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Yeah, if there is a crowd of them all firing at once and the celluloid film might burst into flames at any moment :D I guess the bullets must have had their signatures on. Probably didn't catch on too well because of the risk of it catching fire etc

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Yeah, pareidolia is a fascinating subject as well. I'm sure that's how art started, piggy backing on existing phenomena. Jamais vu is fun as well. It reminds me of when you revise for exams so much that the familiar starts to become unfamiliar.

​@@creamofcardstvAnd it's not just visually, as in the case of supposedly backmasked messages in popular music.

@@blakegriplingph Yeah, Led Zeppelin and Beatles. Have you seen, or heard, the Peter Kay misheard lyrics video clip? ruclips.net/video/7my5baoCVv8/видео.html I always used to mishear the lyrics on songs. Sometimes the mistakes are better

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Yeah, it shows how attitudes have changed.

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They're so ubiquitous here in the UK that most Brits don't even notice they're there, hiding in plain sight. I'm ashamed to say that even included me up until recently. Yes, I discovered that they've got a wealth of information on them that gives away their age. We have some dating back to Victorian times in neighbouring towns and villages. I hope they don't go the same way as our iconic red phone boxes, which have all but disappeared from our streets. Often we don't notice something until it's gone.

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Film dates back much earlier but the film studios didn't promote the names of the actors who weren't already famous in their own right, probably economic reasons. Notice that early film posters don't feature the names of the actors, unless they were already famous by some other means. I have got some lobbly/trade cards from 1911. There is a bit of debate about who was the first true film star, famous through film alone. Some say it was Max Linder and others, Florence Lawrence. Yeah, the rise of the film icon is an fascinating subject since people have a tendency of mimicking their role models.

I thought I'd film them before they disappear, like most of the red phone boxes have already. It's only a matter of time before they do some more cost-cutting and sell them off.

True, probably even predates the monkeys as well. I think the early 1900s postcard phenomenon definitely took the meme to the next level though. It was cheap, relatively quick to send globally and combined mass production, cottage industry and user generated content all in one. Much of the earlier media was only available to upper echelons of society, having a much more limited impact. Even people with a limited Sunday school education could send a postcard with a preprinted message on it.

There's one in the neighbouring town of Folkestone that's quite nice. Unfortunately, I don't think there are any in Hythe itself. I've seen a Victorian wall box out on the Romney Marsh. It's fun looking out for those details when I'm out on walks, plus ghost signs and shop doorway mosaics are interesting to.

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Yeah, it played a significant role in shaping our society. It's sad that a lot of the films from that time haven't survived.

Yeah, it's quite inspiring how he was able to turn a negative event and mundane life into an opportunity.

Yeah, they were very innovative and I think the postcard format provided the right balance of cheap, mass produced items with user generated content to make the creative ecosystem flourish.

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That mechanical animation concept was used in a series of children's books a few years ago. It's difficult to tell whether she is on a hoverboard :D

Thank you! I loved collecting the confectionery cards and the colourful tin foil seems to sum up the carefree attitude.

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I don't think so. I've got quite a few fantasy cards from the USA, but my cards mainly seem to be French and Belgian, with a few German, Italian and Scandinavian ones.

It's enough to give you nightmares. Looks quite painful :D

Ferdinand built a palace out of stones he collected together from his postal round. It became such a popular French tourist attraction that many postcards were issued featuring it, and sometimes the man himself. He became quite famous as a result. Apparently, the early Surrealists knew about him. You can still visit the place today. I think he's classified as an outsider artist because he didn't have any technical training.

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Yeah, not exactly scientifically accurate :D but I'm sure they played an important role in popularising the notion of space travel and inspiring future generations.

Yeah, it must take ages. It's hard enough drawing/painting pictures let alone making the parts fit together seamlessly infinitely many times. I like the concept. I'm a bit lazy, but you can use the cards to create stories, or perhaps songs. It reminds me of the cut-up technique, where you randomly put words together to see if they have any meaning. They'd probably disapprove at my mother's old church :D Quite a few rock stars used that technique: John Lennon, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Kurt Cobain and probably many more. The combinations are not always seamless though but they can hint at interesting ideas and avenues of future exploration. I tried to do something similiar with alphabetti spaghetti :D I use the numbers on store receipts as random year generators which I look up in a timeline history book. That way I can learn history as I'm doing mundane chores like shopping.

@@creamofcardstv I've seen a few of your videos where you talk about random combination where you can get novel ideas by putting random word together like some of the rock stars do.....The store receipts as random year generators is a good way to learn history.....It's always good to learn new knowledge.....:)

@@Bluelight176 Yeah, It's a fun way to learn the past, get chores done and form new ideas at the same time.

@@Bluelight176 Reminds me of grafting and splicing plants together. I always remember being amazed by the myriad of cacti mutations at village fairs in my youth.

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I can't really comment on comics but the trading card market is a bit skewed towards specific narrow topics, such as sports, which makes me wonder whether people are more passionate about the money than collecting the cards themselves. I think you've got to have a healthy balance. Postcards are like a small but very bushy hedge of multi layered niche categories and sub-categories, which I think is a bit healthier, personally.

It certainly was incredibly popular in the early 1900s plus it has local appeal because they provide a great photographic record of towns and villages etc. They're not really going to compete with other collectibles financially for individual items because it's a bit niche but it covers a lot of overlapping niches.

It's a random shuffle :D

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Yeah, it reminds me of Bob Ross' happy accidents :D I like the idea of our mistakes being opportunities for better things, a bit like Alexander Fleming stumbling across his penicilin discovery by mistake. They didn't show Bob Ross' show over here on TV but I've been watching it on RUclips. It's quite calming and inspiring. My head's all over the place at the moment. My mother's got lots of illnesses, both mental and physical and the world seems to be going crazy too :D

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Yeah, it is a bit quirky. I'm not selling that one at the moment but I'll let you know if I change my mind in the future, thank you!

@@creamofcardstv might be worthwhile to scan them and sell the scanned pics for a couple quid. id probably buy

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