The Syndicate

"the great thing about Plato is that he had no doctrines."

Trees have no doctrines. Turnips are singularly broad minded.

^ I greatly prefer trees to Aristotle and I don't think I'm the only one.

I learned a new song:

thellama73 wrote:I learned a new song:

Wow, that last line is a doozy.

thellama73 wrote:I learned a new song:

That was brilliant, and brilliantly performed.

Yes, more please. We need a talent show thread.

Mongoose wrote:Yes, more please. We need a talent show thread.

I wrote a short song last year about the self-absorption of today's youth. Maybe I'll record it and share.

Seriously, 217 selfies on Instagram?

Epignosis wrote:

Mongoose wrote:Yes, more please. We need a talent show thread.

I wrote a short song last year about the self-absorption of today's youth. Maybe I'll record it and share.

Seriously, 217 selfies on Instagram?

Wait who has 217 of those on Instagram? Also, I don't get Instagram at all.

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This is my voice in Finnish k: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0VWtFdFH0GX

Vompatti wrote:This is my voice in Finnish k: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0VWtFdFH0GX

1. Is that for real your voice? You didn't just record some famous Finnish actor, right?

2. If so, it's much deeper than I thought!

3. Did you say "American" a couple of times? Not to be ethnocentric.

What a lovely language.. Despite being quite flat in intonation, there's a real music to it.

Mongoose wrote:

Vompatti wrote:This is my voice in Finnish k: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0VWtFdFH0GX

1. Is that for real your voice? You didn't just record some famous Finnish actor, right?

2. If so, it's much deeper than I thought!

3. Did you say "American" a couple of times? Not to be ethnocentric.

1. Yes, it is.

2. I've always thought it's not nearly as deep as I'd like it to be.

3. Yes, I did. Rough translation of the text follows:

Maps before Columbus tell us the embarrassing and confusing fact that travel across the ocean to South America, for example, was known well before the "discovery of America". What they tell us at school is based on medieval rumours. At that time maps depicted the known world in the middle, and in the margins they painted sea monsters and hurricanes to warn us of regions we could not know anything about. On the other hand it is somewhat tragic to live in the present, when maps have hardly any white spots on them.

Vompatti wrote:

Mongoose wrote:

Vompatti wrote:This is my voice in Finnish k: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0VWtFdFH0GX

1. Is that for real your voice? You didn't just record some famous Finnish actor, right?

2. If so, it's much deeper than I thought!

3. Did you say "American" a couple of times? Not to be ethnocentric.

1. Yes, it is.

2. I've always thought it's not nearly as deep as I'd like it to be.

3. Yes, I did. Rough translation of the text follows:

Maps before Columbus tell us the embarrassing and confusing fact that travel across the ocean to South America, for example, was known well before the "discovery of America". What they tell us at school is based on medieval rumours. At that time maps depicted the known world in the middle, and in the margins they painted sea monsters and hurricanes to warn us of regions we could not know anything about. On the other hand it is somewhat tragic to live in the present, when maps have hardly any white spots on them.

I love it! Thanks for doing that.

Vompatti wrote:This is my voice in Finnish k: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0VWtFdFH0GX

I think your voice is a bit more suited for gibberishfinnish than it is for English.

A Person wrote:

Vompatti wrote:This is my voice in Finnish k: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0VWtFdFH0GX

I think your voice is a bit more suited for gibberishfinnish than it is for English.

ture

thellama73 wrote:I learned a new song:

Wonderful.

That was very very nice, Llamster!

Now, the finno-ugric group has some of the most barbaric sounding languages I've ever had the 'privilege' of hearing, but dayum! I have no idea what you've read, Vomps, butt I think you've just made Finnish sound unexpectedly pretty. Wow! :OooOo

Lizzy wrote:That was very very nice, Llamster!

Now, the finno-ugric group has some of the most barbaric sounding languages I've ever had the 'privilege' of hearing, but dayum! I have no idea what you've read, Vomps, butt I think you've just made Finnish sound unexpectedly pretty. Wow! :OooOo

Seriously. He is like the Gael Garcia Bernal or Antonio Banderas of Finland.

omg rly, q.m. : OOoo oo

Mongoose wrote:

Lizzy wrote:That was very very nice, Llamster!

Now, the finno-ugric group has some of the most barbaric sounding languages I've ever had the 'privilege' of hearing, but dayum! I have no idea what you've read, Vomps, butt I think you've just made Finnish sound unexpectedly pretty. Wow! :OooOo

Seriously. He is like the Gael Garcia Bernal or Antonio Banderas of Finland.

I had to google the former and I dislike the latter for no real reason. So... no! :P

Vompatti wrote:omg rly, q.m. : OOoo oo

omg yus

You should also do one in Swedish. :O

Lizzy wrote:

Vompatti wrote:omg rly, q.m. : OOoo oo

omg yus

You should also do one in Swedish. :O

I was going to butt then I rememembmmered I barely know any Swedish k

Vompatti wrote:

Lizzy wrote:

Vompatti wrote:omg rly, q.m. : OOoo oo

omg yus

You should also do one in Swedish. :O

I was going to butt then I rememembmmered I barely know any Swedish k

Lizzy wrote:That was very very nice, Llamster!

Now, the finno-ugric group has some of the most barbaric sounding languages I've ever had the 'privilege' of hearing, but dayum! I have no idea what you've read, Vomps, butt I think you've just made Finnish sound unexpectedly pretty. Wow! :OooOo

The only language I hate the sound of is Dutch. Oh, and Spanish.

I love Dutch!

I also dislike Spanish. It sounds extremely dirty for some reason. I'm also not a fan of the Portuguese they speak in Brazil for the same reason.

I odn't like spanish either. But I was also forced through a year of it in high school

LIZZZY!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE NEVER ALLOWED TO TAKE THIS DOWN!!! I WANT TO LISTEN TO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!!!

you so do not sound like you are about to kick the bucket. You sound beautiful. I love love love love it.

Lizzy wrote:

Vompatti wrote:

Lizzy wrote:

Vompatti wrote:omg lizzy your voice is very pleasant and intriguing butt not at all how I expected it to be k :O

also, that piece of text does seem vaguely familiar k

omg thanks butt what did you expect q.m. also, i'm usually more high-pitched, but now i'm kaput k

also, you sound like you'd speak very pretty Swedish k ^___^

omg k, it's diffifcult to desccribibe butt i think i expected something less soft and more pointy if that makes any sense k

also, i wouldn't mind speaking pretty swedsih kk

hmmm maybe it'll make sum torommo k

also, you should record sumthing in both finnish and swedish k

I agree with these thoughts k?

Come on, bea. Let's hear ya!

thellama73 wrote:I learned a new song:

love it!!!

Vompatti wrote:This is my voice in Finnish k: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0VWtFdFH0GX

this was quite beautiful.

Epignosis wrote:Come on, bea. Let's hear ya!

I don't have a mic k?

Epignosis wrote:Come on, bea. Let's hear ya!

Yeah, everyone's doing it! Hell, even Vompers did it!

see above... .also my voice sucks it.

Call me.

On second thought, we'd probably see your number and be like, "Not answering. Telemarketer or debt collector."

If you call on skype you'd know who it is.

Oh my god, so awesome! I loved getting to hear all of you, Vomps, llama (even your fake accent), Mongoose, and Lizzy! So cool.

Very nice song, llama. Vomps, your voice is absolutely badass; I am jealous. Mongoose and Lizzy, both very nice!

Thanks, MP! Your turn next. I keep listening to mine and agonizing over how I said "cantata" like I'm Super Fancy NPR Nancy. Oops.

MovingPictures07 wrote:A few of you already know my voice, but for those of you who don't:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0aVw3f16CqR

Not the best, but whatever! Cool website find, DP, this was an awesome idea. You and LT both sound splendid! It is definitely neat to match the voice behind the text.

Bump.

And I can't listen to my voice on recording; I hate listening to myself and seeing pictures of myself. It's gotten a bit more tolerable in recent years, but I still prefer not to.

MovingPictures07 wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:A few of you already know my voice, but for those of you who don't:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0aVw3f16CqR

Not the best, but whatever! Cool website find, DP, this was an awesome idea. You and LT both sound splendid! It is definitely neat to match the voice behind the text.

Bump.

And I can't listen to my voice on recording; I hate listening to myself and seeing pictures of myself. It's gotten a bit more tolerable in recent years, but I still prefer not to.

Thanks dude. I totally forgot I had listened to yours when I first came into this thread a month ago or so.


Cool idea, DP.

MovingPictures07 wrote: And I can't listen to my voice on recording; I hate listening to myself and seeing pictures of myself. It's gotten a bit more tolerable in recent years, but I still prefer not to.

I was that way for a long time. Now I'm more used to it, so I'm over it.

Epignosis wrote:Call me.

you pm me your phone number and a good time to call you and I totally would.

I want to hear Bea tooooooooootototooooooootoo!

The Sock is sooo Murkan sounding I can't even... Nice timbre though.

My voice is a little gruff today, so as promised to Lizzy (or was it Bea?), here is my scary little kid voice telling you a scary story:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1ku8YiEEkjL

Mongoose wrote:My voice is a little gruff today, so as promised to Lizzy (or was it Bea?), here is my scary little kid voice telling you a scary story:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1ku8YiEEkjL

I just let my kids listen to that.

Epignosis wrote:

Mongoose wrote:My voice is a little gruff today, so as promised to Lizzy (or was it Bea?), here is my scary little kid voice telling you a scary story:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1ku8YiEEkjL

I just let my kids listen to that.

OHMYGOD I am so sorry. Are they traumatized for life? I should have put a bigger disclaimer on it.

I am still freakin out that your poor kids heard that. I am SO sorry.

That was an entertaining story. :o

Also, you shouldn't feel too bad. I can't remember what it was, but I think I've posted something in the Shred Room that someone let their kids watch without knowing what it was either.