Random talk thread: It just keeps happening

[bud]

congrats, kosma!

[Himu]

Congrats!

[Mupepe]

Congrats!  6 weeks holiday huh?  Holy shit.  Dat European generosity

[Broseidon]

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Come over to our team dude

[CatsCatsCats]

Congrats!!

Six weeks?

[lennedsay]

I said got damn, Kosma! Congrats bud!

[lennedsay]

Sick as balls, hubs is working late, taking a big L in parenting tonight. Had enough energy to boil water and add a packet of Lipton soup mix (ok it took about an hour from start to finish cause fuck my body hates me). Just gave the kid some soup in a sippy cup because I couldn't even be bothered sitting her down and cleaning up the inevitable brothy mess. She's sick too so she won't eat anything anyway. "Here, it's warm juice!"

If you get some liquid and salt in her, she'll be fine. Avoiding dehydration is the main thing. Same for you. Hope you feel better soon!

She's still alive this morning, so that's a win! I somehow found energy to make French toast for us, and she ate all that. And she's been alternating milk and water, all last night and today, drinking a ton. Mines more tea and coffee lol

And I haven't turned the TV on once all day. We've just been coloring, reading, and playing kitchen. Mother of the Year

[Squiddy]

Sick as balls, hubs is working late, taking a big L in parenting tonight. Had enough energy to boil water and add a packet of Lipton soup mix (ok it took about an hour from start to finish cause fuck my body hates me). Just gave the kid some soup in a sippy cup because I couldn't even be bothered sitting her down and cleaning up the inevitable brothy mess. She's sick too so she won't eat anything anyway. "Here, it's warm juice!"

If you get some liquid and salt in her, she'll be fine. Avoiding dehydration is the main thing. Same for you. Hope you feel better soon!

She's still alive this morning, so that's a win! I somehow found energy to make French toast for us, and she ate all that. And she's been alternating milk and water, all last night and today, drinking a ton. Mines more tea and coffee lol

And I haven't turned the TV on once all day. We've just been coloring, reading, and playing kitchen. Mother of the Year

Now play some vidya games with the childling, gotta make her latch onto superior media while she's young.

[lennedsay]

She pulled games on my phone in two seconds while I was washing my hands earlier. Lawd.

[Squiddy]

iPhone - Mother of the Year 

[I'm a Puppy!]

I remember when I was a musician I read a study that said that whatever the type of music you listened to when you were 14-early 20s is the kind of music you'll listen to the rest of your life. I thought to myself, "Never man! Not me!"

Now that I'm older I see how true it is and I hate myself for it.

[Atramental]

I've already come to terms with the fact that I have robot ears and will be listening to various kinds of electronic music 'til my ears run their course.

Then when I'm 80 I'll LITERALLY have robot ears due to the exponential incline of technology.

[lennedsay]

iPhone - Mother of the Year 

Windows Phone, not iPhone. The phone actually runs, but there isn't any apps for her.

[I'm a Puppy!]

I remember when I was a musician I read a study that said that whatever the type of music you listened to when you were 14-early 20s is the kind of music you'll listen to the rest of your life. I thought to myself, "Never man! Not me!"

Now that I'm older I see how true it is and I hate myself for it.

But I'm not listening to Blink-182, Sublime and Green Day these days 

Early 20's, sure. I got into Led Zeppelin and the Beatles heavily and still listen to their stuff all the time.

Yeah I was like "But I don't just listen to New Order anymore I listen to Electronic and Bad Lieutenant...and other bands...that sound just like...New Order...." and then I cried in a corner.

[Kara]

Come over to our team dude (Image removed from quote.)

Need to work on your salespersonship, comrade.

First thing, you gotta act like Kronstadt was as important as the Russian Revolution. This is key.

Second thing, you gotta rave about the CNT, maybe suggest reading Homage to Catalonia. Just remember, don't talk about the way they undermined the Alianza Obrera, or that they literally transported government troops [via the railroads they controlled] to Asturias to crush the strike there in 1934.

Lastly, link to LibCom.

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LibCom's actually a pretty good site.

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[Brehvolution]

I remember when I was a musician I read a study that said that whatever the type of music you listened to when you were 14-early 20s is the kind of music you'll listen to the rest of your life. I thought to myself, "Never man! Not me!"

Now that I'm older I see how true it is and I hate myself for it.

I don't hate myself. The past 25 years of metal have been great for me.

[nudemacusers]

I remember when I was a musician I read a study that said that whatever the type of music you listened to when you were 14-early 20s is the kind of music you'll listen to the rest of your life. I thought to myself, "Never man! Not me!"

Now that I'm older I see how true it is and I hate myself for it.

this is definitely true. i went down the noise/drone/gross sounds hole in my early 20s and never really surfaced outside of 90s-early 00s alt/indie rock which is what I latched onto when I was 15-18.

I mean I listen to other shit too but the above is 80% of my harddrive.

[lennedsay]

I remember when I was a musician I read a study that said that whatever the type of music you listened to when you were 14-early 20s is the kind of music you'll listen to the rest of your life. I thought to myself, "Never man! Not me!"

Now that I'm older I see how true it is and I hate myself for it.

It's so true... And I've gone a step further. I'm listening to stuff my older brother did, but I was too cool to admit to my friends I liked a few years later when we all got into music. It's way better than some of the shit I was listening to.

....

Now that I'm thinking about it... I'm doing the same shit with my parents music too... I'm basically listening to all my parents and brother's favorite bands all day at work on my phone.

Not my older sister tho. I knew back then she didn't have good taste

[Brehvolution]

Couldn't have said it better myself. In 1989, I was 14.

[Kara]

That might be the most definitive Coli emoticon post I've ever seen.

[etiolate]

I'd simplify that to

death metal terribad lols

doom metal aight aight

metal for weaboos

neonazi music

[nudemacusers]

my cat is dying slowly and there isn't anything I can do about it. found him as a kitten about 4 years ago, turned out he had fiv which can be bad or not a big deal. he lost about 1/2 his body weight 6 months ago and now he struggles to walk around and even eat. and explaining this to my son who loves this cat involves 'bad owies' and ugh don't know wtf to do. i usually don't share this shit on the internet but i need to shove some emotions out.

[Mupepe]

my cat is dying slowly and there isn't anything I can do about it. found him as a kitten about 4 years ago, turned out he had fiv which can be bad or not a big deal. he lost about 1/2 his body weight 6 months ago and now he struggles to walk around and even eat. and explaining this to my son who loves this cat involves 'bad owies' and ugh don't know wtf to do. i usually don't share this shit on the internet but i need to shove some emotions out.

I'm sorry man.  I've gone through this before and the only thing i have to offer is to be truthful and explain that it's a part of life and be strong for your little one.  They'll take it as a learning experience and become stronger from it.

[nudemacusers]

thanks dudes.

he's 3 and already upset about the 'owies'. not looking forward to the inevitable, but my wife both agreed to go soft on the specifics but be honest about it.

[CatsCatsCats]

I'm so sorry Mac



So iPhone 6 is out soon, think they'll drop price on 5s or?

[Pickles the Firecat]

my cat is dying slowly and there isn't anything I can do about it. found him as a kitten about 4 years ago, turned out he had fiv which can be bad or not a big deal. he lost about 1/2 his body weight 6 months ago and now he struggles to walk around and even eat. and explaining this to my son who loves this cat involves 'bad owies' and ugh don't know wtf to do. i usually don't share this shit on the internet but i need to shove some emotions out.

Sorry man, have they told you how much time he has left? Or are you trying to make a judgment call on health/pain?

[Kara]

I've gone through this before and the only thing i have to offer is to be truthful and explain that it's a part of life and be strong for your little one.  They'll take it as a learning experience and become stronger from it.

I'm sure you wanted to hold off on having this conversation, mac, but really it's the way to go.

Sorry mac, it's tough to lose a pet in general, but it's even harder when you have to watch them waste away over a period of time first.

[nudemacusers]

Vets really can't gauge his expected lifespan, from what I've read of FIV it's very arbitrary. When he had his dramatic weight loss a few months back, he was (seemingly) perfectly healthy, full of energy and within a week was lethargic and you could obviously tell he had lost a huge amount of weight, along with his coat becoming very matted. Really just hit out of nowhere.  He seemed to be doing ok but over the last couple of months since but as of the last week or so has become even more low energy, doesn't run at all, can barely jump a foot off the ground and barely eats and grooms. I don't know when I am ready to make that call on letting him go but I think it's going to be very soon.

[Kara]

I don't know when I am ready to make that call on letting him go but I think it's going to be very soon.

You regret making your pet suffer more than you regret making the decision.

[Dickie Dee]

Vets really can't gauge his expected lifespan, from what I've read of FIV it's very arbitrary. When he had his dramatic weight loss a few months back, he was (seemingly) perfectly healthy, full of energy and within a week was lethargic and you could obviously tell he had lost a huge amount of weight, along with his coat becoming very matted. Really just hit out of nowhere.  He seemed to be doing ok but over the last couple of months since but as of the last week or so has become even more low energy, doesn't run at all, can barely jump a foot off the ground and barely eats and grooms. I don't know when I am ready to make that call on letting him go but I think it's going to be very soon.

So sorry to hear that man 

You say he's still eating? Does he respond to being petted/affection? We went through this last year with one of our cats (technically my sister's but I had practically adopted him by then). It was hard because his health sort of plateaued just a notch or two above the level where we could feel confident it was the right time. We basically kept a hospice like vigil with him for a week or two.

I think if he doesn't eat for a day or two that's probably the sign.

[nudemacusers]

he pretty much sits on our couch or bed all day being petted by one of us, and only gets up to use the restroom (not very well) and eat a bit and drink. he's basically eating baked chicken all day, won't touch cat food right now. He's kind of plateaued a bit, but any further deterioration and I wouldn't feel right letting him live like that. Sucks.

I appreciate all of the advice/thoughts from everyone.

[jakefromstatefarm]

EDIT: Also sorry Esch, but Sludge

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Thin line between stoner and sludge
Don't know if Deliverance counts
Never fucked with Crowbar

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That sucks Mac , please accept this anonymous internet stranger's sympathy.

[toku]

Bandcamp one of the best things to happen to rap, metal and folk this decade.

[nudemacusers]

maybe it's my gallows coping-mechanism-humor-in-action but there is something ... amusing... about a conversation shifting between various forms of death metal and a dying cat.

[Kara]

maybe it's my gallows coping-mechanism-humor-in-action but there is something ... amusing... about a conversation shifting between various forms of death metal and a dying cat.

I left rapping about suicide with my shrink in my LiveJournal thread (because of your cat thing) too.

Just imagine what we could have had brewing here.

[Rufus]

EDIT: Also toku and jake, check out Pallbearer. Haven't listened to them yet but they've been the talk of my metal circle for a while now.

Yes.

[jakefromstatefarm]

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I always lumped High on Fire with Sleep and Mastodon as bands that I'd just never be able to fuck with, but that track .

I refute Esch's claim, those Louisiana based sludge groups are definitely not doom-oriented. NOLA is an absolute classic, COC had a great run from Blind-Wiseblood, and Eyehategod -probably the quintessential sludge band- does not incorporate that drone shtick that's so prevalent in doom. I lump stoner bands like Orange Goblin and Clutch into that same category because to me, this genre is defined by it's bluesy, downtuned guitars and scraping vocals ridden with Lovecraftian depression. Also (and I can't believe I'm assigning myself this L ), a lot of the aforementioned bands have a grunge streak. Song structure is, for the most part, formulaic and straightforward; there's a heavy emphasis on dynamic melody and rhythym, but nothing earth-shattering. None of that is necessarily detrimental. The genre is about riffing and screaming, and the simple approach leaves room for both of those to breathe. It's dope music to blast out of your car on a hot, muggy summer afternoon or bust out a riff from on your friends Les Paul (like I could do that ).


Also, can we talk about how in addition to being a Viking guido culture vulture, Zakk Wylde is also the biggest #sadboy in the metal industry? 

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In this River is without a doubt the corniest music video I have ever seen

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[jakefromstatefarm]

most of the genre sounds like more stoney or doomy versions of Pantera as a template

This is exactly what I just pussy-footed around. I was this close to pulling out Exhorder as an example .

[fistfulofmetal]

Pallbearer is pretty good, but the vocals can get a little grating

which is hypocritical of me because I've been listening to Portal which is basically not music and just instrument noise with grunting here and there.

[jakefromstatefarm]

most of the genre sounds like more stoney or doomy versions of Pantera as a template

This is exactly what I just pussy-footed around. I was this close to pulling out Exhorder as an example .

Own it bruh. I like trap music, which is descended from distinguished mentally-challenged fellow ringtone rap and other stupid sources. You like sludge

Is there a tacit part of your psyche that still enjoys distinguished mentally-challenged fellow ringtone rap?

If yes, then we can talk.

[fistfulofmetal]

and Vektor which has some absolutely annoying vocals but excellent music.

[fistfulofmetal]

yeah. their newest album Vexovoid is pretty great. very Lovecraftian.

[fistfulofmetal]

[fistfulofmetal]

i like how halfway through it becomes low throbbing bass noise

[toku]

Familiar with Pall-bearer. Someone recommended them and Conan a year or so ago:

[Phoenix Dark]

hey guys anyone fux with

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fuck the haters tho. play the flutes

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[fistfulofmetal]

Familiar with Pall-bearer. Someone recommended them and Conan a year or so ago:

like... i like the music but kinda hate the vocals. too high pitched and whiny IMO. for how heavy this is i would prefer something a bit more menacing from the vocals.

[toku]

I can't fucking stand Blind Guardian, and Iced Earth is garbage except for that one fucking song that I can't remember the name of that I used to love....but I love Demons & Wizards

 

[Rufus]

hey guys anyone fux with

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fuck the haters tho. play the flutes

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There's always room for some cheese.

[fistfulofmetal]

Baroness did that style pretty much perfectly on Red Album (everything else they've done is garbage tho).

[toku]

Never got into Baroness and I was living in their hometown around the time that first album was about to drop. 

This the kinda prog metal you hate right Esch:

[Rufus]

Want some flute metal? Here you go:

[toku]

If we talk metal albums in general that I fucking love, from when I was peak metal toku, Arsis' "Celebtration of Guilt" is unbeatable for me. Loved it high school, still fucking love it. Everything I want from a metal album. I listen to this album and It's like I took all my multivitamins.






 

[fistfulofmetal]

we should have a metal plug.dj session later tonight so ya'll can give me some new music to listen to.

[jakefromstatefarm]

Once a head, always a head though.

This, a million times over. You can drift away from the genre, your tastes can change, but nothing will ever make/let you forget the feeling or take away the solidarity/understanding received from having to explain to people why you like metal and them subsequently looking at you like .

[chronovore]

I remember when I was a musician I read a study that said that whatever the type of music you listened to when you were 14-early 20s is the kind of music you'll listen to the rest of your life. I thought to myself, "Never man! Not me!"

Now that I'm older I see how true it is and I hate myself for it.

Yeah I was like "But I don't just listen to New Order anymore I listen to Electronic and Bad Lieutenant...and other bands...that sound just like...New Order...." and then I cried in a corner.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/08/musical_nostalgia_the_psychology_and_neuroscience_for_song_preference_and.html

[jakefromstatefarm]

Also real talk I enjoy the shit out of corny folk metal bands who hamfist native instruments into their music

Waylander :headbang
Melechesh :headbang
Cult of Fire :headbang

[chronovore]

my cat is dying slowly and there isn't anything I can do about it. found him as a kitten about 4 years ago, turned out he had fiv which can be bad or not a big deal. he lost about 1/2 his body weight 6 months ago and now he struggles to walk around and even eat. and explaining this to my son who loves this cat involves 'bad owies' and ugh don't know wtf to do. i usually don't share this shit on the internet but i need to shove some emotions out.

Losing a pet sucks; losing a pet slowly is torture. I'm sad for your family's situation.

[Rufus]

Finntroll
Korpiklaani

[Joe Molotov]

hey guys anyone fux with

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fuck the haters tho. play the flutes

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There's always room for some cheese.

Best Blind Guardian song is their cover of Mr. Sandman.