I feel like pretty much everyone’s stuck in this same rut lately... but hey, what can you do? We’re basically working with nothing here, just absolute scraps, but I guess even when you're starting from zero, you can still try to build something out of thin air if you're feeling ambitious enough... 🙂 even if all we've got to show for it are some cheap MP3 players and other random junk. Windows XP, baby... living the dream...
So I’m just sitting here waiting for some other hippie revolution or a massive market crash like back in '08 or whatever... then we can all just go live in the middle of nowhere, eat grass, and pretend everything is totally fine 🙂
Yeah, look, just stop stressing over the trivial stuff—like those makeup artists... It wasn't even them being shady, it was just those damn social norms getting in the way. And honestly, that's where the line is drawn, because we're never actually going to be completely free, not really. We'll just keep striving and hitting walls, and someone’s always going to end up complaining or just dealing with the fallout...
Honestly, I feel pretty much exactly how you described, except for the whole drug thing... I'm staying sober, at least. But man, I just can't bring myself to accept the world for what it is, and I have zero interest in being some fake, bubbly, manicured, "perfect" little doll... And then people label me as difficult or unpleasant—they usually say it right after they've had a few too many drinks—and then I spend all night thinking about it, just feeling completely misunderstood... But then again... I know I shouldn't let everything turn me bitter, I've sort of come to terms with the fact that the world is a mess and most people are garbage—well, maybe not even people, more like just products of these ridiculous unwritten social rules and cultural bullshit... I just want to be myself, but I know that’s not going to get me very far in this life. And there's something pathetic about that...
I can't change the world, I can't change the world, I just can't change the world.
I’ve got three Vald albums lying around or whatever, but honestly, I can’t be bothered to listen to them... it’s just too much effort dealing with that guy's voice, you know? Like, those super deep vocals just don't really vibe with rock for me, he needs to crank the pitch up, even if it's just a tiny bit and Kryptonite is actually decent... though I still don't really get why everyone is so obsessed with them, it's like... nothing special really
Yeah, I think I heard somewhere that some big-shot celebrity did something similar for his daughter, just because she was dealing with some kind of illness or whatever...
Look, you can use discipline and specific techniques to manage how you feel, but you aren't actually deleting them. People don't even grasp what it means to truly wipe out emotions entirely, they seem to think that just by convincing yourself—like, "I'm never going to love anyone, I'm totally numb"—that suddenly you've become some kind of emotionless machine... wow, you're such a dangerous rebel now... But being completely devoid of feeling? That’s way more messed up. It's when they basically butcher or shred your emotions inside your brain until there's nothing left. You wouldn't even care if you loved a certain food or not, you wouldn't feel anger, or joy, or boredom, or anything at all... just total emptiness.
Look, I started this whole thread because I actually wanted to have a serious conversation about this, but apparently, you guys are just here to mess around and troll...
So, what actually matters when we’re listening to a track, say is it the lyrics, the melody, the beat, the vocals, or even just how the artist looks (god, don't even get me started)... or maybe it's all of the above—because I know, everyone's gonna jump in and say everything is important... Personally, back in the day, it was always about the melody for me—just a killer melody, a solid song... But lately, it feels like every good melody has already been used up somewhere, so now I find myself leaning way more into the lyrics. I especially love it when things are in English, because since I don't catch every single word right away, I get to slowly peel back the layers and really discover the song over time... Meanwhile, most of this American stuff just leaves a bad taste in my mouth because the songwriting feels cheap, like it was scribbled down for toddlers... and sometimes when someone is singing in a foreign language, the lyrics can be so incredibly stupid that I don't even realize it, and I'm left stuck with a song that sounds good but means absolutely nothing... What’s your take on it??
Honestly, the Blue Album is peak perfection. I haven't found a single track on there that gets on my nerves yet, whereas Make Believe is basically just mid at best. And don't even get me started on Beverly Hills, I can't stay quiet about how much that one bugs me... though "We Are All on Drugs" is an even bigger tragedy (ugh, seriously). It’s such a shame because, deep down, I actually think they're pretty damn great... tired of sex 🙂
hmmm... honestly, you should probably be asking yourself what actually went down there. nothing ever really hit me that hard, maybe back in preschool, but then through elementary school and middle school it was all pretty low-key, nothing too intense or sudden... I mean, I was super shy when I was a little kid, but now? Not even a little bit, I've totally moved past that, though I wouldn't say I'm some wild socialite either... you just go through these phases, one after another...
I don't mean I think it all the time, but honestly, I don't think it's healthy to go down that road, because at the end of the day, it’s just pure intolerance. We can't just expect everyone out there to have the exact same blueprint for life that we do. But man, when I catch myself listening to some 12 or 13-year-olds, or even those 15 to 17-year-old kids... it’s actually hilarious. And look, I was exactly that same way back in the day, but now? I look at them and feel like they haven't a clue and are just being ridiculous (even though I'm definitely not exactly "old" myself, but still)... The more we convince ourselves that nobody else is acting "normal," the more that becomes our reality. Everyone always has some crisis they consider massive, and if there aren't any actual major disasters happening, people will just find something else to complain about—like how someone else seems to have it easy, has the job, the family, the sex life, and everything... so they'll just pivot back to whining about some other nonsense. We really need to try and understand people, whether they're going through the ringer or just dealing with their own stuff... you can't just label others as "not normal" because they're getting tripped up by everyday stupidity. We're all human, and we all constantly crave more and more and more... they aren't the weird ones; we're the weird ones to them, and that "weirdness" is nothing more than different personalities, habits, and ways of living... it's not an immediate mental breakdown or anything. It's not like everyone except me is losing their minds. Because if everybody is crazy, then I guess I am too. Why wouldn't I be?! Based on what criteria?!