CGI. When people say "there was too much CGI" they just mean "there was bad CGI" because the good stuff is imperceptible.
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And often that's not because the CGI itself is bad quality, but because the effects team was asked to do the impossible with half the tools necessary. The "fix it in post" mentality.
Even small things like having reference lighting examples from the set can be the difference between an okay outcome and something almost imperceptible.
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Like plastic surgery
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Any maintenance
Network Administration.
If the network and servers all work: What are we paying you for?
If the network or one of the servers are down: What are we paying you for?
infrastructure in general - even beyond IT. No one sits at home thinking: The sewer system is great! How reliably my shit vanishes from my toilet! Until it doesn't.
I actually do. For some reason my children are fascinated where it all goes, so weβve seems lots of videos on plumbing, in house and on the street. Theyβre absolutely bowled over by how it all works and itβs made me appreciate it so much more.
Itβs also an enormous hygiene booster; running water, waste management etc. If you have a working water system in your neighbourhood youβre blessed. Itβs one of those things Stone Age people would barely believe was real.
Which reminds me of a comment I read on Lemmy not too long ago - someone was wishing for a robot to handle the laundry. And I was like: βWhat do you think a washing machine is?!β
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Here is a recent ticket my team just got. I was honestly suprised how pissy it got.
Hopefully this is the easiest request you've had of the day. This is a request from my C-suite. Since we've looked at the network and everything 'looks good.' But they have asked us to take another look given the continued complaints from the vendor (see attached email) I'm escalating to the NE team so the "experts" can validate that there isn't any code or anything that would be causing this cart to have faulty connections.
I mean, itβs definitely condescending, but itβs also dripping with βI was directly told to do this by someone who has the authority and the attitude to fire my entire department on a whim. I donβt think this will help, but Iβm doing this specifically as CYA so I can get back to what I actually need to be doing instead.β
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Having recently moved into a house with these issues: doorknobs. You never, ever think about the ones that just work well, but every iffy one is irritating every time you use it.
Door handles>doorknobs
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The location of light switches relative to the light.
Ah yes one of the rants from the design of everyday things
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Bass in music. If the bass play right, you don't hear it, but if they miss or play wrong there is immediately something missing
It took me a while to respect bass guitars but they definitely provide that musical umami
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I hear the bass? Or, I guess it depends on what music we're talking about. But in many situations the bass played right is very noticeable. π
Sound quality.
I worked in life theater for almost a decade as a sound board op and audio engineer for a few local theaters.
People would always comment to the lighting board op how good the lights were.
But maybe one person in a whole run of a show would compliment the sound.
Boy oh boy, if a cable died mid show... The whole intermission and afterwards I'd have to hear "I do sound at my church and," or some variation of "I'm just a hobbyist but,".
You think I wouldn't pull that cable and replace it if I could???
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My work apparently. Other people got promoted for solving problems quickly. I didn't have problems. At least, I did, but I solved them without help or advertising them enough probably.
Garbage trucks / taking the garbage to the right place.
Our streets would be a literal dump if it weren't for waste management
Unfortunately my city has shit waste management so the trash has been piling up for some days now...
Anyhing IT
Can confirm. The IT guys never deserve their money.
If theyre doing it right, why do we need them? Everything works.
If they do it even slightly wrong, why are we paying them? They clearly can't do anything right.
Dusting. If you don't dust thoroughly enough things will look alright but people will feel vaguely unwell. Indoor air quality in general is something I notice constantly post-2019
Localization. It's not as easy as simply translating from one language to another!
Done right, you get something of foreign origin that feels like it was done in your backyard.
Done...less than stellar, you get "All your base are belong to us, someone set us up the bomb."
Pic related
Railway safety. On airplanes there will sometimes be people who clap when the plane lands safely. In modern cars we have a number of safety features that are pretty hard to ignore. But with trains everyone is (rightfully) focused on punctuality. Only in the rare event of a crash or similar so most people even begin to think about the safety aspect.
I don't clap when planes land safely, but I'm sure I would celebrate if the train I was on landed safely!
Urban planning. Being able to walk or take transit to all your errands gets taken for granted until you move to a suburban asphalt desert.
Taking a shower.
Housework. Anyhing from putting away coats to doing the dishes, etc
Pretty much all safety regulations
Every safety rule is written in blood but due to no one getting hurt (because of said rules) people begin to think the rules aren't necessary.
It's the same concept with preventative measures like vaccines. Vaccines worked to the point we had an entire generation grow up in a world without the most common forms of debilitating diseases and as a result we now have anti-vaxxers everywhere.
It's even prevalent in things like the hole in the ozone layer. When it was first discovered EVERYONE was panicking about it. But then we fixed it to the point some people think it was never really a problem at all.
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Sidewalk construction.
Commercial carpet installation.
Toilet paper.
Murder. Just sayin.
A goalkeeper in soccer or similar. It's a thankless job, you save 10 shots, nobody notices. But you miss one and you'll be called a bum by your own fans. As opposed to a forward striker, who might miss 10 shots, nobody notices. But you make one and you'll be a hero being paraded on shoulders.
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Bureaucracy.
Corporate IT
Walking.
UX/UI. To be specific input forms. Had to get past a captcha for an appointment. I have no idea how the site handled captchas but couldn't get past it. No indications if it had to be capitalized, with or without spaces etc... Just gave up after trying for a while.
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Plumbing
A clean bathroom. Or not...
Your hair. Either it's bland old same old sane old. Or its odd looking.
For most people anyways.
Door handle design that makes it intuitive whether it requires pushing or pulling to open.
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