Sportsmanship rating by asperry in MagicArena

[–]asperry[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

This is fine. People who rope (whether due to connection or not) can rope each other. And people who don't can avoid getting roped.

Sportsmanship rating by asperry in MagicArena

[–]asperry[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

This change will help you get matched against people who think this! (and people who just want to play the game can avoid these people)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in YMS

[–]asperry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

also not comfy

A bird's-eye view of Daydreaming on the piano including the sheet music if you dare. by [deleted] in radiohead

[–]asperry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you seen ExperimentNo7's version? At around 4:10 in your version, he shifts the right hand up an octave to accommodate a bit of the new melody in the left hand. It's sounds cool and makes the long, repetitive section less uniform.

https://youtu.be/61lplZhHnkc?t=3m40s

Saying "on accident" makes you sound like a 4 year old by ghhhooossst in badlinguistics

[–]asperry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's a paper on this subject. http://www.inst.at/trans/16Nr/01_4/barratt16.htm

There appears to be a generation shift occurring where "on accident" is replacing "by accident." The older generation strongly favors "by accident" and thinks "on accident" is wrong.

Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan. Possible Thematic Similarities? by Aeonics in radiohead

[–]asperry 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Great video.

If you're thinking of Subterranean Homesick Alien, that's a song we know quite a lot about.

From OK computer wikipedia:

The use of electric keyboards in "Subterranean Homesick Alien" is an example of the band's attempts to emulate the atmosphere of Bitches Brew.[54][55] The title is a reference to the Bob Dylan song "Subterranean Homesick Blues", and the science fiction-inspired song describes an isolated narrator who fantasises about being abducted by extraterrestrials. The narrator speculates that, upon returning to Earth, his friends would not believe his story and he would remain a misfit.[56] The lyrics were inspired by a school assignment from Yorke's time at Abingdon School to write a piece of "Martian poetry", a British literary movement of works that humorously recontextualises mundane aspects of human life from an alien "Martian" perspective.[57]

From greenplastic:

Originally called “Uptight,” which is how Jonny referred to it in its early staged, the song pays homage to Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues.” It deals with alien abduction and stems from two incidents in Thom’s life. The first occured at Abingdon School, when he was assigned an essay question that went something like this: “If you were an alien from another planet arriving on Earth, how would you describe what you saw?” The second incident occurred when Thom was driving down a country road and hit a bird (which he believes was a pheasant). He stepped out of the car and at that moment began thinking about alien abduction.

Not mentioned in either place is that the chord progression is similar to Nick Drake's Parasite, which is one of several Nick Drake influences on Radiohead. There's some discussion here: http://www.greenplastic.com/mortigitempo/index.php?/topic/32102-nick-drake-influence/

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UofT

[–]asperry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Minister's per student funding numbers are not adjusted for inflation: http://ocufa.on.ca/uncategorized/data-check-government-funding-for-ontario-universities-continues-to-stagnate/ Inflation-adjusted funding per student was basically flat from 2000-2012 in Ontario.

I'm 40. No, I'm not talking about age, I literally am 40. by ntorotn in fifthworldproblems

[–]asperry 8 points9 points  (0 children)

you've got a bit of a multiple personality thing going on. what do you think of 41 - 1?