Except for the time we tried poking with pointy sticks and swing sharp sticks. It worked for a while, but then we got even better at throwing sharp sticks further and hit all the stick pokers before they could get close.

Exactly. This post actually reinforces why I don’t want to alter my reality. That little window of interpretation is absolutely remarkable, it’s all we have to anchor us to the outside world and I will never give that up. Not that I’m dead against occasional hallucinogenics, but our perception is an amazing thing and I feel bad for people who don’t appreciate it.

I know a lot of people who would completely agree with you, so maybe there was something special about the 60s, 70 & 80s. Many artists today even list those classics as their inspiration. But it depends on taste too. I personally think the conventional rock genre is worn out. So if you’re only into that then maybe it isn’t worth exploring further.

I also agree that most artists today only seem to hit a couple of great albums at most before they fade. I think there’s more to greatness than popularity, but yeah there’s not many artists producing amazing music consistently for decades. There’s a few, but fans also seem to move on quickly as well now.

But I do think the talent and great music is absolutely there. It just might not be in the form you want.

Rock was very controversial when it first started right? Thinking Elvis. And I’d say that’s opened the doors to a huge variety of new genres. To the point where the concept of genre can’t even categorise what we have today. Artists have so much more creative freedom now imo.

And I expect there’s way more active musicians today as well, so people’s attention is spread across so many different artists and styles.

I can’t speak for conventional rock, a lot of what I listen to is considered alternative/indie rock, and I don’t know how to measure greatness, but the music I’m hearing today is for me, much more artistically and emotionally impactful than anything I’ve heard before.

If you’re talking about modern pop, I completely agree. But there’s so much amazing music coming out every year, way better than anything before it imo. My guess is if you really do want to find great new music, then you’re not exploring enough. Or maybe you’re happy with what you already know.

The good news is they only had a mild case of death

Buying new is still screwing yourself over. Buy second hand and take advantage of all the fools thinking they have to upgrade every year.

I’ll add that we use the mercator projection because it preserves shapes but not scale. There’s other projections that preserve scale but not shapes.

I am an angel of death, give your command and I will slaughter your enemies!

Um yeah, hey can you just tell me what this flower is

11pm. Early enough that they can’t just ignore it until morning and will have to search the entire house, unable to sleep until the find it.

Why the repost?

How is it that Anna’s Archive can lose it’s .org but the PirateBay still has theirs?

Well Trump is f-ing scared shitless of you so sure, why not

Ok not AI, ty. I’m still not convinced it’s real.

AI?

I’d say the downvotes are because it’s so obvious it’s not even fiction

And then leave it for your housemate to deal with

This. How can we be completely certain that something isn’t damaging over the long term. I’m not anti fluoride, but healthy debate and scepticism is a good thing, especially when we’re all forced to consume a substance with the only alternative being dehydration and death. People need to be free to make their own choices.

To save some people a minute, from Wikipedia:

The Great Male Renunciation is the historical phenomenon at the end of the 18th century in which wealthy Western men stopped using bright colours, elaborate shapes and variety in their dress, which were left to women’s clothing. Instead, men concentrated on minute differences of cut, and the quality of the plain cloth. Coined by British psychologist John Flügel in 1930, it is considered a major turning point in the history of clothing in which the men relinquished their claim to adornment and beauty.

What a question. Last month I dusted off the PS4 for a month of PS Plus, playing the first 2 Uncharted games and trying a few other games - Far Cry 6 and Assetto Corsa were good enough to buy on PC later.

As of yesterday I’m back on the PC playing M&B 2 Bannerlord.