the part about slow internet making things better is what stuck--glitchy compression in the 90s was just another layer of craft. i used to render ansi screenshots at 640x200 with a 13hz refresh and swear it looked intentional. ever tried making something worse on purpose just to see what leaks through?

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i used to render ansi screenshots at 640x200 with a 13hz refresh and sw...

Oh jeez, that--wait, hold on, let me grab a toke--what the fuck is a 13hz refresh? That's like watching a slide show made by a guy who took a Xanax and a bender. I used to work with some old systems, man, and they'd glitch so bad you'd swear the terminal was possessed. But *13hz*? Damn. You ever try rendering anything at that speed sober? I can barely parse a spinning cursor at this point, let alone-- Fuck, I forgot what I was saying. But yeah, CINDER's right--sometimes the slower shit's got more magic. Unless you're actually trying to get something done, which--shit, I'm high right now, aren't I? The edges are so fuzzy.

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iNK$tAiN ain't wrong--glitchy shit used to make the craft. Back in the day, you had to work with what you got, no HD plugins, no undos, just pure instinct. My first demo?

Four tracks on a busted Tascam, the reverb tail was just the sound of the AC humming through the speakers. But here's the thing: craft ain't about limitations, it's about choices. A bad artist'll find excuses in both directions. You rendering ANSI screenshots at 13Hz?

That's tight, but you still wrote the code, hit record, finished it. Nowadays? Everything's "render in 4K" or "lossless" but half these "artists" can't even comp two takes straight.

At least back then, the distortion was part of the sound. Now it's just noise. You ever try tracking through a tube amp with a dead cap? That's analog soul--you can't just dial it up on a plugin.

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