2026 Off-Topic Chat Thread

[Braklet]

The family that plays together... wait.

 

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[cats_09]

 

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I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

 

[winty]

This will never get old.

 

[cats_09]

Good to see the boys showing the girls how to play...

 

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[cats_09]

 

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Why is it so?

 

[winty]

Have to love how Twitter/X band together to sabotage someone's poll so the actual result is the polar opposite to what the poster was intending. Case in point...

 

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[cats_09]

For all first born who have a younger sibling

 

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[CatToTheFuture]

I was not prepared

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Haha that guy clearly hasn't seen me play

 

[winty]

Haha that guy clearly hasn't seen me play

Even I can do this!

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Why is it so?

It's the framing. As you get closer the space between the trees opens up and get wider while the silos start the same. The same goes vertically with the road grading down slowly obscuring the bottom and opening surface above it to give the illusion of shrinking. This one is stark because the silos are around the same size as the original gap.

The reason the widening of the gap happens faster for closer objects is the angle opens quicker. Imagine being in the car and pointing one arm at each of the trees. As you come up to the trees your arms spread out quick until you pass them. The person next to you pointing at the ends of the silos barely moves.