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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.

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We all know the modern complaint: movie sound sucks now unless you have a high-end sound system. Frantically turning down the volume after turning it up to hear the dialogue only to need to turn it up again can be frustrating. Now, this doesn't solve the underlying problem, but why not have a "Volume A" and "Volume B" you can easily set and toggle between with the simple press of a button?

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[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think that's wrong at all. I gave it 3 tries and then started looking for outside analyses. Movies are made by groups of people. It makes sense that it would take groups to understand them. I had to do the same thing with Coherence and Primer.

[–] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

That was the longest movie experience I've ever had. I started watching it on Saturday, finished on Sunday. For every 1 minute of going forward in the movie, I must have spent more than 2 minutes writing notes, watching YT explanations. I also had to jump back and re-watch older parts to understand the 1 minute I've just gone forward in the plot. Maybe all of that jumping around adds up to watching the whole thing 3 times. 😅

I guess I'll need to put Coherence and Primer on my watch list then.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

I'd recommend them, if you enjoy that experience/process.

I did like that Tenet has layers. You can watch it as an action movie, no problem, but you can also go as far down into the story as you want to also.