pavlosmacwolf
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I remember faces always, but names?????
Not a kin chance
Not a kin chance
I have quite a few experiences of people who seem to know me but who must be mistaken. Bloke on a train who seemed confused I didn’t want to engage in conversation with him - no clue who he was, just thought must have met at a business meeting. Weirder one was a lady who stopped me at Bham airport convinced I was her nephew who she’d seen a couple days before. I spoke to her for a couple minutes to say I wasn’t and she was still convinced so presume he must have the same voice and mannerisms. The best was in Antigua when an American lady was convinced both me and wife had met her on a cruise the week before. I mean mistaking one person is understandable but to have a doppelgänger couple! my second voice raises all sorts of scenarios about this sort of shit. We are living in a matrix!!There's this chap I've bumped into 3 times. He seems to really know me and I know his face but not a clue who he actually is. Dying to bump into him for a 4th time and deffo asking who he is this time, but it's been several years. I might leave this earth never knowing
me too. pisses the wife off, whatever she’s called.I remember faces always, but names?????
Not a kin chance
only the obvious stuff - malaka, malakismeniYou may be, but can you swear in greek?
I only realised I had synesthesia a few years ago, blew my mind when I found out not everyone 'felt' different shapes & colours when listening to music, eating, drinking or hearing/thinking about certain words.
Having an inner monologue is considered "the norm", whilst synesthesia is pretty rare IIRC. So we don't necessarily have the "opposite" of synesthesia, we just don't have it.Had a look into synesthesia and now think I have the opposite because of this comment. I don't see jack shit , just hear myself reading the words
there's a theory that synesthesia is really just part of ideasthesia which everyone has, in that concepts evoke perceptions in the mind's eye. if you read the sentence 'the white fox runs,' you involuntarily see a white fox running in your mind's eye; for me as a synesthete, when i see the number 8 for example, i involuntarily see a dark blue 8
Do you sing them to yourself though or just hear the actual song?if you don’t have inner monologue, can you still sing songs to yourself in your head?
I don't see either, I associate.Had a look into synesthesia and now think I have the opposite because of this comment. I don't see jack shit , just hear myself reading the words
there's a theory that synesthesia is really just part of ideasthesia which everyone has, in that concepts evoke perceptions in the mind's eye. if you read the sentence 'the white fox runs,' you involuntarily see a white fox running in your mind's eye; for me as a synesthete, when i see the number 8 for example, i involuntarily see a dark blue 8
Like this?Somewhat on topic. I know someone who mouths what you're saying as you say it. Not sure if they're aware, never asked. Will now enter another rabbit hole with that one...
Not a bad effort at all, most obviously used throughout greece is mallaka (wanker) closely followed by aaah gamisu (basically fuck off or fuck you)only the obvious stuff - malaka, malakismeni
should know more being part cypriot
I could maybe do the first 3-4 moves of a game but afterwards would need to see it on a board, but I’m not so good. obv the best chess players can do it given the long history of blindfold games. how the fuck they could play multiple blindfold games simultaneously is beyond me.Hmmm. Don’t know if this is related but if I am reading a chess book I don’t really need a board in front of me. Look at the diagram before the moves appear and it pops into my head and the pieces move in my mind as I read so I can in turn picture the board several moves later.
Is that unusual? Seems natural as anything to me, but I don’t know any different.