I really fucking hate the word "monetize" but it will be a useful indicator of who should be first in line for the gulags, so maybe I'll have to put up with it for a while.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 10 January 2020 11:38 (four years ago) link
I sort of wish there was a better word for what people really mean when they say "nature," i.e. bucolic settings, outdoor space, greenery, fresh air. None of this is necessarily "nature." People even refer to farms as "nature" when they are very far from natural. "Nature" is often miserable and something to be escaped. A lawn with a small patch of woods behind it is as man-made as the house overlooking it.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 15:23 (three years ago) link
otm, i'm always trying to get architecture students to be more precise about this. pretty much everybody wants their building to "connect with the nature" but what exactly that means to you, and how you're going to do it architecturally, is a space of ten thousand possibilities.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
and, like, why it's supposed to be a good thing!
“project”It’s an album or an EP. Why did this new term take hold?
― Washington Foosball Team (morrisp), Thursday, 13 August 2020 22:30 (three years ago) link
Maybe someone told them “Use other words please.”
― rob, Thursday, 13 August 2020 22:39 (three years ago) link
No fan/listener would say it — “Have you heard (artist)’s new ‘project’?” So why do artists use it?
― Washington Foosball Team (morrisp), Thursday, 13 August 2020 22:42 (three years ago) link
i would have asked the same thing about the word 'artists' tbh
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 13 August 2020 22:53 (three years ago) link
make a certain sense from the artist’s pov tho - these days who knows in what form(at) the stuff you’re working on will see the light of day: mixtape? album? EP? or god forbid, only a few scattered singles or buzztracks?whereas the fan/listener only sees the end productplus projects are cool of course
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 13 August 2020 23:16 (three years ago) link
isn't 'project' used to refer to it when its in its embryonic state, just to suggest that they're in the process of assembling the album/EP?
seems p harmless to me.
― popeye's arse (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 August 2020 23:22 (three years ago) link
Nah, it’s used for the finished product: https://nypost.com/2020/08/07/victoria-monet-jaguar-interview-album-project/
― Washington Foosball Team (morrisp), Thursday, 13 August 2020 23:32 (three years ago) link
i saw some great artists last night at brownie's. man, some really good performances. i can't wait to hear the new projects they're working on.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 13 August 2020 23:35 (three years ago) link
I blame Alan Parsons
― rob, Thursday, 13 August 2020 23:39 (three years ago) link
make a certain sense from the artist’s pov tho - these days who knows in what form(at) the stuff you’re working on will see the light of day: mixtape? album? EP?
this is otm
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Thursday, 13 August 2020 23:40 (three years ago) link
The line btw “mixtape” and “album” seems to have become blurred, but that’s another story.
― Washington Foosball Team (morrisp), Thursday, 13 August 2020 23:46 (three years ago) link
I was thinking about how people often start a follow-on sentence with ‘Indeed...’ when they’re writing but rarely when speaking. I’m not a fan, but indeed, it’s often a useful way to show your workings out
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 14 August 2020 00:10 (three years ago) link
It makes sense with the likes of Ty Segall or Ethan Miller, who lead a few different bands at any given time. But for a specific release, no.
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Friday, 14 August 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
I say "Indeed" in face to face conversations all the time. It's a very useful word.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 15 August 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
I don’t say “indeed” (in speech or writing) — though sometimes I do try to write using my “speaking voice,” and the language ends up sounding impoverished. Hemingway I’m not, I guess.
― Get your filthy hands off my asp (morrisp), Saturday, 15 August 2020 01:49 (three years ago) link
OK, I laughed at it here. I guess she uses the term b/c it’s more than an EP, but less than an album?https://i.imgur.com/vKnc67w_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
― Get your filthy hands off my asp (morrisp), Saturday, 15 August 2020 05:37 (three years ago) link
"classically trained"
I feel like "self-taught"/"autodidact" is the inverted equivalent of this. Brought to mind by:
His mother Susan Collier is a violinist, conductor, and professor at the Royal Academy of Music's Junior Academy.[8] Collier's maternal grandfather, Derek Collier, was a violinist who also taught at the Royal Academy and performed with orchestras around the world. Collier says, "We sing Bach chorales together as family – it's just so much fun."[7]...Collier attended Mill Hill County High School in north London and The Purcell School for Young Musicians in Bushey, Hertfordshire.[11] He briefly studied jazz piano at the Royal Academy.[12]... Collier received the ABRSM Gold Medal for the highest mark in the country for his grade eight singing result in 2008.[14]...Collier is a self-declared autodidact.
Collier attended Mill Hill County High School in north London and The Purcell School for Young Musicians in Bushey, Hertfordshire.[11] He briefly studied jazz piano at the Royal Academy.[12]... Collier received the ABRSM Gold Medal for the highest mark in the country for his grade eight singing result in 2008.[14]...
Collier is a self-declared autodidact.
― Sharp! Distance! (Sund4r), Sunday, 3 January 2021 00:14 (three years ago) link
“jabs”“shots in arms”luv 2 see it happening; but cringe when I encounter those words, for some reason
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
It’s either that or ‘microchipped’.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:04 (three years ago) link
How do u feel about "fauci ouchie"
― illumi-naughty (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:11 (three years ago) link
lol, the worst
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link
I mean they literally are "shots" so I don't get the second one, unless it's just the "in arms" part you object to
― if you meh them, shut up (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link
Yeah, maybe there’s something kind of dehumanizing about it? It feels sort of like a military-style figure of speech (akin to “boots on the ground”)... guess there’s nothing inherently wrong with that—a military campaign metaphor is not inapt here—I don’t know why it bugs me. I’d be fine with just “shots.”
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:22 (three years ago) link
pump n dump
― lord of the ting tings (map), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:29 (three years ago) link
sorry
I think "shots in arms" is public health jargon. It does sound kind of militaristic, but it's the way doctors think.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:29 (three years ago) link
Yeah it would refer to vaccine doses actually deployed in disease control, as opposed to available reserves. “Jab” is twee English public school slang and I wince every time I hear it.
― assert (MatthewK), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
I suppose you can only say “administered vaccines” so many times (especially in a short communication that already uses the words “vaccine supply,” “vaccinated,” and “vaccinators”).
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:53 (three years ago) link
it’s akin to “bums on seats” which is even more unpleasant
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 21 February 2021 01:26 (three years ago) link
Yea who sits that way. I sit on my head
― if you meh them, shut up (Neanderthal), Sunday, 21 February 2021 01:30 (three years ago) link
“tirelessly”
― Wile E. Galore (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 March 2023 13:24 (one year ago) link
^still don’t like this one
― Cosmo’s Hacienda (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 May 2023 14:17 (ten months ago) link
"loosies" (for unreleased songs)
― Unidentified rogue Jedi (morrisp), Friday, 19 May 2023 22:22 (ten months ago) link
Thought it meant singleton cigarettes for sale in a bodega.
― I & I, Claudius (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 May 2023 22:26 (ten months ago) link
Ok boomer
― enochroot, Saturday, 20 May 2023 02:20 (ten months ago) link
ok fine, I've only ever heard "loosies" used that way in one place (an ad for a podcast). But that term is absolutely what makes the ad annoying. morrisp OTM.
― enochroot, Saturday, 20 May 2023 02:25 (ten months ago) link
“unserious”
― just sayin, Friday, 9 June 2023 08:54 (nine months ago) link
I've never heard this
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Friday, 9 June 2023 08:58 (nine months ago) link
You should Yahoo unserious
― Alba, Friday, 9 June 2023 13:26 (nine months ago) link
Joke worked better in 1998
Lol, took me a while.
― CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 9 June 2023 13:30 (nine months ago) link
lol
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 9 June 2023 14:57 (nine months ago) link
needle drop
― omar little, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 18:02 (seven months ago) link
Yes, when did this become a thing all of a sudden?
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 23:44 (seven months ago) link
when the first Interpol vinyl pressing came out
― earosmith (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 23:53 (seven months ago) link
this is why we can't have nice things
― budo jeru, Friday, 18 August 2023 22:50 (seven months ago) link