i'm not trying to tell anyone what to do, but my bluesky posts are intended to be viewed on a television. posts like this one take an extraordinary amount of time and effort to write, and when you read them on a phone or laptop you're kind of cheapening the experience - ThreadSky

oeskeide.bsky.social•130 days ago

Fine... I'll connect the Chromecast...

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connorlanewhite.bsky.social•131 days ago

Motion smoothing all the way up to really interpolate the posts?

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steveevelibertine.bsky.social•118 days ago

I only read skeets on a monochrome IBM monitor

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wildweasel486.bsky.social•131 days ago

i am ready for the pure Jon Bois posting experience

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wildweasel486.bsky.social•128 days ago

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thejemster.bsky.social•130 days ago

I don't know how to explain it but just looking at your room transported me back to the 90s

Nice room

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refreshingtime.bsky.social•131 days ago

absolutely wicked setup

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philadlj.bsky.social•131 days ago

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dfinberg.bsky.social•131 days ago

I just feel if you go to all that effort, you need a series of high quality posts. And we deserve one every other day, so 4 times a week.

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brianomite.bsky.social•131 days ago

Found the guy who starts his weeks on Monday

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hurtreynolds.bsky.social•131 days ago

Ugh I needed a trigger warning

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zacke.bsky.social•131 days ago

Hope you turned off the poast processing

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n10a.bsky.social•131 days ago

I can't believe you would mess with the artist's intentions by scaling the text. Clearly it's meant to be experienced at the default size!

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mrmodest.bsky.social•131 days ago

I feel terrible about this

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mrspotatodick.bsky.social•131 days ago

What about the screen on the back of an airplane seat

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condepaspalho.bsky.social•131 days ago

I actually do just that

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aikijohnny.bsky.social•131 days ago

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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emptymind.bsky.social•131 days ago

I am gonna rub butter all over this post. Mmm. Butter.

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88corbs.bsky.social•131 days ago

Approved Bluesky Viewing Device

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bluestreak.bsky.social•131 days ago

You’re damn right I am

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kaprika.bsky.social•130 days ago

Send me a TV then

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giknowbili.bsky.social•131 days ago

Fuckin Marty Boisese ovah here.

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owlinautumn.bsky.social•131 days ago

Setting up a ticker tape machine but it just prints out JBois posts

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powerfulhag.bsky.social•131 days ago

CRT tv or digital?

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bosh-talk.bsky.social•131 days ago

I just hold the phone real close to my face for your posts.

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skuvnar.bsky.social•131 days ago

Fuck you I read this on my watch just like the Irishman.

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feyh.bsky.social•131 days ago

I literally viewed it on a television and I am not willing to elaborate

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ogrekendrick.com•130 days ago

I like my experiences cheap.

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hareware.xyz•131 days ago

You say this as a joke but..

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2crtshtgnkss.bsky.social•131 days ago

on it boss🫡

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natosongs.bsky.social•131 days ago

Of course. Which is why I only see your posts inside a packed theater filled with an audience eager for the latest from our favorite auteur.

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kduffy.bsky.social•131 days ago

Any plans to release physical editions at some point?

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l10n.bsky.social•131 days ago

Maybe we can crowdfund a billboard campaign?

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shutupneff.bsky.social•131 days ago

I have a special widget on my beeper that pages me your blewskis (it calls Bluesky posts blewskis). Is that acceptable?

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kyultra.bsky.social•130 days ago

What if I print them out?

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overlordxkai.bsky.social•130 days ago

The only time being on Light Mode would make sense... Unless your printer allows you to invert black and white before print.

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bigkafka.bsky.social•131 days ago

How about a CRT monitor? Green& black

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borgmamel.bsky.social•131 days ago

turn off motion smoothing for these posts

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whimgruent.bsky.social•131 days ago

I'm on a desktop.

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heygiorgy.bsky.social•131 days ago

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alphaincipiens.bsky.social•131 days ago

It's such a sadness; to think you've read a post on your FUCKING PHONE.

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sinfulnoodles.bsky.social•130 days ago

So what you're saying is I need to boot up the Wii U...

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icksticko.bsky.social•131 days ago

Well, I do like my experiences cheap…

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folklandsgame.bsky.social•131 days ago

awesome, is it 4:3 or 16:9

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queridapatricia.bsky.social•130 days ago

🤣

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darkwaterphotos.bsky.social•131 days ago

I am a photographer 📸

How people view my images on their various devices isn't really my purview. It's appreciated when they do open them up full-screen.

I do the best I can with what I've got. 🤙

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bwoodward49.bsky.social•131 days ago

OK, let me try it on my 150 inch projector!
Hmm, seems the same.

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metusnocte.bsky.social•130 days ago

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cdndad.bsky.social•131 days ago

I heard that Netflix was thinking of picking them up.

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mental-chillness.bsky.social•131 days ago

How important is surround sound? 4K?

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ahhbees.bsky.social•131 days ago

is a galaxy nintendo 3ds an acceptable viewing device? please get back to me asap; experiencing boisdrawals

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marshmallowpie.bsky.social•131 days ago

Lucky for you my pc uses a TV for the monitor.

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leroc.bsky.social•131 days ago

Sorry

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could-try-harder.bsky.social•131 days ago

don't you worry my friend, I'm viewing on an imax screen

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bastiatt.bsky.social•131 days ago

Denis Villeneuve but make it BlueSky

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yuweiquan.bsky.social•131 days ago

Sorry about having my motion smoothing activated.

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ogdegenerate.bsky.social•130 days ago

This reads like a tumblr post

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borgly.bsky.social•131 days ago

The NTSC chroma bleed and CRT fringing evokes the proper mindset.

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drew4484.bsky.social•131 days ago

There's only one way to really read a post, IMO

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peppermintjack.bsky.social•131 days ago

i view bsky posts on a crt monitor the way god intended; 4:3 aspect ratio, 800 pixels wide and 600 pixels tall

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peppermintjack.bsky.social•131 days ago

and of course i hit F11 on that browser because when your monitor is only 16" you need to reclaim every bit of real estate that you can

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mental-chillness.bsky.social•131 days ago

How much better does it feel when the gaming monitor is curved?

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drew4484.bsky.social•131 days ago

Well it's great for reading posts, I can tell you that much. Very authentic.

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42.computer•131 days ago

Please only view my replies in the intended IMAX 3D

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black--cat.bsky.social•131 days ago

If it doesn't work well on a phone, it's not worth following because I don't have a television.

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andersen.bsky.social•130 days ago

You think you've seen my posts on a fucking telephone? Get real.

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dairyqueenslime.bsky.social•131 days ago

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mattnc.bsky.social•131 days ago

If I read them at work, no tv! Could you just write in a bigger font to help me out?

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cynickal.bsky.social•131 days ago

I too, am a cheap experience

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ssddftp.bsky.social•131 days ago

Don't sell yourself short. They should be viewed on a full theater screen with a Dolby atmos sound system.

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banjo99.bsky.social•131 days ago

Just like Scorsese films

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tiawolf424.bsky.social•131 days ago

I shall use the internet on my fire stick to witness your expertly crafted wordings on the flat screen in my living room.

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snowmonkey78.bsky.social•131 days ago

I’ve been using text to speech and then putting the skeets to vinyl (skeetle EP). They’re horrific.

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caseker.bsky.social•131 days ago

I have to cheapen it cause money's tight these days

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blueghostskater.com•131 days ago

Wow. How much of a simpleton do you have to be in order to forget that sound quality is where the real effort is required.

Projectionists.
Turn. It. Up.

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marthalondon.bsky.social•131 days ago

I now use the traditional method of having minions write your posts on frogs, but have to say that they have not been making much sense since.

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tapekeep.bsky.social•131 days ago

I'm lazy enough to plug my computer into a TV and use it lying down in bed, so mission accomplished, I've read your post in 4K HDR

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petestaiano.com•131 days ago

I only view this website using webTV

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dktrstrangelove.bsky.social•131 days ago

Having briefly done tech support for webTV in 1998… You have my sympathies. 🫡

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cyberwolf.bsky.social•130 days ago

I rated this a 4.1 out of 10 on IMDb

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one-steve-to-go.bsky.social•130 days ago

Your posts are like DOOM, they’re intended for screens but it’s amazing where we can view them

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fightingbaseball94.bsky.social•131 days ago

Up until now I had only been accessing your posts through airplane seat back screens. This changes everything.

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kaytheory.bsky.social•131 days ago

You're already at the part of Dadhood where you become a nerd for the home theater setup

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mikrae.bsky.social•131 days ago

what about with a transparency on an overhead projector

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fpsaddiction.bsky.social•123 days ago

is a projector acceptable?

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dawg-yb0ne.bsky.social•131 days ago

Damn, let me see if I can jailbreak my workplace TV screen then. 🤔

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aurrrelio.bsky.social•130 days ago

would a projector ruin the experience or make it better?

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jaredshane.bsky.social•131 days ago

What if my phone is worth more than my tv?

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innovirtuoso.bsky.social•131 days ago

Hello, I print out all your posts and hang them on my walls. I'm not weird, I'm respectful.

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ccraigmillar.bsky.social•131 days ago

Wait, are you telling me I can stop viewing them on an IMAX screen?

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smallupsetter.bsky.social•131 days ago

Are you really gonna make me turn on my PS4??

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semiprowizard.bsky.social•131 days ago

what about multiple high-definition monitors

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tortopraesquerda.bsky.social•131 days ago

My laptop setup includes an auxiliar monitor that's actually a TV. Is that good enough?

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spacetwinks.bsky.social•131 days ago

i know i bust out my smart tv lap keyboard for reading bluesky posts for the maximum and authentic post experience, and also to watch the mr. bean cartoon on tubi with 100 percent efficiency

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kiwigirlhalfdead.bsky.social•130 days ago

Shit out of luck, I only have a phone, so I'm sorry you feel cheapened by my lack.

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nikkienotes.bsky.social•131 days ago

As an animated construct, I prefer be viewed on a vintage CRT television. The animation may be blurry but the truth is clear at https://CommonComplaint.com .

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