From A. Sent Tue, Nov 19th 2019, 12:35
To some people the words 'welcoming community' ring the sound of a death = knell, just so you know. Please don't force this list to be about = personal identity spheres which would make it no different than anywhere = else nowadays, it's fine as it is. I just like synthesizers and talk about synthesizers. Not much to ask = for. The rest of the world is for politics. Synth heads need a safe space too! > On 19 Nov 2019, at 06:38, Justin Maxwell <xxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: >=20 > and so are the people >=20 > as an ex-AH asshole (AHsshole?) the thing about being an asshole is = that you don't have to be. you can fucking just move along. whether or = not it's muffs or reddit or wherever, there are always a bunch of good = ol boys white males who think that the world is too sensitive for them = and their jokes and that other people are the problem. meanwhile there = are people just figuring themselves out in the world and trying to find = places to connect online=20 >=20 > > gender identity and sexuality is irrelevant to synth discussion imo. = =20 >=20 > except that it's not, gender identity and sexuality has been bound to = art for millennia, and we happen to be fans of machines designed to = create art, among other things. on the machine level, we talk about = tones in terms of passion, people use the word "sexy" to describe = industrial design. there's a lot of masculinity and femininity in the = music and the audience. and we'd be naive to pretend the music many of = us on here love didn't get its roots in gay communities. >=20 > there are a lot of people figuring out themselves in the world right = now because society is providing a safe(r) space for it and the people = who make it harder for them online are the real assholes.=20 >=20 > i say this just to remind folks that there are a lot of lurkers on AH = and i want them to feel welcome too. >=20 > On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 8:37 PM Van Santos <xxx.xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> = wrote: > I saw that recently when a woman asked about other women who frequent = the sub.... The comments were a nightmare. >=20 > On Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 10:34 PM negativesaucer = <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: > meanwhile the Reddit synthesizers sub is more interested in gender = identity politics than synthesizers=20 >=20 > On Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 6:34 PM Collin Crowe <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> = wrote: > It works! Keep it goin=20 >=20 > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 4:42 AM eon <xxx@xx.xx> wrote: >=20 > > That said - as a UK bod - in the 90=E2=80=99s I=E2=80=99d look = forward to browsing > > through a bunch of email from the US when I got up - nothing like > > reading a flame war over 101 mod grips with your morning coffee! = Good > > times! It=E2=80=99s a lot quieter now - but there have been some = good > > threads this year! >=20 > Nothing like old school, mannerly flame war, yes! >=20 > Speaking of which. "I know it's not abalogue, but..." I just got me my=20= > first hardware sampler in my life at the age of 40. It's the original = SP=20 > 1200 with SD drive and I'm loving it, sampling the AKS. >=20 > Any hints? >=20 >=20 > Cheers > Maciek