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gergroy on 28 November 2012

I would probably just laugh. I would be one of the videos they don't show because I wouldn't have the reaction they were looking for.

Also, how do they not hear the side being removed when she comes and goes?



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crissindahouse on 28 November 2012
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
crissindahouse said:
 

sure because of how she reacted to the flickering but she didn't react to that, she reacts to the sound which i explained. and if you think it's more easy to take 10 actors doing this again and again until it looks real for all of them i think you don't know how much work it is to do something like this because that's much more work in the end.


Not at all. When using actors they can just say, "Cut" whenever they want and redo the entire scene immediately. If they use random persons they only have one shot to nail the scene, and that's after going through all the efforts required to make those persons enter the elevator with no suspicions in the first place. They would waste a huge amount of time using that method.

yes they can but they have to do that a lot to get to the point as nobody will see it's fake with so many different people. and no clue why you think it's so hard to get those people in the elevator and how it's hard to get those reactions. they think they will have an job interview or something and the reaction is pretty obvious, it's not as if 90% of people would say "haha hidden cams here" or something, almost everyone would shit in the pants.

€dit: but in the end it's absolutely unnecessary for this topic but since i saw so many fake vids (and even horror movies) i really believe this isn't fake in general except for some tweaks to let it look more scary to us



haxxiy on 29 November 2012
archbrix said:

Yeah, I'm aware of that...

Individuals vary.  Put two different people on a rollercoaster.  While one may have the time of their life, the other may absolutely hate the experience even though they both underwent the exact same thing.

People's states of mind can result in varied behavior as well.  To give an anecdotal example, back when I lived in New Mexico, a teen and his friends smoked a joint and decided to explore the desert a bit.  They came upon a cave and entered with a flashlight.  After several minutes of walking, the flashlight died leaving them in pitch black.  At that instant everyone freaked out, but while most of them abruptly stopped when faced with this, the one boy got scared and started running... and fell to his death in a mine shaft.

Again, people's behavior can vary.  Just look at this thread; most of us would freak out, but while I would (hopefully) remain rational, others stated that they would probably hit her.

I'm not saying the outcome is determined but rather it is predictable enough so most people would still behave in the way that would let them to survive in the wild or we would not be here today otherwise. The episode in the cave you mentioned is proof of that. What kind of animal would go running away without any sensory input at all? Most would stick close to the pack.

Also I would hardly consider the answers in this thread to even consist of anedoctal evidence. Everything always go as expected inside your head after all ...  while in reality the extend to which we control our actions rationally in the face of the powerful influence of hormons and instincts is questionable at best.



 

 

 

 

 

archbrix on 29 November 2012
haxxiy said:
archbrix said:

Yeah, I'm aware of that...

Individuals vary.  Put two different people on a rollercoaster.  While one may have the time of their life, the other may absolutely hate the experience even though they both underwent the exact same thing.

People's states of mind can result in varied behavior as well.  To give an anecdotal example, back when I lived in New Mexico, a teen and his friends smoked a joint and decided to explore the desert a bit.  They came upon a cave and entered with a flashlight.  After several minutes of walking, the flashlight died leaving them in pitch black.  At that instant everyone freaked out, but while most of them abruptly stopped when faced with this, the one boy got scared and started running... and fell to his death in a mine shaft.

Again, people's behavior can vary.  Just look at this thread; most of us would freak out, but while I would (hopefully) remain rational, others stated that they would probably hit her.

I'm not saying the outcome is determined but rather it is predictable enough so most people would still behave in the way that would let them to survive in the wild or we would not be here today otherwise. The episode in the cave you mentioned is proof of that. What kind of animal would go running away without any sensory input at all? Most would stick close to the pack.

Also I would hardly consider the answers in this thread to even consist of anedoctal evidence. Everything always go as expected inside your head after all ...  while in reality the extend to which we control our actions rationally in the face of the powerful influence of hormons and instincts is questionable at best.

No, the incident in the cave further proves my point.  From what I understand, the boy didn't continue to run further into the cave, but instead was trying to run to the exit and misjudged the direction.  He panicked because he was scared and not thinking rationally.  Again, individuals vary.

To apply the thinking that "everything always goes as expected inside your head" is quite erroneous.  Not all people are the same.  If a person had a gun pulled on them near a busy street, they could react differently depending on who they were.  Most would probably freeze, someone with special training may try to disarm the gunman, and another could panic, turning and running into oncoming traffic.  So you're not allowing for unpredictability.

Whether or not people in this thread would actually strike the little girl in the elevator is debatable, however I still stand by my post.