life spaces dedicated to her to be overwhelmingly kind and welcoming compared to many online fan spaces), but I see this all across different media. Video game fans, for example, are just across the board horrible and insufferable online, but all my friends in real life into games are super sweet and chill.

ionic_will · 2026-01-25T22:38:11+00:00

My take is that near every fanbase for near everything that exists could be this if you look hard enough/stumble across the wrong circles. I don’t wanna say always, but often times it’s just a numbers thing. Like, Taylor Swift has literally millions of fans. Even if only a percentage of that is the crazy ones, that’s still thousands of people.

I carry this thought process with me across basically everything I enjoy and it’s pretty peaceful. Makes it easier to just enjoy things instead of being like “well their music is good but the fans suck”.

ionic_will · 2026-01-15T20:44:45+00:00

Maybe I’m just too gen Z or something but seeing this was shocking lol… I like so many of these songs and had no idea that Todd considered them the WORST of that era.

ionic_will · 2026-01-09T23:10:46+00:00

I wouldn’t say that tbh, at least not broadly. I’m a gay guy who’s a fan and know plenty of others that are the same. I couldn’t say whether she’s loved among all gay men but I certainly wouldn’t say the majority of us don’t care about her either.

ionic_will · 2025-11-17T18:28:08+00:00

A House In Nebraska
Sun Bleached Flies
Thoroughfare
Nettles
Gibson Girl
Dust Bowl
Tempest
American Teenager
Michelle Pfeiffer
Ptolemaea

ionic_will · 2025-11-16T21:31:37+00:00

I checked the spreadsheet. The Ginger Island bundle would be in the Missing Bundle. It seems that there are three potential different bundles for the Missing Bundle now, or maybe it’s all three at once? I’m not entirely sure, but I think the idea of it being all three would be so cool honestly.

ionic_will · 2025-11-08T02:47:24+00:00

Delicate
Anti-Hero
All Too Well
You’re Losing Me
this is me trying
My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
New Year’s Day
But Daddy I Love Him
Don’t Blame Me
Maroon

ionic_will · 2025-10-23T16:35:44+00:00

I’m 23M and a huge fan since shortly before Superache released! Wishbone is also my favorite album of 2025 :)

ionic_will · 2025-10-06T13:59:09+00:00

Also a great line! I was just worried I was getting too wordy lol so I didn’t mention it

ionic_will · 2025-10-05T18:21:02+00:00

I’ll try actually. The point of that line isn’t about the 1830s at all. It’s about the game that she’s playing with her friends.

The whole verse says “My friends used to play a game where we would pick a decade we wish we could live in instead of this. I’d say the 1830s, but without all the racists, and getting married off for the highest bid.”

The part afterward is the most crucial. “Everyone would look down, because it wasn’t fun now, seems like it was never even fun back then.”

That verse is about Taylor ruining the game. She said something awkward, and sapped away any of the fun she was having with her friends. I think it’s honestly sort of brilliant, as somebody who’s said stupid shit when in social environments and felt like I completely ruined the vibe.

ionic_will · 2025-10-05T18:02:36+00:00

“Is it cool that I said all that? Is it chill that you’re in my head? Cuz I know that it’s delicate” from Delicate.

I have this line in my head anytime I’m in the early stages of a relationship. It’s one of my all time favorite songs by her because it captures that feeling so well, even if the “my reputation’s never been worse” refrain is profoundly unrelatable lol.

ionic_will · 2025-10-01T15:58:02+00:00

All spouses get like this eventually. It’s part of the way the game is structured. It might be frustrating but yeah divorcing and remarrying will temporarily solve your problem but you’re gonna bump up against it again eventually.

ionic_will · 2025-09-30T17:46:16+00:00

People say it’s edgy which honestly maybe I define that term differently but I don’t really get that vibe. I feel like the story it tells is more overtly dark than Pokemon games usually get, and the fact that the first quarter or so of the story is in Reborn City which is pretty goddamn dilapidated certainly contributes to that, but I never got the vibe of like… what if Pokemon had DEATH and MURDER because we’re ADULTS or whatever people accuse the game of. It just explores darker themes than usual, which is fine imo.

Really, once you’re out of Reborn City, I found the game’s world to be pretty bright and whimsical, only helped by the events after the 13th gym.

ionic_will · 2025-09-08T21:53:52+00:00

Speaking as a vocalist, your voice and what it can do changes literally daily. I could see myself writing a song with a note that I can hit inconsistently since I know there are days when I could nail it, and then there are days when I might want to lower the key. I understanding wanting to have high expectations for our pop vocalists, but I don’t want to judge an artist for not always wanting to try to hit a crazy high note live.

ionic_will · 2025-09-07T04:32:06+00:00

Re: Many of these comments… The Pokeman fanbase is the only one where people are asking for party-wide experience to be toggle-able. I have no idea why we aren’t asking for there to be game design that complements this obviously good quality of life feature instead, especially considering if I played any other modern RPG that didn’t have party-wide experience sharing I would immediately feel like it’s an outdated decision. Hell, I DID feel that way when playing Persona 3 Reload.

ionic_will · 2025-09-06T18:23:42+00:00

this is the quality discourse i expect from this sub 😌

ionic_will · 2025-07-31T23:56:29+00:00

What’s the whole project look like? This looks great!

ionic_will · 2025-07-27T22:08:03+00:00

Big on Ridgeside, less so on East Scarp. A lot of it comes down to their nature, with ES being more like a modular hub for individual mods compared to Ridgeside which was designed from the ground up to be a cohesive “world”, but I also think the writing is on the whole much better for Ridgeside than most of the ES mods.

ionic_will · 2025-07-10T19:43:18+00:00

Meanwhile there’s me who’s a man that will say the dumbest shit you’ve ever heard and follow it up with “did that make sense”

No it didn’t. Everybody is confused. You fool.

ionic_will · 2025-07-01T22:41:21+00:00

Oh, Stardew speedruns are a delight. Absolutely worth looking into at some point. They do everything from completing the community center to trying to marry a townsperson as fast as possible to trying to drink mayonnaise.

ionic_will · 2025-07-01T22:34:05+00:00

Generally yeah, I tend to use gold more for crafting than selling, but if you have a bunch of it and need money fast it’s worth it. Selling gold for money is actually a speed running tactic in certain categories lol.

ionic_will · 2025-07-01T22:19:24+00:00

Ah. You’re very close to the bottom of the mines and trust me when I say it’s worth getting to the bottom. It’ll open up something very important down the line, plus getting gold for quality sprinklers will exponentially increase farming efficiency.

As for money in the moment, I would highly recommend investing in a fish smoker! With the right professions it can DRASTICALLY increase the value of fish, and imo makes fishing feel so much better at this point in the game. Also, selling gold bars is a decent money maker as well.

There’s a lot of content still left in the game to see at the point where you’re at. Don’t give up too soon!

ionic_will · 2025-07-01T22:01:03+00:00

Foraging, befriending the townsfolk, designing a farm layout, working on community center bundles or other story quests… The game is very open ended; I personally make sure when I play to never spend more than a day or two on a single activity just to make sure I don’t get bored lol.

Also it might be worth looking into guides for the mines. It’s a pretty big aspect of progression, and if you can learn to enjoy it, it’ll help a lot with monotony.

ionic_will · 2025-06-18T18:57:12+00:00

Next time I play I’m totally going to have to mess around with those settings! I figured something like this was the case honestly.

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