do you find that message boards...
alieNDN
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kind of satisfy an aspect of your personal persona? i mean as u mature, you kinda ditch the friends you were just friends with just to have a good time. whatever habits you used to be into that kind of dictated your interests but now you are into different things. but still, even though you have evolved OR just have gotten interested into different things, there are people in your world into different things and even though they are quite virtual it gives you satisfaction? case in point, i was always in search of a chick thats really hardcore into music, that she breathes, bleeds and sheits music, but now, i just think, 'if you're into music cool, but if not,its all good too, cause i have some "virtual" aquaintances i can reminice or discuss music with, and even though you're only into top 40 stuff, i'm still down with you.' this extends beyond chicks, 20% of my friends i'd say are actually into the music i'm into. i think with the advent with the 'net, its like i can appreciate different people more, cause i don't hold them to standards of being into every single category i'm in to. y'all feel me, or is this just another drunken post that sinks to page 5 in 30 minutes?to be more concise, i'm saying the advent of message boards allow you to address your obsessions towards particular subjects, while engaging in a "normal", "healthy" relationship.cause i'm phucking telling you, there's no chicks that you make a mixtape for and they fall head over heals like that "high fidelity" movie.
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Basically I like to talk but I hate people, so boards allow you to chat with out having to actually hang out with people you only have a little in common with.
B - cultivating anti-social habits? Lol...
Alien -
I've found that instead of exhausting and imposing my interests on friends and family who have little or no desire to know, better to spout endlessly (and stupidly @ times) on message boards devoted to the esoterica you're into - ever seen the excruciating boredom and annoyance written on people's faces (who could care less) when you drag them record hunting?
So instead of just stewing about it, better to exchange conversation on media such as this and speak on other stuff w/ those around you...
I think basically he's saying when you try to talk music in the real world peoples eyes glaze over. And as much as girls like music most of them don't want to talk about it and think you a nerd when you do.
I've known a lot of cool people that have no idea who most of the groups are that I listen to.
For example.....my last few posts. Most people wouldn't even know who Van Der Graf is. Try telling someone that the Scorpions were a lot better before all that "Rock You Like..." crap.
I would say that their can be rare cases where a mixtape impresses a girl. I had it happen........once.
Years ago, I kept asking a girl out and she kept giving me the run-around. Then I made her a mix tape of some old joints she remembered from her childhood (mostly ZZ Hill and James Brown). I left it for her to find and she called me that night to go out.
Of course things didn't work out between us, but once in a while you'll find a girl who appreciates that shit.
On semi-related note, at the cafe I work at, I select all of the music that is played and I've had insane amounts of girls coming up on some "omg what is this playing can you make me a cd" shit. That might be some help towards the "girl with good taste in music." Honestly, as long I can listen to Juelz Santana and Lil' Wayne with a girl, I don't give a shit what else she listens to.
Really? That's how I met my current girlfriend, i.e.. the only girl I thought of as "marriage material" from the second i saw her. That was literally my first thought, next to, DAMN, she's fine! It was weak to give her a mixtape, and she didn't realize I was the DJ that night, which made for an awkward moment. She didn't seem impressed.
p.w. rant over.
As far as this message board thing goes, I'm torn. Sometimes I waste hours on this shit when i could be more productive. On the flip side, it allows me to find discussions that interest me. I get into conversations that aren't necessarily going on around me with my peers in the "real world". It's easier to find like minded folk spread across the globe, because lets face it. There aren't many of us. It's also a safe place, which leads to trollism, etc., but it's worth it. I usually laugh at that shit anyways.
I have also met some real good friends on the internet. Some of which helped me when i broke my ankle last week. One guy I know from the web, actually drove my car to the hospital for me. I am usually wary of people on the net, though. there's a cat who lives a few blocks from me that i met on the Web a couple of years back. Still haven't felt like meeting the guy, kinda weirds me out.
i just think that sometimes i'm too snoby with girls being into the tunes i'm into. you ever tell a chick you're into early reggae music and she's like cool (and meanwhile u wanna bust some "prince buster" but she's all about the "sean paul" ish? its compromise compromise compromise but i guess it works out in the end.
Then I think of all the things i love about her. Our similar views on some major things. Things that are more important than musical taste, like, lifestyle, politics, domestic issues. Funny thing is, after being exposed to so much good music through me, she's lost her taste for some of her other styles music. She says it doesn't do it for her. It's gradual programming.
"Oh man, then this one dude was all 'never that son' and it totaly wasn't a good look."
The first Mix tape I ever did for a gurl was back when DJ X had the main show in Toronto. X is a really good friend of mine, so I asked him to do this lil shout out to her. She was living in England at the time and I ended up recording it and starting off her mix tape with it.
On the B-side I started off the tape with an intro done by DJ Serious. Her name was Jennifer, so he did a beat and cut de la - Jennifer oh jenny over it...
The tape went over really well. Ended up dating for 6 years...
Damn, that was wayyy back. I'd give almost anything to have that tape back.
The last one I did for a gurl was a mix of current songs, but I used sample clips from all her favorite movies. Not as created as the first one... But we did end up getting engaged.
If you build it. They will will come!
keeping my fingers crossed on this one
But you mean more like
If you build it. They will cum?
so i would assume it aint a good thing with the hunnies. peace, stein. . .
In layman's terms he means not scaring and/or boring the shit out of people with a niche interest. For people on here it happens to be records. For other people it could be porn. Who knows.
Really, there is a small group of people that have such a facination with topics like this, and your run of the mill friends will have nothing other than a cursory interest.
It's understandable, that's why people join clubs, groups, etc.
Think martial arts class. where do you go when you want to learn new shit and be around people with the same interests? Exactly.
This just happens to be a subject that can be learned/discussed about in an online format (as opposed to martial arts, sort of)
HA! I went and saw Ghost World with this girl and then we went back to my place and she kinda freaked cuz she thought I was on some Steve Bucheme steez!