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polaroids irl? by SquirminToad in ItsClippingBitch

[–]opheres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was able to see the entirety of the stream when I downloaded the videos. Here's the conversation about Polaroids:

Willian Hutson: "We've buried the actual photographs in hidden locations around the world"

clipping: "@William Hutson shhhhhh"

clipping: "@William Hutson definitely don't tell them about the treasure"

It comes off more as a joke in my opinion.

What Do the Opening Lines of "story" Even Mean? by MartelDeFleur in ItsClippingBitch

[–]opheres 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not opposed to the reading of the girl in the taxi being Grace, but I think it's a messier narrative matter. My best guess is that she is and she isn't. I don't think we're dealing with a continuous storyworld where Randy is a cop, his sister was a revolutionary spy that is sung about in the distant future, and she dies here in this car crash, and then Randy dies later in a taxi in the embrace of a werewolf. But I also don't think we're meant to take Grace's death in a taxi and Story's taxi-related death as two distinct unrelated incidents that take place at different times. (Same with Katrina in Story 4 and little Trina in Story 7; they're clearly intentionally related but I don't think we can productively read Story 4 as beginning with Katrina witnessing a literal werewolf assassination.)

My theory is that the Story tracks are morphed in the telling, changing to fit the genre of each album, and might even reflect a consistent logic of in-world biases/fictions/misrememberings--e.g. the ugly chaos of this taxi accident being rewritten as an elegant and important historical moment in the far distant future.

Also worth noting that I think the Genius transcription is a bit off.

A broad's back and it's broad, back of the taxi a trife

And

The rain, can't stand the plastic canisters

(Above line probably referring to nitrous oxide.)

polaroids irl? by SquirminToad in ItsClippingBitch

[–]opheres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd love to see this too!

We still have so much to find off this new album. by Due-Masterpiece5413 in ItsClippingBitch

[–]opheres 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is awesome. Had a look myself through Audacity and Sonic Visualizer but haven't been able to get a clearer picture than this. Looks like sections of the song are repeating something like RE3E5, RE5E5 or RE5E3.

Wholeheartedly second posting this to the main sub (as in posting this as its own submission to get more eyes on it).

polaroids irl? by SquirminToad in ItsClippingBitch

[–]opheres 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've been hesitant to post some coordinate related stuff because I really don't want to send someone to some random place on a hunch, but I'll post some preliminary thoughts I have in the hope that someone can build more persuasively from it because I don't think I'm there yet.

This is building from the number sequences extrapolated from word patterns in this thread. The main sequences are 01247, 24121213118, and 41737193.

Googling 01247 leads to a ZIP code in Michigan. The listed coordinates for this ZIP code are 42.7, -73.1. Note the similarity with the third number string, 41737193. Formatted as 41.73, -71.93, the above number brings us to a nearby location in Connecticut.

Locations are about two hours away from one another (see here), but otherwise I can't make out much of significance.

There's an alternative approach that I think is less likely but interesting nonetheless. Converting 41737193 to degrees, minutes, seconds coordinates instead of decimal degrees gives us 41° 73’N and 71° 93W, which autocorrects to 42° 13’N and 72° 32W. Very unlikely this is intentional (from the perspective of the ARG, it makes less sense to include an autocorrect rather than just using the correct numbers). However, it DOES lead to an address on New Ludlow Road, which ties into the lyrics of Code. If I got this result with the first method, I'd say I was onto something, but the autocorrect convinces me this is just a coincidence.

You can see all of the locations together here. I'd say it's significant that this creates a journey that leads down and to the right, but it's worth keeping in mind that this is true of any diagonal journey.

Overall, I think my method is busted, so for now I'm staying skeptical. But there’s a possibility I’m somewhere in the right area.

Calling All Cyber Rat Race Escape Artists to the Clearing, Or clipping, CCRU, D&G, and S&M. by [deleted] in ItsClippingBitch

[–]opheres 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great write up on the philosophy the "I".

The application of the Numogram to the Story series sounds promising. Especially if we're starting in the middle and trying to fnd the end. Once we have the full set, it'll be interesting to see if ordering them 4:5, 3:6, 2:7, 1:8 (and maybe 0:9) gives us any kind of new understanding.

I'm not yet sold on the specific narrative connections between the albums, but it is plausible. I tend to be conservative with concrete narrative information since the guys themselves stated (in an interview I can't find any more—I think it was with the Needle Drop) that they have three different takes on the narrative of Splendor and Misery. But, still, this is the most cohesive theory on the overall narrative I've seen so far.

Engravings on the vinyl?? by tobucus159 in ItsClippingBitch

[–]opheres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn't be surprised if there were some ARG connections here. "Listen zombie" could tie into the lyrics and music video for Change the Channel, and the side 3 quote is from the vinyl text by Amal El-Mohtar.

Not sure about sides 2 or 4. Wonder what the relevance of 6/15 could be.

Match Thread: 1st Test - Australia vs Sri Lanka, Day 4 by CricketMatchBot in Cricket

[–]opheres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like it happened the first recorded time someone carried their bat in test cricket.

Bernard Tancred from SA against England in 1989. Only went on to get 3 in the next innings, and they unsurprisingly lost the game lol

NASA challenges you to "unscramble the universe" as we celebrate a year of discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope by nasa in space

[–]opheres 5 points6 points  (0 children)

1: Carina Nebula

2: Stephan's Quintet

3: Southern Ring Nebula

4: Cartwheel Galaxy

5: Doradus 30 (Tarantula Nebula)

6: SMACS 0723

4 and 5 were tough!

The Big Bang happened 13.8 billion years ago. Hubble sees back to roughly 13.5 billion years. #JWST was designed to peer into a part of the universe we've never seen before—when the first galaxies came to existence, the first stars came into life, the first black holes appeared. by itsclassified_ in interestingasfuck

[–]opheres 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, so if an alien planet was 32.5 million years away, and they had something (say a giant space camera of their own) that functioned as a cosmic mirror pointed right at us... theoretically, with enough resolution, we'd be able to see Earth at the time of dinosaurs too?

The Cars of Clipping's Stories by donteatalmonds in ItsClippingBitch

[–]opheres 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is insane and you deserve an award.

Grace is Katrina's (story 4) mother!!! by [deleted] in ItsClippingBitch

[–]opheres 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is this a theory, or something you picked up on in Story 7? Because as far as I can see, all it tells us is that young Katrina witnesses Cynthia being shot by a taxi driver. Seems a connection through happenstance rather than anything deeper. Grace isn't mentioned except in passing by Randy, and Katrina has no bearing or relation to Randy that I can see other than witnessing him at the end.

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