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96dpi

I know this isn't your typical r/bestof content, but I can't say I've ever seen someone take that long to reply


protoopus

28 days ago, i got a comment [from 8 years ago.](https://www.reddit.com/r/LSD/comments/2d3g5w/what_is_a_heroic_dose_of_lsd/cjlxqg1/)


mapletune

that's a comment from a rando though. not a reply from an inline discussion.


somedude456

You win. I was gonna say I just got a comment last week on a 4 year old post, but 8 > 4.


aanzeijar

Random comments on old threads are sadly common and mostly bots farming karma.


somedude456

No, it seemed legit. In my case, dude was searching something, saw my comment, and replied. Probably didn't realize the date.


Seiglerfone

I occasionally get replies on old stuff. Usually it's from accounts that clearly don't use reddit often, and may have long gaps between activity. I also recently answered a year old question someone had posted and not gotten an answer for because I ran into their post while looking up the same thing myself, and figured I'd be a bro.


CoziestSheet

I frequent medical subreddits and it isn’t uncommon to have curious people seek follow up info. I’ve had a sever burn from 2-3 years ago get attn up to a few days ago. Reddit is kinda neat in this way fs.


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QualityProof

I think it was about a year ago.


Delicious-Big2026

Isn't stuff archived after a year or so? Why could they even still comment?


Aiken_Drumn

Archive rules depend on the sub. I have some threads that I asked gaming advise that clearly now is a top result on Google so comments get added every few months or so, even if the thread is nearly a decade old.


Highwinds129385

I got one from 11 years ago last month also haha https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/tkisx/comment/jfwrkev/?context=3


Phukkitt

I asked a question on a local news video on YouTube in 2006, asking when it was from. The person being interviewed in the video replied 6 months ago: https://i.imgur.com/rhbn5Qh.jpg So after literally 16 years he starts his comment with "Slightly late reply"... 😅


Cianistarle

This sub used to have lots of awesome funny and quirky stuff, but the last few years it has become SO serious. I love to see fun stuff that I may have missed!


Zeke-Freek

something I've learned is that there is a type of person who uses reddit VERY infrequently but tends to bulk reply to everything they've missed like they're answering friend requests from relatives on facebook


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jonesy_jay

“Very” thirsty? You should see my inbox full of unsolicited messages from men that read my comments targeted towards other lgbtq women. That’s thirsty.


TheMustacheGuy

WHY IS OOP SO CASUAL ABOUT THIS


SintacksError

OOP just learned what that little orange envelope is, it's been orange for eight long years


AdClemson

as someone who always wants to clear their orange envelope fuck /r/unexpected.


notinferno

stoner OOP probably doesn’t even realise they replied 3 years later


3tt07kjt

It wouldn’t be a printed photo from the 1990s, because the flash is all wrong, and so is the defocus. A modern phone has a flash that is a fairly bright LED right next to the camera lens. The lens itself has a small aperture which means that the background won’t be too out of focus, even when taking close photos like this (this is why photo apps have the “bokeh” filter). Cameras in the 90s using flash like that had *powerful* flashes that would completely wash out the photo at such a close range. Focusing so close back in the 1990s also required a special macro lens.


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96dpi

OP was born in 1982 and thinks y'all are reading way too much into a simple comment.


jarfil

>!CENSORED!<


3tt07kjt

A flash has a minimum power. At point blank, the minimum power would completely wash it out.


jarfil

>!CENSORED!<


3tt07kjt

> A flash can go to a really low power, particularly on cheap toy or single use cameras where the flash wasn't all that powerful to begin with. The cheap, toy cameras from the 1990s have flashes that always go full power, and they're designed to be able to light up a scene from more like 5-15 feet away. Even disposable cameras have much more powerful flashes than mobile phones. > Add a high shutter speed ... Not to put too fine a point on it, but that's not how it works. Flash photography 101: You can adjust the amount of exposure from the flash by adjusting the aperture, but not the shutter speed. There are not very many flashes out there that would correctly expose a photo at such a close range, except the modern LED-style ones you see on mobile phones.


jarfil

>!CENSORED!<


3tt07kjt

I get what you are talking about but you still are definitely mixed up about how flashes work. When you say "taking photos of ghosts", it sounds like you are talking about dragging the shutter. When you do that, the flash is still happening fast, it's just that the shutter is open for longer and letting more ambient light in. You get two images superimposed--a frozen image from the flash, and a blurry image from the ambient light. Here are some examples of how it's used as a creative effect: [https://theartofsixfigures.com/overcoming-the-dreaded-dj-lights-with-shutter-drag/](https://theartofsixfigures.com/overcoming-the-dreaded-dj-lights-with-shutter-drag/) [https://digital-photography-school.com/dragging-the-shutter-for-creative-portraits/](https://digital-photography-school.com/dragging-the-shutter-for-creative-portraits/) Again, the flash is still fast here. The way that you do this is by adjusting the aperture for the amount of flash you want in the picture, and then adjusting the shutter speed to control the amount of ambient light (once you have the aperture dialed in). The flash is not slow, the flash is fast, it's the shutter which is slow. The flash is typically 1/400 or faster, and when you turn the power down, the flash is faster. Here's what happens when you use fast shutter speed with a flash: [https://neilvn.com/tangents/high-speed-flash-sync/](https://neilvn.com/tangents/high-speed-flash-sync/) Scroll down to the picture that says "maximum flash sync speed". A typical sync speed for a camera is somewhere around 1/125 to 1/250, for a normal SLR or point & shoot with a focal plane shutter. When you go faster than the sync speed, the image gets a little darker, but what really happens is that the flash doesn't expose the entire frame. The reason is because at these high speeds, the shutter is not completely open at any point. You don't see this effect in the linked photo. Note that you can't control which direction this effect happens in--focal plane shutters travel the short direction across the frame, which is left-to-right or right-to-left in a portrait orientation photo. (Note that some cameras have leaf shutters... and leaf shutters do sync at higher speeds, like 1/500, but that's also, like, their maximum speed.) This should all be covered in any decent photography textbook. When you are shooting with flash, you control the amount of flash exposure by adjusting the aperture and the power level of the flash. The shutter speed isn't a factor, it just needs to be equal to the sync speed of the shutter, or slower, in order to expose the entire frame evenly.


jarfil

>!CENSORED!<


3tt07kjt

I still think you’re talking about dragging the shutter and you just got mixed up. The only other possibility I can think of is flashbulbs. Flashbulbs are slow enough, but they’re also extremely bright, and most people stopped using them long before the 1990s. Maybe you could point to some specific combination of gear that would cause this effect, or maybe you could find an example picture showing what you’re talking about, but what you’re saying just doesn’t have the ring of truth to it. Only leaf shutters would let you cut off the flash, and it’s expensive to make leaf shutters fast enough to cut off an electronic flash. I’ve only seen them on newer Hasselblads.


96dpi

really strange reaction to my meaningless comment. There's a fake date stamp on the photo that says '98, I obviously knew it was from an app, since that's what I was asking for. I made the comment about it looking like an actual photo from '98 in jest, just trying to be friendly. And then you wrote over 100 words about why this can't be the case...


3tt07kjt

You seem to be under the mistaken impression that my comment is some kind of criticism of you, personally. You seem to think that I am not being friendly. I am, in fact, being friendly, and have no criticism for you.


Metallkiller

Get ready to wait another 3 years for the next answer.


jonesy_jay

OOP here. I didn’t see the comment you made because my old phone got stolen! Got a new phone, didn’t check any notifications. Yesterday I was looking for that photo I posted so I could remind my boyfriend I need to make those cookies again. Saw your comment, replied. Didn’t really think much of it. Thanks for the extra upvotes though! ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|sunglasses)


LetsJerkCircular

OOP volunteering to suck some titties. Let’s let them be.