Harp Oct 20, 2020

in finding miami vice pictures to gently roast mika with, i also found these modern suit sets, which

i'll be honest

i don't hate this. they're ridiculous of course but i don't hate them.

if a man wants to come and try and hit on me and he's wearing a jazz cup suit, you know what, fuck it, i'm gonna see what he can hit me with, because i wanna see where this is going https://www.shinesty.com/products/jazz-cup-print-blazer

(i regret to inform you all the only bad part about these suits is they're all 99 dollars. which is probably reasonable for a suit but pretty expensive for the rest of us)

The 90s Machine | Jazz Print Blazer

Show threadHarp Oct 20, 2020

like how am i supposed to hate this. i can't hate this! it's ridiculous and it hurts my eyes in the best possible way! it's fantastic!!

anyway new meme draw your character in this https://www.shinesty.com/products/bahamian-junkanoo-summer-shorts-suit

The 90s Machine | Jazz Print Blazer

Show threadAnkeOct 20, 2020
@wigglytuffitout I wonder how many people see this and don't recognise the pattern... hashtag I feel old
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKOct 27, 2020

@Anke @wigglytuffitout

to be fair a lot of younger people may recognise it due to ironic usage on YouTube (to link segments and hide jump cuts) albeit some may conflate it with a FuBK/Telefunken card (which gets more widely used for this purpose on German YouTube..)

Its slightly strange seeing it on a USA site as PM5544 wasn't widely used there (there was an NTSC variant) but I suspect a big reason is that Philips don't enforce their copyright..

Show threadHarp Oct 27, 2020

@vfrmedia @Anke tbh, i think it may be an interesting translation of a media thing through references like you are thinking.

related to this, my niblings actually scared my sister really good because one day they were looking for something to watch on the tv, and encountered a channel that was just static. they had never seen static before in its original form! they'd never gotten used to static as 'this isn't working'. instead they mostly knew static from a cartoon where a monster crawled out of the static, and predictably, they FLIPPED OUT.

i think at this point it may be something where most people know it from their ironic usage and usage as a gag. (i mean, i don't think i've ever actually clapped my own eyes on a "technical difficulties, please stand by" sign on the television that wasn't being used as a bit.)

and tbh the more American design is probably losing massive favor for this because the cliche thing over here for that is the indian-head test pattern.

which, i will admit, on a technical level, if you want to make sure your television's sharp and in-tune, a feather headdress is a great subject for that!

but on the massive other hand: Oh No

so people are likely going to a more generic test pattern for gags these days lol

Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

@wigglytuffitout @Anke

I worked as a broadcast engineer in the late 90s and major playout breakdowns (requiring such captions) are rare compared to 1970s with more automation and a huge shitstorm if a playout error occurs (as its seen as a financial risk) so things are more reliable..

SMPTE colour bars are more often used as an ironic gag nowadays (even by Euro YouTubers despite different ones with red at the bottom being used by EBU broadcasters, like the ones shown below)

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