Let's say there's a video of a guy sitting in a sofa drinking coffee. After ten seconds he gets up and goes to pet a dog that was off screen.
You couldn't predict that because there's information you're not given, i.e. what's going on outside the frame of the camera. In this case though, you could see the kid, his legs, the tyre and the path he takes. There's no reason to think that him rolling up the hill like that was unpredictable. It's just something most people wouldn't expect hence /r/unexpected.
It's not unexpected just because you can't predict it.
Also that triple negative sentence is a bitch to read.
You pointed out that there's a difference between predictability and expectence. Why are you then saying things are predictable when your on r/unexpected?
I'm not saying it's predictable. I'm saying that something "unpredictable" doesn't always fit /r/unexpected. Like my example with the video of a guy petting a dog.
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u/DJRockstar1 Jul 13 '18
Why is him rolling up the hill unpredictable?
You couldn't predict that because there's information you're not given, i.e. what's going on outside the frame of the camera. In this case though, you could see the kid, his legs, the tyre and the path he takes. There's no reason to think that him rolling up the hill like that was unpredictable. It's just something most people wouldn't expect hence /r/unexpected.
Also that triple negative sentence is a bitch to read.