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I'll start as an example: in the song Mr. Brightside by the Killers, the word "swimming" in "swimming through sick lullabies" is pronounced with a 't' at the start like in "tsunami". It's "tswimming through sick lullabies".

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[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 3 points 21 hours ago

I can see planer snipe on wood trim really clearly and it pisses me off.

[–] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 28 points 2 days ago

Christmas is just consumerism and destroys the environment. Glitter, tinsel and even trees drop so much micro plastic that will never break down.

Most ornaments eventually windup in land fill where they'll last for basically ever.

The Grinch was right.

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 63 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

Most cups on tv are empty unless the beverage is important to the scene.

[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

In one of the latest fast and furious movies, they go to Japan (or maybe Korea?) And theybfake eat a whole scene. Just utensils in food. No one even tries to move the food to their mouth.

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

As I understand, the F&F movies tend to have more takes than is typical due to the sheer volume of actors that often need to be covered. It's quite common for scenes to require a dozen or more takes. If you put food in your mouth at any point during a shot, you're doing it for every shot.

My wife was watching Mom the other day and one of the actresses was working her way through pasta or something like that while they were taking and I noticed they'd very skillfully shot around her taking bites so she probably only had to take two or three to get the coverage they needed.

[–] ngdev@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 days ago

most actors will have a spit bucket for when they do chew food, they typically dont actually eat they just chew it into a curd and then spit it out between takes. its gross and you can start to notice them tucking the bolus into their cheeks before their lines

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes! I'm always scrutinizing this, and most actors do not fake it very well.

[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They should fill them with mercury. This way you get super cup focused actors.

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

We are all Mercutio on this blessed day.

[–] TheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.today 7 points 2 days ago

Also for a lot of outdoor scenes, at least in soap operas, the actors keep an ice cube in their mouth so that you can't see their breath when it's cold.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I noticed this same thing with what was supposed to be an old timey spotlight where it's almost all battery. Actor was swinging it about like it weighed nothing.

[–] ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Prior to LED torches, the flashlights on films were turned off, and the light was painted in later, as the beam wouldn't show up on film anyway. This is doubly true in that night scenes were filmed during the day and they just filmed through a grey filter.

If there's ice in the cup it's often made of like silicon (I think) which the thought of just makes me really uncomfortable for some reason.

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 9 points 2 days ago

Another song by The Killers has the line "I've got soul but I'm not a soldier" repeated over and over again with increasing intensity. It's hard to imagine a less meaningful lyric without actually resorting to nonsensicalness.

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My wife has this big painting that hangs above our fireplace. It's abstract, just some colored squares and rectangles, kind of blotchy.

One of those blotches looks a hell of a lot like a frog though. Almost like a frog hopped onto the canvas while the paint was still wet.

Can you find the frog?

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago

A crop of the previous comment's image showing where I believe the frog to be.

Hai, froggy.

[–] smeg@infosec.pub 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In the upper left I see a dinosaur facing the sky with its mouth open

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Well now there's one more thing I can't unsee

[–] Toes@ani.social 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Turns out there's a difference between a pepper and salt shaker. The diameter of the holes are wider for pepper, but you'll see many places put salt in them.

The diameter of the holes are wider for pepper, but you’ll see many places put salt in them.

Oof, same for oregano and red pepper flakes. So many pizza places put those spices into shakers with holes that are too small, it's maddening!

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I hate you.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 28 points 2 days ago

Watch actors and note how/when they look down. This often means they have a mark to hit and need to be in exactly that spot for whatever reason.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Another music detail:
Shakiras voice on Hips don't lie is WAY too loud. It might sound okay on headphones, but listen to it on speakers. How did this mix get released?

[–] LeapSecond@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Most doors are badly designed: https://youtube.com/watch?v=yY96hTb8WgI

A professor showed us this video on the first day of a design class. Now I'm passing on the curse to you. P.S Sinks are even worse.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 11 points 2 days ago

"A sign will fix it, let's standardise them too":

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I feel like this video has somewhat interesting bits sprinkled within, but for the most part, it sets up a problem most people already recognize, never actually explores why it happens (besides vaguely "money", which I think anyone could guess), and then interviews Don Norman to give the most obvious "no shit" and high-level explanation for creating intuitive designs. We also get the solution to the door problem – which is also trivially obvious.

Vox imo is usually good and in-depth (at least their written work is), so while inoffensive, this really surprised me.

[–] LeapSecond@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah the video doesn't explain much, just says there is a problem. If you search for Norman Doors there is probably more material out there. We had a presentation with several examples accompanying the video so maybe that's why it stuck so much.

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 8 points 2 days ago

A surprising number of 'S'es in words that we think of as simple S sounds are actually often pronounced a little differently (like say 'sh') in a surprising number of common accents. It's really easy not to notice, even when your do it yourself.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I took a design class once. The London Symphony Orchestra logo can be interpreted as either a stylized conductor or the letters LSO; similarly the Spartan Golf Club logo can either be interpreted as the head of Spartan or a golfer taking a swing. The Pittsburgh Zoo logo may be seen as a tree, or a lion and a gorilla.

The GameCube logo: a pair of cubes inside each other, with the G formed by the cube and the C formed by the negative space inside the cubes. The negative space in the camera shutter in the Picasa logo forms a house (a "home" for all your photos, and 'casa' is Spanish for house). The Toblerone mountain has a bear in it's negative space (it's made in the 'city of bears').

The 'tit' in Tostitos is two people sharing chips and dip. The negative-space arrow in the FedEx logo, subconsciously hinting "speed". The Amazon smile logo implies cheerfulness, also has a "speed" arrow, and the arrow goes from A to Z in the design.

Baskin Robbins sells 31 flavors of ice cream, and they've incorporated that number into the BR of their logo. The R in the Tour de France logo is a cyclist. The old Milwaukee Brewers logo was a mitt catching a ball, except the mitt was made of the letters MB. The Washington State Cougar logo is made up of W, S and C.

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The 2024 Paris Olympics is both a flame and a woman head

[–] SaraTonin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

The London 2012 Olympic logo is Lisa Simpson giving a blowjob

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

There was a random hair stuck to my shower wall that I never removed because it looked like Augumon from Digimon in a Scrooge style set of pajamas (the old timey gown and pointy cap shit).

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Did you take a picture of this emergent art for future generations to appreciate?

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Real magenta. It's quite painful to look at.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Oh, you're going to have to elaborate on this. I want to feel your suffering.

[–] zout@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago

Enrique Iglesias croaks like a frog at the start of each sentence in this song. Like [craok]would you dance...

[–] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Going on with your songs theme, in "Shotgun" by George Ezra, right at the start of the second verse, it sounds like he burps. It's "brrrppsouth of the equator"

[–] Limfjorden@feddit.dk 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks for that information😂

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago

Matt bellamy's inhalations on muse tracks

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Hippos rapidly flip their tails around while pooping on land, which flings it out behind them. Seriously, look it up on YouTube or something., It's hilarious and never leaves your brain.

[–] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hippos can also outrun and outswim a human. So you only have the bike race to beat them in a triathlon.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 1 day ago

They can't swim - in fact they run across the bottom of the water and it's terrifying.

[–] LeapSecond@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

Not sure about the hilarious part but it's never leaving your brain that's for sure

[–] Today@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Clocks- 4, IV, IIII

[–] volvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Well that's a Killers fact I didn't expect today :D thanks for that

[–] SpicyTaint@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

My dick. AYOOO GOTTEM