Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20171111143841/@comment-1496755-20180728001602

The whole database thing is really important because it plays a huge role in determining what funding we get. And funding determines our survival as an institution. Does this make the whole experience better? Makes it more stressful for sure - I have to check and double-check, and even triple-check everything, cause if something goes wrong everyone will be pointing a finger at me. This is what happens when you're the only one in the whole place that can work with this database. Wonder what would happen, if I get very sick or something... no one can do anything in my absence :P

I stick to being introverted - it's pretty normal for me to join a group of people, but remain silent for 90% of the time while everyone else keeps talking about stuff I couldn't care less about. On the plus side, this makes me a good listener. Some people really like that. There are very few people who can act as listeners to me - usually other nerds who're also capable to talk about gaming for hours on end. We get along perfectly.

I think I've only had two friends who aren't around me just for entertainment. The first was my earliest childhood friend - a guy very different from me, actually. Imagine extroverted, physically strong, following popular trends... and yet we got along very well, one reason being we lived in the same building, and another reason being that we were both outcasts in some way, seen as "crazy" or "deviant", so we had something relatable to unite us. He is fairly crazy indeed. And the second person is that guy from Texas (I think) who is a big fan of weird Quake mods and metal music. I suspect he is insane too (but don't tell him!).

(sigh) Yes, dads generally seem to be bad with emotional support. My dad could teach me a ton of stuff (especially about technology and applied science) but talking about feelings? Forget it! But then again this seems to be the accepted social role, especially in this part of the world - emotions are women's territory; men work, provide for the family, fix stuff, and beat people up when necessary. If I ever become a parent, I will try my best to change this. Previous generations kept reiterating the same flawed model, I'll try to reset it.

Speaking of years, my folks consider 1991 to be the best year in rock music. And they may be on to something because many legendary albums came out in that year. As they say "drug quality must have been pretty good that year." Looking at my own collection, there surely are lots of good things from the 2001 - 2005 period, so you're on to something as well. Many bands I've consistently followed were in their prime precisely during that period (e.g. Linkin Park, Slipknot).

You give some pretty good suggestions - one of these days I have to pick one band and explore their works. Right now it's really messy - enjoying one song here, another there. Something I've been doing lately - fixing names of songs in my collection, especially capitalized words that shouldn't be capitalized (e.g. "Of", "In", "And" and "The" - turning them into "of", "in", "and" and "the"). Funny thing - doing this reminds me of you, since you introduced this policy on the Wiki.

By the way, something random I've been thinking about recently - Difficulty. I've been wondering if we can make it more detailed and technical like our Most Unholy Competitor did. You know which one. Here is their page about difficulty levels. We just need to know where to get the technical data.