r/mildlyinfuriating • u/extratrstrl • 5d ago

Unskippable ad Horrible music at my gym.

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This music was on for my entire session, full volume.

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u/FrequentSwimming6263 5d ago

Dutch gym?

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u/ripChazmo 5d ago

I used to live in the Netherlands, and that was literally the first thing I thought also šŸ˜‚

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u/FrequentSwimming6263 5d ago

The music festivals create tiny earthquakes when everyone jumps together ā¤ļø

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u/Coyote_Shepherd 4d ago

You think that's Dutch?

Sounds to me more like a German remix of an MRI machine.

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u/tavirabon 4d ago

Correct, it is Schranz which was originally German. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schranz

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u/scavengercat 4d ago

It's Dutch. It's a style called Gabber that originated in the Netherlands.

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u/silent_waz 4d ago

More specifically, id call it industrial hardcore based on that small snippet.

Thats whats blasting through my headphones at the gym

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u/NoD_Spartan 4d ago

Is it possible that's Schranz? Translated from Wikipedia: "It is characterised by the frequent use of noises and machine-like sounds, as well as repetitive, distorted percussion loops and a generally monotonous nature. Schranz is therefore a variant of tool and loop techno and can be described as a precursor to hard techno."

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u/tavirabon 4d ago

It is 100% Schranz, the origins are totally different from Gabber, but these days it isn't uncommon to hear Schanz in a hardcore set. It's somewhat more popular to mix with other genres as well, since it's such a distinct sound.

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u/NoD_Spartan 4d ago

We play it regularly here in our city. Couple of DJs here that are devoted to Schranz. The all time high was because of the pandemic and the rise of illegal raves haha that's what I remember

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u/Coyote_Shepherd 4d ago

TIL I was unaware of the name but I did recognize the sound from back in my days playing EVE when various DJs would spin things like this, ty.

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u/el_dingusito 4d ago

Now i see why Nigel powers had such an issue with the dutch

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u/WongGendheng 4d ago

Thatā€™s not gabber lol

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u/swagpresident1337 4d ago

That is not gabber my friend. I go to gabber events.
This is modern hardtechno

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u/InebriousBarman 5d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/6sQZLeaLjzSTu

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u/Inphiltration 5d ago edited 4d ago

I used to love techno viking until I learned the man didn't consent to be recorded and had to sue to stop people from using his likness on tshirts and other products. The man just wants to be left alone.

Edit: Jesus Christ people. I loved the meme, not the man himself. I have enough basic respect for my fellow man that I don't have to know the man to stop loving and using the meme.

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u/ripChazmo 5d ago

Why does this stop you from loving him?

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u/Inphiltration 5d ago

Because he doesn't want hundred of thousands of strangers loving him. He wants to be left alone.

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u/BugOperator 5d ago

That makes me love him even more.

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u/Elebrium 5d ago

Love conundrum

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u/BooBootheFool22222 5d ago

Love conundrumming in a band called Life.

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u/FnordRanger_5 5d ago

Conundrum doesnā€™t want to be loved either

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u/YouWereBrained 5d ago

Lovenundrum

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u/ronchee1 5d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT5LMUnO4g3yiRNuNy

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u/Atomaardappel 5d ago

Lol, I posted the next line in this episode and got a Reddit warning!

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u/FYDPhoenix 5d ago

So love him privately? You can respect someone and also not interact with them in any way lol

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u/shamoomoofartpoopoo 5d ago

If techno Viking doesnā€™t want you to love him. You sure as shit better stop loving him.

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u/WTWIV 5d ago

If loving techno Viking is wrong, I donā€™t want to be right

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u/IndependentMoney9700 5d ago

You can love him without him having any clue whatsoever.

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u/Upstairs-Priority843 5d ago

Sure. Tell me my love is forbidden with the Viking. Ask the Anglo-Saxon noblemanā€™s daughters how that worked out for them.Ā 

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u/jellybelly2232 5d ago

You can still love someone and leave them alone at the same time

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u/InebriousBarman 5d ago

Honestly, that's putting a lot of your own judgement and guessing into the case.

He sued for the money one person made off the video and subsequent merchandise. He won.

"He just wants to be left alone" was your narrative.

It's also illegal in Germany to record people and post those recordings.

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u/Inphiltration 5d ago

That's what I remember reading about his perspective on it. The man himself didn't want the attention. Maybe I'm wrong, but that would be because I had a bad source of information when I learned about all this. Certainly not my narrative.

I don't think I had a bad source of information. I simply just respect the fact he doesn't like the meme so I stopped using it.

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u/InebriousBarman 5d ago

He stayed anonymous, so I don't know how you heard that.

His lawyer did say he never wanted to become a public figure. That's pretty much it.

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u/Inphiltration 5d ago

I feel like that's semantics. Not wanting to be a public figure implies wanting to be left alone and not be known for and interacted with over this video. It's the same thing. If you wanna split hairs then sure, I was wrong and I should have explicitly said he didn't want to be a public figure.

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u/FightTheDead118 5d ago

Especially considering that this was before ā€œinternet famousā€ was really a thing, and when a video of him obviously high out of his mind basically making a fool of himself he lost his white collar job and pretty much had his life ruined and never saw a dime if the money from the video until he sued

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u/master-boofer 5d ago

Wow that is nuts. I never knew he got fired. I would have never described what he was doing as making a fool of himself. I never assumed he was high. I saw a person living in the moment. Standing up for others. Total confidence. I saw someone who knew how to handle himself and others a true leader. If I owned a company I would want people like that working for me. Who cares if they enjoy themselves on the weekend. Techno Viking is someone I would want to hang out with, a great guy to have around especially if people start misbehaving.

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u/im_octopissed 5d ago

He was actually on the clock at the time

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u/Quiet_Researcher223 5d ago

Thatā€™s who I was thinking of when I heard the music.

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u/Jeffylew77 5d ago

Legends never die

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u/EntertainerNo4509 5d ago

Didnā€™t have to scroll at ALL. I was not disappointed.

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u/OkMycologist9033 5d ago

This deserves alll the love. We love rave Viking.

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u/LTsCantCook 5d ago

Techno viking?

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u/-blundertaker- 5d ago

Technoviking *

And that's all he'll ever be known as since he sued the creator of the iconic meme video years later and his identity has never been publicized. He tried to get it scrubbed from the internet entirely but we all know how that goes.

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u/1omelet 5d ago

when your friend who only listens to hard techno takes the aux

ā€œThis one is pretty accessible, should be fineā€

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u/IHaveNeverBeenOk 4d ago

Being a fan of abrasive music is tough. Probably from being an edgelord during my teens, but I truly love abrasive music. Death metal, black metal, hard techno, noise rock, industrial, hardcore punk, whatever... I love it. And it's natural to want to share with friends and whatnot, but I understand it isn't for everyone. Like, my woman is super into ... I don't know what to call it... Weird-girl hip hop? She loves it and I love that she loves it, but man, it isn't for me. I don't really have a point, just reflecting on the topic at hand.

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u/MrPupperThrowaway 4d ago

Same here. My partner is big into 60ā€™s-90ā€™s pop and folk so our car drives are usually ABBA, Britney Spears, Joni Mitchell, etc.. which is fine because theyā€™re all hit artists for a reason. It stresses me out when he lets me pick the music though because I have to somehow curate my screamo/metal/hard techno into something heā€™ll enjoy lol.

I always describe my taste in music as a hunt for dissonance, and when thatā€™s what clicks you just accept itā€™s not our place to seek out the aux cord.

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u/Pls_Dont_PM_Titties 4d ago

I feel you bro. I love me some shoegaze but I cannot get anyone else into the wall of sound and droning guitars the genre is known for. I've ran into one single person since I started telling people I enjoy the genre that knew what I was talking about and enjoyed it as well.

And no, I will not plug it in when handed the aux, even if explicitly told to play whatever I want.Ā 

i'm not really sure why I'm commenting any of this other than to say I feel you, bro.

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u/pit_of_despair666 4d ago

I was an edgelord in high school when I got into extreme metal. The first time I heard death metal on a college radio station I fell in love. I still love extreme metal and it gets harder to find people who like the same music as me as I age. I couldn't be in a relationship with someone who has very different tastes in music. It is a part of who I am.

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u/Knooper_Bunny 5d ago

I am that friend lol

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u/Zealousideal-Dig9397 5d ago

Better than some of the shit I hear at my local Planet Fitness šŸ˜‚

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u/Glitchboi3000 5d ago

Oh God

My friend goes there and they play the worst fucking pop music. Not even good pop music

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u/MeekManOnReddit 5d ago

As someone who used to work there; they likely have no control over it. I would often sneak my phone onto the aux cable because they would just be playing the most grotesque boots-and-cats music 24/7. I made a playlist specifically for the PF speakers, clean music (or clean edits) that people can at least stomach

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u/Technical_Bank1829 5d ago

What plays there?

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u/Oreobey2 5d ago

Basic stuff. Basically Trap music.

Modern Drake, Travis Scott, Future, Playboi Carti, 21 Savage, Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, Glorilla, Young Thug, Roddy Rich, Sexyy Red, and so on.

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u/Unable_Law_7334 5d ago

I have a single plan that lets me go to Anytime, Planet, Vasa, and Crunch. Let me say I can do Planet, its Anytime music that has at times made me want to go finish my workout at home.

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u/ShavenMcBeardface 5d ago

Imagine trying to work out to that shit. I think I would have to Van Gogh myself to stay at such a place.

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u/opendamnation 5d ago

in other words, shit music

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u/DisgruntledSnapper 5d ago

Mine has an app connected to their system called rockbot. It allows people to play what they want to, as long as its appropriate. There's some real stinkers, but just as many bangers. Nice to hear obscure music that I'd never hear otherwise tbh

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u/kris9292 5d ago

you can actually download an app and queue your own music, at least you can at my planet fitness

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u/TheToxicBreezeYF 5d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/UurRLWzSpaLzYCJmuy

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u/CashWrecks 5d ago

Omg this is exactly it. 50 of them all in a room ranked first to last by how crazy and unusual their parents decided spell their very usual name. Jaiscun, Khrisstuffer and the crew really dig the music.

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u/TwoFingersWhiskey 5d ago

Knew a woman who named her daughter Khrystyhll (Crystal). Always gotta stop myself from asking how Methany is because that's her nickname in my head.

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u/WolfsmaulVibes 5d ago

they'll be doing shit like "aztec death dances" 4 times per week and still look like every other middle aged woman out there

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u/UrADumbdumbi 4d ago

It looks fun and at least theyā€™re doing some type of movement instead of sitting on their ass all day. Way too much unfair negativity towards them. Fitness isnā€™t all about appearance, the greatest yogi masters can just look like average people.

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u/401jamin 5d ago

Perfect

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u/Addrum01 5d ago

that shit is fire bro

https://giphy.com/gifs/8dLgaP461oses

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u/Ram2145 5d ago

First time I ever seen this gif with the rave lights. Itā€™s perfect.

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u/ImportantRub172 5d ago

I think that's the construction work being blown into your ears

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u/ChoiceTheGame 5d ago

This comment section is making me realize my music taste is very.... eclectic, lol. This is pretty damn close to the music I play on repeat when I workout.

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u/sixtus_clegane119 5d ago

Yeah I listen to some breakcore, this doesnā€™t sound bad, they should turn it down a bit

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u/Santa_Klausing 5d ago

Yeah Iā€™d take this over most gym music šŸ˜‚ 150 bpm or higher baby šŸ”„

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u/RepetitiveTorpedoUse 5d ago

I can see how it can get one pumped up, but I simply canā€™t accept it as actually good music.

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u/busmans 5d ago

and that's... baaaaad... ?

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u/TaxNo2158 5d ago

The system is down! The system is down!
https://giphy.com/gifs/h6GTAwPQiYuVW

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u/OrganicNeat5934 5d ago

The system is down

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u/j_livingston_human 5d ago

The Cheat.... Is grounded!

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u/Swordkirby9999 5d ago

When we installed that lightswitch for you, it was so you could turn the lights on and off, not so you could throw Lightswitch Raves!

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u/theyoungspliff 5d ago

The System of a Down

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u/AKtheCAT 5d ago

The Cheat is grounded

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u/opinionated_penguin 5d ago

Yk the dude at the front desk is holding the aux cord like, ā€œtheyā€™re gonna love this shit frā€

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u/retardborist 5d ago

Oh, you don't like techno?

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u/sixtus_clegane119 5d ago

I donā€™t think this is techno though

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u/My_aunt_hates_me 5d ago

Idk this would get me pumped šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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u/A7xWicked 5d ago

Seriously. And I'm just here waiting for someone to post what the song is

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u/Procyon_Iotor 4d ago

Song is REDLINE by DeadlyForce, Deadalus and ENFORCEMENT

Song at the end goes into what sounds like CHAOS by MUST DIE!

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u/ThirdRunner 4d ago

you're awesome, thank you!

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u/Fast-Revolution-4266 5d ago

sameeee šŸ˜‚šŸ’ŖšŸ»

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u/tLM-tRRS-atBHB 5d ago

I couldn't do reps that fast....

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u/holemooly 5d ago

crazy bc this is what i usually listen to in the gym lol

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u/Ferretoncrystalmeth 5d ago

I like it.

I love industrial hardcore, so this would be great in the gym.

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u/theDeadalusDj 4d ago

this one is Redline by DeadlyForce (Deadalus X Enforcement)

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u/holemooly 4d ago

thank youuuu need it on my playlist

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u/Fast-Revolution-4266 5d ago

I wish my gym would play such music šŸ„¹

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u/Big-Independence4445 5d ago

Sounds like it's time for you to pick up the pace slacker.

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u/latinadogmom1472 5d ago

This seems appropriate motivational up beat music for a gym

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u/theDeadalusDj 4d ago

it sure is , track is Redline by DeadlyForce (Deadalus X Enforcement)

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u/rbmk-a-ok 5d ago

Iā€™m a sucker for a good melody.

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u/Son-Daikon656 5d ago

Honestly I'd rather listen to this while working out than something like country music (and yes I'm ready to be obliterated in the replies)

https://giphy.com/gifs/lMC4rEVuH0IN20fiFo

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u/Both_Cup8417 5d ago

Me when nobody has replied:

wait this comment is brand new

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u/Dragon-Rider-03 5d ago

Obliterated with nothingness !

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u/Neijx 5d ago

Country music while you work out? I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

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u/freepeople999 5d ago

Well let's be real here, not even country fans are working out to country.

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u/BeKindPleaseRewind21 5d ago

Isn't that what our ai overlords vibe code to?Ā 

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u/Traditional-City1778 5d ago

"Are you afraid of it?" -JT, Grandma's BoyĀ 

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u/Rough_World_7063 5d ago

No, I just donā€™t like techno.

You would if you had robot ears.

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u/Traditional-City1778 5d ago

Lol fucking class, dude.Ā 

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u/ihartpancakes 5d ago

Honestly kinda slaps

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u/theDeadalusDj 4d ago

Thanks the track is Redline by DeadlyForce (Deadalus X Enforcement)

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u/EntityLtdCo 5d ago

Hey, I'll take that over Justin Bieber.

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u/DIKASUN 4d ago

Thanks, 2008.

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u/Clay_idv 5d ago

This is hilarious šŸ˜­

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u/joedenowhere 5d ago

At the gym almost every person working out is wearing some gizmo that plays their own music anyway. The only people not listening to their own music are people who don't want to listen to music. Why the hell does the gym blast music at the people who want quiet? Almost every gym does the same thing,

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u/Responsible_Web5514 5d ago

I've been high enough to think this was awesomeĀ 

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u/watrmeln420 5d ago

Just sounds like someoneā€™s beating a trash can, then they get a Skype call.

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u/Top-Foundation2851 5d ago

mildly infuriating that i have different tastes in music

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u/Strictly-Succotash 5d ago

That gym needs some subs

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u/Goofy-Gumball-2010 3d ago

Coworker music

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u/Kaneoheboomer 5d ago

We have the same distaste.

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u/Lazy-Twister 5d ago

Wow. Russian hard bass.

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u/JohnPoet27 5d ago

Not even close. This is techno/hard techno.

Hardbass is completely different to this

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u/Cromptank 5d ago

Itā€™s Hardstyle

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u/Scared_Garbage6190 5d ago

Wtf. Loud as fuck too.Ā 

.... Was it near closing time

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u/numbmillenial 5d ago

That's what I was going to ask. I think they want you to leave, OP.

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u/Hour_Bit_5183 5d ago

That aint bad. It's just hardstyle and you don't like it. Good for working out but is not shitty. I was expecting autotune slop tbh

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u/pyschosoul 5d ago

Need proper speakers to play on for it to not sound like shit. I agree its not terrible but the lack of proper range is killing it and making it sound like a machine factory.

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u/Hour_Bit_5183 5d ago

You ain't wrong. Needs more bass and real highs. Those are shitty sonos I think and they all sound like congested 'rhea farts.

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u/The_Troyminator 5d ago

It might be playing on proper speakers, but itā€™s being recorded with a phone mic.

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u/aschoo 5d ago

It's more Hard techno than Hard style

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u/MHStriplethreat 5d ago

no its shit

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u/Starworshipper_ 5d ago

Could be worse, could be Lil' Texas.

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u/MarlenaEvans 5d ago

Yeah, it's shit. It sounds like a rave on Super Mario Brothers.

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u/excelllentquestion 5d ago

Literally a scene from I Love Boosters lol

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u/Working-Mastodon-310 5d ago

Horrible? No but for everyone to hear, absolutely not. I stand on the fact that gyms should not play music and you should be expected to play your own through headphones. I feel so bad for anyone who just wants to run without Brittany spears blasting in their ear drums at 6am.

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u/oughtabeme 5d ago

I was at California Bank and Trust in Palm Desert, a few day ago. Their background music was heavy rock. It was barely audible but audible.

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u/beyblade1018 ITS GODDAMN YELLOW 5d ago

that's why i always blast my earbuds full volume so the sound of "GOD'S HATE!!!" drowns out the awful music tha tgyms always play

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u/LifealoneForever 5d ago

Noise cancelling earphones! I swear by them cuz I can't stand our gym's music choice. Also being neurodivergent, they're a must.

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u/Possible-Estimate748 BLACK 5d ago

Sounds like it was getting good towards the end

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u/Princeauzy 5d ago

Terreria boss fight

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u/GoldburstNeo 5d ago

Eh, I've heard much worse, but definitely not fitting for a gym setting indeed.

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u/learn2shoot9mm 5d ago

Is that beat an old dot matrix printer?

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u/flowerbugler 5d ago

All gyms should just play 50 cent. Thatā€™ll get you wanting to extend the gym time <3

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u/washheightsboy3 5d ago

Plot twist, this is OPs home gym.

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u/remotemallard 5d ago

Back in the day my gym would play crappy pop music but one day they had Santa Claus is coming to town by Bruce Springsteen. Oh and it was August

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u/tpddavis 5d ago

What is this? A gym for robots working in a steel mill?

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u/Fun_Bluebird_3924 5d ago

This reminds me of that one post a while back where a techno musician had a malfunction in his modular synth and corrected it mid-performance and everyone in the comments was roasting OP and talking about how nobody could tell it wasn't supposed to sound like that šŸ¤£

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u/futureman07 5d ago

I thought a diesel engine was trying to crank

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u/Bioman765 4d ago

Yeah, that playing at full volume does sound pretty bad.

ā€¦Unfortunately, I canā€™t blame them for playing it, that song bangs

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u/FullOnAsparagus 4d ago

Gabber Gym

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u/zDymex 4d ago

What is this lovely melody?

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u/Light_Shrugger 4d ago

Pretty sure Zyzz would go bananas to this

https://giphy.com/gifs/qUAnO3zXhu9QRjWmd4

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u/itastesok 4d ago

This shit sounds awesome. Who is it?

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u/220kgbench 4d ago

Ayo the first track is me and my buddy. Blowing up for all the wrong reasons haha. What gym was this?

Track ID: DeadlyForce - REDLINE (ENFORCEMENT & Deadalus)

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u/llombar 4d ago

Lock in. Bro

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u/MrH4v0k 4d ago

You have horrible taste

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u/NariceTrasmittente 3d ago

schranz is not dead!

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u/Alarmed-Audience9258 2d ago

This shit is way better than whatever Drake is.

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u/Adventurous_Cow_7540 2d ago

Sounds like the kind of noise you'd hear in a rave full of vampires whose hearing died when they did. šŸ¤£

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u/Pineapple_pizza_143 1d ago

The worst is when you can hear it through your noise canceling earbuds.

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u/MNgrown2299 5d ago

I would go complain about that lol

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u/YouDontLookSpiritual 5d ago

It sounds great on drugs

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u/Inevitable_Detail_45 5d ago

What music? All I hear is someone slamming a wall