So I guess laugh tracks are expired. Also, Shaggy “threw his voice,” making it sound like it was coming from another room. We used to believe in this, and quicksand.

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    The bit about throwing one’s voice was often used when I was younger as a possible explanation for mystics inviting spirits into the room. So that’s not actually a thing?

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      The way it’s depicted in cartoons is not a thing, but Ventriloquism is definitely a thing. Turns out it’s mostly about making people look somewhere else while you talk (such as at your puppet) which creates an auditory illusion.

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        TIL people experience this. I thought it was just something those with spatial deafness experience. I never have interpreted a sound as coming from something just because it looked like it was moving or talking.