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Have you ever noticed how much we use signal degradation as a shorthand for existential “wrongness”?

Like, in horror movies, an otherworldly voice may hiss like radio static, while a creepy monster may jerk and stutter from position to position like a video that’s dropping frames. The influence of a hostile, alien presence may be indicated by visual “tearing”, like the film is being played back from damaged media, or by deliberate audio/video desynchronisation.

Video games get in on the act, too. The use of simulated glitches to represent reality-warping effects in horror gaming is well documented, of course, but it goes beyond that. In the language of gaming, a portal to an alien realm may bleed stylised pixels and crackle like a PC speaker with the volume cranked too high, while the sound effects associated with “unnatural��� magic might introduce digital distortion to an otherwise naturalistic soundscape.

I sometimes wonder what it says about our anxieties as a culture that the easiest way for media to freak us out is to confront us with manifestations of the artificiality of the medium.

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New Watercolor & Ink Cats That Slowly Bleed Into Paper By Endre Penovác

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In a private cemetery in small-town Arkansas, a woman single-handedly buried and gave funerals to more than 40 gay men during the height of the AIDS epidemic, when their families wouldn’t claim them. -Source

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“The Enchanter’s name is Tim because John Cleese forgot the character’s original name. He ad-libbed the line, “There are some who call me…Tim”.  Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

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Aftercare, 2015; carving in soap “WHAT HE DID DOESN’T EXIST ANYMORE”

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#dramatic entrance

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BB-8 and the Spiky Friend  

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playlist

tagged by @elegant-hedgehog

You can tell a lot about a person from the kind of music they listen to. Put your music device on shuffle and post the first ten songs without skipping. Tag 10 friends after.

1. When I’m Up (Live) - Great Big Sea

2. Back of a Truck - Regina Spektor

3. America’s Suitehearts - Fall Out Boy

4. Juliet - Hanson

5. Freak Turbulence - The Tragically Hip

6. He Won’t Go - Adele

7. Takeoffs and Landings - The Ataris

8. Orange Sky - Alexi Murdoch

9. Everything You’ve Done Wrong - Sloan

10. Inner City Pressure - Flight of the Conchords

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How do I impress boy?

Do not

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2015 in review

Aries: still single

Taurus: still hungry

Gemini: still bitchy

Cancer: still a mess

Leo: still loud

Virgo: still tired

Libra: still broke

Scorpio: still sad

Sagittarius: still alive

Aquarius: still chill

Capricorn: still crying

Pisces: still cute

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By making Kilgrave more charming than menancing, Jessica Jones is hinting at a hard truth through a superhero lens: Abusers don’t just rely on physical threats. They cultivate a sense of trust and intimacy with their victims that keeps the cycle of violence going.

Caroline Siede, A.V. Club (via lazyexceptwhencooking)

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New in the Colossal Shop: Cat Jenga!

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how to get away with murder is one of those shows that you’re like oh yeah okay I’ll give it a try and 2 episodes later you’re somehow sucked into the actual murder as an accomplice and viola davis is blackmailing you

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Instead of hearing "you're not fat", I'd much rather hear "there's nothing wrong with being fat."

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PSA: I am really enjoying Jessica Jones, but please do spread the word that it could be really triggering for anyone who’s ever been stalked, sexually and physically abused, or emotionally manipulated. Like, this is a good show and it’s tackling important issues about victim blaming, but anyone who’s watching it should be ready for what it’s bringing to the table.