Vespair
@Vespair@lemmy.zip
Formerly @Vespair@lemm.ee
- Comment on When Windows users find the Threadiverse 2 days ago:
ngl, I actually appreciate this comment, thank you ❤
- Comment on When Windows users find the Threadiverse 2 days ago:
PC, ASRock Z370 Taichi mb with NVidia GTX 1080TI card and 32GB RAM.
Last time I tried install disastrously Lemmy Linux wizards told me that card isnt supported for some reason 🤷
- Comment on When Windows users find the Threadiverse 2 days ago:
Nah, as a Windows user on the topic of Linux here in the fediverse I’ll be totally honest: I mostly just feel like I’m looking at and a bit wishing I was smart and savvy and motivated enough to be one of the cool kids, but after my last disastrous attempt at switching (because apparently my video card just isn’t supported I guess? whatever, I’m not looking for tech support here) I’m just happy enough to be at the cool punk party instead of predatory frat party (reddit, twitter, take your pick of corporate shithole) where I’m likely to get roofied.
- Comment on "rags"😍 4 days ago:
It’s so refreshing to see somebody who is savvy in young-speak.
- Comment on Music just isn't good anymore 4 days ago:
I think Hideous Aftermath is great, super heavy and brutal but it’s obviously not just mindless caveman stuff (though it’s groovy enough even caveman-listeners could vibe with it)! I’m not gonna lie and pretend it’s gonna sit at the top of my tier list or anything, but it’s definitely in the better half of the 200~ albums I’ve heard and rated from 2025. And yeah like you said, a really great example of bringing the old school sound and feel into the new school.
Suggestions (i’ll keep 'em recent-ish for now unless you want older stuff):
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Horse Bitch - RIP Pistachio (2021) - Folk punk. Just a tremendous and extremely underground record that’s equal parts pathos, catharsis, party, and funny. This is pretty small band and honestly I think I might just be their biggest fan, lol. I love this goddamn album.
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Playboy Manbaby - Violence (2026) - Garage punk/indie rock, almost a bit post-punk. Insanely approachable punk album that still has some meat to the lyrics. This one totally surprised me but it’s currently my 3rd highest rated album of 2026 so far.
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Vittra - Intense Indifference (2025) - Melodic Death Metal. This wasn’t my favorite album last year (it was #13 though!), but it had to be one of the most fun albums I listened to last year, especially for a heavy album. I don’t know how else to explain it other than to say that it’s just such a goddamn good time and the entire run of the album it really sounds like the musicians themselves are having a goddamn blast. If you want to know what I mean without committing to the full album yet, just check out ‘Transylvanian Buffet,’ although album opener ‘MOFO’ is just as fun but like 10% less silly.
BONUS 3.5. Impureza - Alcázares (2025) - Technical Death Metal/Prog Metal/SPANISH FOLK MUSIC. Okay so Alcázares and Intense Indifference aren’t really all that similar, but they have a similar vibe to me; both are super playful, inventive, and experimental without feeling novelty or tacky. Overall I like Intense Indifference more, but if you really vibe with that one and gotta have something else that scratches a similar itch, this is absolutely what I’d recommend.
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Anna Pest - Dark Arms Reach Skyward With Bone White Fingers II: Be (Not) Afraid (2026) - Deathcore/Technical Death Metal/Mathcore/Electronicore/Hyperpop? Real talk, this album blew my mind. I only checked it out because in January I saw it was doing well in the early 2026 charts on rateyourmusic so I wanted to see why. Looking at the album cover I was immediately worried, absolutely certain that I was about to hear something insanely cringe. Instead my face was immediately ripped off and sewn back on with a bloody manic smile. This shit is wild. It’s basically the most extreme maximalist hyperpop approach, but applied to metal. You gotta be open to being like, sonically overwhelmed at times tbh, but holy shit what a ride.
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Open Mike Eagle - Anime, Trauma & Divorce (2020) - Alternative Hip-Hop/Conscious Rap. Mostly just wanted to include a hip-hop album since we both liked the most recent Clipse. Anime, Trauma & Divorce is definitely my favorite hip-hop album of the 2020s so far, but it’s definitely on the more like, chill, introspective side of the genre. Tons of clever, nerdy bars though, and just awesome music underneath the voice. The tracks with “Little A$e” (OME’s son) are admittedly kind of pointless throwaways but I ain’t gonna fault the man for including his own child in the experience of sharing his art, especially on the album specifically about familial strife, ya know? All of the rest of the album is GOLD though, imo. Although admittedly I’m like almost the same age and have extremely similar interests as OME so this is one where your mileage might vary greatly depending on how relatable you find it.
Tried to give you a little variety, hopefully you’ll like a couple of those. Same as you said, I’m not precious about this shit at all and I love talking music, so if you listen to them feel free to share any opinions you have, even if it’s “this shit sucks and anyone who listens to it is stupid!” 😅
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- Comment on Super-threesome 1 week ago:
Yes, the belief in this is pervasive, but it’s unfounded. Just trying to do my part to be the counter-message ✌
- Comment on Super-threesome 1 week ago:
You do not have to censor profanity on tiktok. At most, it will prevent your video from getting promoted, but even for this the evidence is shaky at best, but it certainly will not ding your account in any way nor will stifled the video from any of your friends or followers.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Yep, critical consideration and standards are bad, only slack-jawed applause at any slop we’re given is allowed!
- Comment on What’s your favorite video game that most people didn’t like ?? 1 week ago:
I wish there was equal fervor for Firefly, which I think fits the tone and aesthetic of the universe much better
- Comment on why is it never the 'close friend' who gets shit on? 2 weeks ago:
Everything about this is trashier than your average junkyard.
Gross.
- Comment on Music just isn't good anymore 2 weeks ago:
Ya know, I definitely know of Sanguisugabogg and have heard a couple songs (Dead As Shit is badass), but they’ve been on my deep listen list for awhile and I haven’t listened to any of their albums yet. I’ll push them up in priority on your recommendation!
- Comment on Music just isn't good anymore 2 weeks ago:
Gotcha gotcha gotcha. Yes, I agree; these always filter towards the average, which is definitionally your primarily pop music listener
- Comment on Music just isn't good anymore 2 weeks ago:
Sounds like we have similar taste. I really dig that Clipse album and while I haven’t listened to Xoth, I love tech death: Necrophagist, Fallujah, Archspire, Inferi, Ulcerate, Revocation, Cryptopsy, Cognitive (underrated!), Eschaton (also underrated!)
I’m also an album guy, active music nerd on rateyourmusic. 👍
So I guess I’m saying based on those two picks and your album tastes I think you sound cool, lol
- Comment on What’s your favorite video game that most people didn’t like ?? 2 weeks ago:
Cool man, I followed the spirit of the question rather than the letter of the law, but point taken.
- Comment on Music just isn't good anymore 2 weeks ago:
I don’t think I fully understand what you mean by this, can you clarify?
- Comment on Music just isn't good anymore 2 weeks ago:
You’ll notice I said some. I would also say some of the best was from before I was born as well. I think art is as intrinsic to humanity as breathing and it is something we will continue to do with gusto and success forever.
- Comment on Music just isn't good anymore 2 weeks ago:
I’m 41 and I think some of the best music of my life has released in the past few years, personally 🤷♂️
- Comment on Practice makes perfedt 2 weeks ago:
Mispronuncing words, even misspelling them, especially if they’re new to you, is always entirely understandable.
But my point isn’t about people misspelling restaurant. My point is about the meme that restaurant is hard to spell. I would never judge a person in real life who struggled to spell it, that’s fine. But that doesn’t make it a hard to spell word, and there are a million actually hard to spell common words we don’t talk about like this. It’s another meaning pop culture regurgitation, and that’s the point I’m making
- Comment on What’s your favorite video game that most people didn’t like ?? 2 weeks ago:
I think I agree with all of this. Good take
- Comment on What’s your favorite video game that most people didn’t like ?? 2 weeks ago:
I feel like comparing 3d Fallout to 1 & 2 is almost pointless, they’re effectively entirely different games and universes, imo. That said, I think F4 is more immersive and diagetically-believable than 1&2, even if the themes and storytelling are shallower.
F1&2 are better storytelling games, F4 is a better immersive RPG.
And I fully loved the settlement building and even the unpopular minutemen help/recruitment missions. Though I concede that they’re way better with mods, but everything in any Bethesda game (including Obsidian-partnered New Vegas) is vastly improved with mods; I genuinely don’t even understand how people can play a Bethesda game on console without the ability to mod
- Comment on Watching World cup has no price 2 weeks ago:
Just imagine how much money you could save by not caring about grown men playing a children’s game
- Comment on Practice makes perfedt 2 weeks ago:
I’ve never understood this meme - restaurant isn’t even a remotely difficult word to spell. I don’t think I’ve genuinely ever seen anyone in the real world past first grade who misspells it.
Why do we keep regurgitating these weird pop culture opinions with no basis?
I put this right up there with acting like anyone has ever actually given a shit if another person eats pineapple on pizza or pretending to dislike the word “moist.”
We don’t have to repeat shit just because we heard somebody else say it.
- Comment on What’s your favorite video game that most people didn’t like ?? 2 weeks ago:
Starfield is one of the best frameworks for a game I have ever played, I just really really wish they had remembered to put an actual game inside it
- Comment on What’s your favorite video game that most people didn’t like ?? 2 weeks ago:
Fallout 4 is, by far, the best Fallout game.
Yes, having dialogs limited to 4 simplified options is unfortunate. Doesn’t matter, the rest of the game and gameplay makes up for that ten times over.
And yes, I am including New Vegas in the comparison.
- Comment on Well said 2 weeks ago:
Remember, the point of reporting today is not to inform, but to gain clicks.
- Comment on Hexbear is incapable of understanding hypocrisy 5 weeks ago:
That’s probably true, but it’s worth noting that not all of the Rimu controversy is coming from tankies. I’m arguably pretty “moderate” for the fediverse and I and many others like me also find their conduct and software worthy of concern.
The way I see it, our options are this:
Lemmy, a neutral software developed and ran by people with some questionable politics that they keep separate from but hosted on Lemmy.
Or Piefed, a software with ideology built directly into it developed by people with probably much more palatable politics (for me at least) but who believes said politics should be systemic in the fediverse.
Tbh, I don’t 100% love either of these options, but I have no interest in trading overbearing corporate nannys for a homegrown farm-to-table nanny. I’m an adult, I don’t need or want dictating sensibilities for me.
So Lemmy it is.
- Comment on I think my search is finally over! 5 weeks ago:
Pfft, the dudes sleeping with your girlfriends are not the same dudes regularly watching ESPN, I promise you
- Comment on 4 layers is minimum 5 weeks ago:
Bro fr I dunno why places even try saving money on that 1-ply bullshit; I’m just gonna keep folding until I’m working with 20-ply at that point and guarantee use more total paper overall
- Comment on How do you pronounce 'Niche'? 5 weeks ago:
“neesh” refers to something small, specialized, or insular and a “nitch” is a small recess in a wall, imo.
- Comment on Not even a big melon 5 weeks ago:
🤷♂️ I work at a smaller business, less than 50 employees. Generally, we all succeed together, and things run smoother when we’re a team.