We should show them what a cassette tape looks like and tell them that if they make a really cool mixtape, they’ll make someone fall in love with them.

so says some idiot that forksclovetofu quoted on the miley thread.

i have made A LOT of mixtapes and 92 percent of them have fallen on deaf ears. you are breaking your kid's heart, dude. just stop.

i gave a girl a mixtape box set, complete with case, in 10th grade. while i did get a "date" out of it, unfortunately she was a mormon and the whole thing was doomed.

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this is why i laugh when mellencamp screams "hold on to 16 as long you can!" because no

a mixtape box set is a risky move. i'm glad you got a date out of it!

not enough osmonds on it anthony! osmonds makes them drop their special underwears!!!

surprised at some of the people who have been posting that bullshit article on facebook.

xpost - yes, please sweep 16 far, far under the rug.

I made Jeff a mix CD when we were courting. *buffs nails on shirt*

i made zero of the signified a 2-CD mix when we were first going out -- it was called "double live gonzo" and had a picture of ted nugent on the front.

my current advice is to only give mixes only fater at least ONE smoochfest. Confirm romantic possibility, THEN provide eclectic, enticing valentines.

only after, i mean

otherwise you are giving away the eggs for free

my eggs are worth at least $10,000.

Mine had a picture of the Buckhead MARTA station on the front.

TAKE NOTES KIDS

- confirm romantic possibility
- chose an ironic butt rocker or public transit image for the cover

my wife still has all the mixtapes I made her (primarily of funk stuff)

xp - an ironic butt rocker who has loathsome politics but wrote and recorded "stranglehold" which is the second best song on the dazed and confused soundtrack apart from "highway star"

nuge on a lady's mixtape would be good, suggests she's got a high, high bar for forgiving bursts of foolish macho

Mine had a picture of the Buckhead MARTA station on the front.

That is kind of awesome!

But yeah mixtape romanticism seems like some serious rose-glassery.

Are mixtapes/mix[insert format here] universally thought of as a wooing tactic now? Is it still okay to give one to somebody just because you want him/her to hear some songs you like?

sounds gay

personally, mixtapes for friends tend to be of the "here's the 20 best songs by that band we were talking about, from their 5 best albums" with clear parameters. i'd never get on some "hi there, just some random songs 4 u" shit for a friend.

I just send youtube links and emoticons