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[penguinofhonor]

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[Arx]

Unrelated, I just realised how much I like the story that a hadeda (iridescent ibis, I think) crying while flying over a house means someone's going to die. It just fits the sound so well.

[Tack]

Unrelated.

Yet it clicked into place for me.
Every time a B12er is about to get the hammer...

[scriver]

Unrelated, I just realised how much I like the story that a hadeda (iridescent ibis, I think) crying while flying over a house means someone's going to die. It just fits the sound so well.

Over here in Sweden (and probably other parts of the region) there's an insect called a Death Clock. It hangs out in your walls and makes a constant ticking noice like an old clock, and when you hear it it meaner that somebody in the house is going to die.

[Ultimuh]

Over here in Sweden (and probably other parts of the region) there's an insect called a Death Clock. It hangs out in your walls and makes a constant ticking noice like an old clock, and when you hear it it meaner that somebody in the house is going to die.

Is it THIS beetle?

[Tiruin]

Net disconnected 20 times in the last half hour. Hooray internet!
Which is just a vague approximate. Sometimes it's 15 seconds of fast connection (being the top speed our current connection accommodates) until stopping to a halt. Cue router reset. [x30]

And that's my happy--even if our connection sucks like a lemon, we has internets .-. (but seriously we're paying too much for this connection -.-[/moods])

Unrelated, I just realised how much I like the story that a hadeda (iridescent ibis, I think) crying while flying over a house means someone's going to die. It just fits the sound so well.

Over here in Sweden (and probably other parts of the region) there's an insect called a Death Clock. It hangs out in your walls and makes a constant ticking noice like an old clock, and when you hear it it meaner that somebody in the house is going to die.

Reminds me of folklore here--there are stories of butterflies being omens or symbols of some sort, like a black butterfly suddenly appearing in the room meaning someone's going to die. Surprisingly this has been seen in many places where there could be no sense of any butterfly species even existing in the vicinity [ie Black butterfly in the hospital? Wingspan at full length being an adult's palm and very visible near the top of a wall?]

I like how the world is still full of mystery and having much to learn from, and how open our methods of understanding are still flexible to accommodating them.

Edit: Nearly a 1:2 ratio of times reset'd per minute as the mean over a half hour timeframe. :v At least I can practice my statistics!

* Tiruin flops

Flop bonus: I have mastered the usage of opening notepad++, ctrl+a, ctrl+c, and ctrl+v in saving my posts! Hooray practice of keyboard shortcuts under necessity!
 
I sometimes wonder if I'm in a comedic sketch as I interact with my router.

[hector13]

This may help.

[Tack]

This is where Ireland got it right.
There's nothing like a shrieking ethereal chick to really get the point across.
None of this "Do you think that's a deathknocker beetle?"
No, it's "HURRY UP AN' CARK, BLITHE! OI'M TRYIN' TO SLEEP."

Watched the Oscars. A bunch of the nominees stretched their thankstime to make a stand on rape culture, women's rights, racial whatchemer, global warming and the corporate influence on government.
It was enough that I sat up and noticed, anyway.
Honestly I'm really hoping this isn't a 'Miss America' thing where it's trendy to talk about a topical issue. I'd really like to believe people are using the spotlight to shine a spotlight.
... Like the movie, spotlight.

[TempAcc]

Chris Rock was the only decent thing in the entire event, TBH, if just because it made a lot of academy people angry, which is good.

Not sure if the infinite torrent of memes that will come from DiCaprio winning an oscar is a good or bad thing.

[hector13]

This is where Ireland got it right.
There's nothing like a shrieking ethereal chick to really get the point across.
None of this "Do you think that's a deathknocker beetle?"
No, it's "HURRY UP AN' CARK, BLITHE! OI'M TRYIN' TO SLEEP."

Watched the Oscars. A bunch of the nominees stretched their thankstime to make a stand on rape culture, women's rights, racial whatchemer, global warming and the corporate influence on government.
It was enough that I sat up and noticed, anyway.
Honestly I'm really hoping this isn't a 'Miss America' thing where it's trendy to talk about a topical issue. I'd really like to believe people are using the spotlight to shine a spotlight.
... Like the movie, spotlight.

The director of "The Big Short" railed against big business in his speech a bit. That's pretty much what the film was about.

Not sure Chris Rock would've made academy folk angry though. I mean, el presidente de l'academy (yas mixed language such probably doesn't even make sense!) was up there talking about diversity and shit at one point.

I'm glad Mad Max didn't win what I would consider "major" awards, though. I didn't think it was great as a story or anything like that (despite the acting heavyweights they had) but it was quite a stunning movie, otherwise.

[Tack]

It won best music/makeup/set design/cinematography/sound/sound-editing and whatever else.
Sure. Nothing Important.

Chris Rock was honestly my least favourite. He was a bit of a tool.
I did enjoy laughing at the academy's big "WE'RE NOT RACIST" campaign though. They had-at.

[hector13]

It wasn't best picture/director/screenplay/actor/actress/supporting actor/actress though.

I have never know anyone to watch a movie purely on the basis it has fandabby music/sound-editing/make-up. Not that it'll never happen, of course (or I know too few people, which could easily be the case) but movies are generally sold on the quality of other things.

The best cinematography thing, for example. Dude has won it three years running, and I still can't remember his name.

[Bauglir]

Small Happy: Guessing which username and password you used for a website you haven't logged into for nearly a year, on the first try.

[Comrade P.]

I'm not saying DiCaprio didn't deserve an Oscar in general (all of his major roles he played perfectly), but this year it should've gone to Cranston, IMHO.

No really, DiCaprio's role in Revenant is hardly something beyond "grimy survivor with dark past" trope with barely a page worth of spoken lines through the whole movie. He played that masterfully, delivering an amazing performance, being the talented actor he is, but there isn't much to that role to begin with.

E: Mark Rylance's award is due though. Sort of sad Jennifer Jason Leigh got nothing for her part in Hateful Eight, I liked it very much.

[Tack]

I have never know anyone to watch a movie purely on the basis it has fandabby music/sound-editing/make-up.

Mad Max?

I walked into the cinema wanting Vroom and Boom.
They gave me a lightning-fire-tornado, and it escalated from there.
Needless to say I was content with what was provided.