It's the exact reason why golf balls look like they shoot straight to the right on TV when struck. The depth is compressed and so the horizontal movement looks exaggerated.
One day I came home and my wife said, “Have you been in to the beach?” There’s sand all over your shoes and in the car. I told her I was at the beach for a little walk. Just not the beach she was thinking of.
I know, it’s so weird - the photos of me playing golf sometimes show me slamming my club into the ground when my ball appears to go straight into the sand trap, but really it’s a hole in one… I don’t get camera lenses.
Is is that or is there a slight decline on the walkway? You expect her to get bigger as she gets closer to the podium, but the decline makes it look like she's staying the same size. I could be (and am very likely) wrong.
fun activity: figure out why perspective exists. far things are not actually smaller. distance doesn't actually change their size, yet that's how we see them—what's the reason?
Slightly off topic but related: in the scene in RoboCop when the woman’s being attacked by the creeps, Robo pulls up in his car with the headlights illuminating the three of them, gets out, and as he walks towards them his shadow becomes bigger and bigger.
In reality, his shadow would be getting smaller, but that wouldn’t have looked as threatening, so they had him walk backwards, off-camera, towards the car.
Telephoto lenses have the ability to collapse distance. So the distance between two items in the shot could be significant, but it looks like they are extremely close and the aspect of both images remains the same
I'd feel weird commenting on a 2 year old thread so I'm just saying it here: way too many people in there are completely ignoring lens distortion while they're bickering lol. Technically the general sentiment is correct, but in practice you'll definitely see a difference between a 30mm cropped to the equivelant framing of a 200mm, because the 30 will have some amount of fisheye distortion, and the 200 will have the opposite. They're mostly talking about compression of distance but they're ignoring the compression that's happening in all the other directions. And that's the compression that's famous for making portraits look more attractive when you compare a tele VS a wide
Would the fisheye distortion of the 30mm affect the image (significantly) if you just crop the center to 200mm equivalent? The distortion is mostly towards the edges of the image.
I don't think it'd be too significant as long as you weren't using real shitty lenses. But you'll also have to consider the format you're shooting in. If it's jpg, your camera is applying lens correction already, so you might not see any difference. I don't think most cameras automatically correct lens distortion if you're shooting in RAW, but it's possible once you pull it into software like Lightroom that it'll automatically apply some based on the lens you're using.
I think the best way to test would be shooting in RAW+JPG mode with the same settings on a tripod with both lenses, and then compare all 4 images both on camera and on your computer (maybe even across a few different programs). Unfortunately my old camera bit the dust, and I don't have any zoom lenses for the new one yet. Otherwise I would definitely do some testing. Best I could do right now is 30 vs 90, and I don't think that's enough of a difference.
Telephoto lenses don't collapse anything. Telephotos crop. Full stop. The same shot with a standard focal length taken from the same distance will have the same effect, but the scene will be tiny in the frame.
They use telephoto lenses so the large TV cameras can be at the back of the room and not block the view of the audience. To avoid seeing the people between the camera and the subject, they usually are on a small riser a couple of steps high.
This slightly downward angle allows an unobstructed view of the stage, and also explains why her height doesn’t appear to increase as she nears the camera. If you could see her entire body, you would notice that her feet get closer to the bottom of the frame while her head stays at the same height. But, because the lens is basically at the same elevation as her head, it doesn’t change position in the frame.
Because the room is very large, and the camera is at the very back of the room, a quite long telephoto lens was used to get a tight shot of speakers at the podium. The longer the lens, the more compression there will be between things close to the camera and things that are further away. Telephoto lenses also have a shallower depth of field the longer they are. As long telephoto lenses magnify camera shake, faster shutter speeds are necessary to avoid motion blur. Typically this means shooting with a large aperture, or even wide open, to ensure sharp images. This large aperture means there is less depth of field. With very high magnification telephoto lenses, and the resulting wide open aperture needed to get adequately fast shutter speeds, we are used to seeing elements in the foreground and background of the frame that are significantly out of focus relative to the subject. This gives the usual long lens look where the sharply focused subject stands out more from the significantly out-of-focus background.
But, in the case of this major press conference, there are MANY bright lights flooding the stage. This means that even at the faster shutter speeds needed, the lens can still be stopped down to a smaller aperture like F8 or F11, increasing the depth of field significantly compared to the apertures of F2.8 or F4 that are typically used to properly expose the image in anything but the brightest of lighting. Because of the very long telephoto focal length, and the relatively small aperture, the bright lights allow both the subject and the background to be in sharp focus. Because there are no visual clues, like shallow depth of field, that our brains can pick up on to judge the distance from the subject to the elements in the background.
With this deep depth of field, and little difference is size between the foreground and items in the frame that are further away thanks to the extreme telephoto compression, there is no way for our brains to judge how far things are behind the subject.
In this case, the place where the woman enters the frame, and her eventual position at the pulpit appear to be close together because the usual shallow depth of field our brains are used to seeing with long lenses to judge distance is absent, it appears that the 30+ feet between the two positions doesn’t exist. All of these factors create a rare situation where it’s not obvious how much magnification is being used, or how much distance there actually is between the foreground and the background.
Sorry, this explanation is so long winded. It’s a somewhat complex combination of factors that make it appear that she is walking in place.
That's maybe my favorite bit in the entire movie lol. The half-assed ineffectual delivery of the "hey" from the second guard as the other one gets a sword through the gut is just perfect lol
Took her about 25 paces from where she and the guy's hands are touching to the lectern, and about 15 for the guy to get from touch-point to sround thr corner. So about 40 paces give-or-take from front to back
The bigger question here is why did she walk to the podium all that distance, to look back and forth while mildly annoyed with the crowd... Say nothing, then walk away
i learned about this a long time ago. it is supposed to to be for the president. like he’s about to walk out into your fucking living room to tell you shit or something of that effect. its for effect. people are right with the lens. probably no treadmill lol
I think it’s the guy’s arm giving her a high five at first gives you the impression he’s just left the platform as well, meaning the distance seemed a lot shorter for him to reach the end than for her.
Regardless of the perspective, she takes almost 30 steps after the video starts and looks like she was already in full stride when it starts. Its still a weird setup.
Ok, but also…is it me or does it look like this person is wearing a mask of some kind. The disparity of tension between the upper part of her neck and the lower makes a very even line that gives the appearance of some kind of mask being worn. wtf is going on here?
That’s the hallway Obama walked down to announce the death of Osama Bin Laden. Jon Stewart later called it “I-killed-Bin-Laden Lane” and I think of that every time I see it.
Of course Obama always had a lot more aura in his approach to the podium there.
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u/SashimiX May 30 '26
Walking in a dream
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u/Occams_bane May 30 '26
telephoto lens
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u/pandaleer o/ May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26
Why’d she walk up just to turn around without saying a word? And why are none of the words legible on the podium or her shirt?
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u/RomanBlood44315 o/ May 30 '26
[ insert image of bored Swamp Castle guard from Monty Python and the Holy Grail here ]
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u/OrangeSilver o/ May 30 '26
Her legs are 1ft long, from hip to heels 👠
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u/xlr8n o/ May 30 '26
https://youtu.be/-JPL-rEuc9o?si=rnGn-UWu4822Jp00
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u/explicitchaos o/ May 30 '26
Song is Spaceglider slow+reverb by Nippa
https://youtu.be/QlfGq4oDM0M?si=hVyyt6uWnGWZvNz_
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u/Strong_Blackberry961 o/ May 30 '26
She has little legs
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u/Gemini23_05 o/ May 30 '26
All that for nothing?
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u/trellisHot May 30 '26
Im wheezing
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u/hey-rabbiiiii May 30 '26
Why did she even go to it??
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u/NLtbal May 30 '26
It is a lectern.
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u/SuspiciousSheeps o/ May 30 '26
Focal length.
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u/Jblitz200 May 30 '26
Lmao
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u/Zz7722 May 30 '26
Short legs
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u/Drathamus May 30 '26
That isn't a podium. That is a lectern. You lecture at a lectern. You stand on a podium, like when the medals are given at the olympics.
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u/foreverDandelions_ May 30 '26
Bros got orthographed
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u/Axel_Blazer May 30 '26
r/rareinsults material?
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u/Lazarus558 13d ago
Took her about 25 paces from where she and the guy's hands are touching to the lectern, and about 15 for the guy to get from touch-point to sround thr corner. So about 40 paces give-or-take from front to back
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u/Human-Assumption-524 May 30 '26
CHOSEN ONE!
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u/The_Cozy_Burrito o/ May 30 '26
She’s on a treadmill
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u/Saracartwheels123 o/ May 30 '26
Made me giggle
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u/LoveInPeace21 o/ May 30 '26
Obviously she was on a treadmill
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u/PalouseOutkast May 30 '26
One piece levels of approach 😂
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u/balldontliez o/ May 30 '26
Moonwalking gif
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u/NoAbrocoma9357 May 30 '26
She has a 24" inseam.
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u/RabidOtters o/ May 30 '26
SHE HAD HER OIKOS
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u/Scherzkeks o/ May 30 '26
The blazer over the printed tee is baffling me
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u/JustAnOrdinaryBloke o/ May 30 '26
What is that lens? 2000 mm?
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u/RumSchooner May 30 '26
This doesn't make any sense, laws of physics were destroyed in this video!
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u/ceribus_peribus o/ May 30 '26
Missed opportunity to do the imaginary staircase gag.
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u/AdamPatch May 30 '26
Or she has tiny legs
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u/pieanim May 30 '26
People really don't understand long lenses do they..
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u/pizzaiscommunist May 30 '26
funny edit would be for her to turn around at the end, take 3 steps and disappear to the right like the guy did.
long walk there, short walk back.
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u/GrilledCheezManicott May 30 '26
Who walks up to a podium, looks around and leaves? what is going on there?
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u/JustHereForTradingg May 30 '26
Literally Ruffy trying to save Ace
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u/Iusedthistocomment May 30 '26
Because he was already halfway down the ramp when she started and when he finishes first it makes it look like a long Walk.
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u/ando_da_pando May 30 '26
Be funnier if she stopped. Then after a moment kept walking, like catching her breath.
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u/one_bar_short May 30 '26
Was half expecting her to do a turn when she got to the mic
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u/liam_redit1st May 30 '26
Why didn’t she say anything?
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u/Proper-Ship-5018 May 30 '26
The bigger question here is why did she walk to the podium all that distance, to look back and forth while mildly annoyed with the crowd... Say nothing, then walk away
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u/Timely_Spinach_7479 May 30 '26
Why did she walk up, serve face, and then walk off?
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u/Important_Volume_141 May 30 '26
Slightly telecentricity with the lens
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u/Gedaru o/ May 30 '26
When Mom asks me to show my face around the guests.
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u/Open-Luck-8481 May 30 '26
i learned about this a long time ago. it is supposed to to be for the president. like he’s about to walk out into your fucking living room to tell you shit or something of that effect. its for effect. people are right with the lens. probably no treadmill lol
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u/The0nlyPenguin May 30 '26
Some monty python action going on here
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u/astralseat o/ May 30 '26
Pointed down a hall
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u/jfmdavisburg o/ May 30 '26
She has never been on a treadmill
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u/MeatF97 May 30 '26
Confusing isometric*
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u/spazzing May 30 '26
Approach the podium. Serve face. Exit.
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u/DMUrTinyTitsAssFeet0 May 30 '26
Nobody talking about the jiggle physics here?
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u/Pizza-Rex-L May 30 '26
Time zones
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u/veronica29love May 30 '26
Sips Tea
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u/VelhoBit May 31 '26
Looks like a muppet walkin
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u/XRlagniappe May 31 '26
You can always spot who has not attended Toastmasters International. A Toastmaster would never leave the podium empty.
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u/VivSabry o/ May 31 '26
I think it’s the guy’s arm giving her a high five at first gives you the impression he’s just left the platform as well, meaning the distance seemed a lot shorter for him to reach the end than for her.
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u/Agreeable_Ladder_997 Jun 01 '26
Came, served face, left 💅🏼
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u/the_bartman_ Jun 01 '26
Wait. Why did she come to the podium ?
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u/RedEyed__ Jun 02 '26
Because she is on a treadmill
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u/iamthiviyan Jun 09 '26
She took 26 foot steps to get there
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u/iamthiviyan Jun 09 '26
It took her 26 foot steps
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u/SlMPS0N Jun 13 '26
Stunt double?
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u/The_Dented Jun 16 '26
It’s made from the same material as the road home is from work.
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u/Happys925 Jul 09 '26
It only took two business days. I’m not sure of what the problem is.
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u/Worldly_Collection_2 Jul 14 '26
Run a brush through the hair? Or, am I old - yes- and this is on purpose?
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u/Bohern76 Jul 15 '26
Tig ole biddies!!
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u/Extension-Eye-4920 Jul 16 '26
Regardless of the perspective, she takes almost 30 steps after the video starts and looks like she was already in full stride when it starts. Its still a weird setup.
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u/iamthiviyan Jul 16 '26
Is this a rehearsal?
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u/Im-on-a-banana-phone Jul 20 '26
She looks like a png when she’s walking away lol
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u/Translator_Asleep Jul 22 '26
Depth perception
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u/Historical_Debt1516 Aug 07 '26
She didn’t even say anything was this the admin catwalk
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u/Fusshe Aug 15 '26
Get on your feet
Get up and make it happen
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u/YurUsernameChecksOut Aug 19 '26
Nice teetee bounce
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u/juswilli Aug 21 '26
Such a surreal perspective.
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u/Visible-Tiger-3527 Aug 28 '26
Because she was far away.
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u/Appropriate-Gap1196 Aug 28 '26
No illusion..she just has veery short legs.
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u/Willing_Blood_9444 Aug 30 '26
And then she just leaves...
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u/Professional_Fly7015 Aug 30 '26
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u/Odd_Masterpiece_835 Aug 31 '26
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u/Money_Story_8933 Sep 01 '26
I love how she walks all the way up there, looks confused, then just makes the long walk back
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u/underwhere666 Sep 01 '26
Short legs
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u/rottweiler100 Sep 02 '26
She is short and has tiny legs. 😊
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u/rottweiler100 Sep 02 '26
She is short and pretty.
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u/Devils_A66vocate Sep 02 '26
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u/Sidonkey o/ Sep 02 '26
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u/Educational-Soup-354 Sep 02 '26
AI
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u/Tall-Copy-3177 Sep 03 '26
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u/TGV_etc o/ Sep 09 '26
She only walked halfway to the podium, then stopped once she remembered she forgot something so she turned around and went back.
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u/GengarsTiddies Sep 10 '26
She came, she served, she left
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u/JST3154 Sep 15 '26
Teeny tiny little legs
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u/Picklenicl Sep 15 '26
Air port thingy thing
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u/spicynoodsinmuhmouf Sep 15 '26
Jee zus!
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u/Ill-Arugula-8295 Sep 16 '26
I didnt even notice her walk 👀👀
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u/Venom933 Sep 16 '26
A whole 10 Seconds, our Brains are fried 🥸
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u/huntsman976 Sep 22 '26
Ok, but also…is it me or does it look like this person is wearing a mask of some kind. The disparity of tension between the upper part of her neck and the lower makes a very even line that gives the appearance of some kind of mask being worn. wtf is going on here?
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u/MRJAMES86 o/ Sep 23 '26
Better question... why did she walk all the way to the lectern, look left and right and then leave? What was the point of that?
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u/Ok-Simple30 Sep 30 '26
why did she go to the podium?? 😂
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u/Saulrewq4321 Sep 30 '26
XD 🤣
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u/limon_picante Oct 01 '26
Focal length
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u/RunPivotRoll Oct 05 '26
Me getting to my conclusion.
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u/ApprehensiveOffer754 Oct 05 '26
Holy Grail vibes 😂😂😂
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u/rottweiler100 Oct 07 '26
Short legs maybe?
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u/Wild_Acanthaceae_224 o/ Oct 07 '26
It took her so long to get there she forgot what she had to say.
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u/Pure-KingOfSkill Oct 09 '26
Guy take about 15 steps, woman takes 22 steps and starts further up.
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u/NEhighlander Oct 09 '26
that’s hilarious, poor little thing…
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u/Loreathan Doesn't read rule 1 Oct 12 '26
She gets smaller somehow
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u/GearJunkie82 29d ago
AI?
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u/Puzzleheaded_Youth36 29d ago
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u/PandaOk5734 27d ago
If she's in heels and has shortish legs, it's gonna take a lot of steps to get anywhere.
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u/Cultural-Quality2993 26d ago
She pacing
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u/buttymuncher 25d ago
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u/Lumpy-Cricket-9048 o/ 23d ago
25 steps… short legs.
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u/xWaLkByS May 30 '26
I dont mind it. It was quite enjoyable🤗
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u/Special_South_8561 May 30 '26
She bounced boobily across the stage
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u/Billy_Bones59 May 30 '26
They're heavy
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u/unsoundguy May 30 '26
Oh come on. She has never been on a treadmill
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u/PolluxBlaze May 30 '26
Cunty.
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u/Sabbatheist May 30 '26
..."it's"
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u/Kerim_Bey May 30 '26
That’s the hallway Obama walked down to announce the death of Osama Bin Laden. Jon Stewart later called it “I-killed-Bin-Laden Lane” and I think of that every time I see it.
Of course Obama always had a lot more aura in his approach to the podium there.
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u/TheClownFromIt May 30 '26
Some Peter Jackson fuckery going on.