Mega Thread Things that Shit me part XII - The Twelfth One!

[Gough]

This is the exact reason NFL coaches do it though. Opposition teams did hire lip readers.

Edit: actually maybe it wasn't the NFL, it was somewhere though.

My memory is reading something about it being used in the NFL.

 

[Quivorir]

My memory is reading something about it being used in the NFL.

Well, maybe it was the NFL then . I know I have definitely read about it happening somewhere.

 

[the_interloper]

I drink Hibiscus tea or Green tea if I'm at the cafe.

Had to cut out coffee for health reasons.

Used to be a latte person.

Drinking tea at a cafe is a ****ing waste of money if you ask me, 4 bucks to put a tea bag in some hot water, that's ****ed.

 

[craigos]

Lip readers, that's why.

Lip reading is incredibly unreliable and inaccurate anyway especially as so many words have similar mouth movement, even professional lipreaders can only get around 30% right.

This is the exact reason NFL coaches do it though. Opposition teams did hire lip readers.

Edit: actually maybe it wasn't the NFL, it was somewhere though.

NFL I can totally understand as they're mic'd up and there's time to get the message out but in AFL and other codes? It's just stupid.

 

[GreyCrow]

Lip reading is incredibly unreliable and inaccurate anyway especially as so many words have similar mouth movement, even professional lipreaders can only get around 30% right.

That's rubbish. Go talk to deaf people ( but very loudly ) and they will be able to work on 75-80% contextual accuracy.

 

[NaturalDisaster]

That's rubbish. Go talk to deaf people ( but very loudly ) and they will be able to work on 75-80% contextual accuracy.

Mate, I am deaf

It helps when you can still hear them a bit but lipreading at the same time, thats when you get the most accurate results from trying it.

When you can't hear a thing and have no context to work with its very very difficult.

 

[akkaps]

NFL I can totally understand as they're mic'd up and there's time to get the message out but in AFL and other codes? It's just stupid.

You won't be saying that when one of the AFL does in fact employ a professional lip reader to see what is being said in the coaches box. But in comparison to the NFL, it wouldn't be as useful. The NFL rely on play by play information, and changes in tactics can happen at the drop of a hat. The AFL it's much harder.

 

[Brad Goodman]

Lipreading is piss easy, especially in the NFL.

 

[GreyCrow]

Mate, I am deaf

It helps when you can still hear them a bit but lipreading at the same time, thats when you get the most accurate results from trying it.

When you can't hear a thing and have no context to work with its very very difficult.

I have hearing loss and can pick up context. But yes you are right its easier if there is noise. I usually lip read when there is a lot of external noise.

But 30% is still a low figure.

 

[GreyCrow]

Then again its not hard with some coaches

Longmire ' get that ****ing ****ing arggh spud off how dare he not ****ing follow the ****ing game ****ing plan ****ing campaigner'

Buckley ' that's it I'm ****ed, ring my agent and see what Gold Coast houses are for sale'

Don Pyke ' '

Beveridge ' ffs I ****ing tell them ffs to go down the corridor and ffs'

 

[NaturalDisaster]

I have hearing loss and can pick up context. But yes you are right its easier if there is noise. I usually lip read when there is a lot of external noise.

But 30% is still a low figure.

Just what i've heard from studies and stuff.

I can really only lipread if i can still hear someone but not enough to fully understand them, I read their lips and I it becomes clear.

A lot of deaf people out there who would be better at it than I am though, especially ones with worse hearing loss or don't wear hearing aids.

 

[akkaps]

Lipreading is piss easy, especially in the NFL.

The best ones are the players profiles, when they have to repeat their name and college.

 

[Hawthorn United]

Drinking tea at a cafe is a ******* waste of money if you ask me, 4 bucks to put a tea bag in some hot water, that's ******.

Yep, which is why I only order it when I'm meeting my boss and he's paying.

I guess I could get juice.

 

[NaturalDisaster]

not sports related but

 

[Hawthorn United]

Lipreading is piss easy, especially in the NFL.

Wow, that was posted 12 minutes ago and it's blocked by the NFL now.

 

[NaturalDisaster]

Then again its not hard with some coaches

Longmire ' get that ******* ******* arggh spud off how dare he not ******* follow the ******* game ******* plan ******* campaigner'

Buckley ' that's it I'm ******, ring my agent and see what Gold Coast houses are for sale'

Don Pyke ' '

Beveridge ' ffs I ******* tell them ffs to go down the corridor and ffs'

I try to lipread coaches sprays to little success

 

[raskolnikov]

How the media have to make a connection between Australia and any disaster or tragedy.

"Times Square is a huge tourist attraction for many Australians".

Seriously, how is that relevant?

 

[MarcusP2]

Wow, that was posted 12 minutes ago and it's blocked by the NFL now.

NFL don't take down videos, they make you watch them on the main youtube page and take some of the ad money. You can still watch the video, just not embedded.

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

not sure what thread to put this in so decided on this one. when ever this ad plays on tv it makes me want to smash my tv into tiny pieces

 

[dales.girl38]

Simonds Stadium. I don't care how many new stands you add, until you get wifi (or a working internet connection/reliable phone coverage would be handy, Telstra) you are still worse than a suburban football oval. What a shithole.

 

[Biggie]

Simonds Stadium. I don't care how many new stands you add, until you get wifi (or a working internet connection/reliable phone coverage would be handy, Telstra) you are still worse than a suburban football oval. What a shithole.

Hate that. Hoping our new stadium is good in that department

 

[GreyCrow]

Simonds Stadium. I don't care how many new stands you add, until you get wifi (or a working internet connection/reliable phone coverage would be handy, Telstra) you are still worse than a suburban football oval. What a shithole.

And all I ever worried about was were the pies hot

 

[RedmanWasHere]

How the media have to make a connection between Australia and any disaster or tragedy.

"Times Square is a huge tourist attraction for many Australians".

Seriously, how is that relevant?

That makes me cringe.

But it's the ME mentality.

 

[Le Grille]

Thought I'd be nice and offer an employee a coffee. She pulled out a post-it and wrote a list of things and gave me a loyalty card to get stamped. Double-tall, 1 pump, toffee nut latte. Cmon now!

At least she wrote it down

 

[Scotland]

Drinking tea at a cafe is a ******* waste of money if you ask me, 4 bucks to put a tea bag in some hot water, that's ******.

The cost of a cup of coffee isn't a whole lot more than a cup of tea. Really all you are paying for is the cafe to have a coffee machine and for some floggo with a top knot to spend a minute or so frothing milk.