Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL Emperor Nero's most everlasting legacy was that he invented the laugh trackwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL Emperor Nero's most everlasting legacy was that he invented the laugh trackwww.youtube.comCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoHe invented the concept.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoNo, he didn’t do that either. He had no concept of the possibility of recorded sound. Don’t get your history information from YouTube videos.
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThe concept did not require recorded sound. Like why put in a source if nobody is going to use it, especially when it’s the one named for the Today I Learned community?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoHow exactly would you invent the laugh track if you didn’t understand the concept of recorded sound since it literally requires recorded sound? This is like saying the Mayans came up with the car despite not understanding the wheel.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey obviously understood the wheel, engine would be a better comparison. You are correct otherwise.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agohttps://bigthink.com/the-past/aztec-inca-maya-wheel-invention/
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoAs your article says, they understood them. How could they make toys with them otherwise?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI think you’re being a bit pedantic. They didn’t understand that they had any utility.
minus-squarehakase@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThe irony of calling someone else pedantic after what you’ve done to this thread, when op only wanted to share a video they enjoyed. smdh
He invented the concept.
No, he didn’t do that either. He had no concept of the possibility of recorded sound. Don’t get your history information from YouTube videos.
The concept did not require recorded sound. Like why put in a source if nobody is going to use it, especially when it’s the one named for the Today I Learned community?
How exactly would you invent the laugh track if you didn’t understand the concept of recorded sound since it literally requires recorded sound?
This is like saying the Mayans came up with the car despite not understanding the wheel.
They obviously understood the wheel, engine would be a better comparison. You are correct otherwise.
https://bigthink.com/the-past/aztec-inca-maya-wheel-invention/
As your article says, they understood them. How could they make toys with them otherwise?
I think you’re being a bit pedantic. They didn’t understand that they had any utility.
The irony of calling someone else pedantic after what you’ve done to this thread, when op only wanted to share a video they enjoyed. smdh