Routhinator

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[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

I have no context for this example, have a link? I've seen the crazy kitchen at the Museum of Science and Tech in Ottawa that has a similarly themed illusion, but in that one the floors are level but painted in a way that tricks your brain into thinking its angled, but its not, which is 100% illusion.

Thus what I am imagining for your example is that the floor is in fact angled, but the paint makes it look straight, so the short person is infact elevated above the tall person in a way you cannot tell, creating an effect where perspective due to a physical difference makes you think they are on the same level but the illusion provided by the floor messes with that, creating an illusion that is really just perspective.

But there is no trick in this post. You know you're tilting the phone, there's no illusion. Its pure angles and you're completely aware of what is occuring, thus no illusion. The definition of illusion is pretty clear, what you are seeing must be false or erroneous.

noun

  1. An erroneous perception of reality.

    "Mirrors gave the illusion of spaciousness."

  2. An erroneous concept or belief.

    "The notion that money can buy happiness is an illusion."

  3. The condition of being deceived by a false perception or belief.

    "spent months flailing about in illusion."

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 1 points 13 hours ago

Haha, ok I can agree with that take.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 1 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

Illusion is seeing something that isn't there. They can be caused by multiple factors be it one affecting the observer or one that arises from the subject being observed.

This demonstrates perspective and at no point do you see something that is not there. The text is there, it says the same thing. It does not appear to move or distort but rather as you tilt the phone the same light is viewed from a narrower height due to angles and it can be read as though it is not stretched.

An optical illusion makes you see something that simply does not exist, for example this picture that makes you think you see red in spite of there being jo red at all. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a25494/theres-not-a-single-red-pixel-in-this-image/

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 17 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (9 children)

Is perspective really considered an "illusion"? While this demonstrates perspective it at no point makes me see something that isn't real.

Squid or Cthulu Snail?

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Super hard to order in Canada unless you find an american distributor, which defeats the point.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You forgot Tubgirl

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Lack of respect China has had for global markets?! What a self-unaware egostical asshat.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 15 points 6 days ago

Or y'know, give Canada somewhere else to sell theirs.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Lol. Pretty sure they meant IA. Not sure isopropyl is supposed to be shortened to two letters.

 

So much food.

 

Title says it all. He sells Scrooge better than any other movie adaptation I've seen.

 

As the title says, I'm curious if they ever named or revisited this Human civilization in the later parts of the timeline in any way? It seems like too good of an opportunity to not revisit it at some point.

My searches did not reveal any answer, so thought I'd ask my fellow trek nerds.

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This is the most unfiltered article I've read from The Atlantic... by the time I finished the second paragraph I had to re-read the title to understand how I got here.

Edit: To be clear, this has been revealed as satire, its just so close to reality one could be forgiven for confusing the two.

 

Just had this one shared with me directly on signal and could not find it in here, nor could I find a source. Too good not to share though. If someone knows the meme creator I'll update this with proper credit.

 

Riker came down on a whole other deck and wants answers.

 

Is the darkspace theme something that comes packaged with Lemmy or something the server admins are throwing together? I love where it's going but its in need of some love.. there's nothing to make the posts readable against the background.

Complaints are not intended here, I could likely help if someone points me to a place where I can make PRs.

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