gakles
7d ago
I have a very similar experience. Never been depressed but i've found that listening to music while walking around town or doing work decreases my net happiness. Personally I think it's because my train of thought gets derailed several times a minute by catchy lyrics, taking me out of the moment and forcing me to reorient myself each time. Not that I'm walking around in a distracted haze while listening but these microdistractions take a toll on my mental attention.
This could be a symptom of the genres I listen too though, lots of trap, rap, and drill so it's not exactly calming mozart. I do find that while working out this "violent" music actually helps because it takes me out of the direct unpleasant feelings but also keeps my pulse high. I guess dissing the opps is good for preacher curls but not autumn afternoon walks.
gakles
26d ago
Looking for something new to read. Big fan of military scifi/thrillers and near future stuff, huge fan of Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising and Team Yankee among others. The genre seems to have fallen off, the more recent ghost authored Clancy stuff is fine but the thriller aspects make it take so long to get to the action. I've read all of FX Halden's books and James Rosone's Monroe Doctrine as well as quite a few others, unfortunately the part of the genre Kindle recommends me is increasingly filled with ai slop. Anybody have any recs?
Have you tried Path of Exile 1? It's 13 years old now so very much matured out of EA with insane complexity.
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