some youtubers have this thing where they cut to a split second of static and it's so funny because it simply does not work in streaming video. it turns out randomness doesn't compress well and all the viewer gets is a tortured artifact of the idea of visual snow. a modern echo of a technological byproduct that now takes great effort to simulate (poorly)
"The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel, rendered through a digital video, compressed by a hosting platform. It looked like shit." — William Gibson
