u/Illustrious_Appeal_2

What are some post apocalyptic stories with more unique premises compared to the usual zombies, aliens, nuclear war, etc

Bleeding Earth by Kaitlin Ward was one I liked where it's about the earth starting to "bleed". The Angelfall trilogy by Susan Ee and Partials trilogy by Dan Wells also offered interesting spins in their respective scenarios (End of Days with Angels and a virus affecting infants and genetically engineered humans)

I've also read plenty of post apocalyptic comics too. Y: The Last Man and Sweet Tooth are absolute favorites of mine but I've read plenty of one's with interesting premises such as Hinterkind by Ian Edgington and The Realm by Seth Peck (both of those have a similar fantasy apocalypse premise). Animosity by Marguerite Bennett (Where all animals and insects gain sentience), Skyward by Joe Henderson (Where gravity becomes nonexistent), The Great Divide by Ben Fisher (Where touching other people becomes lethal), Eclipse by Zack Kaplan (Where the Sun becomes deadly) and Devolution by Rick Remender (Where a nuclear bomb makes the world start to regress). Remender also has the comic Low which has a vaguely similar premise to Eclipse except society now lives underwater. Then there's even more surreal ones like Run Wild by K.I. Zachopoulos about people turning into animals and Intersect by Ray Fawkes which the entire world as well as people begin mutating into various beings

Has anyone here read any of the titles I've mentioned? Or even have recommendations of their own? I'm intrigued. Especially as an aspiring writer myself

I have seen this question be asked before in a Trip Hop group I'm in and I wanted to ask it here as well. Which TV Series anyone here has seen that are heavy on the usage of Trip Hop tracks across their run and which ones would you say use it effectively and even brilliantly?

Plus this is a somewhat interesting topic of me as I found out about the genre of Trip Hop via TV Series I watched and even introduced to acts such as Massive Attack and UNKLE

Someone recently recommended me some very obscure R&B/Soul singers and that's got me curious about the underground R&B scene. Who are some underground R&B artists you recommend and if you are one yourself how would you describe your career so far?

One personal underground R&B singer rec I have is DaVionne. Found her via a featured on an EP by Nnena and she's fantastic

Hello there I just recently came across this subreddit and I have a mild interest in cults which relates to my wider interest in sociology and psychology but obviously thats not what this post is about

I'm trying to find any information about a Mormon Cult in Alabama that called themselves the Matoc Nation. I first heard of it being mentioned briefly in a YT video by Ali Nahdee about the Twilight series which at one point the Matoc Nation was mentioned as apparently some members infiltrated Native Twitter and there was a post telling people to block these specific accounts on Twitter

From the very little information I know or could find it was headed by a couple named Patrick and Moira Saucer of Dothan, Alabama and the cult was masquerading as a Indigenous Tribe but they wanted to breed kids with Indigenous women to steal their land. I've been trying to find anything that at least summons it up but I barely can find any so any help or even people who have heard of this cult before would be appreciated

Does anyone here know of the British R&B-genre mix bands of Jungle and TENDER?

Jungle is a group whose music is a mix of Soul, Synth-Funk, Nu-Disco and Funktronica

TENDER is a duo that mixes Alt-R&B with Indietronica

Both groups i highly recommend and both have their own distinct styles and sounds ​

Has anyone else seen the comment that goes along the lines of "I WILL WORK ON A SONG WITH *Insert Singer or Band here* IM SPEAKING IT INTO EXISTENCE" on comments for songs in various YouTube channels? I've seen it on dozens of channels by now ​​

Has anyone here watched any shows with soundtrack selections that are heavy on R&B tunes? One I watched is Insecure and the music selection on that show was amazing featuring artists such as Lianne La Havas, Cleo Sol, Josh Levi, etc.

And to have a bit more interesting discussions if so did the show in question utilize the song choices well in your opinion?

I've had this thought when playing around with concepts and character ideas for R&B being mixed in with other genres and i am curious to hear from people here if there is any genres any artists have mixed with R&B in a eclectic style that you would love to see or see more of if you already have come across such examples. Plus as an excuse for anyone who has to give recs

I came across this reddit and I got curious to ask people here as a person who went to a trade school for Neurodiverse young adults

I attended one for the county I live in for 2 full school years and a semester and I decided to leave my last year

First off, in the beginning of my last year, I was assigned a job at the front desk to get some job experience but I was poorly prepared and did not do well in the job. For a bit I took the place of a secretary due to her breaking her back in a skiing accident and I was even upped from my initial 2-Day per week to the full 4 days and was even taken out of a class I was taking. When I was pulled aside from my teacher and another staff member to critique how I was doing my job I asked if I could quit but I was essentially forced to because they threatened to change my schedule down to 2 days instead of 4. I ended up being let go because I ended up unknowingly breaking a rule that I wasn't properly explained on how to follow it. Also I never got paid for that job either and blamed me for it because I "didn't have a conversation with my mother" when I did and she didn't want me to take it because it wasn't in my IEP and I didn't even have my GED completed yet (I got pulled out of public school in 8th grade)

The last incident that ended up making me decide to leave was when I was harshly punished because I didn't follow a instruction that I was not told what to do. Basically what happened was something I said got back to another student and it made her upset. I don't know what it was but I was told it wasn't something I told her directly. They told me to "let it cool off" when they actually meant "Don't talk to her at all". See I'm Autistic and I don't always pick up on social cues so of course I only understood it as "let it cool off for a few hours" which I did and I texted her once later that day and apologized for whatever it was. Apparently that upset her and the following week I was pulled in and basically accused of not caring about what I was told and that I did it anyways when I didn't even get any proper explanation on what to do. If they outright told me to not even send her one apology text I would have gotten it and nothing would have happened. In my opinion it was their own failure for not properly explaining things to me and as staff for a trade school for Disabled and Neurodiverse young adults they should know that

And one last tidbit I'll add is that this place advertises itself as a "Safe Space for LGBT students" and even had an LGBT club which I was in. But a new friend I made my last year came out as trans and even though one of the teachers who is a leader of the LGBT club told me staff was informed, my friend was constantly misgendered and deadnamed by staff members even after correcting them. Apparently it was to "teach her how to stand up for herself" but that puts all the burden on her shoulders when it should also be (in my opinion) shared by staff members to address her properly, especially as a school that prides itself on being a "Safe Space". Plus my best friend who I made the previous year is Trans himself and all the staff addressed him by his preferred name and pronouns

So what is your opinion here? Now I'm not saying I was perfect and didn't do anything wrong but that last year really left me mentally and emotionally scarred and I was wondering what other teachers here though of how the staff conducted themselves here cause I really would like to know

Which R&B Record would anyone here consider deeply personal to them? As in they hold in high regard and deeply connected to as well as having had been helpful for you during rough times in your life?