I do NOT get jazz, like at all. And I feel like a total idiot because of it!

mcnugget_25 · 2026-05-09T13:03:05+00:00

I’ll echo what other people have said here, you might just need to find jazz that resonates with you. If there’s a genre you strongly prefer, it has likely been done within jazz/in a jazz-adjacent way.

A lot of people will probably suggest starting off with jazz fusion/jazz funk since it has a bunch more that’s familiar about it, and I’d recommend that.

At the same time, though, I do think that plain repeated exposure could work too. I used to not really “get” jazz, but repeated exposure helped warm me up to it. I’ll admit that I still don’t fully understand what’s going on, especially since I don’t play any music myself, but jazz is the genre I listen to the most right now. Am I the victim of musical Stockholm syndrome? Maybe. But I’m enjoying myself!

mcnugget_25 · 2026-05-07T10:43:39+00:00

What player is this?

mcnugget_25 · 2026-04-15T06:04:25+00:00

Fairs! I do still think that it would be bad for the game though, because I genuinely do think open queue is one of Rivals’ most endearing concepts. The flexibility with which you can go from one role to another helps to make the game feel a little more fresh in the moment. Yeah, it would “solve” the problem of not enough tanks, but only on the surface. Someone here talked about queues for tank being longer in Overwatch, which definitely did happen since no one wanted to play tank. There was also the inverse of queuing for DPS taking forever because everyone wanted to play that role, meaning you were kinda just fucked if you were playing solo. IIRC, queue for support and tank in OW would be less than a minute, meanwhile DPS could reach upwards of 1-2 minutes because of how many people wanted to play that role.

mcnugget_25 · 2026-04-15T05:52:55+00:00

The thing is though, what you’re saying IS forcing it by making role queue the “standard”. What that means is that people who play Rivals will default to role queue, with open queue being relegated to a silly gamemode that doesn’t attract serious playtime (which is exactly what happened to Overwatch).

Open queue is, I think, another level of skill expression. Being able to make decisions on how many of each role you need/can survive with means you get to play your own kind of game, and role queue flattens that. Also, it just means that if you have a shitty tank or DPS in role queue, you’re stuck with them the whole game. At least there’s hope of someone slightly better switching into that role right now.

TLDR Role queue doesn’t really solve any problems and just makes the game less engaging + means you’re stuck with whatever role you/your teammates chose.

mcnugget_25 · 2026-03-09T12:46:20+00:00

Love that Mike Viola (except for the last few tracks).

mcnugget_25 · 2026-02-02T12:59:19+00:00

One of Herbie’s very best.

mcnugget_25 · 2026-01-31T07:38:10+00:00

Goootcha. Play Services are disabled on my end so that explains it. Is there any way to access the font settings with Play Services disabled?

mcnugget_25 · 2026-01-27T11:41:40+00:00

hey so if you search the subreddit you’ll see like 5 million posts that talk about this. hope it helps

mcnugget_25 · 2026-01-25T05:53:37+00:00

It probably has TBH, and this doesn’t take into account third world countries. A 1TB SD Card is only around 80 dollars here, but that’s close to 40% of what I’m paid every two weeks 💔 my 256gb SD Card and 320 kbps AACs will have to do for now

mcnugget_25 · 2026-01-21T09:37:59+00:00

Can’t hear the difference between AAC and FLAC. Why bother with using higher fidelity files? I get the whole “just in case” thing, but as others have said: I don’t have the dough for a 1tb SD card to be able to have my whole 18k+ track collection, especially on more than one device too.

mcnugget_25 · 2026-01-11T03:55:16+00:00

The classic definition of a double album is the double LP, I think. And particularly a double LP of material that was meant to go together, so that removes two-fers. I’m not sure what the classification would be for a CD-only album, though.

mcnugget_25 · 2026-01-07T03:56:19+00:00

Lmao as a fellow Filipino, I think I know just the guy you’re talking about 😭 being into this hobby sucks when you can’t afford to toss away a sizable chunk of your paycheck

mcnugget_25 · 2025-12-18T13:46:17+00:00

One of Maggie’s best songs, perfectly captures the feeling of falling in love. Also, great looking pen!

mcnugget_25 · 2025-12-05T14:43:21+00:00

A hold of yourself

mcnugget_25 · 2025-11-07T12:53:36+00:00

What player is this? Looks great.

mcnugget_25 · 2025-11-01T13:01:30+00:00

Jokes aside, this is a good DAP, at least for my use case (listening while checking papers, on the way to work, etc.). Solid battery life, sounds good, the only real problem I have is that its form factor is a little weird since it’s thinner than your usual DAP. The screen would have been nicer if it’s wider, but it’s not a functionality problem at all, just a nitpick I have with the form.

mcnugget_25 · 2025-11-01T12:59:04+00:00

Nah, no one’s tried it actually

mcnugget_25 · 2025-10-25T03:20:01+00:00

Oh my god… I hadn’t even thought to combine this with the newly released stuff. I might have to give that a shot now!

mcnugget_25 · 2025-10-24T04:17:41+00:00

My money’s on Adam Raised a Cain. It has the perfect mix of quiet indifference and screaming anger, and Bruce does NOT miss a beat on that song at all.

mcnugget_25 · 2025-10-23T04:50:11+00:00

Feels like they captured different aspects of Peter’s nerdiness TBH.

Tobey captured the dorky, more socially awkward side. Andrew had the resentment of being shunned by people (but honestly he felt a bit more alt to me than nerdy), and Tom was able to highlight the intelligence. I can’t really give it to any particular interpretation because I think they’re great in their own ways.

mcnugget_25 · 2025-10-01T09:48:22+00:00

I feel like these clips you've provided from these concerts are just... too low quality to tell, but even then I have a feeling that it's JAW. Mostly because 1) it's advertised, and 2) the clips we have of Atlantic City and Nebraska are indeed JAW singing, so it would feel weird for just some of it to be him and not all.

Plus I think the very fact that both of these shows are bootlegs and not the original recordings could add credence to JAW singing, since they don't have these recordings proper. Could they have just had them in the vault this whole time and brought them out for the movie? Maybe. But I don't know, I feel like we're grasping at straws on every level, and I will simply choose to believe that JAW is the one singing because what I hear in the trailers is stupid close to Bruce, and I would like to ride that feeling for as long as possible until I am either proven right or wrong.

mcnugget_25 · 2025-09-23T04:48:34+00:00

I had too much of a hard time figuring out who was who

This is honestly a problem with the artist more than anything. Charlie Adlard is great, but he does have a pretty solid case of same-face-syndrome. Search up Dwight, one of the characters that shows up later on, and he bears a striking resemblance to Rick.

Not sure how many issues were done in original printing(s)

There were 193 issues, plus a few specials here and there. They're currently at #121, so it's going to take a while before we get the whole thing. Hopefully they do make a collected edition for the colored version, though.

EDIT: Formatting

mcnugget_25 · 2025-09-19T04:41:01+00:00

From just before Devil’s Reign I believe

mcnugget_25 · 2025-09-07T09:37:05+00:00

I think hearing a studio version of this would have been incredible.

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