#i'm sure i could think of more if i check my playlists but idek if people care lmao

[amberesinite]

Okay okay okay. These are good, some of these are personal favorites, but here are a few songs that I think are pop culturally relevant (in no particular order):

Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G.

Mo Money Mo Problems - The Notorious B.I.G., Mase, P. Diddy (fuck that guy)

Gin and Juice (already on the list) - Snoop Dogg, Dat Nigga Daz

Drop It Like It's Hot - Snoop Dogg, Pharrell

Bandz a Make Her Dance - Juicy J, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz

Pull Over - Trina

Anaconda - Nicki Minaj

In da Club - 50 Cent

Crank That (Soulja Boy) - Soulja Boy Tell 'Em

Bugatti - Ace Hood, Future, Rick Ross

Move Bitch - Ludacris, Mystikal, I-20

Big Momma Thang - Lil Kim

How Many Licks? - Lil Kim, Sisqo

Magic Stick - Lil Kim, 50 Cent

My Name Is - Eminem

The Real Slim Shady - Eminem

Get Money - Junior M.A.F.I.A., The Notorious B.I.G.

Shake Ya Ass - Mystikal, Pharrell

Mr. Tung Twista - Twista, Tyrone Chilifoot

1st of tha Month - Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Party Up (Up in Here) - DMX

X Gon' Give It to Ya - DMX

O.P.P. - Naughty by Nature

Hip Hop Hooray - Naughty by Nature

Make 'Em Say Uhh! - Master P, Fiend, Silkk The Shocker, Mia X, Mystikal

Check Yo Self - Ice Cube, Das EFX

Hot Boyz - Missy Elliott, Lil' Mo

Work It - Missy Elliott

Right Thurr - Chingy

Holidae In - Chingy, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg

Back That Azz Up - Juvenile, Mannie Fresh, Lil Wayne

Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) - Jay-Z

Can I Get A... - Jay-Z, Ja Rule, Amil

Izzo (H.O.V.A.) - Jay-Z

99 Problems - Jay-Z

Low - Flo Rida, T-Pain

Dance (A$$) - Big Sean

Get Low - Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz, Ying Yang Twins

Whistle While You Twurk - Ying Yang Twins

Wait (The Whisper Song) - Ying Yang Twins

Gold Digger - Kanye West, Jamie Foxx

Stronger - Kanye West

Freaky Gurl - Gucci Mane

Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-a-Lot

Racks - YC, Future

Push It - Salt-N-Pepa

Shoop - Salt-N-Pepa

Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Wanz

As someone who grew up living under a rock in the early 2000s and was completely lost on what hip-hop and rap was good until earlier this year I would absolutely support a crash course playlist

Best listened to on shuffle. Very NSFW, including some lyrics from A Different Time. Tried to focus on the essentials and then a few noteworthy personal favorites. Look below the cut for some commentary on what’s what ⬇️

*this playlist is subject to change, and since it’s original posting has already been edited to add Beastie Boys, Salt N Pepa, and MF DOOM

[lindamccartneysstrap]

hell0o. i dont know anything about the beatles but i just watched two of us on a whim and have become insane. fic recs please or just any content, news articles interviews idek. help me tumblr use paulmccartneyprostateorgasm

Sorry I haven't been ignoring this I've just been Thinking. The thing is that I've been into the beatles off and on since I was in middle school so it's hard for me to remember like. Beatles 101. But welcome to hell. Two of us is a cwazy intro to mclennon lol.

Ok so I guess the thing is really depends on how serious you wanna be with your idk beatles scholarship? Like at an absolute bare minimum I would skim some wikipedia articles so you know the major people/places/events/eras. There are a zillion beatles bios and docs most of them bad some of them vital. Unfortunately it haven't gone through any of those since I was a teenager so I can't really tell you which is which anymore. I'm sure plenty of other beatles blogs could provide resources if you want them.

Definitely watch get back and let it be. The movies the beatles were in as well but less essential I guess. Advanced Level McCartney Studies but watch give my regards to broad street it's a fascinating reflection of pauls psyche.

I'd look at blogs like @amoralto @thecoleopterawithana @undying-love for references. Probably more upper level stuff but all of pauls interviews are on the paul mccartney project website and I once went through and read all the interviews from the 80s. Full disclosure, the thing about mclennon that compels me the most is the tragedy of it all, so that's where I tend to fixate. But it was a fascinating experience because you can really see paul work through his regrets/grief/resentment/bitterness/pain about john in real time

A word of caution when reading interviews: both of these guys are incredibly untruthful at times. John, after the breakup in particular, could be very hot and cold, especially about paul so don't take everything he says at face value. Paul also lies a lot no matter what anybody tries to tell you he just gets away with it more because he's still alive and people feel bad calling him a liar

Songs. Their songs are very very important. I sometimes see people act like it's stupid to believe things based on the songs. To a point I get it art doesn't have to be literal yadda yadda. But you also gotta consider these guys communicated a Lot to each other through music from the time they were teenagers. Anyway I'd suggest listening to the songs for a more thorough understanding but just reading lyrics I guess is fine. I personally still like going through people's mclennon playlists and analyzing Why people think they're mclennon. Look at the lyrics, go to beatles bible and/or the paul mccartney project and learn about the context, etc.

Okay anyway on to fanfic. If this is your main concern just ignore all the above advice who cares. Also I'm a horrible resource because I always forget what I read. Um @forthlin @menlove @pauls1967moustache have good fics sorry I can never remember any of your ao3 names. Merseydreams (I think it is) has good fics. @crepesuzette2023 does a lot of fic recs I think. One thing that's always fun about beatles fics is when u think something is completely made up and you look it up and it's literally real like wtf. I'm also a bad reference because I'm heavily biased towards early days fics and post breakup fics.

Ok hope this helps even a little bit. Remember the most important rule is to have fun. People take this shit so seriously but it's literally the beatles. But please do fact check that always drives me nuts.

[amynchan]

When you finally let yourself relax into a new label and look back and see "oh wow all of that makes a bit more sense lol." Except, instead of a "new" label, it's one you've been tentatively using for years because it seemed right, but now it feels a bit more right. For example,

When I was younger, I asked my grandpa if I could ride on a nearby roller coaster. He told me it "would cost a pretty penny." I proceeded to look all over the parking lot for a penny, found one that was pretty banged up, and told him I'd clean it and make it really pretty. I was dead serious.

Whenever I stayed the night over at my grandparents' house, we always used the same blankets. I was told that it was polite to fold them up after we were done using them, so I'd go around the entire house and fold up every single "this is a blanket that a grandchild uses" blanket. I still do that, tbh.

As a child, I was told to make sure I rinsed all of the food off my dishes. It wasn't until last month that someone informed me that I was practically washing the dishes clean. I've always been confused as to why people don't wash dishes by hand, and now I realize that I took the instruction a bit too literally.

When I discovered meal prep, I was absolutely ecstatic. All of my food prepared at the beginning of the week, and I knew what was in store, and it was great. Still have trouble conceptualizing that people get bored with the same food every day tho.

Giving kindness is normal. Getting it is weird. What's the procedure? What do I do? Please tell me the script.

Whenever my younger siblings were in distress, that was the only time I could be affectionate to them. I had a script to follow. Figure out the root of the problem. If I can fix it, fix it. If I can't, find the person who can and get them to fix it. Everything else was straight up, terrifying, uncharted territory where everything I did was wrong somehow. Did not realize that this was confusing until much later. ^^;

I've always had a problem with people talking over each other and constantly interrupting each other. It's to the point where I literally check out of conversations for a while when I get overwhelmed. Check out, then stammer, then go utterly silent. I get the sense this is not neurotypical.

Evidently??? My therapist thinks???? That my reactions to secondhand smoke and the smell of marijuana may be an autism thing???? Hyper sensitivity to certain senses?????? Thing is, the doctors won't test me for allergic reactions, so idek. Doctors, please test me. I wish to know why I doubled over coughing my lungs out and was in immense pain when one of my students walked through the door. I literally couldn't breathe for half a day afterwards and still had to keep pushing through.

Whenever I get overwhelmed at a friend's house, I like to organize their dishes. Repetitive motion with clear progress goes brrrrrrr.

If you interrupt me while I'm doing my homework, I will go feral on you. And then I won't be able to regain my concentration. And then I'll cry.

I always have to use music to get started on projects or to time myself on them. I have timed ambiances, playlists, lofi (timed and not timed), and the Ghost Hunt OST for difficult mathematics. It helps me filter everything else out so I can focus and not get interrupted.

Yeah, no. Do not interrupt me while working. It's very frustrating. More than that, it's overwhelming, and then I gotta focus on two difficult things at once (whatever I'm working on plus figuring out how to politely interact with the Distraction while not getting mad).

Anyways, yeah. XD Autistic things. Aren't they fun.

(obviously this is just my own experience. different people look different in all of this)