My mum once told me I have a cowards chin 
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Logic innit.
The chin of a coward is a coward’s chin.
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Maybe you’re right, but shouting toxic masculinity!, calling me a coward and saying weird shit like “it’s also easy to be critical and much harder to be positive and supporting” without any sort of discussion around it isn’t really engaging, is it?
I feel sorry for people who genuinely feel like it’s easier to be negative than positive, because that’s just not my experience of the people I choose to spend my time around. Taking the piss out of ourselves is an essential part of maintaining a positive outlook.
These threads aren’t negative, they’re supposed to be positive. The whole point of choosing minor shit like the OP or the one where I moan about things being too small is that it shows up how ridiculous it is to moan about this shit. The level of vitriol is cartoon, because I’m a fucking cartoon. I’m not expecting everyone to laugh at my shitty jokes, but a reasonably educated adult should still be able to tell I’m taking the piss.
I really shouldn’t be having to explain this, it’s pretty fucking self evident what’s going on in these threads. I’m referring to myself as Miserable Git for fuck’s sake. It’s not exactly subtle.
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Preach.
Unfortunately, I think many people on all sorts of forums for all sorts of topics, completely miss this aspect of life.
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I seriously question people’s seriousness to seriously comment on what is clearly a serious man suffering from a seriously prolonged mental breakdown. Seriously.
Also, fuck Nathan from Shoreditch.
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It’s the only thing I’ve ever really excelled at, might as well milk it for as long as possible.
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Fucksake you’ve made the thread all serious now.
Mental illness is serious. Dont fucking joke about it, you dont know what you’re talking about. Unless you have one. In which case fair play.
Look after yourselves people. Now fuck off and make some tunes.
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I enjoy a good Fin diatribe as much as the next guy, but if we’re all so good at taking a joke let’s stop fucking jumping all over people that don’t like it. If you don’t like a certain person’s sense of humor, it doesn’t mean they don’t have a sense of humor. It means their sense of humor is different than yours. Some people are not the same. And before you say, “then they shouldn’t comment” or, “they shouldn’t be here in this thread”, fuck that. Let them complain. It’s fucking OOOO KKKKAAAYYY.
edit: i know i’m not the thread police, fuck off.
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I’m quite new to this forum. After reading this post, I gotta say…
I love this place haha
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As per another thread some people can’t drink milk due to lactose intolerant!
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Victor Wooten is great on using the “wrong” notes to drive your music and relationship with it.
Some people can’t drink either!!!
You’re canceled, Kegeratorzzz.
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Ha! I’m cooking I swear! I’ll edit shortly!
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A brutal, but fair, criticism. Gear isn’t magic, and while experimentation is essential, relying only on finding good sounds is definitely a weak approach.
But at the same time, the idea that randomness or generative techniques are “shit” is gatekeeping nonsense.
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Right, “happy accidents” isn’t just about stochastic bug music so much as listening and the childlike excitement and deep curiosity that allows for non-analytical intuition, the freedom to create new paths.
To reference another thread, if modular bores you (and you have it in front of you), un-learn whatever you’ve taught yourself.
In an attention economy where everyone is stressed and deep thought-starved, finding the space to entertain oneself is hard but what else does one do if you want to produce, not consume everyone else’s work 24/7?
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I lived in Hong Kong for two years from 1996-98. Half of my colleagues were Brits. They introduced me to the expression “taking the piss (out of)”. I never once heard it used in a self-deprecating context. It was always taking the piss out of others.
Just a matter of personal taste, but all the funniest jokes have a strong element of self-deprecation built into them. I take exception, however, to threads starting with I am a twat, or something along those lines. That strikes me as disingenuous, a cheap maneuver to place oneself above reproach, a kind of self-absolution.
Bravo!! 
Sounds like you’ve been hanging out with a bunch of twats.
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What’s your point here bud?
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The phrase “Happy Accident” helps me filter out YouTube content pretty effectively, I say keep it.
See also: “endless melodies.” Is that a threat? (Beyond humanization and pattern-like S&H, I find randomness in music truly exhausting to listen to…)
I also love the Chase Bliss Mystery Box, for finding the happy accidents market and applying the concept to the gear purchase itself, it’s like a zen koan or something.
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