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Tonality

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This show was not completely successful, but I love this scene at least partially because it and the show itself feels really tonally different from all the other shows recently which seem so monotonous and ultra-pasteurized.

And here’s the same clip by someone who didn’t understand the “terrible” dialogue was intentional; this is two people interacting who are socially inept, stunted, having had very few normal interactions and both living in repressed, horrible societies. The woman is the extrovert side of that and the guy is the introvert. They have zero social skills and very little experience with anyone different from them. That’s the whole point of the scene — that is, them learning how to interact despite their chasm of inexperience and social cluelessness.

It’s fascinating how many people can watch something and just not understand it at all. Like, not in the least.

Bassed

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This video feels lazy. I’d much rather see her playing her bass, because she’s amazing at that.

That said, it’s hard to look cute in a black backless body suit and she does that, so it’s not a total loss. The below, though, is more my style. OMG that bass. I wish I could play anything like she plays the bass.

Check out this move around 1:49. Damn that’s slick. We didn’t know we needed a female Les Claypool, but we in fact did.

Upgraded

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This vid will piss a lot of people off and is half in “YouTube Voice” so it’s quite annoying, but it’s mostly true. Having done a similar upgrade myself, it has been odd and revealing to be treated as fully human by women now.

Women hug me randomly now in settings they never would’ve before. I had a woman at the DMV call and stay on hold for me with the DMV HQ for 20 minutes after I flirted with her and batted my eyelashes a little. She also waived all my fees. That never would’ve happened before my appearance changed. Not a freakin’ chance. When I am up to being charming and wear a tight shirt, there’s about a 98% chance I get what I want if there is a woman at the front desk or anywhere can she see me.

And it does also make me a little bitter.

Lorde – Tennis Court

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Just such a great video. I watch it every few months. What looks easy here is actually hard. The shoot itself takes only a few hundred dollars worth of equipment if you rent it but coaxing your subject into being so static yet interesting for more than three minutes is an art. And that’s not easy at all.

I was hoping the uniqueness and pure force of Lorde’s first album was presaging a cultural shift. Alas, it did not. And we haven’t had one of those in a long time, no matter what some clowns claim. But I hope we do still one day.

Dated and Undated

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2004 McDonalds Chicken Selects Commercials.

Wow, culture is very static compared to how frequently and drastically it used to change. These ads are twenty years old but they don’t feel all that dated. If the resolution were higher that could be be right now.

Imagine watching McDonald’s ads in 2004 from 1984 (same time separation). Back then, 1984 already seemed like a different world.

So for comparison, here are McDonald’s commercials from 1984-1985. Wow, that’s a whole different, weird universe there1.

Even I had kind of forgotten, though, how heavily McDonald’s ads were aimed at kids back then.

  1. And I was alive in both eras, so don’t even argue here.

Since You’re Gone – The Pretty Reckless

Chill Music Video, Video

I don’t even like the song that much but Taylor’s voice is amazing. She has such control while singing so loud. Also, blonde goth girls are the rarest species of true goths. They are becoming endangered and should be protected at all costs1.

  1. Yes, I realize this video is 13 years old.