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Robert Komaniecki

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Music theory and history professor. Will help you with your music theory homework. Dad.

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · Jan 26

Putting it out there that I’d like to branch into writing more pop musicology/music theory content for general audiences. If your publication would like a music essay that is fun, informative, and well-sourced, send me a message.

Below, I’ll give examples of things I’ve written about previously:

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 56m

Idk why people don’t like seeing them (wagons) in grocery stores. They’re the same size as carts, but you can walk them back home with you. Makes sense to me?

Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 57m

Sometimes social media sucks but a Polish lady with the surname Komaniecki just messaged me on Instagram and we have the same great great grandpa

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 59m

Fwiw our wagon has been helpful in apartment living. Same length, width, and size as a 2-kid stroller, but with more space for groceries, bikes, scooters, etc. Helpful for walking to the grocery store with both small kids. I wouldn’t have one if we didn’t live in a walkable neighborhood tho.

Lucy Huber @clhubes.bsky.social · 17h

A mid-level hot take is I hate the giant wagons everyone has now to drag their kids around in. Is it truly more convenient to maneuver a wagon the size of a small tank around the pumpkin patch???

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 2h

If you need ChatGPT to come up with “Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you,” you should be placed in an adult conservatorship

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 10h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 13h

lol. lmao

Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 13h

Remember when Obama won Indiana lol

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 15h

Would you believe it if I told you these messages are a response to me posting a video saying that the music of Disney’s animated movie WISH was not very good?

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 15h

Underrated aspect of not having iPad kids is that you can strategically deploy screens in rare occasions and utterly blow their mind

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 17h

Generational damage happening

‘The damage is beyond repair’: The CDC faces another round of deep staff cuts | CNN

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suffered another round of deep staff cuts late Friday, with disease detectives, outbreak forecasters, policy and data offices among those impacted, ac...

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 22h

This was last year btw

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 23h

yeah that's part of it. Once I was changing my daughter's diaper in a secluded area of the park and an older lady came over and asked if I needed help. I've changed like literally over 1,000 diapers at this point!

Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 1d

When I’m with both babies solo and somebody says “nice job, dad” I don’t take offense. I’m fine but outnumbered, thank you for the support.

If it’s just me and one kid and they still give me the “wow, look at you!” comment, I start to wonder if I look incompetent

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 1d

So far the most challenging thing about having a 2 y/o and a 4 y/o is that for about 13 hours of every day, you are continuously asked to do something small approximately once every 45 seconds. It weirdly reminds me of waiting tables sometimes

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 1d

This is not a real screenshot, fwiw. You are getting angry at something a person made up

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 1d

Especially because she’s a public role model for kids! She SHOULD signal virtue ffs

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 1d

Accidentally mixed up my age and my goal weight on the fitness website and now it's very sternly like "Sir. It is not reasonable or healthy for you to reach 35 pounds."

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 1d

All Ms. Rachel has done is sing songs about rainbows and relentlessly use her platform to try to decrease the number of children suffering in the world. Assuming she is insincere or grifting (when it would be much more profitable for her to stay quiet) says a lot about you.

Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 1d

So then a 100% decrease would be nothing, LOL. maybe that’s it

Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 1d

What’s the most charitable read possible on this? Obviously prices going down 100% results in $0.00, anything higher is not possible. Usually I can squint and see what he means when he yaps like this but I honestly can’t decipher it this time.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot imagine being this mean. You are a mean person and these are bad thoughts!

Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 1d

Hating the singer of “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” because she cares too much about dying children should definitely make you feel bad

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 1d

“What’s your cardio, running to the donut shop?” you have an eating disorder!

Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 1d

Male fitness culture is so stupid, because in this guy’s comments there are 100 dudes telling him he’s fat/undisciplined while 10,000 women saying the horniest, most lewd things imaginable

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out that AI is not helping with creativity, and is instead inspiring the dumbest people alive to conjure madlibbed plagiarisms that nobody, not even the "creator," gives a shit about

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 1d

A barista recognized me from Instagram today and I don't think my wife is ever gonna stop giving me shit for it lol

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