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[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

RIP Sir Michael Gambon.

Also, I laughed at this but I have to be pedantic. Harry would totally know what CDs are, he was raised by muggles and this scene takes place in 1998.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This would work better if he just asked, "What CDs?"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Certificate of Deposit, clearly.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A racist a transphobe and an anti-semite walk into a bar. The bartender looks up and says "Aren't you that girl who wrote harry potter??"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

(The bartender is guilty of misogynistic belittlement)

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] victron 6 points 1 year ago

He got me too ngl I even chuckled

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Harry got got by the oldest trick in the book, what a BUFFOON!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't know why, but his delivery of "this is, as they say, 'your party'" has stayed in my head from this scene since it came out, and I've emulated that response in conversation a lot over the years.

I Also enjoyed his work in the Wes Anderson verse. RIP darling.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

This comment, and by extension this meme, is how I found out he died. Oof.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

CDs suck. 20 Tracks max?? Also they're scratching easily. I never liked them.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, they did kinda suck, but counterpoint: Uncompressed PCM. For a solid 10-12 years they were the best audio quality you could get at the consumer level until computers and portable media players got enough storage and power (and good enought audio cards) to handle high-bitrate MP3 and lossless codecs. Even today they're still significantly better quality than even most streaming or download services. And no drm...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

My entire music collection consists of lossless FLAC files I've ripped from CDs or downloaded as a lossless web release. Most artists I listen to still do CD releases, and I can pick up a copy at their concerts, which is a good way to support them. I don't pay for any streaming services since I basically run my own via Plex which can stream lossless to all my devices.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not if you burn 128kbps mp3s! Slaps CD You can fit an entire discography in this bad boy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

OPUS or even AAC is OK at 128 kb/s already but player compatibility is low.

If you know you're going to be playing it on VLC, you can even fit a decently good-looking 90min H.265 movie on one. When H.266 becomes widely available, the movie can be in 1080p at about HDTV broadcast quality.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Twenty tracks? You whippershnappers don't know how good you got it! When I was growing up, we only had eight!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

ikr‽ my elbow pits have more tracks than those CDs 😪 /j

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@WaltJRimmer: When I was in High School I could get a
45RPM record for a buck. One track each side. My dad had 78RPM records with TWO track on some sides!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I had a 128mb mp3 player ^^

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fr, I haven't even pirated music since Spotify came onto the scene

TV and Movies otoh........

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

havent pirated music....cant say the same about spotify itself