From my experience in music, drummers are always in demand

I didn’t want to edit my post again so I’m posting it here:

OP, if you’re socially anxious at those local shows and don’t know what to talk about – tell them you play drums and are looking for people to play with The quote I’m replying to is 100% accurate.

I’m not sure if there’s a music scene near you, but the best thing you can do for yourself and your kinsman is to see as many local shows as possible. If you go to enough, even if you don’t talk to anyone – you may get recognized and make friends without having to do much.

That said, if you see some reoccurring faces – those are usually the people to talk to. They seem to know everyone. Most local music scenes have a brotherhood mentality.

That’s how I integrated myself into the local scene, which provided a nice 10 year stint of touring. From my experience, music scenes tend to draw in a fair amount of neurodivergent people, so you won’t be alone.

We’re no longer a democracy, and the only way we can ever return to being one is if we elect a string of dictators who feel disinclined to push their power as far as it can go

The right to bear arms is provided to protect yourself from tyranny, both foreign and domestic. Less than 250 years ago we gave Great Britain the finger.

One thing I admire about the French is their ability to remind those in power who they should be working for, forcibly.

I got one a month ago. $200 out of pocket. I feel great. Cheapest $200 I’ve ever spent.

That’s funny, you’re the second person today to mention Cosmic to me. I hadn’t seen it yet – now I’m interested as well.

Good point! I forgot Zorin is actually based on Ubuntu. Thanks for the reminder.

I’m salty on Red Hat and won’t touch anything near it.

I recommend Zorin because it’s Debian based and I’ve been running Debian Stable for over 20 years. If there’s an issue I can probably help.

I can’t hear the difference between 192 and 320, but my ears are shot – the whole library is in 320 kbps because to hell with the drive space.

I wonder if it’s some kind of weird shadow ban.

I was feeling something similar last year. I’ve been following Maslow’s motivational model since then and things have only improved.

Table Games Dealer here. “Help us make money” – listen, if the dealer knew how to beat the house they’d be a player. The dealer is a terrible player, that’s why they’re on their side of the table.

Harley Poe

GGn usually has everything

Yeah, except a way in.

Damn thing won’t even track steps when I’ve got a purse on.

I wonder what life was like before the summer sun actively tries to kill us.

Preaches hate. Receives hate.

Whisker Squadron: Survivor

Get bent.

It’s a trap!

1/10 is still relatively significant. I would’ve figured that figure was lower.