Week 2

Experiment:

For my experiment, I took the lyrics from the song "Killshot" by Eminem and ran i through Google Translate multiple times and collected the results. The order in which I translated the lyrics was:
English -> Swedish -> Hebrew -> Vietnamese -> german -> Thai -> Icelandic -> Spanish -> Japanese -> Norwegian ->English. I then used text to speech to convert the lyrics into audio. Afterwards, I played the text to speech audio over the song's instrumental.

It's interesting to see how different the lyrics of my new version is from the original. An interesting thing to note is that "Killshot" is a diss track, where Eminem berates and mocks his rival (MGK). However, in my version, there is a lack of vulgarity and, in some cases, it almost seems as if Eminem is being quite friendly towards MGK. The dramatic change of lyrics between the two versions highlights how imperfect Google Translate is.

Link to original song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxQTY-W6GIo
Link to my experimental version: Killshot by Eminem, translated 10 times

Readings:

I found the LOLCat and Doge reading to be quite humorous. I never thought I would see a linguistic essay about memes. It is interesting that LOLCat emerged from funny pictures of the animal in general whereas Doge came from a specific dog picture. I think its interesting that the author calls Doge the "antithesis" of LoLCat because I believe the frequent creators of these memes most likely enjoy both. I think that both memes are humorous in their own ways and that the incorrect grammar and spelling adds to their charm.

FlatLogic talked about the shallowness of interacting with technology, but I feel that advances in technology are making tech interactions feel more lifelike. With all the research going into virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D printing, etc. I feel that technology is becoming more and more immersive. Additionally, with the physical immersion, I feel that these technologies will also add emotional depth because the user will feel more connected to the experience.


Art:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BmcrF6RFxcI/?taken-by=internet_poetry. This particular piece is interesting because it lacks punctuation.

http://vispo.com/uribe/metalico2.html - I actually found this one amusing because it uses letters to emulate a zipper opening and closing.