Spyke
feddit.uk

What makes them think they're American? I don't see any guns or medical bills piled up?

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LolaCatreply
lemmy.ca

Why would you have a framed picture of a mirror, that'd just be weird.

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Right, but why do they have a framed picture of a fan on the opposite wall from the mirror?

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zaphodreply
sopuli.xyz

Somehow I can tell it it's a room in a USian or canadian house, not sure why exactly though. Maybe it's the closets, door styles, the carpet, or how they paint their walls. Windows, outlets and door knobs are a dead giveaway.

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Artyomreply
lemm.ee

It's the unpainted walls because why bother if you can't afford it and your landlord will soft-evict you by doubling rent in a year?

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zaphodreply
sopuli.xyz

It's definitely painted, otherwise you'd see the cardboard drywall, maybe it's the choice of colour.

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tetris11reply
lemmy.ml

US: pastel colours, gaudy ceiling furniture, furniture the colour of the walls, tacky metal frames sprayed with gold, needless 6-panelled doors, walk-in closet.

If this was UK: white walls + cheap spotlights that point nowhere, wood-coloured furniture, tacky metal frames but thinner and black, smaller doors with stupid handles, no closet.

If this was Germany: white walls + no ceiling fixtures, cheap but wooden furniture, tacky metal frames but strong for some reason, clearly framed doors, wide light switches for household pets, no closet.

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GiveOverreply
feddit.uk

UK here. We use magnolia for every wall, thank you very much

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It's a particular shade of paint. It's widespread enough in the UK that multiple brands do their own version of Magnolia. It's often what's used when people don't want to have to decide what colour to paint, or in council housing, and it's increasingly common in private rentals.

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tetris11reply
lemmy.ml

If you can't answer the question, then the criteria for citizenship is highly dubious

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nescreply
lemmy.cafe

I don't think there are other countries with ceiling fans?

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nescreply
lemmy.cafe

Fair, so either US or Liechtenstein. 😄

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dunzreply
feddit.nu

I had one in my first apartment, in Sweden, but I had one of those really high beds you can keep a desk under, so I had to watch my head when climbing down.

And also watch my head when standing up from the desk. But hey, I had both a desk, an armchair and a bed!

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We have them in Japan, but they're mostly at businesses. That's slowly changing for homeowners, but not as much for renters (due to rules about modifying things).

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samus12345reply
lemm.ee

The ceiling fan makes it likely. They're far more common here.

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There was r/[email protected] that basically tries to find as much information about the person just from a photo. I once found an exact window location to the room where the picture was taken. You would be suprised how much information can be extracted from one picture.

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lemmy.world

I don't know why i remembered i had this somewhere in my dusty folder full of thousands of old memes, but:

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i have this exact picture in the bottom of my old reddit drawer, thats been expanding for 2 years and now merging with my Lemmy drawers....

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samus12345reply
lemm.ee

Then the question becomes, "Why do you have a mirror hanging over your fireplace?" It's too high for practical use.

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wiareply
lemmy.ca

Mirrors can make rooms feel bigger, even if you can't see yourself in it

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Oh my god this is the best "straight line" type of joke I've heard in a long time. I just told my six year old they loved it

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lemmy.world

Erm, that looks like a mirror reflecting the ceiling fan, not a framed picture of a ceiling fan.

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Thats what I thought too at first, but notice the soft pastel colours separated by the diagonal, as if in a fragrant meadow of flowers, bisected by the hard steel blades of the fan, the artist showing the juxtaposition between country and city life, whilst the fan itself is depicted at an elusive angle, like an anxious child shying away from their duties.

No this is clearly the work of a Master.

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Fizzreply
lemmy.nz

No its framed picture of a celling fan.

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Mirror is face-ish high, to look at your ugly mug.

I have my mirrors much lower so I can admire my better as(s)pects.

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midwest.social

Found the non American.

If you were American, you would know its the traditional American custom to put up frammed fan photos.

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Akasazhreply
feddit.nl

You'd see the left wall in the reflection, if you wanted to show the opposite corner, like in that picture, the mirror needs to be arcoss facing the camera directly.

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lemmy.ca

It's an angled wall segment, look at where it meets the floor

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Oh wow. That fisheye really does a number on the perspective.

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