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Damn, it’s crazy perusal this album come together in such a shot time. Really digging this music, especially Truck. As a quick question: Before releasing the album, was there ever a feeling with some of these tracks that was like “Man, I like this idea so much, I wish I had even a day or two more to play around with it”?

I love the gaita!! It’s an instrument of my country that was invented for the natives and with the colony was adapted for the afroamerican freed slaves. Is a mervellous mix of two cultures, the natives and the afroamerican. I feel very exited that you have it and make music with it. I encourage all of you to find gaita music of colombia: Totó la momposina, Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, Petrona Martinez, etc…

Beautiful! and… Tragic … yeah. I used to do this up all night stuff when Lucas hired me to create massive amounts of music in short time periods… I worked weekends, and holidays… (not good for your family life) But I just needed to make it good. BTW … Funny coincidence. The music budget for my first project with Lucas had 15k for the budget

This was amazing….. and is testimonial to the abilities of Adam and Ben and the others.. I am sure that great composers like Bach, Beethoven would write their material in very much a stream of thought manner as well… what I think is not really emphasized and perhap is even more significant in this…and the 24 hours really does not matter much in this context… is the collaborative nature of this effort.. which in and of itself is awesome.. and yes in a studio that could happen… but the fact that you did it all remotely in real time is something that should be recognized… however, having said that … I do think the “giving birth” approach where things are drawn out over longer times.. in other words when a musical idea starts as a seed and gets some time to grow and mature.. something that should not be overshadowed by this approach.

The teenagers in the parking lot post reminds me of the first time my big brother threw a party. Me and my parents were away for the weekend to go camping. When they returned Sunday, the woman from across the street came knocking on our door. My mother opened, and the woman said: “I just wanna inform you that I counted 14 bikes in your driveway last night.” She really went over there and counted the amount of bikes in for a teenage party. My mother informed her that she knew the names of all the people those bikes belonged to, and that my brother had been given permission to throw a party.

The story with Lorincz was wild because you just know she was going to shoot that ten year old boy. She stole from him, threw the stolen iPad at him, THREW A ROLLER SKATE AT HIM for what appears to be no reason, then hit him with an umbrella when he knocks on her door to confront her. It’s wild. She killed this boy’s mother, but she was definitely planning to kill the child.

So in regards to 8:00 Theres a reason we say this, especially in big chain retail. They’re super strict in some places about working off the clock. So even answering a questions while on break can get you into trouble. I have been fussed at by a manager to “stop helping customers” when I’m not clocked in.

The peanut thing I can understand. I went to a school that tried to ban everything and anything peanut-related thanks to a Karen-mom who wanted the teachers to give a PSA to every student about her peanut-allergy son. It was a high school that was all downtown, and not even in official school buildings, but buildings (yes, plural. Three in total, spaced out by 20-min walks across downtown) rented out from the city. This also meant we did not have a lunch room, however, and most students would either eat lunch outside somewhere (the large set of steps a block down, the park across the street, near a city fountain by one building, in an actual restaurant, etc) or go sit in their next class for the whole lunch period and eat their lunch there. They tried to apply this peanut ban everywhere, regardless of where you were downtown as long as it ws between school hours. One of our school buildings in particular was also literally next door to an Indian restaurant where their most popular lunch special was peanut sauce over jasmine rice. You had to literally walk past the restaurant to get to the building. And the outside just smelled like peanuts, too. A lot of students ordered that for lunch bc it was convenient, but it was generally just a popular lunch dish ordered by the locals anyway, so the restaurant made a lot of that peanut sauce because it was their most popular menu item. If the fragrance of peanut set the kid off at all, we never heard about an issue. We had a very small school, so there ws hardly anything you didn’t know about someone in the school.

7:23 oh my god something very similar happened to me. I work at Target, I took an extra shift and ended up being the only person on checkout that day (we have mostly self checkout stations that are card only and a guest service desk that takes cash and card, but they also do other things so the line gets long quickly). I was in line during my 15 minute break to pick up something at guest services and this girl who saw me on checkout yelled at me, unprompted, for not being at my post. I almost cried. It sucked. I hope that girl learns a lesson in respect or never goes shopping again. Keep in mind that she was a grown old woman, and I’m a 19 year old college student who was already feeling overstimulated that day (bc neurodivergent). Even if I was masking it well, who the hell yells at a college student when you’re probably older than my mom?

10:30 If that woman is having “spasms” based on those conditions, she should be getting an EEG done looking into if she’s having partial seizures rather than complaining online. (It is worth noting that meat allergies are real- my FIL can’t eat most poultry or he gets hives, no idea why, but I have a feeling this Karen is full of sh**)

Had a Karen come to buy a car I was selling. She wanted me to strip the interior out because “allergic” to everything and insulted, saying I “smelled”. I told her no give me money or piss off. Then she tried to get a THOUSAND DOLLARS OFF a 2500 car. I got fed up and told her one last time, buy it or leave. She finally paid and left. Then called and texted until I blocked her (stupid crap like how to put gas in it, and how to use the turn signals and complain about road noise,etc).

10:43 oh, no skeletons in the yard for Halloween? Fine, i can do no skeletons. Spiders. Lots and lots of spiders. Big ones, little ones, intricately designed webs sprawling over the lawn, one really big one over the roof. Dont like it? Well I guess someone can’t see the natural beauty of spiders and their webs.

My elementary school was not a peanut free zone for most of the time I was there. There were only two incidents in which someone with a peanut allergy had problems. Funny thing was that they both happened to me. The first was every Thursday the cafeteria served sun butter sandwiches and my friend said he didn’t want his sandwich and asked if I wanted it. I did not realize that it was not in fact a sun butter sandwich until I started to get horribly sick and went into anaphylactic shock. I only got to the hospital because some third grader had one of those watches that you could call people with called their parents to call 911. When the ambulance finally arrived my blood O2 level was 73% (not good). What would you think the school would do after a kid almost died? They decided that punishing the kid that called his parents was a good idea then the designated a table in the far corner of the cafeteria as a no peanut zone. No one was allowed to sit there unless they had a peanut allergy. It was a relatively small school with only about 250 students but I was the only one with a peanut allergy so I had to sit alone at lunch for a year and a half. My break from needing to sit alone when the second incident happened. We had recess after lunch and a kid who I did not get along with decided it would be fun to chase me with his PB&J sandwich. He knew I was allergic to peanuts because I was that weird kid that had to sit all alone at the peanut free table. He eventually caught up to me (I am the type of person to be writing a long comment on an Emkay article, do you think I am incredibly athletic) he pushed me over and threw the PB&J sandwich in my face.

0:00 I’d like to remind everyone (because it seems to be becoming an accepted thing), getting paid to choose someone for their services is a form of bribery/corruption called a kickback AND KICKBACKS ARE ILLEGAL. Saying this again to emphasis the importance. If someone is “heavily encouraging you” to pay them so they will continue to choose your business/place of employment, that is a KICKBACK AND IT’S ILLEGAL. Merriam-webster: kickback – noun 1: a return of a part of a sum received often because of confidential agreement or coercion The first Karen is literally doing a crime and admitting it. If someone knows who that first Karen is, report her to her work place. People that do kickbacks often don’t stop at just one.

The Halloween Karen probably just would’ve been funny if he hadn’t threatened to call the police. It sounds like he’s forgetting about the wonder and excitement of Halloween for kids. I live in a moderately conservative neighborhood in a moderately conservative US city, and WOW do we go all out for Halloween! I’m one of the lesser houses with normal decor – pumpkins, lights, a few spiders or ghosts. Some people have yards full of animitronics and we literally get thousands of kids trick-or-treating. It’s so fun!

Okay is it wrong that I kinda agree with the peanut allergy one. Just because a very few kids are allergic doesn’t mean everyone else can’t have peanuts. There are also kids with gluten allergies does that mean no one’s allowed to have bread? And what about lactose intolerance? Sorry kids no more dairy allowed. And on and on until all they’re allowed to have is plain water. Just set up a special table for kids with life threatening allergies where peanuts aren’t allowed.

That dude complaining about the Halloween decorations: Challenge fucking accepted! I’d fill my yard with an army of those 12-foot tall skeletons and leave them up all year long. I’d dress them up in different outfits for different holidays, pose them to have tea parties, have Easter egg hunts, have them put up the Christmas lights, dress them in kilts for the Highland Games or re-enact the French Revolution, Madame La Guillotine and all. I’d make that neighbour rue the day he ever figured out how to make a post on a neighbourhood forum.

Okay… this is a PSA for all neighbours all over the world…. if your neighbour is smoking weed, and you are upset by the smell or something, talk to them…. in 99% of the cases some lanky nerdy dude with glasses thicker than ashtrays is gonna open that door and they will be more than happy to try to accomodate you… dont go snitching on stoners just because your life is sad and miserable…. for everything else, all bets are off as far as im concerned, but as long as its literally just a stoner being quiet playin mortal kombat in his appartment… thats the best fucking neighbour you can get. Like, these people will literally just carry your groceries inside for you if you ask them nicely and wont expect anything in return except for some privacy with their green. And i aint sayin that because i smoke, im saying this because one of my neighbours used to, and had a small homegrow operation in his “storage closet”. Dude regularly brought over brownies and stuff because, and i quote, “i had some batter left over from making edibles and didnt know what to do with it, so, here, have em, I know I smoke a lot and people are usually a lot more antsy about the smell than you are”. Dude was a chef and the baked goods (pun not intended) he made were always absolute fucking fire.

To the Karen complaining about Halloween Decorationd: I dare you to call the cops, then I can give a tour of my decor to the cops!!! This is my first Halloween with a balcony, and I went all out If its a slow day, maybe they can even help me figure out how to hang my lanterns Edit: Florida cops, how tf does knocking on a door constitute “stand your ground” My expectations were already low, but Jesus

22:35 – OP’s response to that woman should have been “Call the police Karen, but let me remind you, you just followed me for 40 minutes. Put your OWN child in danger by doing so. Now get out of here before I give you a reason to call the cops.” Watch her immediately call the police, and when they arrive, point out she just stalked you for 40 minutes over a bumper sticker, and claiming her poor innocent baby is offended by it, who likely didnt even see it to start with until the Karen of a mother saw it. Also, if OP lived in a Stand Your Ground state, the fact she followed can be paramount to being shot because OP could have felt threatened by such a move. Remember, not all stalkers and murderers are men.

I actually had a manager named Karen for an old job, and she was the absolute best person to work with. She would defend her employees from the customers, jump in to help with stock, and made sure everyone was doing okay throughout the day. I wouldn’t take breaks because I wanted to get as much stuff done as possible, and she would pretty much push me out of the department so I could eat or step outside for 10 minutes. She was like an……..anti-Karen? A Karen with the complete opposite attitude of a Karen.

I am severely mild and non-confrontational, yesterday at outback steakhouse I ordered a pina colada and the waitress gave me a margarita. I took a sip see if I would like to drink it anyhow it wasn’t for me so I just pushed it aside continued with my food and when it came time to pay the bill I still gave her $20 tip without even complaining. What’s the total opposite of a Karen? Because that’s probably what I am

The Employee going on breaks reminds me of 3 people complaining about the moment I was off on my break. Once I locked the door and placed the CLOSED sign up while I was waiting for a customer to finish up before another one walks up to try and open the door. I came up told her I was going to go on break soon and she ask when I will be back. I responded with ‘Well I think somewhere around 1:30’. She called me a ‘F*cking C*nt’ went to the service desk and demanded someone take over. The Photo she wanted to print out was a single picture of her dog. This was actually the first time I’ve ever been called that. Another time I was already off on break, I just got my freshly paid McDonalds food and the manager was talking to a customer telling him she wanted to print out a important picture and she can’t wait for me to come back from my hour lunch break. The Manager told me to come back to work and no matter how much I tried to tell him I’m on my lunch break and to find someone who knows how to work at the lab he still told me to come back to help her. I had to throw away my paid food in the trash and went back to the lab. If this picture was for a funeral I would’ve been forgiving since that is important. But No. She just wanted a single picture of a Purple Pansy for her kid. This one was extremely stupid and memorable, I’ve set my sign up saying I would be back at 2:30, I was off on my break eating lunch until 10 minutes later I was called back to the lab. This woman was outraged and chewed me out on me that it was irresponsible of me to closed till 6:15.

While I highly doubt it actually had the curse words she said it had, I personally would have had an issue hearing certain curse words when I am trying to shop. That being said, I might politely mention it to one of the shop staff but then I would leave the store to shop somewhere else, but it also depends on the store, if it was spencers I would have just ignored the song and gotten my stuff, if it were in a Kohls, Ya, I might say something like “Probably not a good choice.” and moved on. That being said though I would also have not even remembered the event let alone post about it online.

Saw my first Karen in the wild the other day when I was getting my flu shot at the health department. The waiting room was filling up, and it seemed there were only about 3 nurses administering shots. Some people had been waiting around 2hrs. The front desk had to start turning people away because they would be doing shots until closing time at this point. My mom and I were the last ones let in. Well, Karen didn’t appreciate being told no, and started berating the girl behind the counter, to the point that her manager had to step in. The most memorable part of her rant was “I am a tax-paying US citizen and I have the right to this service!” Like, WTF lady, so is everyone else here. Wish I’d filmed it and gone viral

I could’ve added more to the Karen Bingo card. Here’s a few that I’ve come across during my time in the wild: – “My husband is a police officer so I know the law!” – “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus!” – “How dare you!” – “You don’t know what you’re talking about! I do!” – said dripping with sarcasm “God bless you” or “I’ll pray for your soul”

On the feeling bad for people named Karen, I just feel bad for Gen X women who just wanna vibe. Like my mum for example (though she can be a Karen when it comes to my disability supports) is largely not a Karen, but she has the Wine and the Live Laugh Love and The Haircut and all of that because… that’s what women her age and generation like, for the most part. It’s just that a subgroup of those women are insufferable

Walmart employee here, please respect people if they say they’re on break. Luckily, we’re allowed and SUPPOSED to restart our break timer if we do any work on our breaks, whether that’s helping a customer, or even a co-worker, but not every place is like that, so, if they are on break, they practically do not work there for that 10-15 minutes, ask someone else.

Ok, the car alarm thing…I’ve taught preschool for 7 years and put many a child to sleep. As well as I have kids myself. A simple sound such as a short 2 second beep is not going to fully wake kids up. Unless they’re just that sensitive to noise but then you just need to use a noise machine or something.

10:04 On the whole “food allergies” thing, technically there are people who have trouble digesting meat (I think they cannot digest some enzyme or protein found in meat) which causes them to have an upset stomache, I know this because one of my family members has this. Whenever I have to explain it to people I usually just say that it is kinda like a “meat allergy” or “being lactose intolerant but with meat” to make it easier for people to understand why some people cannot eat meat without getting sick. That being said, as far as I know this “meat intolerance” is only triggered when you eat meat, you would probably not get a reaction from smelling it unless there was something seriously wrong with you medically.

I’m not a Halloween person even though I’m very much into goth aesthetic and such and I am from a country where Halloween isn’t much of a thing either a side from an excuse for children to make their parents buy them candy maybe or have a small party at home with their friends but I always appreciate the people who go through the effort of decorating for occasions like these. Halloween decorations make the neighborhood more fun,even the dead bodies (not into the verh gory stuff on the other hand) although they might frighten small children.

I’m gonna take a guess and say that fireworks going off in the middle of the night is either spoiled kids begging their mothers to let them play with firecrackers or something, while their mothers may or may not be fine with it, or some youtube family trying to make a quick dollar out of their kids getting shot in the eye, while covering up the gruesome injury with a huge, red and shiny subscribe button. Could even be two guys just wanting to mess around with each other.

Can we all agree that there should be such a thing as a Karen tax, or a Karen fee, and the fee or tax will continue to grow bigger for as long as they continue to be a Karen and that should go to people who have to put up with that because ain’t nobody in this world that time, nor the patience to do it with someone like that and we don’t get paid enough to deal with that