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I thought "early Autechre was best" was always kind of the majority opinion though admittedly anyone who's stuck with them to this point probably actually enjoys the sensation of a floor buffer rattling their brain

frogbs, Friday, 20 April 2018 13:54 (eight years ago)

Gantz Graf is also my favorite. I feel like I used to be an outlier with this opinion, but I think these days among autechre fans the Confield/Draft/Untilted era is considered the best by many if not by most.

I guess there's probably lots of people who like 90s autechre who don't really consider themselves big autechre fans, though. I can't imagine this is the case much for 00s/10s autechre.

silverfish, Friday, 20 April 2018 17:10 (eight years ago)

"Beau Bridges is a really terrible actor."

he got better as he got older.

scott seward, Friday, 20 April 2018 17:22 (eight years ago)

I'm kind of amused at the idea of someone wanting to get into Autechre for the first time and just being like "okay, I'll just grab their latest album..."

frogbs, Friday, 20 April 2018 18:00 (eight years ago)

lol that was me in 2016

flappy bird, Friday, 20 April 2018 18:00 (eight years ago)

Draft 7.30 was the first one I bought.

No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, 20 April 2018 18:01 (eight years ago)

But picking up a quintuple album as your introduction would be pretty intense, I agree.

No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, 20 April 2018 18:02 (eight years ago)

xpost he got worse as he got older!

Yerac, Friday, 20 April 2018 18:02 (eight years ago)

i didn't buy it i streamed it... i think
then i got Incunabula on vinyl and wasn't into at all, sold it last summer. i like the Garbage EP

flappy bird, Friday, 20 April 2018 18:04 (eight years ago)

Gantz Graf is also my favorite. I feel like I used to be an outlier with this opinion, but I think these days among autechre fans the Confield/Draft/Untilted era is considered the best by many if not by most.

― silverfish, Friday, April 20, 2018 6:10 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

In say 2002-2005 I felt like Autechre fans were all "STFU with that ridiculous novelty noise thing" but everyone who's still onboard now seems to agree with me that it's the best distillation of the Autechre concept, or the concept as it was at least.

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 20 April 2018 18:24 (eight years ago)

And in related news I just showed the video to my kids (aged 3 and 7) and they said it was "awesome" so that probably settles it.

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 20 April 2018 18:30 (eight years ago)

Boiled meat is delicious

badg, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 00:25 (eight years ago)

you meant simmered, surely. outright boiling makes meat tougher and less flavorful.

A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 01:17 (eight years ago)

Wrong

Boiled sausage and bratwursts are delicious

As are some boiled meats in east asian cuisine

F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 01:21 (eight years ago)

nyc street dogs are boiled and are the best hot dogs in the world so yes

flappy bird, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 01:21 (eight years ago)

ground meat has already had its fibers thoroughly mangled, so it can stand boiling better without as much toughness.

but are you sure a nyc street vendor keeps a rolling boil going? seems like it would be a lot more energy intensive and would lessen their profits by that much, compared to keeping to a low simmer. I ask out of ignorance, never having been to nyc.

A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 01:40 (eight years ago)

Pretty sure hot dogs are already cooked; they are kept in hot (not boiling) water just as a means of ensuring they are warm when you want to eat them.

ad homineminem (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:52 (eight years ago)

people streaming video on phones are probably garbage.

Hunt3r, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 14:51 (eight years ago)

My mom boils the crap out of meat and sausages. She does this so she can remove all the sodium and then trick my dad into thinking he got his snausages.

Yerac, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:37 (eight years ago)

controp: Seeing a film on a phone is better than not seeing it. Yay phone films.

Frederik B, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:51 (eight years ago)

Are laptops acceptable for streaming? I say this because I think people who automatically turn on the tv and need it on when they wake up, when they get home from work or when they are just home are worse.

Yerac, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:57 (eight years ago)

that's i think a good point yerac- what is more garbage-y, constant background blather, or interfering streaming?

i think the proposed opinion depends on the scope of the device. is it a highly mobile attempt to consume a streaming video (esp long-format) in an inappropriate venue?

part of me looks at that controversial opinion and thinks it is ridiculously old-fashioned, like when your dad claimed that the public mobile consumption of _any_ food was rude and inappropriate, an atrocity! and you're like, "dad, i'm 9 and it's ice cream, i think we're good."

Hunt3r, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 16:20 (eight years ago)

anti-MSG hysteria is a net benefit to Americans; you will all regret it when Guy Fieri hops on the pro-MSG train.

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 17:16 (eight years ago)

There is nothing whatsoever virtuous about a small town.

valorous wokelord (silby), Friday, 4 May 2018 22:41 (eight years ago)

Most jobs should be done by robots.

valorous wokelord (silby), Friday, 4 May 2018 22:45 (eight years ago)

100% agree with the latter, not sure about the former but i grew up in a large city so my view of small towns/suburbia is probably rosy-eyed

flappy bird, Saturday, 5 May 2018 03:59 (eight years ago)

If you tell me one guy has a wife and two healthy kids and a good job, and another guy is homeless and on drugs and has served 10 years in prison, then ask me who's the better guy, I'll need a lot more information

I am Larry Bird I always make the trey (rip van wanko), Saturday, 5 May 2018 04:12 (eight years ago)

here with you on that rvw

flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 May 2018 04:22 (eight years ago)

that opinion seems entirely reasonable to me

A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 5 May 2018 04:43 (eight years ago)

nah, reaching

.b derf (darraghmac), Saturday, 5 May 2018 08:05 (eight years ago)

Yeah, 'goodness' is a nebulous concept which is often gauged in terms of one's facility at maintaining a public face of 'goodness' which others find sufficiently convincing.

Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Saturday, 5 May 2018 12:34 (eight years ago)

The greatest gift I can give myself IMO is to never fall into the pernicious trap of uncritically perceiving myself to be a 'good person'.

Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Saturday, 5 May 2018 12:36 (eight years ago)

A guy with a wife, job and two kids and the homeless convict on drugs...the only two types of people in the world. I also think most jobs should be done by robots. Except driving. Well, except I would watch nascar for the first time if it was all driverless cars.

Yerac, Saturday, 5 May 2018 12:52 (eight years ago)

Especially if they were really shitty at driving. That would be amazing.

Love Theme From Oh God! You Devil (Old Lunch), Saturday, 5 May 2018 13:10 (eight years ago)

Can’t be worse than humans

obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Saturday, 5 May 2018 13:59 (eight years ago)

I think most drugs should be done by robots.

Kanye O'er Frae France? (Tom D.), Saturday, 5 May 2018 14:46 (eight years ago)

I think they should be done by me

hepatitis groan (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 5 May 2018 14:50 (eight years ago)

I’ve heard of “drone rock” but this (this drone smoking crack) is ridiculous!

type your stinkin prose off me, ur damned qwerty uiop (wins), Saturday, 5 May 2018 14:52 (eight years ago)

People who abuse drugs are ruining it for everyone else.

Yerac, Saturday, 5 May 2018 14:59 (eight years ago)

cocaine should be legal. i should be able to go to the corner store and get my smokes and a gatorade and a good clean gram.

but crack can stay illegal.

scott seward, Saturday, 5 May 2018 15:02 (eight years ago)

snoball has jacked wins' account

I am Larry Bird I always make the trey (rip van wanko), Saturday, 5 May 2018 15:02 (eight years ago)

cocaine should absolutely never be made legal

flappy bird, Sunday, 6 May 2018 01:25 (eight years ago)

coffee should be made illegal

Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 6 May 2018 01:26 (eight years ago)

wow, no

flappy bird, Sunday, 6 May 2018 01:35 (eight years ago)

depressed people are selfish and abusers

F# A# (∞), Sunday, 6 May 2018 03:28 (eight years ago)

wow, all of them? who knew

A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 6 May 2018 03:59 (eight years ago)

damn. thread fuckin delivers

flappy bird, Sunday, 6 May 2018 05:46 (eight years ago)

yes i realise this is the controversial opinions thread but that is going way too far. sorry. not funny. not funny at all. coffee is literally life, hands off.

karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 6 May 2018 09:43 (eight years ago)

Who Cares how One streams a movie? A persons character means more than they vacuous Vortex they filter media through.

Dyslexicon (Ross), Sunday, 6 May 2018 10:07 (eight years ago)

The ***

Dyslexicon (Ross), Sunday, 6 May 2018 10:08 (eight years ago)


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