diphthong

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[–] diphthong@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"Amused and repulsed" is exactly right. One of the things I love about Jim Lill is he cuts thru all that babble and just tries to figure it out himself. Agree with him or not, his "Tested: Where Does the Tone Come From" vids are good fun, and well done. https://www.youtube.com/@JimLill/videos

[–] diphthong@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Might be time to go to the Starbucks on the next block

[–] diphthong@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

You are talking about television. Television is full of manufactured drama. People get bored and consume drama so television manufactures it.

[–] diphthong@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

Happy Leland Melvin Day. May the dogs be with you.

[–] diphthong@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I think we should call that color Leman Yellow

[–] diphthong@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Portland, OR is easy and has some nice carpet

[–] diphthong@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

more feminine

Hmm...

[–] diphthong@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago
[–] diphthong@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

We need a moon mission to find out if the cat is alive

[–] diphthong@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I learned this from nearly every episode of Perry Mason

[–] diphthong@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Conversation is another good Hackman film from the early 70s

[–] diphthong@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I believe The French Connection is the movie that started the current script for car chases.

Bullitt would like a word

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