Kabukichoatmidnight

You still seem to be misunderstanding what I mean. It's less about finding bands I want to find, I'm aware there is a search function here (duh) and I follow the bands/members I want to follow and keep upto date with them on other media as I'm sure everyone on here does so it's got nothing to do with not being able to find the info/bands I want to check out or anything like that. The idea is more filtering out new bands I'm not interested in looking at, not because I have a problem with them but a lot of these new bands never amount to anything so it's just unnecessary clog in my opinion, maybe some people feel the same, maybe others aren't too bothered. haha. I don't really see how one thread per new band in a separate section will be messy as that's generally how it works in the normal news section anyway, just that they get in the way of all the other news.... It's not about using that thread to keep updating progress (though that could be cool if someone can be bothered to do it in a locked thread, (however bands have their own websites for that sort of thing) meaning people can't post in it, just one moderator adjusts it when and if need be) it would simply be for the announcements of the formations of new bands, any further news on them (such as new releases, tours etc...) would go in the news thread as normal. This is just my opinion on the matter, I've more or less said and suggested everything I need to say about it, so whether people agree and it happens or people disagree and it doesn't happen, I don't really care and am not going to post in this thread about it anymore. Just an idea I thought could make things a bit neater around here. haha. So upto you guys from here.

The idea was the opposite, to filter out all the new band news amongst all the other news as there are so many "new band" posts it just clutters up all the news about existing bands and their new releases and stuff. And in fairness a lot of these new bands hardly ever get mentioned again or are just really generic and never become anything noteworthy so is a bit of a waste of time mentioning every single one. In my opinion, I don't expect everyone to agree or whatever but just thought as there are so many new band posts it'd be better to put them in a sub section out the way of news about existing bands and can be gathered in one place by those who want to keep tabs on that sort of thing. And in any case, what could make that great is like Axius I think was getting at, is basically to end up with a database of bands, maybe even lock each new band thread, and just have say, their website, name, videos for a song or two, their look blahblahblah and update it accordingly so then if they disband, note that in there as well. Not sure I've explained that properly but hopefully you get the gist.

I did see Retsu post a slightly worrying instagram story a few days back, seemed like the guy was in a bit of a slump and just basically said something like 「曲ができない」if I remember correctly, which I interpreted as being along the lines of "I can't make music/songs" so that also doesn't seem terribly positive. If anyone else who knows Japanese better than me (as I'm far from good) has any better ideas then shoot. haha. I did also see the instagram post about him buying some Spectrasonics gear which I also use actually, they're an amazing company so if he's using their stuff I'm pretty confident the SE's will improve dramatically as unless you literally have no idea how to use a VST then you can't fail to make something half decent sounding using Spectrasonics stuff. Just my opinion. haha.

This may be a dumb idea so you can tell me to shut up and go home if you like, but was thinking the "new bands" announcements take up a lot of space in the news section of the forum, especially as there seem to be about 10 new bands form every day...haha. So would it be an idea to have a separate section for new band announcements? Like a sub section in the news section or whatever?

Got to admit, that did get me curious too as I was also uninterested before. I'm not big on MV DVDs usually but this one does also get me a little more into getting it.

Yeah, haha, like that girl I saw on some documentary (Can't remember what it was called now) but she lost her virginity late and contracted 6 STI's on her first time. Oooooof.

You definitely sound to me like you're suffering with depression, not a maybe, so advice before you sink even further, seek professional help, see your GP and get some therapy sorted. Seriously it'll change your life forever, hopefully for the better! Is a big step so you have to make those moves when you're ready otherwise if you're not ready you probably wont benefit from them. But it is definitely worth keeping in mind, things don't change unless you make changes happen. : ) But yeah sounds like we're in a fairly similar situation to be honest so completely get what you mean. I don't know if it's even necessarily an age thing, I mentioned this in another thread so not going into the same detail here, but think when you get in a depressive state people sense your negativity and you end up subconciously keeping yourself distant from others and they keep themselves distant from you. But yeah having lots of time to invest in yourself and your own interests isn't entirely a bad thing as long as your interests and stuff aren't harmful to your health, like drinking/drugs etc... So yeah just take time to focus on you and hopefully you'll bump into the right person at the right place at the right time and all will be good.

I'm 100% not Asexual, but in recent times I seem to be ticking a bit more of the "demisexual" boxes. So don't know if that counts. Just don't tend to really see many people as potential partners, sexually or romantically, it does happen, but it's very rare for me.

Love and relationships are a pretty complicated topic, but in my opinion you're better off doing things you love rather than trying to find someone to love. This way you will learn to grow yourself and be able to "love yourself" which is the most important person you need to love! If you can't make yourself happy you can't expect anyone else will be able to. And by doing the things you love and growing as a person, you're natural confidence (Even if it's quiet confidence, I don't mean you have to be arrogant and cocky to show confidence as that definitely ISN'T attractive) will attract people and if you're taking part in hobbies you enjoy, perhaps you'll meet someone who enjoys the same things and boom, you click and start building your relationship from there.

7 1/2 years was the longest, and about 10 months was the shortest. That is counting proper relationships not those "just seeing someone" type things that go on. 😛

I can understand some of you who are frustrated with being virgins or whatever, but in my opinion sex really isn't that important. What the fuck is sex anyway? Two people mashing body parts against each other and getting sweaty. haha. For me, I'm relatively well experienced I would say, and to be honest in the last couple of years I find myself caring less and less about sex, there are plenty of other things you can focus time on, like doing the things you love, focusing on studies, learning to drive, learning a new language, WHATEVER, there are far more productive and to be honest, useful things you can be doing than mashing body parts. haha. So I guess what I'm saying is not to be hung up about not being too active, focus that energy into something more productive and achieve the things you want to achieve with all you got. + I'm sure I'm not alone here when I say that sex can lead to a lot of very weird and awkward situations you don't want to be involved in and may even be ashamed of, just for a bit of fun with someone, was it worth it? Probably not.

I've been going through more or less the same kind of thing myself and know it isn't easy. Sounds like you're suffering from more than just "being single" though, as in, it's making you depressed as well? If that's the case I highly recommend you see a GP and tell them you're struggling with every day life and these thoughts (anxiety probably) are holding you back and they may refer you to see someone about it and probably give you some medication which will keep your emotions more balanced. Wont make everything perfect but that should help to some degree. The pills will take longer than 24 hours to kick in though unfortunately. As for nobody not liking you, well, I could probably write an essay on this topic but will just throw out a few brief ideas which hopefully you can gain something from. Firstly, I tend to think subconciously people can sense that negativity in you and to be fair, people aren't usually attracted to negative people, people like happy, fun, confident people.... Not to say that if you're not these things (hell I'm definitely not, haha) nobody will ever find you attractive but by being so negative and having expectations that noone will be interested in you I think, accidentally you're keeping people a certain distance away from you in which case aren't able to build a close enough relationship with them in order to progress to anything further than simple friendship. Which is great, as making friends is really good and not every girl/guy/whatever you make friends with has to be a romantic interest. As far as finding out if people are interested in you or not, I mean, it's better to just be forward and to the point sometimes, which I know sounds a bit scary but just being like "look, I really think you're attractive, do you wanna hang out sometime?" is much better than subtle hints which get mistaken for tokens of friendship or generally cause confusion, "does this person fancy me? Seems like maybe they do. But if they're only being a friend, that was really sweet of them." so from that you can grow closer in some way, maybe just as friends, maybe things will become more than that. But main point here is don't be subtle, if you're interested, tell them you're interested, if you get rejected, it's not fun but "oh well" life goes on and you know not to waste time with that person anymore. Maybe that person meant a lot to you, but once you've made it clear, either things progress in a positive way for you or you can move on and forget about trying anything with that person and avoid all confusion. Just a few of my thoughts.

Damn, sounds pretty complicated! haha.

True. But is probably this...

Haha all I hope is that it would make more sense than the English lyrics they have written. Maybe I can take a screenshot and show it to my Japanese teacher and see what he says. haha.

Hmm maybe, what are the contents for it exactly though? All I heard was its "music videos", tbh I don't really sit down to watch a load of music videos so that doesn't excite me too much. + Haven't they already released most of their music videos on other discs anyway? If it was a live show or something I'd be 100% on that!

And on the first single cover/artwork they wrote the name like "gulu gulu" so maybe they aren't too fussy about how it's written. So nor should we be. haha.

I've always pronounced it with a J, sort of like the word "Nostalgia" for instance. Sorry, being an English teacher and having a linguistics background, can't help but pick these things up. 😛

You scare me.

Abit on the bench about this "best of" album, a couple of new songs and a handful of re-recordings (which in the past for them have been quite dramatic in difference) but otherwise doesn't it just seem like a glorified single/mini album just with a larger price tag? lol.

Why do these posts from DIMLIM feel a bit like they are trying TOO hard to get known overseas? I almost feel like it's a last ditch effort before they just say "this isn't working, fuck it." and throw in all their unsold towels. Seems a little desperate.

Despite what other people thought I quite liked the full length, so interested to see where they go with this non-live limited single. haha.

Definitely looking forward to this, a mandatory purchase. haha.

"Born to the put my dick" Is a slightly weirder line. haha. I'm interested to know what they were trying to say with this one....

Intriguing. Will keep an eye on this one.