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A quotation from Samuel Johnson

The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-01), The Idler, No. 72

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A quotation from Samuel Johnson

The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-01), The Idler, No. 72

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A quotation from Samuel Johnson

The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-01), The Idler, No. 72

More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/29381…

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A quotation from Samuel Johnson

The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-01), The Idler, No. 72

More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/29381…

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A quotation from Samuel Johnson

The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-01), The Idler, No. 72

More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/29381…

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A quotation from Eric Hoffer

Suffering cleanses only when it is free of resentment. Wholehearted contempt for our tormentors safeguards our soul from the mutilations of bitterness and hatred.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 263 (1955)

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Thrash metal trio Bitterness has been riffing around Germany’s underground metal scene since 2002. And despite a twenty-plus-year career spent in a state of sustained anonymity, these thrashers three are ready to throw down their eighth full-length odyssey, Hallowed Be the Game. Marching under the thrash banner in a country that birthed not only the Big Teutonic 4, (Kreator, Sodom, Destruction, and Tankard) but some very endearing second-tier bands (Exumer, Holy Moses, Paradox, and Living Death) takes guts and persistence. Luckily, Bitterness has a little bit of both. Between Megadeth hitting number 1 on the Billboard 200 for the first time with its eponymous swan song and Kreator releasing an album I CANNOT get out of my earholes, thrash shone brightly in January. Does Bitterness possess the skill and fortitude necessary to carry that light into the desolate, hopeless darkness of February?1

Bitterness plays mid-level neothrash that neither raises nor furrows brows, historically straddling the fence between At the Gates-style melodeath and 2000s-era Kreator-core. Yet, Bitterness has leaned further into its thrashy side since introducing a mascot—enter blindfolded Jesus—on the cover of 2015’s Ressurexodus, and who appears here looking strikingly like Snake Plissken. Frank Urschler’s riffs are plentiful, firing primarily at speeds either breakneck (“WWH8,” “Hallowed Be the Game”) or breakneck (“Hypochristianity”), and his vocals—a hybrid blend of Petrozza (Kreator), Souza (Exodus), and Ellsworth (Overkill)—fit what Bitterness is doing well. Andreas Kiechle blisters the skins effectively enough to keep things on track, while Marcel Konz’s prominently plucked bass lines round out the rhythm section. Thrash’s status quo and the AMG safety counter have nothing to fear from Bitterness. And yet Hallowed Be the Game isn’t completely devoid of enjoyable moments, despite being weighed down by bloat and victimized by its own overt juvenilia.

I respect that Bitterness seems content to exist on the fringe of its chosen scene, with the very front half heavy Hallowed Be the Game—as any eighth offering might—standing as proof they’ll not go gently into any good night. With the very Kreatoric one-two punch of the opening salvo (“WWH8,” “AMOK:KOMA”), Bitterness proves that well-executed riffage can still overcome a dearth of originality: this is also where I find Urschler vocalizing at his most Petrozza-like. And then, in an attempt to bring Teutonic legitimacy to these proceedings, I appreciated the vocal contributions of Tankard’s very own Andreas “Gerre” Geremia to “High Sobriety” about as much as “Hypochristianity” took me back to Pleasures of the Flesh-era Exodus. To be certain, Urschler and company execute their ABC’s and capably deliver on the fundamental tenets of thrash: crack beer, bang head. Despite this, a couple of things really held the album back for me.

Hallowed Be the Game loses most of its muscle mass from fatty back half disease and a we-tried-too-hard style of juvenile delinquency. With a runtime exceeding forty-three minutes, Bitterness could have easily cut the last 10 and left us with a more manageable slab of pseudo-enjoyable, albeit pedestrian, thrash metal. Instead, the nearly eight-minute instrumental “Magnum Innominandum,” its leaden pace and lack of dynamic variability rendering it perfunctory and the even more unnecessary cover of the Graves-era Misfits song “Scream!” remained almost as padding, bringing Hallowed Be the Game to a very underwhelming close. Combine those two, parting flop shots alongside the fact that nearly every song title is a somewhat childish play on words, and the whole Game just felt silly. And not in a good way, as I’d expect from more light-hearted bands like Tankard, Municipal Waste, and others of that ilk.

Neither particularly good nor bad, Hallowed Be the Game is one of those albums that just is, and assuredly isn’t the breakthrough Bitterness may have been hoping for. It’s like that girl you met at Niagara Falls one weekend in college, fun to hang with for a few days, but definitely nothing serious. Ultimately, Bitterness failed to pique my interest beyond writing this review. Die-hard thrashers may get a few miles out of Hallowed Be the Game, but as for me, I’m going to spin Kreator again.



Rating: 2.5/5.0
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: G.U.C.
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Releases Worldwide: February 6th, 2026

A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

Peace will not be built, however, by people with bitterness in their hearts.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1944-01-07), “My Day”

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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Finally, in every event which leads you to sorrow, remember to use this principle: that this is not a misfortune, but that to bear it like a brave man is good fortune.
 
[μέμνησο λοιπὸν ἐπὶ παντὸς τοῦ εἰς λύπην σε προαγομένου τούτῳ χρῆσθαι τῷ δόγματι: οὐχ ὅτι τοῦτο ἀτύχημα, ἀλλὰ τὸ φέρειν αὐτὸ γενναίως εὐτύχημα.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 4, ch. 49 (4.49) (AD 161-180) [tr. Farquharson (1944)]

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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Finally, in every event which leads you to sorrow, remember to use this principle: that this is not a misfortune, but that to bear it like a brave man is good fortune.
 
[μέμνησο λοιπὸν ἐπὶ παντὸς τοῦ εἰς λύπην σε προαγομένου τούτῳ χρῆσθαι τῷ δόγματι: οὐχ ὅτι τοῦτο ἀτύχημα, ἀλλὰ τὸ φέρειν αὐτὸ γενναίως εὐτύχημα.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 4, ch. 49 (4.49) (AD 161-180) [tr. Farquharson (1944)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/1720…

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What does the #bible (📖) say about #forgiving others for #sinning (🚫) against you? and some #verses to go with.

it says a lot. but there's two points I want to point to today that many might not actually know in detail. Or it might not cross the mind.

1.

The 📖 doesn't explicitly say that you must, "forgive and #forget ," but it does emphasize letting go of resentment and bitterness,

#forgiveness doesn't necessarily mean restoring #trust or #forgetting about the wrong a person did against you or etc,

it means releasing the #desire for #revenge and choosing to not hold the #offense against the other person.

"Get rid of all #bitterness #rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice." – Ephesians 4:31

2.

Forgiveness is a #Condition for Receiving #God 's Forgiveness

"For if you forgive other people when they 🚫 against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their 🚫, your Father will not forgive your 🚫," - Matthew 6:14-15

So you can still not trust a person that did wrong, but you should withhold your anger and any bitterness like attitude towards them.

You can still tell them 'hey, that thing you did was messed up, not cool'. But ultimately you need to forgive them according to #theword of god to be forgiven.

#sin #sins #god

@david_zwei Merke: Es gibt auch eine Korrelation zwischen schwarzem Kaffee und Soziopathie. Ein Schelm wer Böses dabei denkt... 🙂

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26431683/
DOI 10.1016/j.appet.2015.09.031
https://1lib.sk/book/78413008/3fe6f0

#Bitterstoff #SchwarzerKaffee #Psychopathie #Soziopathie #blackcoffee #bitterness #study #psychopathy #sociopathy

I'm in search of a philosophical cure for #bitterness. I'm afraid of becoming #bitter. I see myself criticizing everything more and more. I see so much ugliness and evil in the world, and I talk about it.

I was recently thinking on how to avoid it, and I think i have a promising path - give in, accept the ugliness and evil as the expected state of the world. Then the #beautiful and #good becomes a happy surprise, something to focus on.

Yeah, everything is disgusting, it's obvious, why would there be any need to repeat that? That's normal. Let's focus on the extraordinary, seemingly miraculous sparks of #joy and #beauty! They are so rare, and therefore much more important. They are worth being noticed

I maybe that's my path.

#philosophy

It's the Ides of March.

Bitterness at Betrayal

Friends, real friends, only stab you in the back if it's politically necessary.

And with friends like that, who needs family?

#IdesOfMarch #Betrayal #Bitterness #JuliusCaesar #Othello #BecauseICan

#bitter #bitterness #sugar #sweetness

Today I've started forcing myself to endure the nasty #bitterness of #coffee to see if there's something I've been missing. Excuse my #supertaster grimace.😝

One of my coworkers decades ago, who I realized in hindsight had #ADHD traits at least as bad as mine, would self-medicate every morning with ten cups of coffee! Perhaps he was getting something other than a mere pick-me-up?

Now there's this article suggesting I'm missing even more benefit from the #caffeine:

https://www.sciencealert.com/caffeine-in-your-blood-may-affect-body-fat-and-diabetes-risk-study-finds

#Graphics #timeline illustrates the length, #bitterness of #Disney's dispute Ron Desantis.

In what's becoming a prolonged #legal #battle, #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis attacked Disney in open #retaliation over #constitutionally #protected #Political #speech leading to a flurry of #criticism – and #lawsuits

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #Florida #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2023/05/16/graphics-timeline-illustrates-bitter-details-of-disney-desantis-dispute/11750086002/

@davidpmaurer Agreed but there is no #appetite or will to do so. Local, State, Federal Gov nor Courts. All #enpower this #addiction the #rationale #bitterness #fear #hatred. #guns are not just for #KillingAnimals vile in and of itself as so few Americans sustain themselves by hunting to eat. This visceral hatred of animals has morphed & spread into a pandemic of hatred for humans, ceaselessly exercised on streets, in schools, houses of worship, workplaces, shopping malls #VigilanteCulture Rules.

Having you tried eating #bananas with raw broccoli?

The bitterness of the #broccoli with the sweetness of the banana can result in a #chocolate flavour, but there are also occasional pangs of soiled nappy.

More as this story develops.

#food #flavours #foodCombos #recipes #healthFood #bitterness #sweetness #chocolateFlavour

Healthy, godly #grief is, when we enter into #mourning with how #God sees our #hurt and #pain. Healthy grieving is productive and will lead us back to living an abundant #life.
It carries a #promise: #hope for #redemption.

Unhealthy mourning on the other hand is what some call #selfpity; caressing or caring for a #wound, but with the wrong #medicine.
It is being built upon a #lie, and thus will not bring #healing. Instead it'll let our wounds #fester and develop #hatred and #bitterness within.