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🗓️ 28 October 2024
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| 0:00.0 | That's pretty bad clap to be honest. I'd love to know why we clap. Like why human beings clap. |
| 0:11.1 | Like why human beings clap? To like make your presence known. |
| 0:14.0 | But I mean like when something is... |
| 0:15.8 | I think it might be like the loudest noise that's easy to manufacture. |
| 0:18.8 | You could all just like scream. |
| 0:20.2 | Like if someone does something you like at a show you could just like scream |
| 0:23.2 | people shout like bravo yeah well they do that right but is it always been clapping I have no idea |
| 0:28.5 | but that would be unusual to like the conclusion of an opera and then instead of this everyone just goes |
| 0:33.6 | I don't know who does happen at like a soccer game I feel like a football match |
| 0:38.1 | rather that yeah there's just like all these guys just they're not clapping you just let out a primal yell so is it just |
| 0:45.2 | like a civilized replacement for just yelling your head off like trying to make a |
| 0:49.7 | thunderous noise I mean I wonder the most effective way to make a lot of noise, show appreciation, strength and social bother comes from enjoying something together. |
| 0:58.0 | To the most effective way to make a loud noise together, surely it's more effective to just scream. |
| 1:03.2 | I think it's the same... |
| 1:05.2 | You can clap for hours, you can scream for hours. |
| 1:07.1 | That's true, you can clap for longer. |
| 1:08.9 | I feel like it might be the same way why you would clap to mark when you're filming something to |
| 1:13.9 | synchronize everything because it's the quickest way to manufacture a very sharp |
| 1:18.0 | distinct sound. I guess that is louder and it requires a lot more to make that level of noise with my mouth. |
| 1:26.8 | Although we use this wonderful sort of AI enhancing tool so we're having this conversation and anybody listening |
| 1:34.1 | is not gonna hear any of the claps I'm just gonna look like a fool. |
| 1:37.3 | So you're ethically fine with those AI tools? |
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