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So I was filtering through twitter and was really confused by this:
It just didn’t seem real. Did everyone get put in the box?
Yes. Yes they did.
I couldn’t stop laughing at how many people got shoved into the box. There’s a 3 minute video how what happened at the bottom of the sbnation link here.
Thanks for the invite guys, really fucking appreciated. Not like I could use a night out with the shit I’m going through right now.
I just read your Dæmons/Acting. I agree that type casting would be common but I also think that blind casting would be present too. Literature wouldnt specify a dæmon species which would leave it open for interpetation. Ex: The villain has a dove.
Thats a good point. I could easily see that being left open to interpretation.
Greece is actually bankrupt up, but American’s just want to bitch about a racist flag and gun control.
5 yard penalty, repeat 1st down.
Football sucks and you can suck me from the back.
Penalties will be assessed on the kickoff.
I’m glad to see the referee meme back.
This meme is completely new to me and I immediately, unironically love it.
Hochuli!
Meanwhile, in Scotland.
a perfect response.
I have Tehlu’s iron wheel to protect my car from the demons of Encanis. #kingkillerchronicles
This includes neo-Nazi URLs to block and things to do to avoid being exposed to triggers. There have been a number of these fucks using the submit feature to send graphic images of our dead–primarily from the Holocaust–to us. This has been happening with increased frequency since Yom HaShoah, the Jewish day of mourning for those we lost in the Holocaust.
At minimum–and we should not have to do this, but staff is doing jack shit to protect us–all Jewish users should take the following precautions:
1) Turn off anonymous asks
2) Turn off the options to submit photos, videos, or audio
3) Block the following users– (PLEASE ADD ANY NEO-NAZI URLS YOU FIND OUT AND CROSS THEM OFF AS THEY DISAPPEAR. These fucks are deleting and restarting almost as soon as we can block them because Tumblr staff hasn’t been taking action to bar their IP addresses)
deadkikes is now more-dead-kikes
it’s worth noting that more-dead-kikes sent an ask to me implying that they were going to send gore to anyone who reblogged posts warning people about them, so everyone who’s sensitive to gore but wants to raise awareness should as well
So I am far from being the only person to notice that Helena’s theme (from Orphan Black) and The Winter Soldier’s theme (from Cap 2 Winter Soldier) both feature very similar 2-note descending screeches. It’s much more prominent in Helena’s theme, but The Winter Soldier’s leitmotif still features it quite a bit.
To compare, Helena’s theme: http://orphanblack.tumblr.com/post/52386541173/how-to-listen-to-the-helena-theme-1-dont-sleep
And the Winter Soldier’s (listen at about 3:20): https://youtu.be/HVJGh51wR7k
Now it does make sense for the two to have some similar themes in their music since the two characters are themselves similar. I mean, they’re both brainwashed assassins from eastern European Slavic countries. You’d expect to see those similarities carry over to their themes. But for it to be that specific? For such a similar two note descending screech? It always felt too weirdly specific to be just a coincidence. I always wondered if there was some specific thing both composers heard and decided to incorporate into their respective themes.
And now I think I’ve found it.
Specifically, the “Squeaky Wheel” numbers station.
If you don’t know what a numbers station is, they’re shortwave radio stations that mostly broadcast a simple, repetitive noise ALL THE TIME. Day after day for hour after hour, the same repetitive noise just repeating endlessly. The only times the noises turn off, a voice will recite an incomprehensible list of random letters and numbers. (hence, calling them numbers stations.) It’s believed that most are used by one nation to send signals to their spies in other countries - the broadcasts aren’t directed at a single target so they can’t be used as evidence of spying, and the random letters and numbers can be decrypted into a comprehensible message by a simple and unbreakable one-time pad. Untraceable and unbreakable, perfect for spies and undercover agents.
But the numbers aren’t the focus for this. The noises are. Each station has its own distinctive repetitive noise, and numbers stations enthusiasts tend to refer to each station by a descriptor of its noise. There’s The Pip, the Buzzer, and very notably, The Squeaky Wheel… which features a VERY familiar sounding two-note descending screech. Seriously, just listen:
Sounds pretty similar, doesn’t it? But it gets better. The Squeaky Wheel is a Russian numbers station - the letters and numbers are in Russian, and the transmitter is based in Rostov-on-Don in Russia, which ties up The Winter Soldier connection. And as for the Ukrainian Helena? Rostov-on-Don is pretty fucking close to Ukraine, and The Squeaky Wheel can likely be heard over the entire country.
This probably doesn’t mean anything for either character, nor either universe. Just thought it was an interesting find.
Imagine your favorite robot discovering that the word “fucking” is used to intensify adjectives in the English language, so they start enhancing their sentences with it… very fucking liberally.
Yo did you guys see this shit
chai tea (tea tea)
naan bread (bread bread)
sharia law (law law)
sahara desert (desert desert)
lake tahoe (lake lake)
el camino way (the way way)
pendle hill (hill hill hill)
soviet union (union union)
The Los Angeles Angels (The The Angels Angels)
we’re all gathered here today because someone *glares at twitter channel* couldn’t stay dead
