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The Big [Censored] Theory

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1444 points feross | 2 comments | 29 Aug 22 17:34 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ALittleLight ◴[29 Aug 22 18:22 UTC] No.32641619[source]▶
I can see how this might backfire. You notice a censored jump and start to feel the itch of curiosity as to what it concealed. I had to watch several of the censored scenes whereas I would have never just randomly watched clips of the show.

Also, love the presentation on this page.

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joshstrange ◴[29 Aug 22 19:40 UTC] No.32642563[source]▶
That was my first thought as well. Those skips would drive me crazy and would send me searching for the "raw" episodes. Wanting to know what was said would only be a part of the issue, the other would be how jarring it is and how you never know if it was a censored clip or if the media "skipped".
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1. jrumbut ◴[29 Aug 22 21:33 UTC] No.32643851[source]▶
It's apparent because you're used to the rhythm of English speech and the forms of American sitcoms.

I'm not sure if I would notice a Chinese show was censored.

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2. Wowfunhappy ◴[30 Aug 22 16:27 UTC] No.32652228[source]▶
A lot of the examples cut off laughter, surely you'd notice that regardless of language?