On this day in 1921, the Cork Transport Workers' Union took possession of the Harbour Board's offices and assumed complete control of the local port, forming a workers' soviet until negotiations could be resolved.
The Cork Harbour Strike was a labor dispute that lasted from September 2nd to September 7th, 1921. It was the result of the refusal of the Cork Harbor Board to increase the wages of its workers to a minimum of 70s a week.
On September 6th, 1921, the Cork Transport Workers' Union took possession of the Harbour Board's offices and assumed complete control of the port.
According to the New York Times, "when the strikers took possession of the Harbour Board offices, they hoisted a red flag as a token of Soviet control and the strikers' leaders announced their intention of collecting dues from shipping agents and using them to pay members of the union."
The rebellion was short-lived, however, as negotiations between the Harbour Board and the strikers were reopened soon after, which came to a successful resolution. The revolt was not well-taken in the press.
The Irish Times wrote "To-day Irish Labour is permeated with a spirit of revolt against all the principles and conventions of ordered society. The country's lawless state in recent months is partly responsible for this sinister development, and the wild teachings of the Russian Revolution have fallen on willing ears."
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for real though. plus it isnt only for deaf people, it feels like half the shit put out these days has obnoxiously loud music playing while all the actors are muttering, making subtitles a necessity
oh yeah like I'm not deaf but I turn on subtitles 100% of the time because I can't hear half the shit people are saying
I also wish I could rewind in 5 second increments because I very often miss like, literally a single statement, but woops I have to go back and watch like 15-30 seconds to hear that little bit I missed :angery:
At least part of it is that a lot of media is shot + mixed for 5.1 or higher sound setups, which expects a center speaker to exist for dialogue to be sent to.
It then gets downmixed for the 99.9% of us who don't have that speaker setup and the canonical downmix ratios are, in a word, bullshit idealism, and will make dialogue less loud than it should be compared to music and sound effects.
i saw the northman in theaters, and i liked it but i couldn't tell half of what was going on. thank god it's not a particularly complex story and half the main characters dialogue is just him spelling out his motivations, which helps