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Cake day: June 14th, 2023
  • Mishmash2000@lemmy.nztoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•This is a thought experiment "Ball on a Table" for detecting whether someone has Aphantasia. What do you see when you perform this experiment?
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    7 months ago

    I’ve always found this subject fascinating. Why are we all so different in this regards? What’s going or not going on up there? Anyway, this is my result…

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    I imagined a bright red ball, like a shiny red plasticy looking ball

    The “person” pushing the ball was just a disembodied arm, the ball rolled and bounced around the pool table much as a pool ball would

    The arm was pretty much my arm. I didn’t bother to visualise the person, instead concentrating on the interaction with the ball.

    The ball was larger than a pool ball, maybe softball sized or even slightly bigger

    The table was basically a pool table, green felt, but smaller or maybe the ball was just much bigger

    All this I knew from my visualisation but when answering the questions I probably solidified my thoughts a bit. When viewing things they are constantly changing or shifting to match new information/ideas/concepts of what’s there. I don’t really see the whole scene at once easily, instead focusing in on different aspects of it. For example if I’m concentrating on the red, shiny ball then the table is just a green plane/background.

  • Mishmash2000@lemmy.nztoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Do you have favorites or specific list preferences about trivial things like color or music?
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    1 year ago

    Nah, I’d be like, go on! Do you associate that song with a particular event, person, time or place in your life? When did you first hear it? In what context is it your fave? Have you ever heard it played live? What was that like? Could you ever imagine another song taking its place or is it too sentimental or ingrained into your very being?

    Basically a question like “fave colour/song” is often a simple test. The kind of answer you give should indicate whether or not the topic can be opened up or expanded upon or even just indicate if you want to talk to this person at all right now. If you answer “blue I guess”, and look completely disinterested or “insert massive pop hit of the moment” and leave it at that, then they know to go about their day or try another topic like “So what about that sportsball game/weather/current event?”. But you might give them a nuanced answer that will lead to more conversation.

    It is handy to have a simple, 1 dimensional responce if you want to shut down the conversation quickly or direct it to another topic.

  • Mishmash2000@lemmy.nztoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•*Permanently Deleted*
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    1 year ago

    Great post idea! My list is based mostly on nostalgia for a certain period of time in my life:

    Fog (again) - Live - Radiohead

    Pyramid Song - Radiohead

    Fake Empire - The National

    Hurt - Johnny Cash

    Headlong - The Frames

    Scattered Black and Whites - Elbow

    Grace Under Pressure - Elbow

    Starálfur - Sigur Rós

    Hoppípolla - Sigur Rós

    October - U2