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minus-squareblave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·5 days agoIsn’t a two-way mirror just a window? I think you meant “one way mirror.”
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down3·5 days agoNo. English is just hella stupid. 🤣 A one-way mirror, also called two-way mirror… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-way_mirror
minus-squarelogicbomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·5 days agoHow many ways is a normal mirror, then? Do we call it a “no way mirror”?
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·5 days agowouldn’t a one-way mirror only be used “one way” and a two-way mirror be used in “two ways”?
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·5 days agoWhile a no-way mirror is a mirror owned by a vampire.
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 days agoA one-way mirror is only one-way when the lighting conditions are correct. Otherwise you can see right through it from both sides
minus-squareTheFogan@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoWell I mean dictionaries. Kind of like how webster defines literally with Definition 1: In a literal manner such as … Definition 2: used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible.
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoBoth terms are used https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-way_mirror
Isn’t a two-way mirror just a window? I think you meant “one way mirror.”
No. English is just hella stupid. 🤣
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-way_mirror
How many ways is a normal mirror, then? Do we call it a “no way mirror”?
wouldn’t a one-way mirror only be used “one way” and a two-way mirror be used in “two ways”?
While a no-way mirror is a mirror owned by a vampire.
A one-way mirror is only one-way when the lighting conditions are correct. Otherwise you can see right through it from both sides
Well I mean dictionaries. Kind of like how webster defines literally with
Definition 1: In a literal manner such as …
Definition 2: used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible.
Both terms are used
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-way_mirror