• Kuma@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 day ago

    My first and only audiobook (I forgot the title) had one track per chapter. I started at chapter one and kept wondering from time to time why things were happening with no explanation. Then, several chapters later, I’d finally figure it out what was going on because the characters started setting up events I’d already heard about so I checked my music player and it was on shuffle… It actually worked weirdly well, haha.

  • insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 days ago

    There’s a planet of the apes film where they are talking to each other in their common language and we watched without subtitles for so long. We thought we were supposed to just get the vibe.

  • IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world
    21·
    2 days ago

    can’t remember what I was watching, but I accidentally muted it just when a dramatic scene started, and I was so riveted by the scene having no sound at all.

    i had to focus only on the scene, and it was so suspenseful, tense, and immersive, thought the director was a genius for taking such risks and it paid off… eventually I noticed it was on mute.

    • Tenderizer78@lemmy.mlEnglish
      13·
      2 days ago

      When something like that happens, I automatically assume it’s on mute or frozen, so I can’t get those kinds of masterpiece moments. I wish I could trust art as much as you.

      • MoonMelon@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        I don’t know if it’s still a thing in the digital age, but having even just a few seconds of dead air back in the analogue broadcast days could mean that “silence detectors” all over the country would start going off and radio engineers everywhere would think there was some kind of problem with their station. So there had to be talking, music, something at pretty much all times.

        If you wanted intentional silence you could play comfort noise in the background.

        • killingspark@feddit.orgEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          Comfort noise really surprised me when I learned about it regarding phones. We register it as silence but we also register the line as active whereas we immediately notice complete silence. Brains are cool stuff

  • wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
    25·
    2 days ago

    I once watched a 2 part DVD movie in the wrong order and I thought it was a bold director’s choice to not introduce any of the characters or explain the background.

  • SmoothOperator@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 days ago

    I somehow missed one of the middle episodes of the first season of House of Cards, and was very surprised at the boldness of having to piece together what had happened between episodes. Very demanding of the viewer.

    I did realise my mistake immediately after though.

      • MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works
        61·
        2 days ago

        They mean more “bored of life” than “bored in the moment”.

        Used habitually, it can be a pacifying kind of drug. You’re unhappy with things, so you get stoned to get a little escape. If you didn’t have the out of that little escape, you might be more inclined to make choices and put in the work to make lasting changes.

        On the other side, shrooms makes you uncomfortably confront the shit that you don’t like about yourself and neural pathways get a chance to reroute, so you can kinda give yourself the kick in your ass you need to see the problem and make changes.

        • Øπ3ŕ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          you might be more inclined to make choices and put in the work

          Fuck off, Dad! I learned it from watching you!

          Also, genuinely sorry to hear about your record label and tour dates recently. ✊🏼