Metal Problems

On a break

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:15:27 -0500

You could probably tell from the months-long inactivity, but yeah, I’m taking a break from running this blog. No real reason, I’m just a huge bum. I’ll be back… Someday.

I’ll keep updating my personal blog though so if you wanna chat send me a private message.

To all those who have asked me for band suggestions, I recommend this site. It will do a far better job than I ever could.

metalproblemsillustrated: Sounds like a rolicking New Years...

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:38:59 -0500

metalproblemsillustrated:

Sounds like a rolicking New Years plan to me.

A happy belated New Years from Metal Problems Illustrated! I had actually planned to finish and publish this on New Years Eve, then I caught a horrible stomach flu/virus/biological atrocity the night before, so THAT didn’t go as planned.

What’s that? Where I have I been the last 4 months? Shhh, there is no need to be upset. Just believe me when I say I’ll ~~try to~~ be more regular in the new year, okay? I may change around the drawing style so that it doesn’t take me days at a time to draw a comic, and thus occasionally un-motivate me. I’m thinking of using less colors. Thoughts?

m3tal-up-your-ash replied to your post: On modern pop music and double standarts You’ve been...

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:04:17 -0500

m3tal-up-your-ash replied to your post: On modern pop music and double standarts

You’ve been shoving your beliefs down my throat lately, and yet you preach against shoving beliefs down people’s throats. We’re not the only ones with supposed “double standards.” Don’t generalize a community.

Shit, I will have to make a clarification:

I am not generalizing metalheads. I am not saying that all metalheads have double standarts. It is a hyperbole to illustrate my point.

And I am most certainly not shoving my beliefs down your throat. I am posting my beliefs on a blog. On my blog. I am not running to you, forcing you to share my opinion.

That will be the only response to this subject that I will post publicly. The rest will be answered only through private messages.

On modern pop music and double standarts

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:50:30 -0500

tw: opinions

do i lose my metalhead creds if i say that i like some female modern pop artists?

not saying that I like their music - far from it, actually - but when I see gifs about them and stuff they seem like really interesting persons

and I think that most of the people who hate them don’t understand what a “stage persona” is because just because a singer is singing about getting drunk all day and fucking a million guys doesnt mean thats all they

and even if it is all they do what’s that to you

what the fuck man I mean when korpiklaani makes songs called “tequila”, “vodka”, “brings us pints of beer”, “lets drink”, etc, theyre praised and called fun and vikings and shit

but when kesha sings about brushing her teeth with a bottle or jack (or whatever i dont know the lyrics) shes a slut and a bad example and she gets everyone hating on her

or you know when metalheads have pot leaf patches on their vests its cool but when nicki minaj raps about being higher than a motherfucker or whatever she’s awful and stuff

and hey you know what just because a song is in the radio doesnt mean it has to be an example for children. just because these girls make catchy pop tunes it doesnt mean that 10 year olds should be listening to it. if you think children shouldnt listen to it, stop your children from listening to it. they, as artists, can do whatever the fuck they want. you knwo when metal is called “satanic” and hardcore christians say it should be banned you flip the fuck out but when these girls sing things that kids shouldnt listen to youre all for censoring them.

if you think kesha fucking a thousand boys is a bad influence on your little sister make her listen to some cannibal corpse! im sure some human sacrifices are better than a healthy sex life in the future.

because you know, you cannot expose a child to adult media without instruction. that’s what PG stands for - “parental guidance”. as in “children are influenciable and they shouldnt be exposed to this shit without an adult near that can explain it to them”

but I’m getting derailed

so i can only have one conclusion: y’all have the worst case of double standarts ive ever seen

I could also talk about slut shaming and sexism and shit but if I make this into a social issue I just know I’m gonna get hatemail.

hey people who follow this blog follow it for METAL PROBLEMS not to see your ugly shit. unfollowed.

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 12:32:54 -0500

Hey guys, since I don’t want you to feel like guinea pigs,...

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 12:26:00 -0500

Hey guys, since I don’t want you to feel like guinea pigs, I tried out one of the tutorials I posted a few weeks ago! This one, to be exact.

This is actually the second one I make with this tutorial but it’s the first metal shirt one so it seemed relevant.

Now I will give you some tips:

MAKE THE BOTTOM SHIRT BIGGER THAN YOU NEED. Tank tops are way more stretchy than usual cotton t-shirts. Right now I’m sitting in front of my laptop in this dress wondering how the fuck I’m gonna take it off.
Use some sort of stretchy thread. I just ripped two centimeters just by sitting.
LEAVE SEAM ALLOWANCE. I CAN’T STRESS THIS ENOUGH. You will need it. (If you don’t, seam allowance is leaving some extra fabric so you have enough space to sew. say you want it to be 30 inches around the waist, you cut it to make it 32 inches so you have enough space to sew correctly)
I recommend using a machine to sew this because its much easier but I understand that not everyone has access to one.
TRY IT OUT ON A TEST SHIRT FIRST. I bought a Sodom shirt especially to make this, then realized it would be best to do a test with one of my dad’s old tshirts. Indeed, the first one turned out a bit like shit. I was still to scared to use my Sodom shirt for this one so I used the old Rhapsody one you see.

Other than that, good luck crafting!!

~~and if you don’t like seeing this you can *gasp* scroll past it. hard, i know.~~

For that last anon, on cutting up men's shirts:

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:22:00 -0500

I found some links/tutorials that can help more than me:

80’s Boxy T-Shirt (gosh i have to try this out. This one also has instructions in Finnish for all the finn-fans and Finnish speakers)

Boy’s Shirt To Girl’s Shirt (this one gives you instructions for the sleeves if you’re up to that but I’m a lazy ass)

Reducing Large Shirts (the same method I explained, with pictures)

Off-shoulder Shirt From Men’s Tee (this one explains how to add your design to a plain black shirt too, but you can ommit that if you’re using a band shirt)

AND as a bonus: How to use a tank top and a shirt and make them into a dress. Oh shit I really need to try this out.

I love your blog :) I was wondering if you or anyone out there knows how to cut shirts that are for men? Because i have guy shirts that i want to cut but i don't wanna fuck up on them :/

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:54:19 -0500

Thanks!

I’m guessing that you’re a female with male shirts? If I’m not reading your question correctly please tell me.

METHOD A: To make a shirt fit you like a correctly-fitting female shirt:

For the sleeves: Cut as close to the seam as possible, to have a cleaner finish. It will roll up when you use it.

To make it fit you: Turn your shirt inside out and flatten it on a table. Place on top of it a shirt that fits you correcly, lining up the neck line and trace the outline with chalk and secure it with pins. If you have a sewing machine, sew along the line, then cut off the excess fabric. If you’re sewing by hand, cut off the excess fabric leaving a bit of space between the chalk line and the edge of the fabric, and sew.
When cutting and sewing, ALWAYS make it a bit bigger than you want it. You can shrink it more, but it’s harder to make it larger once you’ve cut too much.

For the neck: Cut off right next to the seam, just as with the sleeves. This is actually optional. Adding cleavage is hard because most band shirts have print all the way up to the neckline, so I do not recommend it.

METHOD B: To make a shirt look kinda loose and cool but not very practical for concerts:

For the sleeves: Leave them as they are.

For the body: Leave it as it is. If the band print ends up high on the shirt, you can cut off the bottom and make it a cropped top.

For the neck: Cut along the red line in this drawing (but try to make it more symetrical). Sorry it looks like shit, my mouse is not helping. After cutting, stretch the fabric out a bit by placing your hands on what’s left of the shoulders and pulling. BE CAREFUL NOT TO TEAR THE SHIRT.

This last method is cuter and I personally think looks awesome but it can be very impractical for concerts because you risk a boob-slip. (Unless you wear an undershirt or just don’t give a shit about boobslips)

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Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:03:28 -0500

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Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:02:24 -0500

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Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:01:33 -0500

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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:02:17 -0500

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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:01:42 -0500

Your blog used to be cool. Enjoy your stereotyping of metal heads and the typically unrealistic problems you accompany with them.

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:07:04 -0500

Sorry to shit on your perfect life but this blog runs on submissions. Which means that all of these things have happened to somebody. Guess what: This blog is not meant to please a single person, but a community as a whole. If you can’t relate to all the problems (or any at all) lucky you! Not all of us live a marvelous problem-less life.

tl;dr suck my dick

Not really an ask but I wanted to apologize for the couple of pics if reblogged not knowing you didn't want them done. I shall remove the offending posts asap. Keep up the good work!

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:04:24 -0500

Nononooo reblogging is fine!!

What is not fine is reposting!

Reblogging is clicking the “reblog” button on tumblr, and it’s perfectly acceptable!

Reposting is saving the picture to your computer and re-uploading as a new post on your blog.

Reblogging is GOOD

Reposting is BAD

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Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:33:41 -0500

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On the reposting problem:

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:16:00 -0500

I try to be kind, okay? I message reposters asking them to take it down. Everybody has their reasons, some were new to tumblr, some found it somewhere else and did not know where it was from -even though that’s complete bullshit because our url is in the corner-, etc. If you take it down after I ask you to, everything’s okay and I think you’re a sweetie.

BUT if your ask and submit boxes are disabled and you have no means of contact on your blog, I will fucking report you. I don’t give two shits about tumblr deleting your blog. Which is what it does after too many unexplained deleted content reports. I’ve seen it happen to one of my favourite blogs, sadly.

Yes, I am fucking tired. Because when I see blogs full of reposted old pictures and I just know the owner does it for the notes and because they are a content-stealing little cunt, I will be mad if my pictures are among them.

Call me a tightass I just don’t give a shit anymore.

Back to your scheduled metal problems.

So I just made Fuck Yeah Battle Jackets!

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:36:59 -0500

So I just made Fuck Yeah Battle Jackets!:

hellsvomit:

battle jackets / battle vests / kuttes / etc

I want it to be specifically for metal/rock jackets (or vests, or bags, or just about anything covered in metal band patches)

So who wants to help me run it? I don’t wanna do it alone.

You’d just have to reblog vests and jackets (or related things) and add them to the queue and stuff.

Extending the call to this blog! Who would like to help me run this? I’d prefer to get two more people. So message me if you’re interested.

Okay, so here's the part where I ask for some Tumblr help.

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:52:30 -0500

metal-confessions:

I need everyone’s help if you can spare 30 minutes of internet time. I am conducting a survey on the topic of sex offenders and would greatly appreciate it if those reading this could take a little bit of your time to fill out this survey. It is absolutely imperative that you be over the age of 18 to complete it (for legal reasons). Though, even if you can’t participate, please at least take a second to reblog it.

I am conducting my Master’s thesis research on identifying sex offenders and the myths that surround them. This study will involve viewing photographs (mug shots) of both sex offenders and non-sex offenders of varying gender, age and ethnicity. Additionally, you will be asked a number of yes/no and opinion oriented questions about these photographs, as well as several questions about your personal beliefs regarding sex offenders, who they are, and policies that involve the sex offender registry across the United States.

The topic of this research is of a sensitive nature and between 4 and 8 questions regarding unwanted sexual encounters will be asked. No personally identifying information will be collected and your answers will remain anonymous. However, you will be asked to fill out a short page of demographic information which includes your age, education level, where you were born and the city or town you currently live in.

Lastly, several questions will be timed. For example, you will have only two seconds to view a photograph before you are asked to answer a question about it; therefore it would be best to complete this survey in a quiet place or at a time when you are least likely to be disturbed.

If this is a topic that interests you, I would greatly appreciate you taking the time to fill out this survey.

And if you can, take a second to reblog or retweet this so as many people can see this as possible.

Thank you!

http://edu.surveygizmo.com/s3/995779/Identifying-Sex-Offenders-At-A-Glance

I know this is not metal problems but the person behind Metal Confessions (a GREAT metal blog) needs help with something.

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Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:01:52 -0500

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