What's Bothering You?

[seliph]

The fact that the majority of young people nowadays don’t appreciate grunge music from the 90’s. They’re too caught up in the modern pop and rap stuff coming out. And let me tell you, it’s TRASH. It sounds like GARBAGE. The music is all electronically generated and the songs have no depth to them. It makes me really sad and angry at the same time.

Meanwhile, with grunge, it’s actual music being played. Nothing is fake. The grungy guitars are like god tier music for me. It’s my favorite music genre.

It makes me sad that all of these people are missing out on this music. They’re too occupied and blinded by artists like Drake and Taylor Swift. (Ugh. Gag me with a fork.) It’s so sad that these people will never know what real music with actual depth and structure sound like. It’s REALLY sad. They’re missing out on some great bands- like Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, and Soundgarden. (Just to name a few.) I feel really sad and angry about it. I’m one of the few people who came along after the 90’s who actively listens to this stuff.

I’d never thought I’d say this, but…
Ugh, kids these days.

They’re also getting dumbed down by their phones and social media. Let me tell you, this upcoming generation is NOT gonna be the sharpest.

Coming from a fan of mostly underground music, whose closest friends are metal musicians, and who was born in the 90s: This mindset is old as time and has always been an egregious mischaracterization of both pop and hiphop. Top 40 radio lists do not reflect a genre; plenty of hiphop and pop artists make their own beats and at times play instruments. Genre also does not reflect depth or lyricism - there are plenty of hiphop and pop songs with emotional & social/political themes, and there are plenty of simple grunge, rock, punk, and metal songs about dumb trivial things as well and honestly, that's fine! Not all music has to be deep! Music can just exist to be fun! The beauty of it is that it's such an enormous spectrum, it'd be so boring if all music had the same structure to it. I guarantee you there's some pop songs that you find fun.

Grunge specifically has a very particular and moody sound too, and that's not gonna be everyone's cup of tea. That's fine, as I mentioned there's plenty of other genres with depth and that address the same issues with more upbeat or relaxing tones. Nothing is limited to one genre, you just have to look beyond what's on the radio.

 

[Dim]

Nothing I do or say is ever right. Why do I even bother?

 

[Dunquixote]

My head feels really stuffy; it feels almost like the pressure I used to feel back when I was in college. I’m not stressed so might just be allergies or something.

 

[Disneyfangirl23]

I really really want the my melody egg, Kiki egg and Lala egg but I’m rubbish at Easter egg hunts on the forums

I am offering all my collectibles and tbt for them

If someone can help me I’ll really really appreciate it loads thank you

 

[Chris]

I really really want the my melody egg, Kiki egg and Lala egg but I’m rubbish at Easter egg hunts on the forums

I am offering all my collectibles and tbt for them

If someone can help me I’ll really really appreciate it loads thank you

Your best bet is to make a thread in the TBT Marketplace if you haven't already. Good luck!

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I came home to a letter about a supporting attendance review meeting next Tuesday. I was told at a maximising attendance meeting last autumn after a month-long absence (some of you may remember I was very sick during the TBT Fair) that this would occur after so many months as a check in, and I've compared the phrasing to a previous letter and it doesn't sound scary at all. But even with this logic and the knowledge that you can't be sacked at this type of meeting (those are called competency hearings) my brain is still in panic mode. I know my attendance has massively improved so please don't do this to me brain! I'm going to call the union in the morning to ask for a representative just to be on the safe side.

It does make me glad I've a job interview in two days though. I don't know if I want to change jobs but it definitely seems important now to give the interview my best shot just to be on the safe side, y'know?

 

[ZeldaCrossing64]

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[VernalLapin]

I ****ing REFUSE to watch a single ****ing youtube short again until they get rid of those stupid ****ing comments covering the screen.

 

[Dunquixote]

Ugh. why do i keep embarrassing myself . I wish i was normal. being on the spectrum is so frustrating.

No comments or replies please

 

[Croconaw]

I woke up to my deadname and how wonderful of a job “Mr. President Trump” is doing again.

 

[nightglow]

Ugh Ive been so sick.
My spouse bought this hydrogen water.. hydrogenizer? And insist I try it.. I don't know if I am sick from that or from a bug from being around people since we just had Easter.

 

[VernalLapin]

Today was not a vibe.

Spoiler: TMI

I woke with incontinence issues from a nightmare about losing someone special.

 

[pottercrossing]

Spoiler: long as hell rant

I get flown out to Disneyland for my band trip in 9 days, and I have so much to do and not nearly enough time to do it. I still have forms to hand in and I'm worried that they won't accept it because I keep forgetting or am too busy. I have to clean my room that I legitimately have not cleaned in almost a year and a half because I am too depressed to function most days, and when I do have motivation to my mom is in the house, and I can't do anything around her, productive or not, because I feel like I'm going to be judged regardless so I just bedrot and only come out to use the bathroom and eat. I have to figure out my packing situation, my money situation, and my phone situation, which is all so stressful because I'm travelling abroad for the first time in seven years, without my family. My mom is also sick currently, and I'm worried we're not going to get everything done in time.

But the issues won't go away once the trip begins. We get flown out the day after a show for a lot of us, and we are still expected to come to school because it's a half day and we don't have to be at the airport until 3 hours after the day ends. Also, our days there are going to be so long. We have to get up at around 5:30 each morning and we're not back in the hotel until midnight, so that's not even six hours of sleep a night. The day after we get there (maybe the day of? We haven't gone over the specific itinerary yet), we have to perform in the park, which would be fine if it wasn't going to be 25 degrees and our uniforms weren't all black.

Park days? We're there all day, right from rope drop to closing, so I will be walking for about 14-16 hours a day. Which isn't going to be fun for anyone, but I have this wonderful thing called an iron deficiency, which is going to make things worse. I already have to give up bringing my chest binder and other compressive sports bras because they make it harder to breathe normally on the bad days and I don't want to risk anything.

Returning to Canada? We come back at 10 pm on a Wednesday, and we have school the next day, which we are ALSO still expected to go to. I don't know how the teachers are expecting kids to come back from a five-day tiring as all hell trip and pull up at 8 am the next morning eager to learn. Unless they revive Michael Jackson to have him come to our school and do a performance with Taylor Swift and the reincarnation of Mozart, I will be skipping the day to sleep and they cannot stop me.

My bad guys, this turned into a really long rant... regardless of everything I am very grateful to have the opportunity to go on this trip (shoutout to my parents for being willing to pay 3000 dollars for me to do this), but HOLY LORD is it stressful.

no responses please

 

[Disneyfangirl23]

The egg hunt is finished and how am I going to get the eggs I want now? / who’s gonna help me?
and I’m having a horrible day

 

[Giddy]

I wish I found this course sooner. I found a post-production course for four weeks and it would be an all day course, but it starts Monday, and I dunno if I'll be able to get in, definitely since I won't be able to get to the course on time after work. :/ Like it was a perfect course for me, but I really don't know if I'll be able to take part ;_;

Also, next Monday is still a mystery on what will happen at work, because my boss won't be in. And she thinks the new worker will be in, but she told her she wont. And it worries me because I can't help the whole day. And no other coworker can help.
This whole shop is a mess.

 

[Chris]

I came home to a letter about a supporting attendance review meeting next Tuesday. I was told at a maximising attendance meeting last autumn after a month-long absence (some of you may remember I was very sick during the TBT Fair) that this would occur after so many months as a check in, and I've compared the phrasing to a previous letter and it doesn't sound scary at all. But even with this logic and the knowledge that you can't be sacked at this type of meeting (those are called competency hearings) my brain is still in panic mode. I know my attendance has massively improved so please don't do this to me brain! I'm going to call the union in the morning to ask for a representative just to be on the safe side.

It does make me glad I've a job interview in two days though. I don't know if I want to change jobs but it definitely seems important now to give the interview my best shot just to be on the safe side, y'know?

Update on this: I've managed to arrange for a union rep to attend and according to my line manager she's the best. They actually used to work together years ago. Had I been unable to get a rep to attend, our IT tech said he would have gone with me for emotional support.

My line manager doesn't think I have anything to worry about. He said that long absence is just doomed to haunt me until September then it'll be history.

 

[JellyLu]

I hate when I have to walk on eggshells around people because they take things out on others when they're stressed.

 

[Plainbluetees]

Robert F Kennedy (US health department head/secretary I forgot his official title) needs to be removed from office.
Recently he went on a rant about autism. Claiming that it “destroys families,” and that autistic people will “never go on a date”, or “play a baseball game, or write a poem, or pay taxes.”

The fact that this isn’t getting as much media attention as it deserves significantly bothers me. I don’t really care for politics but this is just flat out disgusting and completely untrue and the fact that he can just get on TV and be derogatory to autistic people and get away with it really says something.

My dad and I think that my cousin who is autistic shouldn’t have to pay taxes anymore, since RFK doesn’t think he should. He already supports the government enough by engineering their projects at national labs

 

[Beanz]

i don’t mean to start anything political but rfk jr. planning to launch a registry tracking people with autism because it’s a “disease” WTF

 

[Flyffel]

Lately we have had a lot of unexpected fees... And a bunch of important stuff going wrong...

 

[Clock]

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