Mod Wiggler

[jdaddyaz]

Boom selecta!

[JES]

@nilsec

I voiced that if you don’t like synthfluencer vids, don 't click on those links (literally provided by the manufacture!), and asked if anyone received their preorder yet. I have like 10 posts total on that forum. So that “bunch of people” kinda decended opon me for only having 10 posts and that I must be some sort of concern troll, etc.

I saw that! You were in the right, they were in the wrong. That was in “General Gear” which can get kind of nasty.

MW is the only place in recent memory where I have reported posts to mods. Generally agree with @j3rk’s impressions of the current state of the place. On the humour thing, I think it’s tricky. I like really inappropriate humour, but a lot of the changes in social attitudes around humour are related to humour that “punches down” socially. I get that it’s tricky, but if a bit of awkwardness leads to a more welcoming world for people, I’m willing to live with it.

[JES]

@onthebannedwagon

how by a certain age we sort of run out of novel experiences or that new(ish) experiences stop inspiring us in the same way/intensity when we were young. Not that knowing that provides a solution but I found the explanation to be helpful in a way. I can see how this pushes many people to become more bitter because it just feels so fucking sad some days.

I notice this too but see it a little differently: as one gets older, one has to work a little harder to have new experiences. But, their value can be greater as we age.

[tIB]

Oh hang on - that guy was Lofi junglist??? That’s quite a turnaround!

[onthebannedwagon]

@JES

I notice this too but see it a little differently: as one gets older, one has to work a little harder to have new experiences. But, their value can be greater as we age.

I agree, it’s just a sort of adjustment and a different way to enjoy life. At first it felt a sort of mourning until I realized that other things are blooming, which are less showy, but perhaps of greater value as you said.

[onthebannedwagon]

As far as I’ve been told by a few of the older timers.

[tIB]

Having looked you’re right - imagine a bit of ‘tidying’s’ been done there, ha!

[Volt_Thrower]

It was a lot of fun being part of muffwiggler back in the heyday. When eurorack was just growing/exploding beyond doepfer. Brands like MakeNoise, Harvestman, Livewire, Metasonix, etc. were all fairly young and the idea of a modular synth being made of multiple brands was still kind of novel - a real changing point. Most of the people behind these brands were communicating on the forum. There was a real creative zeitgeist in the air. It certainly felt like being part of a niche scene.

Then getting into heavily into DIY. The forum was amazing with so many great thoughtful and intelligent contributors (J3rk included). It was a really fun/meaningful time in my hobby life for me. I probably got too distracted from making music but I did have a lot of fun being creative in the DIY realm.

Like anything else, things change. It was great to ride that wave while it was happening.

[onthebannedwagon]

Do any of you know what happened to slumberjack or if he’s on any other forums? He was such a nice, interesting guy, but haven’t seen him posting in a long time. Was he junglfied or kentinized?

[tIB]

More likely he took himself out of there - think he was involved in the messy tape delay thread and probably decided enough was enough.

[tIB]

Turns out crypto is politics now too. Such a shame.

[onthebannedwagon]

@tIB

think he was involved in the messy tape delay thread and probably decided enough was enough.

That thread is the most Shakespearian thread on the entire internet.