#like i 100 % support people who use it as a dsmp song its just the Funny Feeling. you know the one

[bowenoke]

So I only just listened to The fall and I did just skim the lyrics and Yep. That's politics. That's very much politics. Thankyou for talking about the UK politics everyone has just been posting "oh yeah this song has c!wilbur vibes"

ITS SO MUCH POLITICS

I get why it's not people's first reading, though! This one is a little less obvious than like... "swore she'd never kiss a tory," especially to an audience who don't know about UK politics or aren't thinking about wealth inequality.

Plus, there's really thick themes of mental illness, so if you don't pick up on Across the Pennines (they divide two economically distinct areas of England), the Thin Blue Line, and the "painting all the counties blue" (aforementioned conservatives) it could be a song about having enough and feeling bad that your mental health is still shit. Sure, an Audi R8 with custom plates is a little extravagant, and what's that bit about grocers mean?

Once you know that stuff though... dude. Oh my god. I love this song so much. Holy shit. Talking about mental illness and apathy in the face of systemic inequality and how those two things sort of intermingle and make each other worse and worse- Lovejoy killed it with this one.

Seeing people turn this into a c!Wilbur song fills me with the exact same funny feeling as people making Jubilee Line a dsmp song, but with the addition of it being Very Recent. Like, I'm sure Lovejoy/Wilbur is just happy people are enjoying the music, it's just kinda weird to watch. But I'm not judging, it's a bop no matter how you listen.

[kiuda]

I've been thinking recently about how much the Dream SMP has given me, so I wrote it down.

It got kind of long and also probably full of mistakes, sorry about that! ^^'

Some backstory, that you can 100% skip: I've been fortunate enough to have a pretty consistent group of friends over the years. I have several friends that I can't imagine my life without at this point. They helped me in a very difficult time and I can message them at any point, even if we don't talk for a few days or weeks. It's just how it is.

Anyway - during covid we met maybe 2 times. Not all of us - both times we had 2 or 3 people there max. I miss them a lot.

And last year I was introduced to the dsmp by a recommended youtube video! It was an hour long recap of the L'Manburg independence war. I watched that video. Then I watched another one. And an animation by SAD-its. And then I watched a stream. And another one. And another one. And I've been watching dsmp for a few months now.

Where am I going with this? Well... I guess I want to say that the dsmp helped me, because I got to (and continue to) witness so many friendships start and/or become stronger. I get to watch friends flirt openly. I get to see them laugh at stupid jokes, tease each other, but also support each other. Care for each other.

They are so important to me, because that is one of the greatest things you can have in life - a friendship so real, that it doesn't matter how long you haven't seen each other, it doesn't matter if you don't like something the other person does - you do it together anyways, because you just want to spend time together.

I see them support each other and I am reminded of my friends, who don't recognise the characters from my drawings, but are willing to look at them and tell me if they look good. They remind me of my best friends, with whom I have long, meanigful conversations in the evenings and silly 'arguments' over the best shape of pasta in the mornings.

They remind me that love isn't always romantic. I love my friends. And I can see that Dream SMP members love each other.

They support each other any chance they get. Remember when Mask or Roadtrip were released? Or when Your New Boyfriend came out? When Lovejoy released their first album? How all of them promoted them? How they continnue to listen to the songs on stream?

Have you noticed how happy they are when they join a VC together? Especially during late streams, when half of them are falling asleep, but still want to be there.

Do you see how ready they are to defend each other? To help others? How they are happy to donate to the same cause or to the other members?

Can you see how fond the OG members are of each other when they talk about their memories together? How they remember fondly even the weirdest and stupidest stories?

Maybe I'm just sappy today, but I am very glad youtube decided to recommend me that video that day. I'm glad I decided to watch it. Because that decision allowed me to not only be a part of great community here, bot only see those friendships, but also make new friends myself :D (you know who you are and I want you to know that I appreciate you very much <33)

I am glad that Dream and George decided to play survival that day. I'm glad Dream saw the opportunity to boost other creators and that he took it. I'm glad they all want the same in the end - show us an incredible story while having fun.

As one post once said (that I will never be able to find) - new members of the dsmp are congratulated not only because that is a great chance to grow and make money, but also because they are entering a wonderful community and are going to make beautiful friendships along the way, that will hopefully last way longer than server does.