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I've seen B&W snow but on the other hand, the description seems to apply equally to a bright uniform blue. However, I may have a different perspective because i
by perl4ever 7y ago
I've seen B&W snow but on the other hand, the description seems to apply equally to a bright uniform blue. However, I may have a different perspective because in the 80s and 90s, the "TV" in my house was a computer monitor connected to a VCR with a tuner, connected to a cheap antenna. Any time there was no signal, it was blue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz54Ij1fYNQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz54Ij1fYNQ
The thing is, it doesn't make sense to me in the way it was apparently intended, because I've never seen a sky that literally looks like B&W static. Today it's snowing where I am, but the sky itself is a uniform blank light gray, as I would expect.
- jandrese 7y agoThe line is poetic for sure. It evokes not only the cold grey that you'd get if you averaged out the static, but also the emptiness of having no signal. You aren't supposed to read it literally, it is intended to capture the ennui of staring into an empty void in an uncaring world.