Another thing that took me a while to have sink in is that it applies to populations, not individuals. The population that succeeds, and reproduces, and fits best into an ecologic niche is the one that survives.
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re: extremely mild Oppenheimer spoilers, personal sexuality thoughts
Yeah, that was me watching "What's Up Doc?" back in the day.
I don't know what any of that means, so I won't yell at you.
Despite tinnitus, sound and music are very important to me. Music has always been a thing that reaches me.
I understand the simile, but I think of it as battery power, personally. So much power coming in to charge, and everything that I have to deal with uses up some of it. When my batteries run down, the system crashes, and I have to take everything offline to recharge.
The musical we're watching is The Greatest Showman. The actor playing Jenny Lynn isn't the one who sings. And, again, it's all done well - it looks like she's singing. It just doesn't sound like it, because the singing voice couldn't happen from her speaking voice.
No, it's not an issue when the actor is lip-syncing to their own singing - their speaking voice matches their singing voice, and this is completely an audio thing. It's when the actor's speaking voice couldn't possibly be the one singing that it bothers me.
Wondering if this is an autism thing, or a me thing:
When they cast an actor in a movie, in a speaking part, but then have someone else sing and the actor just lipsyncs it. It's jarring, it throws me out of the movie and all I can think is "that's not his/her voice, how am I supposed to go along with this?"
We're watching a musical. And an actor is lipsyncing to someone else singing.
New milestone today:
"Hi Samantha
Thanks for ordering with us at Virginmedia"
First utility (it's the internet connection) ordered in new name :-)
Due to the Irish system of utility bills being proof of address etc. this was another milestone - and required a bit of planning to set up utilities appropriately so both my partner and I had proof of address in the needed names.
I usually pop on Ella Fitzgeral or Etta James and sing along. I'm sure you've heard the Etta James version of "At Last".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-cbOl96RFM
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Torch songs from the 1920s and 1930s are for when I'm stressed and want to relax.
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My reaction before this group would have been a panicked "OMG - why is she telling me this? How am I supposed to respond?"
Now I know - it's important to you, and you wanted us to know.
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Can I just say, I've never been so happy to be info-dumped, because I now know what it is as it's going on.
@Dr_Obvious @Susan60 @independentpen @homelessjun @actuallyautistic I can smell rain coming - it's not petrichor, it's something to do with the change in the air pressure or humidity. I can sometimes smell rain coming about a day before it actually rains.
I only recently found out that this is not just a normal thing, when I mention it, people say "It SMELLS like rain what do you mean?" as if I'm making it up.
Last night my dream was apparently not a good one. I don't remember it, but I woke up with a feeling of general dread / panic.
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For me, what I sing - what I feel the urge to sing - can be an insight into what I'm feeling. Same with playing music. It can't be just whatever music, it has to be this particular artist / album / song.
In my car is a thumb drive with the top 100 songs for every year, 1946 to about 2010, plus a bunch more albums from various artists. Everything from classical symphony to bubble-gum pop.
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suicide mentioned
in the light of recent events, i want to ask any furry artists that are here for a favor
my friend CK, who i have lost to suicide, was a furry. he had a manul sona. i have an artwork of his that he used for a profile picture. he always wanted to have more, but due to his poverty he couldn't afford them.
and...i thought, what if someone could like, draw something in memory of him. as a tribute. it's what he would've wanted.
please boost. my dms are open.
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.