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[Thread] Mental Math (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 115 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (4 children)

Another one is levelling.

A lot of people can see a picture frame is about 0.5° out of level and their fucking eye twitches until they fix it

Me included

That's nuts when you think about it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

I worked on an industrial robot once, and we parked it such that the middle section of the arm was up above the robot and supposed to be level. I could tell from 50 feet away and a glance that it wasn't, so we checked. It was off by literally 1 degree.

Degrees are bigger than we think, but also our eyes are incredible instruments.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

See, I live in an old apartment. The corners aren't 90°, the wall a picture is hanging on is convex. When I'm lying in bed and look at the picture it looks like it's crooked but I used a level several times on it and it's as straight as can be. It's driving me insane.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 hours ago

This is when you set it relative to the rest of the unleveled stuff in your view to make it look level.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 hours ago

But “level isn’t what you need. If the floor and ceiling aren’t level, it’ll look wrong.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

I purposefully slightly tilt most my wall hangings. I like watching guests squirm when they mention it and I do nothing

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I respect and hate this. I could never

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

That's a game that would be hilarious. But yeah, i wouldn't be able to do it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

We would probably fist fight then, because I'd level it without saying anything, and if you set it back crooked, I would throw it on the ground.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 hours ago

Sorry cousin, unfortunately I will get the flu this Christmas and won't be able to come visit.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 hours ago

Madlad

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago

When my wife was pissed at me she would go to my office before I got to work and tilt every picture/award and move my books about.

She knows what buttons to push and my sous chefs just let her do it... ungrateful pricks

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