Posts by Sarah Scott68

Paul Davis51 said:Maybe I'll just hope it stops for me too... 😁

Try logging out and back in again. Might actually work..

P.S. We really need to chill before Sophia Castillo35 hands us a yellow card! 🥳

Paul Davis51 said:this is basically a screenshot of how my post above ended up being formatted... anyone else dealing with this glitch? 😕

I had something similar happen this morning, though mine wasn't duplicating posts, but everything seems fine now. And yeah, it’s annoying. 😠

Paul Davis51 said:p.s. thanks for the advice yesterday, I asked three different people and yours was the only one that actually worked. 👍 🙏

:throwing_spaghetti_at_the_wall: 😁

P.S. Multicouvert isn't working.

P.S.2 These emojis are something else. 😲 🤮

Reddit is basically rewarding people for double-posting like total spammers! 🤣

Was that the black-haired guy with the lip piercing? Total loser.

Gerald Rivera60 said:- Psychologist: "What kind of music do you prefer?"
- Subject: "Well, uh... pop hits, you know, like Ceca and stuff like that."
- Psychologist (scribbling and muttering into his beard): Extroversion 90 percent, Psychoticism, 80 percent, Intelligence 90. Other traits include a tendency toward excess and maladaptive behavior. Irresponsibility and laziness. Craves being the center of attention.
- Psychologist (to the next subject): "And what about you? What's your music preference?"
- Subject: "I prefer ambient, New Age, Vangelis, Oldfield."
- Psychologist: "Extroversion 10 percent, Neuroticism 70 percent, Intelligence 120. Other traits include a tendency toward hallucinogenic psychoactive substances, escapism, and failing to pay bills."
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I think I see where you're coming from, and I suppose I agree. Besides, I already mentioned that

I think it's impossible to build a full psychological profile of someone based solely on their music choices.

Still, I suspect music does say something about a person; how else would you explain the fact that groups of people—whether it's two, five, or fifteen—who hang out together often share similar musical tastes? And if they are hanging out, it implies they get along, which probably means they have somewhat similar worldviews. So, to put it extremely simply, though perhaps slightly reductive, music equals worldview

Gerald Rivera60 said:Just because you prove one group is smarter than average doesn't mean another group is automatically below average.
You can just as easily show they're right at the average level.
If members of one minority are more intelligent than the average, does that necessarily imply that members of another minority are less intelligent than the average?

If we keep going down this rabbit hole, we might as well move this thread over to Philosophy, because it's pretty clear we aren't going to agree on the logic here. Besides, I guess intelligence itself is overrated and doesn't tell us much about someone's actual character. There are plenty of examples of highly intelligent people who lack any real substance or haven't actually achieved anything in life, and then there are others who are the exact opposite.

To avoid an off-topic derailment—even though I suppose you can pick up certain traits from someone's musical taste—I think it's impossible to build a complete psychological profile based solely on what someone listens to. However, given what was highlighted, you could probably make some general (not individual) assumptions about people who listen to country music.

Gerald Rivera60 said:Not to mention, it's entirely possible that these populations overlap—meaning there are people who listen to both genres.

I'm not sure there are many instances where the crowd listening to country music overlaps with those listening to more complex or demanding genres.

Mad Scientist said:

Sarah Scott68 said:In my view, it's mostly just people gravitating toward easy listening, and I wouldn't want anyone to feel insulted by any implications regarding their intelligence! 🙂

So, what you're implying between the lines is that people who prefer easy listening are somehow less intelligent?

I'm not sure if you noticed the smiley face!

But regardless:

Mad Scientist said:Perhaps—and this is a big perhaps—one could argue that people who listen to more complex musical genres are, on average, more intelligent than the rest of the population...

If that holds true, I suppose it might also be worth considering whether those who favor simpler music are, on average, less intelligent than everyone else.

Mad Scientist said:They aren't baseless, though things are changing... most elementary school kids are mostly into mainstream pop. I have plenty of kids like that in my neighborhood.

The example of elementary schoolers doesn't really say anything about stereotypes surrounding mainstream pop fans, other than that kids are impressionable and tend to follow whatever happens to be trendy. Besides, how many of your neighbors or former high school classmates actually listen to jazz? Maybe a few, but they probably don't shout it from the rooftops.

First off, I’d like to highlight a few posts that actually align with my perspective:

Regardless of the fact that taste is subjective and everyone has the right to listen to whatever they want, the issue with this commercialized "pop-country" trash—call it whatever you want—is that it stirs up low, primitive energies in people. It tends to result in broken glass, total lack of restraint, a complete loss of social inhibitions, and often ends in aggressive behavior or fights.

It’s irritating how listeners of this stuff seem to think the entire neighborhood should be forced to endure it at max volume, which really just speaks to their level of consideration for others. You never hear someone blasting Beethoven or Bach, or even Deep Purple or Metallica, from their car.

If they kept it to themselves, I suppose it wouldn't bother anyone, since we aren't all on the same cultural or intellectual wavelength. But when they act on this principle of "we're here to disrupt the peace," it naturally triggers a reaction from those who don't care for that kind of noise.

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I think it would be interesting to try and define the psychological difference between alternative fans, rockers, and electronic dance enthusiasts versus the crowd that gravitates toward this mainstream trash.

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I was thinking more along the lines of snobbery. If some guy singing commercial garbage today somehow managed to find international success like Goran Bregović, the same crowd that spits on this music today would probably be bowing down to him tomorrow. I think you might be relativizing that a bit too much. There isn't a single modern pop-trash singer who is going to break out globally like Goran Bregović. Quite simply, because he is an objectively exceptional musician, whether people like his style or not. So, suggesting people listen to him just because he happens to be heard worldwide is, I guess, somewhat unintelligent. By that logic, Vlatko Stefanovski would fall into the same category. I could say the same for someone like Esma Redžepov, the Kočan orkestar, Šaban Bajramović, or the Mostar Sevdah reunion... but that’s ethnic music, which is entirely different. It feels misplaced to correlate commercial trash with genuine ethnic traditions.

It seems the distinction between commercial trash and actual folk/ethnic music has been made clear enough, so I won't dwell on it further.

Furthermore, I've noticed among the listeners of this junk I know that they are almost always people who, before "converting," listened to standard pop or dance music. They weren't typically into alternative scenes—rock (not pop-rock), punk, metal, jazz, classical, ambient, etc. That's just my observation, and I'll leave it to the "psychologists" to draw any connections. My take is that these are mostly people drawn to easy melodies, and I'd rather not comment on their intelligence to avoid offending anyone!🙂

What I find genuinely bizarre and fascinating is the sheer fanaticism of the people who listen to this music. In my opinion, it's incredibly banal—the lyrics are pretty mindless, the melodies feel completely formulaic, and honestly, even my own ears are irritated by the sound of those cheap electronic/harmonica/synth "instruments." I suppose it will always be a mystery to me what drives someone to listen to something so low-quality with such intense passion!😕

A typical country-pop scene = easy chords + stupid lyrics + aggressive, angry guys + bleached bimbos 🙂+ weapons + shady characters in black leather jackets (basically the mob aesthetic). Of course, you can't generalize everything, and these elements exist in all walks of life, but you can't ignore the fact that they are concentrated and stereotyped alongside this kind of music. And let's face it, stereotypes usually aren't entirely without merit!

That’s just my two cents! 👋

Laura Hall66 said:Ghost on the tower: you sure that's actually a ghost? Maybe zoom in a bit more...

Unknown, I didn't even finish reading the hint before the answer just popped into my head. 😠 😵

Laura Hall66 said:Red M&M's - Count them up I suppose I should probably mention that things have been pretty quiet lately. Not much to report, really. Maybe just a bit of a lull. 😉

Yeah, right. Sixth Sense or Sicks Sents—it’s all the same thing. One little "t" moving left or right doesn't change much, I guess. 😵

Laura Hall66 🙏 🙏

I still can't help but miss that damn basket weaver. Anybody?

P.S. @Laura Hall66
Nice avatar. 😉

Man, this game is seriously good!! 👍

I managed to knock out 37 of them on my own in almost two hours. I had to use some hints and the solutions posted here to get through another 10, and there are still three that are giving me trouble:

- red M&M's - I keep counting, but nothing is clicking
- the guy with the baskets 😕
- the ghost in the tower - this one is probably too easy, but I still can't think of anything

Beetlejuice and The Shining are pretty obvious, but it still took me forever to actually remember them, and once I finally figured them out 😵 😵 . As for the coolest ones (if you can call them that! 😬 ), I'd say it's The Omen! 🙂