Let shipping forecast compilations lull you to sleep

Hard Refresh is a soothing weekly column where we try to reset your brain and cleanse it of whatever terrible thing you just witnessed on Twitter.

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You’ve laughed through Vine compilations. You’ve cringed through TikTok compilations. Now, try sleeping through Shipping Forecast compilations. 

The Shipping Forecast is a nautical weather report on the BBC. In a monotone, gentle voice, a broadcaster launches into a cryptic string of maritime jargon: “North-West four, 14 miles, West-North-West three, nine miles, one thousand and eight, rising more slowly.” 

Yeah, I have absolutely no idea what that means. But the BBC’s Shipping Forecast puts me to sleep faster than any white noise app ever could, and as an insomniac, I appreciate that.  Read more…

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