Jul 7, 2024 @AOTWClub updated main page with myself going this week, eminem put as the following week then I'll edit the schedule to get rid of non participating people sometime this week
Jul 7, 2024 On the real though, the last few months on this forum have been the most fun it has ever been and this specific thread has played a role in that, thanks @Justin Trudeau for putting this together and everyone here sharing! All the jokes and bs and trolling aside that takes place on this entire site, this place is fun to talk about different things and I’m glad I became more active and less nervous to speak out here lmao. Shoutout y’all fr
Jul 7, 2024 Yeah I was originally gonna go on hiatus but I’ll mostly only be posting in here and on the Discord so it’s not a full on hiatus. I’m sure I’ll occasionally comment on other things like The Weeknd new album thread and stuff like that. I just need a break from constantly posting all the time, not only for my own sanity but for everyone else’s sanity. I don’t want to make people tired of me (I probably already have). I’m sure I’ll get to a point where I post a lot again, but I think after the Eminem album comes out is the perfect time for me to wind down a bit for a while
Jul 7, 2024 Honestly, yeah that makes sense I’ll def be active here and other random threads but the main reason I check so much is for TDOSS news, I won’t have as much of an urge to check back as much as I do. I’ll probably keep running the Terrifier 3 thread, I kinda abandoned the MCU thread hahah I should get back on that post-Deadpool & Wolverine. I wonder how many people will stick around after TDOSS drops
Jul 7, 2024 @Ripper Roo Hope you understand, but I won't be reviewing your album this week. It didn't resonate with me, in the same way the Lorde album didn't but this one strayed even farther away so I couldn't finish it. Rather than giving it a negative score or criticizing a genre that I can't get into, but that many seem to appreciate, i've decided to just pass
Jul 7, 2024 People who have been here longer can correct me if I’m wrong but I think once the Eminem album comes out and people have had their time to discuss it, we will be seeing a lot of users leave until the next one comes out lol
Jul 7, 2024 I did the same tbh between side b and the (multiple) hype trains for what would become TDOSS In the last few months, I actually started to have more fun here + started to participate in more threads so I’ll for sure be sticking around
Jul 7, 2024 Yeah the forum is actually fun when people participate. Before I first started posting, there were periods of time where the site would go DAYS without someone posting. That’s what really made me step up. It’s great to see the forum a lot more active now even if it’s just for an Eminem album. I hope more people like you start participating in other threads. Too many people join here and only participate in the Eminem threads
Jul 7, 2024 I can only speak for the side B rollout, but after it released I’d say around 25% of the new members stuck around (most stay in the em thread) and came back briefly during the CC2 release and they’re back now for TDOSS. Side B brought a lot of traffic because we had info about it before the release which isn’t happening this time around because there’s a proper rollout. It seems that Em is the artist that brings the most new members, while Kanye, Kendrick and Drake have high engagement too
Jul 7, 2024 I def agree that @Justin Trudeau is helping the forum immensely with this thread. Aside from the great music I’ve found through here (The Three 6 and Paris Texas albums especially) It’s great to see everyone give their thoughts
Jul 7, 2024 What brought me here was the jan 21 rumors LMAO, my first "release" here was a gigantic L
Jul 7, 2024 I remember joining right before Side B because I heard people here had insider info, good times!
Jul 7, 2024 Needless to say Sling by Clairo is a 10/10 album to me and one of my favorite albums ever, if not my favorite. Around the time of July 16, 2021 when it came out I decided to check this album out which is why it is so great that we listened to this during the same month 3 years later. In those 3 years this album has aged so well for me. The funny part is I hadn’t really listened to Clairo before this. I checked it out on a whim thinking it would be an album I’d never check out again. Little did I know it would make Clairo become one of my favorite artists of all time, make me dive into her whole discography, expand my musical taste a bunch (I honestly didn’t listen to music like this before her), and lowkey change my life. This album came out at the perfect time when I really needed it. I was at one of the heights of my suicidal depression. So when I heard a song like “Just For Today” it really affected me: “[Verse 1] Honestly, I didn't think I'd end up here this time Or anywhere at all, I'm distant just enough to never fall behind Picturing the saddest scene of wearing bedsheets And two pats on the back, "It just takes time" It's getting late Since when did taking time take all my life? [Chorus] Mommy, I'm afraid I've been talking to the hotline again It's stirring, but the ripples always seek out the ones who carry me” These lines almost perfectly described what I was going through. Then to follow up on that in the second verse with: “As we speak, I'm here to meet devils for tea Peering 'round the corner of my life I throw my drink into the faces of my demise” This really inspired some hope within me. I could say the same about “Wade”: “Decades are wastin' on your name You'll grasp the concept of life When you give up the point of tryin' If you don't do the things that you do They'll just happen to you Pulling out all my weight And do my part and you'll say "Oh, I'm so glad you're here with us today You probably thought you would be gone" And until there's another way I just have to face that there's no real place To go and I could really be alone I'd promise you now that if I had known I wouldn't be standing here There's memories to be made And water that's to wade I used it all up drying tears Of course I don't regret The moments where I wept And yearned for what I've got now It's only time, it won't age like wine But it's mine and I'll take the blow” Again, this perfectly described my situation in ways I didn’t know how to at the time. When she said that you’ll grasp the concept of life when you give up the point of trying, that really hit. In my suicidal depression nihilism I really didn’t see the point of trying with life anymore, but these lyrics made me realize that if I didn’t k--- myself, life would just happen to me regardless. If I didn’t get up and do things, bad things would happen to me anyway. It’s much better to live life instead of letting life happen to you. With this album and Mr. Morale coming out around the same time (which also had a lot to do with mental health) it really impacted me. It inspired me to try again with the mental health journey that I had given up on years prior. Years later I still have my bouts of depression, but I’m doing a lot better. I went from thinking about killing myself every day to rarely ever thinking about it at all. That might not seem big to some, but it was huge for me because that type of mental battle takes away so much energy. This isn’t to garner sympathy, but to explain why I chose this album and why it’s so important to me. It’s to explain why I like it so much beyond just saying “that s--- was fire”. It’s to explain why my first thread here is a Clairo thread. I realize this is already super long though so I’m just gonna end it here lol. TLDR: SLING BY CLAIRO IS A 10/10 @AOTWClub
