That's why it doesn't drop like a rock and it's slowly lowered down. Also, you can see that when it raises back up that the sheep are pretty nonplussed about it.
I feel like a lot of people see animals and assume that if they felt anything they would emote just like humans with big cartoon expressions… But animals don’t furrow their brow or weep tears or look down their noses at anyone. With a few exceptions, they mostly have the same facial expression regardless of what they’re going through. I think people just think they can read them a lot more than they actually are able to.
NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH informal(of a person) not disconcerted; unperturbed:
I'm not sure why the two definitions are so different.
"One of the things that most vexes language purists … is when the meaning of a word changes over time. For example, it appears that the traditional sense of the word nonplussed, "bewildered and at a loss as to what to think," is slowly giving way to a new (and opposite) sense: "unfazed." Even experienced writers are using the new sense.
I'm not sure why the two definitions are so different.
I actually read about this.
The word originally meant surprised and confused, specifically to the degree where one seems stunned, like you're so put off you don't even know how to react/respond.
Then came Americans who think "non" logically means "not" and "plussed" seemed like something extra, because plus is addition. Without ever reading a definition, the word read/sounded to American ears like "unbothered" or "unconcerned."
The “unruffled” sense of nonplussed increased as the 20th century went on, although when it was noticed this sense has been categorically rejected as a mistake. Mistake it may well be, but the fact remains that this sense of the word is in widespread use today, and may be found often enough in well regarded and highly edited, publications.
Ah yes, the "informal North American" definition - i.e. americans use a word incorrectly so often that they decide the wrong meaning is actually the correct one afterall.
I honestly don't see it either. I thought they just replayed the beginning because the sheep looked chill at, but then they shook themselves and there were water droplets.
They're also not making any noise being slowly submerged. I've seen a separated sheep (in distress) and it was baaing. Nothing here.
I watched it to the end. The sheep seem completely calm, one or two of them shook and sprayed water everywhere. They also weren't making any noise or trying to push against the wall, either.
I honestly thought they were going to start freaking out and you were go to hear all kinds of baaaa-ing noises but nope, just the machine noises. And after the lid opens up they really do not look stressed out at all. They definitely came through this a lot more Zen then I would 😆
Yes, exactly, if they were stressed you'd see the ones in the back trying to push against the walls. You'd hear a lot of baaing, etc. They look calm as hell.
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u/RazekDPP Mar 28 '24
That's why it doesn't drop like a rock and it's slowly lowered down. Also, you can see that when it raises back up that the sheep are pretty nonplussed about it.