u/EdwardBliss

Isn't that the natural cycle of things? At some point too much of one thing, stagnancy, formulas, etc--regardless of all the usual explanations--don't we hit a wall? The Machine controlling things, monopoly on music, insane concert prices, dopamine decadence, aging rockers, prepackaged music, lack of authenticity, nothing shocks, no more controversy. We used to have music movements that shook things up...bubble eventually bursts. It's usually the natural cycle of things--but man--it's sure taking a long time.

I've been on it for 5 years, but I've been around people who don't bother, they endure the pain and treat it with Ibuprofen or cherry supplements. I'm guessing financial reasons?

I have a laptop/Internet and a landline, but no phone. Been at my crap job for 25 years and thinking of moving on to something else. But technology and the world has advanced so much since the last time I pounded the pavement.

I've been able to slip by without one and find creative ways around it, but unless I'm referenced internally by someone I know--even with my experience and years of service to one place--can see an employer noticing I don't have a phone as a red flag.

It's funny, but those things aren't exactly cheap. You just saved them several thousand dollars.

I still live with my senior mother who has mobility issues, and have fallen into a caregiver role. The last couple of days I've done everything from cleaning the house to groceries. Without me, the house would be a shambles and we'd be short on food. Am I actually extending her life? Or just merely making life comfortable?

I literally didn't see an item that was the same color as the shopping cart. The weird thing is that the cashier didn't saying anything. Either he didn't see it or just didn't care.

Files are being released, whistleblowers are coming out, etc, but of course no one cares. I saw this same type of UFO/alien craze in the early 90s it didn't amount to anything back then and it won't amount to anything now. But it got me thinking, what Global Disclosure and First Contact actually happened? A presidential address to the nation, UFOs hovering over a few cities--how would this change the course of music?

I think the number one thing would be the lyrical and subject content. Periods of great change, societal upheaval and turbulence/tension always sparks people to protest and vent about current events Second would be the types of music, we might stray away from the safe, happy nature of pop to something more darker, serious and heavier in tone. Music always matches the political/cultural climate, Would we even have a music industry anymore? Food for thought.

Saw thie post of this guy who's been unemployed for just over a year. applying and not getting anywhere. Times are tough.

In the 90s I was doing security without one.

I just watched another pretty good Elvis documentary called "The King". In this day and age of short attention spans, where boundaries have been pushed to the limit, where nothing is really controversial anymore, can we ever another Elvis-type figure, that was so shocking, that was so cultural defining, screaming women, with the type of mania to the point where people say "I can't believe what I'm seeing!"