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The Scariest Question I've Ever Been Asked?

The Scariest Question I’ve Ever Been Asked?

I actually wrote this draft a few weeks back but didn’t get a chance to post it then. This isn’t related to anything recent or specific, aside from having had people ask me this question multiple times in the past. Thanks! Out of all the questions asked of me, I have to say this one is the scariest: “Hey Odie, what should I think about this?” It’s one thing to ask me what’s going on and how I…

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#don&039;t do this #etcetera #Featured #food for thought #odie got a blog #odiegotablog #scariest question i&039;ve ever been asked #Slider #think for yourself

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CLOCKED: Why The Music Industry's "TikTok Solution" Probably Won't Pan Out

"It makes absolutely no sense to look at moments of chance, luck, or unintended domino effects and treat them as if they signal the ability to track similar outcomes and manufacture or control them."

There sat Halsey, practically in tears as she shared, via a Tik Tok video of all things, that the label is withholding the release of her new music. According to her, they are hesitant to go forward with a single that she knows her fans will love, unless she can make a “viral moment” via the clock app to get people excited enough to stream and buy. It’s a similar story to what Adele’s label…

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#clocked #fans vs. social media followers #Featured #music industry theories #odiegotablog #ogab #Slider #the latest #the us music industry #tiktok

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3 Proven ARMY Strategies To Counter Bad-Faith Media Slander

Our community uses proven methods of dealing with people who have the worst of intentions, so please remember these strategies and outcomes whenever you're feeling angry, powerless, or afraid...

I want to start by saying something extremely important, so please pay attention: Any comeback campaign by members of the press to denigrate BTS and malign ARMY isn’t about “distracting ARMY.” Poison and venom are not the same, even if they both are meant to cause harm. Never mistake the intentions of antis on social media for that of connected members of the media who do this type of thing in…

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#ARMY #army in the news #bad faith takes on army #bts #bts and army #bts army #combatting media slander by bad faith journalists #Featured #media play is played out #media slander #odiegotablog

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3 Reasons Why Gatekeeping Will NEVER Work Within ARMY Culture

3 Reasons Why Gatekeeping Will NEVER Work Within ARMY Culture

Maintaining the health of and goodwill within a large fandom or community is very, VERY hard. One thing that has always worked to ARMY’s advantage is that we’ve generally been very gracious and open regarding who is welcomed into our fandom and how we treat the newest members. But sadly, I have seen more and more gatekeeping behaviors from people who should know better if they are as “veteran” an…

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#army things #bts and army #bts army #Featured #gatekeeping #odie got a blog #psa #public service announcement #Slider #stop it please #the latest

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BTS IS COMING! New Album Announced With Release Date

BTS IS COMING! New Album Announced With Release Date

After an admittedly rough week, leave it to BTS to make it end on an epic note! 🎉At the end of Saturday’s concert, attendees saw this video: BOOM, COMEBACK DATE! BTS is dropping a new album on June 10th. Needless to say, the ARMY at the concert went feral. https://twitter.com/bangtanchords/status/1515586003674681344 ARMY not at the concert went feral, too, I mean WE ARE REALLY ABOUT TO GET A…

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#all things bts #bts #bts and army #bts army #bts is coming #EVERYBODY PANIC #Featured #june comeback #new album #new music #Slider

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I Have No Idea How To Title This

I Have No Idea How To Title This

So I wanted to snap back into fandom action by today. But each waking hour was spent doom scrolling on Reddit, which sent me to Twitter for additional doom scrolling. I went back and forth between images of decimated Russian vehicles and fandom-related tweets. I wanted to make witty quips and discuss fan theories. Truly, I have a lot of things I would love to talk about. Positive, funny,…

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#ARMY #i have no idea how to title this #mental and emotional wellness #putin can choke #random #russia invade ukraine #Slider #the latest #things I think about #ukraine

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BTS & Fragile Masculinity

BTS by its very existence is likely perceived as a kind of attack, a menace that threatens to upend traditional gender behaviors and perceptions. And, most importantly, dare to get women to feel loving and accepting toward ourselves...

You’ve likely seen, heard about, or experienced this yourself. You’re enjoying BTS or there’s a fun announcement concerning them, and some man (family member, friend, husband, or stranger) decides to confront you about it, misgendering BTS members as “women” or “girls” and angrily attacking their looks, behavior, and identities as men. They then go out of their way to remind you what “real music”…

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#bts and army #bts and fragile masculinity #bts and perceptions of racism sexism homophobia and other forms of bigotry #bts and toxic masculinity #Featured #misogyny toward bts and army #odiegotablog #sexism in the music industry #Slider #what is fragile masculinity

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"But What Will The BTS Antis Think?!"

“But What Will The BTS Antis Think?!”

Yes, in 2021, there are still people who prioritize the negative opinions of people who HATE BTS and ARMY. And they live their entire fandom life carefully saying things that won’t rock the boat with haters. They’re scared of being mocked. Scared that the people who love to hate us will have something new to crow about if we aren’t careful. And unfortunately, people operating under this logic…

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#bts antis #IDGAF about anti opinions and neither should you #it&039;s not healthy to assume that you need to be a traumatized person to love something #logic where art thou #lol #must suffer this much to be an ARMY #ogab #Slider #sweetbtstea #unbothered #why are you mad at army opinions

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The Curious Case of Billboard's Bullsh*t

The Curious Case of Billboard's Bullsh*t (I had to go off Twitter for this one... ☕)

I know this blog post is technically a few days late. However, I needed a little time to decompress before addressing Billboard’s ongoing self-serving hypocrisy as directed at BTS and ARMY. I also wanted to take some time away from social media to get my head right and focus on my personal life. Now that I have done as much, let’s take another look at Billboard’s amateurishly ham-fisted attempt…

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#are they mad yeah they mad #billboard #billboard bundles #billboard charts #billboard on some bullsh-t #bts and army #bts and billboard #bts army #i remember when billboard liked bts #Slider

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On Learning To Love Yourself Right Now

On Learning To Love Yourself Right Now

It can be a near-impossible task for many of us to stop and simply accept ourselves as we are at this very moment. There can be this sensation that you’ll love yourself, REALLY love yourself, when you lose those pesky 25 pounds. Or when you get your teeth straightened and pearly white. Or when you stop being such an anxious, unsure, jittery mess. We’re always told to strive to be the best…

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#for healing #for health and healing #health and happiness #learning to love yourself #love #love yourself #self-love #Slider #the favorite version of yourself

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Ignoring BTS & Gaslighting ARMY Won't Work (Sorry, Not Sorry)

PSA: Ignoring BTS & Gaslighting ARMY Won't Work (Sorry, Not Sorry)

I have so much content backed up thanks to (predictably) having a lot of extra work thrust on me. But that wasn’t going to stop me from getting this point out in blog form. *clears throat* No amount of gaslighting, ignoring, defaming, or invalidation will make BTS magically disappear. Such efforts also will not magically elevate the bland as fuck industry plants that people do not care enough…

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#and we&039;re not going anywhere #bts & army #bts and army #bts and army exposing music industry racism and xenophobia #fake it til you don&039;t make it crew is mad #Featured #officer I dropkicked the industry in self-defence #psa #we&039;re still here

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PSA On The Absurdity Of Guilt Tripping BTS ARMY

A PSA On The Absurdity Of Guilt-Tripping ARMY: Featuring ALL The Receipts & A Read From The Heart...

They say you can’t shame the shameless, but you can at the very least give them a sideways glance that asks if they lost their minds. Or at least their memories. At what point did people delude themselves into thinking ARMY was the fandom to guilt-trip into giving up? It’s a fandom that has always stood apart. In the beginning, it probably wasn’t entirely our choice, but these days, I think it’s…

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#a trip down memory lane #bts and army #entitlement issues #gaslighting and manipulation #leave ARMY out of it #leave us alone please #public service announcement #some of you are hypocrites #teamwork makes the dreamwork #Top Social Artist #we don&039;t owe you a damn thing

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When ARMY Dominates Twitter So Hard...It Kicks You Out.

When ARMY Dominates Twitter So Hard…It Kicks You Out.

LOL. Anyway, #BangBangCon21 is so much fun. 😀

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#bangbangcon21 #having fun anyway #lol twitter

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THREAD: Appeasing The Music Media By Throwing Teen Girls Under The Bus Is Stupid & Pointless

THREAD: Appeasing The Music Media By Throwing Teen Girls Under The Bus Is Stupid & Pointless

DISCLAIMER Although inspired by a specifically disturbing interview I saw on my TL (that I’ve since been told was heavily falsified, which I can believe because the writer sounded like an ass), this thread isn’t based on any singular band or artist, whether a former teen idol or pop rock group. The issue weaves its way through decades of music industry misogyny, from one side to the other.…

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#blog to thread #bts #bts and army #Featured #sexism and ageism #sexism in the music industry #Slider #teen girls #teenage girls and music industry bias #the wheels on the bus go round and round #threads and theories

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Billboard Needs To Fix Its Passive-Aggressive Bias Against BTS

Billboard Needs To Fix Its Passive-Aggressive Bias Against BTS

Billboard has a “BTS bias” problem. That might seem rich coming from me, a full-fledged ARMY, someone expected to be biased when it comes to BTS. However, I am not claiming to be a reliably objective “Bible” for the week-by-week popularity of American music.

An organization like Billboard should notbe going out of its way to make it abundantly clear how disappointed it is that a non-white,…

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#anything bts wants bts gets #are they mad yeah they mad #ARMY wins #billboard bundles #bts and army #bts and billboard #Featured #i remember when billboard liked bts #now they&039;re mad #Slider

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Justin Bieber: Please Shut The Hell Up!

Justin Bieber: Please Shut The Hell Up!

There’s really no polite way to say it, so I’ll just say it: Justin Drew Bieber, you whiny, entitled, white-privilege-soaked Canadian Caucasian, shut the entire fuck up!

I don’t care if your mama shoved a pair of headphones up into her womb so that you, as a fetus, could enjoy R&B talents ranging from Luther Vandross and Patti Labelle to Usher and Brandy. Admiration of black spaces is not…

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BTS, Grammy-Nominated Artists!

First of all,

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHRGRDGRETERTERTREGREGH$OWTKORGMNRWG EW$PRWGPRWGNMRWPGRWPTWRTWT@!!!!

And second of all, my Bangtan is a GRAMMY AWARD-NOMINATED GROUP and I couldn’t be prouder!!! Congratulations to BTS and the talented writers and producers who helped to develop “Dynamite” into the smash hit that it is today.

I’m so grateful for the opportunity…

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