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whatthehall

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Dad, husband, avgeek, reads a lot, takes photos sometimes, usually looking at something in the sky, not a morning person. Pakeha

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azonenberg, to random
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Every customer service interaction I've had recently:

(hold music)

(Suspiciously cheerful voice) Did you know that you can manage the intensity and depth of your torment online? Simply log into TormentNexus dot com and click "My Account"!

(hold music)

Me: (muffled expletives) if your website would let me do what I was trying to do I wouldn't be calling you...

whatthehall,
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@azonenberg Yes, so much this. I have to do this more often than I'd like with a certain large international courier company and it's exactly the same vibe.
Every 30 seconds the same message telling me all the things I don't need to do.

whatthehall, to Astro
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It might be cold in Lower Hutt tonight but the cold calm makes for nice clear shots of the moon.

Handheld at 500mm with my 90D, f8 iso400 1/1600

whatthehall, to random
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This morning's brain wake up song, in particular the last 30 seconds/fade out on a loop

"They're electro-pioneers, they invented music!"

Don't you want me - The Human League (1981)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPudE8nDog0

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Inexplicable why my brain woke up with this one, but it's still a classic banger (even if I thought it was by Hall and Oates for the longest time)

Maniac - Michael Sembello (1983)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=324it5DKoXU

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Bit of a mix this morning featuring bits of the following

Hot Chilli Woman - NoiseWorks
Going Underground - The Jam
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

But mostly just epic beat drops courtesy of

Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin (2012)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y6smkh6c-0

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Getting the empire of dirt reference out of the way first, but since the Johnny Cash version has come up already, here's the NIN original (caution, it goes from quiet to very loud at around 4:30).

Hurt - Nine Inch Nails (1994)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty-bLdf8Bsw&t=1s

whatthehall, to random
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The paper towel dispenser at work is very happy to see you

rygorous, to random
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Art post reply peeves

"oh cool, is that a filter?" fuck off
"oh cool, is that AI?" fuck all the way off
"I can't believe you made this" well better believe it since I did, also fuck off
"was this made on drugs?" inspired by drug trips is a thing. actually made on hallucinogenic drugs? if it's more complicated than a crayon drawing? fuck off.

OTOH

"how did you make this?" yes please
"what technique did you use for X?" more more more
"any pointers?" a-ok
"can you teach me?" never hurts to ask

whatthehall,
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@aras @rygorous

Fully agree with the practice aspect. I'm a reasonably good long range shooter for my indoor netball teams. Obviously there is some skill because not everyone can do it but when other players ask me how I hit so many shots in a game I tell them it's because I've missed so many in practice

whatthehall, to Starwars
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I finished a thing!

Bandai 1/1000 scale Rebel Blockade Runner, aka the Tantive IV, the very first ship seen on screen in Star Wars history

Snap together kit, no glue used, tiny bit of filler on one or two seams, hand painted with a mixture of sprays, acrylics, washes and pastels. Depending on how big your screen is this might appear larger than life.

Scale model of the Blockade runner spaceship from Star Wars. The model is white with scratched and weathered red trim. Some panels are different shades of grey and tan and pale blue. The model is on a stand and posed nose up so the underside can be seen from the lower left
Scale model of the Blockade runner spaceship from Star Wars. The model is white with scratched and weathered red trim. Some panels are different shades of grey and tan and pale blue. The model is viewed from above
Scale model of the Blockade runner spaceship from Star Wars. The model is white with scratched and weathered red trim. Some panels are different shades of grey and tan and pale blue. The model is viewed from the left front quarter with the bridge prominent.

whatthehall, to random
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Brooklyn turbine to Hawkins Hill return bright and early this morning

Small peak with trail leading to it high above Wellington. Wellington, Orongorongo range and Baring Head and Cook Strait in background
View from Hawkins Hill of slopes descending to the sea. Wind turbines are on the lower slopes, with Cook Strait and the South Island in the background
Large concrete wind break at Hawkins Hill with Makara hills in background

whatthehall, to random
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This morning's brain DJ selection

Memories of listening to this album on repeat on a cold rainy school geography field trip in winter 1993

Release - Pearl Jam (1991)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLjFoIOyCfw

dznz, to random

Walking alone on a winter dusk is rarely so well captured as in Thirty Three by the Smashing Pumpkins:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYSbztCCTlA

whatthehall,
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@dznz put my collar up and face the cold

one of my favourite pumpkins tunes

iangriffin, to threads

So is it just me that uses a laptop to access social media? Threads is pretty inaccessible via that method!

whatthehall,
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@iangriffin No, I hate typing stuff and doing alt text on a phone

jonoabroad, to random
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We have established that not knowing who is singing on a song is grounds for divorce.

Also, it was Dusty Springfield singing on "What have I done with to deserve this"

whatthehall,
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@jonoabroad where are we on singing the wrong lyrics, or right lyrics in wrong part of the song?

robert_p_king, to random
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    whatthehall,
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    @robert_p_king love the prototype livery too

    whatthehall, to random
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    Check out my amazing no expense spared high end photo studio setup for my small builds.

    LED bar desk lamp, Canon DSLR on a gorillapod with a remote shutter release, and a blank piece of A4 paper.

    fkamiah17, to random
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    First entry for with thanks to @MooseAllain for the earworm 😁

    Wildchild - Renegade Master
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fLgCjHC6iA

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    @fkamiah17 @MooseAllain

    "(Not Fatboy Slim)" 😆

    jeremy_pm, to NewZealand
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    Chris Luxon is becoming more untrustworthy everyday. The guy might be able to sell lynx deodorant to teenage boys but is really struggling to sell Nat's flawed tax cuts policy to the people of . .

    It's only words and words are all I have to take your hearth away.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLCrYMmpacM

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    @dave @jeremy_pm No, don't stop

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    It's Trance, so on theme by definition. Tough choice between the '93 original and the '98 remix though. My peak clubbing era, great times

    Café Del Mar '98 (Original Three 'N One Mix) (1998) - Energy 52 (1993, 1998)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsig3_e3CXw

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    Saturday night musings on an old viral , are there any people who know better than me about how our brain and speech works who can elaborate on how common this ability is?

    Asking for a me who knows exactly how Alyssa does this because I can do it too (visualising the word and either reversing the letter order or just reading it backwards). Have always been idly curious about it since it went viral.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRse-IePpbE

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    @robert_p_king cool! Yeah I'm not as lightning fast as Alyssa (assuming those aren't words she had never reversed before in the clip), but I'm usually able to recite after two or three seconds.

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    Dialling in tonight with this one from Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker, and Phoebe Bridgers together as Boygenius.
    I was back at work for level 3 in 2020 when this was getting a lot of airplay on RadioActive, and it will always remind me of those empty streets on the drive to work

    Salt In The Wound (Live at WFUV) - BoyGenius (2018)

    https://youtu.be/p_kgIJ5ffJI?si=Xi1rYSB2LKHEUY1l

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    "I don't go smaller than this" just as the song breaks down is perfect

    Low Brow - Chelsea Jade (2016)

    https://youtu.be/0GcbLsSj6cI?si=mHhTdC4gdGt8NhbO

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    Tori Amos just being Tori Amos.
    Took me years to notice Trent Reznor on backing vocals too (listening on tape and cheap walkman earphones on trains a lot will do that).

    Past the Mission - Tori Amos (1994)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdIgXD1-93U

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    while we're in 1988-89

    Absolute banger of a track. Hopefully being used on a certain cooking show a few years ago turned more people on to it.

    Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry (1988)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWsRz3TJDEY

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    I've got this perfect memory of being in a square in Paris one day as afternoon was turning into evening just before Christmas 1989 , and in one corner there were these three dudes just joyously singing this at passerby

    Baby Can I Hold You Tonight - Tracy Chapman (1988)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqoLMGSBGYc

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