You don’t have to quit music to appreciate nature bro idk who told u this

I’ve quit listening to music for a month before.
Basically because I felt like I always needed some background noise or I’m feeling uncomfortable and that prevented me from sitting in complete silence and thinking clearly.

The biggest push was that my tinnitus got to a harsh level. I used to go to bed with that ringing killing my head. So I went for a month without pressing play on a song but then I got back to music when some good albums dropped like DONDA and CLB.

So that’s why Dre never released it he been trying to warn us about the dangers of music this whole time but knew the industry wouldn’t let him say that so he tried to leave us a clue

music definitely has a lot of power over us and should be listened to with purpose and intent instead of mindlessly putting it on (bc it will still affect your mood and personhood)

but to completely excise it is antihuman

with that being said i respect that OP identifies it as dangerous because worldly, perhaps sacrality is inherently "antihuman"

@op much love. I’ve been moderating my music intake for years now, and it’s improved my quality of life immensely.

I be turning music on while I’m making tea, might need to do this

Move to Afghanistan @op

This thread is crazy

No yeat for 2 weeks r u mental?

dumb experiment but enjoy

music is therapeutic

dam that sucks

4 u

the amount of time you can spend focusing on a single task without a reward is lowered by heavy internet use. thats what I meant

this seems anecdotally pretty obvious to me so I can't tell if you're disagreeing with the fact that I used the phrase "attention span" (which I agree is a pretty nebulous thing that can't necessarily be measured) or if you're disagreeing with my broader point

if its the latter, yes there is evidence to support this and I can link it if you want

you know how heroine or some other hard d*** floods your reward system right. and if you keep using those hard d****, you need more and more in order to reach the same baseline of pleasure?

so similarly, when you have instant access to quick rewards via the internet, you start needing a constant stream of them in order to go about your day

thats why you see people who can't study without listening to music or tabbing onto social media every five seconds, you get what i'm saying?

look man what ur saying kinda makes sense logically but that doesnt mean it's actually happening.

music operates on a different part of ur brain than studying or focusing or whatever, and that's the truth.

Sure, instant access to rewards on the internet might affect attention span. BUT crucially, music is not included in this. Again, music works on a different part of the brain. Sorry, ur just wrong.

my guy you literally just agreed that music releases dopamine and thus affects your reward system like a post ago

but ok we can agree to disagree

Everything in moderation

I'm taking a lil genre break from hip-hop so I can appreciate other s*** more. Roy Ayers fye

I'm going to try this tbh, just out of curiosity. Will repost in two weeks

are you alive inside?

says the guy with the mango from dota 2 as an avatar

gottem

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