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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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[–] Tramdan@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wouldn't mind quite so much if it was because the people filming that way believed it looked better. But the real reason is usually because they are too dumb to think of turning their phone on its side.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sometimes tall things fit better in a vertical frame.
Sometimes wide things fit better in a horizontal frame.

But most of the time this isnt even thought about when taking the shot.

[–] thirteene@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The horizontal display is meant to reflect our natural vision which is also a horizontal aspect ratio. There are niche scenarios like skyscrapers but the vast majority of the time it's correct to stay horizontal and frame the shot properly.

[–] insomniac_lemon@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sometimes you'll see a landscape video letterboxed into a portrait video, just to make sure it's terrible no matter which way you view it (but extra bad watching on a landscape monitor). So I don't see this as a badge of anything.

On a sidenote, I've noticed video cropping is pretty nice on a phone (widescreen+landscape) depending on the content (I got an OLED phone free because the screen is cracked). Like Wall-e is pretty good like that. Also the music video for Long-Legged Larry (some things are cut off but not enough that it detracts from understanding)

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