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 Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 4:53 pm
Maybe it was something you didn't see as a child (like any number of jokes included for adult humor in children's movies), or maybe it was just one of those things that you had to read/hear/see to fully get (like when people piece film together and there are two clips that aren't as smooth as they should be). Whatever the case: when you did get it, it made you smile. It made you laugh. It made you think. Now, whenever you come across this thing, you notice it every. single. time.
So. What are those things for you? Do you regret having noticed whatever it is?
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 4:59 pm
Two things for me. First is the vaguely homoerotic song "Let's Make Music Together" from, get this, a children's Catholic/Christian movie that also features con artist dogs who come back from the dead. (Yes.) If it were made today, I could understand it a little more. But I think the film was late 80s, early 90s? It's disturbing in the most adorable way. Although the disturbing part isn't really about the homoeroticism. Given my own dubious sexuality, I really have no desire to complain about that. It's about the fact that we have an alligator singing to a dog while a little girl almost drowns. I don't regret noticing, though! As someone who was, literally, forced through her confirmation and had no desire whatsoever to be Catholic, it makes me smile.
The second is in "I Don't Like You" and I wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't read a comment on the Youtube page. Towards the end of the clip, the two women circle around each other but, unfortunately, when the scene was piece together, there's a split second where they reverse positions as if the circling had been canceled in another shot. It's... distracting. I love the song and as soon as I saw that, I found myself waiting for it each and every time. Regret all the way.
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:30 pm
The seven on one of the clocks at my old college was an upside down two.
A lot of old buildings in Chicago with carved letters have v's where the u's should be and I don't understand why. (this may be true in other places as well, is it a font if so what kind of asshat would make u's look like v's)
Also someone told me my birthmark looks like a heart someone drew while drunk.
On a similar note cuttlefish eyes look like a 'w' that someone wrote while they were drunk
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 7:46 pm
When I went to Europe I saw a lot of "u"s substituted with "v"s and the "7"s with "2"s. Considering most of it was fairly old, I think it might have something to do with how things were manufactured before. I mean I guess they didn't want to use up more resources making a "u" or "7" block. Nice to know it wasn't just Europe. Speaking of Europe...in Rome and Vatican City, if you get a guided tour, you'll learn that the most influential families during the Renaissance had their family symbols engraved in buildings or areas that they helped develop. I didn't notice at all until the tour guide mentioned it. It was really fun looking for bees, florentine lilies (which oddly look like fleure de lis), doves, and six mounds. It was like playing I-Spy but throughout the city. 3nodding (kinda hard to resist looking for them after knowing the significance XP) You guys should give it a try if you ever decide to visit.
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:07 pm
Umbrane Purpura The seven on one of the clocks at my old college was an upside down two. A lot of old buildings in Chicago with carved letters have v's where the u's should be and I don't understand why. (this may be true in other places as well, is it a font if so what kind of asshat would make u's look like v's) Also someone told me my birthmark looks like a heart someone drew while drunk. On a similar note cuttlefish eyes look like a 'w' that someone wrote while they were drunk Oh, yes, they used to write the "u"s as "v"s several centuries ago, I think it was a way to imitate Latin or something, we were taught that in elementary bc my province used to be written as Tvcvman xp Now, on topic, I can't really recall many striking "oh, I didn't realise that as a child" but there are so many songs from my childhood that I just understood when I got older, there're also several foods that my grandma used to call one way but later on we (my sis and I) learnt that she was pretty much the only one that called them that rofl Also, when I wore glasses for the first time and realised you actually see the leaves on trees and the stars in the sky and the shape of the mountains, I still get happy by been able to see nature in all its glory emotion_kirakira
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:41 pm
I grew up outside of Chicago, so the "v" vs. "u" thing is sadly my idea of normal. redface The 7 as an upside down 2 would bug me, though.
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:43 pm
Oooh. I'd want to play "I-spy" like that in Europe. emotion_drool That must have been an amazing trip!
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:49 pm
I don't know... the glasses thing is pretty valid. Still one of those things you notice, though! It was a whole new world for me when I first got mine and was actually able to read the chalkboards/whiteboards that my teachers were using. My notes were much more understandable after that. [/nerd]
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 3:44 am
kullotte When I went to Europe I saw a lot of "u"s substituted with "v"s and the "7"s with "2"s. Considering most of it was fairly old, I think it might have something to do with how things were manufactured before. I mean I guess they didn't want to use up more resources making a "u" or "7" block. Nice to know it wasn't just Europe. Speaking of Europe...in Rome and Vatican City, if you get a guided tour, you'll learn that the most influential families during the Renaissance had their family symbols engraved in buildings or areas that they helped develop. I didn't notice at all until the tour guide mentioned it. It was really fun looking for bees, florentine lilies (which oddly look like fleure de lis), doves, and six mounds. It was like playing I-Spy but throughout the city. 3nodding (kinda hard to resist looking for them after knowing the significance XP) You guys should give it a try if you ever decide to visit. I actually did go and tried I got distracted by the gardens though...also it was bloody hotter than the devils armpits when I went so I wasn't really up for running around looking for flowers and and bees on buildings. fleure de lis translates to roughly to flower of lily (I'm several years out of French practice) and is meant to be a stylized one. It's commonly used in crests
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 3:44 pm
ElegantlyLuminous I don't know... the glasses thing is pretty valid. Still one of those things you notice, though! It was a whole new world for me when I first got mine and was actually able to read the chalkboards/whiteboards that my teachers were using. My notes were much more understandable after that. [/nerd]
Indeed, it's awesome how much the world changed thanks to my glasses! Actually, I realised I needed glasses when I first started college, in highschool my class was so small (we were only 13 kids) that I was never too far away from the chalkboard, but then in college not only the room was huge but there were also around 300 students and I couldn't even tell the teacher apart from my classmates rofl
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Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 8:29 pm
Umbrane Purpura I actually did go and tried I got distracted by the gardens though...also it was bloody hotter than the devils armpits when I went so I wasn't really up for running around looking for flowers and and bees on buildings. fleure de lis translates to roughly to flower of lily (I'm several years out of French practice) and is meant to be a stylized one. It's commonly used in crests THE HEAT WAS UNBEARABLE. Hot weather and me do not get along well. I was sweating buckets. Oh wow, did not know that l was french for liliy. I really should brush up on my French >.> I never saw the gardens >.> I was more distracted by architecture XP
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 1:12 pm
Hmm, recently someone pointed out to me that "The Alphabet Song" is set to the same tune as "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and I couldn't believe I didn't notice that before. eek
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