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Cake day: January 16th, 2025

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  • Hello… Hope you’re hanging in there and taking care of yourself this evening. Sorry for taking so long to respond to this, I meant to get back to this thread sooner.

    It’s a real pity that I can’t even see that community (and a couple of others there) from here. I wish you could convince your friend to open an alt community in more neutral ground. Or try to make some sort of amends with all of the instances that are de-federated with hilariouschaos. There’s some big ones de-federated from it, even piefed.social, which I tried the other day.

    If you’re interested, now that I’m attending to this post, it seems likely that my next fixation on something to categorise and make lists of is going to be this very topic lol. I’ll probably only be done in a couple of months from now but if you would like, I could post my results in Women’s Stuff (or I could pass it on to you to post, if you prefer). Otherwise if you think it’s a better idea, I could post it to gpral from another account, although I wish I could do that without feeling bad about Blåhaj people being blocked off from it.

    And, just gonna ping your new account in case you never look at the old one anymore: @[email protected]


  • Just want to say, after reading that, including the statement from the band themselves, it reads to me like these members got kicked out, then vented their frustrations. Maybe I’m missing something but this all sounds like pretty standard band politics to me, especially when egos and perfectionism are concerned. At least I don’t see anything about nazi salutes or groupie abuse or some shit in there.

    Anyway, sorry for the late reply. Got to this late. Finally got everything listed and categorized and decided to start to with the punk kind of stuff first. Just started listening this morning and I was hooked from the first track on the first album. I can even say it’s exactly the kind of punk rock I’ve been missing and looking for for a long time now. So thanks for this suggestion!


  • I got kinda (very) overwhelmed by this thread. I was expecting like 5 responses, so you thank you very much for all the suggestions. I have finally made a list from all of this and will be replacing just about my entire music rotation with everything here. Once I find my favourites, I’ll probably let you know some time in the future lol.

    Thought I might as well drop some names that are already in my collection that I haven’t seen mentioned here, for the sake of anyone that might come past here in future. Including stuff that’s more on the alternative / hard rock side of things.

    General Alternative / Rock:

    • 4 Non Blondes
    • Anneke van Giersbergen (singer of The Gathering)

    Old School:

    • Heart
    • Janis Joplin
    • Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees

    Alternative because off-beat / weird:

    • Portishead
    • Tori Amos
    • Björk

    Punk:

    Hard Rock / Grunge:

    • DILLY DALLY
    • Guano Apes
    • Skunk Anansie

    Heavy:

    • Devilskin (band I discovered in New Zealand)
    • Octavia Sperati (singer went on to do an album or two for The Gathering)

  • I think it’s a fun thought. Like, particularly when I’m thinking about past regrets and shit, there’s definitely a few key moments where things could’ve gone differently and my life would be drastically different right now. And I seem to be in the timeline where I made all the worst possible choices at these key moments lol.

    But I don’t particularly believe in different timelines or dwell on it. For all that I can do in this timeline that I’m in, the only direction that I can go is forwards, not backwards or sideways.


  • As someone that likes to do a lot of scrolling, I’m also running into the same problem. There really just isn’t enough content here for it yet. There’s already a pretty small over all amount of users posting, and people have likes and dislikes and tastes and vibes, so out of that small amount, there’s only so much to interact with. Like, there’s a fair amount of content in ask and chat style communities and TV communities but no one likes everything or thinks the same topics are interesting.

    So it really just needs more. So that there’s more of the same types of people watching the same shows and interested in the same topics. It doesn’t have to be packed in here, it could just do with a little more of something for everyone. It would’ve been nice if there were more than two people discussing Harley Quinn season 5 for example.

    On Reddit I could spend all day every day interacting with my particular interests without ever feeling like I’m being a nuisance or repeating myself. It’s nice having a smaller crowd but I’d like something between this and Reddit.




  • Winter. I also like the Autumn that I’ve read about, seen pictures of and seen people talk about. But we don’t get much of a noticeable Autumn or Spring where I’m from. A few leaves on a few trees here and there will start changing colours but that’s about it.

    So Winter. Because you can wear your cool shit, you can do things without sweat and I prefer being snug and cosy under a duvet or two to lying naked under a fan and still not escaping the heat.

    This “Autumn” that people speak of sure seems lovely though. Like the perfect season if it really existed here.



  • I feel like maybe some more context I could add is that we have “tomato sauce” that’s pretty similar to ketchup. Comes in a bottle to pour from and is one of the most regularly used sauces. Still processed I guess but thicker and better tasting and definitely not as sweet as the American stuff. As opposed to tomato paste or tinned tomato or whatever.



  • One thing I’m starting to find though is that the yellow emojis are maybe looking a little too much like Reddit style awards at first glance, or at least making me think of them. Might look for purple alternatives or something else that looks a bit more toned down along with a dark theme.

    I like your idea. Seems like a good way to be reminded of something random and get a laugh while you’re scrolling.


    • Phones have become boring and are all the same. I want options like we had with Nokia back in the day. So a music phone, gaming phone, business phone etc. but with a modern OS. All we have now are camera phones. Google announcing that they’ve added a second possible function to The Button in settings just doesn’t excite me. Smartphones have become shit and it’s not because we’ve perfected them or some shit, it’s because chasing lines on marketing graphs and playing follow the leader has resulted in no choice anymore and everything being lowest common denominator, mass produced slop.



  • Young Justice rocks. I love the stuff that showcases a little bit of everything in the universe.

    Currently distracting myself with a rewatch of Batman Brave and the Bold while eating and stuff. If you’re ever in the mood for something funnier, would recommend. Even if you’re sick of Batman, this is a fun version that’s friends with everyone and isn’t an asshole. And there’s appearances from everyone from Kamandi the last boy to Doom Patrol.

    Personally I’m looking forward to that same kind of idea where everything exists in the same universe from Gunn’s take on things. And hopefully not counting my chickens before they hatch. But I get the idea that’s what he’s going to go for.

    As far as Marvel goes, I’m more of an X-Men fan than anything else personally, so I’m really hoping there’s going to be an X-Men '98 and '99. Not particularly looking forward to MCU X-Men but maybe I’ll be entertained.


    • Digging up a struggling lawn to make way for stone blocks and planter boxes and maybe a few plants in between here and there. Going to be attempting to make some stone blocks too with cement and stuff.

    • Might be meeting up with my weed guy for a smoke and whatever he’s philosophising or excited about this time. Sometimes it’s soccer, in which case I mostly just smile and wave; sometimes it’s interesting socio-political matters.

    • And in between that, probably wanting to play a game or address my growing watch list of movies / series / pro wrestling but actually just mostly bed rotting and scrolling.

    Edit: think I’m actually gonna start a new run of Burnout Paradise. Doesn’t need research and wikis, maybe just a map or two. But still scratches that exploration and collecting things itch.

    Edit 2: actually, now I’m thinking either Castlevania Circle of the Moon or Metroid Zero Mission.