There must always be outliers.

(law of the universe, #938,346)

One of his masterpieces.

Also fits in to a theory I had when reading a collection of early-to-midlife FS cartoons-- Larson’s decisively best stuff existed in a relatively brief window of ~'88-90. Earlier stuff tended to be clumsy, as he was working out how to best deliver his strips, and later stuff was increasingly (even alarmingly) derivative. Leading him to eventually come to terms with that, and retire the strip early, great as it was.

Not sure if that’s a completely fair opinion to have, just that it was my working conclusion at the time.

I tend to feel the same, but those suckers certainly know their broad audience.

My K-12 education was okay (with college certainly being better), but either way information like this was sadly neglected IME. That, and basic facts about how capitalism really works, and the fact that the States have been on vastly shakier ground since day one than the body of Americans remotely realise.

So, kinda fun to learn about this stuff the more I read and think, but also kind of infuriating that it took this much extra effort & awareness. :S

Don’t forget loads of salt!

Like-- every step of the way, fast food places have an opportunity to aim for ‘healthier’ or ‘more delicious’ choices, overwhelmingly with profit-making in mind. That’s the main thing to keep in mind.

IIRC, McD’s and various other chains even design venting and such to get the smell of the cooking food (chemically enhanced) in to the surrounding area. You know, so that more people can pay a fortune to get a food rush that doubles as a health disaster.

IMO you’re not being unreasonable, but I think you might want to read up on this one, more.

Thanks, AI slop.

Would it help if I slammed it EXTRA-HARD, my lil’ cutey…?

Obviously S&G had nothing of the sort, it didnt exist at the time.

Of course it did. Just as I referred to as “manual-tune” in my original comment. George Martin was FAMOUS for that stuff, but I tend to think he wasn’t the first.

Me, I like people who can make brave, interesting points in life, but I also don’t value much people who have no idea WTF they’re talking about, literally without a shred of evidence to back up their nonsense.

Older people (30+)

LOLolol…

I mean, you’re kind of lifting my point in to a broader area that I wasn’t speaking to at the time.

Of course I agree with all that you said. But I was talking strictly in the context of OP’s framework.

You’ve made no real case that it’s used in any significant way upon any significant music I know of.

Used on modern pop? Of course it is. All over the place. Which is like saying that fast food and cold cuts contain a bunch of artificial stuff that enhances shelf life, flavor. We all know that, and most people know that fast food and cold cuts are the very bottom tier of food, despite the brief rush.

You can bet your bippy that Simon & Garfunkel never needed no auto-tune gimmicks to perform “The Sound of Silence.” Altho extra orchestration indeed helped.

Huh! Now do we have a Kurzgesagt-style video or something exampling how this rich soup led to… you know?

Matey, those are some downright life-changing staplers right there. oO

(could have used a couple more at Medway, in any case)

Fascinating.

Why you ask? Since I’m a mughal myself.

Well, in my first two (admittedly half-learned tongues),
Enchanté y Mucho Gusto. :D

I’ve never known a Mughal person before, so it’s certainly my honor!

But, hmm… you must have quite the interesting ‘growing up and learning’ experience, do you not? Like, IIRC the other place & now this place?

(doxxing concern)

Incredible.
Red-themes usually make me feel a little “on edge,” but somehow this one, it almost feels… illuminating.

So I take it the Mughals were Muslim, with depictions of living creatures being forbidden?

I’m working on something of an article to that effect, but… I also have other things going on, and worry that by the time I’ve hit all the key points and polished 'em up, it will be completely outdated. Obligatory lol.

I guess a couple key points for that general LLM article would be:

• Going in, it’s pretty dang important to understand exactly what a modern LLM is; what it’s strengths and weaknesses are. How they can vary widely in quality and usefulness depending on their engines and platforms you access.
• Just like people who sound extremely sure of themselves, I think it’s geberally helpful to think of LLM’s as highly-opinionated friends who sometimes have the ability to be incredibly incisive and useful on certain matters, but can also be incredibly flawed, even upon very simple stuff.
• Also hugely important based on service involved to get a feel for where they’re most reliable, and where they can be downright disastrous to rely upon.

You haven’t heard a song NOT using it since at least 1998.

I have a very hard time believing that, unless of course sound engineers have been doing “manual-tune” for ages and ages (see below). Regardless, loads of singers who perform in front of others clearly have the ability to sing a song in a variety of ways depending on mood, venue, audience, occasion, etc. In short-- good singers REALLY ARE that talented, generally with excellent pitch, and don’t need assistance in something as basic as singing notes close enough to pitch-perfect without the need to be absolutely perfect.

Just look at how improv singers can do so well, or people performing in front of judges, or opera and opera-style singers performing in concert halls, like Charlotte Church.

I would guess the one argument of yours that holds some water is with flawed singers who are otherwise good, but have chronic problems hitting close-enough pitch, or really good singers trying to perform songs slightly outside of their range. Stuff like that…

I want to see a “Kung Fu Hustle” scenario of somebody confidently picking up the kusarigami, twirling it like a boss, then a short time later managing to get themselves completely wrapped up in the chain, dangling helplessly from a nearby hook.

Pretty sure stuff like that’s been done many times in animation, but a live version would be welcome!

I was kinda going by a line from the WP entry:

…socially liberal,[21] progressive,[22] and cosmopolitan cities.[23]

Around here, those things have been taking a battering. :S

Subcomandante Marcos smiles on…