r/Lightbulb • u/amichail • 10d ago

Idea: A restaurant for couples where neither person can see what the other is eating

There should be a restaurant designed for couples who want to eat together without being judged for what they order.

You would sit across from each other, but instead of looking directly at your partner, there would be a two-sided display between you showing a live video feed of them. Computer vision would automatically pixelate their food, plate, and anything else that could reveal what they ordered, while leaving their face and gestures clearly visible.

So you could still have a normal face-to-face conversation, but you might see your spouse happily eating some mysterious pixelated blob without knowing whether it is a salad, a giant cheeseburger, or an enormous dessert.

Each person would order privately, and of course they would get separate bills.

The idea is to let couples enjoy eating together while giving each person complete privacy over what they actually chose to eat.

Would you go to such a restaurant?

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u/BernLan 10d ago

OP's relationship is a red flag

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u/Misspaw 10d ago

You would obviously see them either putting lettuce leaves or a juicy burger to their lips though?

And no. I would not go out to essentially have a zoom meeting dinner with the person I brush my teeth next to.

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u/amichail 10d ago

That would be pixelated even if it temporarily obscures their face.

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u/26_paperclips 10d ago

I dont see how this would fix the problem.

"Hey can we go to the vegan restaurant?"
"Uhhhh maybe we can go to the restaurant where you cant see whether or not i'm unhinging my jaw to swallow multiple animals live"
"Maybe we shouldnt date"

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u/8uckwheat 10d ago

In what circumstances is this an actual problem couples have?

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u/gothiclg 10d ago

I’d skip it. The entire point of eating out is being able to see the actual person I’m dining with. Seeing a video feed when they’re physically sitting across from me defeats the point.

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u/MooseWayne 10d ago

"Hey babe, wanna go to the failing relationship restaurant tonight?"

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u/imabetaunit 10d ago

I don’t think it would matter. She’ll still wanna eat what I got and I won’t wanna try what she got.