love this ask bc my brain compartmentalizes life events and tells time through music and this is the first song i remember loving. i couldn’t wait to be a grown up and drink coffee by the beach when i heard this one. i would still like to drink coffee by the beach whilst listening to some norah. (i am told that my very first favorite song as a baby was “believe” by cher).
Aug 5, 2024
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a technical non-answer, as i’m not sure if it’s the BEST song ever, but moreso, likely my favorite.
my dad used to make custom mixtapes on cds while i was growing up to play for different occasions. i had a ‘going to sleep’ mixtape, a ‘ride to the bus stop’ mixtape, a ’roadtrip’ mixtape, all of it.
love her was on one of the tapes and i had liked the song a lot but it wasn’t one that i remembered and streamed in my teen years. but then, it randomly appeared on spotify radio. i heard it and started crying. it brought back so many good memories but also sounded like the first listen all over again. so i started playing it: over, and over, and over. and it still hasn’t gotten old.
my top streamed song by a longshot
Nov 27, 2024
This is my number 1 comfort album. My Mom got it as a CD from a magazine sale at my elementary school. We would listen to it together often in the car. It’s both an idyllic slow morning soundtrack and a perfect Commute vibe for any season. I’ve been having a proper Nora November this year because it’s a perfect no-skips cold weather comfort album
Nov 12, 2024
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The first music I really remember hearing and liking from when I was like 3-4. They included some of the following tracks:
Venus As A Boy — Björk
Never There — Cake
New Age Girl — Dead Eye Dick
Wild Horses — The Sundays
honorable mentions:
One Week — Bare Naked Ladies
Semi-charmed Life — Third Eye Blind
Feb 22, 2025
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liking ur rec = saying hi when we go to get our morning papers from the end of our driveways (picture me doing so tony soprano style)
Aug 12, 2024
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she can’t see my bank account so it’s ok.
Mar 21, 2025
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started writing this a few hours ago when i first saw this ask, then decided against posting but i've since changed my mind. there really is no justification for it outside of entitlement. even from a selfish lens, there's no long term benefit to its usage. it harms the world and culture in more ways than one.
a.) the water and energy usage that isn't a secret at this point. "no ethical consumption under capitalism" yadda yadda and yeah corporations are extremely culpable in the state of the environment but there really is no need for chatgpt and the planet is already too delicate at the moment.
b.) the exploitation of workers in the global south. this program is not just a computer figuring it all out, there are in fact humans behind it. it reminds me of the acceptance of fast fashion and how people have the tendency to divorce the idea of the garment worker from the garment they wear when all clothing is handmade in some way, shape or form. you need hands to man a sewing machine, you need human eyes to moderate content. also, content moderation can be a thankless job with psychological repercussions.
c.) the erosion of social skills, humanity and media literacy...this one is very personal. like, you have a cushy email job but can't write an email? you need a computer and a worker in kenya to get paid a dollar an hour to figure out a daily routine for you? i've seen the program churn out blatantly incorrect information. fine tuning a prompt or chat or whatever to give you the exact (possibly incorrect) answer you need isn't really that much less work than sharpening your research skills by cracking open a dictionary or using boolean search keys in google. again, the main issue with this kind of stuff is the entitlement to convenience, with no thought towards the repercussions within and outside of us. we are losing major recipes (critical thinking and media literacy) here, people!
i probably did an iffy job are coherently articulating my thoughts here but i am in fact, human. and that’s the beauty of it all.
Oct 1, 2024