Mastodon for Metalheads

#1

Post by stoerfall » Tue, Feb 05, 2019, 9:30 AM UTC

Re: Mastodon for Metalheads

#2

Post by MindTwister » Tue, Feb 05, 2019, 10:29 AM UTC

For those reading the comments first, this is not the first Mastodon that came to mind in the context of metalheads. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(band)

Re: Mastodon for Metalheads

#3

Post by atticmanatee » Tue, Feb 05, 2019, 10:44 AM UTC

MindTwister wrote: post #2

For those reading the comments first, this is not the first Mastodon that came to mind in the context of metalheads. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(band)

Trap, reading the title that was not what I was expecting. But my guess is that it was intended.

Re: Mastodon for Metalheads

#4

Post by sascha_sl » Tue, Feb 05, 2019, 10:46 AM UTC

What is this, an ad that's also sort of a wordplay so it's not really an ad?

Re: Mastodon for Metalheads

#5

Post by dgellow » Tue, Feb 05, 2019, 10:47 AM UTC

For people who aren’t reading the linked page icle and don’t know the expression “metal head”:

> A metalhead is a member of the heavy metal subculture.

Re: Mastodon for Metalheads

#6

Post by laumars » Tue, Feb 05, 2019, 10:47 AM UTC

atticmanatee wrote: post #3

MindTwister wrote: post #2

For those reading the comments first, this is not the first Mastodon that came to mind in the context of metalheads. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(band)

Trap, reading the title that was not what I was expecting. But my guess is that it was intended.

Not intentionally. Mastodon is also a name of a Twitter-like social network. So the title here makes perfect sense for people like myself who hadn't heard of the band with the same name.

This is just one of those occasions where name collisions happen through nobodies fault.

Re: Mastodon for Metalheads

#7

Post by Gravityloss » Tue, Feb 05, 2019, 11:35 AM UTC

dgellow wrote: post #5

For people who aren’t reading the linked page icle and don’t know the expression “metal head”: > A metalhead is a member of the heavy metal subculture.

If one thinks metal head is a slang term for robot / AI, one immediately gets a Rudy Rucker short story feeling...

Re: Mastodon for Metalheads

#8

Post by wfriesen » Tue, Feb 05, 2019, 11:40 AM UTC

laumars wrote: post #6

atticmanatee wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Trap, reading the title that was not what I was expecting. But my guess is that it was intended.

Not intentionally. Mastodon is also a name of a Twitter-like social network. So the title here makes perfect sense for people like myself who hadn't heard of the band with the same name. This is just one of those occasions where name collisions happen through nobodies fault.

Metal has quite a few name collisions, but perhaps the most unfortunate is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis_(band)

Re: Mastodon for Metalheads

#9

Post by samatman » Tue, Feb 05, 2019, 12:05 PM UTC

wfriesen wrote: post #8

laumars wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not intentionally. Mastodon is also a name of a Twitter-like social network. So the title here makes perfect sense for people like myself who hadn't heard of the band with the same name. This is just one of those occasions where name collisions happen through nobodies fault.

Metal has quite a few name collisions, but perhaps the most unfortunate is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis_(band)

That’s an unfortunate name collision everywhere.

I know three women, all over 30, who chose the name Isis, and a kid who was given it and goes by Tara now.

Re: Mastodon for Metalheads

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Post by hasloi » Tue, Feb 05, 2019, 12:30 PM UTC

samatman wrote: post #9

wfriesen wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Metal has quite a few name collisions, but perhaps the most unfortunate is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis_(band)

That’s an unfortunate name collision everywhere. I know three women, all over 30, who chose the name Isis, and a kid who was given it and goes by Tara now.

Isis is also the name of an ancient Egyptian goddess.