Mighty Casey struck out!
Actually, I remember quite a few of those. One had to do with why headphones didn't have a lot of sub bass, another was about IEMs that required proprietary amps, another had to do with harmonics, and I can't count how many times my poor math skills have put me in the weeds! I try to learn from it and move on... but I can't help my math.
P.S. The rhyming in Gregorio's last stanza seems to have run out of gas!
We'll try again. Last line still doesn't rhyme very well but it's interesting. . .
me:
write a poem about gregorio the impresario who argued on the internet with audiophile trolls about how audio was mixed, mastered and recorded and how to successfully reproduce audio signals in the home. please use perfect rhymes only and a frightening and ironic ending
Edit: I cheated slightly and had it revise the last line.
ChatGPT:
Gregorio the impresario
Was an audio expert, you see,
He knew all about sound,
And how to mix, master, and record it right.
But on the internet,
There were trolls galore,
Who loved to argue and fight,
About audio and what it's for.
Gregorio couldn't stand it,
He had to speak his mind,
So he went online and fought,
Against the trolls, one of a kind.
He argued with passion,
And with knowledge in his hand,
He showed them the error of their ways,
And how to properly record audio on command.
But despite his best efforts,
The trolls just wouldn't listen,
They kept on arguing and fighting,
With Gregorio in their sights, glistening.
But as the sun set on the day,
And the night crept in,
Gregorio had a thought,
That gave him a wicked grin.
He would turn the tables,
On the trolls who gave him strife,
He would show them the error of their ways,
And give them a wicked surprise.
And so he did,
As the moon rose high,
He sent out a signal,
That made the trolls start to cry.
They heard the sound,
And it filled them with dread,
For they realized too late,
That they were nothing but digital data, instead.
And so the tale ends, dear friends,
With a frightening and ironic end,
Leaving us to wonder,
How it all could have been pretend.
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