minor things that make you fume

[chrismpw]

On my TV, Poor dialogue volume, then when you turn it up you get a burst of booming bass heavy music...and background music for thst matter - even on something as mundane as The Chase

Damn right. Its become trendy for actors to mumble and be moody in even the most bland dialogue. Then the sound engineer is obviously tasked with waking up the audience again.

I hate the way music us used to create an artificial atmosphere or shock. Some of the best creations out there are use it very sparsely.

 

[AsiaAsia82]

Speeding tickets have gone through the roof it seems since lockdown. They are finding all sorts of ways to claw money back. You watch them issues loads of fines over the census.

Census?

 

[tommytowne]

The fact and this is no exaggeration, that the moment I poke my head outside to do even the slightest task in the garden, bloke next door decides to come out and start rustling about in his garden. All this to catch my eye and start telling me what I'm doing wrong with whatever I'm planting, pruning, positioning. Absolute show off naming all the plants and shrubs with their Latin names. It was an easy decision to nickname him Ned Flanders.

 

[PaddyJames]

Census?

Everyone in the uk has had to fill in a census stating who lives at their address etc. On the letter it says fines up to £1000 for failing to do it.

 

[AsiaAsia82]

Everyone in the uk has had to fill in a census stating who lives at their address etc. On the letter it says fines up to £1000 for failing to do it.

Ffs I thought it was a scam

 

[PaddyJames]

Ffs I thought it was a scam

Nah gives you a come to go on the gov website and fill in answers. Nothing too difficult, just job status, whose living in the household, religious beliefs and sexual orientation.

 

[Toast]

Football’s darkest secret created all sorts of fume.

 

[Jt2105]

Waking.

 

[degsy]

Subtitles are a godsend

This...
(good for talking wives as well)
Anywho; I've gone into the settings...about 12 different categories...some with 6 options, various sliders etc.
Played, tested, twiddle, slid them all over the shop.
Found something I could hate the least...then you go from Netflix to amazon or whatever and Boom - their sound is all at different levels.
Serious fume levels at chez degsy

 

[degsy]

Damn right. Its become trendy for actors to mumble and be moody in even the most bland dialogue. Then the sound engineer is obviously tasked with waking up the audience again.

I hate the way music us used to create an artificial atmosphere or shock. Some of the best creations out there are use it very sparsely.

I remember a opening scene...late 60s early 70s... in Callan, were him and his mate Lonely did over a room for 10 mins, took some Polaroids, turned the place over, looking for something, put it all back using the pics
Perfectly Choreographed...probably 1 take, not a word spoken, no music.
Then
The Opening Theme with the swinging light
EPIC.

 

[Zezti]

The woke crowd coining terms like 'microaggression' to describe words that shake their fragile little hearts for pathetic reasons under the guise of social equality.

 

[Jeff Jones]

Almost every cafe you go in has cups with tiny handles that you can't get your finger into unless you take it off the saucer.

Oh, while I'm here, what is Woke? I no it's an insult, but what does it mean?

 

[chrismpw]

Almost every cafe you go in has cups with tiny handles that you can't get your finger into unless you take it off the saucer.

Oh, while I'm here, what is Woke? I no it's an insult, but what does it mean?

Woke is a corruption of 'awoken' - a self aggrandisement given by tits who like to think they're more aware of social sensibilities than mere plebs. To show they're simply better they're offended by absolutely everything, often on other people's behalf, even if the other person isn't offended, so that they can display their own virtue at every unmissed opportunity.

So sensible people use the word woke as an insult, while those who consider themselves woke misguidedly see it as confirmation of their intellectual superiority.

I agree- those tiny handles are annoying Jeff. Theyre not at all woke because they discriminate against the fat fingered human. I'm off to complain about them and express my utter disgust at your repression on a radio 4 programme.

 

[PhilM]

Often they are there to stop scrappies and people who may have suspicious reasons to travel at times

Exactly. Speeding is a justified reason to stop a vehicle, which subsequently allows further investigation if there is suspicion of other potential crimes.

However, I doubt they're sat there specifically waiting for speeders - it might be for someone specific.

Anyway back to my gripe... the kettle has bloody broke!

 

[chrismpw]

Anyway back to my gripe... the kettle has blood broke!

Y has it?