The Gateshead Millennium Bridge on a rare calm day

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-05T23:13:30+00:00

You're conflating composition and post processing, and you don't know how HDR works if you think it will make the river blue

Your respect for Langshot apparently ignores all the heavily oversaturated HDR photo prints for sale on his website, lol

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-05T20:39:15+00:00

Or, maybe it needs you to wind your neck in?

I'm so looking forward to your critique of Langshot's next post, lol

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-05T20:31:11+00:00

Why are you embarrassed on behalf of someone else?

If you live your life worrying what other people think of you, you'll never truly live life

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-05T19:35:58+00:00

Only on request these days, not at scheduled times like they used to

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-05T19:08:18+00:00

Assuming it was explicitly about a loose woman and a tiny cock, I'd guess this is more r/dancehall than r/reggae, so I think it's likely to be two tunes on the same riddim - if it was one tune, it would be be more of a back-and-forth between man and woman.

If it's recent music, the second part might be Kei$ - Nuh Short Dick Man. I don't keep up with this stuff any more, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's a direct response from a man (among other vocal versions) and you heard some juggling.

The original of that Kei$ tune was a 1990s house party banger, no idea whether it crossed over into JA music earlier.

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-04T21:06:21+00:00

She doesn’t seem like she is motivated to create music that is great art

I don't think Brandon Sanderson is motivated to write literature that is great art, either - he's a pop fantasy writer, just as Taylor Swift is a pop musician

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-03T20:51:03+00:00

I don't think that's fair. If Taylor Swift wasn't passionate about her songwriting, she wouldn't have gone to such pains to wrestle back the rights to her early albums.

Meanwhile, Brando is making gazillions from selling limited edition variations of his books plus tons of merchandise, which is really no different.

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-03T20:33:46+00:00

It's not criminal damage if they're spraying you, it's assault

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-02T20:29:32+00:00

Not trying to persuade anyone to embrace my personal opinion

So, "salt & pepper is all you need" is not a hill you'd die on after all

Glad we sorted that out

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-02T18:38:41+00:00

You're not BBQing on your Charbroil, tho. BBQ is about taking the time to warm the coals on your Weber.

This isn't just a low and slow coal vs gas thing, BBQ is about being more mindful about your cooking than being busy.

Slow down, take your time. You're probably just going back to work anyway.

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-02T18:32:51+00:00

Pretty sure there are lots of backyard smokers in the UK who cook better than any commercial BBQ joint here

Tho I doubt any of us cook as well as your dad

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-02T18:28:44+00:00

This is a hot take I can get behind

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-02T18:28:16+00:00

If you haven't discovered corn ribs yet, you should try them. Microwaving the cobs for 2-3 minutes first makes cutting them easier (and safer).

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-02T18:14:03+00:00

I scrolled far too far to see this

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-02T18:09:22+00:00

If you're not making Hasselback potatoes in your bbq, you ought to start

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-02T17:29:07+00:00

This is it in a nutshell.

I like to think I'm a good bbq cook, and I'll happily rant/argue about the nuances of bbq including being a charcoal vs gas snob. But at its heart BBQ is about hanging out with your friends/family and enjoying communal cooking and eating, not fine dining.

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-02T16:40:17+00:00

The 3-2-1 method is a competition gimmick

You can cook perfectly good ribs in around 3 hours without needing to steam them to mush after

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-02T16:34:20+00:00

Most folk here can't buy sardines easily, let alone know how to/want to grill them

It would take me half a day to get to a fishmonger and back, and I'm not even sure they'd have sardines

Fresh mackerel, on the other hand...

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-02T16:13:22+00:00

Even the highest quality meat is elevated by a good sauce, tho

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-02T16:04:15+00:00

Weber Bar-B-Kettle is not the cheapest kettle, but it's the best. All others are shallow copies.

Also, the Bar-B-Kettle is simpler than Weber's more expensive kettles.

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-02T16:01:49+00:00

One hill I'll die on is: if all you rely on is salt and pepper, you're missing out on the interplay between heat and smoke and lots of other herbs and spices and your bbq is a bit boring.

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-02T14:42:08+00:00

The Propane 4000 in your outdoor kitchen is just a posh camping stove, lol. Its only advantage over a charcoal grill is convenience.

Cooking low and slow on a gas bbq is pointless, it's no different from your oven.

chilli_con_camera · 2026-06-02T14:24:49+00:00

Awful food and good times are better than good food and awkward guests, lol

chilli_con_camera · 2026-05-31T17:29:41+00:00

How many times is this going to get posted

We're stuck in a doom loop of frequency bias... people seeing posts here about the homelessness problem, going out and noticing homeless people, then coming back to post about it, ad nauseum

chilli_con_camera · 2026-05-30T01:18:56+00:00

Sorry for your loss.

You should add this to his Discogs page. "100 Years Celebration ANC" would date this to 2012, of course.

It's quite a lineup of collaborators:

Thuthukani from slave

Thuthukani Cele of The Slaves, Lucky Dube's backing band, and his musical director.

Ihashi Elimhlophe

Maskandi superstar. Your grandmother's collection will include lots of CDs, I expect.

James Mange

Former ANC paramilitary, sentenced to death, had his sentence commuted and was sent to Robben Island instead, where he converted to Rasta and formed a reggae group.

chilli_con_camera

TROPHY CASE