I like this guy.

So, I made a poster.

Click to enlarge. (The enlarged link, by the way, is half rez. The original was done at 12k for printing purposes.)

Well, here's my thing — on the one hand, yeah, Tom's American accent would probably be noticed in a crowd of Americans, given the right circumstances. It's close, but there's an uncanny valley thing. On the other hand, Tom's grasp of language in general intimidates the fuck out of me. Two languages (three?) and call-it-95% accuracy in god knows how many dialects — the dude's a freak.

So.

I don't mock our man Tom, nor do I really like him. I just side-eye him uncomfortably from across the internet.

That's my solution for a lot of you people, actually.

Wow, good on ya, man!

Can you post a frame grab?

Bump. Any fresh Intermission ideas? We're creatively bankrupt as a rule.

I love these posts.

Someone on /r/audioengineering asked for a "tl;dr" for audio compression. I was bored, and I wanted to figure out how to actually do the graphic that was in my head, so I made it.

I hoped it would be well-received, but... they really liked it, and a day later it's about to be more widely-seen than Sad Max. Such is life.

Anyway, I posted a brief "how I made it" essay on the sub, if anyone is curious about the specifics. I felt clever.

You're god damned right.

EDIT: Also,

Man, everyone is just all over me on this one — doesn't it seem a little harsh to make it my fault for not being blown away by a movie? Does anyone really want to be held to that standard? I had the same problem with 2001, after all, because I started the movie being blown away by the wonders of space and the enormity of it all, and just had to sit there while the movie was slowly but surely trying to make its point that I should be blown away by the wonders of space and enormity of it all. Same deal. I lack the "cultural awareness" of the jaded-people-in-1968 audience that Stanley was playing to, just as much as I lack the "cultural awareness" of... I dunno, the people who thought Noah was always a nice little story? Or had always wanted other people to acknowledge that it wasn't? Or, whatever. Whoever Aronofsky was playing to.

Movie just wasn't for me, that's all. Tons of movies aren't for me, just like tons of movies aren't for you. I'm not sure why this case is being singled out.