#EDM Intolerance

[bspoquemagazine]

Out now: The Psychonautic Adventures of the 187 Year Old EDM Intolerance Survivor Gunnar Oliasson by pdqb music via @infamouslucifer 🌀💿 7 genre-mutating tracks, dream-fueled by Gunnar's sonic immunity & reshaped by the legendary @theexaltics. 🎧 Tune in & transcend 🧬 🔥 Available everywhere #EDMIntolerance #Electrocognition #NewRelease #ExperimentalElectronica #pdqb #SynapticCliffs #TheExaltics #VinylOnly #FutureSound #NeuroBeats #ElectronicMusic #GunnarOliassonLives #DreamTech

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Kkeungi's Comfort List

𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐒.   ― char siu bao, dumpling soondubu jjigae, army base stew, cream of broccoli soup, freshly baked bread (despite having a gluten intolerance lmao), fresh fruits

𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒.   ― Hot spiced apple Chai + honey & milk, Vietnamese iced coffee (condensed milk or gtfo), hot green tea + honey & lemon juice, idfk what it's called in English (MAYBE congou???) but Chinese ppl call it 'red tea' (it's actually just strong af black tea, but w/e- IT IS NOT 'ROOIBOS' or whatever that shit is).

𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐒.   ― Kamikaze Girls, The Goonies, The Neverending Story, Practical Magic, Turning Red, Eastern Promises, Midsommar, Redline, The Professional (original 1984 theatrical release, NOT the Director's Cut where Luc Besson made it weird), Beowulf (2007), Iron Monkey (the og, not the Tarantino 'remaster' that sucks and takes it's WAY too seriously), In Absentia, Hellraiser, The Secret of Kells, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, IDK THERE'S MANY-

𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐒.   ― HBO's ROME, The Haunting of Hill House (2018), The Glory, Celebrity, Girl From Nowhere, Doom Patrol, Battlestar Galactica (2004), Rose Red, Berserk (1997), OVERLORD, BLACK LAGOON, Pandora Hearts, BACCANO!, can't recall much else since I was never a big 'tv show' person until like... streaming services?

𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆.  ― Hades hoodie feat. Cerberus, my Fox motorcyles military jacket, nerdy t-shirts, thick socks, fingerless gloves, fur

𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐒.   ― Teen Idle (Marina & The Diamonds), REVIVED (Derivakat), EAT YOU ALIVE! (emigrate), Hong Hu Shui Lang Da Lang (but only if that old lady from Dumplings sing it lol), Guts by Susumu Hirasawa (fuck all the ppl who turned it into a meme, that song is gorgeous ok), IN MY SPIRIT by Shiro Sagisu, 愛の天使 (masahiro ikumi), ITAINO ITAINO TONDEIKE (Tooboe), IDOL (English EDM cover by Aries Shepard x djJo), GO CRY GO (OxT), Deal with the Devil (Tia), Red Fraction (Mell)

𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒.  ― Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb, Gerald's Game by Stephen King, Pet Semetary by Stephen King, Joyland by Stephen King, SNOWCRASH by Neal Stephenson, like literally any fucking book written by Joe Abercrombie, Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet

𝐆���𝐌𝐄𝐒.  ― Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy VI, Breath of Fire series, Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy XIII, Persona 3: FES, Parasite Eve, Xenogears, Bloodborne, Condemned: Criminal Origins (only reason WHY I bothered with an Xbox + Dragon Age: Origins), Dragon Age Origins & Awakening, Jet Set Radio, Umjammer Lammy ('YOU THINK I'M OLD NOW- I GOT THE SKILLS TO BEAT YOU AND KNOCK YOU OUT'), Space Channel 5, Resident Evil 2 (OG, BAYBEE!!! "I'M S-SORRY, LEON- BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR PARTY... HAS BEEN CANCELLED... :'( AGHGH URRGGH *DIES*", like you cannot even pay people to do voice acting this fucking bad anymore)

Stolen from @visionaryanarchist ♥

[eleemosynecdoche]

mike

Shoe Size?

Maneki-neko, calico, size 24 (3 colors × lucky number 8) (US 8).

Stepping in, handling it?

She's canny, and that means that while she probably could handle it, she would not step in to do so.

Taste in music?

I think Goutokuji Mike would like contemporary EDM and techno. No particular reasoning, just vibes.

Sex, romance, toxic yuri?

Does this cat fuck? I think she does, she's pretty casual about things. I doubt she's found anything lasting yet, though. And I similarly doubt she has anything fucked up going on either. She's kind of a small deal as a person.

General Thots?

Mike is almost a quintessential early-stage Touhou character. She's a folklore figure made into a representation of a whole social world of these folkloric figures, and then extrapolated to one remove- maneki-neko figurines are typically white cats. What about other coat colors? Why aren't there calico maneki-neko? And then this builds out into a world of prejudice and intolerance among aspiring maneki-neko and Mike as an outcast from that world, who lives in the very rural countryside of Gensokyo- or to turn that back around, calico maneki-neko figurines are things of fantasy. (But regular maneki-neko are still able to exist easily in the Outside!)

At the same time, she doesn't have a whole lot of connections to other characters to make her a vibrant subject for creative works. You could probably link her to other mountain denizens, but as she stands, she's an interesting signifier more than a character, at least until we get another print book or a manga chapter or something to give her connections.

[happyk44]

[ID:

Image 1: Pixel art of a person in a white shirt with long green hair and black over-the-ear headphones pointing at the viewer. The caption reads, "Autistics? Are you aware?"

Image 2: With an open smile, the person gestures upwards to a graphic with an open smile. The graphic is seven gray ovals with black text inside, encircling a dark gray circle captioned, "Autism spectrum Disorder". The text within the the ovals:

Motor dysfunction, connective tissue and movement disorders

Seizure disorders and epilepsy

Sensory dysfunction and pain reactivity

GI impairment: Inflammation; small intestine bacteria overgrowth; celiac and non-celiac gluten sensitivity; food intolerances; digestive insufficiencies

HPA dysfunction and abnormal stress response

Immune impairment: Neuroinflammation; allergic disease; auto-immunity; infection

Metabolic disorders: Methylation issues; sulfation and detoxification issues; inborn metabolic disorders; mitochondrial dysfunction; oxidative stress

Beneath the graphic is text next to the person, as if they were speaking. "I've seen a lot of good comics about mental health and autism and the social issues with autism," it reads, "but I'm worried that haven't seen anyone talk about this... Autism is associated with a range of physical conditions as well! Honestly... I'm asking if you are aware because I wasn't..."

Image 3: The person points at themselves. The text reads, "I, uh! Actually had no idea. I neglected to my physical health for decades. I didn't realize, but I was having seizures nearly daily. Seizures can often look very different from how people would guess..."

Image 4: The person, drawn without colour, is lying down on their back, crying and shaking. The caption reads, "I worry that people don't know what seizures look like. My whole life I'd have these random shivers, but no one ever really thought anything of it. A pretty normal sign of a seizure, but they were only once or twice a week. However, I was actually having seizures daily! But it didn't look like that at all -v-."

Image 5: The top half of the image shows the person, still without colour, staring blankly into space. The caption reads, "I'd just space out? Or that's what I assumed it was my whole life, since that's what everyone told me I was doing! It never hurt so I didn't want to complain, but these were actually Absence Seizures. They're my lease favourite because people just think I'm ignoring them :( also I look dumb."

The bottom half of the image shows the person giving a thumbs up with a wide open smile. The caption reads, "I never though to even look up seizures or talk about it with a doctor because it all seemed so normal! And no one told me I was at risk."

Image 6: The caption reads, "Ignoring your health has consequences. Such as feeling suddnely extremely strange in the middle of a cool EDM concert and waking up on the floor, then the medical tent, then the ER -v-." Underneath the text, the person is shown lying down. They have bags under their eyes. Their arms are spread out. Their headphones and phone are on the floor as well. There is a fallen energy drink spilling liquid near their head.

Image 7: The caption reads, "When I went to the doctor, I was hit with, "Uhm, yeah it makes sense you have seizures with this Aspergers diagnosis."

Beneath the text, the person, back in colour with their head phones on, is shaking and pressing the the fingertips of their index finger together. Their eyes are closed. They look tired. "I guess that would have been nice to know before the brain damage and flunking high school," they say.

A hamster standing upright with a nurse's hat and red barrette and holding a clipboard and a pen says, "You wouldn't have been able to understand it because you're autistic! :)"

"Oh," the person replies "Okay cool I guess."

Image 8: The caption reads, "It makes me really worried when I see my autistic peers have these issues too but don't know they might link to autism.. And I don't think allistics are aware of this in the slightest either. Did you know?"

Beneath the caption is the same image from image 3. "I've also always suffered from a low immune system, GI issues and constant infections," the text beside them reads.

Image 9: The caption reads, "If you have an autistic friend, please be aware they might have medical needs. Be transparent about your vaccine status, don't keep your illnesses secret, explain the physical strain of activities you want to bring them on. If you're autistic, be your biggest health advocate. Be aware of your body and your disability. And even when you are told you are confused or over exagerrating, ask for tests if you think you need them."

The image beneath the caption is the same image from image 1, except their eyes are closed. The text beside them reads, "Okay, thank you!"

/end ID]

[writerthreads]

BUILD A STORY WITH YOUR PLAYLIST

Play your playlist(s) on “shuffle”

Whichever genre is, or is the closest to your song will determine a feature of your story!

Allocations are 100% random, this is mainly for fun lol

Shuffle 1: Genre

Rock: short story

Pop: mystery

K-pop: comedy

J-pop: chic-lit

Country: adventure

Jazz/blues/funk: sci-fi

Instrumental: fantasy

Hip hop/rap: dystopian

Musical: romance

Reggae/Latin: horror

EDM: go write an essay/ tragedy

Shuffle 2: Location

Rock: in another dimension

Pop: Oceania

K-pop: on Mars

J-pop: North/South America

Country: Europe

Jazz/blues/funk: Asia

Instrumental: Africa

Hip hop/rap: Antarctica

Musical: moves from one place to another

Reggae/Latin: in the city

EDM: in the countryside

Shuffle 3: Plot/conflict

Rock: a criminal trying to make amends but faces difficulties

Pop: an evil sorcerer/sorceress tries to make friends by posting about themselves on a blog

K-pop: journey for self-discovery after a tragic incident

J-pop: a rich but lonely tyrant

Country: one character trying to find the murderer of their loved one

Jazz/blues/funk: an innocent detective is now the prime suspect of an investigation, what do they do?

Instrumental: someone trying to prove that ghosts do really exist

Hip hop/rap: a vampire trying to mutate their genes so that they’ll be able to walk in broad daylight and undo their garlic intolerance. What could go wrong?

Musical: while ice-skating, someone cracks falls through the ice and discover a whole new world

Reggae/Latin: a character becomes stuck in their computer

EDM: despite their deep feelings for each other, a couple have strongly conflicting views. Neither wants to be the one to initiate the breakup.

Shuffle 4: Your MC

Rock: an alien. Kind, but slow, especially for their species

Pop: a loyal dog

K-pop: a spiritual boss who greatly believes in pseudoscience

J-pop: an impatient and prideful character

Country: an ant. That’s it. It might grow into a human.

Jazz/blues/funk: a condescending alien who thinks humans are dimwits

Instrumental: a greatly sympathetic human (which becomes their weakness)

Hip hop/rap: half human, half alien, with an IQ of 300

Musical: triplets who love causing mischief

Reggae/Latin: an athletic character who uses this skill for other situations

EDM: a character whose honesty always gets them in trouble

If you’ve got genre-focused playlists, I think using “liked songs” (on Spotify) would give you a better collection

[zanybohbot]

Animaniacs Character Headcanons - Pinky

- By the time at the age of 22, he gained a bald spot on his head.

- His mother was born in London, England, which is why he could do a really good Cockney accent he learned from his mother.

- He loves listening to Hip-Hop, especially with Trap/Drill music from newer artists such as Drake, Migos, Polo G, Juice Wrld and Pop Smoke.

- He also loves listening to classic EDM music, especially 2-Step Garage/UKG (mainly from the mid 90s to mid 2000s).

- Allthough Pinky loves cheese, he is lactose intolerant, which he can get really gassy.

- He is of Spanish, Moroccan, Italian, Filipino descent from his dad and English, French and Russian-Jewish descent from his mother.

- Although he's now in his 40s, he's actually a skilled online gamer.

- Pinky often hangs out with Wakko, going out drinking and going to nightclubs.

- Despite Pinky's blood type is O+ as he has high pain tolerance, he often has high blood temperature when he loses his sh*t, whereas to the point he had a heart attack once.

- Even though he's actually smarter in real life then in the show, he's still a dumbass.

- He's often eats junk food but almost never gains weight.

- Pinky consumes so much spicy food and he has almost no problem with it.

- He's 5'11 and 195lbs.

- He loves horror movies.

- His favorite YouTubers he mostly binge watches are KSI, Jacksepticeye, PewDiePie, Penguinz0 and DashieXP.

[reckonslepoisson]

Nurture, Porter Robinson (2021)

Peaks and troughs are, to me, pretty cool clichés in music (and life more generally), and Porter Robinson’s recent sophomore full-length lets me drift around their various applications. I think Robinson aims for peaks. He must. Partly because EDM is so overblown that even its quietest moments are blisteringly loud – but also because of Robinson’s positivity and colour. I can see Robinson’s sonic peaks like a dazzling Guitar Hero tune, like Unknown Pleasures but totally spiked, like an Ableton UI blaring with helpless uplift.

But Nurture’s peaks go beyond the metaphorical. The scale of this stuff is so huge that I feel consumed by visual themes and scenes, achieved by a certain kind of airy, pastoral detail. Forget constructing his own musical world. Robinson has built his own land mass, his own mountain – his own peak, complete with bustling winds, combed grass and fluttering butterflies.

When we come to the troughs of Nurture, I’m feeling less physical, less visual. One of my issues with Robinson’s Worlds was that its lows were so intolerable. I don’t like EDM at the best of times, but clichéd EDM is particularly indigestible. By comparison, the lows of Nurtureare very tolerable. The troughs are shallower: we’re talking ankle-deep, rather than neck-high. That’s cool.

Pick: ‘Get Your Wish’

[xiaosean]

🌺💘🌷 get to know your mutuals ! when you get this, it 🌺🌺💘🌷means someone wants to know more about you, so list 5 things about yourself you want your followers to know. they can be as simple as your age or as complex as your deepest fear, as long as it’s something you’re comfortable with sharing. when you’re done, send this to 10 people you want to get to know better ! 🌷💘🌺

hi ani 😻 tyvm for this ask !!! i’m so bad at talking about myself lmao but here goes:

i know 4 chinese dialects 😁

apparently i’m 159 cm but i swear i look taller irl

i know how to ride a penny board (she’s yellow and mint and real cute)

also super lactose intolerant but i will never turn down a jasmine green tea with cheese foam, half sweet, less boba 😍

my spotify playlist is super organized (c-pop, k-pop, main jams, sad edm)

[theobligatedklutz]

I saw that you like Twenty one Pilots (I love them too!!!) and now im wondering what you think the am kids would listen to?

Oooh, this sounds fun and I already have immediate answers:

Cyrus Goodman

He can’t live without his Vance Joy. TJ finds that out pretty early on when he first enters Cyrus’ room and sees his Vance Joy vinyl collection. 

Cyrus also has all of Hozier’s albums downloaded on his phone. TJ gets Cyrus Hozier’s debut album on vinyl on his fifteenth birthday and Cyrus just about turns into the sun. 

Cyrus is also pretty sure he is in love with Ben Platt and watches Dear Evan Hansen an unhealthy amount of times when he goes to New York to visit his aunts. That’s where his love for musicals start. 

Andi Mack

This girl is so in love with Florence Welch and she’s certain if she ever meets her, she’d burst into tears. 

Anytime, she’s doing a big art project for her class, the most upbeat songs by Florence, Lana Del Rey and Alessia Cara are playing in the background. When she is in one of her meh moods, she plays Summertime Sadness on repeat. 

When Amber finds out that Andi and her have a shared love for Lana, she immediately buys tickets so they can go together.

Buffy Driscoll

She is a huge Beyonce fan. She’s all about that BAMF femme fatale energy. 

Her morning jog playlists consist of a lot of Camilla Cabello and Beyonce’s Lemonade. 

She also dances to a lot of EDM and quickly falls in love with Zedd and Calvin Harris and Kygo. 

Jonah Beck

He loves loves loves Justin Timberlake. Any mention of the man sends Jonah into long conversations about how great he is and how he has been following JT since his NSYNC days and how his voice is god-like. Everyone in the GHC is pretty convinced if it was up to Jonah, he would marry Timberlake. 

Other than that, he’s a pretty hardcore Adele fan. This simultaneously surprises everyone and no one.

TJ Kippen

He listens to a lot of 70s-80s music and I’m talking the likes of Redbone, Fleetwood Mac, Marvin Gaye and Electric Light Orchestra and oh! lots of Queen. He gets most of his love for decade old genres from his parents blasting music on weekends when he was little. 

TJ also loves Twenty One Pilots and The Wombats and by the end of the summer before high school, he converts Cyrus. That’s mostly done during long hot afternoons at the park, with them sharing a pair of earphones and having mini listening parties together. 

They introduce each other to new music all the time and start competing to see who can find the dopest songs to share with the other. Cyrus falls in love with TJ falling in love with music. 

The cherry on top is their shared love of musicals.

Marty from the Party

Marty is so crazy about rap that Buffy is pretty sure she becomes extremely intolerant to the genre but as much as she pretends to hate it, she finds it hilarious when Marty starts breakdancing and lip synching to Drake or Eminem at random times when they’re together. 

He also has a secret love for Ariana Grande that becomes not so secret when Buffy steals his phone and goes through his playlists. 

When Marty gets a car on his sixteenth and starts picking up Buffy, they blast a lot of Post Malone and Ari in the car on their way to school.

Amber 

Amber is a Swiftie first and a human being second. She preorders Lover and when it’s released, she spends all afternoon listening to the album with Andi. They end up having a sleepover because they end up listening to the album fifteen times on loop. Amber finds herself sneakily looking over at Andi every time Lover and It’s Nice to Have a Friend comes on. Andi catches her looking every time because she plans to do the same thing when the same songs come on so they end up just staring at each other, still oblivious to the other’s crush.

[fictionalabyss]

Do 'em all 🤣🤣

You jerk rofl. Okay, this is gonna take a while..

also under a readmore cuz long.

1. describe yourself.- Mel, 32, mom of two, mental health issues, and no idea of who I am or ever was.. lover, fighter, spiteful, friendlier than I’d care to admit. I think that about does it?

2. if you could go anywhere for a week all expenses paid where would it be? I’d be willing to go to a lot of places, honestly. Scotland is top of the list if I can count a wedding as an expense haha.

3. do you have siblings? On my mothers side, no, I’m an only child. On my fathers side, I have a half brother, and two step brothers.  I haven’t seen them since I was 11 though, but they’ve been added to my fb and now ignore my existence there.

4. what is your favorite constellation, why? Don’t think I have a favourite.

5. favorite color. Don’t have one. I like different colours for different things, and even that can change with my mood.

6. what kind of music do you listen to? Pretty much everything. My workout music (basically the only time i have time for music) ranges from the 50′s cowboy and love songs all the way to more current EDM and some metal. You introduced me to Mongolian metal, and I’ve come across and Indian metal band that has a song about fighting depression, and I love them so much. I’m still sad to have missed both Babymetal and Alestorm (Scottish pirate metal) when they came to town. Alestorm actually offered me free tickets if they could name Matrim when I was pregnant rofl.

7. favorite flower. (you can name as many as you want cause flowers are awesome)  Wild flowers. I have violets that grow wild in my back yard and I love them.

8. if you could do magic, what is the first spell you would learn? I think at most, I’d like to learn minor healing, or something that would attract goodness to people.

9. favorite childhood memory.The memory of Pat getting in the baby swing and yelling “push me on the swing, mommy!” and me pushing him as high as I could and leaving him there when he got stuck roflrofl. We were 9, and it’s basically how this relationship started. I was annoyed, he was in love. I’m still annoyed but now we’re both in love.

10. have you ever been cheated on? Not that I’m aware of, but that might not have been for a lack of trying. WORD ON THE STREET WAS one of my ex’s was trying to get with someone else while with me and was turned down.

11. if you could describe your perfect room, what would it be? Big and spacious. Super comfy bed, plenty of pillows. But also a little corner with a fort that I can be little in. Close proximity to both bathroom and kitchen for obvious reasons. Big window with cute curtains. and all the thing my current room has, but less unfolded laundry rofl.

12. favorite animal. Don’t have one, but it for sure isn’t a fkin slug I’ll tell you that. Pete the peeper ruined that for all slugs.

13. what was the last photo you took of? Luke’s new pokemon cards so I could show Pat while he was at work.

14. do you believe in soul mates? I do. I believe that soulmates aren’t just lovers, but that you can have many people that your soul resonates with. I had one, or thought I did, until I was dropped like hot garbage and shit was said behind my back like I’d never find out. The fucked up part, if I got an apology, I’d probably believe them and let them back into my life like I did last time. Because I’m a fucking sucker and a slave to my heart. But the more you hurt me, the harder you have to work for my trust so I’ll probably never get one. Too much work.

15. do you hang toilet paper over or under? I have a toddler, so under so he can’t just unravel the whole fucking thing into the toilet by slapping his hand on it.

16. your go to place to eat & your favorite thing to get there. Greenstop and Poutine. They have this killer brown gravy omg.

17. do you believe everything happens for a reason? yeah. Everything is either a consequence to our actions, or a lesson to be learned. Karma, my friend. And sometimes, bad shit just happens so you have room in your life for better things. That’s how I got you and Kay.

18. guilty pressures? You mean other than 80′s and 90′s one hit wonders?

19. favorite mythical creature, why? Dragon. Cuz...dragon?

20. something most people don’t know about you. Uh.. not everyone knows me to be as friendly as you tumblr peeps do. Truth is, I’m kind of known as a bitch in person. I don’t socialize well because of my crippling anxiety, and have RBF, so people just assume. Others know it as fact because I treat people the way they treat me.

21. where did you grow up, what was it like? at 8, I moved across the street from where I live now. Before that, I lived in ‘The Point’ but most of my childhood memories are of here. A lot of my neighbours are the same people. I grew up in the 90′s, so we use to play in the street day and night and there were no worries. I’d go from park to park, house to house, just wandering from place to place with my friends. No parents, just us, as long as I got everyone back out front by the time the street lights came on, and then it was hide and seek in the dark while all the parents drank on one of the balconies and watched. It’s not like that here anymore.

22. do you believe aliens exist? You’d be an idiot to think that we are the only lifeforms anywhere.

23. what was your last google search? Big Iron by Marty Robbins.

24. what did your last relationship teach you? You really wanna get into that? It taught me that no matter what I know about a person, I don’t know them. If they talk shit about other people to me, they are talking shit about me to other people. It taught me that just because they earned my trust once, doesn’t mean they should get a free pass on it for life, that I should make them keep earning it. And finally, than when they say “I’ll understand if it doesn’t work out” it’s bullshit. I’ll end up tossed aside and forgotten while I break. And when I realize I deserve better and move on, everything becomes my fault.

25. would you relocate for love? depends where. Example : I love Kay, but I ain’t moving to Florida roflrofl.

26. do you hold grudges or forgive easy? Forgive far too easily the first few times. After that, fuck you.

27. favorite book. uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

28. do you consider yourself an extrovert or introvert? Introvert.

29. have you ever kept a journal, do you now? I have attempted to a few times. Didn’t work out. so no.

30. top 5 favorite movies. Porky’s trilogy. Ginger Snaps trilogy. uhhhhhhm.. fuck.. idk, why do you do this to me, I can’t pick favourites.

31. do you believe that everything happens for a reason? We already went over this.

32. what is your greatest fear? Falling.

33. favorite alcoholic beverage. Jack, disarono, Fluffed marshmallow vodka. UPPERCUT. legit, go into a bar and order an uppercut.

34. most embarrassing thing you’ve done. If i could think of something, I wouldn’t tell you guys muahahha.

35. do you believe in ghosts? not sure.

36. what is the best and worst part of your personality? That I’m nicer than I’d like to be. I’m mush. I’m forgiving and kind, and loving and sometimes I hate it.

37. should you split the dinner bill? Who am I at dinner with?

38. are you a good liar? Fuck no roflroflrofl. I’m the worst at it.

39. what keeps you up at night? these days, story ideas.

40. would you rather go without your phone or music? bye bye music.

41. do you believe in god? Nope.

42. how do you relax when frustrated? Mindless game on my phone, nap, or binge something.

43. what’s something that offends you? people. People offend me.

44. favorite food I’m a sucker for a good lasagne. but also cheesecake. I can never have too much cheesecake. I mean, I can, I’m lactose intolerant, but shush. Something are worth it.

45. if you were on a 10 hour flight and could sit and talk to any person the entire time, who would it be? If there’s booze on the flight, anyone. if not, literally no one. I’ll just pound back some Oxazepam and nap. wake me up when we get there.

46. when do you feel the most confident? never. ROFL.

47. what do you do on your free time? What is free time?

48. is there anyone who has completely lost your respect Oh yeah. If you’ve read this far, you might have an idea.

49. have you ever broken someone’s heart? Probably not, no.

50. did/do you play sports in school? In gym class. Oh, and I did that one summer to Tball and hated it.

51. when are you happiest? when I'm asleep.

52. coffee or tea? Tea. fuck your coffee.

53. what is one possession you own you wouldn’t want to live without? internet.

54. what is the first thing you notice about a person? Height.

55. what is your favorite season, why? I love winter, because I love everything looking so white and clean when the snow is fresh. But I also love spring because of the rain, and summer for storms and fall for colors and good weather.

56. what makes you laugh? What doesn’t.

57. are you a clean or messy person? I was given the nickname ‘Messy’ at 10 for a reason. It still applies.

58. what is important for a successful relationship? Be it friendship or romantic relationship, my answer is the same. Trust and Honesty.

59. what was your upcoming like? Do you mean upbringing? I had a single mom who worked all the time. I was pretty independent.

60. favorite holiday? Christmas.

61. what is the first thing you’d do if you won the lottery? pay off debts.

62. what’s the best pizza topping combination? Bacon crumble and cheese. Not bacon bits, fuck that shit. Bacon fucking crumble. its like, little balls of bacon or something and not many places have it anymore *sad panda*

63. favorite outdoor activity. meditation. Does that count? I just like to be barefoot outside.

64. how are you? honestly. It’s 9 am, and I’m already getting frustrated with kids. And I have a soccer game and medal ceremony coming up soooooooooooo.

65. would you rather go camping in the woods or stay at a beach resort? how about cabin in the woods, ooooor a beach resort with woods backing it. yeah.

66. what is the most beautiful thing in nature? everything.

67. favorite type of candy? Don’t got one.

68. if your life was a book, what would be the title? something super depressing, I’m sure.

69. what movie quotes do you use of a regular bases? “Later masturbater” (The Pest)

70. what was cool when you were young but not cool now? Frosted tips, mesh shirts, and snap away track pants on men HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA,. Oh, them early 00′s. I legit saw someone wearing them a few years ago and almost died.

71. what’s the craziest conversation you have ever eves dropped on? dunno hombre.

72. what’s the most interesting documentary you’ve ever watched? uhhhhhhh

73. what’s the worst hairstyle you’ve had? again, 90′s. Mushroom cut with a nike check saved in the back HAHAHAHAHA. Oh man, everyone had that way back when.

74. what do you like to cook? most things.

75. what’s the coolest animal you’ve seen in the wild? wild beavers make me happy.

76. what’s the funniest tv show you’ve ever seen? Japanese game shows. nothing is as funny as japanese games shows. Human Tetris for example is fucking hilarious.

77. do you usually follow your heart or your head? Heart. Unfortunately.

78. what is your favorite quote? I’m not sure these days.

79. what’s the weirdest crush you have ever had? I’m not sure..

80. what’s your love language? I dunno. I legit just had to google what they were, and I’m not sure which.

81. do you ever feel alone? Always.

82. ever been bullied? Far too many times.

83. are you usually early or late? Early, thanks anxiety.

84. what kind of art do you enjoy most? these days, written. But I love paintings the most, i think.

85. what do you wish you knew more about? Everything. If I could, I’d go to school and learn everything that interests me even the slightest.

[alsjeblieft-zeg]

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You are vegan You love animals You have two cats You have at least one dog You only use cruelty free makeup and beauty products You prefer to read fiction rather than nonfiction The Harry Potter series is your favorite book series You dye your hair Your hair is red You have green eyes You are underweight You are average height for your gender You have very pale skin You have terrible posture Your favorite beverage is Mountain Dew You prefer soymilk to any other type of milk You don't really like alcohol You love smoothies and/or boba You're not very active You're extremely lazy You're always tired But you try to exercise sometimes But you don't go to a gym currently You love Mediterranean food You also love pizza and pasta You love trying new restaurants, it's like a hobby You love food in general You mainly base traveling on food/restaurants You've always had a bit of eating disorder though.. You have an autoimmune disease You have a neuromuscular disease You have chronic postnasal drip You have scoliosis You have asthma You are lactose intolerant You are allergic to nuts You have many environmental allergies You have GERD You love to sing You play piano You play flute You know a bit of guitar You write songs You are in a band You have an album released on iTunes/Spotify/Google Play You are pretty good at drawing You love The Sims 4 You make YouTube videos You are subscribed to a lot of YouTubers You watch a lot on Netflix You love sleeping You love alternative/edgy/emo/goth fashion (not emo, it’s cringey) You love doing your makeup You love romance/romantic comedy films You love thrillers You love musicals You love rock music You also love EDM You also love show tunes You love going to concerts You love going to fairs/carnivals You love amusement parks You love visiting family You love Disney You love Pokemon Spiderman is your favorite superhero You also love Venom You take lots of selfies Instagram is your favorite social media site (one of them) You don't understand Twitter You are Jewish You are very open-minded when it comes to religion You are in a long-term relationship You live with your significant other You have seven exes You are straight mainly But you also consider yourself to be bicurious You support gay rights You are pro-choice You are against " building a wall" You believe everyone should have equal rights You are far left politically (I don’t care about politics at all) You are not a virgin You lost your virginity at sixteen You had your first kiss at fifteen You had your first relationship at fifteen You've kissed someone of the same gender You like watching supernatural/sci-fi/thriller TV shows best You hate driving and never do it You are very shy

[iamtaekooked]

                                         CHAPTER 1 || PJM

Genre: Badboy! au, College! au, romance, drama

Word count: 2.1k 

Warnings: Just a lil bit of swearing and mentions of throwing up (just in case anyone has a weak stomach. its not graphic but idk)

SYNOPSIS:

The hate saga between you and baddie of the town Park Jimin rests on two very simple (vanilla) rules: 1.) Hate each other for the rest of your lives and 2.)under no circumstances fall in love with each other. But what happens when one of starts falling for the other? Will passion win or will rage take the game?

A/N: if you want chapter 2 then pretty please let me know whether you like it. Honestly it takes a lot more effort to write than read so I dont want to waste my time writing this if the response isn't worth the work I put in. I hope you guys enjoy this and also thank you for taking the time to read it!❤️ I’ll put out a ch 2 teaser depending on how things go. Enjoy reading :)

 || Ch 1 || Ch 2 || Ch 3 || Ch 4 || Ch 5 || Ch 6 || Ch 7 || Ch 8 || Ch 9 ||

MASTERLIST

Park Jimin was the worst man you ever had the displeasure of knowing. He was cold, rude, arrogant, indifferent to everyone around him. He never cared for anyone but himself. He trampled over people, used them for his own means and discarded them like waste. Everyone loved him, except for you which is why you sometimes wondered whether he seeked you out on purpose. It was a very sick and twisted game the both of you played, but neither of you ever wanted to stop.

“I think you two like each other in a twisted way” Taehyung your best friend would tell you, earning a scoff which was followed by a glare, every single time he uttered the words. No one ever made you feel as frustrated and angry as he did. “You’re wrong. He has it out for me for whatever reason. He doesnt like me” you would state as a matter of factly in turn earning a laugh of disbelief from Taehyung.

Not to mention Jimin was the biggest fuck boy you knew. Not only did he have zero respect for others, he didn’t even respect himself enough to set himself to a good standard because he would fuck anything that had two legs and a vagina.

You really hated him.

He never let any opportunity to mess up your life go amiss. Whether it was purposely making you late for class, or butting his nose in your romantic endeavours and driving your partners away.

“I am the only guy for you y/n” he had told you the time when he had driven away your dumb ex boyfriend by making it look like you had cheated on him. “ Love it or hate it because you are stuck with me princess” After a while you had given up on relationships because Jimin always ensured it didn’t last past one week.

“Thinking about me?” You were startled out of your thoughts as Jimin’s voice rang through your ears. He occupied the seat next to you and you had to stop yourself from retching because the pungent smell of smoke mixed with the cheap beer invaded your nostrils. “Aww was wittle baby missing me? Does precious little Jiminie need an ass kicking” your voice dripped with sarcasm.

Jimin only laughed in response. “ You really do like playing with fire don’t you?” he spoke close to your ear the smell of alcohol making you taste bile in the back of your throat. The next thing you knew, water was dripping from your head and Jimin was laughing as if that was the funniest thing he had ever seen. “ Cool off” he then threw the plastic bottle in your lap and exited out of the bus. You stepped out after him, a scowl making its way onto your face. You wanted to throw the same bottle at the back of his head and you did raise it above your head, but thought better of it, seeing as his best friend Jeongguk had fallen in step beside him. And boy did you want to avoid Jeongguk. If Jimin was trouble, Jeongguk was worse. It would be like inviting a headache for yourself.

The stench of alcohol still lingered in your nostrils. Who drank before coming to college? No one but Park Jimin. You failed to understand why he was so popular despite being the most loathsome human being the history of humanity.

“What the hell happened to you?” your best friend Taehyung jogged next to you and put an arm around your shoulder. “Okay hold on, by the look on your face I can only guess its one thing, rather one person” he paused for effect. You deadpanned in his direction, forcing the both of you to stop in your tracks. “It was Jimin wasn’t it?” he raised his eyebrows and pursed his lips.

“Well no shit Sherlock it was Jimin. Who else could it possibly be?” you huffed in anger before resuming your walk towards the college once more.

Taehyung turned to look at your profile while you gazed straight ahead. He felt bad for you because you had never done anything to anyone, yet Park Jimin felt like he could treat you that way. Taehyung had, on multiple occasions offered to beat up Jimin for you, just to teach him a lesson but you had blatantly refused because you didnt want him getting hurt.

“I know Jimin. I mean I did know him so I can kick his ass you know?” he would tell you, alluding to their now broken friendship. Jimin and Taehyung had been inseparable during your first year of college. They were always joined at the hip and were seen sharing laughs, and jokes with each other. But then Jimin changed and well Taehyung found a friend in you.

“Okay how about this? Lets go to Yoongi’s party tonight” Taehyung suggested to which you shook your head because Jimin would be there. Yoongi was the only person in his previous friend circle that Taehyung kept in contact with. Yoongi was decent enough because he never helped Jimin in making your life hell, but neither did he ever object. So you felt neutral about him.

The cliched vibes you got from the whole situation irked you too much, which was another reason you wished to avoid the party. Because if this was anything like those movies you saw, the countless stories you read you knew you were in for  some kind of trouble. Thats how it always ended at these parties.

“Jimin is going to be there. Go figure genius” your index finger landed in the centre of his forehead as you pushed him away. “ I am going to be there too you know” he got a hold of your finger and lifted it off his forehead.

“Nope. This is not happeneing. No way and dont you dare Kim Taehyung. Do not give me that puppy face” you announced and didnt linger around long enough to give him the chance to pull that pitiful face on you. It always got you. So with a defeated sigh Taehyung followed your lead, wheels turning in his head to figure out a way to make you go. He wasn’t going to give up that easy.

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You had been glaring at Taehyung since you had entered Yoongi’s gigantic house. “ You tricked me” you spat out and narrowed your eyes at him. “ You’re having fun though” he sheepishly replied trying to avoid your eyes as he sipped his drink.

Taehyung had lied to you and said he was going to take you out for a movie to cheer you up. You had complied because what harm could a movie do? But a 30 minute ride later you found yourself in front of a house, the lawn of which was littered with beer cups and puke , and the sound of some faint EDM was drifting into the surroundings. Before you had the chance to object Taehyung’s hand enclosed around your wrist and he was dragging you, quite literally behind himself towards the party.

Fun my ass.

Just as you had assumed Park Jimin was also there and so was Jeon Jeongguk. You avoided them the minute you entered. You forced Taehyung to find a secluded corner and got a promise out of him that he would not leave your side for even a second.

Although you were thankful for his presence and it did diminish some of the awkwardness , a pair of eyes on you was making you feel very uneasy and as you glanced in the direction for the briefest of seconds you saw Jimin staring at you.

Opting to not let your eyes linger you looked away just as quickly and took a sip of the bitter liquid in the cup forgetting that it was beer. Coughing in distaste you physically held the cup away from your body. Glancing at Jimin again you saw that he was watching you with an amused expression and it was the sort of look that indicated he had seen your struggle with the drink.

For whatever reason you felt embarrassed at the thought of him witnessing your intolerance for alcohol. It sort of felt like he was silently laughing at you, which made you feel embarrassed but also angry. You could imagine his train of thoughts running along the lines of you pretending to be tough and cool when really you were just a goody two shoes. You really couldn’t give him a legitimate reason to further demean you.

Even though you had no way of knowing thats what he was thinking, you wouldnt be surprised to find out that it was exactly what he was thinking. Taking his smirk as an unspoken challenge you downed the drink in one breath.

The sounds of your coughing and wheezing made Taehyung’s head turn in your direction as he immediately put his cup away and stroked your back as you coughed. The aftertaste was bitter and you felt as if you had consumed ethanol. Your throat felt like it was closing and you were swallowing way too hard in order to wash the taste down your throat.

You felt the sour acid pooling in your mouth indicating you were about to vomit. Reminding yourself that Jimin was in the same room as you, and barfing in the same was not an option, in breaking gasps you excused yourself to the bathroom.

Making your way through the sea of sweaty bodies and the stench of smoke mixed with alcohol you quickly located the washroom. The smell really wasn’t helping the buildup of acid in your mouth and it was only aggravating the urge to puke.

“Going somewhere?” You heard Jimin’s voice distantly ringing in your ears. As you looked up you found him looking down at you with the same stupid arrogant smile.

“ Get the fuck out of my way” you sighed as you felt the contents of your stomach bubbling up towards your chest.

“And if I dont?” he stepped towards you, and you couldn’t help but think of the consequences. It might just soak his shirt if he didnt let you go into the washroom. You were trying your best to hold it in but you couldn’t really control your body’s physiological reactions.

“You thick headed idio-” you tried saying but he interrupted you again. He really was an idiot wasn’t he?

You gagged and yet Jimin failed to see that you were about to let out the contents of your stomach and he would be in the line of fire.

“ Oh come on. Stay for a while. You’re not just going to-” and then it happened. If only Jimin was bestowed with the ability to process things happening in front of him and pick up on cues this wouldnt have happened.

“Oh shit” he jumped away from you. His face contorted in disgust and he groaned in anger.

“I told you to move away” you responded. You could hear people around you retching and you had never felt so embarrassed in your entire life.

“You fucking idiot” Jimin moved towards you but he was pulled back by jeongguk. For once you were thankful for Jeongguk and for a moment you didnt hate him as much.

“You should have moved when she was heaving dude” Jeongguk took his hands off Jimin’s shoulder an expression of slight disgust painting his features.

Taehyung pushed his way through the crowd that had gathered around the two of you and visibly shivered in disgust at the sight in front of him. “Lets get you home” he put his arm around your shoulders. While making your way out several comments made their way to your ears most of which revolved around how Jimin was going to make you pay for it. Some of Jimin’s fangirl’s were glaring at you as if they would pounce on you any second and kill you.

You wouldn’t mind dying at this second because it was the most embarrassing situation you had ever found yourself in.To make things even worse you had given Park Jimin a legitimate reason to hate you even more. 

You were going to kill Taehyung for putting you into this mess.

[numberonepeacetragedy]

Global Rice Flour market: Industry Analysis and Opportunity and Forecast to 2027

Market Highlights

Increasing health awareness and growing preference for leading healthier lifestyle among individuals are major factors driving the growth of global rice flour market share. Rice flour is nutritious and is extensively used as an ingredient in foods such as breakfast cereals and premixes. Additionally, rice is the staple food for most of the population around the globe.

Rice is gluten-free and so is used in several applications in gluten-free diet. In most of the applications, rice flour is used as a substitute to wheat flour and is also used as a thickening agent. It is considered as an important source of minerals, fibers, vitamins and proteins.

Based on source, the global rice flour market share has been segmented into white rice and brown rice. The white rice flour segment accounted for the maximum market share in 2017 and is expected to grow at a higher rate during the forecast period due high fiber content in the white rice flour. High-fiber foods helps body to eliminate waste and helps lowering the cholesterol levels in the body. Additionally, the factors such as availability and high preference for white rice flour in Asia Pacific is expected to boost the market during the forecasted period. Brown rice flour is mainly preferred in North America, South America and Europe. Therefore, the brown rice flour segment is expected to account for a substantial share in these markets during the forecast period.

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The global market for rice flour has also been classified, by category, into organic and conventional. The conventional segment is expected to dominate the market due to the widespread use of conventional rice flour in the preparation of bakery & processed food products. However, the organic segment is expected to grow at a higher CAGR during forecast period owing to increasing preference and high inclination of consumers towards organic products. The awareness of the benefits of organic products is increasing among the consumers which is expected to drive the growth of the organic segment in the market.

The global rice flour market share is segmented, on the basis of application, the market is segmented into bakery & confectionary, breakfast cereals and premixes, baby foods, sweet & savory snacks and others. Bakery & Confectionary segment is expected to account for major share in the market, due to usage of rice flour as a substitute to wheat flour.

Regional Analysis

On the basis of region, the global rice flour market share has been segmented by North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW. Asia Pacific is expected to dominate the global rice flour market share owing to the increasing prevalence of gluten intolerance and celiac disease, especially in Australia and Japan. Moreover, rice is considered a staple food in most parts of Asia Pacific such as China, India, Japan, Indonesia, and Thailand, which is also driving the growth of the regional rice flour market share.

The rice flour market share in North America is expected to grow rapidly due to the increasing adoption of healthy, gluten-free diets by the rising health-conscious population. Emerging markets such as US and Canada are projected to contribute to the growth of the regional rice flour market share.

Key Players

Some of the key players in the global rice flour market share are Associated British Foods PLC (UK), Ebro Foods, S.A. (Spain), Ingredion Incorporated (US), Archer-Daniels Midland Co. (US), Wilmar International Limited (Singapore), Bunge Ltd. (US), Whitworth Bros. Ltd.(UK), The Soufflet Group (France), Shipton Mill Ltd. (UK), KRÖNER-STÄRKE GmbH (Germany), Belourthe SA (Belgium), Bressmer & Francke (Gmbh & Co.) KG (Germany), and EDME Food Ingredients Limited (UK).

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[tgaoe]

“do you love me?” “only partly”

-a review of the Aubrey and the Three Amigos tour opener in Kansas City-

In the late 90s, in my early teens, I began attending concerts, almost exclusively Christian rock bands. Music, bands, and seeing bands play music, dominated my life. In the days, weeks, months leading up to an anticipated show, after school, before my parents got home, I would play a band’s CD—a live one if available—loud, and “perform” it in full alone in my room with a flashlight for a microphone, lip-synching, giving shout-outs to imagined fans, dancing around maniacally until pouring sweat. Last Sunday at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, for the 15,000 people attending the twice-postponed first date of a massive world tour, pop-rap superstar Drake Aubrey Graham—a grown man five months younger than me—did the exact same thing. Last Sunday night, I watched Drake do over an hour of Drake karaoke. It was adorable. It was Drake at his Drakiest, coasting on charm, giving minimal effort, getting away with it.

I love Drake. I love more Drake songs than I love songs by any other artist, by far. My meticulous Drake playlist, post-Scorpion, contains 96 tracks and lasts six hours and 32 minutes. If statistics equaled favoritism then Drake would be my all-time favorite artist. That said, Drake would likely not even make a list of my twenty favorite rappers, let alone general artists. But I love Drake still, and I think about him and enjoy his music disproportionately to how much the man and his work actually mean to me.  

I love Drake because he, or rather the character he plays—who is not actually a character, but is really him—is simple, but in a complicated meta way that circles around and in on itself. See, Drake is dork. He presents as hard, cool, svelte, smooth, but he knows he is actually a dork, we know he is actually a dork, we know he knows he is actually a dork, and he knows we know he knows he is actually a dork, and all of us together have this tacit agreement to accept this false narrative, to enjoy it because doing so validates the way we sing along in our cars alone to songs to which we cannot relate at all. Drake’s existence as a pop star makes it okay, in theory, for me, a 32-year-old white man who teaches elementary school—the dorkiest of dorks, to rap along with Ice Cube’s “It Was a Good Day” in my car on the way home from school, to pretend to be Cube, as long as I leave out certain words when I do it. Drake makes us feel like this is okay to do because it is what he does on the most massive scale. Drake is a theater kid playing a famous rapper, who also just happened to become the most famous rapper.

Drake’s show on Sunday manifested this idea. Tickets cost as much as $250. Mine cost $151.62 after convenience fees. This single performance netted Drake an estimated $2.25 million—I repeat, two million two hundred and fifty American dollars--and yet this man had the gall to perform without a band, without even a visible DJ. It was just Aubrey out there onstage—except during his three—THREE—extended breaks over the 100 minute set, one of which ate up a full 20 minutes while openers Migos sleepwalked through a surprise encore featuring several more of their dreary triplet trap tunes, sapping the energy from the arena until Drake finally, finally reemerged to begin “Blue Tint,” without Future of course. Well, Future’s voice was there, on recording, while Drake shouted over it.

Drake’s voice was also present on the backing recordings. In fact, earlier I posited the notion the evening was Drake doing Drake karaoke. That was not technically accurate. Karaoke tracks exclude missing lead vocals to make room for the amateurs’ interpretations. What Drake did on Sunday was more akin to what I used to do in my bedroom as a teenager, belting along with CDs. The backing tracks at this show were not backing tracks at all. No, they were the original album tracks, with all Drake’s original recorded rapping intact. Drake would rap over his recorded self roughly 40% of the time. The other 60% he would emphasize certain words, talk to the crowd, dance around the massive stage, generally act as a hypeman for himself.

I have seen dozens of large-scale touring rap shows, and I have developed certain guidelines for what makes a good one. First, and most importantly, an arena-touring rapper needs a solid live band, even if that band plays along with backing tracks. Organic instrumentation makes shows feel raw, real, vital in the moment, like something could go wrong. Last year I saw Chance the Rapper play for a crowd of 40,000, and even though his voice was shot due presumably to an asthmatic episode, the show was fun and good because his band played the music right there onstage.

A real, talented DJ can also suffice as long as the rapper(s) also meet the second guideline I will get to. A DJ that visibly flips records and scratches and mixes in real time can fill the void of a live band. Run the Jewels did this both times I saw them, and they are a titanic live act. Many others have made this work for me as well; Eminem, Wiz Khalifa, and, to an extent, Kendrick Lamar, whose monumental roadshow last summer deserves its own multi-thousand-word writeup.

Second guideline: rappers need to rap live with minimal backing vocal tracks, and along with that they need to be the only vocalists onstage and also know how to use a microphone. I have seen so many rappers scream into their mics with no regard for how torturous doing so sounds to the audience, and have three anonymous buddies onstage doing the same thing. I saw Odd Future twice and they were absolutely disastrous, a cacophony so intolerable that I left their Coachella set before they allowed Frank Ocean his allotted two songs. In hindsight I regret this given what and who Frank became, but that is a digression.

Third, live rappers need to be consummate, energetic entertainers, need to at least seem like they are happy to be there rapping for you. The Migos, who opened for Drake, were the antithesis of this. They had a live DJ(✓), but they moped around the stage oblivious of the audience, like they were at the supermarket perusing tv dinners. I am happy to report, however, that Drake met this third expectation, that, by sheer force of Drakery, because of Drake’s inherent Drakeness, the absence of a live band and the extensive use of backing tracks did not much matter. Drake’s show by its very nature was an exception that proved those first two rules.

Drake live is dork supreme, the epitome of his metacharacter. He triumphs as the sole presence on a huge stage in the center of a hockey arena in front of 30,000 eyes, fully living out the teenage bedroom fantasy of performing on a huge stage in the center of a hockey arena in front of 30,000 eyes. That he barely bothered to actually rap is rendered charming by the fact that the Drake we know on record is absolutely the kind of person who would do that, and it is why we love him. Walking out of the show, rushing back to my car to beat the throngs so I could commence the three-hour night drive home, I had the most bizarre feeling: I was satisfied by a total lack of satisfaction.

An early highlight of Drake’s set was a surprising rendition of If You’re Reading This relative deep cut “Know Yourself.” When the beat cut out before the chorus, the tension hung in the air, and then that massive EDM-like drop hit and the pit crowd went wild, as did Drake, galloping across the stage like a madman. The feeling was electric, screaming along with thousands of other people, RUNNIN. THROUGH THE. SIX. WITH MY WOES.

I wish Drake had done more songs from that era. He played 40 songs, but only one or two each from his first four LPs. He sounded best on hard rap tracks—“Free Smoke,” “Energy,” “Gyalchester,” new classic “Nonstop”—and worst on anything that required him to sing, because apparently Drake cannot sing live, even with autotune, to nobody’s surprise. The only time he audibly sung came during an anemic cover of Michael Jackson’s “Rock With You,” tacked onto the end of “Don’t Matter to Me,” naturally, and he sang it in a bizarre whisper. Drake cannot sing! Who knew!

Watching the crowd lose it for the hits was lovely, as was how Drake absorbed the love and fed it back to the crowd. He may have been acting—he was a professional actor first, after all—but Drake seemed genuinely surprised, or relieved perhaps, that the crowed enjoyed the show.  He saved the monster radio jams for the backhalf of the show, the finale lead-up a suite of unimpeachable chart-toppers; “One Dance,” “Hotline Bling”—including the video’s doofy dancing, which wasn’t that different than the rest of Drake’s dancing, “Fake Love,” “Nice For What”—which may go down as Drake’s greatest pop song, and “In My Feelings.” Arranging those five songs in succession is such a vaunt, a reminder why we all paid so much to be there, why we stuck it out through an interminable hour of Migos.

And then came the fake closer, “I’m Upset.” Look, I love “I’m Upset.” It is hilarious, unintentionally—but maybe not? —and that makes it great. But “I’m Upset” is not a closer, even if everyone present assumes an encore or three is inevitable. Drake mugged his way through the grievance anthem, left the stage, and came back out a minute later to bid us goodnight with what I assume would be a couple more tracks.

The opening synth lines of “God’s Plan” kicked it. The crowd roared. Drake opened his arms in full Jesus Christ/Scott Stapp pose. I could see the finale in my mind. We would all sing along with this jubilant new classic—she say do you love me I tell her only partly I only love my bed and my momma I'm sorry, hahahaha so funny and perfect and petty, so Drake—and then that four-to-the-floor kick/snare would start, each and every one of us suddenly awash in a wave of euphoria as Drake sent us out the doors with “Hold On, We’re Going Home,” quite possibly the greatest pop song of the last decade, an ecstatic moment we would all remember forever, a story to share with our progeny when Drake wins his third Oscar twenty years from now.

But no.

That did not happen.

We got silly to “God’s Plan”—see Drake=God in this equation, and I guess this was church?—and then… the show ended.

Drake and/or his keepers made the confounding, inexcusable decision not to play “Hold On, We’re Going Home.” Of the $151.62 I spent on the ticket, I would say roughly $102. 35 was to see that one song. I do not understand this choice, even a little, especially during a set that featured 16 songs from Scorpion, a record with but four great songs—well, five if we ironically include “I’m Upset.” Okay, six because “Mob Ties” is stupid but a grower. Yet, Drake subbed any of 10 mediocre Scorpion cuts in place of “Hold On.” Come to think of it, he also did not play “Marvins Room.” Or “Passionfruit.” Or “Best I Ever Had,” “Shot For Me,” “Take Care,” “Furthest Thing,” “Legend,” “No Tellin’,” “Back to Back,” “Right Hand,” “Portland,” or “Blem.” Drake had the audacity to karaoke 40 of his own songs and not one of those songs was the song “Feel No Ways.” Hey, Drake, guess what. I’m upset. With you. About this. But not really. But kind of. Eh.

The truth. The truth is that I knew how this show would go, that Drake would lip-sync or not even bother to lip-sync. I knew I would not be satisfied, because satisfaction is not what Drake is for. I knew that Drake could not possibly play all 96 songs of his that I enjoy. I knew he would favor the more recent material because that material is what is getting him paid right now. I knew the cheapest t-shirts would cost $45. I knew that the Migos would suck. I knew all this, but I still chose to pay to be there. I almost always go to shows to be present during them, enjoy them as they’re happening. But with Drake it was different. I paid to be there, not so much to see Drake, but to have seen Drake, to have actively participated in the summer of the year 2018.

A couple nights ago my girlfriend and I were chatting with some her neighbors on their porch, enjoying chilly mason jar margaritas after a long day of oppressive humidity. The conversation inevitably drifted to the topic of recent concerts, as most conversations which include me tend to do since I am unable to speak with a modicum of clarity about much else. The neighbors’ seventh-grade daughter heard me mention that I had recently seen Drake. “Drake… the rapper?” she said, giving me an incredulous look. Rather than dispute this child’s narrow genre classification, I said something like yep, that’s the one. This is all to say, I am now a person who has seen Drake, envy of middle school girls everywhere.

[sekritjay]

Now that that’s out the way, @skybound2 tagged me in a meme! It’s been EXACTLY six months since I last did one. I checked

Get to Know Me Meme                                                        

RULES: answer 30 questions and tag 10 blogs you are contractually obligated to know

Nicknames: Jay

Gender/pronouns: Him

Star sign: Virgo, Earth Dragon, Hour of the Monkey. This is information that I happen to know

Height: 5′8″/174cm

Time: 21.31

Birthday: 3rd of September

Favorite Last band streamed: First Aid Kit (new single out in preparation for their next album. Eh, it’s okay)

Favorite Last solo artist streamed: Tokio Myers

Song stuck in your head: Firefly by BANNERS

Last movie you watched?: The Last Jedi

Last show?: lol, as in theatre? Don’t recall because I was 15 though given the British education system, it was probably Macbeth.

EDIT: I’ve just realised that this probably meant TV. It was QI XL, Sandi Toksvig is an inspired replacement for Stephen Fry

Why did you create your blog?: Been browsing tumblr while bored for a couple of months after I discovered there was this thing called fanfiction and decided to make an account because I felt like talking to my favourite authors

I THINK I was 25 at the time

What do you post?: Fuck if I know. It used to be politics, journalism and videogames but I had less time to write as time when on and now it’s just whatever prattle that first comes to mind

Last thing you googled?: Buddy Guy, one of the progenitors of Chicago Blues music - gotta get that Drack playlist sorted, y’know?

Other blogs: Aye, a music blog, mostly with whatever new music I like that I can find because I’m a hipster - http://sekritmusiglub.tumblr.com AO3: Aye, two years ago I think, in the naive hope I’d have something to post on it. I let it mothball and have never logged back in

Do you get asks?: Nah, not active enough

How did you get the idea for your URL?: Jay is always taken, everywhere I go so I had to append the name of what was then my gaming community. Nowadays it just makes me sound like an inept and barely literate spy attempting to stumble his way out of the closet

I follow: 109 people and I still struggle to keep up with the dash

Followers: 285, all of whom I owe an apology

Average hours of sleep: 6-10 hours, simultaneously far too much and not nearly enough

Lucky number: lolwat

Instruments: None, though I did have some good ideas when I was fiddling with my school’s EDM software back in the day. I skipped the music altogether though as I was one of the kids in the back of the class using the keyboards to make farting noises

What are you wearing?: A tedious white t-shirt and jeans combo. I was wearing my kitchen gear earlier but it’s now covered in duck giblets and blood so I had to put it in the wash

Dream job: War correspondent. A bit high-and-mighty I admit, and lost it’s relevance now that the West has joined in the madness but it’s still something I feel we need more of these days

Dream trip: Literally anywhere if I had an unlimited budget. Can’t stand not moving, not discovering

Favorite food: ITALIAN. Despite my lactose intolerance I fucking adore pasta

Significant other?: Lol, no. Let me sort out my own house first, know what I mean?

Last book I read: Political Order and Political Decay by Francis Fukuyama. I don’t even remember the last novel I read end to end

Top 3 fictional universes: Can I skip this question?

Should I tag? I’ll tag some new people - @faejilly, @rembelll, @silencedminstrel, @jvcol, @bettydice

[kevindurkiin]

Liquid Stranger Makes Statement Regarding Space Jesus Sexual Assault Accusations

Liquid Stranger this morning released a statement acknowledging and responding to the many sexual assault accusations against Space Jesus. Space Jesus was tangentially involved during the major Datsik accusations in 2018, but for whatever reason, his involvement was pushed to the side.

Since then, as we’ve come to learn, many others have continued to come forward about their experiences with the artist, to the point that an Instagram account called @evidenceagainstspacejesus was created with screenshots of posts from many different women. These accusations ranged from “feeding” underaged girls drugs on the tour bus, statutory rape, forcing girls to have sex in front of his friends, harassment, assault, and more.

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SJ was 32 years old in 2018 (when he was on the datsik tour).

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“Space Jesus is being accused of actions that are intolerable,” Liquid Stranger says in his statement. “We cannot ignore the women who are accusing him of these actions and he must address their accusations.”

He continues, “It has been over two years since Space Jesus released music on WAKAAN. We rarely speak. We’ve been on separate paths and walks of life for a long time. If I had witnessed anyone acting in this manner, I would have intervened.”

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— Liquid Stranger (@LiquidStranger) June 26, 2020

When the accusations against Datsik first came out, and Space Jesus was on that tour, he released a statement that included: “Consent is an extremely important subject that must not be taken lightly. I was raised by a strong mother who taught me the importance of valuing and respecting women, and I would never knowingly act in a way to compromise a woman’s integrity. […] I DO NOT support sexual abuse in any way […].”

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— MF NOOM (@spacejesus) March 15, 2018

Space Jesus has not made any acknowledgement of the statement or these newer accusations at time of publishing. The account @FMUOASL posted a screenshot of Twitter from a moderator of Space Jesus’s Facebook group that a statement is apparently coming.

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