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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Realised it this morning

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Unless you have aphantasia. People with aphantasia are unable to mentally visualize. I close my eyes and it's just blackness all the time.

[–] Rhynoplaz 12 points 1 year ago

Aphantasia is very intriguing for me. Everytime I try to think about it, I just can't picture it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't visualize a tetris block, much less a whole tetris game. I think I could draw all the tetris blocks if I tried so the information is there, just not stored as jpg. More like a zipped text file.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I have the same thing. I can sort of visualize the concept, like foggy still images of tetris games I've played but I cannot imagine a game setup where a piece would fall and complete a line. That is too specific. I can just do like general concepts, not specifics.

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So how you for ex, do you orient yourself in space? I visualize a map, and then position myself accordingly

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Maps in my head are useless. I get lost everywhere. When I went to university I walked so much more than I had to because of orientation issues. I get lost so easily. Even when playing games, if there is no map I just draw one myself because I have 0 reliability on my orientation skills. GPS was such a life saver for me. I rely waaay too much on it. For when I do not have the tools (GPS, map or other) I use visual cues in the background such as tall buildings, mountains or the sun's position. I don't really think about it since I've been doing this since I can remember but I always feel amazed at how others around me can just know which direction to start walking after coming out of a door. Eventually I do memorize it but it takes a while.