Re: [AH] No traffic?

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:
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> and so are the people
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> 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
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> > gender identity and sexuality is irrelevant to synth discussion imo. =
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> 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.
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> 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
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> i say this just to remind folks that there are a lot of lurkers on AH =
and i want them to feel welcome too.
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> 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.
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> 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
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> On Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 6:34 PM Collin Crowe <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> =
wrote:
> It works! Keep it goin=20
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> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 4:42 AM eon <xxx@xx.xx> wrote:
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> > 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!
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> Nothing like old school, mannerly flame war, yes!
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> 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 =
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> 1200 with SD drive and I'm loving it, sampling the AKS.
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> Any hints?
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> Cheers
> Maciek