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07-13-2010 , 05:18 PM

#976

diebitter

Grotesquely Handsome

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 66,083

Dave

try Before Sunrise first. This has got to be the bare minimum test.

07-13-2010 , 05:40 PM

#977

Blarg

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 53,527

Have her watch one of the old Disney greats with you. If she doesn't like it, ask her how many years she has been living as a man and tell her the doctor did really fine work.

07-13-2010 , 05:49 PM

#978

HobbyHorse

Allegedly Attractive

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,223

Pay Attention - this is a test. Don't cheat. Click the link, take the test, and then post your answers. THEN read the spoiler.

The Monkey Business Illusion

Spoiler:

07-13-2010 , 06:02 PM

#979

SoloAJ

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 16,324

re: these tests

Spoiler:

07-13-2010 , 06:10 PM

#980

HobbyHorse

Allegedly Attractive

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,223

Solo, I think it has a lot of relevance to life, particularly in anything involving eye witnesses like police matters and court cases. People always seem to overestimate their own awareness of what is going on around them, even though everything is happening right in front of their very noses.

07-13-2010 , 06:15 PM

#981

Dominic

Tripod

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 74,922

lol, the first time i took this a few years ago I completely missed the gorilla

07-13-2010 , 06:17 PM

#982

HobbyHorse

Allegedly Attractive

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,223

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dominic

lol, the first time i took this a few years ago I completely missed the gorilla

Sigh.

Someday, I hope someone explains the use of spoiler tags to you.

07-13-2010 , 06:22 PM

#983

Dominic

Tripod

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 74,922

Quote:

Originally Posted by HobbyHorse

Sigh.

Someday, I hope someone explains the use of spoiler tags to you.

if anyone is going to do the test, they will do so before they reach my post.

07-13-2010 , 06:30 PM

#984

HobbyHorse

Allegedly Attractive

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,223

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dominic

if anyone is going to do the test, they will do so before they reach my post.

100 post page view, Dominic, 100 POST PAGE VIEW!

(PS. I started a Screenwriting class the other day. The instructor looks a lot like you. It freaked me out.

)

Last edited by HobbyHorse; 07-13-2010 at 06:33 PM. Reason: Doppelganger Dominics? The universe would not be so cruel to me, right?

07-13-2010 , 06:35 PM

#985

SoloAJ

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 16,324

Quote:

Originally Posted by HobbyHorse

But that's my issue. If I'm getting robbed at gunpoint, I'm pretty sure I'm going to be focused more on the robber than I am whether or not a Butterfingers are on sale in my peripheral behind the robber.

I would rather they just say, "pay attention for some upcoming questions!" like they do in Scene-It DVD game. That is better. It'd be silly if they said, "Pay attention to the dialogue of this scene," and then they ask me about the actor's movie history.

07-13-2010 , 07:13 PM

#986

NhlNut

KANGZ

Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,255

Spoiler:

07-13-2010 , 07:17 PM

#987

lastcardcharlie

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 10,650

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dominic

if anyone is going to do the test, they will do so before they reach my post.

I did the test but I didn't spot your post.

07-13-2010 , 07:21 PM

#988

kioshk

Nixonian

Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 93,000

Spoiler:

07-13-2010 , 07:40 PM

#989

TheIrishThug

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,223

I agree with Solo that this all seems fairly straight forward. If I'm focusing on one thing, I am less likely to notice other things. If I'm looking for something unexpected, I'm more likely to seen the obvious one and less likely to see the subtle ones.

07-13-2010 , 08:05 PM

#990

daveT

S.A.G.E. Master

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 23,955

I never seen that illusion, but...

Spoiler:

I think it's really stupid.

Spoiler:

edit: I'm surprised at how bad many people did on this test. I always suspected my world was far more cluttered than most people, and this sort of confirms it, imo.

07-13-2010 , 08:10 PM

#991

daveT

S.A.G.E. Master

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 23,955

In defense of my girlfriend, please note that she is not from America, so she would not be very aware of the American slave trade, no more than I would be able to understand the humor of a movie of her's bashing into the Hans.

We do laugh a ton, and she is one of the funniest girls I ever met. I only want to point out that showing a Ameri-centric movie to an Asian isn't very productive.

07-13-2010 , 08:13 PM

#992

thirddan

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 11,695

glad things are going well dave...

Spoiler:

07-13-2010 , 08:19 PM

#993

Blarg

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 53,527

Quote:

Originally Posted by daveT

In defense of my girlfriend, please note that she is not from America, so she would not disapprove of the American slave trade

... I only want to point out that showing a Ameri-centric movie to an Asian isn't very productive.

FYP

07-13-2010 , 08:28 PM

#994

Count Chocula

banned

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 19,345

Can I make the next lc thread? I have a kool title in mind.

07-13-2010 , 08:35 PM

#995

Dominic

Tripod

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 74,922

Quote:

Originally Posted by Count Chocula

Can I make the next lc thread? I have a kool title in mind.

the mods make the monthly LC threads, but they do take nominations for the title. So go for it!

07-13-2010 , 08:47 PM

#996

Count Chocula

banned

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 19,345

well, OK. I guess I can mod this place for a month if it allows me to make the thread.

07-13-2010 , 08:55 PM

#997

John Cole

Lounge Nighthawk

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 18,954

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dominic

if anyone is going to do the test, they will do so before they reach my post.

You are correct, Dom. In fact, once I saw the gorilla, I stopped counting passes since I figured the idea was simply to spot the gorilla.

07-13-2010 , 09:01 PM

#998

Count Chocula

banned

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 19,345

Damn you bastards

you ruined the test for me

I saw the damn gorilla

I wish I never had.

07-13-2010 , 09:01 PM

#999

HobbyHorse

Allegedly Attractive

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,223

Stop using such foul and improper language, JC. You're making my stomach churn.

The rules of grammar have proven that the words "Dominic" and "correct" can only be joined by the word, "isn't" or, if you're from the South and/or in a hurry, "aren't", in order to be both logicially true and syntactically consistent.