People do this so frequently that I wonder if it’s ever actually panned out for them. Maybe there’s a 5% chance you’ll find the one guy who drank too much or something and hit the wrong button, so now he has to sell you his super cool laptop for $5
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I have found so much cool fucking furniture on sidewalks. Don’t knock the FREE99 curbside thrift store! Some gems in that shit. I think I even got a perfect working TV once. My wife and I slow down when we see piles of junk. Idk. The least of my issues.
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My wife slows down, but i speed up.
My mother is a pathological hoarder so i bork at taking stuff off the side of the road. I did get a great kid pool for my daughter though. 
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Im addicted to writing essays about politics and society and culture…
I want to stop. I dont want to be one of those preachy retards on social media…that get into online pissing contests with strangers.
Even though writing manifestos about whatever the controversial bullshit of the day is…is sort of fun…i feel like im wasting my life with this stuff.
I don’t comment, but i do often read the comments. Sometimes i catch myself typing a reply to someone who doesn’t have a fnk clue what they’re talking about, then I remember that they don’t care about my opinion so i don’t leave a comment.
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I have pages and pages of vitriolic rabid comments I never posted directed toward morons on the internet saved in my personal notes because I spent way too much time writing them to just throw them away
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I think this is the best place to put this since I’ve been stewing on it all day.
I started a new job this week and I actually like it so far. Team is great. I did 2 days in the office this week and people were talking about me like I was going above and beyond. I wanted to meet a bunch of the team in person. AND… I’m already sick (woke up this morning running a 100 degree fever and it feels like someone hit me about the head and chest with a baseball bat). This is the first office job I’ve had since covid, and I was psyched to get to be around people again, and I was getting along with them.
It’s frustrating because I know exactly why I’m sick, I have diabetes and they all don’t. My immune system is weaker so a little cough for them is a day in bed for me. They were already deeply concerned that I hadn’t ordered in the company provided lunch on my days in office while I was figuring out my meds, and now I have to be the guy that wears a mask in the office and only takes it off for lunch - which I eat away from everyone else. I’ve been that guy at my prior jobs before covid and I didn’t enjoy it, and I was hoping I didn’t have to go back to that in a post-covid world where people are more aware of sickness. But nope, looks like I get to continue to mask up.
Anyways, I guess what really pisses me off is I don’t feel “less than” because of my diabetes often. For the most part I can do what other people can do with a little extra planning, but this looks like a case where I just can’t and that stings.
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Honestly (this is just one person’s opinion, but) that just sounds like a very passionate interest to me, fwiw. I have people in my life with the same interest and I often ask, “Ok, so what does party X say about this? What about party Y?” and it’s actually extremely useful to get their take on hot button issues rather than pretending like I’ve been spending the past 4 years combing through whatever’s going on at various levels.
If one moron’s opinion matters at all, I really think those are strengths despite whatever people like to pretend
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People being extra…for egos sake, of which is so retarded in my opinion.
But also people being unable to heal from trauma of any kind makes people into monsters which thereby results in the repeatition of the cycle of fucked upedness of humanity.
And the corruption of pure intentions…
as well as determining what is ethical because ethically the world doesnt deal in absolutes…
For it is sometimes grey and ambiguous.
A synopsis of all my bullshit opinions.
Sorry you’re dealing with this shit @White_Noise
It’s crazy how quickly people have forgotten the pandemic, almost like some people want to pretend it didn’t happen.
I am experiencing issues with my health in a few different ways and it is certainly affecting my performance at work. I was going to post a whole thing about it here, maybe I will later, but I just wanted to say stay strong bud and focus on your health first above all… and fuck anyone who judges that.
When I see someone with a mask I don’t think “sickness”, in fact my brain tells my ego to mind my own business and that I’m sure they have their reasons. I don’t understand why it’s so trendy to question people’s ways of protecting themselves, whatever it is.
It’s up to you if you want to explain your reasoning to your coworkers, but again, you don’t owe them that. Since you work with these people and have to see them regularly though, it might help them understand and possibly even reprimand themselves for having judgments in the first place.
Diabetes affects a lot of people in my life, especially working in the service industry I feel a responsibility to be conscious of people’s health concerns since I am giving them things they are going to eat or drink. You don’t deserve to be treated like some pariah.
Anyway I hope you feel better dude.
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FUCK It’s covid. I am never going to hear the end of this from my dad.
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I hate vocals. I hate vocals because I can’t get them right. Vocals needs this , vocals needs that, compression, compression, etc. I hate vocals. 
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Yeah, f*ck covid-19.
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Try using volume automation before you apply compression. It will help your compressor 
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If they’re already recorded, vocals might be the easiest of all. It’s basically like having a nearly perfect mono sine wave cutting through all of the stereo image and (optimistically) artifact-littered shit. What’s there to mix?
The recording process is where the creativity (and challenge) really lies – overdubbing, miking, mic selection, placement, battling with acoustics, etc. If that part is already done for you, it might be the rest of the track getting in the way.
If they’re already produced and compressed (this is a separate phase outside of recording, mind you), you’re likely doing too much and actually ruining the vocals (and we’ve all done it, so it’s part of the process). Sometimes the best tool of all is no tool at all
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I suck at poetry…
My poetry reads like psychological political philosophy.
Fuck my life.
I Will work on it…in privacy…cause i suck.
That nagging feeling of trepidation and near shame that boils to the surface when I am about ready to release a new album. I feel like no one really wants to give any fucks, already. its maddening and tragic.
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WTF BROOOOOOO!!!??? You must be proud of yourself when release music. You put a lot of work into writing the music, you should be happy when the album is released.
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I released an album in April and I’ve been feeling bad about it ever since 
. Right before I fall asleep at night I hear the (internal) voices whispering, “Hey, you spent years on that. Just thought you’d remember that, you piece of shit”.
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I wouldn’t say “easiest of all”…
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