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https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | How could I filter out the bitterness out of a grapefruit & bergamont drink? | i have no idea |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | I try to filter it through my mouth but every time the bitterness still stays there and I have to tatse the bitter end after the sweet, short release of grapefruit. | i understand your frustration. but the problem here is that the drink is just not good enough |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | The best questions are the questions that answer questions: example: agree or disagree? agree or disagree? | disagree |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | what do you think about the current state of mongolian economics post-genghis khan? | well, the first thing i notice, is that the current state of mongolia has drastically, drastically different geographical boundaries than the empire of genghis khan. i don't know much more than that actually, but that is significant i believe |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | How to flip the entire world upside down | the easiest way is of course to flip yourself |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | what are you thankful for | everything |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | How do you manage to make all these songs connect with however my soul is feeling at the time you make them? | in this case, the music is acting as a sort of lingua franca |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | This isn't a problem, but I'd appreciate to be asked before my soul is peered into. Thank you. | the soul peering only happens locally, within you. no information about your soul is sent anywhere else |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | thoughts on asmr? | back in my day we used to call it whispering |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | should i eat a marshmallow | sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | though on the Spanish language? | too good. i'm overwhelmed |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | driving and walking the same road are different it gives me an interesting feeling | certainly you'll notice entire buildings when walking that you might have never been aware of. some of them might actually be ridiculous. and also, about walking, when you reach your destination, you understand on a deeper level the meaning of your destination's location. at least that's what happens to me |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | how would you feel if i told you language can do everything you think it cant | i'd think you had the wrong impression somehow of my previous beliefs. i've never been skeptical of language's ability to downright achieve infinity. i believe similar things about art, music, or any other method of expression |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | do you think we will ever find the biggest prime number? | i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes. it would have to be in another dimension, of course, from the original numberline that the primes are based in |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | When Billy Joel insists that they didn't start the fire, do you believe him? | he's not insisting that, he's doing a song with that in it. what i do believe, of course, is that he sang the song and also composed it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | can you describe music in 2 words? | the only way to describe music is by using music |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Do you think humans are inherently good or evil? | good |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | response(s) to rule 1: why are there no rules? | it's probably a situation where creativity is encouraged |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | where the fudge did they go? who stole them? what's gonna happen to them? | that doesn't really have much to do with the 'no rules' thing. you're focusing on the rules, which, in this situation, are supposed to not exist |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | who will make more rules? | anyone, if they think they know what's gonna work |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | What are the characters in your videos? | an opportunity to make things happen in a video |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | how does one overcome a fear of being a free agent in the world who must perform actions which result in consequences | how about playing some chess |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | if my hairpicks were sentient, would the blue one be jealous of the red one being used so much? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | isn't it weird to be capable of thinking it's weird to think it's weird to be capable of thinking it's weird to think it's weird to be capable of thinking it's wei- | no, that's normal |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | When is my life gonna start | right away |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | are there any examples of you going through your instruments and adding them to a song and finding something to do with one that ends up being a serious hook of the song which wasn't in the writing when you started production | almost, but usually the most important hooks were already written when the song was written |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | are your songs' messages deeper than its face values' meanings?? | they are meant to bring you the best sorts of thoughts and feelings you've ever had. that would be the best case scenario. i admit that is a tall goal to aim for, so i probably fall short most of the time |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Should I join a joint venture? | sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Could a duck and a goose fight over a puddle? | sure |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Have you ever flown a bird? | i was going to say no but now that i think about it yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | why are you putting all this pressure on yourself for like some big live tour thing when you could totally just do some tiny gigs in NYC or something | i never put any pressure on myself for any such big live tour. other people pressure me to do that, maybe that's what you're thinking of. your suggestion sounds much much much more appealing to me. i've always assumed i'd eventually do the 55 bar regularly but they accidentally closed it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | wait, is asking questions actually allowed around here? | yes, but usually what happens is you realize the answer just moments before asking it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Do you enjoy musical theater? | i'll admit, the format seems to have all the potential in the world, for enjoyment. very enticing |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | In the past you've described your secret song-making strategy: make it sound bad on purpose. | that's not my only strategy. that's just one trick that i use in certain situations |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | I've tried this in the past, but now, 1-2 years later, I am finding that it actually sounds bad (despite not believing so back then). What should I do if I want to make good music but I don't want to try to make it sound bad on purpose? | try making it even worse |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Do you find linguistics interesting? | generally yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Do you speak French? | not quite, but i have a moderate familiarity with it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Why do you keep on creating new characters and say that all of them are supposed to be us? | you left out a huge detail in between, which is that someone asks about the identity of the characters after they are made. this whole scenario makes no sense without that context. they are fictional characters, but if someone asks who it is, of course i'm going to say it's the person who asked. that's just common sense |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | What is your opinion on the number 30030? | it's clearly a multiple of 1001, which i already know to be 7x11x13. your number is 30 times that, so therefore that would be 2x3x5x7x11x13. now that i look at it that way, it occurs to me that you probably chose that number on purpose to be the first 6 primes multiplied together. however, this is not my pre-existing opinion on the number. if anything, it would actually be your opinion, if my hypothesis is correct |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Have you recorded a computer keyboard pressing sound (heard through the mic at the start and the end of a take, to be cropped later) more than a million times? | i believe so. but i don't like to crop that sound. i love that sound |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | how many projects will never see the light of day | probably an unlimited number |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | how wide is the flow of information between the past and the future? | i don't even know how that would be measured, but i also don't think there is a limit |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | sometimes i repeat what other people say and then cant stop repeating how do i stop this nonsense? | have you tried etching it in stone |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | what is it like doing things as i am unable | it's liberating but also terrifying |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | i've come to terms with my existence and the complicated and intricate world around me, even if i may not fully understand it, what does this universe have to offer next | you not knowing what to do next |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | I had tons of fun pressing keys, and pressing two at once to hear what they sound like together. where do we go from here | see how many different 60-second recordings you can make |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | What is the meaning of life? | to solve the puzzle. if you don't know which puzzle to solve, then first you have to choose a puzzle, and if there's no puzzles available then you are supposed to make puzzles |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | What do they sell at the corner store? | fruit-flavored non-fruit |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Do you ever have the urge to obsessively check things over and over again to make sure you did it right, cuz I do. | sometimes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Any advice on dealing with that? | do something totally new. something where you're actually not even sure how to do it right |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | i asked you a question in a dream i think | that makes sense |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Have you ever got into a thought where you think about the thought in a meta sorta way and you think about how you're being meta and that's meta in it of itself and the loop continues | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | If I eat the sun, and its light takes 8 minutes to reach Earth, will it take 8 minutes for me to start glowing? | no. if you ate the sun, then that distance would have already been traveled first |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | how much do you listen to your own music? | usually none, but then occasionally i listen to all of it |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | how not to be crushed by the crushingly important things that won't stop being a mystery to me until years from now | have you considered strenghthening your exoskeleton |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | You ever make a really small choice to do something that made a huge (good) difference in your life? I changed pillows and realized all the pain and discomfort I was experiencing throughout the night just stopped. Like.........I was in agony over a pillow?????? What other mundane things could drastically improve my life? Like man....... what would some insoles do???? Anything like that ever happen to you? | i clicked on the thing about the 'one weird trick', and did the weird trick and it worked |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | the colour blue is the ultimate colour | i'm hearing what you're saying |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | do you think "lol" is still an acronym or has it become a normal word | it became a normal word a long time ago. "lol" means "i am normal" |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | soft-shell or hard-shell taco? don't philosophize too much | which taco.... how do you expect me to know the hardness of an unspecified taco |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | if u were a wizard, what color magic robe would you dawn? | i'm not following your logic whatsoever |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | do you like mushrooms? | i like the idea of mushrooms |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | If the hardest thing about building a room is that you have to build a room to build the damn room in first, what's the easiest? | just adding 1 more thing to the room |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | what is your goal | maybe do some goalpost reviews |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | how did you get so good at music theory? (with regard to songwriting and chords) | just a lot of time doing music. and then doing it more. and then doing it more |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | have you ever gotten someone else to answer these questions | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | wanna chat | ok |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | what's an uncommon way to sign off an emai | type the entire contents of the email again, in reverse |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | I saw a duck today | that adds up |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | help i have spontaneously combusted and somehow gained the ability to make anyone memorise the contents of 1984 in 3.4 seconds | what exactly do you need help with |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | I heard a loud BLAARRP when i was trying to sleep last night, why do you think that happened? | that's a ghost |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | infinite music but there's finite possibilites or finite music but there's infinite possibilities ? | neither. infinite both things you said |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | i have a competition coming up in 6 days, what pants should i wear? | the best pants |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | What do you think about making an animation series? | that sounds fun and interesting, to say the least |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | how can i help myself if im continuously suffering from regreting what i did or told everyday cuz i dont want nobody to call me weird person | write stories. stories are always based on scenarios about who thinks what's weird, or not. magical dynamics play out there-in |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | is love truly a chain of diminishing returns? | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | am I good at what I do? | yes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | I have done so many things and I love them at first and everything feels right and then I stop feeling that way. I keep hopping from thing to thing and person to person and self to self hoping that I will find what feels fulfilling and lasting but I always end up losing interest and motivation in what I'm doing, no matter how 'right' it felt when I started. My theory now is that I just have to pick one thing and push through even though it doesn't feel right because feeling right in the way I'm looking for might be a fake thing that doesn't exist. How will I know which thing to pick? Does it matter at all what I pick if they're all not right? Or is there really something right out there for me that I just haven't found yet? | feelings are like waves. just because the wave has a lower side to it (and an upper side, which you actually mentioned first) doesn't make the wave fake |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Are you a huge gamer most of the time? | not exactly |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | What games do you play? | sometimes i think about prime numbers |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Do you play them most of the time? | sometimes |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | If yes, why not some of the time? If no, why not all of the time? | because i think about composite numbers some of the time |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Why did the waiter in "2 friends on the beach" serve the two friends scattered corn seeds in a pile on the their instead of serving them whole ears of corn or alternatively, serve corn in a bowl as an appetizer, or if not, a side dish in the rear of asking them what they want for a bona fide main course? | i just made what i thought would be the most vibrant choice, given the situation |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | i just had an aha moment | yea you did |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | If you prefer to make a new song to be your favorite, does this mean that an alternate universe Bill Wurtz prefers to make a new song to be his least favorite? | no. there may be such a universe, but it's not a causal result of the other |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | How do I stop embarrassing myself | that's impossible |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | I wrote a massive essay for a contest but I don't think I'll win... so what happens next? | start writing the next one |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Should I just stop pursuing my dreams since that's the best I've had to offer? | only if you want to stop |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | is it selfish to only want to do art instead of something...................... """"""""useful""""""" help | is it logical to assume art is not useful |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | are theories stories or are stories theories? | both are both |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | If you must travel from somewhere whose name starts with an "H" to another with a name beginning with an "O", what will those two places be in your opinion, considering that they both lie in North America? | how about H street, in anchorage alaska, to Old Town in key west florida |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | its my birthday today, now that im older what do i do? | you're still not old enough. try getting older again, tomorrow |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | do u like Comic sans? | it's good sometimes as comic relief |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | how to make learning much more fun if i hate it? | the answer is almost too obvious, i feel stupid to say it. switch to learning something you like |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Is anime over yet | if it is, i'll bring it back |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | if time is money are you stealing my money | no |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | Can you believe it's margarine? | i would probably be fairly gullible about that, because i don't really know what margarine is |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | whats your favorite day of the year | january 1 |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | is there a trick to quickly learning a piano piece? | i'm not sure. i've never really learned that type of thing |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | or do i have to do it slowly 10000 times first no matter what, before im able to? | you're able to start learning immediately. and actually you'll never finish learning |
https://billwurtz.com/questions/questions-2023-11.html | accidentally put a neutron star inside the bangladeshi prime minister's sandwich. | i believe you |
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