therapist: the semihemidemisemiquaver isn’t real, it can’t hurt you
the semihemidemisemiquaver:
Can someone who speaks sheet music translate for me?
fast
I’m sorry but every time I see this post I’ve wanted to add this video and I can’t hold back anymore
That video was hilarious while also making me realize that after having a few years of being taught how to play the piano as a kid and being in band for all 3 years of middle school (first year flute, other 2 years were alto sax), I have no fucking idea how to properly read sheet music.
TiL (click to go to the thread, which probably has more interesting tidbits I missed).
Bonus:
These are my people.
Betting I’ve reblogged this before. Betting I’ll reblog it when it turns up again.
In addition to the print terminology stuff: the visual shorthand icons and ad graphics for something about writing are still often pen-nibs, fountain pens and typewriters…
…while graphics of a monitor, keyboard and mouse remain visual shorthand for computing…
…even though most writers now use monitor / keyboard / mouse or even laptop / touchpad.
In addition, headers for “this blog / website is about writing” are often in one of the many imitation typewriter fonts complete with smudges, or just Courier.
The start and end call icons on most / all smartphones is still the handset of a classic desk telephone, and sometimes the open-app icon is a complete phone.
The term “hang up” for “end the call” refers to something even older - one of these…
And of course the Save icon
is indeed a 3½ inch floppy disc.
Why it wasn’t a
5¼
floppy is a mystery. The icon version is just as distinctive.
Also, why various OP updates never changed “Save” to the graphic of a CD / DVD or flash drive is another mystery, and nowadays a Save icon should probably be a cartoon cloud.
Graphics and terminology are funny things.
reblogging this again for EVEN MORE information.
Typewriters are a very physical/manual machine.
When you press a key, the stamp punches forward, usually with a lowercase letter in the right position to hit the tape. To access the capital letters, you need to Shift the position of the metal stamps downwards, so the capital letter strikes the tape and the lowercase letter misses. Pressing the Shift key is like changing gears! Sometimes engaging the Shift even makes a mechanical CHUNK.
On some typewriters, Shifting shifts the whole mass of the typebars. On others you Shift the mass of the carriage. Either way, it involves juggling a piece of mass while typing with the other hand (which is why you have a Shift key on each side of the keyboard - on typewriters these are joined together by the same mechanism). Even though either hand can engage the Shift, it still takes that hand out of typing work, and it only works for a few capital letters at a time.
Shift Lock on a typewriter is a little mechanical lock that physically holds the mechanism into the Shifted position. It’s a great little buddy, and you can find yourself getting fond of it.
In my linguistics class we had a Chinese girl who had adopted a European name. We all didn’t speak Cantonese and understood her wish to not have her name butchered all the time, except for one of us, a guy who thought he knew to differentiate between tones perfectly because he was learning Vietnamese. He saw himself as super woke and he thought it was wrong for her to adopt a European name when we should just try harder to pronounce her Chinese name (which honestly is just really difficult if you don’t speak the language at all, even for linguists). So he would constantly call her by her Chinese name which she initially didn’t even want to share, but he kept asking her for it, and from the look on her face I could tell that he did not get it right, and that she didn’t like it at all. The first time he did it she even told him it wasn’t correct, but he kept going, so sure he knew how to pronounce it. So like I 100% agree that we should put in effort to pronounce names from foreign languages and not give up on the first try if we get it wrong, but we should also respect people’s wishes when they know we can’t do it/they know it takes too much effort for them to teach us how to pronounce it. In that case, we should just use the name we’re being told to use. It’s that simple.
If people tell you that they have a non English name and an English name ask which one they would like to be called and then just comply with the one they choose it’s just that simple
If you have a problem with this, just think about nicknames or diminutives. You’d ask someone named Michael if they preferred to be called “Mike.”
Just, y'know, listen to people. And don’t be a dick.
Haha this example reminds me of my mom who had a student called ‘Michael’, a name that has two possible pronunciations in The Netherlands (English or Dutch basically). So she asked him what to say, and he said he didn’t care. So she was like “what do they say at home?” and he replied “at home they call me darling” lmao
Say what you will about Discovery but shitty trekkies getting butthurt because the newest episode “didn’t have any white people in it” is delightful, more Star Trek should be like that
Matt: Almost every story we did in the first season ended up somehow either starting with a moral or finding a moral, so I intentionally did not give one in hopes somebody would make one and Brian, thank you.
Here’s my advice to everyone who thinks that the election will be so fraudulent that it won’t matter, who thinks 45 will not cede power, etc, etc:
Vote so that the history books know it was fraudulent. -
Vote so the contemporary world knows it’s fraudulent. -
Vote so that he is actually committing the crime, and not just attempting it but winding up not needing to. -
Vote not because you like Joe Biden (ew), but because the establishment as it stands will take low votes against 45 as approval. Vote to communicate the crime that is happening in the most severe degree. Vote so that if he pulls some bullshit, it has to be the most obviously illegal bullshit possible.
These are not just talking points. These are steps to make action against a fraudulent government, if it happens, easier. To make it possible. To make the public understand.
I can’t stress enough, the larger the margin between Biden’s votes and Trump’s votes, the less likely Trump will get away with whatever tomfoolery he tries to pull
Don't give up. Unless you have to for a little while. Then don't panic. CONTAINS: Star Trek, Dungeons and Dragons, Critical Role, History, Current Affairs, Space, Cats, and Etc. Adult.
