RickyFitts

Eesh, I cannot imagine how painful that must've been, it was painful enough for me and I'm English. Bloody Germans, I still haven't forgiven them for beating us on penalties in the semis at Italia '90.

I always had a soft spot for Argentina, not quite sure why. Probably the Maradona effect as much as anything, that was one cool mo-fo (even if he did knock out England with one moment of sheer brilliance and one moment of utter devilry).

@modmyth Ah man yeah, fantastic soundtrack, so atmospheric. Just FYI, 'Ivan's Childhood', 'Andrei Rublev', and 'The Mirror' are also available on Youtube, too.

Just putting this out there for fans of arthouse cinema, the full film came up on my Youtube feed just now and thought others might be interested (it's been put out by the company that owns the rights to the film, so it's completely above board). Here's the Youtube description, for those who aren't familiar with the film: 'Based on the novel "Roadside Picnic" by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. The Zone that arose on Earth for unknown reasons attracts attention with inexplicable phenomena that occur there. A rumor has spread that in the center of the Zone there is something that gives a person everything he wants. But staying in the Zone is deadly, and therefore it is strictly guarded. There, each for their own reasons, the Writer and the Professor go, the Stalker leads them to the mysterious center, feeling and understanding the Zone...' It's quite a slow-paced, quiet film, and you might find it a struggle if you have a short attention-span, but it's thought-provoking, beautifully shot, and it has a hypnotic quality to it (it could be a good film to watch whilst high ).

@Happy Lizard Think it might have been my first too, funnily enough! Absolutely, yes.

@Asayake Yep, very interesting film! I haven't seen it in a few years myself, I'm going to rewatch it too.

Ooh yeah you should, you won't be disappointed. The performance of 'Comfortably Numb' in particular is amazing, particularly that second solo, holy fuck:

@Waken Very welcome, glad you liked it - the songs you posted were lovely, too.

Louis CK's bit about experiencing weed-induced paranoia after he smoked some powerful pot with a group of young people in a parking lot always cracks me up, so relatable! ?

@Asayake I saw a great comment on Youtube last year: 'When David Gilmour plays his guitar, he uses his soul as an amplifier!' Never a truer word spoken, my word... 'Time' was definitely a song that spoke to me when I first heard it on Floyd's 'Pulse' live album, even at the age of 21 I felt the truth of what they were saying about how time slips away so quickly. Though the one off that album that touched me most profoundly, and that might actually be my all-time favourite song, is 'Coming Back To Life' - oh man, I hate to use a big fancy word like 'transcendent', but this song is freaking transcendent: And holy fuck, it has literally just come on my Youtube playlist!

@Loba Dang, 'Reckoner' is a great shout, that's definitely up there on my list of all-time favourite songs - it's between that one and 'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi' for my favourite song on 'In Rainbows':

Love that. Reminds me of a Rumi quote: 'The wound is where the light enters'. The heart-break isn't really the issue, it's the fact that we don't want to feel it that causes us to suffer. And I don't say that as a criticism, it's just human to feel that way (or it is when you've been conditioned to believe that it's not all right to express your pain, at least). But in order to truly move on from loss, you have to allow the arising of that pain, and in order to do that, it's often necessary to become conscious of any resistance to the pain and to allow that resistance to release. And that be a very gradual process, depending on how much resistance you've built up against painful emotions.

Relax. If it's meant to happen, it will. And if it doesn't, it's not the end of the world. One thing's for the sure: The more desperate you are, the more you're likely to repel her.

@Fernanda Sounds like it's home. ?

In what sense? I know to a lot of people 'feminist' is a dirty word, but are we to expect women to be happy to be treated as second-class citizens?

You're very welcome. ? Must admit that I don't know much about Brazil as a country, sounds like a very interesting place from what you've said though. ?

Mm, hate to say it but the behaviour of the few Brazilian men I've encountered just screams 'toxic masculinity'. That might not be representative of Brazilian society though, it's a very small sample size. @Fernanda Sorry you've been through this experience, hopefully it hasn't been too hurtful or distressing for you. Maybe it's a valuable learning experience if nothing else. ?

Absolutely agree with this, well said - 'you can only heal what you can feel', as Teal Swan has so astutely observed. Fuck of a lot easier said than done, it has to be said, but you can't rationalise these feelings away.

Ugh, this whole paradigm of superior/inferior just seems utterly dysfunctional and unappealing to me - I mean, how can you have true intimacy and connection with a person if you view the relationship in that light? Every close relationship I've had, the closeness and love was there because we viewed each other as equals, this whole notion of status never even entered into it.

You're trying to get me pepper-sprayed, aren't you? ?

Wide-eyed and drooling? I guess that might appeal to some women. ?