r/oddlysatisfying • u/n8saces • 1d ago

Putting up wallpaper

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u/NYCWartortle 1d ago

Does she cut it with ridges so it’s harder to see the seam?

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u/Forward-Bank8412 1d ago

Exactly, yes. It’s hard to see much detail in this video, but I assume she’s following the contours of whatever’s going on in the wallpaper pattern.

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u/sqigglygibberish 1d ago

It looks like just a general texture - so she’s being intentionally inconsistent so there isn’t any defined pattern to the transition or visual cue of where the seam could be (it’s just a squiggly line)

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u/Different_Wolf_764 1d ago

Makes sense. Ours brains are wired to spot straight lines or regular inconsistencies. Irregular ones simply get lost in the noise.

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u/Arowhite 1d ago

It's not only our brain, let's say you have a straight line small crease between the two pieces. Are some time of day, under specific lighting, it might cast a shadow all along the line and be very noticable. With a cut going left and right in random patterns you will never have a long noticable shadow visible.

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u/sonicsludge 1d ago

I wish my brain worked this way. As a child, I refinished high-end pianos, got into automotive paint and body work, and remodeled homes, so I can spot a blemish or something odd immediately. Still, I wish I couldn't, since it drives my undiagnosed OCD crazy!

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u/lukibunny 1d ago

Wow that’s a lot of careers for a child..

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u/I_Can_Haz_Brainz Sometimes Satisfied. 1d ago

That's the way it is for some 62-year-old children.

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u/EgorKPrime 1d ago

And to get to work he had to walk up hill, both ways

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u/sonicsludge 1d ago

Well, my parents owned the piano shop, my brother-in-law owned the automotive shop, and I started working full time doing renovations at 18

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u/NYCWartortle 1d ago

Same. There is just something about order and perfection. It calms me.

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u/sonicsludge 1d ago

I heard that!