https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=141.101.81.8&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T08:30:49ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1314:_Photos&diff=56998Talk:1314: Photos2014-01-08T21:20:19Z<p>141.101.81.8: </p>
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<div>This seems to be a reference to this video or one of many of the same ilk. <br />
http://www.artthesystem.com/2013/12/after-i-saw-this-i-put-down-my-phone.html?m=1<br />
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Which is doing the rounds on social media sites at the moment {{unsigned|Gernant}}<br />
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Heard on a french radio show (Les grosses têtes) : A study made on student split in two group in an exposition : one group would photograph what they like, another one would photograph a certain set of pictures.<br />
The study found that the ones who could photograph pictures they like, wasn't able to remember the pictures they liked.<br />
The ones who wasn't able to photograph picture they liked, remembered it better.<br />
I don't have link, sry, but white hat is proven right in this case. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.53.189|173.245.53.189]] 09:21, 8 January 2014 (UTC) Juluan<br />
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:I think BOTH have point here. Trying to document your life IS distracting, especially if you overdo it (and make a lot of selfies), on the other hand it IS possible to enjoy your life and still take pictures. Except if something happens only once and quick: in that case, if you try to take picture, you won't be able to enjoy it ... and you might fail to take the picture in correct moment anyway. I recommend video in such case :-). -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 11:04, 8 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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::Agreed, both are right. If you want to take an abundance of photos, go ahead. '''However''', there are limits. If your doing so would spoil it for someone else, then limit yourself. Practice the same basic courtesy that should prevent you from talking out loud or texting during a movie. You're in a public place with other people who want to enjoy what's going on. They came to see the concert, not a sea of glowing rectangles (making a recording which will never be watched). [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.89|199.27.128.89]] 18:55, 8 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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::I thought of that study, too... The first valid link I found was http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/is-facebook-making-us-forget-study-shows-that-taking-pictures-ruin-memories-8994917.html (of course being hampered by various variations of each of "memory" and "photograph" not being ''very'' rare in combination ( GoogleFu Golf, anyone? ;) ), but once I got there I found it was widely covered in the online media). But I'm not sure whether this inspired Randall in this case, because of (or even ''despite'') the off-kilter reinterpretation. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.223|141.101.99.223]] 18:07, 8 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
:PS: The title text seems like obvious irony to me. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 11:06, 8 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I remember taking a few photographs of food that is WAY too fabulous in presentation. [[User:Greyson|Greyson]] ([[User talk:Greyson|talk]]) 16:28, 8 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I would prefer to know Black-Hat's opinion on the subject. --[[User:DanB|DanB]] ([[User talk:DanB|talk]]) 18:25, 8 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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:I'll try to channel my inner Black Hat to answer that: "Being a trained photographer teaches you to limit your perception to what you see through the lens and to think about how your picture is going look, and you lose sight of the bigness of the sunset and the feeling of the moment. But being camera free you're always going to wonder what the cameraman captures in the mechanical process of handling the camera, in the task of composing the picture in their head and in the frozen slice of sunset they get to keep. No matter how you try to enjoy the magic of the sunset, you're going to miss something that no one will ever be able to share with you, and see something you'll never be able to share with anyone else." [[Special:Contributions/141.101.81.8|141.101.81.8]] 21:20, 8 January 2014 (UTC)</div>141.101.81.8https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1302:_Year_in_Review&diff=54989Talk:1302: Year in Review2013-12-11T08:45:06Z<p>141.101.81.8: Only borealis?</p>
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<div>"...she never saw an aurora borealis '''(or australis)'''"<br />
Australis? <br />
She specifically states ''northern'' lights.</div>141.101.81.8https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=154:_Beliefs&diff=52986154: Beliefs2013-11-18T08:13:46Z<p>141.101.81.8: /* Explanation */ they're->their</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 154<br />
| date = September 8, 2006<br />
| title = Beliefs<br />
| image = beliefs.jpg<br />
| titletext = Scientists are also sexy, let's not forget that.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete}}<br />
This comic is a reference to {{w|Young Earth Creationism}}, which includes the belief that the earth has only existed for about 6,000 years. Young Earth Creationism is mainly based on {{w|Biblical literalism|literal interpretations of the Bible}}. The professor is originally not bothered by the fact that someone believes this, since the person believing it is a nut who can be easily forgotten about because they're denying obvious truths. Then she hears that the person in question is a {{w|United States Senate|US senator}}. The fact that someone with considerable influence (like a Senator) believes in Young Earth Creationism is unsettling because they're not someone powerless and on the fringe. They're someone who can spread their false, zany beliefs, and perhaps even be taken seriously due to their authority.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Megan and a professor stand together, with another figure in the distance.]<br />
:Megan: Professor, that man claims the earth is 6,000 years old!<br />
:Professor: So? Just use your head and don't concern yourself overmuch with what other people think.<br />
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:Megan: But he says the fossils in the mountains were put there in a flood!<br />
:Professor: Well, evidence suggests that they were not.<br />
:Megan: But he--<br />
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:[A mountain landscape.]<br />
:Professor: A million people can call the mountains a fiction, yet it need not trouble you as you stand atop them.<br />
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:[Megan and professor again.]<br />
:Megan: But he believes the silliest things!<br />
:Professor: So?<br />
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:Professor: The universe doesn't care what you <u>believe</u>. The wonderful thing about science is that it doesn't ask for your faith, it just asks for your eyes.<br />
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:Megan: But he's a US Senator!<br />
:Professor: Ah, then yes, we do have a bit of a situation.<br />
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