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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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10 years ago, a person would be insulted for filming a video in portrait instead of landscape. Now, old landscape videos are being cropped and resized to fit in a portrait player. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The horizontal display is meant to reflect our natural vision which is also a horizontal aspect ratio. There are niche scenarios like skyscrapers but the vast majority of the time it's correct to stay horizontal and frame the shot properly.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Only if the action is wider than it is tall.

I've been videoing my daughter learning to swim. It's actually easier to capture it in portrait. Landscape would just have a lot more empty pool, for no gain.

Both have their place, though a lot of people are also idiots when filming.