Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2225730)

Honestly that depends on whether you just checked out music content solely for recs or you silently watched our shit storms while eating popcorn. If you have opinions on Chula v. Frownland from years back then we have infected your mind in a Borg-like fashion that makes you one of us.

Originally Posted by Synthgirl (Post 2225726)

Hmm, I’m technically a new member but I lurked a lot in the past. Am I a new member or an old member? Schrodinger’s forum user?

Originally Posted by Synthgirl (Post 2225739)

Mostly music, but I do remember several entertaining trainwrecks like RockGuitar101, Kobe Kai, The Virgin, that one guy who was obsessed with hair metal, not as much in the way of member beefs though, that kind of drama doesn't interest me as much as the wacky characters like those.



Understood! I'm certainly going to try my best, this place has been fun for me so far.

Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2225751)

**** i remember that guy. I'm honestly curious now... how does anyone have the stamina to lurk for years without ever wanting to post?

Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2225751)

**** i remember that guy. I'm honestly curious now... how does anyone have the stamina to lurk for years without ever wanting to post?

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2225754)

Yeah I'm also curious about that mentality. Not in a judgy way but I just don't understand it. I mean early in the 00s I'd be kind of reticent about posting but I still just wanted to get in there. Now I'm keen to just manspread in any community I have any interest in.

Originally Posted by SGR (Post 2225757)

The internet was the wild west in the late 90s/early '00s. It's become both better and worse since then.

Originally Posted by Synthgirl (Post 2225759)

I dunno what to tell you, I've always just been a bit of a shy person when communicating over text with strangers. I had very low self esteem when I was younger and strayed away from sharing my opinions. I'm not antisocial, I'm just generally pretty reserved, even IRL.

I also grew up in the "tits or GTFO" era of the internet and that did a pretty large amount of psychic damage.

I'm working on myself, meeting my partner over the past year has helped a lot with my self confidence.

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2225760)

I mean that's even earlier than that time period. Like what you're talking about was AOL instant messenger when you could just harass random people on AIM in a way that people who came to the internet via Facebook couldn't even grasp. Back when my main interaction with the internet was fan sites for whatever anime I was into at the time.

Originally Posted by Synthgirl (Post 2225759)

I dunno what to tell you, I've always just been a bit of a shy person when communicating over text with strangers. I had very low self esteem when I was younger and strayed away from sharing my opinions. I'm not antisocial, I'm just generally pretty reserved, even IRL.

I also grew up in the "tits or GTFO" era of the internet and that did a pretty large amount of psychic damage.

I'm working on myself, meeting my partner over the past year has helped a lot with my self confidence.

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2225763)

Well the best thing I can tell you as someone who dreads social interaction IRL and always assumes that eventually "They" will find out what a piece of **** you are and cast you out, and I include MB in that, but here I am over a decade later cause as long as you don't talk about how much you want to **** children then people will tolerate you.

Originally Posted by Synthgirl (Post 2225767)

Sounds good! I'm getting over my apprehension with posting, thank you for approaching this with understanding.

Originally Posted by SGR (Post 2225769)

Which mix of The Stooges' Raw Power do you prefer though?

Originally Posted by Synthgirl (Post 2225770)

Honestly not sure which mix I've heard. I'm way more of a The Idiot kind of gal.

Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2225772)

Who were the people you were scared of in the years 2007-2010? I can't help but think these people shaped your entire MB trajectory, and may continue to shape it still.

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2225773)

There's the original mix, the Bowie mix, and the Iggy mix which Iggy mixed himself in the 90s by just turning all the knobs up to 11. The latter is the mix we're waiting to kill you if you don't prefer.

Originally Posted by Synthgirl (Post 2225747)

I mostly just remember them posting stuff like saying in the classical forum that their favorite classical composer was Mariah Carey.

Perhaps I unfairly lumped them in with the others, just a weird member that stuck in my mind.

Originally Posted by Synthgirl (Post 2225749)

Oh yeah, another member whose posts I always loved was Franco Pepe Kalle. I hope he's doing well.

Originally Posted by SGR (Post 2225757)

The internet was the wild west in the late 90s/early '00s. It's become both better and worse since then.

Originally Posted by Synthgirl (Post 2225759)

I dunno what to tell you, I've always just been a bit of a shy person when communicating over text with strangers. I had very low self esteem when I was younger and strayed away from sharing my opinions. I'm not antisocial, I'm just generally pretty reserved, even IRL.

I also grew up in the "tits or GTFO" era of the internet and that did a pretty large amount of psychic damage.

I'm working on myself, meeting my partner over the past year has helped a lot with my self confidence.

Originally Posted by SGR (Post 2225762)

In some ways though, you'd think communicating over text anonymously with strangers would allow you to be yourself more, wouldn't you? Besides the whole "tits or GTFO" thing which we'd never countenance around here.



I don't know, I didn't view it as just that, I'm also thinking about how web design as a whole has become much more sanitized and uniform - every successful website copying everyone else - the rise of search algorithms propping up sites based on ad revenue, bla bla bla. I'm sure you remember when the design of different websites seemed to be completely unique - you'd have flashing graphics in weird places, ugly color contrasts, hyperlinks to random crap everywhere. Maybe it's just nostalgia, but the internet back then felt more unique, DIY and genuine.

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2225763)

Well the best thing I can tell you as someone who dreads social interaction IRL and always assumes that eventually "They" will find out what a piece of **** you are and cast you out, and I include MB in that, but here I am over a decade later cause as long as you don't talk about how much you want to **** children then people will tolerate you.

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2225775)

Yeah the indie dweebs are gone and it's much more about your idiosyncratic music taste even if there isn't a ****load of people here to talk about how much you all like the Arctic Monkeys or whatever.

Originally Posted by WWWP (Post 2214901)

Andrew Tate is ****ing hilarious, no one knows what a troll looks like anymore.

Acquitted of all charges btw

Among my favorite Tateisms, “tap water is for poor people,” and “a woman should cook and clean unprompted.” He’s been around forever, he’s only become a buzzword recently.

Originally Posted by Norg (Post 2229418)

Andrew tate is now a martyr. RIP bro

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2226370)

Aged like fine milk.

Originally Posted by WWWP (Post 2229439)

Just like you then

Originally Posted by Synthgirl (Post 2229436)

Geez, you made me google to see if he actually was dead or not. Now I have his name in my google search history, thanks a lot.

Originally Posted by Key (Post 2229446)

I fell for it too

Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 2229464)

Wiki is your friend.