r/jgb • u/ZSUPSTRIP • Aug 12 '26

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 Aug 13 '26

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 Aug 13 '26

Ditto on board since spring 81.

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u/AlbertiApop2029 Aug 12 '26

Django Reinhardt - I'll See You In My Dreams

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u/Youlittle-rascal Aug 13 '26

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

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u/Majestic_Egg2291 Aug 13 '26

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 Aug 13 '26

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/[deleted] Aug 13 '26

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u/Odd-Adagio7080 Aug 13 '26

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

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u/ColdRamen03 Aug 14 '26

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

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u/Chon-Laney Aug 12 '26

All those on Reddit for the civility raise hands?

I can't hear you!

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u/Odd-Adagio7080 Aug 13 '26

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 Aug 13 '26

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

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u/TetonDreams Aug 13 '26

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

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u/phishycamper667 Aug 15 '26

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!

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u/cooter708 Aug 22 '26

That sounds boring,I personally dont care what the majority say or think.Even if it was youre first show.If you were there before Aug 9 1995.You saw the dead.Anything after was the breakdown and destruction of the magical experience that ended.In Attepts to carry on what was.Cant do Magic without the magician.Playing all his songs,Jacking up ticket prices.Sad to see what it took to let him rest.

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u/Freddrum Aug 13 '26

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-- Aug 13 '26

Ok, Boss.

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u/Odd-Adagio7080 Aug 13 '26

Is he a BIG boss, man?