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I literally think everyone is right about everything I'm not joking

@Y2K_mindset Have you played the Normal Golf Game demo yet I'm very excited for the full release

They raise and lower the volume of the kick to make the two interpretations swim in and out of view as you listen. This album has something new to astonish me every time I listen

The industrial intro to None of Them Knew They Were Robots has a swing beat in keeping with the song's later rockabilly sections, but it's mixed to bury the "one" and trick you into hearing it on every second snare, making it a lurching 12/8 march. Really nice rhythmic ambiguity

If you think a band's music is good, you owe to them to closely listen and appreciate where the actual accomplishments of their work (the CONTENT of their work) and the sources of your enjoyment lie! I will respect that! No one's done it yet! Doesn't SGP deserve better from you?

Why has every defense of this band in my mentions amounted to "they're allowed to do this, you can't say they can't" or "mime is an old and historied artform" or "it's authentic/earnest" or "at least it's not AI" so far? I'm not the Soviet Minister of Culture! WHY IS IT GOOD

A few months ago my friends and I were putting on bad music videos and I vaguely remembered this and put it on. Hard to describe what happened next, ten seconds in everyone was genuinely concerned about me, I was laughing so hard I was choking and crying for four minutes straight

@astigmatic_eye California-era Mr Bungle would be a way more apt comparison

@abcdentminded LOL - this is not comparable to Ween at all

Funniest quote tweet I've received in a long while

@sappling2p I really don't know if you could have picked a funnier band to reach for as a comparison than Ween

Some people not only have no respect for anything but they’re unable to understand when something is funny on purpose but also sincere. Ween would make you drop dead

@mahou_mage Great pic brother

Brought it to the function and made ppl try it

@srkaseyqueno The photograph has long overstayed its welcome as a culturally venerated site of objective fact. 200 years of photography and truth's ascertainment seems more difficult now than ever. I'm glad that AI is compromising the image's ability to maintain that position

@abcdentminded How do you mean? 🤔

The worst cultural effect of generative AI has been it becoming a point of comparison that colors people's judgement of everything else. There are people so consumed by their orientation against AI that it haunts every artistic encounter they have "This sucks but at least..."

Matt's recent theory-focused stuff has been the best of his career so far imo but it's a joy to see a return to old form like this, highly recommended

@PramitPratim @Lol8ball Yeah the only majorly negative reviews he's really done have been Bioshock Infinite, DS2, New 'n Tasty, Dear Esther, VA-11 Hall-A, and God of War

@Lol8ball Wait people think matosis mostly makes negative videos? He liferally started the channel with Zelda and MGS then the souls series. He also praised BotW when arcade bros and most older Zelda fans were hating on it

After blowing up with his DS2 video it would have been very easy for him to just keep making negative criticism of games he didn't like. I'm glad he decided to focus on games he does like. They're more interesting, and allow his opinions on game design to really stand out.

@analoftheyear I've accidentally fallen asleep to GATRO multiple times

@abcdentminded How are you planning on sleeping if Ride is gonna scream at you 24/7

I wish I could crawl into these EPs and live there

@horridhandle On close repeated listens you can tell that Gmail is really tightly composed though. I liked it when I first heard it in a "this is insane" way but when I revisited much later it became one of their best projects to me, it's extremely layered with interesting ideas

@abcdentminded I love the gabber one a lot more than the Gmail one, a lot more focused conceptual idea that you can actually split into tracks whereas Gmail is kind of one jam session.

@srkaseyqueno That's it's best cultural effect!

@abcdentminded I'd say the worst cultural effect of generative AI has been how badly it's eroded our ability to trust photo and video (cf., debates about McConnell's proof of life photos)

Thought this was too sloppy to post but now I'm watching it months later and I don't care VOILA

@mahou_mage It's called 1.8 million in gold.

@abcdentminded throwback holy shitttt

Who's gonna sell me the biggest iPhone in this house

“The “drunk” hypothesis, recently elaborated by Slingerland (2021), argues that the benefits of alcohol consumption far outweigh its many harmful health (Zhao et al. 2023), reproductive (Van Heertum and Rossi 2017), and social (Klingemann and Gmel 2001) consequences. Specifically, Slingerland argues that intoxication facilities life in an unusual ecological niche to which humans have adapted − one that requires culture to thrive and survive. Whether it is tools, clothing, norms or institutions, people in all societies, even the most low-tech ones, depend on cultural technologies and innovations. But these solutions to life’s challenges are beyond the capabilities of any single individual. Instead, they require a “collective brain” and cultural transmission, which in turn cannot happen without large-scale social cooperation. And this is where the role of alcohol drinking comes in. As intoxication reduces cognitive control, it may enhance lateral thinking and lead to more creative insights (Jarosz et al. 2012), as well as more openness to bond with (Sayette et al. 2012), cooperate with and learn from others. In addition, some scholars (Katz and Voigt 1986; Smalley and Blake 2003) argue that it was primarily the desire for alcohol (not food) that motivated hunter-gatherers to begin cultivating crops, settle down, and live in large, dense groups. Getting drunk may have subsequently helped to alleviate stress (Levenson et al. 1980; Peele and Brodsky 2000) that could easily arise from this dramatic change and life in cramped, hierarchical societies. Alcohol may therefore have been essential for the rise and maintenance of human civilization.”