FLAPAPATEIC's I Make the Best Threads v. 12 brings you the ultimate showdown- General Discussion vs. Music Discussion personally, both have long gone down the shitter, but that's often when true appreciation rises. I <3 u all. Seriously... that was fucking funny... perhaps you're not so worthless after all... Now do you have something productive to add? Or are you going to continue to spew hate rhetoric at me? You seem to know me so well... perhaps you know at this point I really don't give a shit what everyone here thinks of me. Perhaps most of all, you. I realize you don't like me... I don't particularly care for you either. But last I checked, you're not a very important individual at all, so I have no reason to put any weight in anything you have to say. Especially your negative bullshit. I know not everyone here hates me, because I've had great conversations with some of the members of this forum that I respect. You are not one of them. The very minute I saw it was you who had responded I knew for a fucking fact it was going to be the least helpful information available... and what do you know? I was goddamn right. For fuck's sake... you're predictable as hell. You see, this is a public internet forum... where people have discussions... In case this is news to you, I was provoking a harmless discussion from people who know good beer. FUCKING SUE ME! You know... last I checked, your post content isn't fucking gold itself, so who the fuck are you to go around and dictate who is a good poster and who isn't. Shove the fuck off Bacong. You know... if you don't like me, then why follow me around and berate me all the time? Most people would just ignore users they don't like... you've obviously got some insecurities you need to work out. I would get on that and stop worrying about my existence here on 5/8. Fucking moron. i hate to go on a whiny rant (but i'm going to because i am drunk and also because i don't give a fuck), but this forum is on a huge decline in my opinion in terms of people actively seeking out new music. and not just my recommendations, but in general. two years ago this thread (and similar ones) would have had at least 6 or 10 comments by now. people would have listened to the above clips, some would have downloaded or streamed, and a couple would have fallen in love and spread it to others. that's how shit like the first bon iver album got huge (now the dude just won a grammy, wtf). this forum (and its previous incarnation) used to thrive from random threads about random artists (how did we all fall in love with things like thrice, agalloch, protest the hero, esoteric, henry cow, pineforest crunch, yndi halda, and dozens and dozens of others?). but now no one cares (i am not blameless in this). no one cares about threads unless it is about a band we already know. this is sad. honestly, it is a huge reason i have stopped posting here frequently (i know no one cares) and have stopped responding to threads. i feel like it used to be a very communal experience, wherein people shared tastes and new things, but now it is just a big circle jerk. i am in no way asking for everyone to fall in love with the fucking harvey averne barrio band (although if you listened, chances are that you would), but to stop being such fucking cunts and a) posting shitty threads about shit no one cares about (new dream theater album, which sucks, you're wasting your goddamn time, there is so much good music out there), and b) reading those same threads. that rant was likely not composed properly, and will likely ferment some resentment towards me, and that's okay. i used to come here to genuinely look for new music that i would love (and to share the same), but that is unfortunately not that case anymore, at all. there are much better sources now, which is sad, because i used to feel some sort of common identity with this place because of the musics we would share with each other. i think there are only a very small handful of people who still care about music passionately (and of which i still follow and listen to their recommendations), but in general, 5/8 is not a place to come if you are looking to good music that you have not yet come across.
