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Observe things. ... , look around. Also look up. In city streets there are things to see above the horizontal plane we strongly tend to confine our view to.
by jonsen 16y ago
Observe things. ... , look around.
Also look up. In city streets there are things to see above the horizontal plane we strongly tend to confine our view to.
- smutticus 16y agoNo one ever looks up. No really. No one ever looks up. I used to have a balcony over a very crowded alley with constant foot traffic. I would stand there quietly and watch people think they were alone in this alley all the time. Drunk people were the best. One corner of the alley was constantly getting pee'd in so they installed a metal skirt that bounced the pee back on the pee'r. You could watch drunk people pee in that corner then walk away with a wet pant leg without ever noticing. Hilarious. And not once in the 3 years I lived there did someone look up.
- AndyKelley 16y agoI think I can remember three different times I've decided to look up and I saw someone watching me. I waved "hello" to them and continued on.
- dlnovell 16y agohahaha, that's hilarious. 1) It doesn't solve the problem at all as the drunks don't even notice the deterrent 2) If the drunks were aware enough to notice, they could simply pee at an angle to avoid backsplash - but I imagine they'd be too drunk to think of that simple solution
- cconstantine 16y agoOddly enough if you play through Portal with commentary on they talk about this constantly. Test players never looked up and they had to do elaborate things with the level design to simply get people to look up.
- sili 16y agoIn older cities it's amazing how much great architecture goes unnoticed. New York city has buildings from turn of the century with most intricate decorations and reliefs and only recently I started noticing it (in a "they don't make 'em like they used to" way).
- mirkules 16y agoIn cities like Prague, it's really hard NOT to look up. Every street has a tower or something really fascinating that just stands out
- ritonlajoie 16y agoI also have great memories of Prague and it's cathedral. Good old time...
- rdtsc 16y agoGood idea. It will force you to slow down a bit too, which is a good thing. It is hard to look up while walking fast.
- rikthevik 16y ago1.) 99% of the time, the people looking up are tourists. 2.) It is really funny to look straight up at the sky in a busy street and then watch twenty other people start looking up, wondering what could possibly be going on up there.