Made the switch to Tidal, and I only have a couple nitpicks: no console app and it does this weird thing on desktop where it plays a split second of paused music when other apps or windows are opened. They’re small things though, and I’m happy to be supporting artists more.

Not the person you replied to, but I was the same way until I realized all my favorite artists were either dying or retiring and chances to ever see them were slipping away, and quickly. I just go to whatever shows I can and just be present in the moment. Even small local shows. I’ve found a bunch of cool artists by going to shows with artists I don’t even know.

Like, imagine having the opportunity to see a Zeppelin show in their prime, then imagine thinking about going, then saying “meh.” I couldn’t even comprehend the regret I would feel passing something like that up. And it circles back to not knowing you’re in the “good old days” until they’re already past. I just don’t want to look back at missed opportunities and kick myself for the rest of my life.

Like they said, it’s not for everyone, especially not these days. Ticketmaster is a plague, most shows are ridiculously overpriced with food and drink to match, and way too many people are focused on taking a video they’ll never watch. But if things only get worse, I’m going to go down swinging and keep going to shows until doing so would financially break me.

I have a similar line of thinking. I’m a musician, so if I was filthy rich I might want to donate money to a school’s music department. If the school is one fiscal entity, I would have to put that as a stipulation to ensure they gave the money to that department, not divert it to something overfunded or just padding the board’s pocket as bonuses for “a job well done”

Wordle 1,190 5/6*

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨
⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩
⬛⬛🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 lol
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Strands #202
“I’ve got the music in me!”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵

🙂 Daily Quordle 970
7️⃣8️⃣
5️⃣3️⃣
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⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

Did not even know top left was a word. The only time guessing a word I don’t recognize paid off.

Strands #201
“A way with words”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵🔵🔵

Did it on my laptop but I got it in 107.

Not as bad as it sounds with how much overlap there is. There’s almost always one that’s either done at that point or is very easy to guess, usually words with repeated letters

Strands #200
“Work out the bugs”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵

Wordle 1,188 3/6*

⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Daily Duotrigordle #931
Guesses: 37/37
2️⃣8️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣
3️⃣1️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣
1️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣
1️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣
2️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣
0️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣ 1️⃣8️⃣
3️⃣4️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣ 1️⃣7️⃣
2️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣
https://duotrigordle.com/

Bandle #763 1/6
🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
Found: 9/10 (90%)
Current Streak: 0 (max 1)
#Bandle #Heardle #Wordle

https://bandle.app/

The hi hat was a dead give-away

🙂 Daily Quordle 968
4️⃣6️⃣
7️⃣5️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
🟩🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟨⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

Connections
Puzzle #465. 🟦🟦🟦🟩
🟪🟨🟪🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟪🟪🟪🟩
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟩🟩🟦🟩

Not today

Same. I even guessed the categories, but 2 of them seemed like red herrings because I hadn’t heard of 1 of each.

Daily Duotrigordle #930
Guesses: 37/37
1️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣ 0️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣3️⃣
1️⃣8️⃣ 1️⃣9️⃣ 3️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣
2️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣2️⃣
2️⃣4️⃣ 2️⃣3️⃣ 1️⃣1️⃣ 1️⃣2️⃣
2️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣7️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣5️⃣
0️⃣7️⃣ 1️⃣4️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣ 3️⃣4️⃣
1️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣5️⃣ 1️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣8️⃣
0️⃣6️⃣ 2️⃣9️⃣ 3️⃣5️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣
https://duotrigordle.com/

This is getting ridiculous. What next, kibiordle? Can’t say I don’t enjoy it though

That is the translation I’ve seen, so kudos! It’s Marth’s default taunt voice line. I got really used to hearing it back in the day, usually interrupted as my cockiness got punished.

Yoshi and Marth. In summary, I am what they call a “basic bitch.” Minna, miteite kure

🙂 Daily Quordle 964
7️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣4️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛