Recent content by Pavlos Maros

As I said, downvotes are preferable. Social media would rather shut you up than allow an honest discussion, so for them, downvotes are not preferable.

Downvotes are preferable because they create discourse.

I've recently been answering questions put by Quora, so this starts there. You write something thoughtful. Not clickbait, not rage, just a considered answer. People like it, they upvote it, and Quora makes sure you know. A little notification arrives. This mattered. Do more of this. However...

Wishing you all a 2026 full of momentum, creative flow, deep love and quiet wins, the kind that actually lasts.

My son says if I sing with earphones on, I sound like a cat being strangled. However if I don't at least he says, I can hold a tune. Lol.

Kimmio. I hear what you are saying. I agree that people should not be shamed for singing. Pride in a personal best is healthy, and a lot of people genuinely cannot hear that they are off key. For some, it is simply how their ear works. They are not pretending, they really think they are on the...

The secondary modern school I went to had a mezzo soprano and a concert pianist, (husband and wife ). They retired in their thirties and became teachers of music, and we were honoured to have them. Music class was so much fun. At the end of every term we had musical renditions by other pupils...

Narcissism can play a part in Dunning Kruger, but it is not the core of it. Most of the time it is not full blown narcissism, it is just people who do not have enough skill to realise what they are missing. They are not analysing their own performance properly, so their confidence fills in the...

I get what you mean, and yeah, people having fun is great. I am not knocking the joy of singing or the release it gives, and I am definitely not saying people should be perfect before they share anything. My point was more about the gap between how some folks think they sound and how they...

I've recently started writing songs. I'm not going to say whether I think I'm any good, that's not the point of this tangent. But I did join a couple of Facebook groups anonymously. I have a name, just keeping quiet. However, scrolling through these groups, you quickly notice something...

The split between spiritual and religious is real, but recent and culturally narrow. For most of history they named the same thing: a bond with the sacred lived inside tradition, with its texts, rituals, leaders, and community. Mystics and monks were spiritual because they were religious. The...

It's probably the only time they get to do something other than have the noses in phones. How else they going to meet their soul mate.

That is so nice of you, considering they are so hateful. But then Hitler was an artist too.

Dunning-Kruger is strong in this one Luke!

I'm so sorry to hear about Northwind. Even if we didn't know each other well, they were part of this community and their presence mattered. Their posts and contributions won't be forgotten. Rest easy, Northwind.