• Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
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    16 hours ago

    Another one is levelling.

    A lot of people can see a picture frame is about 0.5° out of level and their fucking eye twitches until they fix it

    Me included

    That’s nuts when you think about it

    • Eranziel@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      I worked on an industrial robot once, and we parked it such that the middle section of the arm was up above the robot and supposed to be level. I could tell from 50 feet away and a glance that it wasn’t, so we checked. It was off by literally 1 degree.

      Degrees are bigger than we think, but also our eyes are incredible instruments.

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      14 hours ago

      See, I live in an old apartment. The corners aren’t 90°, the wall a picture is hanging on is convex. When I’m lying in bed and look at the picture it looks like it’s crooked but I used a level several times on it and it’s as straight as can be. It’s driving me insane.

    • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml
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      15 hours ago

      I purposefully slightly tilt most my wall hangings. I like watching guests squirm when they mention it and I do nothing

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      12 hours ago

      When my wife was pissed at me she would go to my office before I got to work and tilt every picture/award and move my books about.

      She knows what buttons to push and my sous chefs just let her do it… ungrateful pricks

      /S