Mainstream Community

Simple quiz to see if we vibe

1) Phone calls are better than texts 2) Indie music is better than mainstream 3) Pikachu is too over-powered 4) Home-made pie over store cake 5) Fanfiction is fun to read 6) Resident Evil is a vibe 7) The Walking Dead season 1 8) Talking about dumb sh*t at 3am 9) Messaging each other every… read more

They don't make pop music like this anymore 😪

I love some old school Jon Secada. I'm glad Pitbull gave a nod to this song on his new Pitcoin album with the song Por Tenerte. You can also hear Cuban- American pop singer Gloria Estefan singing background on this song. Jon was Gloria's background singer and she helped him get his pop career get… read more

History/Origin of Boo App

1. It was founded by an Introvert who was fed up 🛑 Boo was founded in 2020 by Derek Lee and David Chang. Derek is a self-proclaimed tech introvert who grew up in Hawaii. He created the app because he was completely frustrated by how toxic, shallow, and exhausting modern dating apps had become. He… read more

Resident Evil movie review

Just watched Zach Cregger's Resident Evil, and here's my honest take: this was never going to be a one-to-one game adaptation, and Cregger said that from day one. Go in with an open mind, and you'll have a good time; it's a solid survival horror film with real RE tone. It strikes a good balance… (edited) read more

Question of the Week

I read a post about "the hardest color to describe without an object for reference" and it got me thinking.. "Normal" is often simply defined by a baseline majority consensus So in your opinions: how far is that ethical, to treat a minority of a population as though they are the broken ones in… read more

They don't make pop music like this anymore 😪

I love some old school Jon Secada. I'm glad Pitbull gave a nod to this song on his new Pitcoin album with the song Por Tenerte. You can also hear Cuban- American pop singer Gloria Estefan singing background on this song. Jon was Gloria's background singer and she helped him get his pop career get… (edited) read more

Anime Recommendations

I want to start something new but not sure what. Kinda tired of the mainstream and really looking for something similar to The Day I Became A God.

Games That Deserve More Love

My list of overlooked gems that I believe deserve more love beyond the mainstream favourites. 1. STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl 2. Hunt: Showdown 3. The Sinking City 4. Thymesia 5. Ghostrunner 2 6. Ashen 7. AI Limit 8. Hell is Us 9. Blades of Fire 10. Wuchang: Fallen Feathers 11. Scarlet… read more

Film #138 The Pianist (2002)

Epic Historical Drama The only mainstream film that could rival Schindler's list in every aspect. No well-known actors (except Brody) and yet such a piercing screenplay and direction My Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐✨

Great to see more Chinese / Korean animation lately!

Tomb Raider King, solo levelling, it's great to see some popular web novels and comics reach the mainstream anime world. Outcast is another one. Not too long and we might even see the genius mage of the comment section! 🤤

Honestly just looking for some people to play some games with. And I'm honestly not too picky, other than not really being a fan of the mainstream games like fortnite or call of duty. I'm more into RPGs and rogue likes, metroidvania. And some survival games. Although with those, I usually get bored

24/86 Ghost 👻

Wrote the lyrics thinking of Boo but given it a twist. Id like to retrace my creative process a bit, and embrace it. Cost a lot to somehow to earn my rights to all I've made in the process, and would cost more i guess to have them somewhere Indie to mainstream. Maybe not even, or whatever. People… read more

Any recommendations?

Any latest yet not so mainstream anime that is worth watching? Please add your personal review :) Need something new to watch...Thanks!

I wanna make friends here

Hi! I’m 19F from South Korea, and I’m looking for genuine long-term friends. I’ll be in NYC starting October 2, so I’d especially love to meet people who live in NYC or nearby, although I’m still open to talking to people from other places too. A little about me: I’m a solo indie game developer,… read more

What's the song you've had on repeat most of the year?

I'm looking for some great music. My tastes are pretty broad but if I'm take something indie over something mainstream.

What's everyone's favorite horror movie? The less mainstream, the better!

Give me all those messed-up recommendations! The worse (READ: the more f**ked-up), the better! 😎 (edited)

I need your help! Recommend me some anime/manga to add to my list!

I’d say I’m more of a mainstream anime fan for now. At the start I’ve focused on watching some of the classics like Naruto, One Piece, and Hunter x Hunter, along with others like Black Clover, Demon Slayer, Solo Leveling, Attack on Titan, Death Note, My Hero Academia and others. I’m looking to… (edited) read more

Favorite anime that isnt mainstream?

Is anyone in a similar to mine camp when it comes to lighter shades of foundations/concealers being way too light/dark or way overpriced?

I've ordered this Eveline BB cream because I genuinely don't have any proper Foundation/BB cream that is not casket white or overpriced. That essence concealer 2 in 05 fair is the only thing I mostly use right now because everything else that I have even from Revolution is essentially way too light… read more

Claude Mythos & Fable 5

Hey everyone, Like many of you, I’ve been digging into the sudden, unceremonious shutdown of Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models. The mainstream media and official statements are leaning heavily on "national security concerns," "export controls," and "government intervention due to jailbreak… read more

I think I just really like drawing food.

1. Jar-lapeños and bananas or altogether now, jarlabananas. Playing around with acrylic markers. 2. Inspired by perusals of the Dao De Jing and reading books on sustainable indigenous lifeways. Mixed media paper and also digital for lack of a better term? Anyway, "scarcity mindset" may be… read more

So

Are there any pokemon you used to like but now you don’t? For me, one of them is Gengar. It seems to be so many people’s favorite and became way too mainstream and obnoxious I really started to dislike the guy 😵‍💫 Same with the entire Charmander line, which used to be my fav gen 1 starter, but… read more

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Im going to let you in on another atrocity committed against the native American people that hardly any one in the mainstream of historians is even aware of now common knowledge history is that the buffalo or the American bison was hunted to extinction for the price of their hides and certain parts… (edited) read more

These are my celebrities

Whenever someone asked me about a popular / mainstream celebrities I always pretend not to know who they are because to me those people are irrelevant in the face of great anime characters.

Diamonds in the rough

I wasn’t expecting to like either of these titles very much. Truthfully, I was just trying to thin down my watch list and couldn’t justify cutting either of these entirely, so I spent my weekend watching these…and was very impressed. They’re silly, sure, but they also both offered some interesting… read more

Where's my fellow prog fans?

Too long have we slumbered dormant beneath the boots of the mainstream. Arise my brothers and sisters and tell me your favorite prog bands!! Graaaahhh I love Spock's Beard!!!!

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The internet has become a place where millions if not billions of people have decided its ok to contact total strangers who have never done a thing to them and try to humiliate harass bully and rob them and they think their is absolutely nothing wrong with this behavior I dont understand this when… read more

Anyone else here interested in neurodivergent mental health?

I’m in Kent, UK 🇬🇧 one of my main passions is in advocating for fellow neurodivergent people, especially those who are autistic and ADHD, like me :) I find the mainstream mental health services don’t always understand and offer good therapy and support to those of us who are struggling

Deadbeat

At first I thought the album isn't as storytelling as before and more mainstream, but actually I think it's more of a show to a refined self through this album, like stability is more of a boring, yet more fitting piece in ones life

Thoughts on the meta narrative in Backrooms?

I thought the focus on imperfect copies was pretty interesting and there's just a lot to go off of from there. Could be multiple themes or at least multiple interpretations! I really do feel like there were some statements about art. 1) BACKROOMS COPIES Backrooms spawned a lot of copycats across… read more

Mainstream vs Unique?

1. Do you try to date people who are similar to your culture, background, beliefs, etc? 2. How hard is it to find what you are looking for? 3. Does it impact the quality of the relationship?

New here!

I am an avid gamer, I have a whole setup that I built. I typically play rather mainstream atm, but do love indie games, anything zombie related, and horror!

There has to be some true souls around here

It seems like this area is so dead and backwards that there in no one looking for anything meaningful unless it fits the mainstream societal norms I hate that most everyone here are just sheeple going about their days never trying to expand their awareness or move with the times it kills me

my 65yo grandpa screamed and teached alexa because she disagreed with his political views lol

so my grandpa got a smart speaker for his birthday. yesterday i walked into the living room and he was literally having a full-blown, aggressive debate with alexa about some political news. apparently he asked her a question about a politician, and she gave that standard, super neutral AI answer.… read more

A fan of manga like YKK, Maison Ikkoku, and Oyasumi Punpun

Based on those, what series(niche or mainstream) would I enjoy? Seeking recommendations. Also read Yotsuba, Azumanga Daioh, Made in Abyss, Berserk, Gantz, Vagabond, Lone Wolf and Cub and loved those as well. JJK manga was decent, but I think I prefer the anime and I can't get into Demon Slayer.… read more

Jjba

I think this anime is underrated bruh 😭 but it's kinda cool that is not that mainstream and is not that cringe I haven't read part 7 and 8 tbh I like the animation and I'm waiting for it

Wanna exchange some songs?

I want more friends who just share a great taste lol, even if its mainstream

Subtle Energy: A 5th Fundamental Force ✨️

Subtle Energy: It's another fundamental force in the universe unknown to mainstream science. It goes by many names depending on who independently discovered it: Subtle energy, od, orgone, torsion, life force, biogravity, prana, chi, qi. It comes in two basic polarities: left- and right-handed… read more

As a nerd, nerds are cool as hell!

I feel like nerds are becoming more mainstream nowadays because intelligence is becoming valuable in the modern society riddled with fake news and AI. (edited)