Periphery Megathread: Everything Periphery

[PiggySmallz]

This thread is quickly becoming one of those large corporate emails where someone accidentally CCs the entire company by mistake and then you get 100 emails in a row of different people being asked to be removed from the email list and telling each other not to hit reply all. Then the server crashes. Yet here I am "replying all". This thread is absolutely hillarious to me

 

[Flappydoodle]

To be clear, I didn't say that it's morally wrong, or that he's not entitled to ask for whatever he wants. It's a free market and I have no problem with that.

I just said it was greedy behaviour, which is true.

This supported by the fact that they haven't sold and the prices are getting cut. So it wasn't emotional attachment and "maybe I'd consider it if $X is met".

It was just simple opportunism and greed Again, he's entitled to do it but it's amusing to see people squirming to avoid that fact. As I pointed out before, from a guy who will promote almost anything for a paycheck, it's hardly a huge shock.

 

[Genome]

Of bacon. Which would be in the ballpark of the actual price.

I'd seriously consider that

 

[G_3_3_k_]

To be clear, I didn't say that it's morally wrong, or that he's not entitled to ask for whatever he wants. It's a free market and I have no problem with that.

I just said it was greedy behaviour, which is true.

This supported by the fact that they haven't sold and the prices are getting cut. So it wasn't emotional attachment and "maybe I'd consider it if $X is met".

It was just simple opportunism and greed Again, he's entitled to do it but it's amusing to see people squirming to avoid that fact. As I pointed out before, from a guy who will promote almost anything for a paycheck, it's hardly a huge shock.

I should be clear. My disdain for capitalism isn’t an attempt to determine what others should do with him offloading this gear. I just think it’s gross, and definitely greedy. People were voicing their opinions on it, so I threw mine into the mix. I don’t expect it to change any minds. If someone wants to spend their money this way, they are certainly as entitled to do that as I am to have an opinion on it.

 

[Jonathan20022]

Adorable.

Survival necessitates participation in it. That doesn’t mean I agree with it, or that I’ll not undermine it wherever possible.

Topic for another thread, but this is verifiably false.

There isn't a single socdem figurehead that lives even a tenth of their values, people unironically make excuses of survivability for people that are thriving under capitalism.

No one asks the individual to die for their cause, but everyone becomes a capitalist when they have something worth losing. When all it takes is an earnest effort to represent your core beliefs.

 

[SCJR]

This reminds me of people getting more mad at professional athletes for making millions and (mostly) not bothering anyone but never consider how the owners made their millions or billions through their companies. Probably not by being the friendliest to the environment or the working-level citizen.

Greed is the proper thing to disdain but I think Misha or anyone comparative in any other niche market are hardly the level to be mad at.

Edit: Should have said comparable and not comparative and I couldn't let it go

 

[Cockandballs]

Why are we touching grass?

I posted the original comment about the sale and have not commented since because of how much a shitshow this thread quickly went.

Guys, if you don't like it, here's the good news, you don't have to buy anything or really do anything about it. Move on, touch grass.

 

[Dayviewer]

So eh....anyone excited for the new album?

 

[Kaura]

So eh....anyone excited for the new album?

All the bullshit on this thread aside, I completely forgot they even had a new album under work. Didn't they hit the studio (aka Misha's bedroom) back in early 2020?

 

[A.JohnHayes]

Topic for another thread, but this is verifiably false.

There isn't a single socdem figurehead that lives even a tenth of their values, people unironically make excuses of survivability for people that are thriving under capitalism.

No one asks the individual to die for their cause, but everyone becomes a capitalist when they have something worth losing. When all it takes is an earnest effort to represent your core beliefs.

Mick Lynch.

 

[Emperoff]

Honestly, I don't give a flying fuck about the price Misha is selling his guitars, and neither should you. If somebody is willing to pay +20k for a guitar because (insert random reason), just let them. It only proves there are always people stupid enough to buy shit if you market it right. And those people are very necessary to keep the flow of Lambos coming.

For some people Misha will be like the Kurt Cobain to others who also pay fortunes for the shit he owned. It's just how the collector's market works.

 

[Dayviewer]

All the bullshit on this thread aside, I completely forgot they even had a new album under work. Didn't they hit the studio (aka Misha's bedroom) back in early 2020?

Yea I think they did a lot of writing back then, right now they are recording all the final stuff I think, Matt posted he was starting to record drums not too long ago, guessing it will be early '23 release.

 

[nickgray]

Misha will be like the Kurt Cobain

Let's hope not though

 

[narad]

Topic for another thread, but this is verifiably false.

...is it? Seems pretty true to me. You can't live in a socialist society by yourself.

At any rate, your personal participation is kind of pointless. You can be in favor of reducing plastics at the corporate level, and still buy and dispose of that shit all day long. Your individual contribution to these problems is insignificant. Wanting an industry to produce 500 millions of pounds fewer plastics a year is only superficially related to your decision to drink 50 bottles of sprite.

 

[Jonathan20022]

...is it? Seems pretty true to me. You can't live in a socialist society by yourself.

At any rate, your personal participation is kind of pointless. You can be in favor of reducing plastics at the corporate level, and still buy and dispose of that shit all day long. Your individual contribution to these problems is insignificant. Wanting an industry to produce 500 millions of pounds fewer plastics a year is only superficially related to your decision to drink 50 bottles of sprite.

You'd expect that of the masses, they will always have a pass to be ignorant because being passionate about any one thing to the point of self sacrifice for more than a few things is something the average joe will never commit to.

No one's really pointing fingers at the dude with a sickle and hammer decal on his rear view window who also clocks in at a retail 9 - 5 and lives in a capitalist structure. But you look at nearly any wealthy person who shares the same views, espouses them, and demonizes capitalists you won't find many of those who are able to with virtually no impact to their base lifestyle actually self sacrificing. I don't count "raising money" via the audience as a reasonable action to "live your values".

Without pointing fingers, (and to bring it back to the topic of the thread) although I don't agree with the choice of candidate, seeing one of the members of the band donate to their political movement of choice gave me way more respect for them than most other people.

 

[narad]

You'd expect that of the masses, they will always have a pass to be ignorant because being passionate about any one thing to the point of self sacrifice for more than a few things is something the average joe will never commit to.

No one's really pointing fingers at the dude with a sickle and hammer decal on his rear view window who also clocks in at a retail 9 - 5 and lives in a capitalist structure. But you look at nearly any wealthy person who shares the same views, espouses them, and demonizes capitalists you won't find many of those who are able to with virtually no impact to their base lifestyle actually self sacrificing. I don't count "raising money" via the audience as a reasonable action to "live your values".

Without pointing fingers, (and to bring it back to the topic of the thread) although I don't agree with the choice of candidate, seeing one of the members of the band donate to their political movement of choice gave me way more respect for them than most other people.

I think my point is that you don't have to self-sacrifice to support a different form of government or economy. Your sacrifice does nothing to accomplish that goal. It's a political problem, so it needs to be pursued via political (rather than individual) means. So things like publicly arguing for it and "raising money" are much more effective than like... moving into the woods to start a commune with a dozen people (not sure even what a socialist would have to do to "live your values" that makes sense).

 

[Matt08642]

Damn a new album, I didn't even realize Hail Stan came out over 3 years ago

 

[nickgray]

over 3 years ago

Pre-Corona. Good times.

 

[Jonathan20022]

I think my point is that you don't have to self-sacrifice to support a different form of government or economy. Your sacrifice does nothing to accomplish that goal. It's a political problem, so it needs to be pursued via political (rather than individual) means. So things like publicly arguing for it and "raising money" are much more effective than like... moving into the woods to start a commune with a dozen people (not sure even what a socialist would have to do to "live your values" that makes sense).

Those with the means and certainly movement leaders can and should, just DM me if you want to chat about this more it's not worth clogging the thread up with political chatter.

It is so wild to me that I've been spinning the new version of Sentient Glow for almost 3 years now, jesus.

 

[nickgray]

It is so wild to me that I've been spinning the new version of Sentient Glow for almost 3 years now, jesus.

Your avatar makes me nostalgic too.