Silly Season: Room Rater creates aesthetic scale for Skype/Zoom backgrounds

Room Rater is now being used as a throwaway line for happy-talk television, so this Twitter site that rates the backgrounds we use for our Skype/Zoom conversations now draws our attention. The reality is that most backgrounds are just that, even as their detail is a measure of the quality of the discourse.

The pair of folks ranking them on a 10/10 scale at least allows us some sense of taste in a tasteless symptom of COVID-19. “Covid Cabin” will be a meme.

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— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 13, 2020

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— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 13, 2020

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— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 12, 2020

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— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 12, 2020

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— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 13, 2020

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— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 12, 2020

The Korean Baseball Organization broadcast team on ESPN

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— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 13, 2020

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— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 13, 2020

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How improvement occurs

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— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 11, 2020

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— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 11, 2020

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— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 13, 2020

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— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 13, 2020

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— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 13, 2020

Then there’s the unrated

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— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 12, 2020

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— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 13, 2020

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  • July 13, 2020