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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #3765 on: April 12, 2013, 07:36:25 am »

So, celestial objects (planets, moons, etc) make "sounds". A lot of them sound kinda cool, or seem similar to those soundtracks of ocean waves and wind or whatever.

And then there's Mercury. Sleep tight!

Ah, classic "Hell is that noise" material. Here's an excerpt from a black hole. You can hear the puppies getting spaghettified.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #3766 on: April 12, 2013, 07:45:25 am »

So, celestial objects (planets, moons, etc) make "sounds". A lot of them sound kinda cool, or seem similar to those soundtracks of ocean waves and wind or whatever.

And then there's Mercury. Sleep tight!

(A decent set of headphones is recommended for both videos)
We need this done with earth for comparison.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #3767 on: April 12, 2013, 08:06:33 am »

I think it's awesome that they all sound like ambient noises from campy 70s sci-fi.

None of them are nearly as creepy as numbers stations, though.   They're supposedly how governments communicate secret information to agents operating outside of their own country, and people have met with serious repercussions for successfully decoding messages from them.  Mostly they're artificial voices reading random gibberish, usually repeating it over and over again for very long periods of time with bizarre jingles and sound effects interjecting at random and always alien sounding high pitched whines and static in the background.  Some are just completely insane sounding, though.  Regardless, they're easily the source of all the most nightmarish things I've ever heard.  There are tons of recordings of them up all over the place.

This is a rather famous one.  The first one I ever heard, and still one of the creepiest, I think... because the uncanny valley quality of the voice is just perfect.  The sound of the voice is so close to human, but the way it speaks is disturbingly off.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #3768 on: April 12, 2013, 08:08:39 am »

Why would these scare anybody?
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #3769 on: April 12, 2013, 10:21:13 am »

So, celestial objects (planets, moons, etc) make "sounds". A lot of them sound kinda cool, or seem similar to those soundtracks of ocean waves and wind or whatever.

And then there's Mercury. Sleep tight!

(A decent set of headphones is recommended for both videos)
We need this done with earth for comparison.
That was the first thing in the first video I linked :P
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #3770 on: April 12, 2013, 04:54:57 pm »

Some are just completely insane sounding, though.
...Can't tell if zerglings gargling broken glass, or demons trying to whistle through orifices they shouldn't have. Either way, that's...pretty whacky.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #3771 on: April 12, 2013, 05:02:53 pm »

Some are just completely insane sounding, though.
...Can't tell if zerglings gargling broken glass, or demons trying to whistle through orifices they shouldn't have. Either way, that's...pretty whacky.
Definitely the zerglings.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #3772 on: April 12, 2013, 05:08:59 pm »

Some are just completely insane sounding, though.
...Can't tell if zerglings gargling broken glass, or demons trying to whistle through orifices they shouldn't have. Either way, that's...pretty whacky.
Definitely the zerglings.
Demon zerglings gargling glass with orifices they shouldn't have.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #3773 on: April 12, 2013, 05:22:06 pm »

I think it's awesome that they all sound like ambient noises from campy 70s sci-fi.

None of them are nearly as creepy as numbers stations, though.   They're supposedly how governments communicate secret information to agents operating outside of their own country, and people have met with serious repercussions for successfully decoding messages from them.  Mostly they're artificial voices reading random gibberish, usually repeating it over and over again for very long periods of time with bizarre jingles and sound effects interjecting at random and always alien sounding high pitched whines and static in the background.  Some are just completely insane sounding, though.  Regardless, they're easily the source of all the most nightmarish things I've ever heard.  There are tons of recordings of them up all over the place.

This is a rather famous one.  The first one I ever heard, and still one of the creepiest, I think... because the uncanny valley quality of the voice is just perfect.  The sound of the voice is so close to human, but the way it speaks is disturbingly off.
Those things are cool as hell. I once tuned into one with my radio, it was pretty cool.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #3774 on: April 12, 2013, 05:25:36 pm »

Who finds them terrifying and who finds them awesome?

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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #3775 on: April 12, 2013, 05:26:41 pm »

Who finds them terrifying and who finds them awesome?
I find them mildly disconcerting and extremely awesome. :D
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #3776 on: April 12, 2013, 05:29:37 pm »

Who finds them terrifying and who finds them awesome?
I find them awesome.
Honestly, what kinda baby would be scared of a little noise.
Not me.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #3777 on: April 12, 2013, 06:01:41 pm »

They're mildly interesting.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #3778 on: April 12, 2013, 07:13:30 pm »

Intriguing.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #3779 on: April 12, 2013, 07:38:13 pm »

Inciting. Combo game go!
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