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In case anyone missed the reference, the "boit diabloique" (devils box) is a reference to the TV show "Look around you". The show presents itself as educational
by IIAOPSW 7y ago
In case anyone missed the reference, the "boit diabloique" (devils box) is a reference to the TV show "Look around you". The show presents itself as educational programming while slowly desending into madness. In the episode on music we are informed to never press the forbidden keys on the piano (the ones that are locked in the boit diabloique next to the normal keys). A presenter calmly demonstrates pressing one of these keys and promptly starts bleeding from the ear. While he is casually having his brain leak out we are instructed on screen to "write that down in your copy book now".
- afandian 7y agoSince you did get the reference, there's an easter egg in the spoken version of this just for you. https://blog.afandian.com/2019/09/ux-for-toddlers/ https://blog.afandian.com/2019/09/ux-for-toddlers/ I did reference the Boite at another Oxford Geek Night presentation about visualising (and hearing) data, including some stage-makeup blood, which did bleed from my ears. A few people got the joke, but not enough to make it worthwhile going round with fake blood on my ears for the rest of the evening.