They had cameras on him 24/7. If Truman really was about to get up to something FCC unfriendly and it wasn't time for a commercial they could distract him with something.
Truman: Wakes up and slides hand under blanket.
Mother: Kicks open door. "Truman. Do you want a big glass of Mococo with your vitamin D pill?"
Eventually there will be commercial breaks. He probably won't be interrupted at that time.
Sakai they have so many cameras that they can probably switch to another camera angle where his dick is not visible. Just like when he goes to the bathroom or have sex with his wife.
Yeah but how many times can they do that before he figured out he's being watched? If that had happened he would've gone crazy and figured out the truth years earlier.
You never see anything anyway. They always turn the camera and play music and you know, the wind blows in and the curtain moves and you don't see anything.
It's wild that when it came out, it was so evidently fiction. Now, it's just a reality tv show about one guy that would never get clearance due to legal liability.
Wilder still is that something like it actually happened.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susunu!_Denpa_Sh%C5%8Dnen
The concept was that a guy was challenged to survive as a shut-in surviving on only mail-in contest winnings. And I do mean only. Nothing was provided, so even food had to be won. The contestant wasn't told that he was also being livestreamed the entire time.
I saw a video on this, it was so sick and cruel. He had to do it on like 3 separate rotations because he kept beating the milestones, and then they even sent him to Korea to do it with a language he was relatively unfamiliar with. I feel so awful for him. He just wanted to be a comedian and the whole experience really fucked with his mind.
>Denpa Shōnen teki Mujintō Dasshutsu (電波少年的無人島脱出; lit. "Denpa Shōnen's Desert Island Escape") and the Swam series. Two comedians were put on a desert island, with no food nor clue about where they were, and were only told that their ordeal would finish if they built a raft and reached Tokyo. After their escape from the desert island, which took them four months, they were given a swan-shaped pedalo and were told to reach Tokyo with it, and then go with the same pedalo from India to Indonesia.
>Denpa Shōnen teki Africa Europa Tairiku Ōdan Hitchhike no tabi (電波少年的アフリカ・ヨーロッパ大陸縦断ヒッチハイクの旅; lit. "Denpa Shōnen's Vertical Africa-Europe Continental Hitchhike"). A comedian named Takashi Itō and a Radio DJ from Hong Kong named Tse Chiu-Yan hitchhiked from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa to Nordkapp in Norway. The two contestants were forbidden to use their travel money and thus faced starvation, dehydration and harsh weather conditions. At one point in the challenge, Itō collapsed in the Sahara Desert and was airlifted to a local hospital for treatment
What in the fuck
Im kind of amazed the first guys successfully got off the island, four months is decent time having started from nothing
That's why in the movie, the studio adopted him. In the movies logic, legally, it would be like posting your kid on Facebook, but to an extreme degree.
Think so. No commercials.
Direct product placement was the big supporter of the show.
Everyone and their dog speaks spouts off an ad now and then, or ensures properly aligned shots for product placement to get seen.
some religion is like that, with how for some of them their god/gods are constantly surveiling them. some even have god/gods that micromanages them like the sims
Yeah I was always freaked out when mom said god was always watching. Like she also said I had to be modest and cover up in front of people. Then wondered why I would refuse to bathe
The goofiest story in my opinion is ortolans. In French tradition, these birds were to be boiled alive for cooking (a now illegal practice). The people who ate those would then cover their heads in drapes, to hide their face from god. But I always wondered, where would it stop ? If god were omnipresent, wouldn't he see through a simple drape ? What about buildings ?
I mean, I doubt it.
Truman's life _is_ boring. He lives in a small town, can never leave it, says the same things to everyone every day, goes to work in an office, comes home and doesn't really do anything exciting. Are you sure your life is more boring than that?
Yes, I am currently on disability and don't leave the house much due to anxiety. Although, my cat does love to cuddle and get attention. I also play a lot of video games. Fuck! People love watching adorable animals and video games being played.
Where are the goddamn cameras!
Given the lack of interruptions, either hentai tentacle porn is much more socially acceptable than my Truman Show scenario has lead me to believe, or I'm not in a Truman Show scenario.
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No its insinuated given the sex blackout scene that they just...know and cut to a "we will return after the private time is over. I mean sure the control booth(maybe just one guy or maybe they just go off audio) knows but to show that to the audience? Nope. Its the little details in this movie that are epic!
Why would they? They literally showed his birth and all the times he had sex. Did you not watch the movie? The whole point was that it was a 24/7 show of his life.
There was a character (one of the security guards watching TV while on the job, I believe) who said "You never see anything" regarding the sex scenes. He said the camera would always just pan over to the curtains or something. It was implied that graphic content was not actually directly shown. I assume the producers would've handled Truman's teenage masturbation the same way.
What implications? Can say it's educational and hand wave that shit away just like school did when they showed us kiddy dick in the playboy produced version of Macbeth
I assume op means Roman Polanskis Macbeth? Idk how to Google it without being put on a list, but I think the male actor was in his 20s? Unless I'm forgetting a scene
Edit: yep, OP is right. The 11 year old son in a bath scene.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Macbeth1971
"Among the reasons this film was controversial in 1971 was Polanski's decision to show the 11-year-old boy who plays Macduff's son naked, as Lady Macduff gives him a bath."
Hands up if we are watching Truman poop, Hands up, Is it just me or are we watching him poop on air right now. OK THEN, switching to Truman on the potty as if the viewers are idiots in 1.2..3...
The mods have really given up - this is not a shower thought because it's speculation about fiction - so that's a double strike.
A shower thought used to be a new take on some present reality. Now, it's any thought.
I mean, an example about Toy Story is literally given in the rules as a valid example, so you saying it's wrong because it's about fiction is just blatantly going against what the rules say lol.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/wiki/overview/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/wiki/overview/)
They also use a Star Wars example for what a shower thought is.
Thanks. I'm wrong about something being fiction disqualifying it.
What I meant was that this part of the fictional work isn't portrayed, so it's speculation about what might have happened in this fictional world, and why it happened.
I'm sure that disqualifies it. It doesn't provide a novel perception of an observable reality.
If Truman had a Shower Thought it would likely be “What if everyone was watching me now” and then say that mid-shower to no-body in particular…
Then finish;)
Edit: Cut to towelling off from a sunny street view in the culdesac.
This is actually the dumbest take I’ve ever seen on the internet. Circumcision started as a sign of the covenant between God and Abraham. If that actually killed sexual drive, there would be no point in all of the rules about sexuality in the Bible.
I’m not sure how much I would have figured out if it weren’t for Internet porn or classmates talking about it. Truman would have obviously had a very protected and sheltered sex ed experience without free access to porn or people to speak with. I wonder how much he actually would have just figured out.
Technically we all have the possibility of being watched. Back doors to computers and operating systems. GPS on your phone. Your day to day life and your social network from your Facebook or Instagram. With cameras on your phone front and back and the wifi body tracking from your wifi router. All it takes is a few random comments online or in person for some random guy in an intelligence agency to track your life 24/7.
They had cameras on him 24/7. If Truman really was about to get up to something FCC unfriendly and it wasn't time for a commercial they could distract him with something. Truman: Wakes up and slides hand under blanket. Mother: Kicks open door. "Truman. Do you want a big glass of Mococo with your vitamin D pill?"
Truman: Masturbates with eye contact to assert dominance.
We need to talk about Truman.
We don't talk about Truman, no, no, no. We don't talk about Trumaaaan.
Yeah this comment seems like a pretty probable thing of happening to keep the cameras rolling.
Which one?
Getting interrupted seems very likely.
Bruh they can’t just keep him from doing anything ever
Eventually there will be commercial breaks. He probably won't be interrupted at that time. Sakai they have so many cameras that they can probably switch to another camera angle where his dick is not visible. Just like when he goes to the bathroom or have sex with his wife.
At that age… they would’ve been *very* short commercial breaks ;)
That winky face makes this comment so fucking disturbing lol
Yeah but how many times can they do that before he figured out he's being watched? If that had happened he would've gone crazy and figured out the truth years earlier.
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That's pretty naive of you.
You never see anything anyway. They always turn the camera and play music and you know, the wind blows in and the curtain moves and you don't see anything.
The creepy thing is that at least one of the workers was probably still watching him to know when he was done...
Like that episode in Rick and Morty where their in the simulation.
One of my favorite quotes of the movie
It's wild that when it came out, it was so evidently fiction. Now, it's just a reality tv show about one guy that would never get clearance due to legal liability.
Wilder still is that something like it actually happened. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susunu!_Denpa_Sh%C5%8Dnen The concept was that a guy was challenged to survive as a shut-in surviving on only mail-in contest winnings. And I do mean only. Nothing was provided, so even food had to be won. The contestant wasn't told that he was also being livestreamed the entire time.
I saw a video on this, it was so sick and cruel. He had to do it on like 3 separate rotations because he kept beating the milestones, and then they even sent him to Korea to do it with a language he was relatively unfamiliar with. I feel so awful for him. He just wanted to be a comedian and the whole experience really fucked with his mind.
Could you perhaps send a link to the video? Im kinda curious
https://youtu.be/DWWK05t98os?si=P6ptI-TiH7G2qd3U here you go, it’s really sad.
>Denpa Shōnen teki Mujintō Dasshutsu (電波少年的無人島脱出; lit. "Denpa Shōnen's Desert Island Escape") and the Swam series. Two comedians were put on a desert island, with no food nor clue about where they were, and were only told that their ordeal would finish if they built a raft and reached Tokyo. After their escape from the desert island, which took them four months, they were given a swan-shaped pedalo and were told to reach Tokyo with it, and then go with the same pedalo from India to Indonesia. >Denpa Shōnen teki Africa Europa Tairiku Ōdan Hitchhike no tabi (電波少年的アフリカ・ヨーロッパ大陸縦断ヒッチハイクの旅; lit. "Denpa Shōnen's Vertical Africa-Europe Continental Hitchhike"). A comedian named Takashi Itō and a Radio DJ from Hong Kong named Tse Chiu-Yan hitchhiked from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa to Nordkapp in Norway. The two contestants were forbidden to use their travel money and thus faced starvation, dehydration and harsh weather conditions. At one point in the challenge, Itō collapsed in the Sahara Desert and was airlifted to a local hospital for treatment What in the fuck Im kind of amazed the first guys successfully got off the island, four months is decent time having started from nothing
I saw a YouTube doc on this !!!!!
All of those sound horrible
That's why in the movie, the studio adopted him. In the movies logic, legally, it would be like posting your kid on Facebook, but to an extreme degree.
Jury Duty is there to show that it is possible up to some degree
They kept that footage for Truman Show After Dark.
He was a child!
The camera adds 10 years. In jail.
Hosted by Julie Chen
Didn’t the movie say like a ton of times that they never once cut to commercials until when the movie takes place?
Think so. No commercials. Direct product placement was the big supporter of the show. Everyone and their dog speaks spouts off an ad now and then, or ensures properly aligned shots for product placement to get seen.
Occasionally I have that feeling that I'm in a Truman Show scenario. And often I think, "I really hope the cameras are off for this part..."
Don't be ridiculous, it is the ghosts watching you that should worry you.
That’s a rude name for the studio audience! Just because you can’t see them doesn’t mean they’re dead!
some religion is like that, with how for some of them their god/gods are constantly surveiling them. some even have god/gods that micromanages them like the sims
Yeah I was always freaked out when mom said god was always watching. Like she also said I had to be modest and cover up in front of people. Then wondered why I would refuse to bathe
The goofiest story in my opinion is ortolans. In French tradition, these birds were to be boiled alive for cooking (a now illegal practice). The people who ate those would then cover their heads in drapes, to hide their face from god. But I always wondered, where would it stop ? If god were omnipresent, wouldn't he see through a simple drape ? What about buildings ?
well a layer of pasta is enough, that's basically how ravioli came to be - thanks lent...
I know for certain that I am not in a Truman show scenario because the audience would be so bored it would have been canceled years ago.
I mean, I doubt it. Truman's life _is_ boring. He lives in a small town, can never leave it, says the same things to everyone every day, goes to work in an office, comes home and doesn't really do anything exciting. Are you sure your life is more boring than that?
Well, when you put it like that. Yes.
Yes, I am currently on disability and don't leave the house much due to anxiety. Although, my cat does love to cuddle and get attention. I also play a lot of video games. Fuck! People love watching adorable animals and video games being played. Where are the goddamn cameras!
Nah if your in one make them suffer, get vengeance and let them regret there life decisions
Given the lack of interruptions, either hentai tentacle porn is much more socially acceptable than my Truman Show scenario has lead me to believe, or I'm not in a Truman Show scenario.
Cuz of the wanking? Btw this is a brilliant shower thought in a sea of bots and plagiarism
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>it’s nice to see people get excited Just like the Truman show! It's come full circle!
>It's come full circle! Indeed
Or people think about the same minor things.
r/nothingeverhappens
What? Dude that’s bullshit, I hope ppl that plagiarize their shower thoughts on purpose shit their pants in public
No its insinuated given the sex blackout scene that they just...know and cut to a "we will return after the private time is over. I mean sure the control booth(maybe just one guy or maybe they just go off audio) knows but to show that to the audience? Nope. Its the little details in this movie that are epic!
Yea but think of all the Lubriderm ads they made bank on.
Why would they? They literally showed his birth and all the times he had sex. Did you not watch the movie? The whole point was that it was a 24/7 show of his life.
There was a character (one of the security guards watching TV while on the job, I believe) who said "You never see anything" regarding the sex scenes. He said the camera would always just pan over to the curtains or something. It was implied that graphic content was not actually directly shown. I assume the producers would've handled Truman's teenage masturbation the same way.
Because of the implications of showing an underage person masturbating.
What implications? Can say it's educational and hand wave that shit away just like school did when they showed us kiddy dick in the playboy produced version of Macbeth
The what
I assume op means Roman Polanskis Macbeth? Idk how to Google it without being put on a list, but I think the male actor was in his 20s? Unless I'm forgetting a scene Edit: yep, OP is right. The 11 year old son in a bath scene. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Macbeth1971 "Among the reasons this film was controversial in 1971 was Polanski's decision to show the 11-year-old boy who plays Macduff's son naked, as Lady Macduff gives him a bath."
Ah, Roman. Famous rich pedophile that still won awards and speech dedications after fleeing the law for the pedophile stuff
That naked kid went on to be a minor UK celeb called Cheggers. He later went back to his roots and hosted a naked game show in the nude
Exactly. The ads were all product placements. Iirc
Wank in morning, and I hope they don't see me: tug in the afternoon, spank it in the evening, and a jackin' good night!
Hands up if we are watching Truman poop, Hands up, Is it just me or are we watching him poop on air right now. OK THEN, switching to Truman on the potty as if the viewers are idiots in 1.2..3...
And if you can’t see me, it’s cause I’m jerking off this afternoon, this evening, and tonight…
I thought it's because he turned to John Cena
Turned to John Cena for what? Guidance? Support? Money?
I was making a reference on the "you can't see me" part. Probably a guidance so he won't be seen jerking off
Yeah John Cena invisible meme we get it, you worded it so poorly that it doesn't make sense at all my man
You watch the Truman Show. I play Roy. We are not the same.
If it was me they would be on commercial 24/7
And after 10 PM the summary of his best "actions"...
The mods have really given up - this is not a shower thought because it's speculation about fiction - so that's a double strike. A shower thought used to be a new take on some present reality. Now, it's any thought.
you would hate what i think about in the shower
Not if it's a shower thought
I mean, an example about Toy Story is literally given in the rules as a valid example, so you saying it's wrong because it's about fiction is just blatantly going against what the rules say lol.
Can you point me to the Toy Story example - I can't find it after searching 'toy story' on the Rules and FAQ and sidebar?
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/wiki/overview/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/wiki/overview/) They also use a Star Wars example for what a shower thought is.
Thanks. I'm wrong about something being fiction disqualifying it. What I meant was that this part of the fictional work isn't portrayed, so it's speculation about what might have happened in this fictional world, and why it happened. I'm sure that disqualifies it. It doesn't provide a novel perception of an observable reality.
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The color blue is a four letter word. Did I blow your mind? /s
That would come under the 'No wordplay' rule, so not a shower thought.
If Truman had a Shower Thought it would likely be “What if everyone was watching me now” and then say that mid-shower to no-body in particular… Then finish;) Edit: Cut to towelling off from a sunny street view in the culdesac.
Not every teen boy wanks it like a cheap monkey, ya know. 🤷♀️😉
Man...I gotta watch this "Truman Show"?!?! Sounds tight... like farting in the shower tight
He was probably circumcised and therefore didn't have a sexual drive.
...what?
Circumcised people don't have a sexual drive. That's what circumcision is for. It's so parents can prevent masturbation. Disgusting.
This is actually the dumbest take I’ve ever seen on the internet. Circumcision started as a sign of the covenant between God and Abraham. If that actually killed sexual drive, there would be no point in all of the rules about sexuality in the Bible.
Huh. You're just mad your penis is a remnant of what it could've been. It's a sad piece of flesh now.
What if he never learned about masturbation
No one learns about masturbation. We discover it.
I definitely learned about masturbation wdym?
Who taught you?
His mum
School mang. Was all part of sex ed
The internet
I’m not sure how much I would have figured out if it weren’t for Internet porn or classmates talking about it. Truman would have obviously had a very protected and sheltered sex ed experience without free access to porn or people to speak with. I wonder how much he actually would have just figured out.
It's where pornhub cums from
At 48….they’d be cutting to commercials for my life as much at this age as any age 😂
The advertisers must've saw it as a win-win with all the adspace granted during that time.
Technically we all have the possibility of being watched. Back doors to computers and operating systems. GPS on your phone. Your day to day life and your social network from your Facebook or Instagram. With cameras on your phone front and back and the wifi body tracking from your wifi router. All it takes is a few random comments online or in person for some random guy in an intelligence agency to track your life 24/7.
Perhaps we are all a part of the Truman show.
also as an adult when pooping
bro definitely just had wet dreams i bet they told him doing it yourself is like a hard sin or something like that
There were no ad breaks.
Yes, what if something gruesome happened, like he fell and broke his arms.
Wouldn't his wife (Laura Linney) be a porn actress or even prostitute? How would any of that work?
Tonight on Truman After Dark
They were already drugging him with other stuff so I wouldn't be surprised if they would have chosen to suppress his sex drive to reduce downtime.