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exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
one of the ppl smg is arguing with got his brain broken by the last jedi (great movie) to the point of fascism lol

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Plutonis
Mar 25, 2011

exmarx posted:

the last jedi (great movie)

Kitfox88
Aug 21, 2007

Anybody lose their glasses?

loving nerfherder, should have murdered palpatine when he had the chance but hesitated like the liberal he was :mad:

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

The replies to this are the most insane poo poo and I want to die

CharlestheHammer
Jun 26, 2011

YOU SAY MY POSTS ARE THE RAVINGS OF THE DUMBEST PERSON ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH BUT YOU YOURSELF ARE READING THEM. CURIOUS!

exmarx posted:

one of the ppl smg is arguing with got his brain broken by the last jedi (great movie) to the point of fascism lol

I like how this could be a trump tweet, if he ever figured out italics

Farm Frenzy
Jan 3, 2007

got any sevens
Feb 9, 2013

by Cyrano4747
"castrati" lol

sword_man.gif
Apr 12, 2007

Fun Shoe

got any sevens posted:

"castrati" lol

it's an actual old timey term (castrato singular) for men who would get castrated before puberty to keep their singing voice nice and high pitched

got any sevens
Feb 9, 2013

by Cyrano4747

sword_man.gif posted:

it's an actual old timey term (castrato singular) for men who would get castrated before puberty to keep their singing voice nice and high pitched

i thought eunich was used for that

sword_man.gif
Apr 12, 2007

Fun Shoe

got any sevens posted:

i thought eunich was used for that

eunuch could be used to describe multiple different "guy who got castrated to do _______" things, castrato were specifically singers.

Dreddout
Oct 1, 2015

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.
The takeaway is premodern societies loved chopping off balls

One More Fat Nerd
Apr 13, 2007

Mama’s Lil’ Louie

Nap Ghost

Kurtofan posted:

The problem is that gamers are not a different species. Unlike sealions who are gentle giants

A prime sign of two animals being different species is an inability to successfully mate, so...

Filthy Hans
Jun 27, 2008

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 10 years!)

the castrati tradition was not outlawed by the Pope until 1870

jfc

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



Filthy Hans posted:

the castrati tradition was not outlawed by the Pope until 1870

jfc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14MH2E94um4

General Dog
Apr 26, 2008

Everybody's working for the weekend

Italian Miss Piggy

The Little Kielbasa
Mar 29, 2001

and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad.
I'm just saying...there's a ton of supposedly beautiful music that can't really be sung anymore (countertenors are a weak substitute).

General Dog
Apr 26, 2008

Everybody's working for the weekend

The Little Kielbasa posted:

I'm just saying...there's a ton of supposedly beautiful music that can't really be sung anymore (countertenors are a weak substitute).

It's like the foie gras of music

Food Boner
Jul 2, 2005

Dreddout posted:

The takeaway is premodern societies loved chopping off balls

still do if gillette has anything to say about it :bahgawd:

Teal
Feb 25, 2013

by Nyc_Tattoo

General Dog posted:

It's like the foie gras of music


Most of the cage grown meat chicken doesn't have it a whole lot better than the foie gras ducks tbh

Filthy Hans
Jun 27, 2008

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 10 years!)


woah

Arcteryx Anarchist
Sep 15, 2007

Fun Shoe

Teal posted:

Most of the cage grown meat chicken doesn't have it a whole lot better than the foie gras ducks tbh

industrial ag sucks for pretty much all animals

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
Contemporaries said that Moreschi was past his prime by the time that recording was made.

heated game moment
Oct 30, 2003

Lipstick Apathy
Well son, I've got some good news and some bad news. The good news is everyone down at the church loves your singing!

Peanut Butler
Jul 25, 2003



The Little Kielbasa posted:

I'm just saying...there's a ton of supposedly beautiful music that can't really be sung anymore (countertenors are a weak substitute).

it's too bad there's not a machine for synthesizing sound

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

why can’t you just have a soprano sing it?

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

Badger of Basra posted:

why can’t you just have a soprano sing it?

Not enough adrenochrome.

little munchkin
Aug 15, 2010

Badger of Basra posted:

why can’t you just have a soprano sing it?

getting your balls chopped off before puberty causes your vocal chords to develop in a unique way

little munchkin
Aug 15, 2010

Filthy Hans posted:

the castrati tradition was not outlawed by the Pope until 1870

jfc

"well how else are we going to get those high notes, let women sing in church?" was literally the vatican's justification for this

FoneBone
Oct 24, 2004
stupid, stupid rat creatures
https://twitter.com/tylercowen/status/1085533019077832704?s=21

Terminal autist
May 17, 2018

by vyelkin

Followed by the based god

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
why are economics professors the stupidest fuckin people

got any sevens
Feb 9, 2013

by Cyrano4747

little munchkin posted:

"well how else are we going to get those high notes, let women sing in church?" was literally the vatican's justification for this

they're too sultry and make me think impure thots...maybe we could cover them entirely in robes?

Pablo Nergigante
Apr 16, 2002

Dreddout
Oct 1, 2015

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

Taintrunner posted:

why are economics professors the stupidest fuckin people

Think you answered your own question there

The Little Kielbasa
Mar 29, 2001

and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad.

little munchkin posted:

getting your balls chopped off before puberty causes your vocal chords to develop in a unique way

Also a ginormous ribcage.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

Taintrunner posted:

why are economics professors the stupidest fuckin people

economics is horoscopes for the rich

The Little Kielbasa
Mar 29, 2001

and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad.

Peanut Butler posted:

it's too bad there's not a machine for synthesizing sound

I haven't heard convincing synthetic singing, though no doubt they'll eventually get there.

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

The Little Kielbasa posted:

Also a ginormous ribcage.

because your nuts aren’t taking up space in it anymore, naturally

Victory Position
Mar 16, 2004


posted by an aaccount named BoySopranoLover2

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Zeroisanumber
Oct 23, 2010

Nap Ghost

I want to do that whole thing like in Seven where the guy makes the guy eat spaghetti until he explodes except I want to make him eat payday lending receipts.

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