I'm an only child but I have a large family with a ton of cousins and we all live in walking distance, ranging from the same street to 5 blocks over etc. I grew up around them and we were all raised as brothers and sisters so I don't really feel like an only child

nice

Feels good to have a family that's lived in the same radius of like 10 minutes for 3 or 4 generations

I could never imagine moving far

im stuck in MD because my wifes family is nearby and she wouldn't leave them

my parents moved to Kentucky a decade ago.

i would love to move to the country somewhere.

@Kingfish That's kind of how my cousins live. They're pretty close with each other and I think some of them are only children. Some of them also live in a big multi generation house.

It's a great experience. It also means your family is big and is pretty well known locally

oh ya they basically own the street that they live on

a lot of their other neighbors are like second cousins or something

the road I lived on when I was younger had a family like that. Tons of the same family on the road.

kinda cool

my dad just had to be contrarian though 🙄

I'm glad we have the god of minecraft with us

What do you all enjoy for studying music or focus tunes?

@PatrickAZ Depends on if I am reading or writing.

classical

no vocals, they are distracting

Writing I can use more intricate or distracting stuff.

What vein of classical?

https://youtu.be/ppFfvL66AIw

If I am reading, I actually like [non lewd!] ASMR.

@PatrickAZ depends on what I'm doing. Or what I'm focusing on

when i was studying, i usually had heavy metal on though... <:nervous:359009898115104770>

@bspon002 let's say reading?

@PatrickAZ Nothing because it distracts me

@Asatru Artist - MD lo-fi 👌🏻

@Asatru Artist - MD that's what I may have to switch to.

Probably nothing. Dead silence in the still of the night. Maybe a fire place crackle @PatrickAZ

@CarletonJ lo-fi metal? Black metal or just low-fi music.

I don't understand people who *freak out* when someone has a conversation in the library, but they're perfectly fine doing their homework with music blaring

But anything physical rocks always a solid go to

Funks good too

I'm the other way around. I don't really really give a shit if you have a reasonably volumed conversation in a public place, but there's just no way I can do anything productive with music on.

@PatrickAZ lo-fi hip hop. I'll link you. That or piano music. Ludovico Einaudi is absolutely amazing

Though, to be fair, I have a very hard time studying in libraries in the first place

I basically need to be alone

@bspon002 when I can that's nice. I am going to build a fire tonight.

@CarletonJ sounds good.

@Jacob conversations don't bother me. I just tend to get into more a working rhythm with the music so it makes it hard to read at the same time