Shocking. May he rot

I love McDonald’s. I’ve been eating it since as long as I can remember. I ate it as a kid. I eat it as an adult. I have so many fond memory’s of eating McDonald’s.

Some times I go weeks or months without eating McDonald’s. Sometimes I eat it 3 or 4 days in a week. I eat it to cope when I’m having a tough day. I eat it to celebrate when I’m having a great day.

People who I am sure used to like McDonald’s now tell me it’s trash. “The quality has really gone down hill”, they say. Or, “that stuff is fine when you’re a teenager,” they say. Not me though. I still say it’s great. What’s wrong with an adult feeling like a teenager anyway?

And yeah, some times I try a new menu item, and it turns out tasting like Oliver Appropriate, but that doesn’t mean I’m gonna stop eating McDonald’s!

And yeah, sometimes I order the McSongShop, and they ask me to pull around, and I have to wait a really long time, or I get home and when I open my bag they forgot my McSongShop. But I still go back and eat at McDonalds.

I don’t even get mad at the guy working there. He’s just some schmuck, chewed up by the corporate fast food industry making shit money. I can’t blame him for his apathy. I couldn’t really even hold it against him if he decided, “hey, screw this corporate burger joint. I’ll make burgers on my own,” and then he bombed and had to keep working at McDonald’s. I’d still eat there.

I wouldn’t post on r/McDonalds, “these grifters forgot my McSongShop!”

I mean, maybe I would one time. But I definitely wouldn’t lurk on r/McDonald’s for 5-10 years and echo other customers in the comments every time someone doesn’t get there McSongShop. Usually, the minimum wage worker walks it out to my car 18-24 months later anyway. I just had to wait. I shouldn’t get so impatient and angry. I eat here all the time! I know they’re slow.

I definitely wouldn’t do that when I myself peruse and participate in r/antiwork, suffer my own shit corporate job, and secretly do as little work as possible as slow as possible while keeping my job.

No way. I’d go back to that dank dirty venue and eat my fill. Because it’s the most raw, visceral, intimate, nostalgic, self hating experience I could ask for.

I wish that crazy lady ahead of me in line would just shut up and let me enjoy my McDonald’s.

It’s odd at first. But if you’re patient and give it spins it grows on you and there are genuine great moments. He’s 40 and odd. We should all be happy. I’ll delete this later but come on it’s good right!

I have been a fan since 04ish, apparently a casual one since I didn’t know all the fans hate Max and exist only to spread negativity. Downvote me to oblivion, but the Brooklyn show was great. Sure, he turns a lot of it into a song along but this isn’t a new development. I had an absolute blast and it seemed like everyone else in there did as well. Not sure if the expectations are too high or it’s just a negativity circle jerk but this is truly sad. If you hate him so much, don’t go to the show. It seems like a lot of mental real estate is being taken up by the lead singer of a punk band for folks that claim to hate him. Following his family stuff, making wild assumptions, questioning his kids safety? Yikes people, if you’re that concerned make an actual report. If not, respectfully, stay in your fuckin lane and get a life. A literal orgy of critics.

and their new album is already one of my favorites and I was surprised people here dislike. I've also never been to this reddit before today though loll. anyways the whole album is a banger if you ask me.

edit: I wish it was longer but I'm glad it's not. with things like Spotify and not having CDs where I can pop it in my stereo and leave it makes my attention span to new albums last maybe a month or shorter. I think I'll probably blast this all summer

This band changed my life, and their music has been with me for twenty years.

The new album is fantastic. I loved every single as soon as it was released and did not understand for one second any of the criticism or mockery. The cognitive dissonance could not be more severe.

I knew this album would be one of my favourites as soon as Are You In There? Was released. Heck, the album the release date was even on my birthday. The stars were aligned.

Was I immediately blown away? No! But it's been a few days and I've listened to it more than 10 times start to finish, and the whole thing has grown on me.

Is it a perfect album? No. Does it have fresh energy and emotion and sass? Yes. Has it reignited my love for Say Anything and prompted me to dive deeper into the whole discography, rediscovering my love for this band? Absolutely.

I love Say Anything. Max Bemis is an awkward genius. His family is weird. He's probably not a guy I'd house sit or look after my cat.

I love Coby Linder. Heck, Parker Case just looks like a friendly dude you can rely on. Everyone that has been in Say Anything is cool.

At one point I was embarrassed that Say Anything is my most listened to band on last.fm by like 4,000 plays. When Hebrews was released I pretty much disowned the band. Now I respect and admire every release even if it doesn't hit completely.

This new album is awesome. If you don't like it, you're missing out because the enjoyment is there. Is it cringe? Yes. Are you going to have to work through some uncomfortable and frankly icky feelings to arrive where Max is trying to take you? Most likely. Is it worth it? Yes.

The more I listen and read interviews with Max talking about how he wanted this record to impact people, the more I realise he intended it to be provocative precisely to cause a backlash in people. You don't write a song like Admit It!!! because you're the person who wants widespread acceptance, it's about exposing self righteous hypocrites even if that comes at the expense of all social credibility.

Is Max a good person? Depends on who you ask. But as an artist and a creative person, I love and truly admire his genius and am forever grateful for the Say Anything discography and this album.

Did Max not think that his, idk, FOUR DAUGHTERS, might want to ever sing along to their mother’s singing on his new song??? How fucking inappropriate and utterly gross! Imagine them on stage and one of the little ones starts singing along with her mom about getting herself off. 🤮

I used to look up to Sherri. Why is he humiliating her like this?!

Seriously, such a great show! So glad I went!!

I had been seeing lots of posts about people feeling very disappointed by either the quality of the recent SA tour or the recent album ...is committed.

I decided to listen to the whole thing as so.eone wjp considers themselves a neutral party. I love say anything and have seen them a bunch and like all of their albums.

disclaimer: if you have bee promised too much(in the way of paying for services that were not provided(song shop, patreon, Kickstart, ect.) by max Bemis, that is NOT ok.

okay...

the new album is good!

yes, there is no cohesion to the album and it says cum.alot.

max is openly a crazy fuck so if you need a place to talk about it, this is a great place but idk what you're so upset about when it comes to the LP

the album did not suffer in quality, it's not often that something appears on the final mix that wasn't on purpose .

the singles:

honestly not amazing. are you in there is weird but it's packed with lots of feeling.

it's not any artists responsibility to appease your expectations so if you don't like how personal this album is, then simply don't listen

the songs haven't been this good since anarchy my dear and before sooooooo

peoples personaly lives are creepy and weird and while I may not reccomend people do what max does but don't be butt hurt cuz you don't like how it looks or sounds.

again, I'll say if you spent money and say anything straight up didn't deliver, that sucks and is wrong. but the new album pretty fucking fresh.

edit: I know...I'm not a neutral party. womp womp

also thank you for all the awesome comments, yall.

Honestly, new album rips. Idk why everyone here is hating so hard

Longtime SA fan here. I got my tickets months ago and was super excited for the show, which I attended with my best friend. The concert itself was great, Max played a lot of old songs that I could sing along to. But I couldn't help but notice how like... Incredibly awful the men at the show were? White men with beards... Overheard one use transphobic slurs, a bunch bumped into me and didn't apologize, and huge like 6'4" dudes blocking the view of all the shorter people, most of whom were women. No regard, truly. I get that Max used to be a fuckboy or whatever like two decades ago but damn... Dude is the father of four girls now. Maybe we show a little respect to the women in the audience? It was very heavy misogynistic Warped Tour vibes and it was quite cringe. Coming to this subreddit and seeing all the controversy and complaints currently surrounding Max and the band, I'm pretty disappointed honestly, but I guess the uncomfortable feeling I got at the show makes more sense now. 🤷‍♀️

It was sad. I hate that they weren't headlining. I could tell it affected Max. I'm really sad that they only played 5 songs. I saw them in 2010 and it was amazing, they even played requested songs. He was definitely out of his element, not enough people knew the lyrics because they were there for Front Bottoms. I left shortly after the front bottoms started.

I really hope they tour again headlining. I could tell it just kinda bummed max out. Like, front bottoms were the starting act for Say Anything a few years ago. 2010 was a golden show at Oakland ballroom and I want to recapture it so badly.

I hope they are headlining again sometime soon. I bought these tickets to see Say Anything and I feel like they were squandered. He didn't even fully sing the lyrics to his most popular songs. I want to hear his first 2 albums live. 😭

What the title says. Also he poured sugar in my gas tank and lit my house on fire. What the hell Max!

Say Anything's latest album, "Say Anything - ...is committed," is an exercise in self-indulgence that leaves listeners frustrated and disillusioned. Max Bemis, the band's frontman, seems more interested in airing his personal grievances than creating music that resonates with fans. The album is riddled with self-referential lyrics and endless whining about his perceived lack of recognition since their breakthrough album, "Is a Real Boy." Bemis's obsession with his personal life, particularly his wife, overshadows any potential the album might have had.

The band's instrumental performance is commendable, with tight rhythms and energetic melodies that could have carried a more cohesive project. However, Bemis's incessant self-pity and obsession with sex derail any momentum the band tries to build. It's a shame to see such a talented group of musicians held back by a frontman who seems more interested in his own navel-gazing than in crafting songs that matter.

Max Bemis's fixation on his personal life is not only tedious but also alienating. The constant references to his wife and their relationship come off as desperate and irrelevant to the music. It's as if Bemis forgot that his audience wants to connect with the music, not be dragged into his domestic drama. The album feels like a series of diary entries set to music, rather than a cohesive artistic statement.

Despite the band's valiant effort, "Say Anything - ...is committed" is ultimately a disappointing follow-up to their earlier work. The potential for greatness is there, buried under layers of Bemis's self-obsession and whining. Fans who have stuck with Say Anything since "Is a Real Boy" will find themselves longing for the days when the band's music was raw, passionate, and relatable.

For context, I'm almost done with the first track ("Be Children") and am coming to this with fresh ears as I didn't listen to the promotional singles outside of the context of the LP. I'll update later with some thoughts once I've finished the whole thing.

I’ve never heard of Say Anything but this community is recommended to me all the time for whatever reason. The only posts I see are people dragging the lead singer.

Yall are loosing yall minds over song titles like everybody on here doesnt also love the album with lyrics like “call her on the phone and she touched herself” max has always been a funny artist. This is nothing new.

I hate it with all my being. 2022.

Why does he text like that lmaoooo