I think it was higher res before. I prove this to myself by going to places I've been as a child and realizing what tiny places those giant places of yore really are. My theory is that if it has shrunk, the resolution must have dropped too.
To be honest I think the resolution stays the same, and it's just the perspective that changes. Like we go from a macro lens to a fisheye (or wide) lens. Before, the small things looked big. Now the big things even look small. But the actual resolution of the picture stays the same.
If you want to try and make my last argument, then with a macro lens you can take a thousand closeup pics of an object and attain a super-high resolution of it, whereas your fisheye lens won't even be able to focuss close enough to resolve such detail. Ergo, the high-res macro world of childhood is reduced to the low-res wide shot of adulthood. Of course, as soon as that adult takes a magnifying glass and decides to crawl on their knees to get a macro view of a bug or something, that childhood resolution is restored.
Last week, I managed to convince my son that the world only invented color in 1923 and that that’s why all photos from prior to then are in black and white: they were reflecting the true color of objects back then. I even got his older sister to back me up, which I think sealed the deal as the little guy texted her to ask shortly thereafter. Little did he know I had gotten to her first. Bwahahaha!
The real trick was getting him not to ask his older brother. We’ll see how long that lasts. Then again, his older brother for some “unknown” reason thinks Narwals don’t actually exist, so there is that.
I thought that too! But that’s not entirely false... marshmallows are named after the mallow plant (that grows in marshes) whose roots’ sap was used in the making of marshmallows. So you couldn’t just pick a fresh marshmallow off the vine and eat it, but I think that version is more fun lol
Not sure why you're proud of manipulating the person who looks to you too guide them into the world. Of course he trusts you. Do you do it so that you can feel more clever than a naive child, or is there some past abuse you're reacting to?
I've got my niece thinking hair flies away if you don't comb it. That's why people go bald. She's getting smart and will call me out soon. She's asking now why people don't just comb the head to get the hair back. She's one step away from realizing hair can't fly. It's just harmless fun.
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u/WakaBrown 26d ago
It must have grown in 1995.