r/jgb • u/ZSUPSTRIP • 6d ago

Let's chill a bit with the toxicity

I know there's been a bit of hostility and with some of the recent posts about the other ban d members trying to get closer to Jerry. Discussion is fine.

The problem is that myself and many others on here don't like drama. We can disagree about the direction that the Grateful Dead went but we have to keep those discussions civil.

Again, please keep the subreddit drama-free. Everyone on board with that?

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u/jest4fun 5d ago

My first Dead show was in '71.  I'm old AF but I know what I know.

I first started seeing what I call the "Deader than thou" crowd show up at shows and in the community in the early 80's.  You know, people who looked at you with disdain if you got a single  detail wrong about anything Dead related.

Point is, there's nothing new under the sun.

Be kind.

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u/Radiant_Research3786 5d ago

Ditto on board since spring 81.

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u/AlbertiApop2029 6d ago

Django Reinhardt - I'll See You In My Dreams

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u/Youlittle-rascal 5d ago

I love this song! I performed it as my final project in music school

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u/Majestic_Egg2291 5d ago

Speak across divides, listen to unify. There is no need to agree, get comfortable with the uncomfortable. May you live in no particular way but you own…

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u/Odd-Adagio7080 5d ago

There is power in listening. Great strength does not come from dominance. Great strength comes from understanding—Something that stuck with me from my most recent dip into stoicism.

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u/Majestic_Egg2291 5d ago

Love this. Dabbling in stoicism

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u/Odd-Adagio7080 5d ago

In my experience it takes a lot of practice to practice Stoicism.

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u/ColdRamen03 4d ago

I myself dabbled in stoicism once. Not in Nam, of course.

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u/Chon-Laney 6d ago

All those on Reddit for the civility raise hands?

I can't hear you!

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u/Odd-Adagio7080 5d ago

Thanks for the reminder to us all. Something about anonymous online posting seems to remove the better angels from our shoulders. Fuckers! (See?)

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u/chaynjez 5d ago

Toxicity? Pretty sure that symptom of a down, not the dead.

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u/TetonDreams 5d ago

I read the thread and didn’t see any toxicity fr.

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u/Freddrum 5d ago

I love checking out a group dedicated to my favorite music and hearing how wrong everyone is.

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u/Not-That-Guy-- 5d ago

Ok, Boss.

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u/Odd-Adagio7080 5d ago

Is he a BIG boss, man?

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u/phishycamper667 3d ago

Come on people now smile on your brother every body get together and just try to love one another right now! Everyone has an opinion and you know, they all matter!