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TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

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TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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    …do people think the tall can is bigger? If anything, I’ve always assumed that they were smaller 🤷‍♂️

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      (I don’t know why this image is transparent)

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        Oh hey we watched that video in my psych class. Funny phenomenon. Kids are dumb

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          Not just kids…

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            Now now, you shouldn’t put yourself down like that. I’m sure you’re not dumb.

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              You almost sound like PunnyName is the last remaining adult in the world

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                They are. We’re all dead.

                This is the shittiest afterlife.

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                  What a time to be alive dead!

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                    Suck it, bitches! *cries in the corner*

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                Wait. Am I not? Is this a simulation or not‽

                Aww, shit…

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              If anyone has any right to shit on me, it’s me, baby!

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          a person claims that flies are stupid for falling prey to a Venus trap, mice should be ashamed of falling into mousetraps, and bears should know better than to be caught by bear trap; then proceeds to work in the office

          Credit: Alex Culang & Raynato Castro

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            Oh no! A potential monotonous job that lets me live a life of luxury 10,000x better than any of those animals if I wanted! Better equate it to a death trap… Not the reality of simply existing in the first place lol.

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              existence is fine, the problem is capitalism lol

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                Capitalism isn’t perfect, but no other system has provided so much for so many. Fact.

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                Tell that to the mouse and bear.

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          “Kids are dumb” is your conclusion? Eff off. Adults fall for the same tricks kids do. Else things would cost $7.00 instead of $6.99.

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        In my highschool psych class we actually went to an elementary school and did this experiment with the kiddos. It was a while ago but if I recall correctly, 9/10 times they thought tall = bigger. I bet some people never grow out of that mindset or at least at first glance our less smart brain goes “tall is big!”

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          I guarantee these big corporations have psych majors working in their marketing teams and it’s 100% intentional.

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            Oh for sure, it’s definitely a whole wing of the organization. People are the ones who spend money, so if you want more money, study and exploit the people who spend it.

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        This exact image is what I had in mind when I saw this post. Lol

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      Area is just hard to discern. Manipulating the radius a little bit will alter area quite significantly (because its quadratic) but you won’t be able to perceive it. By comparison, height is much easier to see. So you can decrease the radius a bit and add height some and you can fool people.

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      They do have a larger surface area for the same volume…

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      Same. They look like the small 25 cl energy drink cans, so even if they’re still 33 cl, they look smaller.

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