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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Did you all watch the first one with IMAX 3D (or whatever was called back then)? I might have weird eyes cuz it felt like I'm watching some long-ass blurry cutscene.
Did you wear the glasses?
Nah, I can see fairly well, 10/10, so why would I wear glasses?
I really hope, and should probably assume, this is a joke post. But I feel like even though it must be, I'm gonna fall for the bait, as the character you have presented yourself as would have missed out on so much. But I'm gonna explain it in what is hopefully a worthwhile read so it's not a waste.
The reason a RealD 3D movie is so bright and blurry without the glasses on is that the scenes for both eyes are projected at the canvas. The light from both images is polarized to perpendicular angles with each other. The glasses have different polarization for each eye that only let in the light from the image intended for that eye. So with the glasses on, it will not only be back down to the correct brightness, but will be 3D instead of blurry, as each eye is only seeing one image now. A properly shot image from exactly far enough away from the other eyes view point, so as to seem as though you saw the scene with your own eyes to start with.
I salute you for replying in earnest, yes the last one was a joke.