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Observations on topics such as science, military, aviation, space, cartoons, cats, etc.

[doodling-editor]

A question:

Did schools stop teaching basic grammar? Or is there a “new rule” I’m unaware of?

I’ve noticed a trend at the studio. We bring in artists to record scratch dialogue but the younger ones get thrown by grammar. For example, the script will read (total made up names):

Marsha: How are you, John?

& if the scratch dialogue artist is older they will read it as “How are you John?” One thought.

But if they are younger they read it as “How are you … John?” Two thoughts. Like they’ve never seen John before or John dropped dead while they were talking to him.

Every one who is younger than me (I’m 34) does this pause. Which makes me think it’s not just one guy messing up or the ol’ “they’re artists, they didn’t excel in that area of school” joke. Because it’s all of them. We even have one guy, same younger age, who’s here from a European country doing the same thing!

& they get really thrown when I call another take saying that comma isn’t an acting note but just grammar. They just don’t get the comma’s use in that instance.

What am I missing? Is it some internet fanfic trend I missed? Am I old? Is it the 1984 book & they’ve started rewriting the language? Are public schools failing?

I know I’m caring too much about this but it’s driving me nuts!

[hawkeyenfo]

In my experience, the comma when used in "direct address", should be associated with a slight cadence or voice inflection change, but there isn't normally an overly long pause unless the speaker is trying to be condescending or super-dramatic.  If the inflection or timing is too far off, it sounds kind of robotic.

The clearest example I can think of is the Simpsons episode where Bart and Lisa end up on opposing hockey teams.  During their face-off, there is a shot where one half of the crowd yells, "Kill, Bart!" and the other half of the crowd yells, "Kill Bart!" (See around 1:30 in the following clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsQo9Yevun0 )  There you can see that the different groups pronounce the phrase with emphasis in different places.

Can you alleviate the problem by demonstrating how you want them to enunciate the sentence?

[xueyangapologist]

i envy people who have dreams with clear rational plots like “i was on my favourite tv show for a day” my dreams are like i’m in a diner and i’m pregnant. i leave the diner and i’m in a forest watching the pregnant woman who is no longer me. she turns around and now we’re in a jeep and she’s my dad. we’re listening to music which is somehow numbers. he asks if i remember the time we went to pakistan and i say yeah because i do. i wake up and remember i’ve never been to pakistan in my life.

[paininmyassachusetts]

i envy people who remember their dreams

[takineko]

That’s exactly what my dreams are like, when I remember them.

[doodling-editor]

The few times I remember my dreams they are so boring

- once I dreamed that I woke up & was getting ready for school. When my mom yelled at me for missing my alarm I said, “I am getting ready” & she said, “you’re still in bed!” At which point I woke up

- once my dream was me at work on a boring day. Then I woke up & had to live through that same boring day all over again!

[hawkeyenfo]

I have the opposite problem.  It's like every night I go to sleep and I'm in a Holodeck all night, and I often feel more tired when I wake up than when I went to sleep.  For a while I tried writing down what my dreams were, but often times I would have 3 or 4 different dreams and it would take too much time writing all that stuff down.

[doodling-editor]

I cannot eye roll hard enough

I got a birthday card in the mail from my church AND THEY GOT THE BIBLE VERSE WRONG!!

Ephesians 2:10 is “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” ‭‭ The verse they wrote out is from Psalms 139:13 & 14

I feel so accurately shepherded….

[hawkeyenfo]

That sounds irritating, but I hope you have a happy birthday anyway! :-)

[doodling-editor]

The life of a voice actor today:

Actress came in with 1 line consisting of 1 word. Sweet gig!

They had her say the 1 word a ton of different ways. 3 takes. Said the word 20 times.

… & ultimately chose the first thing out of her mouth…

[hawkeyenfo]

What's the function of all those alphanumeric sequences?

[doodling-editor]

Question for artists (& other Hollywood type creatives)

Should you put Studio Arts classes on your resume / LinkedIn?

I’ve heard 2 main thoughts on this:

1) it shows you have an interest in continuing your education & aren’t limited to whatever technology/programs you’re used to. That you aren’t a stick in the mud & are willing to grow & adapt. It’s a positive & can only help you.

2) it shows you aren’t an expert in your field & that you may only know the bare minimum from the class to get by. For example, just because you know where the lasso tool is in Photoshop doesn’t mean you can expertly do what the client needs you to do. It’s a red flag & a liability.

As of now I’ve taken one studio arts class & would like to take more in the future. But have so far left it off my resume because it was a 101 course. But I have mentioned it in person during an interview.

What are your thoughts?

[hawkeyenfo]

Even though I'm not in the Hollywood creative fields, maybe I can give some bits of insight, since it seems like no one else is being very helpful.  I've had to sit through some amount of resume and job search-related training and counseling.

What I have seen is that in general people are more interested in the skills themselves than how you got them, at least on the initial screening of applicants.  Apparently a lot of companies start by doing a computerized word search of resumes, looking for keywords that match their position descriptions.  So specifying that you took that course wouldn't really add anything to the resume in that regard.

Since you describe people being two main camps regarding this issue, it sounds like how a particular interview turns out will depend a lot on what camp the particular interviewer belongs to.  Unless you know beforehand what kind of person you will be talking to, it would probably be safer to leave that detail out of the resume.  You can always provide that detail if they ask you about it.

So in summary, my opinion is to focus on the skills you got from the classes, and talk about the classes if the interviewer asks.  I hope that helps a little!

[doodling-editor]

Update

Mom survived surgery & is waking up slowly. They’re gonna to keep her overnight to be safe

[hawkeyenfo]

I'm glad she is doing okay!

[hey-there-nutlet-deactivated201]

if it looks like a nazi, walks like a nazi and talks like a nazi

its a nazi

[agayzing-angel-deactivated20190]

if its a nazi punch it

[hey-there-nutlet-deactivated201]

yeah

[name1738]

Consider: not fucking assaulting people

[hey-there-nutlet-deactivated201]

[scholarlyapproach]

I can’t believe I’m actually having to do this, but yall people are getting crazy.

WW2 we killed Nazis. Because the Nazis were killing people and we were at war. Post WW2 we had Nazi Hunters, who captured Nazis and brought them to court. If they were guilty of killing or aiding in the killing they were charged and sometimes executed.

PreWW2 we didn’t kill Nazis, because they were neither criminals or murderers. There were not made targets until they did wrong. Having different opinions (yes even opinions saying everyone else should die) is not nor has it been illegal or punishable by attack.

Likewise until these Nazis actually start killing people you can’t just go outside and beat them up.

Just like how you can’t just go attack Mulsums because some of them have attacked you and you disagree with their opinions and beliefs.

Humans are humans and all of them, ALL OF THEM even the bad ones have human rights. Including the right not to be freaking assaulted when they walk down the street for having different opinions.

One of the things about Equality and Human Rights, is EVERYONE GETS THEM, even the people who want to abolish them. And if you disagree with that, well how about you become a Nazi, because you obviously don’t believe in basic human rights if you think attacking people who are different then you is okay.

[punkrockula-deactivated20190426]

Different opinions are “she Catholic and I’m Baptist” not “she supports gay rights and I think Jews should fucking die”

[scholarlyapproach]

Actually they are. When dealing with tense situations like this is VITAL we put emotions aside and look at things logically.

[punkrockula-deactivated20190426]

LMAO COMMON LOGIC WOULD SAY TO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF NAZIS BECAUSE THEYRE F U C K I N G N A Z I S

[ferrousxenon]

no

[hey-there-nutlet-deactivated201]

yeah

[ferrousxenon]

if they SAY they’re a nazi, that’s bad, but doesn’t excuse violence. if they say things that a nazi would say, that’s bad, but still doesn’t excuse violence. if they actually start physically hurting people, then violence is okay.

don’t punch someone just because you heard they were a nazi. that’s how the red scare happened.

[hey-there-nutlet-deactivated201]

[ferrousxenon]

good response. truly, my argument has been blown out of the water

grow up

[hey-there-nutlet-deactivated201]

if it looks like a nazi, walks like a nazi and talks like a nazi

its a nazi

and if its a nazi, punch it.

this shouldnt be hard to grasp.

[scholarlyapproach]

Why can’t you see the error of spreading hate? Revenge based systems don’t work, they spiral out of control and carry on for decades, centuries even.

[hey-there-nutlet-deactivated201]

you’re saying that like a revenge based system directed at nazis is bad. why are you trying so hard to defend their feelings, if they have any.

[rabbittiddy]

To put it another way, by legitimizing violence against them before actions, you are in essence backed into a corner when somebody like me says Black Bloc and anarchist antifa members should also be knocked the fuck out.

If it’s right to do to one idiotic side of the political spectrum over this, it’s right to do it to the other. Otherwise enjoy explaining why it’s okay for them, but not for you.

Because damn I’ve wanted to brain both groups for a while.

[hey-there-nutlet-deactivated201]

ok and you can do that, because i also don’t like antifa. punch nazis and antifa idiots. just punch nazis more.

[rabbittiddy]

Not enough Nazis around for me, but plenty of Black Bloc/antifa idiots.

[danguy96]

If it’s okay to punch Nazis, is it okay to whack Commies and other people on the Far Left in the back of the head with a steel pipe? I ask because I’ve been a lot of those lately.

[takineko]

😑 I’m beside myself because I see funny memes about the punch in my dash and I’m like well it’s a Nazi so I can laugh at him, but I’m also mad at the protests for getting violent and I know that violence isn’t going to change anyone’s heart or mind. I also know God said to love our enemies, but I also don’t want to come off as supportive of any of that. @__@

[asettledsky]

I kind of wish people understood that not putting toxic ideologies out BEFORE they come to action… is what makes bad things come to action. 

Punching that guy won’t change THAT guy’s mind…. But it might smother the inclination for other people to pick up his viewpoint.

[takineko]

I don’t know, I feel like it could inflame them more.

But also maybe we should have laws in place to keep dangerous ideologies from gaining momentum? Idk

[hey-there-nutlet-deactivated201]

People will complain about “but muh first amendment” even though theyd prob gladly do the same to BLM, feminism and antifa.

[takineko]

No they wouldn’t silence those movements, just point out their flaws.

[doodling-editor]

The problem is how do you define a dangerous ideology? Hop in the TARDIS & you’ll eventually find some time or place where your ideas are considered dangerous.

Every religion has been persecuted at some point. Even lack of religion has been. So no matter what you believe or don’t there’s some place & time where you would be harassed or killed for having your point of view.

Same goes for just about every viewpoint you can have. Good or bad. You guys do know that just as far back as your parents or grandparents that gay marriage, equal rights for all races, & women having jobs were revolutionary ideas & not common place in some areas, right? And to express these views could get you harassed, excommunicated, fired, punched, lynched, etc?

There’s always going to be someone out there who disagrees with your point of view. The question is how much power does someone who disagrees with you have over you?

A teacher put it this way for me once: “I may hate what you say, but I will fight for your right to say it!”

Freedom of speech does not mean you have the right to say whatever you want. Freedom of speech means you have to fight to the death to allow someone say stuff that you hate with every fiber of your being. Because someday that person with the hated point of view could be you. And you need people to help you get your view out there without being silenced or killed.

I think it’s safe to say that the majority of people think that nazis are evil with very bad ideas (& I agree). But that doesn’t mean they aren’t human beings.

Before you cheer or condemn, remove the content of what the guy was saying & imagine yourself in their shoes for a sec. Someone who is trying to express their point of view who suddenly gets punched out of nowhere. Is that going to change your view? Is that going to silence you? Will it harden your resolve?

If you saw this punch on a leaked security tape with no audio or context of what the guy being interviewed was saying would you still be cheering? Doubtful.

Change the subject of what the guy was saying before he got punched. What if he was talking about the importance of equal rights and got punched? What if he was talking about his favorite sports team? Star Trek or Star Wars? If he liked the rain or not?

It doesn’t matter if you agree with someone’s point of view or not. It doesn’t matter if what the person is saying is uplifting & respectful or hate speech. Freedom of speech means ALL views get to be heard!!!

Before you punch someone with a different point of view, or shout them down so they can’t be heard, or cheer someone for doing it, remember that we live in a civilized society where we can communicate & have discussions without resorting to violence or silencing others. You don’t have to agree with others. By no means! But you do have to let them have a chance to speak their mind. Otherwise whatever tactics you use on them is fair game for them to use on you!

[hawkeyenfo]

You make some good points.  I have found that the following is a good rule of thumb for keeping track of the kinds of things you were talking about: You can generally exercise a right up to the point where you infringe on the rights of other people.

Rights have kind of a priority that determines what takes precedence when they conflict, although sometimes the order is open to interpretation.  Some of the top ones are those described in the Declaration of Independence as fundamental, inalienable rights: "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness".  Those should be considered in the order of difficulty in restoring that right, if it were taken away.  As life is the one that cannot be restored if it is taken away, it always has the highest priority.  (Note: sometimes the concept of "property" is included under "pursuit of happiness".)

Then there are the rights that are expressly protected under the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and other Amendments to the Constitution.  (According to some sources, the rights in the US Bill of Rights aren't supposed to have a specific priority relative to each other.)  After that are rights that are reserved at a lower level, or specific to a particular place or organization, etc.

Let's illustrate the concept with some examples.  In the proverbial "yelling 'fire' in a crowded theater" example, one may have the right to freedom of speech, but yelling "fire" falsely in a theater will effectively infringe on others' right to life; however, if there is indeed an actual fire in the theater, it is okay because this would likely preserve more life than if it were not said.

If a bunch of demonstrators are exercising their right to free speech, but they surround a random passer-by who unwittingly ends up at that location, to the extent that the passer-by cannot move or leave the situation, that might be considered to be infringing on the right of the passer-by to liberty.  Such an action might be considered "false imprisonment", depending on the severity of the situation.

Under the 2nd Amendment, people may bear arms to protect life, liberty, etc., but it does not give them the right to arbitrarily take the same from other people.

Generally the use of violence or lethal force is only legally justifiable to protect the life and/or safety of oneself or others in response to what a reasonable person would perceive as a threat.  (Basically the right to life again.)  In the example of punching someone who one disagrees with, the other person simply expressing an opinion or point of view probably won't represent a sufficiently existential threat to convince a jury that it was justified, and may actually present the object of the punching with justification to use lethal force against the puncher in defense of their own life.

If a person deprives another person of their rights without proper authority or necessity, that person is likely breaking the law.  Punishment for a crime will likely be in the form of the convicted forfeiting one or more of their rights in proportion to those that were taken away from the victim(s).  So usually a person is not punished by death unless they unlawfully took the life of another person.  Less severe crimes are punished with a loss of liberty (i.e. confinement, imprisonment, etc.) or forfeiture of property/wealth (fines/repossession/etc.).

So bottom line: You can exercise your rights, but if you start infringing on other people's rights, the bets start to come off.

[doodling-editor]

You guys know they just put Season 3 of Dan Vs on Hulu, right?

[hawkeyenfo]

I liked it better when Hulu had free episodes of things with ads (i.e. before they switched to subscription only).  At this point I would rather sit through some advertisements than give my financial information to more entities.

[doodling-editor]

Data usage question

Hey tech side of tumblr, only child (living in her own place) with parents yelling about their computer over the phone here with a question for ya.

So my folks insist on having a mobile hotspot (Verizon) instead of cable or DSL or whatever. They keep going over their data limit.

They’re currently using Windows 10 (I’m a Mac gal) on their laptop & a USB modem (so I can’t turn on that limited connection thingy that only works on wifi).

From what I’ve witnessed, they check email (primarily text based), read a few news articles & that’s it. No Facebook. No picture sharing sites. No Netflix. Rarely do they watch a video & it’s usually one on a news article

And of course they claim they aren’t doing anything

I’ve already checked for virus & malware. It checks out clean

Is there a way to see if a specific website is killing their data usage? They don’t use apps. Only the web.

They have 2 browsers on their system: edge & chrome. They seem to favor chrome

My 2 suspects are a flash jewel match game my mom got sent years ago in an ecard (but she’s played it for years without going over why an issue now?) & their yahoo mail accounts since yahoo no longer lets me block their ads. But how do I prove it?

That or Windows 10 itself since I don’t recall these issues when they were on XP.

I feel like this is parental controls in reverse. Any ideas?

[hawkeyenfo]

Hey there!

I've observed some things that could help explain what they are reporting.  A lot of web sites have been getting ridiculous with all the ad videos and stuff.  Even a lot of news sites are going in that direction.  Most of the wikia.com web sites are pretty bad that way.  Even though they are often good places to look up information about comic book series, obscure anime shows, and video/computer games, looking there for even a few minutes can eat up a lot of data.  Once I was on travel or at school or somewhere, so I was using my phone as a mobile hotspot.  I wanted to look up something and pulled up one of the Wiki sites, and after just 2 minutes it used 100MB of data!  I was rather irritated. :-P

A lot of web sites that have the above behavior also take up a lot of memory as you browse on there.  Sometimes they start to take up so much memory (like hundreds of MB in the RAM) that it takes forever to load, and you have to kill the process in the task manager or something to clean the slate, so to speak.  Then it runs better for a while until the stuff builds up again.

One way you can troubleshoot (although it would probably be easier if you were there in person), is to use the task manager and resource monitor in Windows.  The task manager has performance charts that can show how much data is going in and out through the network adapter or Wi-Fi.  The resource monitor will show similar charts and has a list of all the processes that are sending/receiving data, and you can sort the processes by how much data they are using.  If they have the resource monitor open while they are web browsing, they could see when the usage graph spikes and see what processes/programs are causing it.

I hope this helps at least a little!

[doodling-editor]

Anyone know about “twist lock” 2 plug light bulbs? Apparently they’re the in between invention of the normal bulbs your parents used & the current energy efficient ones

My apartment uses these for many of the overhead ceiling lights. I think because they’re supposed to last 9 or so years. I’ve had to replace a couple of them throughout my apartment over the years & always found them to be a bit warm after burning out. Not when they’re working but after they’re dead.

But this one I think WAS burning! Look at it! There’s toasted marshmallow brown on there! It’s supposed to be off white! What if I had worked late tonight!!! Bulb itself was stone cold but the works? Hot!!

I always leave the hall light on 24/7 so I’m a little leery of doing that again. At least the replacement bulb is a different brand (these things are hard to find!!). So far it’s working fine but I’m not gonna sleep with it in tonight! Gotta do a couple of spot checks first to make sure my place won’t burn down in my sleep or when I’m at work!

So… My question is, does anyone know if these bulbs - in general - are a fire hazard after burning out? Like if I don’t change the bulb within so many hours after it dies the whole place will burn down type thing?

I’m hoping I just had a bad bulb. Don’t want the apartment owners coming in to re-wire but if I’ve gotta…

[hawkeyenfo]

From what I know of fluorescent light bulbs, even if the tube no longer lights up, some of the electrical components can still pass current, so the bulb may still heat up without making any useful light.

I would recommend replacing those compact fluorescent light bulbs with LED ones at least as the old ones go out.  LED bulbs usually use less power for a given light output, run cooler, and last way longer.  Additionally, they don't need the kinds of electrical components that cause the problem you are having.

It looks like your bulbs use a GU24 base.  There are LED bulbs that fit in the same sockets you can get at Home Depot or similar places that cost only a couple of dollars more than a CFL bulb of similar specs.  In my part of town, Home Depot and Lowes seem to sell the same brand for about the same price:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Feit-Electric-60W-Equivalent-Warm-White-3000K-A19-LED-Light-Bulb-A19-DM-800-GU24-LED/205750655

http://www.lowes.com/pd/Feit-Electric-9-Watt-60W-Equivalent-3000K-A19-GU24-Pin-Base-Dimmable-Warm-White-Indoor-LED-Bulb/1000085759

One piece of info I learned while looking up this twist-lock socket: apparently it is mostly used in places that want to encourage people to use energy-efficient light bulbs, since incandescent lights are not normally manufactured to use that type of base.

I hope this helps!

[dan-vs-stuff-blog]

[takineko]

There he go

[doodling-editor]

Animators take note: you CAN animate actual figure skating instead of nonsense moves that are physically impossible.

You can tell Chris is doing a flip jump

As a former skater it really bugs me & Dan Vs did it right!

[hawkeyenfo]

I don't remember anything with broken ice in that shot, and ice skating rinks shouldn't have liquid water under the ice, so was this gif photoshopped?

[vonbaghager]

tfw u realize Team Rocket’s Meowth could actually verbally tell us what the inside of a pokeball is like but it’s never happened

[takineko]

Omg

[doodling-editor]

I know I’ve only seen a little bit of the tv show but has Meowth *ever* been inside a pokéball? I only recall him walking outside like pikachu

[hawkeyenfo]

I haven't watched the animated show much since I was in college forever ago, but according to the wikis out there, he has never been successfully captured by a pokéball, although he may have been momentarily inside them on a few occasions.  It's possible he wasn't in the pokéballs long enough to perceive what was in there (if it is even something that can be perceived by normal sensory input), but that's just a wild guess.

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Meowth_(Team_Rocket)

http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Team_Rocket%27s_Meowth

[doodling-editor]

The great @silvaniart does it again at SDCC 16. I asked for Tom & Jerry / Force Awakens & he delivered!!

[hawkeyenfo]

That's funny!  Although the BB-8 costume would have to work differently because on the droid the rolling thing works because BB-8's "head" is not physically connected to its (not sure if BB-8 has a gender) body. :-D

[doodling-editor]

*sigh* finally saved up & bought a new computer. I know I “waited too long” since I’m transferring my stuff from my 10.6 system…

But get this:

- anything expensive & work related (avid, ProTools, paid final cut plugins, etc) either just plain won’t install or are just dead in the water & wont work reliably. Internet says it’s impossible to emulate old stuff! Can’t be done!! Just buy new you moron! (Before you offer solutions I know work arounds: boot partition, 10.6 server in parallels, pay the $$$$ for the upgrade, etc)

- my CD-ROM of 1996 ms-dos game of Oregon Trail? 5 minute Google & install. Up & running!!

I know it’s all about money, but THE HELL APPLE?!?

You talk about being good for the environment but I have boxes full of perfectly working items that are paperweights thanks to your updates. And now 3rd party programs (that are f-ing switching to subscriptions instead of buy & own once) are eliminated by you as well. I can’t afford this!

Apple, you’ve basically tricked me into buying a wazoo $$$$ computer for work to help pay it off, & one of the only programs I own that will run is 1996 Oregon Trail!!!

(Insert pic of me wearing a dunce cap here)

[hawkeyenfo]

:-(

I'm sorry that computer is being so troublesome.  Is it too late to return it for a partial refund or anything?

I often have to help my parents with troubleshooting on their Macs, and it can be frustrating how much less control you have over the system.

[housecatincarnate]

[musicalmelody22]

Fun Story: My director kept telling me and my tenor sax buddy to play softer. No matter what we did, it wasn’t soft enough for him. So getting frustrated, I told my buddy “Dont play this time. Just fake it” 

Our Band Director then informed us we sounded perfect. 

[fororchestra]

To my readers: “p” means quiet, “pp” means really quiet. I’ve never seen “pppp” before haha.

On the contrast, “f” means loud, and “ffff” probably means so loud you go unconscious.

[corruptbucky]

I had ffff in a piece once and my conductor told me to play as loudly as physically possible without falling off my chair…

[justtkeepcalmm-deactivated20250]

Me and my trombone buddies had “ffff” and he sat next to me and played so hard that he fell out of his chair.

The lengths we go for music.

[lady-gorthaur]

Okay yeah so I play the bass clarinet and the amount of air you have to move and the stiffness of the reed means it only has two settings and that is loud and louder, with an optional LOUDEST that includes a 50% probability of HORRIBLE CROAKING NOISE which is the bass equivalent of the ubiquitous clarinet shriek.

[elsajeni]

One day, when I was in concert band in high school, we got a new piece handed out for the first time, and there was a strange little commotion back in the tuba section — whispering, and pointing at something in the music, and swatting at each other’s hands all shhh don’t call attention to it. And although they did attract the attention of basically everyone else in the band, they managed to avoid being noticed by the band director, who gave us a few minutes to look over our parts and then said, “All right, let’s run through it up to section A.”

And here we are, cheerfully playing along, sounding reasonably competent — but everyone, when they have the attention to spare, is keeping an eye on the tuba players. They don’t come in for the first eight measures or so, and then when they do come in, what we see is:

[stifled giggling]

[reeeeeeally deep breath]

[COLOSSAL FOGHORN NOISE]

The entire band stops dead, in the cacophonous kind of way that a band stops when it hasn’t actually been cued to stop. The band director doesn’t even say anything, just looks straight back at the tubas and makes a helpless sort of why gesture.

In unison, the tuba players defend themselves: “THERE WERE FOUR F’S.”

FFFF is not really a rational dynamic marking for any instrument, but for the love of all that is holy why would you put it in a tuba part.

[minguskingus]

This is the best band post 

Everyone else go home

[oxboold-deactivated20180729]

Oh man, so I play trombone, and we got this piece called Florentiner Marsch by Julius Fucik, and we saw this

which is 8 fortes. We were shocked until,

that is 24 fortes who the fuck does that

[prokopetz]

Who does that?

This guy. Take a good look - that is the moustache of a man with nothing to lose.

[vivelafat]

Julius IdontgivaFucik

[septemberbells]

More like Julius Fuckit

[sushinfood]

Pyrozod’s tags for this were too hilarious not to share

[haha-leigh]

I haven’t been in band for years but this made me laugh so hard

[hisroyalnerd]

I haven’t seen this post in ages and I’m dying of laughter

[tobinlaughing]

I didn’t think it could get better after The Foghorn Tuba Story, but it did. It got better. Bless you, MusicTumblr.

[doodling-editor]

Ditto everything here but for percussion & you have my reason for a music college scholarship

[hawkeyenfo]

On a violin, you can't get as much power out, so you need a bunch of them to do that many stacked fortes.  Conversely you can do really quiet stuff more easily though.

[the-real-eye-to-see]

Evolution of Tom & Jerry

[hawkeyenfo]

Except for the 1990-1994 designs (different style of show) and the first couple of Tom ones, it looks like the changes were more in the coloration than the line art design.  The different poses look almost within the margin of error for a stretchy cartoon character.

[punk-iish-deactivated20190110]

White people be like…

[labias]

Stop

[happynewfears-deactivated201701]

omg

[chekhovs-thug]

What kinda self read

[thehighpriestofreverseracism]

😭😭😭

[blackraystyles]

Bruh. What?!

[doodling-editor]

Literally me. Some whole wheat breads taste like burning

[hawkeyenfo]

I guess I'll have to give a dissenting observation on this.  When I was in college, there was one Thanksgiving when I stayed at school and there were a large number of people at the dorm who were having a Thanksgiving dinner.  There was a bunch of people who cooked dishes, and maybe half of those were white people, and every freaking one of the dishes was spicy as heck.  It was like each one of them was trying to outdo each other on spiciness, throwing Habanero peppers and stuff in there.

I hate spicy food (and I am not a white person for those who don't know me), so while I normally could eat multiple plates of food during Thanksgiving dinner, that time I was barely able to even get through one plate.  That was the least satisfying Thanksgiving dinner I can remember. :-P