r/madlads • u/ycr007 • 14d ago

Reductio ad fontium

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u/Jasbaer 14d ago

We once had a boss who always had complaints about everything we did. No matter how good it was. So when creating PPTs we started intentionally introducing really obvious things to improve after we were done with the presentation. We saved two versions - the good one, and the one for review with the intended problems. Spelling mistakes, alignment issues. He pointed them out, we gave him the other version after some time, he was happy.

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u/Quantum_Pineapple 14d ago

This is how tv and movie producers try to get around censorship lol create low hanging fruit and the tricky stuff gets missed and gets a pass etc lmao

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u/Throatlatch 14d ago

Yup, great stories about this going back to Hitchcock

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u/Victernus 14d ago

Hitchwhat?

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u/iwanashagTwitch 14d ago

Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense?

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u/Victernus 14d ago

Man, I wonder what surnames he tried before his producers let that one through.

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u/iwanashagTwitch 14d ago

It's his actual name, He is English, and he was born in 1899. It's not weird.

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u/NightGod 14d ago

Hitchrooster, obviously

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u/Random-Rambling 14d ago

My favorite "get around censorship" story is during the production of Super Smash Brothers Ultimate.

Smash Team: We're putting in Xenoblade's Pyra and Mythra into the game.

Censors: No! They are too lewd! They're barely wearing anything!

Smash Team: Alright, we can cover them up! (puts them in pantyhose/stockings, making them even MORE sexually suggestive)

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u/LickingSmegma 14d ago

And in turn, directors do this to producers.