joeljoelle
@joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone
- Comment on If I went to a mechanic for my car and told them I had a problem with the aft starboard tire would they think I'm a dork? 15 hours ago:
I dunno, I think a lot of mechanics are dorks too, just a different kind of dork
- Comment on 2 days ago:
I don’t right now :( I have a small mini system that has a tape player but I don’t trust it, I’ve been meaning to buy a proper nice cassette deck like a Nakamichi, Denon, Tascam or something like that, like the old component stereo ones with decent transport mechanisms and play heads, but I keep putting it off for other things I guess. I don’t really wanna risk mangling them as some of them have recordings of music I made ages ago lol.
That makes pretty good sense to me. I think that’s part of my attraction to 80s new wave and synth pop so much, it was a time of such androgyny and gender line blurring, not needed to be defined, maybe part of it was for band image but it was still there, and a lot of the songs had more hopeful messages as well. It’s so poppy and fun to dance and sing along to as well :) So I totally get where you’re coming from, music is so powerful in that way how it can really transport you, and even choosing which medium to listen to it on makes a big difference in the mood which is a cool effect
I’ve semi-recently re-discovered my love for singing so Madonna, Tina Turner, Donna Summer, Steve Nicks, Cyndi Lauper, Blondie, Pat Benatar/the GoGos, The Bangles, Tiffany, Bjork, Siouxsie, Eurythmics/Annie Lennox, Bananarama etc. are all some go-to’s, so many amazing, talented ladies.
Haha weeeell, I don’t listen to it so much anymore, it’s a tad noisy for me these days, but that’s rad that your Dad is a fan, any fan of EN seems like they must be a pretty interesting person, it’s so visceral and raw
- Comment on 3 days ago:
Right, I mean, that’s what the idea is in theory.. who knows, it feels like it should be right but maybe the heavier ones warp more. Then there’s all the funky clear and color ones which are even more expensive
- Comment on 3 days ago:
Wow that is a very diverse selection indeed and your media divide is a bit fascinating lol. Any reason, do you find female singers sound better on vinyl or is that music you are willing to pay more for?
Yes :) Most of my music collection is flac and mp3 I have collected through the years but I have some cassettes, CDs and vinyl as well. I wanted to be a dj for a while so I have some electronic records, mostly from a local record label in the 90s called Drop Bass Records, that is pretty hard acid/hardcore techno, but I have some other electronic music as well. Recently I bought a re-pressing of the Fires of Ork and Dreamfish, two ambient albums, also from the 90s, which incidentally is where I learned about the vinyls weights and such. :) I have some other from Panabrite, Bluetech, and I have some records that were my folks, Simon and Garfunkel, Creedence, Beach Boys.
I don’t listen to much metal these days, I guess mostly new wave, synth pop, electronic, alternative, getting back into some industrial though as far as heavier music, Skinny Puppy is always a favorite, I kind of poo-poo’d VNV Nation when they came around before because I was more into industrial like Einsturezende Neubauten, but they have some good stuff as well, and Covenant, Frontline Asssembly, Front 242, Thrill KIll Kult :)
I guess I should listen to some new music, but honestly I have a lot I haven’t listened to yet and haven’t really found myself wanting lol. Sorry for the wall of text.
- Comment on I Profile Celebrities for a Living. Nothing Prepared Me for Tilly Norwood. 3 days ago:
who the fuck is tilly norwood
- Comment on 3 days ago:
I forgot to mention as well that the thicker/heavier vinyl is also less susceptible to warping, sounds like you have a lovely setup though :) and nice records!
- Comment on 3 days ago:
It’s mostly a matter of quality, vinyl records are weighted in grams, heavier being thicker records. The thicker vinyl allows the vinyl cutting lathe to cut deeper into the record so it is more durable and will last longer. Usually for things like special editions or that sort of thing, they will have heavier vinyl for collectors, where as a normal pop record you buy at a store will be a thinner, quicker cut record that is not as durable to more and more replays but is cheaper to produce. I’m sure someone has a more detailed explanation but that’s my understanding.
- Comment on If we take physicality out and the tran debate. Doesn't almost everything boil down to a single choice? Like alcohol, tobacco, weed, heroin and other addictives. More inside. 1 week ago:
You can’t take it out of the conversation, that is the entire conversation; it is not a choice it is there all along, there are people who want to make you think it’s a choice, but it’s not. The only choice involved is listening to yourself and who you are because there are a lot of people who would have you deny who you really are, then you become miserable and sad and just consume, I was there. If it was it’s not a choice anyone would even gain anything from making in this society, as far as we have come there is so much more to be done as far as people’s views on the whole LGBTQIA+ spectrum
- Comment on The White House, Washington D.C. 1 week ago:
someone’s favorite game was excite bike
- Comment on A long while ago I heard of an Asian country, I think it was Japan, that could make you disappear. Is this actually possible? They don't murder they just remake your life an image online. How? 1 week ago:
Yes I read about this as well. https://japandaily.jp/the-johatsu-japans-evaporated-people-who-vanish-without-a-trace/
Perhaps that’s what you’re thinking of? I don’t know about the accuracy of it. - Comment on Is the gripe against AI the same as CGI when first being used? 1 week ago:
Fundamentally yes, just on a different degree of magnitude as mentioned. Any time you automate processes you risk losing the knowledge of the way things were done before hand. With CGI this wasn’t as such a big deal since it only affected things like movie and TV, but a lot was lost if you think about it, stop motion is all but dead, I guess no one knows how to do claymation anymore, I’m sure a lot of practical effects and stunt knowledge has been lost as well. Now, with AI we are replacing the sum of human knowledge. It’s a hugely different scale. We are talking about replacing human cognition, which is actually a pretty radical proposal. (Not the good radical, imo.)
It’s been about 20 years since the intro of the iPhone and most people are absolutely lost without their smart phone maps, because they have offloaded that part of their cognition to their phone. Now, imagine if they keep offloading other things, those faculties are not being used, your mind is not sharp because you are always deferring to something else. It will be interesting to see how things look after 20 years of AI usage, I guess, if we haven’t been destroyed by it yet. (Joke, I don’t think it would happen quite so fast, hopefully.)
I think the key is really the degree to which people rely on it. If it’s the first go to for all the answers we’re in trouble.
- Comment on The Russian Neo-Nazi Network Pushing ‘White Lives Matter’ Division in Britain – Promoted by Tommy Robinson 1 week ago:
Well doesn’t this sound awfully familiar.
- Comment on I forgot that AAA slop devs actually made fun games that didn't have money pits 1 week ago:
I just like the lightheartedness of a lot of the games, everything is so serious already. Feel good games.
- Comment on Can energy be associated with/related to spacetime ? 1 week ago:
Oh sorry, no, I don’t think it’s necessary to do anything in particular, just being a decent person is enough.
- Comment on Can energy be associated with/related to spacetime ? 2 weeks ago:
I have no idea how you gleaned that from what I said. I was talking about my personal experiences and not talking about anything else.
- Comment on Knicks game has been going on for 2 hours now. Why aren't there any headline news stories about 20,000 people all storming towards him, and ripping his limbs off by force??? 2 weeks ago:
What do you know the American badass tough guy freedom tea party patriot is just a big old toddler who wants a daddy.
- Comment on Can energy be associated with/related to spacetime ? 2 weeks ago:
Zzzzz.
- Comment on Can energy be associated with/related to spacetime ? 2 weeks ago:
Sure, dismissal and outright denial can put you in dark places, alcoholism for a lot of years, other drugs, just doing nothing. In the dark metaphorically speaking.
- Comment on How do you explain protocol to a 5 year old ? 2 weeks ago:
I guess I would explain it as an agreed upon way of talking to each other, say you decide you want to text, or call, or send a card. A protocol is like that. It’s not the data just the transmission method. A protocol controls the data stream, the hand shaking (when it is OK to start sending data, which port, where to send it). A data packet sent using a protocol is like a letter, with a sender, intended receiver, stamp (signature, key, CRC, etc.).
- Comment on In Hollywood why do all actors and such have fake names besides their own? How do they come up with them? If I went to hollywood could i make up something like Don Dickle Pickle Wiggler? 2 weeks ago:
Sorry, it was a bad day and it appears I took it the wrong way :( I thought you were talking about me personally and not the name as the name was for Don. I’m a bit sensitive atm, apologies too.
- Comment on In Hollywood why do all actors and such have fake names besides their own? How do they come up with them? If I went to hollywood could i make up something like Don Dickle Pickle Wiggler? 2 weeks ago:
I have no idea why everyone takes me so dreadfully seriously but it’s god damn annoying.
- Comment on In Hollywood why do all actors and such have fake names besides their own? How do they come up with them? If I went to hollywood could i make up something like Don Dickle Pickle Wiggler? 2 weeks ago:
I’d go with Dong Dickler.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I’m sorry, rabbit fire thoughts sound absolutely dreadful.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Lol, you know what I mean.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
You’re a gem, Don, don’t change a thing.
- Comment on Be The Sunshine ☀️ 2 weeks ago:
I’m in the midwest and the shit is an epidemic already, I’m not going to yuck someone’s yum but there has to be a limit to what people are allowed to drive on the road, those giant trucks are so unsafe, you can barely see anything over the hood unless it’s 20 ft in front of you.
- Comment on Be The Sunshine ☀️ 2 weeks ago:
There is a entry lane onto 94 north of chicago where the speed limit is 70 mph but every single person wants to merge at like 45 mph, but then they will keep on accelerating (slowly) to like 100 mph and pass you. I fucking don’t understand.
- Comment on Be The Sunshine ☀️ 2 weeks ago:
Absolutely but I wonder if they appreciate the irony.
- Comment on Be The Sunshine ☀️ 2 weeks ago:
Says the bumper sticker on the giant ass pickup truck who blocks your entire view and always drives 5mph below the limit.