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25-02-2021, 09:28
struth

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

Rubbish videolinking!

Have you noticed how many TV appearances via videolinking are badly thought out or not thought about at all? It's mainly backgrounds that get me, there was a guy on this morning who'd sat himself halfway across a large and slightly odd wall portrait which was totally distracting. Others come on TV from a total tip of a room in their house. I've seen all sorts of daft things behind folk on camera. Surely they can't lack the imagination to see that a plain wall or similar might be best?

some gal left her dildo on a shelf behind her:lol: might have been to boost ratings tho;)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Esr_YdrX...jpg&name=small
25-02-2021, 12:27
Filterlab

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

Surely they can't lack the imagination to see that a plain wall or similar might be best?

That would require common sense, and most of the people one sees on homemade TV have anything but.

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Originally Posted by struth

some gal left her dildo on a shelf behind her:lol: might have been to boost ratings tho;)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Esr_YdrX...jpg&name=small

:lol: She likes it thick. :D
25-02-2021, 12:59
Marco

Well - COCK-a-doodle-doo!:D

Marco.
25-02-2021, 13:05
Marco

Hey, Granty, it's a good job Del doesn't 'broadcast live' from her princess room, eh?:eek::stalks::wow::sofa::uhho:

:lol::lol:

Marco.
25-02-2021, 13:29
struth

now, now Del would never, ever.....em ...:D
25-02-2021, 13:31
Marco

Of course not, she's a very good girl!:pat:

Marco.
25-02-2021, 13:36
struth

:donk::whippin:
25-02-2021, 13:57
Edward

I like how some bloke on Twitter wondered why Yvette Amos had a statuette of Piers Morgan on her shelf.
25-02-2021, 17:34
Barry

I use those backgrounds of book-lined shelves to be a good test of the resolution of one's TV (and of course of the camera in the laptop etc.). I like to see how many of the titles printed on the spine I can read. :)

But my big dislike is the frequent lack of lip-synch - I find it irritating and unwatchable. :(
25-02-2021, 17:40
Filterlab

Any decent TV should have an audio delay/gain function. I have to alter mine as I change certain system digital components; I think it's running at -110ms currently. Spot on it is.
25-02-2021, 17:57
Macca

If it's an expert in something who is being interviewed then it's customary to have lots of books in view behind them.

If it's a scientific expert then they might have some lab equipment behind them instead.

How else would you know they're an expert? Blank walls tell you nothing.
25-02-2021, 17:58
Barry

No doubt my telly has it, but would it mean I have to fiddle around changing the delay all time? For all broadcast items it is not needed; only for some video links.
25-02-2021, 17:59
Macca

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Originally Posted by Filterlab

Any decent TV should have an audio delay/gain function. I have to alter mine as I change certain system digital components; I think it's running at -110ms currently. Spot on it is.

You know in 20 odd years of doing A/V I've never had that issue? Even when I was daisy-chaining the DVD player through the VCR.
25-02-2021, 18:06
Barry

Yes - I never came across the problem until the advent of broadcast video links. I assume it doesn't affect those involved; it's only when the link is broadcast does the problem arise. It's not consistent either, with some of the participants the delay doesn't occur (or if it does, the delay is so small I don't notice it).
25-02-2021, 19:05
Filterlab

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Originally Posted by Macca

You know in 20 odd years of doing A/V I've never had that issue? Even when I was daisy-chaining the DVD player through the VCR.

It depends on the transmission. If it's analogue then there's no need for it. I never needed it until using streaming services. From then it's been quite handy, which is why they put the feature in I guess.
25-02-2021, 19:29
Macca

I don't think there's been analogue TV transmissions for a long time.

But I don't use streaming so maybe that's why I haven't encountered it.
25-02-2021, 20:13
Filterlab

No, but playing a DVD player through a VCR would be an analogue connection.
26-02-2021, 16:58
struth

My 2020 energy report.

Compared to the average UK home, you're lowering your total emissions by 3,178 kg of CO2e per year. It would take 1,589 trees to absorb that.
26-02-2021, 17:20
Macca

How big are the trees? What type of tree? In what environment?

Do they have a 'standard' tree modelled, based on measuring the CO2 uptake of every type of tree in every environment? I bet they don't.

What a load of bollocks.
26-02-2021, 17:24
struth

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Originally Posted by Macca

How big are the trees? What type of tree? In what environment?

Do they have a 'standard' tree modelled, based on measuring the CO2 uptake of every type of tree in every environment? I bet they don't.

What a load of bollocks.

big fucker trees mate:D big buggers:ner:
26-02-2021, 17:35
walpurgis

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Originally Posted by Macca

What a load of bollocks.

"bollocks" is the standard unit of government blurb, against which all other bullshit is measured!
26-02-2021, 18:04
Filterlab

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

"bollocks" is the standard unit of government blurb, against which all other bullshit is measured!

Seven bollocks today, eleven yesterday, and a staggering 56 bollocks on Tuesday.

That's my 2021 ~~windpower~~ windbag report.
26-02-2021, 18:25
Marco

Does anyone care?:)

Marco.
26-02-2021, 19:14
Marco

Totally with Morgan on these fucking imbeciles [whom I'd gladly line up against a wall and shoot]: https://www.aol.co.uk/entertainment/...103848428.html

Marco.
26-02-2021, 19:26
guy

Hasbro said "toy needed to break from gender norms" :rfl:

it's a toy based on a potato. FFS, what kind of perverse mind would attach a gender to a potato :)

https://i.postimg.cc/WphfX6YW/potatopenis2.jpg
26-02-2021, 19:31
Marco

Lol - great pic!:D

But on a more serious note, exactly... It's rather worrying that these useless/waste of oxygen snowflake-cockheads seem to have so much influence on things!!:doh::guns:

Marco.
26-02-2021, 19:41
guy

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Originally Posted by Marco

Lol - great pic!:D

But on a more serious note, exactly... It's rather worrying that these useless/waste of oxygen snowflake-cockheads seem to have so much influence on things!!:doh::guns:

Marco.

You are right - a few years ago I would have just thought "what a wanker" if anyone had come up with such a ludicrous idea (and ignored it).
26-02-2021, 20:01
Pigmy Pony

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Originally Posted by guy

You are right - a few years ago I would have just thought "what a wanker" if anyone had come up with such a ludicrous idea (and ignored it).

I still do.
26-02-2021, 20:11
Filterlab

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Originally Posted by Marco

Does anyone care?:)

Marco.

No, which is why I don't bother posting much these days.
26-02-2021, 20:18
Marco

Lol - I meant about any bollocks the government spouts.

Marco.
26-02-2021, 23:31
guy

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

I still do.

I admire your fortitude. Problem is (as I see it), if major companies are feeling obliged to kowtow to these pressure groups, then the lunatics really have taken over the asylum.
On a related theme, just watch a few adverts and see what marketing companies are doing in order to be part of the new order :(
27-02-2021, 07:17
Pigmy Pony

It's the manufacturers employing these marketing companies that will be wasting their money. I'm all for including minorities (we are all human beings with a right to a voice), but I'm not sure if there are enough lesbian couples with small kiddies eating oven chips to keep Mccains afloat.
27-02-2021, 07:37
Macca

Oven chips are what some ad exec living in Islington on 400K a year thinks 'struggling' people eat.

In reality they're too expensive.
27-02-2021, 07:41
struth

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Originally Posted by Macca

Oven chips are what some ad exec living in Islington on 400K a year thinks 'struggling' people eat.

In reality they're too expensive.

And they don't have or use ovens. Microwave chips maybe
27-02-2021, 07:46
Marco

Quote:

Originally Posted by guy

Problem is (as I see it), if major companies are feeling obliged to kowtow to these pressure groups, then the lunatics really have taken over the asylum.
On a related theme, just watch a few adverts and see what marketing companies are doing in order to be part of the new order :(

Exactly as I see it too, and it's only set to get worse.

Like Piggurs (and you too, I'm sure) I have nothing against minority groups or the underprivileged/disadvantaged in society having a voice and seeking to achieve greater equality (indeed more power to them), but what I can't stand, is both political correctness being taken to absurd levels, or worse, an active campaign by a small, but vocal and seemingly highly influential group, seeking for society to bow to their self-serving agenda and adopt their blinkered mindset - which is exactly what these 'woke' imbeciles appear to be all about!:rolleyes:

I'd love to know what's prompted this crap/given birth to it, over the last few years, who's actually behind it, and what their end goal is....

Marco.
27-02-2021, 07:51
walpurgis

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Originally Posted by guy

On a related theme, just watch a few adverts and see what marketing companies are doing in order to be part of the new order :(

I know what you mean. It's all agenda driven and deliberately does not reflect reality. Thought control!
27-02-2021, 07:52
Marco

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Originally Posted by Macca

Oven chips are what some ad exec living in Islington on 400K a year thinks 'struggling' people eat.

So, as our self-appointed expert on these matters;) what exactly do 'struggling people' eat?

Big Macs? Yeah, that makes sense!:D

Marco.
27-02-2021, 07:53
Marco

Quote:

Originally Posted by walpurgis

I know what you mean. It's all agenda driven and deliberately does not reflect reality. Thought control!

Indeed (mind control, via subliminal advertising)... I've mentioned this before, remember?

That's why we must resist it, at all costs, and remain as free-thinkers!

Marco.
27-02-2021, 07:56
Macca

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Originally Posted by struth

And they don't have or use ovens. Microwave chips maybe

Farm Foods own brand. Cheap because you're not paying an extra 50p a bag to fund the advertising campaign
27-02-2021, 07:57
Marco

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Originally Posted by struth

And they don't have or use ovens. Microwave chips maybe

The funniest (or saddest) thing of course is that the cheapest, tastiest (and healthiest) way of eating chips, is to buy a bag of spuds and do it yourself!:)

Marco.
27-02-2021, 08:01
struth

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Originally Posted by Marco

The funniest (or saddest) thing of course is that the cheapest, tastiest (and healthiest) way of eating chips, is to buy a bag of spuds and do it yourself!:)

Marco.

ah yes, but they have skins on them, and if little johnny sees skins he wont eat them... little johnny doesnt like depriving a potato of its skin. so we get fries instead.. no skins:eyebrows:
27-02-2021, 08:03
Marco

Lol - well 'little Johnny' needs a good boot up the arse!!

Marco.
27-02-2021, 08:04
walpurgis

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Originally Posted by Marco

Indeed (mind control, via subliminal advertising)... I've mentioned this before, remember?

That's why we must resist it, at all costs, and remain as free-thinkers!

Marco.

The thing is, who's being allowed to apply the pressure that steers advertising (amongst other things) this way and why are they getting away with it?
27-02-2021, 08:06
struth

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Originally Posted by Marco

Lol - well 'little Johnny' needs a good boot up the arse!!

Marco.

you will put him off his strawberry icecream doing that;)
27-02-2021, 08:11
Pigmy Pony

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Originally Posted by struth

ah yes, but they have skins on them, and if little johnny sees skins he wont eat them... little johnny doesnt like depriving a potato of its skin. so we get fries instead.. no skins:eyebrows:

Little Johnny wants his chips to be amphibious landing craft shaped, and mum must oblige, or she's a bad parent :(
27-02-2021, 08:12
Macca

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

The thing is, who's being allowed to apply the pressure that steers advertising (amongst other things) this way and why are they getting away with it?

Wisdom has it that your brand has to be seen as being inclusive and diverse. So really it's market forces. Or someone's interpretation of what the market forces are.

If they sell more oven chips they'll keep doing it. If they don't, expect a different style of ad campaign to come along soon.
27-02-2021, 08:19
Macca

I'll wager their research shows that 90% of oven chips are bought by women (or someone identifying as a woman).

So although us blokes (and those identifying as blokes) see the ads and scoff derisorily, women are more likely to think 'Ah that's lovely.'

Personally I've got more of an issue with that ad where a mature woman refers to her urine as 'wee'. I mean really?

There's another one, again a bird who won't see forty again, talking about her 'tummy'.
27-02-2021, 08:20
Marco

I'd ban the lot and spend the money instead on teaching folk how to cook!

Let's get BACK to BASICS:exactly:

Marco.
27-02-2021, 08:22
Marco

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Originally Posted by Marco

So, as our self-appointed expert on these matters;) what exactly do 'struggling people' eat?

Big Macs? Yeah, that makes sense!:D

Marco.

Ahem, Macca - still waiting on an answer... :wave::popcorn:

;)

Marco.
27-02-2021, 08:27
struth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marco

Ahem, Macca - still waiting on an answer... :wave::popcorn:

;)

Marco.

he said iceland chips.. cheapest of the cheap

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