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[-] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Middle Earth is flat. When they sail to the Undying Lands, they actually just fall off the edge.

[-] jgjl@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 days ago

Remember kids: it it uses US American rando units, it’s probably not science!

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 7 points 4 days ago

With coherent detection I think the separation between eyes would allow for this.

[-] huf@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago

i would just like to mention that the physics of the universe in LOTR are obviously very different, since you can sometimes see stars during the day, if you're in a deep valley

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Not science (but related to huge eyes) but I recently learned that in The Sims 2 you can push the body control sliders to their max, hit a button to normalize the sliders while keeping your changes and then max out the sliders again, so you can do shit like give your sims Galaxy sized eyeballs.

[-] glitchdx@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

i remember doing this to make a sim with a nose the size of a car. I named him Nostrildomus.

[-] don@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago

What are they not giving? Frogs? Flops? Fangs? Forts? Flies? What are they not giving?

[-] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago
[-] don@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago

Oh for fucks sake.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Meanwhile I am trying to think of the shape that gives a further focal point

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I remember somebody making the argument that due to the diffusion of light he would not be able to discern their features at all.

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

Okay all you generative AI image hobbyists, let's see Legolas with big, shiny eyes!

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 4 days ago

Isn't there a bot?

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