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@lizardgal10: I buy rich people ramen because it’s the only kind that’s vegetarian. It’s something else, y’all.
@ReasonableBeep: Y’all need to try some legit Korean ramen. That shit is some PHENOMENAL next level stuff. It costs like ~$10 for a pack of 5 but there’s a reason Koreans will only eat the good stuff. Just make sure you don’t overcook the noodles or you’ll ruin them
@Salieri: | That or Thai "Mama" brand noodles, specifically the non-clear Tom Yum flavour.
Had a friend who asked me why I made such a big deal over it compared to stuff like Mr. Noodles, so I gave him some.
Safe to say, it was a "shit, yep, I totally get it now" moment for him.
The Korean stuff with the ugly chicken mascot's gonna make you breathe fire though. |
@lizardgal10: I buy rich people ramen because it’s the only kind that’s vegetarian. It’s something else, y’all.
@ReasonableBeep: Y’all need to try some legit Korean ramen. That shit is some PHENOMENAL next level stuff. It costs like ~$10 for a pack of 5 but there’s a reason Koreans will only eat the good stuff. Just make sure you don’t overcook the noodles or you’ll ruin them
@Salieri: | I had a Korean friend in college and his family will mail him ramen from back home because it was the only acceptable ramen to him. I got to try some and I remember the noodles are really delicious. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@crollalanza: Fun fact: I'm Italian and here where I live Barilla is usually considered cheap. Imagine what Italian rich-people pasta like Rummo or Molisana could taste like!
@yKrfTsDTa: De Cecco gang
@Salieri: | It’s the absolute best. Especially the Linguine |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@crollalanza: Fun fact: I'm Italian and here where I live Barilla is usually considered cheap. Imagine what Italian rich-people pasta like Rummo or Molisana could taste like!
@yKrfTsDTa: De Cecco gang
@Salieri: | Garafallo Gang |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@crollalanza: Fun fact: I'm Italian and here where I live Barilla is usually considered cheap. Imagine what Italian rich-people pasta like Rummo or Molisana could taste like!
@yKrfTsDTa: De Cecco gang
@Salieri: | Best pasta in town ya'll |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@crollalanza: Fun fact: I'm Italian and here where I live Barilla is usually considered cheap. Imagine what Italian rich-people pasta like Rummo or Molisana could taste like!
@yKrfTsDTa: De Cecco gang
@Salieri: | Love me some dicecco |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@crollalanza: Fun fact: I'm Italian and here where I live Barilla is usually considered cheap. Imagine what Italian rich-people pasta like Rummo or Molisana could taste like!
@yKrfTsDTa: De Cecco gang
@Salieri: | I can't eat any other pasta anymore. I'm probably addicted to their fusilli. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@crollalanza: Fun fact: I'm Italian and here where I live Barilla is usually considered cheap. Imagine what Italian rich-people pasta like Rummo or Molisana could taste like!
@yKrfTsDTa: De Cecco gang
@Salieri: | La Molisana gang. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@crollalanza: Fun fact: I'm Italian and here where I live Barilla is usually considered cheap. Imagine what Italian rich-people pasta like Rummo or Molisana could taste like!
@Salieri: | I think it's relatively cheap everywhere. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@crollalanza: Fun fact: I'm Italian and here where I live Barilla is usually considered cheap. Imagine what Italian rich-people pasta like Rummo or Molisana could taste like!
@Salieri: | Don't know where are you from, but in Turin Barilla is not always that cheap and thought doesn't taste good as others like yeah, molisana. Or voiello is also pretty good in my opinion (and expensive) |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@crollalanza: Fun fact: I'm Italian and here where I live Barilla is usually considered cheap. Imagine what Italian rich-people pasta like Rummo or Molisana could taste like!
@jacxy: What is your thoughts about whole grain pasta?
@Salieri: | I don't like the texture, but taste wise it's good. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@crollalanza: Fun fact: I'm Italian and here where I live Barilla is usually considered cheap. Imagine what Italian rich-people pasta like Rummo or Molisana could taste like!
@Salieri: | Rummo is the shit, tried a lot of different brands but nothing comes close. Except for spaghetti, I like em thicc so I go for the ones alla chitarra by Armando. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@crollalanza: Fun fact: I'm Italian and here where I live Barilla is usually considered cheap. Imagine what Italian rich-people pasta like Rummo or Molisana could taste like!
@Salieri: | I just bought Rummo today for 3.79 US for a lb of buccatini. I am curious about the quality as I've never had it. I rarely see it on shelves. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@crollalanza: Fun fact: I'm Italian and here where I live Barilla is usually considered cheap. Imagine what Italian rich-people pasta like Rummo or Molisana could taste like!
@Salieri: | I'd be curious to see how Trader Joe's pasta compares. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@crollalanza: Fun fact: I'm Italian and here where I live Barilla is usually considered cheap. Imagine what Italian rich-people pasta like Rummo or Molisana could taste like!
@Salieri: | I didn’t know Rummo was considered good. I’ve bought it a fair few time’s in the U.K. and tbh it is good stuff but it’s good to know even Italians think it’s nice pasta. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@crollalanza: Fun fact: I'm Italian and here where I live Barilla is usually considered cheap. Imagine what Italian rich-people pasta like Rummo or Molisana could taste like!
@Salieri: | Rummo is excellent. Also 20% protein... |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@crollalanza: Fun fact: I'm Italian and here where I live Barilla is usually considered cheap. Imagine what Italian rich-people pasta like Rummo or Molisana could taste like!
@Salieri: | Rummo is amazing! |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@Salieri: | Oh man, the way you described this I thought you were talking about Buitoni or something like that (there's still higher-end stuff out there), but Barilla...OMG. Don't ever try fresh pasta from the refrigerated section or you'll go broke from your new addiction. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@ScythingSantos: It's my definite go to cheap pasta, been using it alongside Classico sauce for years....it's worth the extra in comparison to other frugal choices
@Luxim: Even the Classico sauce is not that great compared to even cheap imported sauce from Italy. (Look into Italian grocery stores, it's really worth it and often not much more expensive)
@Salieri: | Fuck no I like my Classico If I wanted strained tomatoes with no flavour I'd do it myself |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@Salieri: | Which country do you live in? Barilla is on of the basic brands here in France |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@-888-: Barilla is regular dried pasta. WTF is this cheap stuff? Is it even actually pasta? The cheapest stuff at my California store is about the same as Barilla.
@mrdotkom: For real, Barilla is cheap pasta for me in Delaware.
When I heard "rich people pasta" I was thinking the $5/7 has to be kept cold but not frozen stuff
@Salieri: | ‘That has to be kept cold but not frozen stuff’
The word you’re looking for is ‘fresh’ haha |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@-888-: Barilla is regular dried pasta. WTF is this cheap stuff? Is it even actually pasta? The cheapest stuff at my California store is about the same as Barilla.
@Salieri: | Maybe OP's just been cooking spider webs. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@-888-: Barilla is regular dried pasta. WTF is this cheap stuff? Is it even actually pasta? The cheapest stuff at my California store is about the same as Barilla.
@Salieri: | Yeah, I was surprised that he said barilla is the expensive pasta. I always thought that was the affordable pasta. Especially, when I went to the grocery store a week ago when everybody was panick buying, and I went to go buy some pasta and I guess I buy the expensive stuff. I basically just buy the pasta that is copper cut, which is the kind with the white speckley stuff on it so that the sauce can stick to the pasta easier. Then I kept on going down the aisle after I got my pasta and saw that all the barilla pasta was gone. To be honest, I don't even know what is cheaper than Barilla pasta. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@-888-: Barilla is regular dried pasta. WTF is this cheap stuff? Is it even actually pasta? The cheapest stuff at my California store is about the same as Barilla.
@Salieri: | Does your Safeway not have its own brand pasta? In Safeway Canada, Barilla is the cheapeast nice/imported pasta you can get, they also carry other brands at higher and lower price points as well. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@Salieri: | If you think Barilla is good then I can't wait to hear your experiences with REAL pasta. Out of 'off the shelf' pastas San Georgio is probably my favorite, but even that pales in comparison to fresh pasta.
Like others have said, try making your own. It is pretty easy and it will change your view. Just be careful, you'll want to eat it all the time!
Also learn to make fresh pesto (you can sub out the pine nusts with a cheaper nut), garlic alfredo, meatballs, and sesame sauce. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@Salieri: | Dude that's not even the middle class brand of pasta. You get some fancy Italian brand pastas at like 2.89 the package |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@Salieri: | You described the box, and then the physical properties, and I knew it :D
Don't know where you live, but here there are 50% discounts every once in a while, on that and other brand stuff. I stock up then, I didn't even have to worry about the pandemics, lol |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@Salieri: | This is hilarious because my wife and I just had this same experience with this pasta and I was describing this thread to her when I got to this comment. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@Salieri: | I don't know what kind of horseshit your cheapest brand pasta is if Barilla has you creaming your panties like this. Barilla is nothing special. Most dried pasta isnt anything special. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@Salieri: | If you still want to go cheap and have an Aldis in your area, they have good pasta and they also have some specialty bagged stuff with the window. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@GosuPleb: Yep, it is :D
I didn't want to put it in the title because I didn't want to advertise
@Salieri: | Pay the extra money for pasta extruded through bronze dyes. The texture of the pasta is rough and the sauce clings to it the way it should. You'll never want to go back to weird smooth slippery pasta again. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@Five_Decades: Barilla is rich people pasta?
@Salieri: | Yeah kuz it has a window to make sure the pasta hasn't been robbed ....imagine not knowing that... |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@oatmealparty: Lol Barilla is OK and I use it all the time but it's still dry pasta. The refrigerated soft stuff is the fancy pasta.
@Cyborgazm2019: There's a market near me that sells bags of soft pasta for $0.50 CAD. They must get it from somewhere else moving it off their shelves because I've seen it elsewhere for ~$5.00.
@Salieri: | Could you please share where? |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@oatmealparty: Lol Barilla is OK and I use it all the time but it's still dry pasta. The refrigerated soft stuff is the fancy pasta.
@ErectPotato: Honestly I feel like fridge pasta and dry pasta are completely different categories. I actually like the flavour of dry pasta over fresh sometimes
@Salieri: | That's because they are. The stuff in the fridge has eggs in it and hasn't been dried. |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@Tratix: I thought even the poorest of the poor would consider barilla a cheap pasta.
How is 1.43€ for 3-4 large meals ever considered upper-end?
@Salieri: | It's expensive when you can get the same for 1€ |
@ScythingSantos: Sounds like Barilla
@Tratix: I thought even the poorest of the poor would consider barilla a cheap pasta.
How is 1.43€ for 3-4 large meals ever considered upper-end?
@Salieri: | 3-4 meals?
I eat 500g pasta/meal alone. |
@Deskbutt: That sounds good. By the way it's pretty easy to make your own tomato sauce and you don't have all of that salt.
@GosuPleb: Usually I mostly cook myself, but for some reason it never occurred to me that you could do your own pasta and sauce. I will look into that
@Salieri: | Never made pasta, but I make my own sauce sometimes. It is delicious and delightfully easy. Highly recommend. |
@Deskbutt: That sounds good. By the way it's pretty easy to make your own tomato sauce and you don't have all of that salt.
@GosuPleb: Usually I mostly cook myself, but for some reason it never occurred to me that you could do your own pasta and sauce. I will look into that
@Salieri: | So many people are going to learn to cook during social distancing and quarantines. |
@Deskbutt: That sounds good. By the way it's pretty easy to make your own tomato sauce and you don't have all of that salt.
@GosuPleb: Usually I mostly cook myself, but for some reason it never occurred to me that you could do your own pasta and sauce. I will look into that
@Salieri: | Once you start making your own sauce it is hard to go back to store-bought. The jarred stuff is usually too sweet. It is worth learning how to make your own, do you can adjust it as desired! |
@Alphafox84: An easy sauce you can make: sautéed garlic in pan, add chopped fresh tomatoes, some basil salt pepper and add a bit of heavy cream. It comes together quickly and has few ingredients.
@8bitAwesomeness: All good but leave the cream, there's no need for it and just muddies the taste of the fresh ingredients.
@kynazanatoly: You aren't using the right cream then. A good fresh cream should taste like the sound of the horn of a large ship.
@Blinkered: BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
@Salieri: | Exactly. It's like the opposite taste than salt or lemon. |
@Alphafox84: An easy sauce you can make: sautéed garlic in pan, add chopped fresh tomatoes, some basil salt pepper and add a bit of heavy cream. It comes together quickly and has few ingredients.
@8bitAwesomeness: All good but leave the cream, there's no need for it and just muddies the taste of the fresh ingredients.
@kynazanatoly: You aren't using the right cream then. A good fresh cream should taste like the sound of the horn of a large ship.
@Salieri: | What a delightful turn of phrase! |
@vanvarmar: Reminds me of the first time my boyfriend bought and cooked local, free-range expensive chicken for me. After a lifetime of water-plumped cheapo stuff it was a shocking revelation that chicken doesn't taste like nothing, it tastes like amazing!!
@Bobanaut: sounds like poularde. yeah that stuff is on a different level to normal chicken
@Salieri: | Haha you said Poo-Lard |
@kanilsnudur69: I think that was only middle class pasta. Rich people pasta is the type you only have to boil for 2 minutes, and can go bad if you don't cook it within a couple of weeks. The filled tortellini/ravioli types then have fresh filling as well. It was the go-to at my mom's place , and therefore I haven't bought pasta myself since I moved out.
@Salieri: | Yeah rich people pasta is in the refrigerated section and is already soft when you buy it. |
@Pec0sb1ll: I read this as a pasta made of the rich and I got so excited, But high quality pasta is cool too!
@Salieri: | \> I just ate rich people...
Has the revolution started???
\> ...pasta
... Oh |
@nothardly78: What country are you in where the good stuff is still that cheap?
@TheFio: Nowhere, their "rich person pasta" is still the cheap pasta, just a name brand cheap pasta. I clicked expecting something like they were taken to a really upscale italian restaurant or something, but instead got this mess of hyperbole.
@Salieri: | I get their point but you're exactly right. Barilla is literally the lowest step up from no-name pasta. Don't get me wrong, it's delicious but definitely not "rich people pasta".
Puts some perspective on other people's finances though. I remember when the cheap no-name bagged pasta was all I could afford and moving to Barilla did make a huge difference in taste and texture. |
@GreenTeeLemonade: damn that was super nice of you. i would have cried tbh. i appreciate your kindness!
@CrumbBCrumb: Thanks! I always get excited saving money. It's fun!
@KatalDT: Years ago when I wasn't doing well financially, I went to a pharmacy with a coupon for a drug that cost ~$500/month (an asthma medication for my wife). It was from the manufacturer and brought the price down to about $80. (Which was still way too much, but you know, my wife needs to breathe and all)
The pharmacist was downright pissed. She took the coupon, but told me about how they were going to lose money on this and the manufacturer wasn't going to cover the rest of it, and I should really think about if I actually needed the coupon.
It was really humiliating, but we really did need it. Thanks for being awesome and the exact opposite of that pharmacist.
@shortmumof2: Holy smokes! $500 for asthma medication?!? My husband and kids are asthmatic but we've never paid that much. Then again, I'm Canadian and we've always had insurance through work (both hubs and I). What type of medication is it and how do people where you live afford it on a regular basis when it costs so much, if you don't mind me asking? I just can't wrap my head around that.
@KatalDT: Advair. I think it cost closer to $600 at the time for a month's supply.
I have crazy good health insurance now through my current job (it's not a high deductible plan, all copays). It's insane that the better income/job you have the less you have to pay for healthcare. I could afford $500/month now for a medication but only pay ~$40 or something.
@Salieri: | Thanks, that's still insane to me. I had to Google it and then had a convo with hubs about puffers and the different ones he and the kids took. Lol, we always refer to the color of the puffer (the blue one, the orange one, the purple one). He did say the purple one, Advair, was the most expensive.
Hope the asthma's better now and keep safe! |
@GreenTeeLemonade: damn that was super nice of you. i would have cried tbh. i appreciate your kindness!
@CrumbBCrumb: Thanks! I always get excited saving money. It's fun!
@KatalDT: Years ago when I wasn't doing well financially, I went to a pharmacy with a coupon for a drug that cost ~$500/month (an asthma medication for my wife). It was from the manufacturer and brought the price down to about $80. (Which was still way too much, but you know, my wife needs to breathe and all)
The pharmacist was downright pissed. She took the coupon, but told me about how they were going to lose money on this and the manufacturer wasn't going to cover the rest of it, and I should really think about if I actually needed the coupon.
It was really humiliating, but we really did need it. Thanks for being awesome and the exact opposite of that pharmacist.
@CrumbBCrumb: Whoa! I would never do that. We actually joke that we wish every prescription was $0 to patients. I feel the worst when it's something you know the customer can't live without and it's still super expensive.
@Salieri: | It shouldn't be a joke. That's how it should be. Instead people die because they simply can't afford their medication. Whether you live or die is governed by how much money you have. Truly dystopian. |
@GreenTeeLemonade: damn that was super nice of you. i would have cried tbh. i appreciate your kindness!
@CrumbBCrumb: Thanks! I always get excited saving money. It's fun!
@KatalDT: Years ago when I wasn't doing well financially, I went to a pharmacy with a coupon for a drug that cost ~$500/month (an asthma medication for my wife). It was from the manufacturer and brought the price down to about $80. (Which was still way too much, but you know, my wife needs to breathe and all)
The pharmacist was downright pissed. She took the coupon, but told me about how they were going to lose money on this and the manufacturer wasn't going to cover the rest of it, and I should really think about if I actually needed the coupon.
It was really humiliating, but we really did need it. Thanks for being awesome and the exact opposite of that pharmacist.
@CrumbBCrumb: Whoa! I would never do that. We actually joke that we wish every prescription was $0 to patients. I feel the worst when it's something you know the customer can't live without and it's still super expensive.
@Salieri: | I generally get sympathy from the pharmacist or their assistants if the price goes near 3 digits. Some of them check for discounts.
I just wish doctors could see what these drugs cost. Sometimes a slight difference in the prescription--capsule vs tablet, say--makes a big difference in the cost. |
@GreenTeeLemonade: damn that was super nice of you. i would have cried tbh. i appreciate your kindness!
@CrumbBCrumb: Thanks! I always get excited saving money. It's fun!
@KatalDT: Years ago when I wasn't doing well financially, I went to a pharmacy with a coupon for a drug that cost ~$500/month (an asthma medication for my wife). It was from the manufacturer and brought the price down to about $80. (Which was still way too much, but you know, my wife needs to breathe and all)
The pharmacist was downright pissed. She took the coupon, but told me about how they were going to lose money on this and the manufacturer wasn't going to cover the rest of it, and I should really think about if I actually needed the coupon.
It was really humiliating, but we really did need it. Thanks for being awesome and the exact opposite of that pharmacist.
@Salieri: | I have asthma and I like in the UK and the cost of that medication would TERRIFY me. I feel so sorry for you guys, it’s so messed up!! I try not to take it for granted, and my mum works for the NHS too so they’ve got all my respect. |
@GreenTeeLemonade: damn that was super nice of you. i would have cried tbh. i appreciate your kindness!
@CrumbBCrumb: Thanks! I always get excited saving money. It's fun!
@Salieri: | It's not the same thing but I was supervising in retail and a customer purchased a television. I'm looking up its information to complete the purchase, and I run after him as he is leaving the store. I let him know "Its going on sale tomorrow, so just bring the receipt back and get a better price!" He was very grateful and I felt relieved I could help.
He was a medical professional, still in his scrubs, with dark circles under his eyes. I am sure he had a long night. |
@GreenTeeLemonade: damn that was super nice of you. i would have cried tbh. i appreciate your kindness!
@CrumbBCrumb: Thanks! I always get excited saving money. It's fun!
@Salieri: | It's great you helped out, she might have needed it far more than she let on, or could be having such financial problems that it wouldn't help, or be in a lot of trouble because of the pandemic. It's a really rough time for a lot of people, and it feels like you assume the customer owes you something for voluntarily going out of your way to help them. Try to keep things in perspective, some people aren't doing great at all currently. |
@noseworthy6: You’re awesome! My guess is that it sounded too good to be true on her end. Kudos to you for going the extra mile.
@CrumbBCrumb: Thanks! Always Google your medicine for coupons if it's over a certain price. Even saving $20 is worth it
@TJRDU: My mind can't wrap around the fact that there are coupons for medicine, how does this work? It's buy 3 get 4 or 25% discount and stuff like that? Does it have to be a special brand?
@BraveLightbulb: Same, I dont think we have those here in Canada..
@Salieri: | We have those here too I think. My doctor gave me some for Vyvanse so that it was much cheaper until I was able to get insurance that covered it |
@noseworthy6: You’re awesome! My guess is that it sounded too good to be true on her end. Kudos to you for going the extra mile.
@CrumbBCrumb: Thanks! Always Google your medicine for coupons if it's over a certain price. Even saving $20 is worth it
@TJRDU: My mind can't wrap around the fact that there are coupons for medicine, how does this work? It's buy 3 get 4 or 25% discount and stuff like that? Does it have to be a special brand?
@Scarbrow: Most of the time they’re cost-reduction coupons from the manufacturer themselves for name-brand medicine (Lantus insulin, Vyvanse, etc) and most of the time they only work if you already have insurance. So if you use the coupon card it can bring the total cost of the medicine from your normal copy of like $150 down to like between $0-$25. Basically it’s a way of guaranteeing the sale of their brand of medicine and they make far much more money off the people who don’t use the coupon than they lose from the people who do use it
@Salieri: | So they make crazy amounts of money when you do not have the right insurance and coupon? And even if you do have it they make some nice money either way it seems. This all sounds insane. I know there is this 'ask your doctor for brand x' stuff but this something else, wow. |
@noseworthy6: You’re awesome! My guess is that it sounded too good to be true on her end. Kudos to you for going the extra mile.
@CrumbBCrumb: Thanks! Always Google your medicine for coupons if it's over a certain price. Even saving $20 is worth it
@Vlyn: America? Coupons for medicine, that's a new one..
@Salieri: | Yeah the coupon thing is just another part of our fucked up healthcare system. I work at a pharmacy also. Ppl pay for health insurance each month and have insane deductibles, then they come see us for their "cure" and can't afford that on top of it all. The state of PA has a discount program that's helps ppl without insurance. It's very affordable, but a person with regular insurance could still be paying quadruple. Many ppl don't know about these programs and just pay whatever they're told to pay. Good rx is like a search engine for coupons, but they take back a chunk of the profits. Which is what this is all about. Murrica. |
@nicktheturtle: I ate some brownies that were really good after eating pasta for a week
@CrumbBCrumb: What kind of pasta? And anything special with the brownies? My gf made lasagna tonight for when I got home and it was tasty
@Salieri: | I assumed you were a woman. |
@Senscore: Today? I think I finally got my sleep schedule back in line.
@CrumbBCrumb: Nice! What's that look like? My girlfriend has been trying to gets back in line
@Senscore: Nothing too specific. Maybe try and get a full 8 and wake up before 10.
@Salieri: | Hard to do that currently! I sleep wonky hours anyway so I don't know what those words mean |
@Senscore: Today? I think I finally got my sleep schedule back in line.
@CrumbBCrumb: Nice! What's that look like? My girlfriend has been trying to gets back in line
@Senscore: Nothing too specific. Maybe try and get a full 8 and wake up before 10.
@Diplodocus114: I dont even have a 'sleep schedule' often stay up far too late and wake up far too late.
@Salieri: | This is me now. With nothing specific to wake up for I stay up later and later and sleep later and later. I’m working on that this week, though, so I can feel a bit more normal. |
@Senscore: Today? I think I finally got my sleep schedule back in line.
@CrumbBCrumb: Nice! What's that look like? My girlfriend has been trying to gets back in line
@Salieri: | Some things that worked for me in college after months of insomnia and falling asleep at 5am everyday were:
-Dont do anything other than sleep in the bed. Don’t watch tv, or be on a computer, or hang out. This is to help associate your brain that the bed is for sleeping.
-If I cant fall asleep within 15-30 mins I get up and do a small task. Again this is to associate sleep with the bed. If you lay there restless you’re brain associates the bed with not sleeping.
-I took 45 min naps at work on my lunch break for awhile. Just enough to give some energy but not too long to disrupt being tired at bedtime.
-I generally agree with the no tv or computer or phone 30 mins - 1 hour before bedtime. The light and content can keep our mind active but everyone is different. I will sometimes put a familiar show (something I’ve watched many many times) on the laptop in our room and dim the brightness to 1% and lower the volume to where it’s white noise and I can’t really make out the words. I find it so easy to fall asleep on the couch instead of my bed so this kind of mimics it without having the volume loud or too much light.
-Having a ritual for bedtime. This is the one I struggle with the most bc I can be lazy but if I do the same things before bed I start associating it and get sleepy.
Also you are amazing for saving that person so much money. It’s the extra effort and caring that make the world better. |
@Don_Slade: First of all, you're a really cool dude. 470$ is is like a third of their monthly income for some people.
Second, I'm excited about the weather and that I was able to ride my motorcycle again. Where I'm riding, it's a custom to greet other bikers, but some only greet "their kind"(sports and motocross riders only greet their own, I personally don't greet motocross because they're mostly assholes). _But_ a man looking like he's part of ZZ-Top riding one of the cooles Harley's I've seen greeted me, so that was awesome!
@Salieri: | Heck, I just looked up how much 470$ would be in € and that is more than half of my wage after taxes. That's a month of rent and food for me. So it is definitely awesome to get that much money back! Though, I an't really get my head around the fact, that people have to pay that much money for medication. I myself am on two medications but I only have to pay 10€ every three month for those meds, so 200+ in a month would kill me!
Also, it's nice to get greeted by other motorists. I don't ride a bike but I used to travel with my parents in their RV and the RV people have that same custom to greet others. For some time we didn't have one of those bigger obvious RVs but a VW Bus. We didn't look like campers but we still greeted other RVs. They seldom greeted back, so when they did, it was always really nice, so I can totally understand how you feel! |
@jwonz_: Why do people need these trial cards to get the $15 price? Drug pricing doesn't make sense to me, it always seems horribly overpriced with 3rd party gimmicks to make it reasonable.
@CrazyPotatoes69: I only learned this was a thing today. In Australia we have nothing like this, coupons for prescription medicine??? wtf???
@Salieri: | Welcome to the American healthcare system! |
@Wendyokoopa22: Thank you. In the real world bubble wrap is becoming harder to pop
@Sevnfold: At my job there is rolls of "bubble wrap" that is bubble free. It's the same clear material but a hexagon pattern, like a beehive.
@tiorzol: Boo
@Salieri: | Bees dont boo, bees go bzzzz |
@Wendyokoopa22: Thank you. In the real world bubble wrap is becoming harder to pop
@Sevnfold: At my job there is rolls of "bubble wrap" that is bubble free. It's the same clear material but a hexagon pattern, like a beehive.
@Salieri: | That’s like a smartphone without a screen |
@Wendyokoopa22: Thank you. In the real world bubble wrap is becoming harder to pop
@Sevnfold: At my job there is rolls of "bubble wrap" that is bubble free. It's the same clear material but a hexagon pattern, like a beehive.
@Salieri: | Yo you gotta twist those ones! Just keep twisting and at some point it will pop! Wayyyyy louder too |
@frankstrashcan: Holy shit. I popped the shit out of that.
@Salieri: | The save button works as a reset if you want to do it again! |
@frankstrashcan: Holy shit. I popped the shit out of that.
@TBNecksnapper: Do they all pop? Is there any particular one you'd recommend trying to pop?
@Salieri: | They are all the same |
@funkalpaca: Now if it only had the sounds to go with it...
@Salieri: | pop |
@Brikandbones: Like a grown adult, I popped a dick shape.
@Pillo_Dj: (Y) S( )ame
@Salieri: | I see you are a man of culture as well |
@Brikandbones: Like a grown adult, I popped a dick shape.
@Salieri: | I popped the word "fuck" |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@I_need_proof: This is why I put subtitles on for everything. If you ask me “dynamic range” sounds like a fancy way of saying “we didn’t want to master the audio”.
@criesatpixarmovies: My partner is HOH and when we first started dating subtitles were like “omg this is everything I’ve been missing in my life.”
@Salieri: | it took me way to long to understand why you were calling yoru partner a hoh |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@I_need_proof: This is why I put subtitles on for everything. If you ask me “dynamic range” sounds like a fancy way of saying “we didn’t want to master the audio”.
@criesatpixarmovies: My partner is HOH and when we first started dating subtitles were like “omg this is everything I’ve been missing in my life.”
@JohnnyRelentless: I too, want to live High On the Hog.
@Salieri: | Actually that’s kind of legit. It’s amazing what you can focus on when there are few sounds to distract you. |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@I_need_proof: This is why I put subtitles on for everything. If you ask me “dynamic range” sounds like a fancy way of saying “we didn’t want to master the audio”.
@criesatpixarmovies: My partner is HOH and when we first started dating subtitles were like “omg this is everything I’ve been missing in my life.”
@Salieri: | HOH means hard of hearing it took me a while just use your words kids |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@I_need_proof: This is why I put subtitles on for everything. If you ask me “dynamic range” sounds like a fancy way of saying “we didn’t want to master the audio”.
@criesatpixarmovies: My partner is HOH and when we first started dating subtitles were like “omg this is everything I’ve been missing in my life.”
@KayotiK82: Same. The GF had tubes as a child, so her hearing is supposedly that of an old lady now lol. But when we first started dating, always needed CC. Now I always use them even when she is not watching. Only time I remove is during sports.
@Salieri: | Lol. Same! The “ominous music” or whatever is some of the best accidental comedy ever.
Plus there’s no “what’d Jeff Goldum say?” moment.. |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@I_need_proof: This is why I put subtitles on for everything. If you ask me “dynamic range” sounds like a fancy way of saying “we didn’t want to master the audio”.
@criesatpixarmovies: My partner is HOH and when we first started dating subtitles were like “omg this is everything I’ve been missing in my life.”
@Salieri: | HOH? Do you mean hard of hearing? Why would you use that abbreviation, it doesn't help at all lol. |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@I_need_proof: This is why I put subtitles on for everything. If you ask me “dynamic range” sounds like a fancy way of saying “we didn’t want to master the audio”.
@criesatpixarmovies: My partner is HOH and when we first started dating subtitles were like “omg this is everything I’ve been missing in my life.”
@Salieri: | It's kinda polite to explain what your abbreviations mean. |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@I_need_proof: This is why I put subtitles on for everything. If you ask me “dynamic range” sounds like a fancy way of saying “we didn’t want to master the audio”.
@criesatpixarmovies: My partner is HOH and when we first started dating subtitles were like “omg this is everything I’ve been missing in my life.”
@Salieri: | Heart of house? |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@I_need_proof: This is why I put subtitles on for everything. If you ask me “dynamic range” sounds like a fancy way of saying “we didn’t want to master the audio”.
@clock_watcher: This isn’t true, but the Dynamic Range that home releases are mastered at are not what the typical viewer will have at home.
Home releases typically have their audio mastered for listening at “reference level” which is 75dB for the quietest parts and 105dB for the loudest. That’s really fucking loud. 85dB is the point where exposure to that volume gives you permanent hearing damage.
When you do listen to film at reference (or just very loud) volumes, the quite parts are LOUD and the loud parts make your head feel like it’s going to explode.
So when you turn down the volume so the loud parts don’t shake pictures off your walls, the quiet bits are now too quiet.
There are only two things you can do. One is holding the remote and constant tweaking the volume between speech and action.
The other is to have an media player, AVR or decent soundbar with dynamic range compression (DRC). It flattens the dynamic range so when you listen at a volume where the dialogue is loud enough, the CRASH BANG EXPLODE parts are only slightly louder.
The best DRC I’ve heard are on Denon and Marantz AVRs as they use Audyssey’s Dynamic Volume feature which works amazingly well. Since changing my AVR to an Audyssey one, the days of volume juggling are over.
@greatspacegibbon: Compression is a godsend. Going to the cinema shouldn't be an assault on my eardrums. I don't need explosions to be actual volume.
@Salieri: | Speak for yourself, for me that's literally the only thing that makes the cinema a unique enjoyable experience, I couldn't care less about how big the picture is |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@I_need_proof: This is why I put subtitles on for everything. If you ask me “dynamic range” sounds like a fancy way of saying “we didn’t want to master the audio”.
@clock_watcher: This isn’t true, but the Dynamic Range that home releases are mastered at are not what the typical viewer will have at home.
Home releases typically have their audio mastered for listening at “reference level” which is 75dB for the quietest parts and 105dB for the loudest. That’s really fucking loud. 85dB is the point where exposure to that volume gives you permanent hearing damage.
When you do listen to film at reference (or just very loud) volumes, the quite parts are LOUD and the loud parts make your head feel like it’s going to explode.
So when you turn down the volume so the loud parts don’t shake pictures off your walls, the quiet bits are now too quiet.
There are only two things you can do. One is holding the remote and constant tweaking the volume between speech and action.
The other is to have an media player, AVR or decent soundbar with dynamic range compression (DRC). It flattens the dynamic range so when you listen at a volume where the dialogue is loud enough, the CRASH BANG EXPLODE parts are only slightly louder.
The best DRC I’ve heard are on Denon and Marantz AVRs as they use Audyssey’s Dynamic Volume feature which works amazingly well. Since changing my AVR to an Audyssey one, the days of volume juggling are over.
@queerkidxx: Or just go with subtitles and refuse to even entertain the idea of getting expensive sound gear(I am completely happy with my tv’s speakers and really don’t want to get used to anything better and be cursed with buying expensive speakers)
@Salieri: | Home viewers shouldn’t have to be forced to choose between subtitles or volume. Broadcast and streaming services should have reduced dynamic range by default, with an additional high dynamic range mix for enthusiasts. One way would be to mix the stereo track for lower volumes / TV speakers and keep the DD+ surround mix mastered for home theatre which is sometimes done.
I’m certainly in the home theatre enthusiast camp. A decent audio setup is an amazing thing, not just for films, but TV, games and music too. I can’t recommend dipping into decent audio enough. But strongly feel it shouldn’t been required to enjoy TV. |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@I_need_proof: This is why I put subtitles on for everything. If you ask me “dynamic range” sounds like a fancy way of saying “we didn’t want to master the audio”.
@clock_watcher: This isn’t true, but the Dynamic Range that home releases are mastered at are not what the typical viewer will have at home.
Home releases typically have their audio mastered for listening at “reference level” which is 75dB for the quietest parts and 105dB for the loudest. That’s really fucking loud. 85dB is the point where exposure to that volume gives you permanent hearing damage.
When you do listen to film at reference (or just very loud) volumes, the quite parts are LOUD and the loud parts make your head feel like it’s going to explode.
So when you turn down the volume so the loud parts don’t shake pictures off your walls, the quiet bits are now too quiet.
There are only two things you can do. One is holding the remote and constant tweaking the volume between speech and action.
The other is to have an media player, AVR or decent soundbar with dynamic range compression (DRC). It flattens the dynamic range so when you listen at a volume where the dialogue is loud enough, the CRASH BANG EXPLODE parts are only slightly louder.
The best DRC I’ve heard are on Denon and Marantz AVRs as they use Audyssey’s Dynamic Volume feature which works amazingly well. Since changing my AVR to an Audyssey one, the days of volume juggling are over.
@Salieri: | There’s one more option. You put a compressor on the mix so you bring down the louder parts to a level close to the quieter parts, without sacrificing overall volume. |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@I_need_proof: This is why I put subtitles on for everything. If you ask me “dynamic range” sounds like a fancy way of saying “we didn’t want to master the audio”.
@clock_watcher: This isn’t true, but the Dynamic Range that home releases are mastered at are not what the typical viewer will have at home.
Home releases typically have their audio mastered for listening at “reference level” which is 75dB for the quietest parts and 105dB for the loudest. That’s really fucking loud. 85dB is the point where exposure to that volume gives you permanent hearing damage.
When you do listen to film at reference (or just very loud) volumes, the quite parts are LOUD and the loud parts make your head feel like it’s going to explode.
So when you turn down the volume so the loud parts don’t shake pictures off your walls, the quiet bits are now too quiet.
There are only two things you can do. One is holding the remote and constant tweaking the volume between speech and action.
The other is to have an media player, AVR or decent soundbar with dynamic range compression (DRC). It flattens the dynamic range so when you listen at a volume where the dialogue is loud enough, the CRASH BANG EXPLODE parts are only slightly louder.
The best DRC I’ve heard are on Denon and Marantz AVRs as they use Audyssey’s Dynamic Volume feature which works amazingly well. Since changing my AVR to an Audyssey one, the days of volume juggling are over.
@Lilz007: I have a Denon with Audyssey, and I just can't get the audio right. I hate it, and it's driving me nuts. i need to have another stab at trying to fix it, but it's just so frustrating. I really miss my Onkyo, audio control on that was superb
@Salieri: | What problems are you having? Happy to try and help. |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@I_need_proof: This is why I put subtitles on for everything. If you ask me “dynamic range” sounds like a fancy way of saying “we didn’t want to master the audio”.
@DietUnicornFarts: It’s the mix, not an issue with mastering. And dynamic range refers to the difference in volume between the softer and louder sounds. I agree that the “loud” points are waaaaaaaay too loud in comparison to softer dialogue in a lot of these films. The mixer is trying to make the audience “lean in” too much - so now all the loud events are practically brain rattling.
@enderflight: I’ve found it’s often because the default mix (and often the only one) is for five point (or however many point) systems and not the 2 point ones most people have.
Seriously, it defaults to assuming you’re bougie and have a whole home sound system when most people just have the speakers that come with the tv. If you can switch it from 5 or 7 or whatever to the smallest number you can (2 or 2.1 iirc) then the mix is actually fine and you can hear dialogue and action without either being too loud or too soft.
It’s just buried in settings and defaults back to the surround sound setting every time, so most people don’t know about it.
@Salieri: | It really depends - there are a lot of shows that are folded down to stereo audio by default, and yes, their dynamic range is reduced as channels are summed. Also, most dialogue is sent to the center channel in a theater codec, so folded down to stereo, it’s equally pushed in the left and right speakers, making it louder. |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@I_need_proof: This is why I put subtitles on for everything. If you ask me “dynamic range” sounds like a fancy way of saying “we didn’t want to master the audio”.
@Salieri: | Not to terribly long ago I was googling a horror movie that I really liked but hadn't seen in years after watching it and realizing there were two options for watching it: eardrum-bursting with audible speech, or 90% silent and 10% still loud. Found someone asking the same question I had, (basically, is there any way to change the audio of the damn movie so I can actually watch it), and found that every response to the post was like "how could you even consider changing the audio??? That's what the creator intended, how could destroy their vision????"
If the audio designer's vision was that I couldn't hear any plot, only jumpscares, he needs to never work on another movie again. |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@I_need_proof: This is why I put subtitles on for everything. If you ask me “dynamic range” sounds like a fancy way of saying “we didn’t want to master the audio”.
@mad_science: I have shitty hearing but I haaaaate subtitles because they ruin the delivery of the lines.
@KaijuCuddlebug: Oh my god thiiiiis. Bonus points for if the "subtitle" track is really just closed captions with big blocks of descriptive text and whole paragraphs that haven't been spoken yet.
@Salieri: | What gets me is "Speaks in French", like wtf, you have ONE-JOB. |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@I_need_proof: This is why I put subtitles on for everything. If you ask me “dynamic range” sounds like a fancy way of saying “we didn’t want to master the audio”.
@Salieri: | I totally agree. I freaking hate dynamic range.
Normal dialog : turns volume up to 50 because I can't hear
Immediately after : large extremely loud explosion with car accidents and opera ladies singing
Me: fuck.... |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@I_need_proof: This is why I put subtitles on for everything. If you ask me “dynamic range” sounds like a fancy way of saying “we didn’t want to master the audio”.
@The_Prince1513: My fiancee prefers this but I just can't do it. Or rather, I hate watching movies with subtitles when it's in English. I can't not read them and I always find my eyes drifting to the text rather than focusing on the actors.
@Salieri: | You will get used to it eventually I used to have an ex with hearing issues and got used to subtitles surprisingly quick and now I can’t live with out them |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@I_need_proof: This is why I put subtitles on for everything. If you ask me “dynamic range” sounds like a fancy way of saying “we didn’t want to master the audio”.
@Salieri: | Let's just drive it straight into a limiter then huh? I'm sure this will sound great. |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@Salieri: | You can't hear them but you can easily make out the sound of them swallowing
Fucking annoying, movies, get your shit together |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@Salieri: | I noticed this the other day. The silverware was so loud it was almost gross. |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@mojomcm: Also when the background music is louder than the dialogue! So annoying!
@Salieri: | The dialogue is the quietest part too! I can’t believe how bad it’s gotten. |
@JOExHIGASHI: I hate it when I can't hear their voices but the clinking and clanging of their silverware on the plates during dinner is too loud
@Salieri: | lazy mix engineers i’m telling u |
@TinyRainSpirit: There are so many tv shows that have never been shown in theaters but still sound like their audio is mixed specifically for that
@Lmb1011: That and how many shows are filmed in what I can only assume is a Dark Room based on how much I CANNOT SEE anything going on in the scene now matter how much I mess with the settings on my TV
@socratessue: And everything, every fucking thing is gray. Or that weird blue-gray. I can not tell what the fuck is happening. I can't distinguish one character from another.
Is it just me?
@Lmb1011: Not just you. I loathe it. Back when I watched Riverdale, they are notorious for both the very dark scenes and the blue filters, I read a Buzzfeed recap and they included a screenshot and they even said “the scene is actually this dark I didn’t edit this” and you just can barely even tell who’s in the scene. It’s ridiculous and I don’t know why it’s so popular.
I think Midsommar showed you can have a tense and scary setting in broad fucking daylight so can people please start using lights in TV shows and movies again. Dark =/= suspenseful.
@Salieri: | Oh, its not that you can't have a scary/tense scene in broad daylight.
Its that it takes a bit of talent, skill, fore-thought and finesse to make it work. And most television shows especially (though films are not exempt!) hire the absolute bottom-of-the-barrel writers and directors. Not to mention clueless show-runners, and actors that are hired because they have a particular look rather than any acting talent.
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Its cheap and easy to create some fake mood with some filters, some darkness, maybe a sudden WAY TOO LOUD explosion to make the audience jump and get the heart racing. No skill or vision required.
You can absolutely do without any of that! . . . But then you have to be good at your job. |
@TinyRainSpirit: There are so many tv shows that have never been shown in theaters but still sound like their audio is mixed specifically for that
@Lmb1011: That and how many shows are filmed in what I can only assume is a Dark Room based on how much I CANNOT SEE anything going on in the scene now matter how much I mess with the settings on my TV
@socratessue: And everything, every fucking thing is gray. Or that weird blue-gray. I can not tell what the fuck is happening. I can't distinguish one character from another.
Is it just me?
@WalterBishRedLicrish: Definitely not just you. Two shows come to mind that I had to stop watching because of the blue filter:
1. The Expanse, which everyone said was so up my alley I'd be glued to my screen for a week. The story really is and I'm curious to read it, but that fuckin blue. Everywhere! It's like there's no warmth to the world they created and so everything must be blue, even their skins.
2. Ozark. First episode, noticed it right away. Couldn't go on. Fucking blue.
@Salieri: | it's like there's no warmth to the world they created
Yes because it's a grimdark show set in space lol |
@TinyRainSpirit: There are so many tv shows that have never been shown in theaters but still sound like their audio is mixed specifically for that
@Lmb1011: That and how many shows are filmed in what I can only assume is a Dark Room based on how much I CANNOT SEE anything going on in the scene now matter how much I mess with the settings on my TV
@socratessue: And everything, every fucking thing is gray. Or that weird blue-gray. I can not tell what the fuck is happening. I can't distinguish one character from another.
Is it just me?
@WalterBishRedLicrish: Definitely not just you. Two shows come to mind that I had to stop watching because of the blue filter:
1. The Expanse, which everyone said was so up my alley I'd be glued to my screen for a week. The story really is and I'm curious to read it, but that fuckin blue. Everywhere! It's like there's no warmth to the world they created and so everything must be blue, even their skins.
2. Ozark. First episode, noticed it right away. Couldn't go on. Fucking blue.
@Salieri: | I finally understand now why I couldn't watch the Expanse even though I was really getting into it. That fucking blue light arg |
@TinyRainSpirit: There are so many tv shows that have never been shown in theaters but still sound like their audio is mixed specifically for that
@Lmb1011: That and how many shows are filmed in what I can only assume is a Dark Room based on how much I CANNOT SEE anything going on in the scene now matter how much I mess with the settings on my TV
@Salieri: | That I think is often just a way to cheat spending time on choreography, where the emotional impact of the scene would be ruined if we could actually see what the actors were doing, but thats just my hot take |
@TinyRainSpirit: There are so many tv shows that have never been shown in theaters but still sound like their audio is mixed specifically for that
@Lmb1011: That and how many shows are filmed in what I can only assume is a Dark Room based on how much I CANNOT SEE anything going on in the scene now matter how much I mess with the settings on my TV
@Salieri: | One of my favourite restaurants has the worst lighting unfortunately.
They’d say it’s “mood lighting”, I’d say it’s dimly lit at best.
The food is dope though so I have to get over it. |
@TinyRainSpirit: There are so many tv shows that have never been shown in theaters but still sound like their audio is mixed specifically for that
@Lmb1011: That and how many shows are filmed in what I can only assume is a Dark Room based on how much I CANNOT SEE anything going on in the scene now matter how much I mess with the settings on my TV
@Salieri: | Always wondered if it was my TV settings or my vision. Glad to read it’s not just me. |
@TinyRainSpirit: There are so many tv shows that have never been shown in theaters but still sound like their audio is mixed specifically for that
@Lmb1011: That and how many shows are filmed in what I can only assume is a Dark Room based on how much I CANNOT SEE anything going on in the scene now matter how much I mess with the settings on my TV
@Salieri: | I just finished Shadow and Bone, and yes, darkness is a major element of the story, but I was starting to get pretty annoyed with some of the scenes. |
@TinyRainSpirit: There are so many tv shows that have never been shown in theaters but still sound like their audio is mixed specifically for that
@AttackPug: I don't really mess with home theater but every time this problem is brought up the typical reply is to check your sound settings.
A typical stereo TV should be set to deliver stereo, you have to make sure it's not on surround sound by some sort of default. If it is, the system is expecting a center channel, which it will dedicate to dialogue, as well as a bunch of surround speakers, which is where loud booms and ambient noise like clinking silverware goes.
If the system is expecting surround but is given actual stereo, then there is no speaker for its dialogue, except for what they allowed into the surround channels, which means the dialogue is super quiet, but then the rest of the sounds are crazy loud because you've cranked the volume trying to hear the dialogue.
I think a surround system set to stereo won't be as much of an issue, though.
I only said all that in case somebody reading this realizes they might have some settings to tweak, though.
The problem is so persistent that I don't think most people are doing something wrong, they just mix movies shitty for home release.
@Salieri: | I have the same dialog issues with my 5.1 reciever running in nearly every configuration. Setting the center channel set 3dB louder than the rest just about compensates. |
@TinyRainSpirit: There are so many tv shows that have never been shown in theaters but still sound like their audio is mixed specifically for that
@AttackPug: I don't really mess with home theater but every time this problem is brought up the typical reply is to check your sound settings.
A typical stereo TV should be set to deliver stereo, you have to make sure it's not on surround sound by some sort of default. If it is, the system is expecting a center channel, which it will dedicate to dialogue, as well as a bunch of surround speakers, which is where loud booms and ambient noise like clinking silverware goes.
If the system is expecting surround but is given actual stereo, then there is no speaker for its dialogue, except for what they allowed into the surround channels, which means the dialogue is super quiet, but then the rest of the sounds are crazy loud because you've cranked the volume trying to hear the dialogue.
I think a surround system set to stereo won't be as much of an issue, though.
I only said all that in case somebody reading this realizes they might have some settings to tweak, though.
The problem is so persistent that I don't think most people are doing something wrong, they just mix movies shitty for home release.
@Salieri: | Everything is mixed shitty. Watch any show designed for streaming, like a Netflix original or Disney's new Marvel shows — it's still garbage. Ain't got nothing to do with fancy 5.1 TV setups. They just refuse to do volume levelling because "art" or some idiotic shit. |
@TinyRainSpirit: There are so many tv shows that have never been shown in theaters but still sound like their audio is mixed specifically for that
@AttackPug: I don't really mess with home theater but every time this problem is brought up the typical reply is to check your sound settings.
A typical stereo TV should be set to deliver stereo, you have to make sure it's not on surround sound by some sort of default. If it is, the system is expecting a center channel, which it will dedicate to dialogue, as well as a bunch of surround speakers, which is where loud booms and ambient noise like clinking silverware goes.
If the system is expecting surround but is given actual stereo, then there is no speaker for its dialogue, except for what they allowed into the surround channels, which means the dialogue is super quiet, but then the rest of the sounds are crazy loud because you've cranked the volume trying to hear the dialogue.
I think a surround system set to stereo won't be as much of an issue, though.
I only said all that in case somebody reading this realizes they might have some settings to tweak, though.
The problem is so persistent that I don't think most people are doing something wrong, they just mix movies shitty for home release.
@TinyRainSpirit: To be honest I've only seen a home theater once in my life.
I pirate my all my movies and watch them on a laptop in my bed, so the only thing that important to me is if I can make out what the characters are saying
@Salieri: | I have this problem with my TV sans speakers as well. Basically play jumprope with the volume between action scenes. |
@TinyRainSpirit: There are so many tv shows that have never been shown in theaters but still sound like their audio is mixed specifically for that
@AttackPug: I don't really mess with home theater but every time this problem is brought up the typical reply is to check your sound settings.
A typical stereo TV should be set to deliver stereo, you have to make sure it's not on surround sound by some sort of default. If it is, the system is expecting a center channel, which it will dedicate to dialogue, as well as a bunch of surround speakers, which is where loud booms and ambient noise like clinking silverware goes.
If the system is expecting surround but is given actual stereo, then there is no speaker for its dialogue, except for what they allowed into the surround channels, which means the dialogue is super quiet, but then the rest of the sounds are crazy loud because you've cranked the volume trying to hear the dialogue.
I think a surround system set to stereo won't be as much of an issue, though.
I only said all that in case somebody reading this realizes they might have some settings to tweak, though.
The problem is so persistent that I don't think most people are doing something wrong, they just mix movies shitty for home release.
@TinyRainSpirit: To be honest I've only seen a home theater once in my life.
I pirate my all my movies and watch them on a laptop in my bed, so the only thing that important to me is if I can make out what the characters are saying
@SureTrash: Tip: Use VLC to watch the movie, set Audio > Stereo Mode to "Stereo," and possibly mess with the equalizer if you need to. That should solve it. If your laptop speaker is particularly bad and/or just one speaker, try setting it to "Mono" instead so it plays every track through the same speaker.
@Salieri: | Thank you, I never even thought to see what mono would sound like on my laptop |