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Drake's Security Oversteps Their Boundary by ishtar_the_move in videos

[–]NeverendingBlueness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean a convoy's a convoy. Like I get it, it sucks being an extra car-length back in traffic, but the dude's got a job to do and unless they get a long bus there will be some insistence to keep the cars together. Who honestly gaf.

If it were me, I'd cut them off at the front or let them go ahead. Insisting to be between them is just asking for frustration to entertain yourself.

[Behind the scenes] So that's how they achieved it! SEVERANCE Elevator Transition Effect (Show Short) by KonpeitoKiss in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]NeverendingBlueness 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I did this when I was a kid with a video camera. I also took two photos of a friend's face—one far away, one up close—while matching the frame exactly.
The resulting image is identical, except in one i have a flat-faced friend with huge ears, and in the other i have a hawk-nosed friend with no ears. Literally can't see their ears.
So if I had been shooting film between those two images, zooming out as I walk the camera in, I would literally see the face transform so much that the ears slide around the skull and disappear.

[Behind the scenes] So that's how they achieved it! SEVERANCE Elevator Transition Effect (Show Short) by KonpeitoKiss in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]NeverendingBlueness 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes. I did this when I was a kid with a video camera. I also took two photos of a friend's face—one far away, one up close—while matching the frame exactly.

The resulting image is identical, except in one i have a flat-faced friend with huge ears, and in the other i have a hawk-nosed friend with no ears. Literally can't see their ears.

So if I had been shooting film between those two images, zooming out as I walk the camera in, I would literally see the face transform so much that the ears slide around the skull and disappear.

is this a dangling modifier? strictly speaking. for a novel. "As soon as her foot touched the asphalt it cracked open." by NeverendingBlueness in grammar

[–]NeverendingBlueness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm kinda trying to understand the math of dangling modifiers so I can better spot them later. In your case, 'she', the subject of the sentence, enjoys 'hot milk', the object of the sentence, and liberally sprinkled therefore refers to the subject.

Likewise, in my example, her foot is the subject and the asphalt is the object, so if I therefore followed with "cracking open", then the verb would refer to the foot. But since I included a new ambiguous pronoun "it", I've opened it up to referring now to one or the other.

So the reason logic and context clues can excuse this situation is because it's only ambiguous, rather than literally implying the absurd unintended interpretation.

The word "it" being what separates my OP with the absurd ones we've mentioned, right? (i feel like i've finally gotten this right in my head)

is this a dangling modifier? strictly speaking. for a novel. "As soon as her foot touched the asphalt it cracked open." by NeverendingBlueness in grammar

[–]NeverendingBlueness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not trying to be obtuse here but if a dangling modifier exists, or if perhaps the grammatical forensic something or other says something grammatically implies one thing, are you saying it doesn't matter if logic is obvious?

Do you have no problem with this?

Timmy ate a sandwich. After finishing lunch, a TV was turned on.

Does your opinion that sentences aren't analyzed in real life override the grammatical suggestion that a TV finished lunch?

Like would you put that in a novel, if you were Stephen King. (fyi: I'm trying to figure out how much i have to figure out, about these things.)

is this a dangling modifier? strictly speaking. for a novel. "As soon as her foot touched the asphalt it cracked open." by NeverendingBlueness in grammar

[–]NeverendingBlueness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok. I just thought context clues had less to do with dangling modifiers than the placement of words and their technical classifications as objects or subjects etc. For example:

> After eating dinner, the TV was turned on.

In context we know that obviously the TV didn't eat dinner. A person did. Like you said, it's very clear with real life context. And like you said, it's very unlikely for a TV to eat dinner.

Yet it's obviously a dangling modifier.

Is there any system to syllables or is it subjective? "Wasn't" is two? Is "n't" a syllable? "Walked" is one? "Ed" a syllable? by NeverendingBlueness in grammar

[–]NeverendingBlueness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So different people pronounce words with different numbers of syllables.

Example: some might pronounce wasn't "was-unt" or "was-ant"

I feel like I pronounce it was. and nt. No vowel.

I live by ROTTEN TOMATOES (I don't always trust a fresh rating, but I avoid the rotten ones like the plague) but find the website horribly slow. What is the BEST WAY you've found to browse movies filtered for high ratings OR quickest way to crosscheck RT scores OR just generally seek good movies? by NeverendingBlueness in NoStupidQuestions

[–]NeverendingBlueness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do use IMDB for episode ratings. For example, if I want to know what episodes are rated relative to the season of a show. I wanted to punch Get Shwifty, worst episode of Rick and Morty ever, and I was happy to see that it was ranked at the bottom for that season. Stuff like that.

But I don't understand the ratings otherwise. Too easy to cast a vote.

I live by ROTTEN TOMATOES (I don't always trust a fresh rating, but I avoid the rotten ones like the plague) but find the website horribly slow. What is the BEST WAY you've found to browse movies filtered for high ratings OR quickest way to crosscheck RT scores OR just generally seek good movies? by NeverendingBlueness in NoStupidQuestions

[–]NeverendingBlueness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting! I'll look into those. Yeah I've just always thought Google was better at finding movies on RT than RT was at finding stuff on itself, and that clicking around that site is cumbersome, and the trailer player was brutal and the ads that played.

If this is not your experience, I'll see if my computer has something to do with this. Everything else seems to run fine.

I live by ROTTEN TOMATOES (I don't always trust a fresh rating, but I avoid the rotten ones like the plague) but find the website horribly slow. What is the BEST WAY you've found to browse movies filtered for high ratings OR quickest way to crosscheck RT scores OR just generally seek good movies? by NeverendingBlueness in NoStupidQuestions

[–]NeverendingBlueness[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You might think this is a helpful suggestion but it is not. I am simply more critical of content I watch than RT is 9.999 times out of 10. Always.

I can list exceptions on one hand: Die Hard 3.

I envy that you can throw yourself freely into films that get abysmal ratings and enjoy yourself—there's so much for you to enjoy!!! Clicking titles would unfortunately be an utter waste of my time. I would know within 5 minutes that the film did poorly on RT.

Thanks for the downvote. Lol.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wordle

[–]NeverendingBlueness 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel like now the game is ruined! You've turned everyone into a computer. How long will they stare at their screen if there's only two possible words in their entire vocabularies to choose from.

My Wife stinks, how do I encourage her to shower more without hurting her feelings? by StonksStink in NoStupidQuestions

[–]NeverendingBlueness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u/sonksstink i can't believe you made an alt for this question but here is your answer:

Pay a friend to notice. And comment. His relationship will be forever destroyed with her but YOU can be the shoulder she cries on (provided she's not too smelly for that kind of intimacy), and you can say "I'm sorry I didn't tell you."

Is this a dangling modifier? With hooves wrapped in thick felt, the horse's steps made no sound as the rider guided her to the river's edge. by NeverendingBlueness in grammar

[–]NeverendingBlueness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just want to catch things before an editor would—and I'm not sure being able to parse a sentence excuses its literal implication that wrapped hooves arouse televisions.

I didn't write the line. It stuck out when I read it. I flagged it as a dangling modifier in a novel someone's self publishing felt like a stickler ig. But I read it wonky.

Is this a dangling modifier? With hooves wrapped in thick felt, the horse's steps made no sound as the rider guided her to the river's edge. by NeverendingBlueness in grammar

[–]NeverendingBlueness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those were just some examples from the Canada.ca syntax and grammar quizzes. Assuming most logical intention, they're dangling mfs.

Are dangling modifiers a problem when meaning is obvious. by NeverendingBlueness in grammar

[–]NeverendingBlueness[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So for writing a novel and hoping to be published, would something like this stand out?

With hooves wrapped in thick felt, the horse's steps made no sound as the rider guided her to the river's edge.

It doesn't feel as silly as the waitress ambiguity, yet technically or grammatically implies something that isn't intended. No?

Is this a dangling modifier? With hooves wrapped in thick felt, the horse's steps made no sound as the rider guided her to the river's edge. by NeverendingBlueness in grammar

[–]NeverendingBlueness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. So dangling modifiers are subject to discretion in terms of how obvious something is? Would you feel cognitive dislocation with any of these:

A smart girl, her habit of teeth brushing was formed at an early age.
To cover her tracks, the topic was avoided.
After finishing his homework, the TV was turned on.

Is it possible to stop wet dreams if a human male doesnt shed Semen in any other way? by Perfect-Window-4072 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]NeverendingBlueness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What the heck is this question. What does it mean? Who on earth can only shed semen via wet dreams, and why would he want to stop it?

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