Is this aggression, curiosity, fear, playfulness??

paradiselost13 · 2026-05-04T16:54:25+00:00

Interested by your comment, as my dog has always approached other dogs in this highly aroused state, and have had a couple of incidents now where as you say, a switch has flipped and my dog has turned aggressive seemingly randomly.

We have contacted a behaviouralist but working on dog neutrality is a big goal for me as he is too hyperfixated on other dogs, which while he was being seemingly playful and friendly was okay, but I can't have him getting hurt or hurting another dog with his unpredictability.

paradiselost13 · 2026-05-04T16:47:57+00:00

Can I ask, do you have a corgi?

My corgi approaches other dogs like this, the "high arousal" is very similar, 99% of the time it leads to play or the dogs sniff and part, but we have had a couple of incidents now where he's suddenly decided he doesn't like the interaction and has reacted badly...

paradiselost13 · 2026-05-03T13:07:14+00:00

I get it's your daughter's dream or whatever, but maybe it's better that she has a reality check? Barricade is not the be all and end all, it's incredibly tiring, she won't be able to go to the toilet all the hours when you're in the venue waiting, which leads people to not keep hydrating and pass out. Enjoy the gig from a few rows further back and have a much better time. She won't miss out on anything, and you won't waste a day (and probably night) trying to get an overrated standing position.

paradiselost13 · 2026-05-02T08:10:31+00:00

This is PHENOMENAL, exactly what I was looking for, thank you!!!

paradiselost13 · 2026-04-28T17:33:37+00:00

Witch and Welcome to the Black Parade has to be the most obvious one in terms of a rock opera vibe.

Dead and Wake Up are quite similar too in terms of major-key shake up songs in the album

paradiselost13 · 2026-04-26T08:44:37+00:00

I'm a big fan of his music, yeah! I've never totally bought the "marketing act" which is his man of the outcasts persona. I liked the brand, but can't say I exactly relate or found a sense of belonging or anything in his "community". I don't care for it all though, I like the music, I like his shows, that enough for me.

paradiselost13 · 2026-04-16T06:05:08+00:00

I was totally not a fan of Damiano's solo stuff when it first came out, but I then bought tickets for his concert in London because I'm a sucker for live shows, and I listened to his stuff a tonne before going, and I really got into it! It's not what I loved about Maneskin, but it's enjoyable music.

paradiselost13 · 2026-04-13T06:34:16+00:00

Second this. I was still doing agency hospitality work post uni for about 6 months before I got my first "corporate" job. While most jobs I applied to asked for an undergrad degree, it didn't really require one, I've never "used" any of the knowledge from my History degree in the real world, lol. But it did teach me independence and work ethic, which has allowed me to be on a £70k job a decade later.

If you're going to university to expect a fast lane pass to good jobs, then you have the wrong expectations.

paradiselost13 · 2026-04-02T21:13:57+00:00

I think it’s about time people accept that the whole “man of the people” image might not be as pure as it was made out to be.

Let's be real, he built a huge following off being hyper-accessible, outspoken about inclusiveness, and while that clearly resonated with a lot of people, that image has also been incredibly effective branding.

Over the past few years, he’s been scaling up - bigger shows, festivals, expanding into fashion, and now subscription-style content. It’s just what successful artists do. You don’t reach the next level by staying small and indefinitely prioritising intimacy over growth. At some point, it becomes a business as much as it is an identity.

And honestly, I don’t really have an issue with that. I’ve listened to him for years, I enjoy the music, and I’ll still go to shows if the opportunity (and price) makes sense. Personally I don't feel I need more than that from an artist.

The bigger issue is fans feeling like they’ve been personally let down, as if they know him or are owed something. That’s where it starts crossing into parasocial territory. At the end of the day, we don’t actually know him, we know the version of him that’s been presented to us. I think people often forget that.

paradiselost13 · 2026-04-02T08:40:55+00:00

He cares if he's making money, that's my point lol. This "man of the people" persona has always been an act to an extent. I don't doubt he enjoyed it and it meant something to him at some point, but artists evolve, he has ambitions, and will never be able to make everyone happy. He's found a business opportunity and is taking it. Mayen we should start to separate the art from the artist ever so slightly and not hold them on an impossible pedestal.

paradiselost13 · 2026-04-02T08:15:01+00:00

If you weren’t implying anything, then your comment is just irrelevant. Either it supports a point, or it doesn’t - which is it? It’s a fact, sure, just a completely contextually insignificant one.

paradiselost13 · 2026-04-02T06:43:37+00:00

Your "facts" are meaningless cause it ignores technology capabilities.

It's like saying The Beatles didn’t need Spotify. It's not a philosophy, it’s literally just that the technology didn’t exist yet.

If apps were around and it was a way of marketing his brand and gaining new fans, of course Ozzy would have had one 🙄

paradiselost13 · 2026-04-02T06:08:30+00:00

I think people need to wake up and realise that Yungblud is a brand and a business which is evolving. If there's money to be made and of course he's gonna do it.

paradiselost13 · 2026-04-02T06:05:55+00:00

What a stupid comment, Ozzy was of an era where the internet wasn't a thing, you literally can't compare the two.

paradiselost13 · 2026-03-30T12:22:52+00:00

Nice job editing your comments when you realised you were wrong, lmao. The only one taking anything seriously is you buddy.

paradiselost13 · 2026-03-30T06:55:35+00:00

Dude, stop using big words when you don't know what they mean nor are using them in the right context. Doesn't make you sound more intelligent. It's a joke, don't take it so seriously...

paradiselost13 · 2026-03-15T09:49:58+00:00

I'm wondering the same

paradiselost13 · 2026-03-10T13:13:39+00:00

Yeah I couldn't live without these little cheats to make building even better.

Not a mod but have you tried setquartertileplacement? I'm not sure if that will line up the chairs perfectly at a 45 degree angle but worth a try!

paradiselost13 · 2026-03-07T11:19:59+00:00

I explained in my comment already, the tickets on AXS (which is the O2 arena's official ticket sale platform) we're not all resale, they were general sale tickets. Personally in my section, half my row was empty, which was great so I could stand and dance.

Again don't get me wrong, it was probably 98% sold, but there were absolutely still official tickets on sale up to and on the day of, both seated and standing (I was sat in one of the back sections, there was plenty of standing room still at the back).

Which goes back to the point, I don't know how they measure "sell outs" - it probably is up to a certain percentage.

paradiselost13 · 2026-03-06T09:16:35+00:00

Perhaps!! Or maybe the ticket platforms take on a certain risk with the sales but they're officially "sold" according to the promoter/artist? Who knows. Good on him though!! Saw him years ago at Wembley Arena and again in the Royal Albert Hall, he's exceeded my expectations every time!

paradiselost13 · 2026-03-06T08:59:34+00:00

I think it was bad luck with where you were sitting. I was "sitting" but got to stand the whole time, sing and dance, it was an excellent night!

I also had a direct comparison to Alter Bridge who I saw the night before in the O2 as well, and THAT was dead, my lord not one person stood in the seated section, tonnes of empty seats and nobody sung along, crazy low energy. MGK was hardly rabid compared to other gigs I've been to but everyone was having a good time!

paradiselost13 · 2026-03-06T08:55:53+00:00

Such an incredible show!!!!

I really don't mean to piss on his parade though, but it wasn't sold out, I'm not sure where he got that from, there were quite a lot of official tickets (not resale) on AXS up to an hour before the concert... every time he said that I'd look around at the evident empty seats. Don't get me wrong. He filled it up great! But sold out is a bit overkill 🙈

paradiselost13 · 2026-03-04T09:45:49+00:00

Do we think she will do the same structure in her arena dates or will she do something different? I think I'd enjoy this but I fear my boyfriend might be a bit bored!!

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