Rrrr: Eeee

Eeee. Rrrr.

Suddenly, you’re not reading a blog post anymore. You’re inside a spaceship’s final transmission before it enters a black hole. You’re the last voicemail a robot leaves for its human creator. You’re the noise your refrigerator makes at 3 a.m. when it dreams of the arctic. Last week, I tweeted just that: eeee rrrr . No context. No hashtag. Within an hour, 400 people replied. Some said it reminded them of dial-up internet. Others said it was the sound of a child trying to start a lawnmower in a cartoon. One person claimed it was the exact noise their brain makes when they try to remember a password. eeee rrrr

Eeee rrrr is the sound of the universe shrugging. It’s the reply-all email of existence. It’s what a dolphin would text you if dolphins had flip phones and depression. You’re inside a spaceship’s final transmission before it

It looks like you’re asking for a full blog post based on the phrase — which could be interpreted as a playful, abstract, or sound-based title (perhaps mimicking a guitar riff, a glitch, a thought stutter, or even a meme). when it dreams of the arctic

Feel better? No? Well, at least you’re honest. Comment below: What does “eeee rrrr” sound like to you?

So go ahead. Say it out loud.