Mister Google and Ms. Wiki tell me the Droste effect refers to a recursive picture-within-a-picture. It gets its name from the label on a tin of a Dutch brand of cocoa which showed a nun/nurse carrying a tray with a cup of cocoa and the very same tin on which she appears.
I learned a new term today for a phenomenon I always thought was cool. As a child, I used to hold a mirror up to a mirror and wish I could follow the tunnel into infinity.
Isn’t Droste also the company that sells orange-flavored chocolate inside a box with open sides holding a foil-wrapped sphere that comes apart into chocolate molded as orange segments?
It was a dark and stormy night, and everybody was sitting around the campfire. And the captain said, “Tony, get up and tell us a story.” So Tony got up and said: “It was a dark and stormy night…”
Templo S.U.D. almost 3 years ago
I bet the strip on the fridge is today’s Baldo strip.
Yakety Sax almost 3 years ago
Droste effect:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droste_effect
Example:
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F21%2F55%2F94%2F21559451045049db9091c0aeb7ba5282.jpg&f=1&nofb=1
pschearer Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Mister Google and Ms. Wiki tell me the Droste effect refers to a recursive picture-within-a-picture. It gets its name from the label on a tin of a Dutch brand of cocoa which showed a nun/nurse carrying a tray with a cup of cocoa and the very same tin on which she appears.
suv2000 almost 3 years ago
Be careful of the 4th wall
macky87 almost 3 years ago
Back in the day, we always called it an ‘infinity picture.’ Big fan.
dlkrueger33 almost 3 years ago
I learned a new term today for a phenomenon I always thought was cool. As a child, I used to hold a mirror up to a mirror and wish I could follow the tunnel into infinity.
gopher gofer almost 3 years ago
in my experience, kids these days aren’t very good at recursive writing…
anarresa Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I feel like she would know the name for the effect, and now I know too.
royq27 almost 3 years ago
It’s too early for philosophy…
MuddyUSA Premium Member almost 3 years ago
It certainly is not funny!
raybarb44 almost 3 years ago
Ad infinitum……
Holilubillkori Premium Member almost 3 years ago
A restaurant I sometimes dine at ..restroom has full length mirrors on all 3 walls; except the entrance door ….talk about unsettling. (ᵒ̤̑ ₀̑ ᵒ̤̑)
zescanner almost 3 years ago
I love it!
Bill D. Kat Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I had to look it up thus adding another bit of useless information to my already too large collection.
bobw2012 almost 3 years ago
Gracie, It is funnier than a blow to the head or the crotch.
Laurie Stoker Premium Member almost 3 years ago
I know that Gracie is incredibly smart, but it really bugs me when she is smarter than any of the adults I know, including me.
The Orange Mailman almost 3 years ago
But there are three of them, one in each panel. Dare I say, this is a triple Droste? Droste treble? Trifecta de Droste? Droste Effect Hat Trick?
darcyandsimon almost 3 years ago
Droste cocoa. Ohboy!
amaryllis2 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Isn’t Droste also the company that sells orange-flavored chocolate inside a box with open sides holding a foil-wrapped sphere that comes apart into chocolate molded as orange segments?
pacplus1982 almost 3 years ago
It was a dark and stormy night, and everybody was sitting around the campfire. And the captain said, “Tony, get up and tell us a story.” So Tony got up and said: “It was a dark and stormy night…”
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Best ever was in the movie Spaceballs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=356faqb9JnU