@packetcat macklemore voice
idk why they didn’t adapt their kick drum to capture the thumpy part of a snare, but you could definitely do that, and then layer the noisy bit they came up with on top
re: the United Healthcare CEO assassin
@packetcat the real year of Luigi
@coriander i mean, i would not call trees linear
@coriander it is mediated by a form of communication that is linear but it is absolutely not clear that the underlying mechanisms, internal representation, whatever are. linguists generally do not model language in a way that can be remotely considered linear at all
@coriander like even the idea that human language is “linear” is Extremely contestable
@coriander it would be a lot better if it did not try to say anything about language
@coriander it is absolutely worth interpreting the shapir-whorf hypothesis but using such a purrepawstrous purremise as your vehicle fur it just does not work
@coriander yeah it’s a big purroblem fur sure
@coriander i just refused to engage critically with the linguistics of arrival when i watched it; i otherwise liked it too much
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