Grumpy Old Man
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@Nepia said in Grumpy Old Man:
I forgot to post this last week. Music at games. Penrith has the worst by far of any live game I've ever been to. It was constant, even when play was going on.
Why does the organisation with the best team in the game feel the need to ruin the spectacle by pumping MoreFM (hits from the 70s, 80s, 90s and today) down our ears constantly?
This.
Don't think it's exclusive to Penrith.
Ruined the last/only two games I've been to at Suncorp.
Repeating myself I know.
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When you into a Hi Fi shop just wanting to look at a pair of speakers and get salespeople wanking on about how this amplifier or other "gives a warmer, deeper sound-stage", how £200 speaker cables "enhance the bass presence" or how vinyl records "contain more melodic information than digital".
No, they fucking well do not, now piss off and study some basic physics and audio engineering you pimply-faced twat.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
When you into a Hi Fi shop wanting to look at a pair of speakers and get salespeople wanking on about how this amplifier or other "gives a warmer, deeper sound-stage", how £200 speaker cables "enhance the bass presence" or how vinyl records "contain more melodic information than digital".
No, they fucking well do not, now piss off and study some basic physics and audio engineering you pimply-faced twat.
This is ironically enough exactly the kind of advice I need right now. We have the niggly combination of a big lounge with very high ceilings and a slightly out of date TV set up. Really fucken irritating when watching Kin ( and all those Micks talking really fast ) and not able to understand them when closed captions aren’t available.
You’re grumpy that someone is giving you this advice.
I’m grumpy that no one is.
Our respective gripes typify this thread.
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@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
not able to understand them when closed captions aren’t available.
this is modern bloody TV and Cinema. The audio tracks are turned down so far if you turn them up to hear them, your house shakes with any action.
Pisses me off. Makes me grumpy. And it's not just you
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@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
not able to understand them when closed captions aren’t available.
this is modern bloody TV and Cinema. The audio tracks are turned down so far if you turn them up to hear them, your house shakes with any action.
Pisses me off. Makes me grumpy. And it's not just you
My boys will come and stay and we’ll watch an action movie as boys do. All well and good. The potential future Mrs MN5 generally buggers off to the other room to watch Love Island or farming for a wife or whatever…..
Problem is during the quiet “talky” bits we have to turn it right up just to hear……but then when the machine guns/explosions/rockets/bazookas start the house literally fucken shakes just as you say. Passive aggressive shitty messages from the other room telling me to turn it down start pinging on my phone, it’s all on.
Why do they do this to us ?
Oldest boy is pretty good with technology ( certainly compared to me ) but probably not quite as good as he thinks he is.
Next time the girl watches something on the big TV you can guarantee she’ll whinge about him fucking with the levels and making it hard for her to hear.
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@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
this is modern bloody TV and Cinema. The audio tracks are turned down so far if you turn them up to hear them, your house shakes with any action.
"Ooh look, this new dynamic range expander in Adobe Audition is seriously cool. We can make the bomb going off in a quiet street way more realistic".
Ignorant twats
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@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
Why do they do this to us ?
Because they can and because they are fluffybunnies.
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On the subject……..
Trying to get a 13 and 15 year old to agree on a film to watch.
Fucks sake you pair of doorknobs, back in my day we had one or two channels ( discounting TV1 cos that was what old people watched ) and if we were lucky a video or two on a Friday or Saturday.
“No Dad, I’ve seen the trailer on instagram, that looks crap”
“No Dad, such and such at school said that was bad”
Does my head in.
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@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
On the subject……..
Trying to get a 13 and 15 year old to agree on a film to watch.
Fucks sake you pair of doorknobs, back in my day we had one or two channels ( discounting TV1 cos that was what old people watched ) and if we were lucky a video or two on a Friday or Saturday.
“No Dad, I’ve seen the trailer on instagram, that looks crap”
“No Dad, such and such at school said that was bad”
Does my head in.
Been there. Done that. Have several T shirts.
What really pisses me off is having to sit thru 3-4 minutes of a trailer before they tell you the name of the bloody film, by which time the zoom cuts, flashes and booming sound has given you epilepsy.
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@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
farming for a wife
what a great title for a show!
"Farming for a Wife: Roots and All"
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Somebody should do a YouTube highlights movie "All the movies you see the best bits of in the trailer"
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@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
not able to understand them when closed captions aren’t available.
this is modern bloody TV and Cinema. The audio tracks are turned down so far if you turn them up to hear them, your house shakes with any action.
Pisses me off. Makes me grumpy. And it's not just you
My boys will come and stay and we’ll watch an action movie as boys do. All well and good. The potential future Mrs MN5 generally buggers off to the other room to watch Love Island or farming for a wife or whatever…..
Problem is during the quiet “talky” bits we have to turn it right up just to hear……but then when the machine guns/explosions/rockets/bazookas start the house literally fucken shakes just as you say. Passive aggressive shitty messages from the other room telling me to turn it down start pinging on my phone, it’s all on.
Why do they do this to us ?
Oldest boy is pretty good with technology ( certainly compared to me ) but probably not quite as good as he thinks he is.
Next time the girl watches something on the big TV you can guarantee she’ll whinge about him fucking with the levels and making it hard for her to hear.
Trouble in paradise? It always starts with the volume in action films and just spirals downwards from there.
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@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
On the subject……..
Trying to get a 13 and 15 year old to agree on a film to watch.
Fucks sake you pair of doorknobs, back in my day we had one or two channels ( discounting TV1 cos that was what old people watched ) and if we were lucky a video or two on a Friday or Saturday.
“No Dad, I’ve seen the trailer on instagram, that looks crap”
“No Dad, such and such at school said that was bad”
Does my head in.
Totally this. Getting my boys to choose a film is like pulling teeth. Mind you, I sometimes spent what seemed like hours with my brother arguing about what to rent from the video shop.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
When you into a Hi Fi shop just wanting to look at a pair of speakers and get salespeople wanking on about how this amplifier or other "gives a warmer, deeper sound-stage", how £200 speaker cables "enhance the bass presence" or how vinyl records "contain more melodic information than digital".
No, they fucking well do not, now piss off and study some basic physics and audio engineering you pimply-faced twat.
Walking into any sort of electronics store, and engaging (with grave misgivings) with any staff about anything - and the subject of charging/connection ports comes up.
"Oh - so are you wanting/preferring Samsung or Apple?"
No, you fuck-bag, I am not a cretin, and if you asked me the correct question, I would have a strong preference for USB-C, would settle for micro-USB, and Apple "lightning" can fuck right off.
But, on the other hand, being in an electronic store with my aunt - who's looking for a new phone, tablet, AND laptop - and hearing some fucking nerd try to be overly technical. Also... fuck off. Nerd.
There's a balance to be had, and I realise that shop-floor monkeys are unlikely to be capable of recognising/actioning that, but... I reserve my right to get fucking annoyed by them anyway.
But that fucking "Samsung or Apple" question does my head in. Anytime somebody asks for a charger. Retards. -
@Kruse said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
When you into a Hi Fi shop just wanting to look at a pair of speakers and get salespeople wanking on about how this amplifier or other "gives a warmer, deeper sound-stage", how £200 speaker cables "enhance the bass presence" or how vinyl records "contain more melodic information than digital".
No, they fucking well do not, now piss off and study some basic physics and audio engineering you pimply-faced twat.
Walking into any sort of electronics store, and engaging (with grave misgivings) with any staff about anything - and the subject of charging/connection ports comes up.
"Oh - so are you wanting/preferring Samsung or Apple?"
No, you fuck-bag, I am not a cretin, and if you asked me the correct question, I would have a strong preference for USB-C, would settle for micro-USB, and Apple "lightning" can fuck right off.
But, on the other hand, being in an electronic store with my aunt - who's looking for a new phone, tablet, AND laptop - and hearing some fucking nerd try to be overly technical. Also... fuck off. Nerd.
There's a balance to be had, and I realise that shop-floor monkeys are unlikely to be capable of recognising/actioning that, but... I reserve my right to get fucking annoyed by them anyway.
But that fucking "Samsung or Apple" question does my head in. Anytime somebody asks for a charger. Retards.That speaks to the arrogance of youth.
Yonks ago in the early 90's I was doing some consulting with BT here in the UK. We worked a fair bit with BT Research Labs at Martlesham (which were pretty legendary at the time and up there with Bell Labs) and had one of their people on our team looking at remote data over cellular radio. Nondescript, quietly-spoken, middle-aged bloke who wore a cardigan and tie.
Cue some spotty-faced mid-20's Management Consultant from Anderson Consulting who disagreed with our findings and tried to trash our work. He got himself really worked up and, having a pop at our cardigan-wearer, asked him: "What makes you such an expert?"
The answer - "I led the team which drew up the international technical standard" - kinda killed the conversation right there...
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
not able to understand them when closed captions aren’t available.
this is modern bloody TV and Cinema. The audio tracks are turned down so far if you turn them up to hear them, your house shakes with any action.
Pisses me off. Makes me grumpy. And it's not just you
My boys will come and stay and we’ll watch an action movie as boys do. All well and good. The potential future Mrs MN5 generally buggers off to the other room to watch Love Island or farming for a wife or whatever…..
Problem is during the quiet “talky” bits we have to turn it right up just to hear……but then when the machine guns/explosions/rockets/bazookas start the house literally fucken shakes just as you say. Passive aggressive shitty messages from the other room telling me to turn it down start pinging on my phone, it’s all on.
Why do they do this to us ?
Oldest boy is pretty good with technology ( certainly compared to me ) but probably not quite as good as he thinks he is.
Next time the girl watches something on the big TV you can guarantee she’ll whinge about him fucking with the levels and making it hard for her to hear.
Trouble in paradise? It always starts with the volume in action films and just spirals downwards from there.
Getting things in the right recycling bin is an issue too
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
What really pisses me off is having to sit thru 3-4 minutes of a trailer before they tell you the name of the bloody film, by which time the zoom cuts, flashes and booming sound has given you epilepsy".
What pisses me off about trailers is their length. By and large, by the time I've watched the trailer, watching the movie itself is a redundant exercise.
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@dogmeat said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
What really pisses me off is having to sit thru 3-4 minutes of a trailer before they tell you the name of the bloody film, by which time the zoom cuts, flashes and booming sound has given you epilepsy".
What pisses me off about trailers is their length. By and large, by the time I've watched the trailer, watching the movie itself is a redundant exercise.
Don't watch trailers. I just don't watch them after having a couple of movies completely spoiled.
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