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[2019-7-3] Mind

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 12:51 pm
by squaklefeb
Anyone else disappointed that the votey wasn't an image of the nipple hydra?

Re: [2019-7-3] Mind

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 3:55 pm
by AlixeTiir
squaklefeb wrote:Anyone else disappointed that the votey wasn't an image of the nipple hydra?
yes.

This should be a game: player 1 injects an image into player 2's mind, player 2 must draw it. If the image matches what player 1 imagined, then player 2 gets a point. If it doesn't, player 1 gets a point. Next round, player 2 injects an image into player 1's mind, player 1 must draw it. And so on until someone comes up with a good way to end the game

Re: [2019-7-3] Mind

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 4:41 pm
by Icarus
I managed to avoid imagining all of these. Should I be proud, ashamed, or worried?

Re: [2019-7-3] Mind

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2019 10:41 pm
by Svafa
Doesn't particularly work on those of us with aphantasia.

In my own case (which may not hold true for everyone with aphantasia), they're essentially nonsense phrases with no inherent meaning unless I choose to parse them to figure out what they might represent. For example, I understand both nipple and hydra and both have meaning, but they have no relation to one another, so their combination is meaningless until I consider their relation and assign a meaning. Even still, I have aphantasia, so there's no real squick factor or whatever, as I can't visualize the concept.

Re: [2019-7-3] Mind

Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 2:10 am
by AnchoviePaste
Am I the only person this stuff doesn't work on?
Just...don't picture something unless you want to. It's pretty easy.

Re: [2019-7-3] Mind

Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2019 9:33 am
by NeatNit
Svafa wrote:Doesn't particularly work on those of us with aphantasia.

In my own case (which may not hold true for everyone with aphantasia), they're essentially nonsense phrases with no inherent meaning unless I choose to parse them to figure out what they might represent. For example, I understand both nipple and hydra and both have meaning, but they have no relation to one another, so their combination is meaningless until I consider their relation and assign a meaning. Even still, I have aphantasia, so there's no real squick factor or whatever, as I can't visualize the concept.
Goddammit. I first heard of aphantasia earlier this week. The "frequency illusion" is called an illusion, but it's real I tells you!

For convenience (it's missing from the OP): http://smbc-comics.com/comic/mind