Asperger’s syndrome and the autistic spectrum

[Orbited insanitarium]

Hello all, this is a first topic for me, today I thought I’d raise the conversation of asperges, as I don’t think a topic like this has been posted. This is a discussion forum after all, with 4K+ members, so some of you could be (or are) on the autistic spectrum, I myself am and have struggled with understanding others points of view for some time now, so to summery. If you have aspergers yourself, feel free to reply and comment about you’re experiences with this supposed ‘condition’
If you are not autistic, I won’t burn you at the stakes as this is an all inclusive topic. Even if you are not any of the above, it would help for me to discover others experiences and opinions. so once again. Go for it!

So without further ado.....I hand it to you!!

[arvy]

Communication with other people can be really tough, in life in general. I personaly usually struggle to communicate with people outside my personal spectrum. Lately I was camping with my bjj class. We were basically living in the forest. I was sharing a tent with three other guys.

Yeah, it can really mess you up, basically your personal space is shrinking to the size of sleeping bag. Also, when you eating-sleeping together at the same time, there's a weird energy all arround. Not from the start, but few days later. People getting tired physically, so to carry an everyday social mask is becoming really tyring, I guess.

There's some kind of social structure forming up. Some younger guys usually get to do some work during the day, while others can spend some a time off. And while it was basically a training camp, so coach was giving shit to everybody during the training. But outside of that, like I said, the formation some kind of social ierarchy is easily spotten.

What I really enjoy about this moments, while you in a group, taken your social place under the sun, if you are able to get along (and usually you do, after some time), you can still build your own castles in the sky and daydream. And this is some of the most precious memories you can find.

[kakanara]

Not on the spectrum.
I have two friends who have aspergers and they're pretty cool, i'm not insightful enough to notice anything different about them though. From what you guys have said i assume it's more of a internal thing?

[Orbited insanitarium]

Not on the spectrum.
I have two friends who have aspergers and they're pretty cool, i'm not insightful enough to notice anything different about them though. From what you guys have said i assume it's more of a internal thing?

Thanks for the reply!
In a way, yes. It’s like emotions are very rapid & passionate, for example: occasionally I’m very forward facing with opinions and because my personality is rapidly changing I’ll say something one day, and totally disagree with what I’ve said the next. Another one is perspectives, Sometimes it’s very hard to see things from someone else’s point of view, but I am very Understanding later on. It fluctuates. Rapid changes in personality is the short answer.
COVID (or as I like to call it, Colin because it lightens a mood. “Has you’re mother got Colin again?”) has started to cool off a bit in the UK (but I’m sure the bugger will be back) and now life is moving a lot quicker than I’d anticipated, there’s Christmas cards in oxfam now! What the actual flummox! ITS AUGUST!!! I’m not cut out for this life malarkey!

PS: how is it in Brazil? I Heard it’s the most Scorching place in terms of heat. Cook yer eggs on a car window type weather

[kakanara]

Thanks for the explanation! I think i understand it more now. I can kinda see the attributes you described in one of my buddies.
Things have started moving more in here aswell, everyone in my family is going to work/school(except for me )!

It's actually really mild here in brazil(25 C), we're in winter afterall. But you're right, sometimes it does get hot enough to do stuff like fry eggs on the asphalt, although i've just seen it in videos. I have seen a boot melting on the sidewalk though!
But it varies with latitude and stuff, im at 25 degrees or so. Pretty hot but not the hottest in the country.

[Orbited insanitarium]

It's actually really mild here in brazil(25 C), we're in winter afterall. But you're right, sometimes it does get hot enough to do stuff like fry eggs on the asphalt, although i've just seen it in videos. I have seen a boot melting on the sidewalk though!
But it varies with latitude and stuff, im at 25 degrees or so. Pretty hot but not the hottest in the country.

Boot melting?! That’s something I’d be willing to witness

Also glad things have got on moving for you!

[rodox_head]

A therapist once suggested I may have aspergers, but I never bothered to pursue that since it just felt like it would be an arbitrary label for others to see me as "different" somehow. Not that I think anyone is lesser for having a diagnosis, I just struggle with being seen as just me, and not a diagnosis, as I've been diagnosed with MDD since elementary school. I feel like I'm better at sensing emotions in others rather than expressing my own sometimes, but it could just be some form of projection on my part.

[Orbited insanitarium]

A therapist once suggested I may have aspergers, but I never bothered to pursue that since it just felt like it would be an arbitrary label for others to see me as "different" somehow. Not that I think anyone is lesser for having a diagnosis, I just struggle with being seen as just me, and not a diagnosis, as I've been diagnosed with MDD since elementary school. I feel like I'm better at sensing emotions in others rather than expressing my own sometimes, but it could just be some form of projection on my part.

I myself have never been diagnosed with Aspergers but my mother is autistic and we both share the same attributes, also Aspergers comes with two sides of the spectrum, an extrovert and a introvert, it seems that although being different may seem a daunting prospect in front of others, the two portrayals (extro & intro) come with many advantages. with being an extrovert you can take a task your interested in and stick to it like glue (like interests) also theres creativity, which leaves you with idea pip-popping all over the place (and sometimes that’s an advantage and sometimes its not)
I once had a friend called William who was autistic and I went to school with him, he was an introvert and very shy. He didn’t have any friends, and was generally quite a depressed individual. I’m not sure how he is now as I’ve moved house since then but I think that meeting people (of all mixes) helps generally with social skills. Which is why i set up this topic.
If you don’t mind me asking, how is your MDD now? Considering the past 2-years.

[The_Duke]

My friend has aspergers...
Highly intelligent...
Super cool in musical taste....
Socially awkward....
Excellent with computers.....
Drinks rare unique genuine German lagers he has to go to specialist pubs and stuff and has a wierd way of drinking the bottles....

We make fun of eachother (as friends of course we dont do malice or are spiteful to eachother during these episodes)...
I ask him how many new colours will be added to the spectrum or what colour are you today and he might reply back with something along the line...."not likely much in the same vein as you...except you have a sin-drome and arseburgers (prion disease twitches) and that I only want the label to excuse my evil or bad traits which we laugh about, or having to have a productive working role.
Last time he said I suffer from Anglo-lemming anger-tourrettes syndrome (?) where I act out 2 people in differing accents....one (Scottish) skaaaaaw-tesh....the other (Liverpudlian) shkowsss...and we often manufacture live ad-lib sketches of comedy out this way, best after a few bevvies... he provides the topic which can be something of the current affairs type, or something thats rattled his cage, I did one muffling words to sound like I was using a mask patented for being dedicated to particle obstruction in saw mills but the Chinese showed us it doubles up protecting wet lungs from an imaginary virus of intricately small sized protien chains, he did one of traffic police and his parents and I argue the toss as a council estate junkie with limited vocabulary, always needing his charachter to help get the picture of my thoughts.often I end my sentence "know wot a meen ye" using a Tony Blair pinched finger arm extention arm gesture along with it to add clarity to my expression.
hes a giant as well makes me look like a midget.

[Orbited insanitarium]

My friend has aspergers...
Highly intelligent...
Super cool in musical taste....
Socially awkward....
Excellent with computers.....
Drinks rare unique genuine German lagers he has to go to specialist pubs and stuff and has a wierd way of drinking the bottles....

We make fun of eachother (as friends of course we dont do malice or are spiteful to eachother during these episodes)...
I ask him how many new colours will be added to the spectrum or what colour are you today and he might reply back with something along the line...."not likely much in the same vein as you...except you have a sin-drome and arseburgers (prion disease twitches) and that I only want the label to excuse my evil or bad traits which we laugh about, or having to have a productive working role.
Last time he said I suffer from Anglo-lemming anger-tourrettes syndrome (?) where I act out 2 people in differing accents....one (Scottish) skaaaaaw-tesh....the other (Liverpudlian) shkowsss...and we often manufacture live ad-lib sketches of comedy out this way, best after a few bevvies... he provides the topic which can be something of the current affairs type, or something thats rattled his cage, I did one muffling words to sound like I was using a mask patented for being dedicated to particle obstruction in saw mills but the Chinese showed us it doubles up protecting wet lungs from an imaginary virus of intricately small sized protien chains, he did one of traffic police and his parents and I argue the toss as a council estate junkie with limited vocabulary, always needing his charachter to help get the picture of my thoughts.often I end my sentence "know wot a meen ye" using a Tony Blair pinched finger arm extention arm gesture along with it to add clarity to my expression.
hes a giant as well makes me look like a midget.

that is a hell of a paragraph! your friend sounds like good company.

[The_Duke]

He is mad as a box of frogs, but then I am too, his diagnosis is something he has never played on though, I make far more excuses for bad behaviour than he ever has, its a strange concept the spectrum. I have my theories (here is clearly not the place for them either) I dont see the Aspergers in him, I still don't know how unique personality traits or nuances can be judged or be so easily attributed to what was before just "eccentricities" or even "genius" as it seeks to limit that individual instead of embrace the individual in his or her entirety.
It's a bit like giving someone a title who has since recently been decommisioned from a stint in the trenches without any regards for what has caused an obviously expected outcome in personality change. All just a collection of symptomatic behaviours that can be harnessed by quacks pimps and pharmacological dealers as some socially constructed cash cow.
Sadness anger and quirks that precede such an emotional climax can be manufactured, seen and felt as a result of preceding experiences, they can be expected, show warning signs and be supressed or acted upon.
I just see him as a friend who has many common groundings with me in thought, humour taste etc...does that mean Im aspergic by association? If the saying is true...
"It takes a criminal to catch a criminal" then what do we really know about the experts who medically have some implied consent gained to judge a person in such a way that limits their capacity to navigate their own life.
Do they think people with aspergers have demons or are special..(rainmanism?)
Who are we to judge?

[Orbited insanitarium]

He is mad as a box of frogs, but then I am too, his diagnosis is something he has never played on though, I make far more excuses for bad behaviour than he ever has, its a strange concept the spectrum. I have my theories (here is clearly not the place for them either) I dont see the Aspergers in him, I still don't know how unique personality traits or nuances can be judged or be so easily attributed to what was before just "eccentricities" or even "genius" as it seeks to limit that individual instead of embrace the individual in his or her entirety.
It's a bit like giving someone a title who has since recently been decommisioned from a stint in the trenches without any regards for what has caused an obviously expected outcome in personality change. All just a collection of symptomatic behaviours that can be harnessed by quacks pimps and pharmacological dealers as some socially constructed cash cow.
Sadness anger and quirks that precede such an emotional climax can be manufactured, seen and felt as a result of preceding experiences, they can be expected, show warning signs and be supressed or acted upon.
I just see him as a friend who has many common groundings with me in thought, humour taste etc...does that mean Im aspergic by association? If the saying is true...
"It takes a criminal to catch a criminal" then what do we really know about the experts who medically have some implied consent gained to judge a person in such a way that limits their capacity to navigate their own life.
Do they think people with aspergers have demons or are special..(rainmanism?)
Who are we to judge?

Exactly, it’s a strange world inside mine and others heads, it’s all up to interpretation from others, what we see ourselves as is a completely different matter compared to some nuances from friends, Opinions are valid. With hindsight of course. Whether looking back or looking forward, perspective is a brilliant thing!
Here’s something I heard on the radio that might be interesting “every idea has inspiration, every choice is made on the past choices of others, nothing is original” makes you think that life is a loop of past successes reiterated for a new generation ,a hoop of hopeful happiness

[rodox_head]

I myself have never been diagnosed with Aspergers but my mother is autistic and we both share the same attributes, also Aspergers comes with two sides of the spectrum, an extrovert and a introvert, it seems that although being different may seem a daunting prospect in front of others, the two portrayals (extro & intro) come with many advantages. with being an extrovert you can take a task your interested in and stick to it like glue (like interests) also theres creativity, which leaves you with idea pip-popping all over the place (and sometimes that’s an advantage and sometimes its not)
I once had a friend called William who was autistic and I went to school with him, he was an introvert and very shy. He didn’t have any friends, and was generally quite a depressed individual. I’m not sure how he is now as I’ve moved house since then but I think that meeting people (of all mixes) helps generally with social skills. Which is why i set up this topic.
If you don’t mind me asking, how is your MDD now? Considering the past 2-years.

I'm certainly no extrovert, but I've generally come to realize I have little in common with others so I just keep to myself most of the time. I think it's something I get from my dad since I notice similar temperaments between us a fair amount. I work in a hyper-masculine environment so there really isn't room for emotional connections a lot of the time anyway, and having the charisma of a wax apple I usually keep my dialogues and orders very direct and to-the-point. Bosses have called me one of the best on the team but I look in the mirror and think "at what cost?". I'm still for the most part just the guy who doesn't talk much and listens to weird electronica, new wave, and Russian teen pop

Hard to explain how the past couple years have effected my depression, but I've certainly become more fatalistic in my outlook on the world, perhaps even nihilistic. I've become a lot more introspective though, which has put me more at odds with a very consumption/identity based culture. Learning about artistic movements and practicing as well has helped a great deal with my outlook though and I feel like I'm finally finding a way to get some of it out of my head.

[Orbited insanitarium]

I myself have never been diagnosed with Aspergers but my mother is autistic and we both share the same attributes, also Aspergers comes with two sides of the spectrum, an extrovert and a introvert, it seems that although being different may seem a daunting prospect in front of others, the two portrayals (extro & intro) come with many advantages. with being an extrovert you can take a task your interested in and stick to it like glue (like interests) also theres creativity, which leaves you with idea pip-popping all over the place (and sometimes that’s an advantage and sometimes its not)
I once had a friend called William who was autistic and I went to school with him, he was an introvert and very shy. He didn’t have any friends, and was generally quite a depressed individual. I’m not sure how he is now as I’ve moved house since then but I think that meeting people (of all mixes) helps generally with social skills. Which is why i set up this topic.
If you don’t mind me asking, how is your MDD now? Considering the past 2-years.

I'm certainly no extrovert, but I've generally come to realize I have little in common with others so I just keep to myself most of the time. I think it's something I get from my dad since I notice similar temperaments between us a fair amount. I work in a hyper-masculine environment so there really isn't room for emotional connections a lot of the time anyway, and having the charisma of a wax apple I usually keep my dialogues and orders very direct and to-the-point. Bosses have called me one of the best on the team but I look in the mirror and think "at what cost?". I'm still for the most part just the guy who doesn't talk much and listens to weird electronica, new wave, and Russian teen pop

Hard to explain how the past couple years have effected my depression, but I've certainly become more fatalistic in my outlook on the world, perhaps even nihilistic. I've become a lot more introspective though, which has put me more at odds with a very consumption/identity based culture. Learning about artistic movements and practicing as well has helped a great deal with my outlook though and I feel like I'm finally finding a way to get some of it out of my head.

Thanks for the response rodox, I can connect with a lot of what you’ve said, I was just starting to make friends in my life (joining clubs and that) directly before covid hit, now I’m back to square one, and although there is lots of people around, very few where I am are permanent.
I had a homeless man in my area that I used to talk about music to on a daily basis, he was a big trip-hop & Radiohead fan and that introduced me to UNKLE (a musician) , regular as clockwork I’d come out of the charity shops with CD’s and he’d have a look to see what I’ve bought (to make a general comment or start up a conversation)
He had Aspergers and was quite knowledgable, but after Christmas last year he went away travelling (doing a sort of bucket list) anyway he was a good friend to me and kept me sane during the 1st and 2nd wave with story's about who he’d seen at the glastonbury festival over the years.
Fast forward to now, and I feel like having a day to day schedule helps me get happier, plus the fact that every night at around 9-10pm I listen to an album by an artist I’ve not heard before, I‘ve been doing this since last year and I’d recommend doing it if your anxious and depressed as it helps grow some musical knowledge and keeps you busy.

PS: i like the new profile picture, your obviously a anime fan!

[rodox_head]

Thanks for the response rodox, I can connect with a lot of what you’ve said, I was just starting to make friends in my life (joining clubs and that) directly before covid hit, now I’m back to square one, and although there is lots of people around, very few where I am are permanent.
I had a homeless man in my area that I used to talk about music to on a daily basis, he was a big trip-hop & Radiohead fan and that introduced me to UNKLE (a musician) , regular as clockwork I’d come out of the charity shops with CD’s and he’d have a look to see what I’ve bought (to make a general comment or start up a conversation)
He had Aspergers and was quite knowledgable, but after Christmas last year he went away travelling (doing a sort of bucket list) anyway he was a good friend to me and kept me sane during the 1st and 2nd wave with story's about who he’d seen at the glastonbury festival over the years.
Fast forward to now, and I feel like having a day to day schedule helps me get happier, plus the fact that every night at around 9-10pm I listen to an album by an artist I’ve not heard before, I‘ve been doing this since last year and I’d recommend doing it if your anxious and depressed as it helps grow some musical knowledge and keeps you busy.

PS: i like the new profile picture, your obviously a anime fan!

I hear you on the revolving door of people thing, so many coworkers have come and gone leaving the work environment a lot more isolated and dreary, even the convenience store i visit every day for my caffeine fix has gone through so many different people over the past couple years. A major introspective topic for me the past couple years has been abandonment issues, but I suppose that's a topic branch for another thread.

I wish i knew someone like that guy, if anything I'd be that guy. I tend to give commentary on the music that plays at work over the store speakers, much to nobody's interest. Sometimes I do leave my phone's screen on in the vain hopes that someone might notice the album art and say something. I did manage to get a coworker to buy a few Wall of Voodoo songs though .

Often times at work I just use the shuffle feature for music so it's nice to actually put on a full album sometimes. Blockhead released a new album recently so I've been putting his old stuff on, funny to think when I first got into him he was advertising his 4th album on Myspace

Not sure if I'd call myself an anime "fan", but I like it. I prefer the less "whimsical" or more serious type stuff though. My current av/sig setup is the same one I used on my Silenthillcommunity forum account, which is where I was hiding out the past seven years. Members on that site dwindled over the years until it appears to have finally bitten the dust this year, so it's kind of a tribute to those years. The pictures are illustrations by Yoshitoshi ABe that were used on two of the Serial Experiments Lain albums, the Soundtrack and Cyberia Mix, as well as in the Lain Illustrations artbook which I managed to snag a cheap copy of years ago at a music store. That anime has had a lasting impact on me, even using colorized edits of my avatar to color code my electronic music playlists on Spotify .

[Orbited insanitarium]

Thanks for the response rodox, I can connect with a lot of what you’ve said, I was just starting to make friends in my life (joining clubs and that) directly before covid hit, now I’m back to square one, and although there is lots of people around, very few where I am are permanent.
I had a homeless man in my area that I used to talk about music to on a daily basis, he was a big trip-hop & Radiohead fan and that introduced me to UNKLE (a musician) , regular as clockwork I’d come out of the charity shops with CD’s and he’d have a look to see what I’ve bought (to make a general comment or start up a conversation)
He had Aspergers and was quite knowledgable, but after Christmas last year he went away travelling (doing a sort of bucket list) anyway he was a good friend to me and kept me sane during the 1st and 2nd wave with story's about who he’d seen at the glastonbury festival over the years.
Fast forward to now, and I feel like having a day to day schedule helps me get happier, plus the fact that every night at around 9-10pm I listen to an album by an artist I’ve not heard before, I‘ve been doing this since last year and I’d recommend doing it if your anxious and depressed as it helps grow some musical knowledge and keeps you busy.

PS: i like the new profile picture, your obviously a anime fan!

I hear you on the revolving door of people thing, so many coworkers have come and gone leaving the work environment a lot more isolated and dreary, even the convenience store i visit every day for my caffeine fix has gone through so many different people over the past couple years. A major introspective topic for me the past couple years has been abandonment issues, but I suppose that's a topic branch for another thread.

I wish i knew someone like that guy, if anything I'd be that guy. I tend to give commentary on the music that plays at work over the store speakers, much to nobody's interest. Sometimes I do leave my phone's screen on in the vain hopes that someone might notice the album art and say something. I did manage to get a coworker to buy a few Wall of Voodoo songs though .

Often times at work I just use the shuffle feature for music so it's nice to actually put on a full album sometimes. Blockhead released a new album recently so I've been putting his old stuff on, funny to think when I first got into him he was advertising his 4th album on Myspace

Not sure if I'd call myself an anime "fan", but I like it. I prefer the less "whimsical" or more serious type stuff though. My current av/sig setup is the same one I used on my Silenthillcommunity forum account, which is where I was hiding out the past seven years. Members on that site dwindled over the years until it appears to have finally bitten the dust this year, so it's kind of a tribute to those years. The pictures are illustrations by Yoshitoshi ABe that were used on two of the Serial Experiments Lain albums, the Soundtrack and Cyberia Mix, as well as in the Lain Illustrations artbook which I managed to snag a cheap copy of years ago at a music store. That anime has had a lasting impact on me, even using colorized edits of my avatar to color code my electronic music playlists on Spotify .

There’s a game exchange store (cex) in my town and all they play in there is west coast hip-hop, the guys behind the desk know me and every time I go in they ask me what mad music I’m listening to today. A couple of weeks back i went in and asked if they could play any boards of canada, he said he hadn’t heard of them and asked for a track. I said cold earth so after clicking on his desktop comp, the music blasted out of the speakers, “that’s utter shit, elevator music bollocks” he remarked. I said “Oh well give it a listen in your own free time, I suppose. you might like it”
“nope, who would listen to that?”
“I listen to that!”
“Listen, I like it when you recommend stuff, but that’s crap”

So basically what I mean by telling that conversation is that the day someone recognises one of my favourite artists and is a fan as-well is seeming quite unlikely about now. There was a guy at my local car boot a week ago, and he recognised one of the cd’s I had,
Him - “I have that, Arctic monkeys. great album, how much you pay?”
Me- “50p”
Him - “I’ve got some good ones today”
He took his rucksack off and took out a big pile of albums
Him - “pixies, the smiths”
Me - “good stuff, pixies? Well done you with that 90s grunge”
Him - “I only come for the CD’s”
Me - “same, love a physical copy”
Him - “keep hunting, see you around mate”

That was a discussion where the tastes were alike, I wish there were more people like him around, conversations are what keeps me going, so thanks, random car-booter!
I Hope someone spots the artist(s) in your playlist and strikes a conversation, even if it’s a short one it better than none!

[kakanara]

There’s a game exchange store (cex) in my town and all they play in there is west coast hip-hop, the guys behind the desk know me and every time I go in they ask me what mad music I’m listening to today. A couple of weeks back i went in and asked if they could play any boards of canada, he said he hadn’t heard of them and asked for a track. I said cold earth so after clicking on his desktop comp, the music blasted out of the speakers, “that’s utter shit, elevator music bollocks” he remarked. I said “Oh well give it a listen in your own free time, I suppose. you might like it”
“nope, who would listen to that?”
“I listen to that!”
“Listen, I like it when you recommend stuff, but that’s crap”

So basically what I mean by telling that conversation is that the day someone recognises one of my favourite artists and is a fan as-well is seeming quite unlikely about now. There was a guy at my local car boot a week ago, and he recognised one of the cd’s I had,
Him - “I have that, Arctic monkeys. great album, how much you pay?”
Me- “50p”
Him - “I’ve got some good ones today”
He took his rucksack off and took out a big pile of albums
Him - “pixies, the smiths”
Me - “good stuff, pixies? Well done you with that 90s grunge”
Him - “I only come for the CD’s”
Me - “same, love a physical copy”
Him - “keep hunting, see you around mate”

That was a discussion where the tastes were alike, I wish there were more people like him around, conversations are what keeps me going, so thanks, random car-booter!
I Hope someone spots the artist(s) in your playlist and strikes a conversation, even if it’s a short one it better than none!

can relate to that a lot, where i live even pop rock is considered underground : (
i've only met one person who fancied electronic music, and it was very poppy edm stuff. our conversation didn't go very far.

i think if that clerk liked hiphop you should've asked him to play an eagle in your mind or smt from hiscores

[Orbited insanitarium]

There’s a game exchange store (cex) in my town and all they play in there is west coast hip-hop, the guys behind the desk know me and every time I go in they ask me what mad music I’m listening to today. A couple of weeks back i went in and asked if they could play any boards of canada, he said he hadn’t heard of them and asked for a track. I said cold earth so after clicking on his desktop comp, the music blasted out of the speakers, “that’s utter shit, elevator music bollocks” he remarked. I said “Oh well give it a listen in your own free time, I suppose. you might like it”
“nope, who would listen to that?”
“I listen to that!”
“Listen, I like it when you recommend stuff, but that’s crap”

So basically what I mean by telling that conversation is that the day someone recognises one of my favourite artists and is a fan as-well is seeming quite unlikely about now. There was a guy at my local car boot a week ago, and he recognised one of the cd’s I had,
Him - “I have that, Arctic monkeys. great album, how much you pay?”
Me- “50p”
Him - “I’ve got some good ones today”
He took his rucksack off and took out a big pile of albums
Him - “pixies, the smiths”
Me - “good stuff, pixies? Well done you with that 90s grunge”
Him - “I only come for the CD’s”
Me - “same, love a physical copy”
Him - “keep hunting, see you around mate”

That was a discussion where the tastes were alike, I wish there were more people like him around, conversations are what keeps me going, so thanks, random car-booter!
I Hope someone spots the artist(s) in your playlist and strikes a conversation, even if it’s a short one it better than none!

can relate to that a lot, where i live even pop rock is considered underground : (
i've only met one person who fancied electronic music, and it was very poppy edm stuff. our conversation didn't go very far.

i think if that clerk liked hiphop you should've asked him to play an eagle in your mind or smt from hiscores

The music in the mainstream in the UK is as irritable as anything, Generic club tracks with predictable drops and very samey lyrics. trust me if I hear capital radio for 1 minute I’ll go out of head!

He’s not that varied when it comes to his music, I once asked him if he could play kraftwerk - numbers and he didn’t even know who kraftwerk were! He said “get me one person who has heard of kraftwerk and I’ll give you £1 off anything”
Next time I go in I won’t mention boards I’ll just say, search up nevermen - treat em right remix and I’ll watch his reaction

[kakanara]

The music in the mainstream in the UK is as irritable as anything, Generic club tracks with predictable drops and very samey lyrics. trust me if I hear capital radio for 1 minute I’ll go out of head!

He’s not that varied when it comes to his music, I once asked him if he could play kraftwerk - numbers and he didn’t even know who kraftwerk were! He said “get me one person who has heard of kraftwerk and I’ll give you £1 off anything”
Next time I go in I won’t mention boards I’ll just say, search up nevermen - treat em right remix and I’ll watch his reaction

breaks my heart :,(
thought names like kraftwerk and boc were household names in the uk. People at least know about afx right?
and make sure to tell us what he thinks about the remix!

[Orbited insanitarium]

The music in the mainstream in the UK is as irritable as anything, Generic club tracks with predictable drops and very samey lyrics. trust me if I hear capital radio for 1 minute I’ll go out of head!

He’s not that varied when it comes to his music, I once asked him if he could play kraftwerk - numbers and he didn’t even know who kraftwerk were! He said “get me one person who has heard of kraftwerk and I’ll give you £1 off anything”
Next time I go in I won’t mention boards I’ll just say, search up nevermen - treat em right remix and I’ll watch his reaction

breaks my heart :,(
thought names like kraftwerk and boc were household names in the uk. People at least know about afx right?
and make sure to tell us what he thinks about the remix!

You’d of thought, but no! last Saturday I went over to a friends place for lunch, I brung along MHTRTC and Geogaddi on CD & they said that it was good stuff (I’d highly recommend playing a game of poker or dominoes to BOC, I felt like I was in a casino) so maybe the knowledge of IDM in the public domain isn’t dead after all