Feminine Pressure
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sufi
lala
I personally don't
I don't mind the fast moving threads, & can take or leave the longer stuffier ones, & i think the momentum/churn created by the snappy threads keeps the place fresh
It's not nice to maliciously derail other people's threads but its a fine line as derailment is more often worthwhile.
visions of what dissensus future looks like are very helpful
also have never watched GoT, & spent quite a long time confused by the title of the thread about it
craner
Beast of Burden
And feminine pressure!
luka
Well-known member
i dont want poor old leo to feel overwhelmed. and i dont want droid to feel excluded from the circle of love. but i also want a fast moving, lively forum, with a palpable energy where people are free to have a laugh and poke fun at things as well as being equally free to be as pretentious and pseudo-profound as possible.
sadmanbarty
Well-known member
it’s a shame this conversation came out of what droid said, because it positively reinforces the kind behaviour he should be embarrassed about. i’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume there’s something in his personal life which he’s venting here (probably the best place for it really)
though I can totally understand not liking the in-jokes, i’m a bit surprised by people not liking the general direction of dissensus. it’s been the most stimulating it’s been since i showed up. we’ve had lots of substantive conversations recently; the validity of grime albums, the validity of the doors, the innovativeness of atlanta rap in last few years, the decline of dancehall, the decline of the hardcore continuum, how mediums give different contexts to music, some industrial or punk stuff i know nothing about, how the aesthetic polarities of masculine and feminine are expressed, some rhythm stuff, the nature of locality in music, the mentality behind disregarding mc’s, the time barrier, etc. lurkers have been coming back, people are posting a lot more, conversations are being had and sustained rather than just a choon of the day every now and then.
as far as the long-post style thing goes, i’m not such a big fan. it can err on the side of pseudo-intellectual (this genuinely isn’t a passive aggressive jab at anyone). saying quick things off-handedly tends to be more revealing than being elaborate and considered. doing the former opens all sorts of paths of discussions. doing the latter leads you down the path of saying things that people have said before or even worse, not really saying anything at all.
in terms of it being too personal i tend to think people and their relationships with each other are richer than their ideas about things a lot of the time. also it makes it more fun, it’d a be a bit dry without it. but i can understand how that’s a personal taste.
not saying it should be exactly how it's been recently, but i don't want to lose the momentum. there's been times where it's moribund.
ps. never seen game of thrones and have no intention of doing so
though I can totally understand not liking the in-jokes, i’m a bit surprised by people not liking the general direction of dissensus. it’s been the most stimulating it’s been since i showed up. we’ve had lots of substantive conversations recently; the validity of grime albums, the validity of the doors, the innovativeness of atlanta rap in last few years, the decline of dancehall, the decline of the hardcore continuum, how mediums give different contexts to music, some industrial or punk stuff i know nothing about, how the aesthetic polarities of masculine and feminine are expressed, some rhythm stuff, the nature of locality in music, the mentality behind disregarding mc’s, the time barrier, etc. lurkers have been coming back, people are posting a lot more, conversations are being had and sustained rather than just a choon of the day every now and then.
as far as the long-post style thing goes, i’m not such a big fan. it can err on the side of pseudo-intellectual (this genuinely isn’t a passive aggressive jab at anyone). saying quick things off-handedly tends to be more revealing than being elaborate and considered. doing the former opens all sorts of paths of discussions. doing the latter leads you down the path of saying things that people have said before or even worse, not really saying anything at all.
in terms of it being too personal i tend to think people and their relationships with each other are richer than their ideas about things a lot of the time. also it makes it more fun, it’d a be a bit dry without it. but i can understand how that’s a personal taste.
not saying it should be exactly how it's been recently, but i don't want to lose the momentum. there's been times where it's moribund.
ps. never seen game of thrones and have no intention of doing so