[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:56:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:56:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A big red one. Now my mind is wandering...have any of you ever seen a Native American penis? I just realized I never have while posting this comment. Lol
Saemika ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:12:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know, it makes sense.But it's the first time on my life i see that ruler and i didn't expected it. I thought it had 15 inches like you know, normal rulers who have 15cm.
Red is the color of light whose primary wavelength ranges between 700 and 650 nanometers.
FTFY
DLiurro ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 01:31:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red is the color we perceive when light whose primary wavelength ranges between 700 and 650 nanometers, if red is the color we expect to see.
keten ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 01:49:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red is the color we perceive when light whose primary wavelength ranges between 700 and 650 nm hits our eyeballs while our retinas are undamaged and sends a signal to the brain that is correctly rendered by the brain. Oh yeah, it's also a color you see when no light is hitting your eyeball. Those are hallucinations... But it's still red.
Areonis ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:15:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red is also a color you could see when an object absorbs mostly green light (495โ570 nm). This is much more common than seeing monochromatic red light.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:18:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Unless you work with lasers all day.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 07:05:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Marine Biologist?
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:59:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lazer Tag enthusiast
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:21:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
keplar ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:07:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are no actual hard borders of colors. The idea of where one color (like red) stops and another color (say, a reddish orange) begins is a taught idea, and largely relies on everybody agreeing to an arbitrary line for communal convenience. There are cultures that have more or fewer colors in their worldview than the commonly accepted rainbow. They see just as mmuch range as we do, obviously, but where they draw distinctions may vary.
DLiurro ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:22:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A lot of the colors we see are based on the context. Yellow bananas look like yellow bananas in many lights because we know what we expect bananas to look like. If we didn't know that context, it may look different.
There are rare humans with four color cones in their eyes who see more colors than we can. Perhaps you are wrong and you simply cannot differentiate between two different colors within that range.
Do we render the color 'red' in the same way in our minds?
Is my rendition of red, closer to your rendition of blue?
Can we ever truly know?
keplar ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:12:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I believe the OP's intent was more along the lines of "explain color to a blind person" rather than "give the arbitrarily defined but generally agreed upon scientific limits." Both sides are valid, but telling somebody who can't see the wavelength of light will no more explain the color than anything else.
medlish ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:12:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Xantarr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:08:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What'll really get your knickers in a twist is, how do you know that light whose primary wavelength ranges from 700 to 650 nanometers is red? And you can't just say that's the definition, because we've been talking about red since way before we could define it using wavelengths.
Yes you can; the definition's just shifted over time. This is a subjective truth. Someone can say 650 nanometers is red. Someone else can say 650 nanometers is orange. Someone can say 700nm is visible and someone else can say 695 is invisible and thus infrared. There are no absolutes, only relative truths because it is "Visible Light" and subject to interpretation. For someone with red-green colorblindness, perhaps red can go down to 610 nm.
I guess that makes you that dumbass student who writes inarticulate answers and expects the professor to be able read his mind to understand what he really meant to write.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:37:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, as long as we're all condescending assholes who cares right?
In modern english people frequently use the word "to" to replace the word "between" meaning "can be found between" meaning "it's in that range".
Eg: It's the best restaurant from here to New York.
Eg: It gets 2 to 3 times hotter here than in Alaska.
Both these examples are talking about a range, in one it's distance and in the other it's temperature. They don't reference a specific place or temperature. 2 to 3 times hotter could mean 2.1 or 2.2 or 2.7 times. Because the to means BETWEEN or RANGING FROM.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:56:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
that's a failure of an explanation because it completely misses the point.
Words exist because they shorten concepts, ideas, etc. into single word. if it can't fully replace the word, it's not a complete definition. 650 to 700nm is only a good definition when you are ALREADY operating under the assumption that everyone knows you are talking about the range of visible light that looks red to most people.
it's also not the only or most common explanation for red.
it's a regurgitated measurement that is useless without context. I.E. you didn't learn the material, you just memorized a gradeschool definition. That's why teachers mark you down.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 21:32:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It'd probably be more accurate to define colors in terms of the stimulation of photoreceptors. That way non-spectral colors can be accounted for
keten ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:52:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What about hallucinations? Those can cause red to be perceived without photoreceptor stimulation. So really the whole light definition of red is just a description of one cause of red, not a definition of it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:56:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I did say more accurate, not perfectly accurate
The most accurate thing I could say is probably that the concepts we select for with language don't map onto physical reality in clear and objective ways
Ship of Theseus and whatnot
keten ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:03:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Yeah giving perfect definitions for nouns that are not analytically defined (like a bachelor) seems pretty impossible. It's kind of like red is just the thing that makes me go "red!" when I see it.
Edit. Like you can't be wrong. If you say "red!" and you believe it, you're right, it's red. Unless you don't know English. In which case you might be wrong.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:11:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, even bachelor is only rigidly defined in terms of other concepts.
bachelor(a) = male(a) & !married(a)
or notated however.
To get a full definition of bachelor then you need to have definitions for those constituent concepts. Maleness is a nice example. So, putting aside for now the complications added by transgender people, the biological reality of sex is already not perfectly clean. Ambiguous genitalia, genotypes with abnormal expression, it's pretty much assured that people won't define maleness to select exactly the same set of people, but people are nevertheless able to use the word and concept in communication without issue
keten ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:18:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah when we try to communicate, you're basically ignoring the actual meaning of a word and just saying hey this thing made me go "male!" and i think you would do the same thing if you saw what i saw. Then they disagree with you and you throw your hands up and say "semantics!" and walk out the door.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:56:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:59:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only useless for the purpose of communicating the experience of color
But all experiential knowledge is incommunicable
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 21:32:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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AshtarB ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 23:23:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magenta is the color produced when light with a wavelength around 700 nm and light with a wavelength around 400 nm both reflect off an object. There.
While accurate in one sense, you have portrayed nothing about the experience of seeing the color red. It's like explaining pain as a chemical change. It not wrong per say, but it doesn't explain what it is like. Saying that red is the color with wavelengths between 700 and 650 doesn't say anything about what it's like .
Except, that's only true because those wavelengths of light stimulate red cone cells in human. There's nothing inherently "red" about that part of the EM spectrum. It's all in your brain!
zhivago ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:12:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is incorrect due to the effect of color constancy.
Color depends on adjacent contrast regions rather than particular wavelengths.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:49:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, down to 620 look red. At about 610 it look orange but if you are buying LEDs they might still be called red.
Yeah, and health potions! Dude, we are killing it with this description.
[deleted] ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 18:26:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kinda...like Green. It's like...the color of my eyes. But I'm wearing the wrong color today so they look more greyish green, so not that. Grass...not now, but during the summer. People are green with envy. But not really...You know the color people were obsessing over last Thursday for St. Paddy's Day...that's green...Get it?
My red is so confident he flashes trophies of war,
And ribbons of euphoria
Orange is young, full of daring,
But very unsteady for the first go round
My yellow in this case is not so mellow
In fact I'm trying to say it's frightened like me
And all these emotions of mine keep holding me from, eh,
Giving my life to a rainbow like you
That's like that movie when the ugly ginger kid was hitting on that blind girl... what's it called?? You know, it had Jim Carey... and I think Cher was there, too.
jerrypk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:50:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's funny because a blind person or someone who (for some wierd reason) couldn't see ANY color STILL wouldn't know how "hot" or "cold" colors worked. or any of those other descriptors.
You can only describe a color to someone who's already familiar with it.
So that makes sense to you because you have called those colors that your entire life, but if your red and blue were switched, you would never know. Like u/pm_your_huge_chode said, the only thing that is constant is the wavelength because that's the only form of measurement we have for color.
Vsauce has an awesome video explaining this and other things that cannot be explained because of the simplicity of our language.
Ekudar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:55:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, you just described things that are red and some feelings that we relate the color to. However you can never explain the color itself to me, or the other way around. You know what your red is, and I know what my red is. But to explain it beyond that, is next to impossible.
I think how do I know that you and me,
See the same colors the same way when you and me see.
Is my red blue for you, or my green your green too?
Could it be true we see differing hues?
....I am a thoughtful guy
Only because you associate the color with fire. If you saw red as blue, you would describe that blue as hot.
Only maybe your red IS my blue, so maybe what you see as the hot color is the cold color for me. There's no way to describe the color via association because no matter what color the other person sees, they will have made the same associations for the different colors.
[deleted] ยท 228 points ยท Posted at 18:39:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Blue is the sky...except for when it's not. And it's also the ocean but that kind of depends on the sky and sometimes the ocean is green or grey or black. Some people have blue eyes which just means they have no brown pigment in them and blueberries turn purple when you smash them. Make sense?
But giving examples of something that shares the quality doesn't help, or at least it doesn't count as explaining.
"What is a human?" "Well, there's Steve, and there's Jocelyn, and there's that guy over there..."
I guess you could look at those people and start to formulate an idea of what a human is, but what if you were telling an alien about us over the phone?
Blue eyes isn't just a lack of pigment. That gets you red eyes like an albino. Blue eyes are caused by the structure of one layer of the iris, which affects how it reflects light. Same for green eyes.
Ancient Greeks used to say the sky was bronze colored. Color is weird as fuck and seems to be cultural to a large extent. There was a good video someone posted on reddit where they were studying a remote tribe, who couldn't tell the difference between red and yellow or something, but could easily distinguish between shades of green that appeared identical to westerners.
But I had a discussion about that, if some ones eyes are messed up, they might see all those colors differently, you can describe those colors unless you have something to reference
Seriously. How are there so few of us? What the hell is everyone talking about? You compare this photo to samples of black, white, gold, blue, and there's no fucking way you're going to get black OR white! Can you explain what everyone else is seeing??
Didn't it boil down to the settings of the display it's viewed on? Some wash out the colors, some have weird contrasts, etc. It's just that the photo is in lighting conditions that make it more ambiguous than normal.
Or something like that. I don't fucking know. I thought we were done with this!
No... Are my eyes memes? Have I achieved memedom!? I've looked at the picture on multiple monitors, on my phone, on my TV. Other people's phones. I never saw blue and black.
I did witness friend experience first seeing blue and black and then looking back at the same image on her phone, seeing white and gold and changing back again later. She was freaking the fuck out.
No legit I actually did see white and gold ("did" because I have not yet clicked so my answer is consistent)
This trolling theory is rubbish, we're not lying
IIRC the reason there are two crowds is because it's supposed to be a thing with the lighting in the picture that can affect how your brain sees the colours and 'trick' you into seeing the colours wrong ~ it happens to some people and it doesn't to others
Edit: Okay I didn't realise you were being sarcastic (but my point will forever stand)
Arwox ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 12:19:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Coworker and I viewed it on the exact same screen(my phone)
, he sees white\gold I see blue\black
Yeah it's all about monitor settings, easiest way to test that is to open same pic on different monitors or devices like phone or tablet. I see black and blue on my PC and White Gold on my phone.
No its not. A friend of mine clicked a link with the pic -> white gold the first time he saw it. He clicked it again a liitlebit later, same monitor -> blue black
klumpp ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:07:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The question isn't about what colors are present in the photo, it's about what color the dress is given the lighting and poor quality.
You're right in that the colours of the PHOTO will never be white or black. However the debate was never about the colours of the photo, it was about the colours of the dress. The awful colour balance of the photo is what causes the issue, or "phenomenon" as those who have no idea how colours work would call it.
Have you ever noticed how yellow street lights paint everything in a yellowy glow? If you by some miracle had enough light to take a picture in that light it would have a yellow tint to it. Now normally your brain knows about that yellow tint and compensates for that, so if something is slightly yellow your brain will tell you it's white because it knows about the tint.
So how does this photo differ? Well, to try and put it simply, because we're only seeing it in an awful washed-out overexposed photo we can't really tell what the lighting is actually like. However our brain still tries to compensate for that and as such makes an assumption. It corrects for the state of lighting that it believes it sees, and in most cases it winds up seeing either white and gold or blue and black. Make more sense now?
As for the actual answer if you're curious, the lighting is a bright yellow (looks white because of overexposure) and the dress is blue and black.
In my opinion the debate was never "what is the actual color of the dress" and more "what does your brain perceive the color to be" because ultimately if you see "blue/black" or if you see "white/gold" you're both wrong, because neither are in the photo. They're both an illusion.
Thank you. You've succinctly described what no one else has been able to. No one I've asked has come close to this, so this is one annoyance I can finally put to rest.
Yes, the dress in reality is blue black. But I'm solely talking about the colors in the photo. Which is all that matters. The colors in the photo are not blue or black.
The colors of the pixels on your monitor do not depend on your brain. The picture is composed of a very light blue and a brownish gold color. That's not arguable. The issue comes up when people start trying to work out what color the actual dress is.
The way your brain takes in and interprets the information it sees is different for each person. People literally see the dress one way or another because that is how their brains are processing it.
No, for everyone. The actual color values of the image are not debateable. Open it in paint and use a color picker. You'll get whitish blue and light brown
Yes, I understand that there is an illusion component, my whole point is that there is clear, factual, non-debateable color values in that photo. I'm saying the illusion doesn't work for me, I see the real colors of the photo. A bluish white and light brown.
It isn't about being mentally disabled. Some people really do see white and gold. And every time someone says it's blue and black I swear they are trolling because I see, specifically, white and gold. I don't even see a hint of blue or even see how that gold could possibly be black.
[deleted] ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 07:34:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is it really not obvious that I was joking? Sheesh.
Blue and gold are what color the actual pixels are. I guess you're not doing any mental adjustment for the lighting at all.
People who see white and gold are generally unconsciously adjusting for it as though it were in shadow, so the pale blue looks like poorly lit white. People who see blue and black are adjusting for it as though it were in bright light, so the blue looks washed out and the black reflects yellow.
It turns out it was in bright light, and the dress itself is blue and black. The bit you see as gold looks like that because it's a little shiny and is under bright incandescent lights.
BS it's not about being blind. When it first came out, I saw it white and gold, now I see blue and black. Not strictly but the contrast is till there. Like that rotating ballerina thing or whatever, except that one I know how to control the switch for in my brain.
This comment alone made me realise what the picture was
still have not clicked
it's that fucking dress again isn't it? geez
No matter what I do I can't see anything other than white and gold, and apparently that's the wrong one to see because it means the light has bamboozled your brain into thinking the dress is lighter colours than it actually is :///
I wanna see blue and black but I've never once seen it so idk
I saw white and gold, didn't understand the hype, then someone posted another pic on facebook a few hours later and it was blue and black. I haven't been able to see white and gold since.
Yeahh I've heard of things like that where the colours change
I've also heard of people who see blue and gold like the above person
It's pretty weird
But it kinda makes sense - if the lighting thing I vaguely remember from somewhere is true - that you'd end up with people on one side and people on the other and people inbetween ... and people all over the place
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:06:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'll copypaste the explanation I gave somebody else earlier, although it's not sourced and comes from my own knowledge on photography:
Warning: Wall-of-text
You're right in that the colours of the PHOTO will never be white or black. However the debate was never about the colours of the photo, it was about the colours of the dress. The awful colour balance of the photo is what causes the issue, or "phenomenon" as those who have no idea how colours work would call it.
Have you ever noticed how yellow street lights paint everything in a yellowy glow? If you by some miracle had enough light to take a picture in that light it would have a yellow tint to it. Now normally your brain knows about that yellow tint and compensates for that, so if something is slightly yellow your brain will tell you it's white because it knows about the tint.
So how does this photo differ? Well, to try and put it simply, because we're only seeing it in an awful washed-out overexposed photo we can't really tell what the lighting is actually like. However our brain still tries to compensate for that and as such makes an assumption. It corrects for the state of lighting that it believes it sees, and in most cases it winds up seeing either white and gold or blue and black. Make more sense now?
As for the actual answer if you're curious, the lighting is a bright yellow (looks white because of overexposure) and the dress is blue and black.
aruke- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:41:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Finally someone like me....are you colorbind by a chance ? I am red-green colorblind and I see the dress as blue and gold
c3534l ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:01:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think most people see it as blue and gold, but when presented the option and the fact that the lighting is funky it looks like it'd be white underneath. Black though, holy shit some people must live in a very dark world.
Yeah it was a pretty cool discussion to have. People either saw Black and blue, or White and Gold. IIRC it had to do with the lighting of the picture. I only see it White and Gold.
You're not truly seeing it the other way most likely. I've seen both and it's clear as day when it switches. They did start to blur together if I kept getting it to switch but definitely not right away.
[deleted] ยท 84 points ยท Posted at 21:54:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Not to shoot the messenger or anything, but why the hell is that particular phenomenon also listed under "Dressgate?" Why haven't we, as a society, retired -gate as a suffix?
Ugh... The -gate suffix started being used as a way to dredge up the shock and revulsion people felt over Watergate. At the time, the idea that government officials would engage in that sort of behavior was unthinkable. Now, since its overuse and the (entirely reasonable) lack of trust most Americans have towards the government, -gate no longer conjures up the same feelings.
TL;DR -gate is old and busted because we younger generations don't feel betrayed by Nixon and we're really unoriginal when it comes to naming a scandal and have overused -gate. It persists because we're really really unoriginal at naming scandals.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:43:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't even think that the younger generations are the ones to blame for it, I see it most often in news reports and that sort of thing. Look at the Wikipedia page for -gate, it's absurd.
I was unclear. I moved from "we" in the first half of that sentence being paired with "younger generations" to it meaning "we humans" in the second half of the sentence and in the following sentence.
aknutty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:01:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:40:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because we need the evolutionary process of language to be able to describe the world better and more efficiently. All languages grow and are able to describe and communicate more. Although "Dressgate" does seem to be one hell of a stretch.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:48:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
While I'm inclined to agree, it seems overdone to the point that it has lost meaning. In 100 years, I'm sure -gate will be a commonly used suffix to describe something mildly scandalous and most people won't even realize how it originated.
I knew I wasn't crazy, I can see up at the top bit how the balance is off and someone might maybe see that black as gold, but none of the other shit. It's just a bad camera.
Unlike an optical illusion once you see it one way it's almost impossible to see it the other, although if you're in the white/gold camp you can zoom in on individual colors until the picture is gone and then they'll resolve.
Anyway, some people's mind's try to calibrate the white balance off of the blue stripes, which makes the blue look white and the black gold. Even people who see it as blue aren't really seeing it correctly since the colors aren't as blue as you think.
I saw a video where they pulled out the colors and I thought individually they looked more purple than blue, and when I see the picture it looks blue (but screwed up). I don't have photoshop to try it myself.
You have it backwards. You can easily check it in photoshop to see it's white(isn) and gold(ish.) But this is a result of the peculiar lighting. In real life it's blue and black.
Kiffler ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:33:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The reason the picture is weird is because of this thing called white balance. Basically how white appears in the picture.
M4rnN ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:06:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its Greyish-blue and brownish if you check photoshop colours... The camera wasn't very good.
In reality, blue and black. The shot is overexposed, so people can perceive it as white and gold based on whether or not their brain thinks "This is lit by sunlight" or "This is lit by an artificial light." The brain automatically filters out the blue or yellow light, respectively.
rexo12 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 20:39:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see it blue and black in thumbnails, everywhere else is white and gold.
I was able to see it both ways actually. Not sure how exactly but in the middle of a discussion about the dress I had to say "I thought you were crazy but now I see it the other way."
agile52 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:00:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I saw it white and gold at first, but when somebody explained the lighting of the picture, it went to blue black.
One time, I saw a page that had two of this image on it, one towards the top and one towards the bottom. My screen had a brighter light shining across the top half, and my chair or something was blocking the light from the lower half. I saw the top one as white/gold and the bottom one as black/blue. It was pretty cool but I never managed to replicate it.
Crazy. I heard it had something to do with your emotions lol. I saw white and gold for a solid 3 seconds then it changed to black and blue for me again.
Playing with the brightness on your screen and then going back to it may help. I used to only ever see blue and black but now I can only see gold and yellow
It's blue and black, however, different people's brains read the lighting differently. I see white and gold, but in proper lighting, it is blue and black.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:12:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How did you manage to miss it please don't start this to some people it looks black and blue and to some others it looks white and gold it is actually blue and black end of conversation kthxbai
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:16:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If it's actually blue and black then I feel better.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:24:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep, go on paint and sample the colors of the dress.
Some people can actually see both so if you work at it enough your mind will be fully blown when it switches. Happened to me and I was mind blown for weeks
Yeah, just happened to me when I was viewing the picture at an angle, went from white-gold to blue-black (until I looked away), and now I get blue-gold...
EDIT: WTH, taking my sunglasses on and off makes the colors change instantly!!!
Stare at it and let your eyes go in and out of focus on it. When I do this I can see both black and blue, and white and gold. But I only saw white/gold at first
sdw9342 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:48:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've seen it in both colours sets surprisingly. I can't decide though - it just switches sometimes..
Edit: shit I just closed my eyes and opened them and it had switched..
tjc815 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:11:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I still cannot make myself see black no matter how hard I try..
I could only see the white and gold after I saw this picture. Once my eyes adjusted for lighting, I could see how it would appear white and gold in a shaded picture with poor lighting. But the fact that it's in a department store, made my eyes see it only as blue and black.
When I first saw it, it appeared blue/black. The next day I want to show my wife but I could only find ones I thought were edited to look white/gold. I showed her one and she said it looks blue/black.
I've seen both sides and I still think it's one giant Truman show practical joke on me.
Nothing is wrong with you good sir! There is actually some science to how you perceive the color of the dress. Because of the lighting in the picture and how your eyes perceive the light, you will see it as white and gold or blue and black.
I initially saw blue and black (brownish) and then saw white and gold a couple times and though someone was messing with me. Then I saw it change back in front of my eyes.
I have to try reeeeeally hard to see the gold as black, and it's only ever happened once. To this day i refuse to believe that the real dress is blue and black.
I must be crazy, because i still see white and gold in all those photos. I mean i can see that the colours are blue and black, but my brain tells me they're white and gold in real life
Idk but those are actually different colors on the right and left.
Balind ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 21:02:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Personally I see white and gold
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:47:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know how. No matter how you look at it, it's deeply blue. When you pick the colors in photoshop, it's blue and black (with a hue of gold because of the sun reflecting on it - but there's no black sun to give a golden dress a black hue). I always felt like half the internet was just trolling with that white and gold thing.
What color is this dress? White obviously, even if the color being displayed is a light blue. Some people automatically see it as being in shadow like the dress here. They're not trolling, that's just how they see it. Kind of like how you see black. If you select the color on the dress you'll find that it's actually a brownish gold. Your brain is just adjusting it for you to make you see it as more black than it is. No part of that picture even approaches anything that could be called black.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:27:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://i.imgur.com/ocwgjBJ.png <= This woman is clearly in shadow, as we can see from her hat, or, iunno, the fact her skin appears to be a be a freakish grey. That's how our brain recognizes the true colors of things usually, by keeping human skin/hair/sclera as a basis of what "normal" is. Now, that's why the pic of the dress was so popular : no human elements to be seen.
HOWEVER it remains deeply obvious the dress is blue and black. Maybe I just have a well calibrated brain, maybe it's because I'm an artist so I know color theory, but it's not my brain adjusting to see it as darker than it is.
http://imgur.com/j1HSahJ <= on the left, colors picked from the yellow rectangle area. On the right, colors picked from the highlights. Unlike the first pic, which is clearly in shadow, this dress is flooded with light. The (absurdly) saturated light around the dress is an indicator, even if people don't seem to realize it. Another indicator is the way light and shadow are separated on the fabric itself - light directly hits the dress and is partly hidden around the middle thanks to a fold, but even then the entire dress is illuminated rather than in shadows. Anyone who spent a couple minutes looking at fabric in the light irl can tell the difference.
So even if you take the highlights of the dress, assume they are somehow in shadow and the original dress is even lighter, and totally ignore the rest of the dress, maybe it'd make sense to assume it's white. Else, it's just absurd. So either
half the internet is trolling
half the internet has not a single clue what color theory is, don't understand how light works and have issues realizing highlights are different from shadows
half the internet has a badly calibrated computer that can't show colors properly
When I look at the picture my brain automatically interprets the dress as being in shadow. I don't know why that is, but half of the people in the world apparently see the same. No matter how deeply obvious or absurd you think it is the picture just isn't that easy to interpret.
And as for the issue of the black parts, do you see the picture as actually being black? Are you saying that you think the black sections of the dress show up in the picture as anything close to actual black? I ask because you said "When you pick the colors in photoshop, it's blue and black..." when it's clearly a brownish gold throughout. No part of that picture has anything approaching black.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:40:10 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There is a giant highlight in the middle of the dress - it looks darkish gold and bluish gold in the highlight because of the golden light of the sun, deeply blue and black everwhere else.
http://i.imgur.com/JPn1dLn.png Since you failed to see it, here is the color of the dress picked directly from the picture. Do you see that upper color there as gold ? If you do, it explains why you see the dress as gold and white in general. I'd also advise you get your computer and/or your eyes checked.
http://i.imgur.com/zVwBzkv.png here is the same color, taken directly from the picture, in absolute values. Are you really certain "No part of that picture has anything approaching black." ?
You pick the color from the darkest point on the thing, show me the color value, and claim victory...all while looking at the color brown. I'm not the one with the problem here. You're apparently so attached to being right that you're delusional.
Yeah, that's undeniably black and blue. I feel like it's one of those questions where there's always those few people who want to stand out and say they see something different just because they know it's weird.
Fuck you too. No seriously though, try it with a bunch of people randomly who have no such pretenses or prior knowledge of what they should see, just ask them what they see, you will be surprised. I had the same thought as you except for white/gold, until I just tried it with a bunch of people and was blown away.
But of course if anybody sees anything different from you you will accuse them of just trying to "stand out"...
You see white-white and gold? Not light blue and gold? I seriously can't see how that's even possible. The color spectrum is literally on the blue side when you grab the color in MS paint!
To us, it looks like a white and gold dress in the shade, where as you see a blue and black dress in the sun. I've seen what the dress looks like in another picture. It's a deeply blue, deeply black dress, no mistake about it. Part of my brain understands that. But no matter how hard I try to convince myself, the douchey part of my brain says, "Nope, totally white and gold."
It is about perception. Look at a kleenex. Is it uniformly "white"? Of course not, it is a mix of grays, yellows, blues depending on the type of lighting and shadows. You know of course, that the whole sheet of tissue paper is white and you understand that intuitively, even if you were to take a picture of the tissue and see that many if not all of the color samples are not white.
I see it as blue and black as well. I can also understand someone saying blue and brown because the photo is washed out so the black looks kind of brown-ish.
So do you actually perceive it as White and Gold? I remember this whole thing, but I don't remember if it was an issue with the image hosting, the user's monitor color settings, or each individual person's eyes.
Honestly, It really depended on the picture. Sometimes I saw it as white/gold and sometimes I saw it as black/blue. But in this picture I really see it as white/gold.. most of the time it was black/blue
Wow, for me it's definitely Black/Blue. Such a crazy thing. This picture will probably find its way into textbooks along with other optical illusions, like the one of the attractive young woman, and the old lady.
When I first saw the picture all I could see was white and gold. Then one day I looked at it and it was blue and black. I haven't been able to see it white since.
The colors of the dress are the same, minus the lining, which is black for the blue background, and gold for the white background. You can see that the contrast with the background causes the dress to appear either blue or white.
When I first saw this photo, i saw the White and Gold.
Now, all I can see is the black and blue.
Like, I want my brain to see the tricked version again, but it won't. You can't explain that!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:58:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My entire life since that picture was brought up, I have seen white and gold. "People who see blue and black are fucking retarded", I thought to myself. Well thanks to your comment, I just saw it as blue and black for the first time ever.
This one has the exposure turned more up so almost everyone sees gold and white/blue. this I think is the real one. I know, because I can adjust my eyes to see both forms :)
I understand how people can look at the picture and say, "that is a picture of a bow and black dress," but regardless of what the picture is of, the color of the picture is white and gold.
Oh gosh it's been forever since I've seen that. I know everyone is sick of hearing how everyone sees it but I just watched it go from white and gold to blue and black. I thought it was pretty neat.
I just had a fucking weird experience. I mean fucking odd.
So I knew what the picture was. I clicked on it. I saw blue and black. And as I was looking at it I thought you know the top of the dress looks almost green. My eyes lost focus and every color shifted. I have NEVER seen at as white and gold until now and now I can't see black and blue anymore. WTF.
I saw white and gold first, and then was shown proof that it was actually black and blue. I am fully aware that it is black and blue. That is a fact in my mind that I do not doubt.
I still cannot see any black and blue in that picture. My brain just won't let it happen even though I know it to be true.
YOU MOTHER FUCKAS REALIZE THAT IT CHANGES BECAUSE OF THE ANGLE THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT AND THE ANGLE IT WAS VIEWED AT RIGHT? IT'S JUST A GOD DAMN OPTICAL ILLUSION. IN FACT TRY THIS VIEW THE PICTURE OF A RELATIVE HIGH ANGLE, IT WILL LOOK WHITE AND GOLD. IF YOU VIEW IT FROM A LOW ANGLE IT WILL LOOK BLUE AND BLACK.
zlide ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:31:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm convinced that people just don't realize there's actually two pictures going around, one blue/black and the other white/gold, and everyone saw one or the other thus the confusion. At least, that's the only way I can explain it because when I first saw it the dress was white/gold and now this one is blue/black....
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:07:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not two pictures. I've been in the same room looking at the same picture with all of my family and we were seeing different things.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:32:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I did the same with my friends just now they think I'm fucking with them
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:03:37 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just put on my girlfriend's enChroma color blind glasses and the dress is still white and gold. The glasses let you perceive colors as they should be therefore I declare white and gold to be the final and correct colors of the dress.
[deleted] ยท 153 points ยท Posted at 22:09:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Have you heard of enChroma color correctness glasses? I bought them for my girlfriend for Valentine's day and she cried when she put them on. Saw green for the first time. I'm going back to that four-leaf-clover she saw and putting it in a book (it was the first thing she looked at). They have a 60 day return-policy in case they don't work but it was the best investment on my part. I loved watching her look at everything for the rest of the weekend, asking what specific colors were. Road signs and construction cones stood out the most to her. It was a fun experience :)
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:50:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks! I feel guilty because she feels like she owes me a huge gift for my birthday next month. She doesn't believe giving her the present meant just as much to me as it probably did for her. For me it isn't about being equal. I hardly looked at the price when I heard about them I had to buy them for her!
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 23:46:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
They're still a luxury item. I'm colorblind (though I prefer the term color deficient- a lot of people think it means we see black&white), but it's not like it makes my life hard. People just think I'm crazy every now and then when I call a dark green object brown, or purple blue, etc.
Also colorblind. Not sure if the glasses will work for me, but it doesn't really matter. Being colorblind isn't that big of a deal.
300 dollars is a huge price to pay for something trivial like that.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:52:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well like I said, there's a 60 day return policy in case they don't work. And it may seem trivial but watch some youtube videos of people wearing them for the first time. Their reactions are priceless :)
People put different weights on the importance of different things. To me, not being able to see all colors isn't a major loss because I don't put a huge value on aesthetics. When I say it's trivial, I mean it's very trivial to me and 300 dollars is too much.
It's a novelty that I'm honestly surprised so much research and development was put into. As a colorblind person, the fact that so much research went into trying to "fix" me is kind of a let down because I know that money could have been spent on solving actual problems.
But it's a novelty nonetheless. I don't picture anybody who bought those glasses wearing them 100% of the time. I honestly wouldn't even carry them around with me. So it would be 300 dollars I never use. To me, glasses like this are like a chinese finger trap. It's cool the first time you see it, but it would be lost on me very quickly. That's not to say there's anything wrong with your S/O being excited about them or that what I'm saying applies to her. Just that I personally find it a very trivial thing.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:13:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't disagree with you because I don't know what it's like to be colorblind but you'll be happy to hear the technology was found by accident. They were actually created for doctors to safely wear while using lazors. The doctors loved them so much because they exagerated colors so they started wearing them as regular sunglasses. Then one colorblind man happened to borrow the glasses from his friend was suddenly was like "what the fuck is that." I'm paraphrasing but that's how I'd like to imagine it went. So not much research was put into fixing it besides perfecting it after it had been discovered. As for them being a novelty, my girlfriend seems to feel the same way :)
Nope, colorblindness is carried on the sex chromosome, and because colorblindness is recessive the women has two chromosomes with colorblindness on them.
This means that any sons will be colorblind (xy) and unless the father is also coorblind, daughters will be carriers(xx).
Sorry if this doesn't explain things very well, I'm kinda tired.
I mean, I'm not gonna call you a liar, but, colorblindness is a gene that is most commonly passed from mothers who carry the gene (without having colorblindness) to their sons who actually have the trait. It's exceptionally rare for a female to have colorblindness herself. (My son is colorblind. I carry the trait that passed it along, but I'm not colorblind. Because, female.)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:02:21 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't care. She's colorblind I just didn't know it was rare. Call me a liar if you want.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:53:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks! I couldn't wait to give it to her. She kept asking what the present was and I would say "you'll see." haha.
Ezl ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:07:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Never heard of these. Curious: (making up a color) with the glasses is her red "red" as non-colorblind people see it or is it a new differentiation for her that you identify as red but arent really certain what she's actually seeing (which, I guess, is really true of all of us)
Typrix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Would most certainly be the latter if you think about how color vision works.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:55:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I thought about that but I have no idea. Scientifically, she should be seeing the same colors though. The way cones work in the eyes, her eyes were having trouble separating lightwaves and these glasses evened it out a bit more (showing less of one lightwave and more of the other). I'm no expert so some of that may be wrong but if you go to enChroma's website they explain how they work in great detail :)
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:28:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:57:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hmm which glasses did you get? There are three levels - One for indoors, one for outdoors, and one in between. I bought her the 3rd option and they worked well enough. You gotta make sure the room is really lit or it's sunny out or else they won't work.
It's common for these types of glasses to not work on protans. It depends on what kind of colorblind the user is as to whether they will work as the individual brands work somewhat differently. From the enChroma website
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:33:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red/Green blindness is the one it works for specifically.
It must have been mind-blowing as fuck to see a new color that you've never seen before for the first time in your life.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:00:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know right! I was actually really nervous about giving them to her. I felt like "who am I to show her this new world" lol. She told me she would never have bought them for herself, mostly out of being nervous to try them, but because I put them right in front of her and she didn't have much time to talk herself out of it, she was brave to try them on and glad she did! Some people on reddit told me to surprise her by having her put them on like any pair of glasses but I felt like that would be weird - like a slap in the face and then bam a new reality. I wanted her to be able to prepare for them :)
Thanks bro. I always prefer being asked what colors, rather than what kind of colorblindness. Just don't ask me "What color can you not see?" or "What color is this?". Both of those get very, very old.
The sensation of having seen a colour is actually a classic example of Qualia.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:48:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Brown is muddy poops. It's the same as what muddy poops would taste like. Also a common hair colour.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 18:52:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Brown...also the color of chocolate, which tastes better than what a muddy poop would taste like. Also the color UPS uses.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:54:37 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's definitely muddy poop.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:40:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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rugtoad ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:54:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is one of those fun facts that not actually a fact. At least, not in the sense that it's "true".
It's based on crossed bit of linguistic/biological pseudo-science mixed in with a bunch of poorly researched history which lead a couple of guys to conclude that humans can't tell one color from another without a name for it...
There are a number of problems with this. Not the least of which is that the linguistic history is completely wrong, undermining the entire premise right off the bat. Words for "blue" date back to right after humans came down from the trees. Basically, the concept of "blue" in human language is as old as human language.
And the idea of Linguistic Relativism...that is to the field of Linguistics what Creation Science is to biology. It's been long since completely dismissed as bad science.
Just because Homer doesn't really describe anything as being "blue" that doesn't mean nobody around his time was familiar with it.
Sorry to take the fun out of the fact, though.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:44:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not true, and your timeline is off; the argument is more along the lines of terms for blue in the ancient world (i.e Homerian era) being less common owing to the fact that blue dyes were rare, and since there wasn't a common artificial means of generating blue, sometimes blue things were compared to other colors like purple.
thgril ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:41:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you have a source for this so-called fun fact?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:45:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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thgril ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:05:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That is pretty interesting, good to know.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:48:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Search 'colour term' in Wikipedia and you'll fine one. I can confirm that the guy's right. Blood was described as being the same colour as tree sap. They had a totally different way of describing colour - really nice illustration of how arbitrary and limited language can be.
rugtoad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:59:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Color terms don't change the way you perceive color though...
The idea that people didn't perceive blue because some cultures didn't seem to have a word for it has long since been debunked, as well.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:01:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh I see - yes, that's very true. I'm more interested in the linguistic side and skim read the original post. Fair point sir!
rugtoad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:56:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And on that point...the linguistic side of it is talking about a concept that has long been dismissed as bad science: Linguistic Relativism.
The shorthand is that the words you speak shape your thoughts, perceptions, intellect and even your sanity (depending on who is describing the concept). That's where this concept that people couldn't tell blue from green prior to the word "blue" being spoken comes from.
The problem (insofar as color goes) is that this makes absolutely no sense when you consider that words don't exist prior to the concepts they describe. That gets more and more absurd when you consider the implication...which is more or less that words are not arbitrary sounds made by great apes blowing air past vibrating strands of meat, rather they have implicit meaning. Maybe some ethereal dictionary at the center of the universe is responsible for doling it out, I suppose. And when one of these apes manages to stumble on "blue", the sky and the ocean slowly change and are distinguishable from the grass and the leaves on the trees.
Of course, that's not really how people think of it these days, they figure that as humans start seeing blue, they describe it with a new set of arbitrary sounds...and that's probably true in some sense, but you can't use the historical existence of a word or the inability to verify it to prop a theory that human perception of color was not the same because it wasn't described the same way.
Consider how many different distinct colors you could describe as "blue". On my screen in front of me, I can find a dozen right off the bat. Most have a specific name to them, at least according to some people, many have nothing more than a mishmash of characters to describe them. But we can look at all of them and say "that's blue".
We know that "cyan" and "cobalt" and "Azure" and "cerulean" are all words for "blue", but before they existed...would one next to another have blended together to us? Or...would we just call them both "blue"?
Of course, linguists and biologists both agree that it's the latter.
This entire thread is about how human perception is difficult to describe...so it's not a big surprise that we keep thinking up new ways to make it easier.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:06:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't have a name for the exact shade of my walls but I can still see them. This is utter nonsense that flies in the face of basic biology and history.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:42:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red wine or white wine?
I would have so many questions if I was an ancient Greek.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:13:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just watch the videos of James May and his friend about wine. His friend is a wine expert and teaches James all about it.
Colors are like flavours for eyes. For instance, some foods are sweet, others spicy, etc. There's really distinct flavours like cinnamon and lemon. Colors are just like flavours that you can see.
Dark512 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've always wondered if everyone sees color differently. Like if you took a color wheel, and every person had it rotated to a certain degree. So they identify blue as the same color as you, but what they see as blue, you see as red etc
stromm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:10:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blue used to be called green.
Well, more accurately, it was considered part of the green family.
I cannot help but feel people blind would have a hard time understanding, considering that they just do not see them. At best, they imagine colors but they wouldn't know what is red and what is green.
EpoxyD ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:29:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's like asking how long a meter is, or how much a kilo weighs.
Objects are like food in a way. Food has both a texture and a taste. Objects have both a shape and a color. The texture of food is analogous to the shape of an object, while the taste of food is like the color of an object.
Red looks like intimidation, nervousness or danger. Red in nature usually appears in the form of fire or other hot objects that can injure, or when people are embarrassed or flustered their cheeks turn red.
Light blue looks like timelessness, wonder, childhood freedom because it appears when the morning sky light is just coming into view and it presents new possibilities for the day. Dark blue looks weary, frigid, and concealed / secrect because it occurs when light begins to fade.
Green looks like blue but is largely found in nature - in the tree leaves and plants among the non-human animals, which also provide oxygen. Green looks like simplicity, universal life, nourishment and sincere cooperation.
Yellow comes from the Sun. Although it's hot like red, it does more benefit than harm to be exposed to it. Yellow is everywhere, it provides the direct and indirect energy for life. Yellow also returns after a period of rain, snowfall, or overcast so it also looks like success, happiness, restoration / revival, or the lack of obstacles and negativity.
Orange is found in the desert, and among mud and rocks where few signs of life can be found. Orange looks like desolation, roughness, and prudence.
Purple (indigo / violet) isn't commonly found in nature. The two main forms are flowers and the night sky. It looks like curiosity and mystery, similar to dark blue but less serious and more amusing.
As a person who is color blind people ask me all the time to describe what i see and i love the look on their face when i ask them to do it first to make the point lol
Delsana ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:59:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not if your colorblind, one of my co-workers is very colorblind. He can't see pastels and because of that he hates Easter. He swears my car is green when it is a metallic gray. He almost can't so graphic captchas with all the jumbled letters.
Nope. My wife has an entire universe of colours I don't understand.
We also can't agree on several shades of green and blue, eg her old car was blue, the paint was called blue by ford but no my wife still insists it was some random green the name of which I can't even remember.
Oh I'm good at this one. (Was married to a colorblind guy).
Blue looks the way cold feels. The darker it is, the colder it feels. Pink looks like your cheeks feel when the girl (guy) you like smiles at you. Yellow looks like the way that first Sunbeam feels, peaking through your curtains on a summer morning. I could go on. :)
I have a theory that everyone sees colors differently, but are taught that those colors are what they are called. For instance, black to me could be yellow to you, but I was taught that that specific color is yellow
You have two blocks in your hand. Every aspect down to the grain and texture of the wood is the same. Except for the color.
The color is how I can tell which one is which. Even if you were to switch them a hundred times behind my back I will always pick the correct block because the color is what makes them different.
Imagine two clear glasses of water. In one glass is a grape flavor and in the other is a strawberry flavor. You can tell which is which with your tastebuds.
If the grape was purple and the strawberry was red, I could tell them apart without having to taste them.
Now imagine a weak grape flavor vs a strong grape flavor. That's like your saturation of color. Imagine mixing the two flavors. It's almost something different, yes?
Just like a red and a yellow. You mix those eye flavors to get orange.
Though I think this describes what color does instead of what it is
Green. Look at the grass. Look at the plants. That's green.
Zebriah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As someone who suffers from Deuteranopia (red-green color deficiency). I have pondered color a lot. I imagine everyone perceives color differently. They know what this or that color is but the way their eyes and brain interpret it could be completely different than the way yours interprets it. The way blue appears to you could be how pink appears to someone else but they still know it as pink. So, yeah very hard to explain.
KMelsen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:53:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is something I sometimes think about. I could have a completely different perception of the color red. But there is now way to compare my perception with someone else's. We could all see the world differently and not know about it.
Imagine for a moment that every object ever has one aspect of it which is purely visible. It has no tactile sensation, no audible sensation. No other sensations. Just visual.
This is colour.
Now there are many variations of colour, each we have given a name, much in the same way that something can be smooth or rough. Or parts in between.
Sometimes colours mix together to form another colour, or sit side by side to form a pattern. Or are clear so that you can see through it.
That we real freedom/balls to be true to our deepest desires are only manifested when no one is looking/caring. Otherwise we are just another functioning member of society.
Culture/identity can be a killer if you live abroad and live better alternatives.
I have always thought what if every one sees different colors but have been taught red is red and yellow is yellow, but your red is actually my yellow?
This was an interview question a friend of mine had once. She was asked to describe any color (her choice) as if she were describing it to a blind man.
I almost envy partially color blind people who get those special glasses that allow them to see colors they couldn't before. It's hard to wrap your mind around what that must be like... I mean, just try to imagine a new color... wtf would our brains even do if our eyes were exposed to a color they've never seen?
Colors are how your brain understands different electromagnetic wave lengths. How it organizes information. In general, they are processes just like emotions, thoughts, etc. They aren't really things. Something isn't red; it reflects or emits an average in that wave length.
slapded ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:24:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Purple is a fruit
-Tom- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:13:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This takes me to the philosophical question the book "The Giver" posed when the main character saw a flash of color for the first time. Up until then he was only able to see in black and white, then one day an apple was flying through the air and it just...changed (to red) for a second or so. I mean...how do you describe that if you have no concept of what color is? I was able to see it in a different wave length?
Emotions. I'm a therapist and as an exercise I sometimes ask my patients to describe their emotions in such a way as to make an alien from another planet understand it. It's an incredibly difficult thing to put into words and yet we all have an intuitive sense of what "stress," "sadness," etc. are.
To get them more in touch with the mental, physical, and behavioral changes that take place when we feel. As awareness of the emotional response increases we work on techniques to slow down the emotion as it unfolds so that they are more in control, and less reactive.
I think I get it. So instead of saying "I got angry because [x] got me angry" they say "anger causes my blood pressure to rise, my logical processes hampered, my eyesight to narrow" so they understand the consequences of it rather than focusing on what caused it?
The situation/trigger is important too. But I liked the way you said that "X caused me to get angry," which is of course not the case but how you interpreted it.
Here's how the whole process might unfold:
1)car cuts me off in traffic,
2)my brain immediately thinks about what an inconsiderate jerk this guy is that could have killed me,
3)this activates my sympathetic nervous system and my muscles are tensing, and my heart rate and blood pressure are increasing.
4)My brain can't focus on anything else because of the tunnel vision and I
5)speed up until I'm 3 inches from his bumper, honking my horn, and yelling vulgarities.
Each of those points is an opportunity for intervention and there are techniques that can help at each step.
Neat! I like therapists. You guys help a lot of people, and hearing the way you help is fascinating to me. I've never heard of this particular method, but it's definitely the coolest one. I may try thinking this way the next time I get angry.
[deleted] ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 21:13:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You can check out stuff on increasing mindfulness. Increasing awareness is always a great thing.
I go to therapy and one thing we focus on is CBT, Google it if you're new to the term. It's basically changing your mindset about certain things emotionally to face it in a more productive way. First you have to have to figure out what's bothering you and why you get really angry, breathing techniques can help to calm you down, the next step is the mental aspect and learn how to battle it with logic and your general stance on the issue. Keep calm, analyze the situation and deal with it with mindfulness. It's not that difficult once it starts to come natural to deal with anger and things you generally have no control over or stuff that's easy to work out if you realize there's no need to get amped up about them.
there are so many wonderful tools to use IF you are truly looking to change your thinking. so many people are caught up in other peoples energy - it's quite liberating when you can take control of your emotions and ask "who does this belong to" is this "light" or "heavy" I hope you do challenge yourself!
Interesting. Does it work for almost the inverse problem though? When I'm upset, I have trouble pinning down emotions as a cause; my stomach will get upset, I have trouble concentrating, I get fidgety & unsatisfied with whatever I try to work on, but unless I think about what might be bothering me I tend to think I feel fine. If I don't notice soon enough, I'll get these massive muscle knots through my shoulders/neck that is usually the last cue that I'm ignoring some emotional issue. I carry my unhappy in some physical manner & don't cognitively notice it.
Obligatory not a therapist, but I've experienced similar problems to yours and had a bunch of CBT. We focused on building up a greater awareness of physical issues first (meditation, actual checklists of symptoms on paper, all kinds of methods), and then working backwards to figure out the causes. It's really hard work, but it can be done.
"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment"
my boy Marcus Aurelius
Ezl ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:15:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like this. Seems like getting folks to work backwards through the reactions to the root cause and understanding why they're reacting rather than making the reaction the focus.
Aeolun ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:45:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
CBT is very useful (for me). But also leads to weird situations where you're kind of sitting in your own head seeing your body panicking and just wanting it to stop already, because even if you break the cycle off at some point, the initial cause doesn't go away (panic attacks).
LJass ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:57:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, so emotions are highly instinctual in part because they're processed by an older and more primitive portion of the brain that curtails rational thought.
Obsessive thoughts typically involve in part some type of distress or avoidance around the thought. I'd work with you on not feeling distressed or avoiding. Having weird thoughts is normal.
Kyoti ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:39:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've gotten a lot of good tools for life in my years of therapy but my emotional outbursts still come up. Definitely gonna work on trying to pinpoint why I react how I do and how I can make that more peaceful. Woo, self-improvement!!
It's interesting you used road rage as an example, because I've always considered road rage (or lack of it) as a major defining characteristic in a person. I tend to prefer to surround myself with people that don't endanger the lives of people on the road because someone else endangered theirs.
Awareness is the first step toward recovery or improvement in anything. I vastly improved my mental health by being more aware and mindful. If one is not sure what they are feeling, it is difficult to improve the problem or change the emotion or find the trigger/cause. I'm not sure if this was also part of the point of the exercise but I just wanted to add this from my own personal experience.
I think it can help to realize these are all sensations and our thoughts cause our emotions. Like I can feel my heart race and palms gets sweaty when I'm anxious. But if I get stuck in "I'm anxious" I can spiral. If I can look at it as my heart is racing then I can detach a bit from the "story" and is passes faster.
e.g. When I get lectured by my father I feel like my brain is suffocating, I'm trapped in a cage with no room to move, think that the world is falling apart around me, can't look at anything but my feet because I'm not worthy of looking at anything else, and that my mouth was sewn shut like Ryan Reynolds in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
-My attempt at putting depression/anxiety into words
I'd immediately break emotions down to their building blocks with analogies of accepted, logical, social responses based on acts, environment and experiences first and then build up the description of my current state of emotions with that.
I have communication issues and this is incredibly difficult at times. It's almost like I'm mute and trying to squeeze the answer out of myself, but nothing comes out and my mind is completely blank.
I get extremely anxiety ridden when I'm asked to expand on certain feelings because I almost feel hopeless in a sense that I just can't explain it further than "I'm sad."
edit: I'm honestly relieved other people have experienced this issue. It makes me feel not so alone! But, to put some perspective on this, I have been seeing a therapist for a few months now, and while it has helped improve my C-issues significantly, I still have a ways to go. My reasons for having these issues goes back to family problems, childhood trauma, and just the habits my family has for dealing with personal issues/feelings.
I saw a therapist once for a bit and she pointed out to me that I have a hard time telling what my own emotions are. My ego is greater now, but I'm probably worse off then when I was seeing her, it was nice to just talk and have her observe me even though she wasn't smart enough to fully help heal my mind, at least not fast or deep enough. Good enough to do her job, but it definitely frustrated her...
Anyway, emotions could probably be linked through behaviours, maybe not right now, but at some time.
Ugh this is compounded when someone is waiting on your side in an emotional conversation. Brain disengage... Words do not work. So frustrating. I feel you.
Yep, and my boyfriend keeps telling me I "refuse to communicate with him". Uh...no, I'm not, I desperately WANT to communicate with you, I'm just having a hard time figuring out how to make my brain work!
I'm not alone! Does it just happen when you need to explain your feelings, or does it also happen with other things that are stressful to talk about? As soon as my anxiety starts going, I can't speak a single word. Totally relate on it feeling like you're trying to squeeze the answer out.
On the off chance that this jives with you, sometimes I retreat into what I think of as my own protective bubble. When in this state, there is a voice in my head that forbids me from communication and it let it guide me. I feel like I could, in theory, go against it, but I simply don't want to. I go mute and often very still and it's eerie for anyone unfamiliar. I recall once sending a truncated text message indicating my lack of ability to speak to my boyfriend, sitting beside me, because written text felt less forbidden to me and I wanted to explain, but... I couldn't. Not in that moment.
For me, my brain just goes blank. I kind of turn off, I guess. Writing is definitely way easier than speaking, though. But even that is hard sometimes. Bleh.
I'm so happy I'm not the only one. I go completely silent when people want to talk about their feelings to the point where I will be silent for an hour and when I finally get the courage to say something it comes out as a gigantic muddled string of words. But it also happens when someone wants to talk about things I'm uncomfortable with. My mom wanted to talk about her will and her plans for death and I absolutely refused to talk about it. I would not even entertain the idea of talking about it. I have no idea why or what happens, but it feels as if my brain is on the verge of overdrive. I don't know, but it's annoying.
It's sporadic; At times when I have a moment to collect my thoughts, I'm able to positively convey my thoughts & feelings. Usually when I'm on the "spot" so to speak, I get anxious and feel like I'm unsure of my own feelings. This mostly happens when I have in depth conversations with my SO and he would encourage me to dig deeper for why I'm feeling a certain way.
A few things that have helped that I've explored with my therapist & SO:
I journal my feelings often. Usually it's easier for me to write down how I'm feeling then go back to it, rather than just rambling for 20 minutes about how I'm sad. This way, I'm able to go back, make notes on my entries, and see if I've discovered anything new or different than before.
My therapist gave me a synonym sheet to work off of. It sounds juvenile, but it's a resourceful tool to use. Instead of "sad" I'm feeling pessimistic, somber, bitter, etc. This helps me to open my mind a bit further to explore the deep seeded issue of why I'm feeling this way.
If I'm having a disagreement with my SO or we're trying to figure out an issue of mine, a phrase he has encouraged me to say is, "Yes, I am upset, I'm not entirely sure why, but I just need a few minutes to gather my thoughts." This honestly helps me not feel so put on the "spot" as I've said before & gives me time to evaluate myself a bit more.
This sounds like Selective Mutism, which has a rather terrible name, because it's not like you're intentional about not speaking in certain situations.
I can be the same way, but probably a milder version of this? I struggle a lot when I am trying to express my feelings, and usually I can only find an unrefined version of what I am trying to say. Instead of saying that I am stressed out because I am sad, feeling lonely and having lots of work to do I just say that I am feeling angry, because in the end, that's how all of this is making me feel.
Kaldamo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:02:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm in this same situation and it makes therapy pretty hard, because a lot of the time I just CAN'T put more words to how I feel other than just "I'm sad" or "I'm scared". Makes it really hard to try and get help.
Same here. When I'm upset, especially when it comes to my personal relationships, I literally cannot speak. My mind is reeling and I can articulate exactly what I'm thinking, but my mouth will not open and it's very painful.
This is me too. Something short circuits in my head and suddenly I have no words. It happens even with people I'm normally comfortable with if we're talking about feelings and deep stuff. I have a background of selective mutism.
Weeeird. I have been working through communication issues myself, but mine is more like... my mind is racing and by the time I try to explain the thing, my thoughts have already moved on to another topic, causing me to have to retrace my mental steps a bit to find the words to explain.
In the past I have been incredibly frustrated when people (mainly my SO's) would just sit there mute instead of expanding on their thought processes. They'd say something like "I feel like shit", and I'd say "Oh no! In what way, exactly? What's causing this?" and then the person in question would just sit there not saying anything while I wonder wtf is going on.
I always assumed they just didn't want to tell me, but it never occurred to me that people might not immediately have any idea about how to explain. Hmm!
Wow, you are basically describing me in relationships. I have a hard time opening up to significant others. When they were my friends? Easy. Somehow afterwards, I start to feel the opposite - kind of a push and pull situation I guess. I can't talk about how I feel because it sometimes feels as though I am complaining or being too sensitive.
I've often felt the same way when my SO and I first started dating. But there are definite reasons behind my difficulty in expressing how I feel. My family for instance, does not openly deal with issues or express feelings. We hide them, bury them, and do not resolve anything. It's incredibly stressful, but it took a long time just to recognize that pattern and while I have made improvements, I am still struggling to be open & honest with myself at times.
Have you dealt with any childhood trauma/difficulties that you can think of? I know one size does not fit all for these situations, but there is more often than not an experience to explain these issues.
I do want to say that expressing yourself is not complaining or being too sensitive. You have the right to openly express yourself & feel confident that whomever you share those thoughts with will not make you feel guilty for being honest.
I've often felt the same way when my SO and I first started dating. But there are definite reasons behind my difficulty in expressing how I feel. My family for instance, does not openly deal with issues or express feelings. We hide them, bury them, and do not resolve anything. It's incredibly stressful, but it took a long time just to recognize that pattern and while I have made improvements, I am still struggling to be open & honest with myself at times.
Have you dealt with any childhood trauma/difficulties that you can think of? I know one size does not fit all for these situations, but there is more often than not an experience to explain these issues.
I do want to say that expressing yourself is not complaining or being too sensitive. You have the right to openly express yourself & feel confident that whomever you share those thoughts with will not make you feel guilty for being honest.
[deleted] ยท 1452 points ยท Posted at 18:58:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"So you're saying your species finds high value in larger meat and fat slabs found at the top of your legs/bottom of back? And you defecate from that general area? Okay."
arrjaay ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:20:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I explained how I felt one time "I feel like a blurry photo".
I don't mind most of my 5,000+ comments, a couple were pretty funny and a couple were pretty helpful to others. But here's the deal man, the comments that get voted the highest are always the ones that appeal to the most amount of users. In other words, good meets generic. Some of my personal favorite comments, whether they be stories, jokes, or being helpful were upvoted much less because they were niche.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 23:22:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because /u/PainMatrix is cool guy and doesn't afraid of anything. But srsly, his comments are generally pretty good, and he comments a fucking lot. I swear I see him in even the more niche subreddits I frequent.
As an autistic person, this could be helpful for me to learn to recognize emotions. I can't match the emotion with the name a lot of the time, and it would be nice to know exactly what I'm feeling.
I'm not on the autism spectrum but writing poetry and short stories have helped me tremendously with that. Maybe it could help you to recognize or put words to those feelings as well?
I'm much better at this than I am trying to explain a physical pain... like of I get a weird feeling somewhere I have a hell of a time explaining it to my doctor... that said, I don't get physical ailments often knock on wood
Yep, I had a liver transplant, so it's weird to try to describe how my abdomen feels, especially given there aren't terrible many nerves there. So while I feel pain, I don't know exactly how to describe it.
Maybe I'm just an emotional pansy but I find emotions easy to explain.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:56:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tell me where I'm wrong or incomplete:
Evolution hasn't caught up to society, so we are primarily driven by instinct.
The Fight or Flight response kicks in when the body perceives an immediate threat. This perception occurs at a low level (instinct), where interpretation and context cannot take place.
Stress is the result of the Flight or Flight response kicking in when it's not needed, especially when it happens frequently over an extended period.
I did not acknowledge the presence of emotions from the age of 7 until around 26. Learning that the pain in my chest equated to sadness or hurt was an amazing leap. For a few years after those realizations I never said, I felt happy or sad but would express everything in terms of physiological symptoms.
The way I describe emotions is like opening an app on a phone. Emotions kind of limit what you can do the same way that an app like a calculator can really only do math. You cannot take a picture with a calculator app.
I was teased, belittled and ridiculed as a youngster to the point where my only emotion was anger. I left home profoundly troubled but good therapists and a lot of work on my part have made me reasonably well adjusted and functional. The reason I tell you this is I didn't express an emotion till I was in my 40's. I remember it well, I was feeling out of sorts and my wife asked me what was wrong. I had to think hard and I said, "I feel sad." First time I expressed any emotion other than raging anger. It was pretty cool. As a Dad I decided my kids wouldn't be treated that way and I can still remember my 5 year old son telling me he was sad when he saw a dead kitten near our trash. That was a real moment for me.
banni_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:11:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's incredibly hard to explain what depression feels like.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:53:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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banni_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:20:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's actually pretty good.
Especially the heavy weight you're to carry everywhere and all the time, that nobody can see.
Still, noone who hasn't suffered from it will ever come close to understand what it's like.
I'm a therapist and an exorcist. I sometimes ask my patients to describe their emotions in such a way as to make an alien from another planet understand it.
Nick700 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:49:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I sometimes would try to do that on LSD. But I would end up going so in-depth into what I thought I knew, that I was looking up the exact definitions of words like "Feeling" or "Want"
I work in software development. I ask people who encounter bugs in my software to describe them in such a way which an alien from another planet understands. This often does not yield anything useful either >.< I think many people are just not terribly good at explaining things.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:25:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Anger: you want to destroy the jenga tower
Sadness: you don't want to build the jenga tower
Frustration: the jenga tower is crooked and you are unable to fix it
Happiness: the jenga tower is as high as you can build it
Well... sometimes emotions physically hurt, and I'm sure aliens would be able to feel physical pain. So represent it as pain but no actual damage was done, as it was damage to the inside. But happiness is sort of like feeling hyper sometimes, so maybe some kind of increased adrenaline response and overall good expectations from the world. Anger is like getting too hot and you begin to lose control of your arms and punch things indiscriminately. That's what I would say if you asked me as a patient, I need a therapist badly anyway
I think that would make me hate you as a therapist. You are supposed to know what my feelings are making me feel and to help me.
But I think that after awhile, if you are any good, I would love you as my therapist. Because you are supposed to make me think how my feelings would feel TO ME, with my experiences growing up, with my experiences in life... You have different thoughts, experiences, difficulties, lessons, etc., than I do growing up. So you process thoughts differently than I do based on your own experiences and achievements. You force me to face life based on what "YOU" have experienced, not on what the rest of mankind has experienced.
If you are that therapist, and not just bullshitting me hoping to make a few quick bucks based on my inadequacies, I would love to hear from you
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:36:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's like...sadness is a sort of heaviness from the chest and anger is a burning in the arms and legs?
One of the things I hated most because sadness is kind of green brown and sits in your stomach but fear goes up and down your spine and is the colour of fire. How do you tell someone that?
I didn't understand what people were referring to when they said 'anxiety' until I was probably 17 years old. It was weird, i'd been a teenager for 4 years, i'd naturally experienced a boat load of it, just never connected it with the name.
Emotions are any person's greatest liability. They are fickle, disconnected from factual evidence, divorced of rational thought, and have the capacity to cause actions that are later regretted.
Ever since I was struck by how much the characters in Star Trek TNG sucked at explaining emotions and human stuff to Data when I could come up with better explanations, I've always imagined ways to explain these things.
Now that I think about it it must have contributed to me becoming a cognitive scientist.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:13:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's a great dialogue in Star Trek involving this. Data thinks he may have felt something for the first timw, but he's not sure, so he asks LaForge to explain what different things feel like. And they run into a problem that it is hard to explain a feeling without using other feelings for reference.
Reminiscent of a scene in Star Trek: The Next Generation in which Geordi tries to describe anger to Data, who cannot feel emotion at all. He is unable to describe it without referring to other emotions.
Nickbou ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:57:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sometimes I feel joy, and other times I feel sadness, but mostly I just feel bing bong.
On college I was really depressed and decided to just examine the emotion as closely as possible. I found that every emotion, if I sat and looked at it closer and closer, eventually turned out to be some physical sensation that was really internal and so it didn't feel like a physical sensation.
sadhoovy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:34:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Stress - Stress feels like a long, metal block used for construction, with a triangular fulcrum resting in its middle and ever-increasing masses attached directly to its ends. Alternatively, the block is arranged with two supports at the end, and everything is dropped on the unsupported middle at once.
Anger - Heat trapped in a barrel, slowly exceeding maximum pressure.
Love - Empty vessel capable of drawing in liquid in an almost magnetic fashion.
Depression - When the vessel stays empty because the magnetism is gone.
That sounds horrifying. I'm so shallow and non-introspective that I wouldn't even know how to start. Let alone try and explain it to another human. Makes me feel slightly ill just thinking about it.
I feel like I would look into this one too deeply if I was your patient. I would be like "Do the aliens have their own set of emotions that I can't understand? Do they speak the same language? Do they understand the difference between positive and negative?"
I've heard that in some school their doing 'emotional intelligence' classes for little kids. Like elementary school. Basically they have an 'emotion of the day' and the kids talk about what it feels like and when they felt like that. It's a good idea then when hopefully you have language to express yourself and don't have to unpack all that bullshit when your twenty-something with a therapist.
Okichah ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:05:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The devil is slowly peeling my skin off 1-inch strips at a time. Whenever i talk to someone he pushes needles under my fingernails.
Hows that?
JAZEYEN ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:05:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, a therapist with the name /u/PainMatrix is a therapist I'd skip out on.
I was going to say this! I never realized how hard it was until I my step-son brought home a project from school and he had to pick an emotion, explain it and give examples of how he expresses it. He is delayed emotionally because of his time with his birth mother so it was an extremely challenging exercise for both of us. The examples were pretty easy (we picked happy) but to explain what happy is was a lot more complicated than I thought it was going to be!
Tocoe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:34:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would say emotions are like processing filters or presets that redefine our interruption of the world while they're active.
"It's when I can detect that the serotonin levels, as well as some other chemicals, in comparison to default levels, are higher (or lower for the respective chemicals)."
Depends on the person, the condition, and the severity. For conditions like phobias, I think the word "cure" is fair. For conditions like severe bipolar disorder, I think the word "recovery" is closer.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:02:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This stuck me as something I want to try, so here it goes.
I feel as though in a childs book, when there is a long path that goes off the edge of the page. You don't know when it ends, where it ends, how many bumps and turns are along the way, or who I'll encounter and whether it will be a good experience. All I know is that it's the direction I'm heading and there is nothing I can do about it, because the path behind me dissolves into the past as I walk on it
"My dear Alian friend. Stress is a heightened state. It originates in the fight or flight phenomenon, but much less intense and it can last for a very long time. It has many cases and the symptoms differ between those who are experiencing it.
For me, it causes negative moods which cause me to see more things as threats and inhibits my ability to experience rewards. This makes learning more difficult due to the lack of positive feedback."
How did I do?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:54:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Probably wasn't a problem 20 years ago. I'm a millennial, and the lack of self awareness and empathy amongst people my age genuinely frustrates me to no end. Technology and lack of face-to-face communication has ruined my generation. The only reason I'm any good at it is because I had Epilepsy as a child and my medications were meant for adults, so I was kind of "forced" to be self-aware so my doctors knew what medications weren't gonna work out too well.
It's like the air is thin and moist. And every breath feels like it's being pulled through the middle of a yawn. There's pressure on your chest that feels like it should hurt the way having your teeth pulled under Novocaine does. The world around you is darker than the light would suggest and seems further away. Every sound is shrill and causes your teeth to clash together. Anything positive seems impossible and all things negative seem inevitable.
I always wanted to go to a therapist. Not because I think there might be anything wrong with me (although I'm not perfect) but I was just curious to see how much I could learn about myself and how to handle life.
I work in a job that requires showing empathy (Teen residential treatment) and it always gives me a good chuckle when someone is trying to explain how to show empathy to a child, or where they find it etc.
I always want to ask them if they ever got in trouble around small animals as children.
I've heard that sociopaths cannot describe emotions properly, or, I suppose, what it was like to experience an emotion. Is there any truth to that? They have no...I guess....emotional memory?
My clinical experience in dealing with people with antisocial personality disorder is they often are able to put words to feelings but in a very clinical way and not with any depth. The other notable thing is there may be a mismatch between how they appear to feel and how they're describing their feelings.
Emotions and feelings can be categorized in three distinct ways: pleasant, unpleasant and neither pleasant nor unpleasant. It's effective because humans are driven by sensual pleasure.
My brain can automatically send impulses to the muscles in my abdomen, thighs, and calves to trigger barely noticeable contractions in order for me to keep my balance when I'm just standing around. It's mind-bottling.
I hole-hardedly agree, but allow me to play doubles advocate here for a moment. For all intensive purposes I think you are wrong. In an age where false morals are a diamond dozen, true virtues are a blessing in the skies. We often put our false morality on a petal stool like a bunch of pre-Madonnas, but you all seem to be taking something very valuable for granite. So I ask of you to mustard up all the strength you can because it is a doggy dog world out there. Although there is some merit to what you are saying it seems like you have a huge ship on your shoulder. In your argument you seem to throw everything in but the kids Nsync, and even though you are having a feel day with this I am here to bring you back into reality. I have a sick sense when it comes to these types of things. It is almost spooky, because I cannot turn a blonde eye to these glaring flaws in your rhetoric. I have zero taller ants when it comes to people spouting out hate in the name of moral righteousness. You just need to remember what comes around is all around, and when supply and command fails you will be the first to go. Make my words, when you get down to brass stacks it doesn't take rocket appliances to get two birds stoned at once. It's clear who makes the pants in this relationship, and sometimes you just have to swallow your prize and accept the facts. You might have to come to this conclusion through denial and error but I swear on my mother's mating name that when you put the petal to the medal you will pass with flying carpets like itโs a peach of cake.
Some boy scouts were having a camping jamboree on the beach of a dolphin lagoon and one of the scoutmasters went to the store and bought s'mores fixings and a bucket of fish. He got out of his truck and yelled "I bought treats!" and the boy scouts were like "For who?"
Allow me to play doubles advocate here for a moment. For all intensive purposes I think you are wrong. In an age where false morals are a diamond dozen, true virtues are a blessing in the skies, and are more than just ice king on the cake. We often put our false morality on a petal stool like a bunch of pre-Madonnas, but you all seem to be taking something very valuable for granite.
So I ask of you to mustard up all the strength you can because it is a doggy dog world out there. Although there is some merit to what you are saying it seems like you have a huge ship on your shoulder. In your argument you seem to throw everything in but the kids Nsync, and even though you are having a feel day with this I am here to bring you back into reality.
I have a sick sense when it comes to these types of things. It is almost spooky, because I cannot turn a blonde eye to these glaring flaws in your rhetoric. I have zero taller ants when it comes to people spouting out hate in the name of moral righteousness. You just need to remember what comes around is all around, and when supply and command fails you will be the first to go.
Make my words, when you get down to brass stacks it doesn't take rocket appliances to get two birds stoned at once. It's clear who makes the pants in this relationship, and sometimes you just have to swallow your prize and accept the fax, instead of making a half-harded effort. You might have to come to this conclusion through denial and error but I swear on my mother's mating name that when you put the petal to the medal you will pass with flying carpets like it's a peach of cake.
It's not rocket appliances, you're mind bottles up all the wonder you experience and then lets it out when the bottle smashes (like when you learn a cool new fact)
Apparently mind bottling is a thing to some people. I think these people have all thought of the same explanation for the collective misunderstanding they're all having.
What's really fun is to try and tell your leg to move but without actually telling it to move. It feels like you whole leg kind of tickles as it builds up readiness to move.
There was a thing a few years back where a pair of researchers used a TMS and an EEG so that one person would think of moving their finger to hit the space bar on their laptop while wearing the EEG, and it'd pick up the electric signal of that thought and send it to the other person wearing a TMS that'd convert it to an output that'd make the other person's finger twitch.
That's still very similar/the same concept though, the difference only being that she actually moved her arm rather than just thought of it, which likely produces a bigger signal so can have a stronger effect.
One thing to note though is that he kept mentioning taking away free will, but unless the tech behind it has gotten way more sophisticated, as long as you know it's coming you can generally override the signal, which was one of the main concerns when I first talked to people about this so we're uncomfortable with the possibility of another person "controlling/forcing" them into doing things.
Also, thanks for the video, it's really interesting to actually see this working.
Doxep ยท 138 points ยท Posted at 23:05:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck you, my leg hurts now.
Doom_Phd ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:34:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had a weird experience with that. After surgery on my arm I was given a nerve block...we're talking numb and useless to the point that you could've hacked my forearm off right in front of me and I wouldn't have felt it. Trying to move anything below the elbow made my whole body feel tense and was extremely frustrating
I've always done this didn't think anyone else did it. Also I never really knew how to explain it but yours is pretty good. Sometimes just before sleep I'll do it and wonder if that's what a paralyzed person feels like
What's even crazier is just thinking you're moving your leg, say left and right. After awhile you will feel phantom movements. Really freaked me out as a child.
It feels awful inside the leg. There's also this thing you can do, pretend you're doing this weird thing where you try to push the leg into your body (without actually pushing it with any other of your appendages, or anything physical other than your leg), it feels even worse. The feeling is somehow inside the leg and I don't know where.
cowzroc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:27:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh good it's not just me.
Do you ever also get weirded out by the fact that every other person in the universe thinks like you, in the sense that their mind is really the only way they can look at things? And then you start to question your existence
Yep. I had a bit of a breakdown thinking about it a year or so ago actually, and developed depersonalisation/derealisation. Managed to get over it with mediation and work.
Try learning to move a new muscle intentionally or by itself. Like learn how to raise one eyebrow, or to do the bunny twitch with your nose, or to wiggle your ears.
I had knee surgery and was in a brace for a few months which allowed my leg to atrophy to a ridiculous level. When I finally started PT I had to relearn how to flex my quad. That took almost a week to remember, which then turned into a basic workout before I could even comprehend lifting my leg. It was a little bit terrifying.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:02:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah! I mean, I can sit here and make the same deliberate movement with my hand for 5 minutes straight (...) and still not have a fucking clue how I'm doing it. Makes me think our consciousness gets informed about our body on a need-to-know basis.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:15:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nono don't you get it? I control everything, it's all me ~ my consciousness, my heart, my soul, I am the Fate, I pull the strings, and you are my puppet.
Oh, can't you see
You belong to me?
How my poor heart aches with every step you take.
Now; dance puppet, dance!
When I was first figuring out how to roll my belly, wiggle my ears, bounce my pecs, and all the other weird stuff I can do with my body it started out as conscious thought. It took a while to sort of map out how to make all the individual muscles move for I wanted, but now it's just like raising my hand or taking a step.
Normally, yes, but you CAN control the individual muscles(most of them anyways), it just makes it hard to do anything useful that way.
bed_42 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:00:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was thinking about this and I realized I was scratching my face without telling my hand to do that and for a second it felt like my hand wasn't mine.
Also now while I'm typing it's not like I'm actively thinking of where to touch my phone with my fingers they are just making what I want to say appear
A buddy's used to work with as a lifeguard was studying to be a physical therapist. When he was doing homework for some of his classes, he would just sit there and move his limbs in different ways. Sometimes ten, twenty times. He was doing it to try to pinpoint the mechanics that allowed him to move a limb in that particular way. It freaked me out... For months I didn't know he was even studying to be a physical therapist.
What gets me is how I can think about moving, will myself to move, and not move.. Until I physically move myself. But I don't know and can't explain how I thought about moving differently so as to actually move?? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE??? :/
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:22:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nerves firing electrical and chemical signals. Chemical signals contract muscles.
How are those nerves told to fire those electrons? What part of our subconscious nervous system knows how to connect and activate the correct nerves? I guess that's part of growing up, but what's the actual mechanism for why I don't have to think about moving and just move appropriately?
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 19:32:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The autonomic nervous system is weird. It's all about stimulus.
When it comes to the autonomic neuron controlled muscles, smooth & cardiac, it is crazy to see that it just does it on its own.
Colopty ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:24:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your brain sends electrical impulses to your muscles, causing them to contract. You don't really need to think about it because your brain has figured out how to do these things a long time ago and made it a part of your muscle memory. Basically it's a subroutine in your brain that it doesn't bother consulting your concious thoughts about.
Sometimes I tell myself "I will raise this finger, this is not a lie, I'm not gonna try to fool myself, I WILL RAISE THIS GODDAMN FINGER." but nothing happens, then it just does.
I currently "forget" how to walk as I get tired throughout the day. The more I walk or physical things I do the harder it gets and the more I need to concentrate on what I am doing. I needed to learn what I had to concentrate on when walking to try and keep my gait as normal as possible. Push off toe, bend leg while lifting (not to high though or I might lose my balance) extend leg and land on heel, other foot go, roll over to toe. My steps are tiny and slow in the evening and I shake from trying to control what everything in my body is doing. It's interesting to say the least.
When I was in third grade, a fourth grader did a presentation on "how to walk". I don't remember any of it, I do remember that it made me think about what I was actually doing for a few days (till I forgot about it all) when I was walking.
I get this question sometimes. I can move my ears so people ask how I do it. I tell them to move their eyebrows or another part of their body. Once they do that I say do the same thing but to your ears. Always ends with a confused look.
pta2002 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:32:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I tell them I contract the back of my head. It's weird, but that's what it feels like.
I've thought about his some times before. Really weird. It gives me the same feeling I get when I think too long about existence and the universe. I remember when I was younger I used to imagine "what if the universe never existed?". That thought fucked my brain the longer I thought about it.
Many years ago I tore the tendon that operates my left thumb. Ripped it clean in half.
The surgeon repairing it never found the arm-half of the tendon, so he cut one of the two tendons that went to my left pointer finger. He attached the arm-half of that tendon to the finger-half of my severed thumb tendon and sewed me back up.
Physical therapy after the cast came off was a goddam mind trip. I had to teach myself, as a conscious-ass adult, how to operate my thumb on a different tendon. A tendon that used to wiggle a different finger. So I had to convince my brain to suddenly start differentiating between the two tendons that used to go to my pointer finger, and start using them independently from one another. It was a bizarre few months for me.
The thing that still blows my mind about the whole thing is that, while it was really weird, it was really brief. After 2-3 months it was completely automatic, I no longer had to put any thought at all into the motions of my thumb. It became entirely subconscious.
That was 12 years ago now. Thumb still works fine - I lost maybe 5% of my range of motion on it, 'cause the tendon that it connects to is coming through a different part of my wrist than it ought to, but for the most part it's entirely, completely functional.
The connections between the human body and the human mind are weird.
There's an episode of RadioLab where they talk to a guy that lost his sense of proprioception. Basically, the guy's body stopped talking to his brain, so he had to consciously command his body to move.
I was watching Family Guy and there's the scene where Peter mentions the time he forgot how to sit and just kind of throws his body at the chair. I then tried to think about the actual process of sitting and realized I can't really explain how to do it in a quick, easy motion.
There has been twice in my life that I've been unable to move my body. I sat/laid there trying to figure out how to physically force myself to move and I couldn't. Utterly fucking terrifying. (And it wasn't sleep paralysis. I'm not sure how long the first lasted but the second was over two hours).
I'm learning to teach yoga right now, and it is SO much of this! It's actually a pretty fun creative outlet to find metaphors and ways to describe subtle physical movements and sensations that we don't even notice most of the time. Very challenging.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:13:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I recently experienced what that instruction was, let me explain. I was asleep and laying on my arm, in the morning I woke up and my arm was completely numb. Completely. So there I was lying there just thinking exactly what you think to make your arm move, it was strangest experience ever. Let me break it down, you look at your arm and you think to yourself that you are moving it. To your brain it moves, but you can see its not, so you think harder about it moving and your brain again thinks it is moving but of course its not. I think I can now describe how to move a limb because I have experienced the complete opposite of movement and control. It was one of the coolest things ever, even though I had no control I felt like I had the most control because of how much I was concentrating on the task. 10/10 would recommend at least once.
I had some muscular problems growing up and for a awhile I couldn't move my eyes. As in I could only look where my head was pointing. I vividly remember my mother trying to explain how to move my eyes and it baffling me. Responsive muscles really are something that you don't understand the importance of until you do have it.
Teoshen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:30:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are times where I wiggle my fingers and wonder how I'm doing it. Honestly it creeps me the hell out. I try not to think about it.
Zakkeh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:18:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like when someone tells you to "speak from your stomach". Like what. I don't even know where I speak from now.
This is one thing that therapists at physical rehab do. I can't imagine how they do it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:38:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My uncle the coach talked about the impossibility of explaining to someone how to do athletic stuff. He'd have 65 guys on the field, but only two of them could throw a football cleanly and accurately...and those two didn't need coaching, they just did it.
emh1389 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:40:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That explains a lot. Thank you.
ajswdf ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:59:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Specifically a character, Hank, starts a mineral collection and his wife, Marie, keeps calling them rocks, so he's always correcting her by saying "Christ Marie they're not rocks, they're minerals".
emh1389 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:29:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That what my brother says about his collection. Lol.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:48:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're saying there's actual rocks in my Deep Rock?
Not entirely. Distilling still carries anything with a similar boiling point. If you have some organic molecules with functional groups that can then ionize, you can still end up with ion-containing water after distillation.
Deionization is a much more rigorous process.
akbort ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:25:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always wanted to taste the deionized water we used in high school chemistry. But you know. It's just generally bad to drink shit in lab and kids who did do it got chewed out so I never ended up trying it.
itz4mna ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:20:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My water comes from a lake in the Cambrian Mountains, it's definitely different to most water.
Nick700 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:51:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I assumed water was tasteless and any taste in it was from stuff that sept in through the ground or pipes or whatever chemicals they treat it with.
Distilled water doesn't have (much) flavor in and of itself, but I perceive flavor opposite whatever was in my mouth, kind of like how you see the inverted colors after staring at something for a long time, or the feeling you get when you go from a hot area into a relatively cool area. Any flavor it does have is from impurities.
Nick700 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:58:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I totally understand that, the distilled water's nothingness washes away any taste already in there. Making it taste like the opposite of what is there, even though what is there isn't any taste at all
Who says water doesn't have a taste? People used to think it didn't have a color, either, but it's definitely blue-ish when there's lots of it in one place.
pos_cant ยท 623 points ยท Posted at 19:28:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
tastes like wet
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 04:18:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One time I realized that I don't really feel wetness the way I had imagined it. I was wearing latex gloves and washing my gloved hands under water. It felt exactly like if I had no gloves on. It felt wet, I even checked to make sure there's no hole in the gloves. It just dawned on me that submerging hands in water is more about feeling the texture of the medium, resistance of movement and the degree of temperature. There's no specific feeling of wetness itself.
If you feel super tired or anxious or angry, you are probably dehydrated. I will sometimes get home after a 12 hour day and realize I have not had a sip of water all day. And it explains why I feel like shit.
It blows my mind just how good cold water tastes when you're thirsty. Warm water is just... uugh. But a nice cool glass of water is god damn ambrosia. I guess our body needs to trick us into drinking the stuff? Still, how is it so good?
Thanks. Made me chuckle. But really d is just besides s on my keyboard and I didn't spell-check it. But I guess you are right it does feel like if its so hot, its would me dumb
I was in 8th grade and had never given a speech before. One day in comm class the teacher makes us pick a speech topic out of hat and then give a 3minute speech about it. My speech topic? Describe the taste of water.. wtf. I literally just stood there awkwardly for 3 minutes "umm it tastes kinda wet.. and.... cold?" Kind of a dick move on the teacher imo, first speech ever and on a ridiculous topic you cant talk about. He just got a kick out of watching kids struggle.
It tastes like 75% of my body. Wanna taste test? ( อกยฐ อส อกยฐ )
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:36:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thats easy. Water off the north-east mill tastes sweet, smooth, full and perky. Everything else is not as good as the water out of the north-east mill.
It tastes like the opposite of whatever shit is in my spit right now, unless of course it's full of chemicals or antidepressants grandma put in the pipes.
You can explain other things in terms of sweetness etc and compare it to other drinks/foods, but water is neither sweet nor sour, and nothing else tastes like it.
openj_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:41:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Both. Gravity attracts the moon towards the Earth, but since the moon has significant sideways velocity it never gets here. At the same time, the Earth's angular momentum(rotating on its axis) is slowly being transferred to the moon via tidal locking, giving it slightly more sideways velocity, so it moves slightly further away.
That's.... Actually pretty accurate when you are head over heals in love with someone. Like you're falling. It's scary, it's an adrenaline rush that keeps you excited, and so much more.
I would describe the attraction we feel in our brain in a similar, but also opposite way. If you jump out a window, attraction is the feeling of longing to be standing in the window again.
Basically you automatically associate what you are seeing with a pleasurable feeling, and in turn often assign attractive people the term "good" in your head before you know them at all. Kind of like how before you are actually eating food, you can see something and think "that looks delicious" and crave it even if you have never experienced that particular food before. It has certain properties, however, such as bacon or cheese or whatever, that you already automatically associate with pleasurable sensations. That's the best I've got.
Sometimes you look at someone and say hot damn that is a fine specimen of a human, you feel your heart clench real quick at the shock then you move on and maybe never think of them again.
Sometimes it's a person you see everyday and think nothing about until you have several deep conversations and then all you can think about is how much you can't wait to talk to them again. Slowly their freckles become cute, their laugh becomes music, just seeing their face makes you smile.
At least that's a couple of the ways to explain it. I think everyone is different.
For me it felt peaceful. Like when I saw her, all those thoughts racing through my head all stopped and everything was in the right place. I felt like I was myself, because there wasn't so much chaos and confusion inside. Maybe that was love but it was nice, I miss it.
Samhq ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:57:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The funny thing is, usually when I meet girls (speaking strictly in romantic context), I either feel nothing, attracted, or repulsed. Yet, there's one girl meeting whom made me feel at peace. I like her, but without the adrenaline rush or a sense of urgency that I felt with others I had a crush on. It was different. Not sure if I can explain it. A calming feeling.
It makes me feel sick. Like my stomach gets all fluttery until I don't wanna eat. I have trouble sleeping. Sometimes I get hot, at least my face does. I get flustered. I just don't feel...right. Kinda lighter. Kinda giddy. Totally out of control of how my body is behaving. Jittery. I always feel sick but it's in a good way. I seek out that person who makes me feel that way so I can feel it some more. Or maybe you like them enough that you seek them out despite them making you feel sick.
It's like a loss of control but it's okay. It's actually exciting and nice.
You know how when you buy a box of pizza and you let the box sit on your lap and it gets reeeeeealy warm and you like it because it's not hot enough to burn but it's warm enough to be comfy and makes you want to leave the pizza box on your lap forever? That's kinda what it feels like to like somebody
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:53:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What the fuck?
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:46:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know when you see delicious food and you crave it cuz you are really hungry?
It's like that, but with your penis
lordisa ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:26:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know when you smell freshly baked cake, or something sweet and delicious and your whole being kinda perks up? Trying to smell it again, pick it up on the wind.
It's a bit like that, but instead of perking up, you feel kind of mushy and peaceful.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:01:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It feels like the bones inside me are suddenly full of energy and going to explode if I don't touch that person. Almost like when you feel rage and your body is rushing with anger โย it's that feeling but it's an anger that you know can be satisfied by holding them.
If they're not around I just throw myself on the floor and go "AGGGGHHHHHHH" as my insides explode in longing frustration.
tonluap ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:26:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me I end up just wanting to lie down and groan for the next 42 hours
Yes, people who are attracted to someone romantically can be 100% asexual. I'm asexual and I'm also attracted romantically to men. So I'm a heteroromantic asexual. Someone who is not attracted to anyone romantically or sexually is an aromantic asexual. But just because they're not attracted to anyone doesn't mean they're cold, heartless people. Love and sex and friendship are very different things.
Romantic attraction is the sort of feeling you get when you want to hug and cuddle and kiss and dance with and make someone laugh, and basically be their best friend for their entire life.
Sexual attraction is the feeling that asexual people lack, the sort of feeling that makes you want to jump someone's bones.
If you got any questions, just ask, I'll try my best to answer. Or /r/asexuality is a good resource if you're curious at all. Cheers!
Rammite ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:30:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's what I was thinking. Asexual means no sexual attraction, it's in the name. He might be Aromantic but just not know it - it's not a well known term/
I say this confidently because I needed to look it up to see if it exists.
Really, what anything feels "like". The problem is that to explain something you need to understand it. And to understand something means to have built a mental model that is grounded in either objective analogies, or in the case of subjective experience, other subjective states. Because we can't share subjective states, and it appears that subjective states have no way of being understood in terms of objective reality (yet), we can't share that understanding or explanation in a meaningful way that isn't circular.
Have you ever woke up in the morning and just stayed in bed because it felt nice? Imagine feeling that more whenever you think about a person, but maybe more intensely. All you want to do is think about the person, and to be with that person.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:12:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know for a fact that I've never played the MGS games (I know, I'm working on it), but weirdly enough, I definitely hear the same sound you're talking about.
I just... read? Maybe it's because I learned to read super early before I was even good at talking. Does that affect how people interpret writing? Sometimes I will sort of be mouthing what I'm writing in my mind's eye but it kinda freaks me out a little that some people hear a voice ALL the time!
My dad reads like you, without saying the words, I remember being amazed when I found out. I think you're right, its probably just down to how you learn to read, most people learn to read out loud so are used to saying the words. For those that want to see what its like reading without saying the words in your head, try reading the comments whilst singing happy birthday in your head, you can kinda get it.
Yea... My head is never silent. I'm always thinking to myself even if I'm not reading. This seems weird to me because I remember reading that when you read, or think, your vocal cords are actually moving together with what your inner voice is "saying". If you don't hear any voice then are yours moving?
Interesting. When I was younger I always saw the spelling of words in my head when I talked, or listened to people. I was also in my town's spelling bee every year until we stopped having it in high school. I don't see spelling like that anymore and my spelling has also gone to crap as an adult. Is there anyone else like me?
yea, I think so, but I'm really bad with music. I even have a hard time telling if a not went up or down in pitch. I'm bad with music, and math, but really good with language for some reason.
Maybe. My head is never silent. I think to myself and zone in order to get through my 12 hour days at work. I think up all kinds of scenarios and play out the conversations in my head that will never happen. That sounds sad, but I'm a happy person. Married, making decent money, etc. ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:51:03 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do too. That's so weird. I always thought that when someone read something in their head they hear it too.
No doubt; phonics works like this. My puzzlement is in the arbitrary reverse-onomatopoeic sounds assigned to a meaningful symbol that has no defined sound to it.
I guess this may be language evolution in progress? Or a possible illustration of how spoken language developed? Some cave man's got to decide that grunting a certain way means bear and another way means berry, I suppose.
bilky_t ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:03:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some people might attribute sounds to symbols, and some people might be irrationally passive aggressive about it. C'est la vie ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ
That's definitely way more question mark than exclamation mark. The exclamation mark is quick, sudden, and definitive, but not always aggressive, question marks are soft and smooth, but not necessarily passive. "?!" is a quick yet smooth sound that is decisive yet confused. There is a bit of knowledge associated with it, it's closer to a neutral "huh," than to either a question or exclamation mark. All together, it's a short, but not sharp, "huh?!" sound that says "I understand, but am also shocked and conflicted."
I was just watching home improvement on YouTube, my kid is going through a dad jokes are ok stage so that was such a fresh sound, and now the theme song is on my head
He makes the "uhhuo! " sound if he's about to fall or is on a precarious ledge, and the "Uwah-?!" sound is surprise during a cutscene or sometimes receiving damage.
I love the sounds Link made in that game, they were so perfect and not video game-like. If you fall off a ledge as kid Link and just catch yourself, he makes a sound like, "Oh! Whoa!". I remember that being amazing to me when I was a kid because, up until then, if a character screamed they made a solid canned screaming sound, they didn't have a reaction to the exact situation that made them scream.
WHEN THE BOBOKINS SPOT YOU IN WIND WAKER WHEN YOU FIRST GET TO FORSAKEN FORTRESS. IF ANYONE CAN FIND A SAMPLE OF THIS SOUND I WILL PAYPAL YOU FIVE DOLLARS FUCK REDDIT GOLD I NEED THIS SOUND TO PROVE MY BOYFRIEND WRONG
No but thank you for trying. I'm certain the noise I'm thinking of exists... But after listening through so many bits of sound I'm beginning to doubt myself
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:17:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I was a kid there was this Sesame Street game on the computer I played religiously. One of the parts of the game involved making pictures and you could add stickers of all the characters and stuff. Anyway, the "?!" Sounds I make in my head are the same as when you put too many stickers on the page. It's like a weird honk noise but not a honk.
jbtk ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:43:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Makes a sorta "nnnnnn" sound in my head except like a mean "are you serious" ish sound. Damn I can't explain it. You get it.
To me it sounds like a questioning grunt. Like "ungh?"
Luzoto ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:30:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This one probably isn't as common but I've always heard it as this one sound from Sonic Battle that would play when an exclamation mark appeared over someone's head.
3jt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:31:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Scooby Doo.
avatarr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:40:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It doesn't make a sound in my head. Anytime I read a word/phrase/onomatopoeia that I have a hard time pronouncing my inner monologue skips it---my mind recognizes it as a symbol until I bother to look up the correct pronunciation.
otm1208 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:40:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the sound that Spongebob makes while gesturing to the giant pile of diapers in the episode with the baby barnacle.
For me it doesn't make a noise but on purpose. Like that awkward catch of breath mouth open speechlessness while you figure out if you should or shouldn't reply to your racist aunts comments regarding sanity of white folk
I wish it was like an orgasm. Then I could do it once and be over with it, but quite few days before the trees drop the bass and pollinate everything it's nothing but sneezes. Not orgasmic in the slightest, unless you're the trees
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:34:26 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was referring more to the lead up, not the actual sneeze. I dunno, maybe I'm weird.
And agreed. Allergy induced sneezing is something else entirely. Used to have horrible allergies. Don't miss it.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:43:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Tommy was a fine young boy, a real everyday american. Then one day Tommy smoked a music. Tommy changed after that. He went off and joined a gang, where he proceeded to shoot up his school with an ISIS.
Nah. It probably makes some people get dopamine and serotonin and shit, but aside from that, I doubt it.
Source: have issues with dopamine levels and whathaveyou and music doesn't affect me like it does with normal peeps. It does seem more interesting when I'm on adderallโข, but then again, so does doing homework.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:48:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It would really depend on whether you're listening to music you like. As someone who doesn't like music, I can guarantee there's no dopamine involved for me.
Man, I read this as music release Dolphins. I need a nap.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:41:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
is this supposed to be considered something resembling a sufficient explanation of how music makes you feel certain things?
[deleted] ยท 95 points ยท Posted at 21:27:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It induces emotion because it stimulates the part of the brain that is associated with empathy and emotional induction from listening to others speak (in terms of prosody/rhythm/tone/pitch/volume).
Thats only the beginning of a partial explanation at best but thought it might help a tiny bit
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:42:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:26:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
You've missed the point - music without vocals mimics speech is what I was saying.
Here is an example of a baby vocalizing and then being set to music. The baby isn't singing but its natural prosody and tone and rhythm is naturally musical.
Listen to everyday speech and you'll hear that there is music in it.
A lot of music is a bit like speech without words or vocals (not all music) but a lot of it.
Have you tried trance? A lot of great non vocal amazing stuff.
man4241 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:05:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think that music mirrors exaggerated speech. You can recognize an angry or sad man by voice even if he doesn't speak the same language. His voice when angry, becomes deeper, possibly pronounced with more stress on the words, he talks quicker with emphasis. While a sad man talks quieter, slower, breathier, while stretching out the words. This can, a lot of the time, clearly be applied to music. Angry music is faster, with lower sharp sound. Music that can be interpreted as sad or lonely such as classical piano or cello have softer longer notes.
I used to get reallly fucking hypey when I listened to certain songs. Like I could feel my emotions changing and excitement building. These songs no longer do it for me and I don't feel emotions as strongly in general. Would this be connected? If I found a new song that really "touched" me would I ever feel those feelings again?
ha11ey ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:58:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If I found a new song that really "touched" me would I ever feel those feelings again?
This is generally only true for shallow songs. Sufficiently complex songs, you'll find yourself liking them more and more as you listen. It will eventually fade out though, once you are able to really wrap your brain around it.
I wouldn't say it meant a lot to me but it definitely effected me. One song in question is "No Love - Eminem" about half way through the second verse (Eminem's verse) he says "It's an adrenaline rush to feel the base thump" and every time I'd get to that part I'd be fucking hyped and my speed would even increase 10-15 km/h subconsciously. I used to listen to it nearly every day on my way to my bud's house after work and every day I felt like butterflies or flutters in my chest and just felt alive. Now when I hear it it's more "meh". I think it might have something to do with my happiness at the time, the fact I was driving with the window down and that car had decent bass. I miss getting that feeling.
Heh, Eminem's early stuff is in the "guilty pleasures" section for me (upon meeting me most people instantly assume I listen to metal). Didn't know this one, though, but I totally understand its appeal.
As for the driving thing, I dream to one day have a tricked out car and just... go nuts.
I'm guilty of being an Eminem fanboy. I'm not the kind of guy you see at parties trying to tell everyone how amazing Eminem is and name off all of his songs or sing them acapella. I've been listening to him since about year 2000 though (I was 10-11 then) and even the stuff he makes that I don't love, I still like. I definitely see where he's had his ups and downs when it comes to creativity but I feel his newest album is still just as good as his first. The song Rap God is fucking amazing. I honestly used to love the song Rain Man and I know Eminem himself hated that album.
Maybe. I dunno. Maybe it's that thing like when you're scared by loud bangs until you hear loud bangs for a while then your body stops reacting to it the same. I figured my feeling of elation would return but I've listened to the song recently that used to really get me going and got nothing out of it.
Maybe it's because I used to be high and driving with the windows down when I listened to it.
Well assuming you don't have depression and just let it get worse and worse to the point where you make it hard for yourself to experience things pleasantly, it should just be a phase
adaminc ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:00:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not only that, but the anterior cingulate cortex (which deals partly with emotion and empathy) can trigger the vagus nerve which runs from your brain to your abdomen, eliciting physical effects, like a tightness in your chest when you are sad/stressed, or tingling/rippling in your skin when you hear some harrowing music.
It's not 100% known, but this is how we think it happens.
Ruinga ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:31:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I get this shit like crazy with the right conditions. Most of the time it's a non-issue with my usual tastes, but every once in a while I find something like this and I just fucking melt from how it makes me feel. If it weren't so specific, I'd assume I had some form of synthesia.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:35:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Most likely what you relate the music to. Chaotic music is very cacophonous and this makes you feel like you are in a crowded room. This makes you more on edge and mad.
Artoast ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:55:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I listen to heavy power metal and I consider myself a pretty calm person. How does that work?
arhanv ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That moment when you out on a formal dinner and they start playing dubstep
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:39:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because sound waves coming from the instruments. I go to the orchestra a fair bit, and hearing it live is fantastic because you feel the sounds of the individual instruments, rather than just hear a track from one source.
lukenog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:51:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Have you ever listened to two completely different types of music in a row and just feel like you're in emotional purgatory? A few days ago I was listening to my music on shuffle and it went from 'I Can Feel a Hot One' by Manchester Orchestra to 'Minnesota' by Lil Yachty and I actually got lightheaded from the contrast.
Keudn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:53:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
and yet others make you feel nothing, ahem shitty rap music ahem
I feel nothing when I listen to music by itself. I have tried huge amounts of genres, sub-genres, artists, etc but I still can't seem to "enjoy" music. It sort of seems like background noise to me. I enjoy music in video games if it adds to the experience say by transitioning from a happier tune to a more dramatic nerve inducing tune which does increase my tension. But I never listen to music on its own.
I don't understand why I don't enjoy music and I feel like I'm missing out. I try and I try and I still don't care about music for musics sake.
You might be focusing on consciously enjoying music and trying too hard. Focus on what it does subconsciously, and try to analyze it some, and you could enjoy it.
I heard the earth has a natural tone that is kind of like a G (from a bass?) so it kind of has to do with our natural rhythm on earth. Also music probably started with hitting things and finding a rhythm, making notes with the voice to pass time or express oneself like art, communicate in codes even. Ultimately it's the group coordination mixed with ancestral instinct to communicate now our codes are about pain love the shit that's indescribable, I imagined it grew as a sort of tribal identity, a comfort maybe but also there are battle songs / cries but the code is still there. I guess it still functions culturally like that. Some music feels like home you know?
(Mostly conjecture but) Your brain has structure (the brain equivalent of software) to allow it to recognize harmonics off of a root tone. Harmonics show up whenever a vibrating thing (string, air column) produces noise, since the thing can resonate at any integer multiple of the base frequency. These overtones show up with various amplitudes depending on the source; they can form an aural signature for a specific person or mood.
The brain doesn't want to have to build different structures for every frequency within our range of hearing. It can reuse "code" to cut down on the space this part of your brain uses. So it divides the frequency of sound signals in the brain by 2 until they are within a much smaller range, and adds some sort of identifier to them. This is why the same "notes" from different "octaves" sound the same (but different), even though they are just different frequencies linked by some power of two.
If we take the harmonic series and start dividing it by 2 until it's in the range between 1 and 2, we see that the first two non trivial results are 3/2 and 5/4 times the root frequency. This relationship forms the major triad in music. It's the first non-trivial result from our algorithm. So your brain is looking for this simple harmony with its aural recognition software. The minor keys are derived from continuing down this line of reasoning, but they are not quite the ideal harmonic. So your brain sees them somewhat fit the pattern, but then is confused that they don't entirely do so. This confusion leads to emotional responses through some complex mechanisms that we don't understand yet, but it's not hard to get the concept. It's similar to how humor starts your brain down one path or standard theme, but then switches at the last minute. Brains seem to find that kind of thing interesting, or at least difficult to deal with. Probably because they're mostly just giant pattern recognizers.
Oh please, scratch my tummy.... Oh, that feels so good... Here, I'll turn a little bit for you... WHATTHEFUCKDOYOUTHINKYOUREDOINGYOUDIENOWDIEDIEDIE!
quior ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 04:43:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cats are unable to resist the instinctual urge to kill anything that might be trying to disembowel them. It is their curse.
I've got a kitty that loves belly rubs and he still kicks his feet on occasion. You have to be very light and gentle with the belly, no rough rubs like a dog.
DJDarren ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 06:55:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My cat is all about the rough belly rubs. We got him from a shelter so have no idea of his history, but I wouldn't be surprised to discover he was raised with dogs.
If you rub his belly with your feet, however, you'd better prepare to bandage those feet.
n23_ ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:36:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All 3 of our cats have never attacked us when we rub their bellies, they all like it when they are in a cuddly mood and one of them likes it all the time.
We however can explain why pretty much any cat will get into a cardboard box. Because it reduces their stress, being observed less. Though they're still attracted to boxes they don't fit in.
This just means that I can occasionally go on the cheap with them and provide them the wonders of the free Costco boxes! Here, kitties! Behold the new wonders procured by your human slaves!
It's pissed because we're misinterpreting and anthopomorphozing its behavior which leads to us doing something the cat finds annoying, while thinking we're being nice. Or we miss cues that the cat is starting to get annoyed because it doesn't act like a human who is getting annoyed.
For example, you're petting a cat and it rolls over so you can rub its belly, then it gets pissed and bites you when you rub its belly.
What's actually happening is you're grooming the cat, and the cat likes you, so it shows you it trusts you by exposing its belly to you. Most social interaction instincts in domestic cats evolved from wild cat sexual behaviors. Showing a belly, rubbing faces, and sticking their ass in your face evolved from, "I could be down for some fucking." to "I like you, lets not fight."
Most cats interpret belly grooming as an attack or sexual assault. So your cat trusted you and you sexually harassed it. No wonder it's pissed.
Disclaimer: some cats like having their belly rubbed, and they are probably creepy perverts or trust you a lot.
Both my cats don't mind upper tummy/side pets. They also enjoy being held on their back like babies. With the one cat, I understand how that happened. I have had him basically since he was a couple weeks old, and I always held him like that. He likes to sleep on his back anyway, so he usually just purrs really loud and rag dolls or goes to sleep when I do it.
My other cat I got in October. I took her off the street. She hated everyone and everything for a solid month. Idk how she is so chill now. I think she watched me man handling my other cat and figured if he was chill with it, it must be chill.
They are both hogging my foot room on the bed and my male cat is snoing and grunting in his dreams. Lil baby girl cat has all four limbs wrapped around him and is laying atop his belly.
Huh? Well okay, after I'm done with my cat I'll give you some too.
Epoo ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:33:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My girlfriend and I went to our local pet store to pick up some food for our cat. This place has cats and kittens to can adopt and my brothers high school friend just started working there. He was holding this beautiful orange kitten named Maya and when you held the kitten in your arms, she would stretch out and let you run its tummy. It just purred and purred. If you stopped it would try and grab your hand and guide it to her tummy. I wanted to trade my cat for it but I love my little black demon, even if he makes my hands look like I work as a blacksmith.
This probably explains why three of my cats like belly rubs, but one doesn't. The exception is my female kitty who we rescued off the street. The vet seemed to think she hadn't been "violated" yet, but I'm sure the kitty still had to learn some survival skills and not expose her tummy. She's getting better with us, but will still go from "I love you" to "I now want to bite the hell out of you". We named her Ming, after Ming the Merciless...
Was wondering the same thing. My cat likes belly rubs and likes being held like a baby. Never attacked me or anything. Only times I've even been scratched are when she plays too hard when her claws are sharp.
Explain why we understand, or why kitty is angry? Ears back, tail swishing rapidly, look of murder in the eyes is a good indication of "angry". As for catalysts, were you breathing in his airspace? Didn't feed the Duchess on time? Is it Wednesday?!
Not really. If the person is someone you like but you're just irritated or wanting to act uninterested, and they're nuzzling you, you're just struggle snuggling.
Yes! Tickling is extremely painful to me, and there have been a couple of times that someone tickled me and didn't stop when I pleaded. I was really upset after, but I came out looking like the asshole for not enjoying it.
It's annoying, but having your face laugh and smile makes you feel better. If you feel really sad or annoyed, forcibly keeping your face smiling can help. This is often used on young chidren when they are crying about something relatively stupid, tell them a joke or do something funny and the crying easily turns into laughter.
cowzroc ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 07:29:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Reading that sounds so sickenly creepy. Like really got to me in a weird way. My own trauma I guess after hearing this similar thing in court except it was rape and not tickling.
On a happier (?) note we used this before to teach kids about good touch, bad touch and you can say no. I think I wrote about this before. But a kiddo I knew (age 5) said stop when being tickled and we told him ok we will stop, it's your body, it's your choice. It worked great until it was over generalized and he screamed at his sister that he didn't want to play whatever it was saying "You can't make me. It's my body, it's my choice!" I'll count it as a win.
Mhm
I'm not having any of that rape culture bullshit
That's really cool that little kids are learning about boundaries and the "good touch/bad touch" thing you mentioned ~
Aha but they're smarter than we give them credit for ;p;
What I didn't add was this was shortly after a teacher at their school was found having 4 terabytes of child porn and homeland security got involved asking parents for pictures of kids to cross reference to see if any were kids from the school.
Not sure if by bullshit you are saying that I'm being sensitive or the system sucks. I don't necessarily care what you think of me. I know my experience and it sounded very familiar to what you wrote.
Edit: I do know what you wrote was joking around and I'm not intending to call you out for anything at all. The thread was amusing to some degree. Satire is very real at times.
Look at that mouth
Look at how it's smiling
Look at the way it's laughing
They wanted it
Tickle them more, they're totally asking for it mate
Rape culture
I wasn't trying to insult you or your experience in any way
I would never call someone overly sensitive XD I'd be a massive hypocrite if I did that... and I'm not trying to say anything about the system. But you're right that satire can be real and I'm really sorry if I offended you.
You didn't at all. I just couldn't figure out what the comment to rape culture was. Internet is hard to read strangers. :) All is well.. At least in regards to this.
I noticed in the past that when I was laughing a lot/continuously my hands just went all floppy and weird and I couldn't write properly (because it usually happened in class)
It's not exactly what you mentioned but I supposed it's losing strength in my hands?
Idk why it happened but it was annoying ~ it seems to have worn off or at least calmed down nowadays.
Mm probably
It was pretty mild ~ I doubt it's anything that bad especially since it wore off a while ago
But my dad's a doctor... never hurts to check
<3 good luck with your condition :/
Tickling is actually very close to pain but the brain interprets it weirdly. People's most ticklish spots are usually their most vulnerable body parts like their soft belly.
EXACTLY. My family knows I hate being tickled and always end up getting violent. Despite this, a few years ago my little brother was trying to tickle me nonstop. I was getting so anxious that I straight up just landed the biggest hardest kick right into his chest. Then ran away. I got in so much trouble.
Fucking hate it when someone does it. Look, I know I'm uncontrollably laughing on the outside, but I'm hoping you get hit by a bus on the inside. Ugggghh
I predict this day of March 21, 2016, that someone on Tumblr will unironically and in all seriousness and expectation of being taken seriously, use this term. It will spiral out of control with a small bit of Tumblr and there will be a small coalition of weirdos with social problems who demand laws to end all Laugh Rape in the US. Someone come find me when it happens.
Sweguin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:01:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In first grade I got in trouble for being tickled, apparently it was "disrespectful" to laugh in the hallway, and it made the teacher look bad or something. You're teaching the lowest grade in the school people probably didn't think highly of you to begin with
But you're smiling, and laughing, you must like it ;)
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:47:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I remember the last time I was tickled by someone as a kid. Dad was tickling my feet. I flailed and kicked him right in the face. And he gave me one of those "That really hurt, you little fucker!" looks that people get when you've hurt them. And he never tickled me again.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:58:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same thing happened to me.. My dad was tickling my armpits and I was so furious that I slapped him in the face. I'd be interested if there's any psychological studies on tickling and how certain people are more or less affected by it. My GF tickles all the time and I absolutely despise it.
Colopty ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 23:35:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Teach yourself how to not be ticklish. It always makes people feel awkward when they try and your only reaction is a condescending look of annoyance.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:22:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How do you teach yourself? It's a big problem of mine but I really don't know how to control it.
Colopty ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:41:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So the first thing you'll need is to get a person you trust that you can practice with. Or take the opportunity of some asshole tickling you as a practice lesson. Just realize that yes, you need to be tickled for this and it's going to be hell in the beginning but if you put your focus into it you should be able to get some progress done rather quickly.
Alright, so you've found someone to tickle you, what now? The next thing you'll want to do is to start breathing in and out at a steady pace while focusing on your breathing. Once you've got this down your reaction to being tickled should have gone from breaking into an uncontrollable mess to being stiff as a board, probably feeling slightly stressed and breathing a bit heavily. Which isn't where we want to stop but you are now more in control of your reaction than earlier, which is good.
So once you've got this part covered, the next step would be that, while doing the breathing, to do your best at thinking of kittens and puppies or other pleasant things. Or maybe try to find a solution to something that has been bothering you lately. Just do your best to remove your mind from the situation completely. As you continue to do this your body should get used to breathing during tickling and you'll adapt a normal breathing pattern to this rather quickly once it learns to control itself during this situation. Once that happens you're more or less used to tickling as just some background activity that doesn't bother you and you can stop thinking of things to distract yourself. Tada you are now at the stage where you can look annoyed in a condescending way at whoever is tickling you. This is a skill that will last you throughout your life so it's really worth learning.
If pleasure is a person singing a pretty song into a microphone, then tickling is some dipshit taking the mic and shoving it up to the speaker to make horrible feedback that may never stop.
corchin ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 20:02:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In my experience because it differs for everyone, being tickled is something that feels "good"ish but also terrible terrible terrible at the same time? I'm ticklish and it's annoying because those fingers touching you all over and irritating the surface of your skin (like a million little itches you can't scratch, except they're quick and everywhere and annoying as hell) which is jolting and uncomfortable and makes you feel squirmy, but you're laughing* uncontrollably and laughing forces you to smile and kinda subconsciously makes you feel good, so by the time I've caught my breath and the trashbag has stopped tickling me I'm simultaneously happy and super pissed off and tingly (not the right word but idk what else to use, 'prickly' I suppose?).
*I'm actually not sure if it's legitimate laughter that happens when you're tickled or some kind of limited breathing thing because your body is being attacked idk
All I know is I can't breathe when I'm tickled and it's extremely like laughter and I'm smiling unconsciously and my mouth is open even though I'm incredibly annoyed at the time ~
If sensation were all on a spectrum, tickling is between an itch and mild pain.
Adsy101 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:08:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Feels like an unpredictable sensation, thats why you can't tickle yourself (because you know where you're going to tickle next and so your brain doesn't need to generate a 'surprise' response)
When you're a kid in a car and there's this ninja running along the side of the road following you. He's jumping from object to object because he can't touch the ground.
Or that your car has like imaginary blades attached to the wheels and they cut everything they pass.
And then your head starts to hurt because you can't stop cutting everything with the wiper blades but you'd really like to think about something else.
Tatsko ยท 69 points ยท Posted at 05:03:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The one I do is counting my steps per cement square when I'm walking somewhere. I do it to keep my mind busy at first, but then I'm consciously begging myself to stop as I keep counting it out.
I do this too, and I always get frustrated that the length of the square and the length of my stride don't line up, so the amount of steps is never even. I do alter my stride length and end up taking irregular little steps occasionally to make the numbers work. I assume I look really silly doing little skips, but it's too annoying NOT to.
I started writing this to tell you that I do it too and don't have OCD... but I'm less sure after explaining it.
It's just I had really bad OCD as a kid, and that seems like how I feel sometimes now that I'm mostly oved it. You feel obsessive compulsions to do something, often something repetetive, the disorder part comes in when it is negatively affecting your quality of life.
My compulsions are generally minor like the step thing, or having to move a limb a certain number of times to 'balance' it. It never affects my life negatively so I guess it's not disordered behaviour.
Do many/most people feel compulsions like that? Is there a spectrum?
Honestly there's probably a spectrum with every mental condition. Even with people who are diagnosed there is a spectrum, some will feel as if the world will end if they don't flick the light switch 22 times every morning, some will just feel super uncomfortable and put off by not doing random compulsions, enough to really affect them.
Another big thing with OCD is intrusive thoughts, even though the compulsions were only really big when I was a kid, I've had to deal with bouts of massive amounts of intrusive thoughts. A normal person might have an intrusive thoughts ever now and then and just brush it off, but I had to deal with them constantly berrating me, and having to constantly convince myself that they aren't my real thoughts to stay sane.
I had never heard of someone else doing this, but I absolutely get those "compulsions" all the time
Tatsko ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:36:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I dunno, it's possible. If so it's minor - little things like the step counting, fairly common inconsequential intrusive thoughts, and having a strange obsession with collecting every item in video games are the only "symptoms" I can come up with off the top of my head.
Oh, and regarding the video game one since it sounds pretty normal without context - we're talking, for example, Dark Souls. I'll be playing a hammer-only character and I'll go wayyy out of my way to get a shitty dagger that I've already got 30 of across my other characters because it feels wrong not to - I just get a nagging feeling in the back of my mind if I don't. I hate it because it makes the game so slow at a point where I should be able to just blaze through it but I just can't not do it.
Fuuuck I do this then I have to try and force myself to think about other things so I feel like I've lost track and fucked it up anyway so I may as well not do it
The game I played is moving your head so that they don't cut anything.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:05:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thought I was the only one that did this. Mine was if you blinked it temporarily stopped the blades from cutting. And the blades would get damaged from cutting metal so you had to blink at signs or streetlights. It's annoying now because I look out the window and essentially bat my eyes unintentionally as a reflex from when I was little
Orut-9 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:30:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ooh the only time my mind gets stuck like that is when I think of something spinning and I try to stop it. I can make it spin the other way just fine but I have to put a surprisingly large amount of effort behind slowing it down and stopping it...
Werewolf on a skateboard or later on when my imagination got a little more original, humanoid ant like alien/cyborg thing of my own design. When i'm bored I still work on improving his design 25 years later.
No seriously I'd do this but with the power lines ! My family used to take a lot of trips from Chicago to florida when I was a kid, and when my gameboy died that was my entertainment,
Epoo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:25:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do something similar but way more complex. I want to share it with the world but it takes too long to explain and I don't even know if I could explain it properly without showing people what I do with my fingers and toes.
And then the first time somebody catches you when you thought you were alone, putting words to your imagination as you invent a game of which you are the world champion, and later mocks you in front of your friends, and you can practically witness the death of your childhood.
I had this! It started as a chestnut horse, then the horse was joined by a black wolf and a peregrine falcon. They ran alongside the road and I picked the best sections of the ground for the horse and wolf to run on. The falcon sat on the horse's withers at stop lights. _^
I always picked a dirt spot on the windshield and pretended it was crosshairs for the on board weapon system, while the window/lock switches were guns and missiles. My dad was almost always annoyed on car trips.
I still do this to this day. For me there is a special marker at the start and end of the snow banks in between driveways, and a laser is attached to the front and back wheels. The back wheel laser had to hit the marker at the start of the snow bank, and the front wheel laser has to hit the marker at the end of the snow bank.
Wow, if you missed doing that as a kid you'll have to play the game now. Next time your riding in a car or bus, look out the window and imagine a ninja or Spiderman, or a skateboarder jumping from object to object without touching the ground, great way to entertain yourself on a drive.
I guess now a days with have mobile data and smartphones, that's probably the only reason I no longer so that.
I had a skateboarder instead of a ninja, doing tricks along everything and jumping to not touch the ground. I may have played too much Tony Hawk as a child.
Mine was always a bunny trying to catch up with me jumping over mailboxes, or the hand from Adams Family.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:54:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had lazers that blew up cars. Or, really, just hit cars. Controlled by a switch directly under my toes. I made myself stop doing it when I was 10 because I was afraid ot would make me a bad driver when I grew up.
Your comment made me realise that I did this as a kid. REPRESSED MEMORY
Geawiel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:28:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me it was riding an ATV or controlling a radio controlled truck.
Miather ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:10:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine was a forest fairy/elf.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I used to day dream that my barbie was jumping from street sign, to buildings, to whatever else we passed as we drove. I guess with all of the people on Earth I shouldn't be surprised that I wasn't the only kid who did that, but... it was such an odd thing to do. I thought it was just me.
Good to know I wasn't the only weirdo, I guess. Haha.
Mine was always a horse running along the line made where grass meets pavement. I could stare and follow that for long periods of time during car rides. The blades were always standing on top the car curing down power lines. Very similar though. I thought I was alone in this!
Oh my god... my childhood. Sometimes in class I used to pretend I had lightsabers coming out of my feet and imagine they were 20 feet long and slice through everything.
I never had this as a kid until I played Tony Hawk Pro Skater for the first time and to this day it's a dude doing a constant skateboard grind along the tops of fences, phone wires, etc.
For me it's running/dancing on cars, signs, barricades, etc.
Oddly enough I was just wondering about this the other day. Logically, I knew I couldn't be the only one but I didn't want to ask.
foxmom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:01:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Does everyone do this?!
I had a foal who would gallop alongside the car.
I just learned my husband's was a racecar. LOL
Wow. I did that all the time when I was a kid, except I imagined it was a fox for some reason. Every car ride was another adventure. Then one day I tried to imagine it, and I just....couldn't. It actually made me sad.
I pretended everyone was racing and we would lap people by passing them, but not have to worry of a person passing us because we were so far ahead (always in first place of course) that we lapped everyone multiple times.
xamhu9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The ninja thing is freaky to me. Almost everyone remembers that.
Ansoros ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would imagine my two fingers (index and middle) were the legs of a ninja and would walk them around and do tricks, obviously with appropriate sound effects.
I have never known anyone else who did this! I still have imaginary blades on my minivan tires, and occasionally see the leprechaun jumping down the road.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:59:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or that there's an F-15 flying above the car and he's blowing up every building as your pass it. Today's kids probably don't see the plane because it's a drone.
Oh I really like these games. My version that I play is that the car wheels go up and down like hydraulics when passing either a drop curb (driveway) or in between the white dashes in the road.
Mine was a giant worm speed crawling along the yard drain ditch things next to the road and eating through under driveways to make the drainage tunnels.
Mine is a laser beam that emanates from my finger tips. I try to destroy as many mail boxes, power poles, and various objects as possible while avoiding dogs and pedestrians.
Alright I knew the first one was common but this is the first time I've ever heard someone else mention the second one aloud. We're all so similar haha
Weep2D2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:35:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My guy had an interchangeable skateboard~rollerblade~hanglider~springs on his shoes thingy.. haha..
MuttyMo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:55:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Weird. I had blades projecting from my fingertips that cut everything down.
spark29 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:03:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My guy was usually on a skateboard. Never did the second one, but I did use my hand as Pac-Man to eat everything as we drove by. Then when I got to start sitting in the front seat, I would pretend that our car was jumping from shadow to shadow.
And then you pass by the tall skyscrapers and the missiles strike, blowing out those clean glass windows, causing one building to topple into another like the grimmest possible set of dominoes.
Or that you lose if your car "sees" another car, but the white/yellow lines block the sight, and the sight going all around, so basically you can't be able to draw a line that touches another car from your car without going over anything that blocks it.
I always imagined a guy on a skateboard jumping off of things and grinding the sidewalks and fences. That dude nailed that jump across the street every time.
I always wanted to be able to skate but i never could, so that ninja was always a guy skating and jumping from object to object doing kickflips and shit.
I did not have a ninja, I had some other creature of which I can't even begin to explain, but it ran fast and jumped high, also blades came out of its feet for grippage.
eton975 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:02:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kinda not related, but that my shadow on the pavement was a double staring back at me.
As a kid, when riding in the car at night, I'd blink my eyes and it would look like all the streetlights and car head/taillights are shooting laser beams. So I'd blink my eyes a bunch and pretend I'm shooting everything with lasers.
Are you me!?
Except, sometimes the blades only cut down man made things and left all natural things alone. Then, sometimes, the blades had bags attached to them like a grass hopper on a lawnmower that picked up all the trash.
When you're a kid in a car and there's this ninja running along the side of the road following you.
I don't understand why people do this. I really really cannot relate at all. It's just a strange, foreign thing to me. It was clearly Sonic the Hedgehog running alongside the car, not a ninja.
Guys nodding upwards to guys they know / are friends with and nodding downwards to guys they don't know / don't know well. I'm not sure why we do it, but everyone does.
[deleted] ยท 620 points ยท Posted at 02:08:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Something interesting along these lines: other people notice when you do this, and so does your body. When you do manually force your body to take actions that expose vulnerable parts of your body such as the insides of your wrists or your neck, not only do others think you are more confident, but your own body starts to reduce anxiety and make you legitimately feel more confident.
Ever notice how cocky/overconfident movie villains always cock their heads to the side? It exposes the neck, and subtly shows that they don't see you as any sort of threat.
And if you do the nod up to somebody you don't know then it's like a sign of disrespect, like, "I have no problem exposing a vulnerable part of my body cause I'm not scared of you"
Nod up = I'm not afraid to expose my neck because I trust you. Nod down = you're a stranger and not sure if you have a knife.
[deleted] ยท 343 points ยท Posted at 01:26:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Down: "Hello, good sir."
Up: "Sup, bitch!"
Palawin ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:45:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeh it seems like I only nod upwards when I would normally be saying "what's up?" to the person. We know the anthropological reasons that say we're comfortable exposing a vulnerability but even in my head nodding up just signifies "what's up?".
Nodding down just seems to be respectful like "Hello, I acknowledge your presence".
There was an askreddit with this a while back with something about instinct saying up to show neck (and vulnerability) to friends and down to show acknowledgement to others, is instinct.
Think of it like a hat. You nod down with your hand on the rim as a gesture of greeting someone.
But farmers always did it upwards when meeting someone they knew so they could get the hat out of the way so they could see each others faces
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:43:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah! Communication professor checking in! We cover this in class, and a whole bunch of other bro-codes. Love talking about nonverbal communication!
I know you - UP!
I don't know you, but I'm gonna give you acknowledgement/respect - DOWN!
Also, don't pee next to me and DON'T talk to me when I'm at the urinal...and we can still be friends.
n23_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:41:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also, don't pee next to me and DON'T talk to me when I'm at the urinal...and we can still be friends.
My high school physics teacher once not only picked the urinal next to me when all others were free but also then started asking me how my day was, it was the worst and I didn't even dislike him beforehand.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:25:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There is a great exchange between Ben Stiller and Alec Baldwin in Along Came Polly.
Baldwin, playing Stiller's boss, not only talked to him at the urinal, actually TOUCHED him...ugh. Just ugh. Went so far as rubbing his ear lobe.
Oh god, this reminds me. The other day I was at the park riding my skateboard when there was a guy with a dog up ahead, he clearly saw me and pulled his dog close to him so it would*NT trip me with its leash. I appreciated it because most people seem to not realize how annoying that is, so as I passed I instinctively gave him an upward nod, to aknowledge the appreciation. At the same exact time, he nodded downwards as we exchanged eye contact. It felt so strange...
Tl;Dr Guy tried not to trip me with his leashed dog, eye contact, I nodded upwards at the same time he nodded downwards. It felt really strange for some reason.
Up nod is the willingness to expose your neck to them, similar as to how cats cuddle up to you with their back. You lead with the midday vulnerable spot as a sign of trust.
Nodding downwards is like "I see you, and I'm nodding to say that I acknowledge you, and I don't want to make this a real interaction so I'm averting my eyes"
Nodding upwards is like "Hey! I see you, and I'm looking up to see that you're my friend. I am glad to see you"
edit: I'm high but this looks pretty true
nowj ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:06:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hadn't heard of Desmond Morris till yesterday. Extensively studied gestures and body language. I was surprised how human body language signaling was kind of arbitrary. Like signals from the side lines in football - anything goes. Gestures one location signal the opposite somewhere else.
I agree this is the case almost everywhere. But I swear I remember being somewhere where it was the opposite. I think it was somewhere in South America, anyone else know what I'm talking about? I remember being so confused because I had never seen it different
I always get confused by this kind of interaction, so I try to avoid it if possible. Instead of nodding my head, I use my arms to flail hands everywhere to greet people.
I do up nods to everyone. I always feel like that guy from American Pie if I do a downward nod. You know, the one who wears the jacket and shows up fashionably late thinking it'll get him laid?
I've started consciously noticing this after every time I do it ever since this was first pointed out to me. Most guys I mention it to have a response along the lines of "nah man that's stupi--wait... HOLY SHIT you're right!"
MetroA ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:32:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think the above comments consider the actual act of eating the sandwich, which is really required to be able to know that it tastes better. Lots of crust-less edge length is created in this process, which I would think overshadows the amount of crust-less edge one can create by a single straight cut. So the OP stands and it is not explained yet, that is if you consider sandwiches cut in half taste better. Maybe they are just more "pleasing" in some way and that's perceived along with taste. Or maybe it's the same damn sandwich, just eat it.
yans0ma ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:36:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Think of a square slice of bread cut to form two rectangles, then a square slice of bread cut to form two triangles. The two triangle slices have a longer portion of non-crust. There is the same amount of total crust, but the triangle has three sides so one of the sides forms a longer non-crust side than any of the rectangle sides.
KhonMan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:09:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
True, and thus you can get more crust if you keep on dividing the sandwich. So take your triangle and now cut it into two equal size triangles, you've created a new crustless edge, and so on
gruffi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:17:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's advanced sandwichology
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:31:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not mine. I really don't understand this no crust thing. It almost pisses me off actually. What's wrong with the crust? On good fresh bread it's even by far the best part. But I doubt anybody can understand this without having spend time in west Europe.
No, we're both thinking of two triangles. The guy I replied to said "on each half." And anyway, four triangles would actually be better than two in terms of minimising the portion of crust on each piece of sandwich (from 2L to just L).
Cut off the crust and 100% is crustless. Sorry but your sandwich geometry needs a lot of work.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:20:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or get better bread, and the crust will be a good thing. If you don't like the crust, it's probably because you're eating terrible supermarket "tastes like a foam matress but can be toasted" bread.
Ive been advocating this reason for years now with about 50% sucess. I'm glad to see someone else get it. It makes the sandwhich better by reducing the number of bites with just crust significantly. Instead of having to eat your way from the outside in, the maximum amount of bread-edge is exposed.
Imapie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:05:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But with a diagonal cut, because the sandwich gets thinner towards the edge, that bite is barely a nibble unless you include the crust of the other edge.
That's exactly why I square cut. Three large crust less bites. I figure it's two max on a diagonal cut.
You can either have a sandwich with a ton of crust or with more no-crust depending on how many times you cut it as well, which I think it's great. Cut it once diagonally and you get 2 pieces, each with 2 sides of crust. Cut it twice diagonally, and you get four pieces, each with one side of crust for the people who don't like to eat crusts
Actually, I reasoned it was because in rectangles, you have four crust corners, which means you get a lot of crust in that mouthful. In big triangles, you only have two, so less of that, and small triangles are the best because NO CORNERS.
Ok we pictured this in completely different ways. I imagined 4 smaller triangles, which I believe to be the pinnacle of simple sandwiches. If you just have some meat cheese and a little mayo on white bread cut into 4 triangles you have an amazing snack
Thank you! I told my friends that triangular cut sandwiches taste better, but couldn't explain why. They all looked at me funny and said it tastes the same. Now I can give a rational reason!
A triangle cut is probably gonna be made with a squarish original bread, so when you cut it diagonally into triangles, it forms a 45-45-90 triangle, so the hypotenuse, in this case the no-crust side, is proportional to the length of one of the sides times the square root of two. It's just a fundamental ratio that can be shown through some simple trig or even pythagorean theorem.
In your situation, I don't know who makes your triangular sandwiches as opposed to your other sandwiches, BUT...
Sandwiches made by other people are tastier than sandwiches made by yourself, because you spent the entire time making the sandwich breathing in the aromas of the ingredients, desensitizing your palate to them along the way. In a sandwich made by someone else, all the flavours and aromas are discovered along with the first bite.
[deleted] ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 23:23:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because you can deepthroat that shit on the first bite instead of 3.
Can confirm, have had squared, rectangular, triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal, octagonal, nonagonal, hendecagonal and dodecagonal shaped sandwiches and triangular is the best
TLema ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:16:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Triangle is a stronger shape than rectangle. This equals stronger flavor.
ravsuv ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:35:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also diagonal cut sandwiches last longer. I can eat a rectangular cut sandwich in ~4 bites whereas a diagonal cut sandwich takes much more due to its odd shape compared to my face hole.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:00:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Stupid story about this. My mom always cut my sandwiches in triangles, however, all the kids in school had square cuts. I was so jealous and begged her to cut mine square. She never did and finally when I started making my own, the first sandwich I made I cut square. Elementary school kids are weird...
Do you shove the pointy end into your mouth, or do you bite into the side of a triangular sandwich?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:52:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They taste better when someone else makes them for you too.
dzybala ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:37:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I actually prefer them cut into two rectangles. It feels like there's more uninterrupted sandwich, like each spot on the cut has on average a higher distance from the crust.
I always thought that it was an inversely proportional law about flavour and number of sides.
So Bagels and donuts have 2 sides (inner and outer edge) and taste amazing. While 4 sided sandwiches are a bit more meh.
According to this theory a round sandwich, like a burger would taste best. And I'm happy to agree with it.
Thyri ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:12:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My SO cannot understand why I insist on having my sandwiches cut into triangles - I have just shown him this to prove it's not just me and I am not a total weirdo!
Only time I order Hawaiian pizza with bacon is if I plan on eating the entire thing myself. If somebody has a problem with that, they can fuck themselves with a fresh hot slice of their own shitty pizza.
I tried to accept it on half and when I bit on one from the complete opposite side I said f this I will just not eat. Sounds bad but if you can't enjoy eating pizza it is not worth eating, we only live once.
Skip the cheese and the red sauce. Use a creamy garlic sauce. Fresh sushi grade tuna. Italian style crust (thin, chewy, crispy). The pizza cooks in like 5 minutes in a wood fired oven. Finish with a balsamic drizzle or fresh squeeze of lemon.
At least that's what you should imagine. But, you probably imagined cat food pizza.
I work at a pizza place. This is a thing. Ignore what the guy above said. That sounds lovely in theory but that's not what people order when they put tuna on a pizza. It's cat food pizza.
Tallrunt ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:22:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm. We had a guy ask for FUCKING MINNOWS from the bait shop down the road. No joke. Girl who took the call actually came back in the kitchen to ask if we would do that. Needles to say we told him to fuck off.
Well anchovies are very salty, I assume minnows would be basically just dead.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:02:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have a very specific memory from when I was around 4/5.
Had tuna pizza in Venice, never had a tunnel pizza as great as that one, always cat food. But still, sometimes I'll order tuna pizza in a new restaurant just because of the glimpse of hope that MAYBE this time will be different and I'll be in heaven once again
Haha orange County California. We're just a regular pizza place not gourmet or anything. Honestly I don't doubt the nice version of that pizza would be delicious but the version people near me order sometimes makes me want to puke.
Dude wasn't talking about fast food pizza. Just the concept of tuna pizza, and the guy above gave a good sounding tuna pizza recipe. So no, he shouldn't be ignored.
t3sture ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:11:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought that at first too, but there is a certain blend of crispy and chewy where you can use both adjectives and be correct, and it is the perfect pizza crust.
Jetzt hab ich lust auf thunfischpizza und es ist erst 7 uhr morgens
lizbia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:47:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tuna is definitely an option on the UK Dominos menu and I have seen friends order it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:10:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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lizbia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:25:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just checked the Dominos Newcastle Heaton menu, it's definitely there. Not sure this link will work but it's an ingredient option on create your own. As a student I've ordered a lot of Dominos from many of their different stores and I'm pretty sure I've always seen tuna as an option. It's just up there with anchovies on the disgusting things to have on a pizza scale.
EDIT: Out of curiosity I just typed in my home postcode in Manchester and looked at the Dominos menu there, and it wasn't on there, guess it must just be a regional thing.
Not only is it a thing, it is one of the more palatable options offered at Domino's and Pizza Hut in SE Asia! It is right up there with 'cheese' and 'no thanks'
I had some European couchsurfers come to my house and we ordered pizza and asked what they wanted on it. They all replied tuna. I laughed at them a d said, that might be a thing in Europe, but if you ask for it here, most people will laugh at you.
When I went to Italy last week, I ordered what I thougut was meat lover's pizza, but it turned out to be tuna pizza. Thing was so expensive you bet your ass I ate it all.
Take meat pizza toppings: pepperoni, crumbled sausage, and ham. Put them all on a pizza together. That's a meat pizza. Put a big double portion of each on a pizza, and it's a meat lover's.
Never visit Japan. I've seen Tuna, mayo, sweetcorn pizzas. I've seen Tuna and Shrimp Pizzas. I've seen poached egg and tuna pizza. It just never ends...
When I was in Germany, I spotted a tuna and sweetcorn pizza on a menu. A friend ordered it and it did not look or smell appealing at all to me, but he ate it and decided it wasn't awful. I'm not convinced, though.
This is most definitely a thing. I never saw it until I moved to Barbados, but they mix up the the tuna with onion and pepper then use it in little clumps as a topping.
A large portion of the population are Rastafarian and don't eat red meat or chicken, and a large portion are also really damn poor. Tuna is often the easiest and cheapest option for them.
I recall that tuna is a pizza topping mainly in the United Kingdom. I'm picturing 'canned' tuna here.
stevula ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:11:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I saw it once on a pizza menu in London so I assume it's an English thing.
Englex ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:13:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man I have to tell you, tuna pizza when done right is absolutely amazing. When we lived in Europe it was one if our go to pizza choices. Instead of canned tuna, which you guys are probably thinking, they use fresh cuts of tuna. They cook it to the right point where it comes out as a warm and tender meat. Add some fresh spice and the right amount of cheese and you're in heaven. I was disgusted when I first heard of it but boy, is that a wonderful pizza. If you happen to be in a Pizzaria in Italy or Europe in general, try at least a slice. It'll change you.
RGBow ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:54:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was at Subway the other day, and a dude asked for the Tuna on his sandwich, then proceeded to ask the dude to toast it. For some reason I kind of gagged mentally. Never thought of Tuna as something you heat up.
lizbia ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:51:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You've never had a tuna melt? They're a delicious and very commonly eaten sandwich, at least here in the UK it's something served in every cafe.
Must be a regional thing, I've eaten lots of those. As with everything I can understand why somebody wouldn't like it but I don't see what makes it particularly unappealing. Ever tried salmon pizza?
I mean... avid seafood lover over here, but on a pizza?
little_o ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 21:12:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Its normal here in europe.
When we visited friends in the us and ordered pizza, I asked if they had tuna pizza and I they were so surprised about that as I I was from mars. It tastes really good imo and is common at every pizza place here in germany
Edit: Apparently its not normal all over Europe, at least where in visited it was.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:20:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:15:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds horrible. On a slightly similar note, ever had rockfish pizza? Stuff is delicious! Moose's Tooth in Anchorage does a tasty rockfish pizza. So delicious!
Ok. So when I worked at a pizza place I came up with a tuna pizza. Tuna(canned) peas, capers and onions. It was fucking delicious. If you like canned tuna you would probably like this pizza.
Eel28 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:59:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm deep into the pro-pineapple camp, but what the fuck. Fish doesn't belong on pizza, except anchovies, and that's only because of the Futurama episode, not because they taste good.
Tuna pizzas... that sounds like something that some parents would do to punish their kids. Like..., they order pizza and the adults get pepperoni or whatever, while the kids are only allowed to have the tuna pizza... with extra tuna... and maybe some tartar sauce to dip it in.
aslokaa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:21:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tuna Pizza=Best pizza
bobmas1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:52:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck hot tuna altogether, it's just wrong. And those people who like tuna melts have something psychologically wrong with them.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:56:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No the fuck it doesn't. That's like me eating fried chicken with whipped cream.
lukenog ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:44:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No! Fruits have that natural sweetness that's very different from whipped cream's type of sweetness! It's like how apples taste good in salad and mango tastes good in Salsa.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:54:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
XXVIIMAN ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:40:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I don't know who you are. I don't know why you hate pineapples on pizza. If you are looking for pepperoni I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular hankering for pineapples. A fondness I have acquired over a very long career. A love for pineapples that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my Hawaiian go now that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not order you, but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I will eat you.
BZH_JJM ยท 111 points ยท Posted at 20:20:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Though why it has to be mixed with something as boring as Canadian bacon is beyond me. It should go with something that really complements the sweet and tart of the pineapple, like Italian sausage.
My go-to is pineapple and ham/bacon, with cholula poured on top.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:37:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe it's just because the red pepper flakes at my local pizza place are excessively hot, but spicy and pineapple is painful (coming from someone who douses everything in hot sauce).
Why not just go all out and use a graham cracker crust, strawberry jam smeared upon, a creamy marshmallow topping, carmelized apples and pineapples on top?
Actually, sign me up.
Kammael ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:55:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You saying our bacon ain't good enough
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LaxLife ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:56:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's like against the entire point of Hawaiian pizza.. The whole idea is the contrast between the sweet/tart of the pineapple and the savory/smokiness/saltiness of the ham. Italian sausage and pineapple would just be too sweet and gross honestly.
Try it with Pineapple, Canadian bacon, onions, green peppers, and maraschino cherries. Not a better pizza on earth than that... especially as a deep dish pizza.
fun fact - 'hawaiian' pizza is not a hawaiian invention. it was created in scotland in the 70's. people in hawaii were dumbfounded when it was introduced by local pizza places.
if it were authentically hawaiian it'd have lychee spices and fucking spam and seaweed on it.
I expect more from the people who put mayo on hotdogs than I do from the people who came up with hotdogs in the first place. Soulless and tasteless sausages, what the hell.
at least, ze germans who came to amerika for to make ze monies, and were cheap bastards, who started putting their sausages on rolls instead of having to stock up on the linen gloves that sausages were traditionally served with at the time(you put the glove on and ate the sausage, then returned the glove so it could be washed and re-used). people would keep the gloves as souveneirs.
No, I don't like ham on my pizza, and depending on the cheese/sauce/bacon, bacon can make it REALLY salty.
Pepperoni, chicken, pineapple. Depending on the sauce/pepperoni you get a little spice; the cheese/chicken, a little salt; pineapple, makes it a little sweet.
The only problem I've had ordering this is that some places make the chunks of any of the ingredients too big, so you get patches of flavour instead of a blend. Otherwise, heaven.
Im not gonna repeat once again the knowledge vs wisdom thing for you kids, if you dont know the difference between tomatoes and the rest of the fruits its your problem.
Hydris ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:43:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For the record, anything added on a pizza other than the base dough, cheese (MOZZARELLA), garlic powder, and tomato sauce (little bits of mint are permitted in the sauce) is an affront to the art of pizza.
I used to be adamantly against pineapple on pizza, then one day I got hit with a craving for it along with ham and a little blast of sriracha. Holy shit it was life changing.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:46:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the classic sweet-salty combo that works well together. Specifically the fruit and cheese combo.
Ever had a cheese plate at a nice restaurant? It will have several cheeses as well as fruit on the side. Because the combo works. People who like this should try peaches and cottage cheese. Or a slice of apple pie with a slice of cheddar on top.
CJ090 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. A steak and pineapple pizza with a d'asti wine pairing is delicious.
Haha, yea. This is one I could never understand. You're most likely eating a pizza with a fruit based sauce, and you're debating whether a fruit belongs on a pizza? Just weird.
Depending on the type of curry and what you're eating it with, these all sound just fine to me. I just made some delicious pineapple black bean chicken the other night and that's only a few ingredients away from methi malai.
A pumpkin pizza would probably be pretty good, actually. Mix it into the sauce with a bit of cardamom and top it with some garlic and moderate helping of Italian and/or andouille sausage... I want to try it.
Ekudar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:03:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Duuude, Mexican Pizza (Aztec or something to the matter) is awesome, and some variants have Avocados, shit is amazing on a Pizza.
You're most likely eating a pizza with a fruit based sauce
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
While ham and pineapple (Hawaiian) pizza is great, the "Can't Stop Rockin' Pizza", "A classic Tomato sauce pizza with a generous helping of Pepperoni, Pineapple, Garlic and Extra Mozzarella" from The Rock Wood Fired Kitchen is simply amazing.
Knowledge is knowing that peppers and the seeds on strawberries (not the fleshy part) and green beans are biologically fruit but there's a big difference between biological and culinary terms.
It's not a matter of whether fruit belongs on pizza, it's what fruits belong on pizza. By your logic watermelon is acceptable for pizza, because like a tomato it is a fruit. Hell why not throw in chocolate milk, like cheese it is a dairy.
Yeah I understand why someone would like it. Pineapple can be alright if used right, but I've never been a fan of pure fruit on pizza. It's a shame that the best fillings are sometimes on pineapple pizzas and I don't want to just pick them off.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They're totally different ingredients even if they both fruits. Tomato juice is gross while pineapple juice is delicious, and no one would ever argue that tomato juice is delicious because other fruit juices are delicious.
oilpit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:28:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tomatoes are not considered a fruit when it comes to cooking.
DoxBox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:37:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Speaking in culinary terms, tomatoes are 100% a vegetable. Vegetable doesn't describe any particular kind of plant.
You wouldn't put apple on a pizza, or orange slices, why the fuck put pineapple?
also cheese and saus, and maybe some Frank's red hot and some parmesan. And if you get it from pizza hut then you get the garlic sprinklin' on the crust.
zarraha ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:43:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why is this something nobody explain? People get overly passionate about it because half of people have good taste-buds that are capable of handling the sweet and salty, juicy and cheesy deliciousness of pineapple on pizza, and the other half have some sort of defect that not only makes them incapable of experiencing its true glory, but they actually think it's gross. We get passionate about pineapples because it's literally the best kind of pizza and feel that the others are missing out and potentially scaring off people who have never had it before. And the others get passionate about disliking it because they think we enjoy gross things and don't realize that we just have better taste buds.
Pain. This is actually a very real problem in medical care, as different patients describe the same pain very differently, and there is no clear definitions for types and levels of pain.
That is very true. And to add to that when they ask you to rank on a scale from 1 -10, I wonder how many people truly have experienced a "10" level pain.
I've been hospitalized for pancreatitis and apparently it is a very painful thing to go through. I agree that it does suck, but I'm almost positive that when I had to get potassium in my IV was much worse than the pancreatitis pain.
this also varies by what the worst pain we ever felt was.
Once upon a time my 10 pain (worst I ever felt) was a 3rd degree burn on my leg from jamming a motorcycle exhaust into my calf during a spill. A few days after it happened was a definite 10 for me.
Then years later I had a c-section where the anesthesia failed. Comparatively that burn is now a 5
There is a disease that attacks your nervous system called CRPS which is the most painful disease on the pain scale and has a very high suicide rate. I know somebody that has it, and have heard stories of people that have been told they are crazy and they are just a bunch of babies. It's not a very known disease.
Imagine having the most painful disease in the world and nobody believing you. People have described it as, "Walking in broken glass with your legs on fire."
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:03:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
On the same vein, it weirds me out when people say that some people have a higher or lower threshold of pain. What does that even mean and how can we ever know how another person experiences pain? It's also really weird how pain has a huge mental/emotional aspect to it.
effa94 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 15:04:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
well, you know when you give massages in school, and there was always someone, usally you, that went "ouch, not that hard" then you switched partners, and he gives the same massage to the next person as he gave to you and that person is going "HARDER! HARDER CALL ME A BITCH AND DO IT HARDER!" or something like that, then you know that you are a little bitch with a low threshold of pain
Well, as an active practitioner of BDSM, I can say for certain that different people have different pain thresholds.
Some people have an upper limit that's not even a warm-up for others.
Heck, this weekend I saw a guy who took many (at least 30) blows with a heavy crop to the balls, and still remained standing and enjoyed it. I'm pretty sure most guys wouldn't be consious after that.
This is something every dominant needs to be very aware of, as people are very different. For example, when whipping two girls with very different pain thresholds, I need to mentally "recalibrate" when alternating between them, so each gets the attention level which works for her.
I have to wonder if the pain that I'm experiencing really is "not that big of a deal", or if it would have another person screaming for mama if he/she were experiencing my pain.
It's funny to think that there could be somebody in severe pain sitting quietly in a hospital, while somebody else in mild pain is being sent to ICU based on how much they say it hurts.
That's just the vector cross product in action, and is basically nothing more than a mathematical construct to deal with multiplying two vectors together
I...what the fuck are you on about? Have you taken any 7th grade math? How do you think anything exists without the concept of direction? 3D uses six directions. 2D uses four. Hell, even 1D uses two directions. Things wouldn't be if they couldn't be somewhere in relation to each other.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:03:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
With the person's own pov as the starting point, 'left' is the straight direction when turned counter-clockwise and 'right' is the straight direction when turned clockwise.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:06:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like where you're going with this. However, you would need to use the terms "right" and "left" to describe "clockwise" and "counter-clockwise" (respectively), so it's a bit of a circular definition.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:10:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or you could describe a circle and 'up and down'. A clock hand doesn't move right or left, it moves around.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:12:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But wouldn't you have to specify whether it's moving around towards the left, or around towards the right?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:17:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Explain it graphically with positive and negative instead of right or left. Teach them how to graph a parabola and then just give them the equation for something moving in a circle.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:41:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think I'm still following you, but wouldn't you still have to designate positive and negative as right and left? In order for "turn the clock's hand in the positive direction" to be meaningful, you would have to explain what "positive" represents in this case, which would require using either "right" or "clockwise."
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:13:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not if you demonstrate on a number line. And 'clockwise' doesn't just mean positive or 'right' in this cast. It can mean positive or 'right' in some instances but as you keep moving clockwise on a graph the movement will also be negative while (from the center point's pov) still moving rightwards.
Ok, I've graphed my circle, clockwise is the positive x direction when y is positive, right? I've correctly labelled "clockwise" and therefore "right" on my graph?
eton975 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:05:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now, switch the places of 2 and -2, 1 and -1 by sliding them along their respective line to the opposite place.
Ah, but now you didn't explain it, you showed it to me on an image. The number line and the circle and the clockwise directions were nothing to do with it, you may as well have just looked at a picture of a house I drew and said "left is the side with the door on it".
If I hadn't shown you that image, if we were only communicating with words, you would have no way of knowing I drew it incorrectly, so the explanation itself is no use.
eton975 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:28:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Non-verbal explanation in any form doesn't count? I thought it did.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:09:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You have clockwise labeled as when x is moving in a negative direction when y is positive which is counter clockwise. Clockwise would be when x is positive and getting exponentially bigger while y is positive and getting exponentially smaller in the first quadrant, then x gets exponentially smaller while y gets exponentially smaller in the fourth quadrant, then x gets exponentially smaller while y gets exponentially bigger in the third quadrant, and then x gets exponentially bigger while y gets exponentially bigger in the second quadrant.
You don't need them. You could instruct the person how to figure out which hemisphere they're in by describing constellations (none of which are mirror images of each other, thank God) and then how to construct a sun dial. In the Norther hemisphere the shadow of the gnomon of a sundial moves clockwise. (Which is actually why clocks move that way as well.)
They don't learn left and right from your explanation though, they learn it from watching the sundial. You can't explain left and right, only demonstrate them.
Well... what do you mean by "explain" then? I think fundamentally everything comes down to demonstration. Basic concepts are, by land large, learned by having someone point at something and make a sequence of sounds.
Well, you can explain how to draw a number 1 using only words:
Draw a straight line on a piece of paper. What's a straight line? The shortest distance between two points. What are points? Take your pencil and briefly jab the paper, that's a point. Now trace between them along the shortest route possible. As long as they already know "pencil" and "paper" and can understand directions, you can explain it.
Same with number 8:
Draw two circle that are just touching. What's a circle? Draw a point, then trace a line where every part of the line is the same distance from the point. Draw another point so distance between the line and the points is the same. Then trace another equidistant line around the second point that passes through the first circle only once. Now erase the points.
But you can't with 7:
Draw a straight line like a 1. Now add a shorter line so the ends touch at a right angle. What's a right angle? Draw a straight line, then draw a second straight line through it such that any point on the second line is the same distance from 2 points on the first line that are the same distance from the intersection in either direction. The relation between the first and second lines is called a right angle. Ok, so I have to draw a right angle, there are 2 possible right angles that join the end of the first line, which way should it go? To the left. What does left mean? ...
As long as they already know "pencil" and "paper" and can understand directions, you can explain it.
Well... okay. But that is kind of a lot, compared to nothing. If already know about sundials then I can explain clockwise/counter-clockwise and, by extension, left/right using just words.
Interestingly enough, the weak interaction does violates parity, so it's possible to define left and right in a coherent way that utilizes only quantum mechanics and the appropruate choice of reference frame in such a way that our universe could be distinguished from its mirror.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:08:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like the explanation that if you're looking at the average human, their heart is on their left and your right. The other side of their body is their right and your left. It's not really a definition, but from there anybody could always figure out left versus right from either perspective.
Think about this for a minute: Why are left and right flipped in a mirror, but not up and down?
skyeliam ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 21:42:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Horizontal axis isn't flipped, your image has been inverted. If you imagine yourself as a 2D surface that slides through the mirror and gets inverted around another 3D surface, like a piece of transparent paper, then it makes sense.
The letters on your shirt are already backward. The words start on your right arm. If you're on your head, though, the bottom of the words are at the ceiling, and are thus upside down.
Forget words on your shirt. Try words on the shower curtain, opposite the mirror. The first word is opposite your left eye. If you flip upside down and look in the mirror, it's still in your left eye, but the top of the letters look like they're by your feet, i.e. upside down.
You have the one that is correct (right), and the one that remains (left). It's admittedly arbitrary, but once right is defined, what's left is obvious.
I seem to recall hearing about a civilization that relied on compass directions rather than right or left. Everything had a compass direction, including things in your immediate space (the fork on the "west" side of the table, as it were). Weirdly, they intuitively knew which compass direction things were in, even without visual cues. You could blindfold them and put them in a dark room, and they could point north.
The weak interaction violates mirror parity, which means that you can figure out clockwise and counterclockwise. Use the Wu experiment, or something similar.
Then "left" and "right' are counterclockwise and clockwise of forward, viewed from above, respectively.
"Use an experiment" isn't an explanation though, it's a demonstration. This answer is just "your left hand makes an L" with fancier words.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:51:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My mom doesn't know her left from her right, and it agitates the hell out of me. You don't even have to memorize both! Just fucking pick one to know by heart, and then you can figure the other out by process of elimination! Humans can memorize between 5 and 7 pieces of information instantaneously, and you can't remember one! Just bloody one!!!
I remember learning about some tribe that couldn't grasp this concept, that direction could be independent of everything else. They used north, south, etc. and couldn't use other directional terms, as they'd try to connect them to the cardinal directions when that's not possible. I don't remember anything more, though.
When laying a coordinate plane over any given geometric plane, any points containing a negative x value is considered to be on the left, and any points with a positive x value is considered to be on the right regardless of the y value.
I don't know about the whole, 'everybody understands' thing though... My brother once dated this chick who was in her 20s. When she played twister with my younger siblings she routinely got the two confused and had to ask which was which. Luckily that relationship didn't last
When I say common, I mean a lot. At least 3 to 4 times a month I will experience it. I've talked to many others who say the same. It's gotten to the point where it doesn't even feel weird anymore.
Similar situations? Deja vu for me is when I feel like everything to the tiny little details is exactly the same. I can acknoedge my deja vu while I'm in the midst of it and it's like I can tell the future.
I swear I've felt real deja vu, then been like "oh wait I did do almost this same thing a week ago, but some details were different", and the feeling fades. I think the brain confabulates the feeling that it is identical even though there were differences. It is cooler to believe in ESP though.
I have a running hypothesis that it's due to me reliving my life over and over again and every time I live life again the Deja Vu gets worse and worse and eventually I will live an entire lifetime of full Deja Vu. The reason nobody has fully achieved this yet is because everyone is simultaneously reliving their lives over and over again, no matter what time period they're in. Eventually everyone will start to experience Deja Vu more and more frequently, and ancient historian will reflect this. Of course, we will have no way of knowing that history was changed because every time we relive our lives we exist in our traditional linear universe, so history as it's written in every iteration will simply be history as we know it.
Idk how true it is, but I read an article a while back that mentioned deja vu being your brain having kind of double vision. Instead of just processing information once, it does it twice in a row. So your brain has already received the information before you get to realize you are. It feels like you've experienced it before because you have, probably a couple milliseconds ago.
Thing is, when I get it, I'm certain I remember when I experienced the thing I'm remembering, instead of just feeling that I've experienced it before.
Say I get dรฉjร vu when someone tells me I've got toothpaste on my t shirt while I'm buttering toast in my underwear. I'm convinced that I actually recall the last time that happened, and can almost visualise it.
So, is it strongly executed dรฉjร vu implanting a memory of remembering? Or did I actually experience that situation that I'm remembering?
It so weird. Like I would just picture something and then weeks later I would be doing something and think to myself that "Wait, I swear I was doing this before." It's really weird.
So... if you're interested, this is my understanding of why Dejavu happens.
Your brains memory is separated into two parts. Short term and long term. Think of it as the difference between your PC hard drive and its RAM.
While you're doing things your brain is loading up your short term memory. After a while this is converted to long term memory that basically comes with a time stamp so that your brain can keep it organised.
When you experience dejavu it's because your brain has accidentally put the information straight into the long term section (which messes up the time stamp), making you think that for some reason you saw or heard that a long time ago even though you are also experiencing it right now.
Edit: I would just like to add that I have no proof of this. I can't quote sources. As I mentioned, it's just my understanding as it was explained to me (by someone much smarter than I am) and it made a lot of sense.
It is currently believed, that many parts of the brain contribute to remembrance; as memories become stronger, the neurons in the corresponding parts of the brain form stronger synapses with each other. When any of the neurons in these formed clusters are activated (by some stimulus, external or internal), there's a higher chance that the linked neurons also activate, which is experienced as remembering whatever those neurons represented.
That far is more or less supported by research, but here's my theory on how this connects to deja vu: these clusters of neurons can both appear and disappear, but it happens slowly over time. Some links might remain longer while others weaken, forming clusters of partially connected neurons. Now, when a neuron in one of these is activated, it might activate several others as if there was a memory there to be remembered. Instead, there is just an accelerated response to the stimulus (due to some stronger links), which feels like a memory, but not quite, since the cluster is incomplete.
Now, this could all be just bogus, but I find it plausible. Also, a quick google search I did just now reveals that Cryptomnesia seems to be more or less what I just described, but not quite on the same level.
Najd7 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:15:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a talk about the experience of time dilation. Particularly he mentions at one point how our brains compensate for changing times for feedback, to determine what "just happened" and what "we did".
Apparently, schizophrenics might have an issue with this mechanism, meaning it's very easy for them to mix up things that they did with things that happened to them.
And of course, if something happens that we don't understand, the brain is very good at ad hoc rationalizations.
Fascinating! I'm so glad you shared your wisdom on this. I've always heard that your brain gets ahead of its self and you have to catch up. What you shared makes more sense to me.
Epoo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:38:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry but you're absolutely wrong. It's because there's a glitch in the Matrix, duh.
Okichah ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:08:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah I don't... As I said it's only my understanding of it. Id like to do more research into it but I think that there isn't anything that can be proven 100%. At least not at the moment
That actually makes a lot of sense except this one time I had deja vu when I was at my friends cabin with his family eating dinner talking to his brother, but when I recognized the deja vu it made me remember that I had seen a much different outcome in which his brother got super mad at me for something I said. And I mean super mad. I won't ever forget how weird that felt. It's super freaky when it happens when you're conversing with someone.
Weep2D2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:37:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
oooh
migcal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:39:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You just changed my life
flowgod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:18:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So I've heard and really like another explanation. Essentially when you experience something, anything really, there is an infinitesimal fraction of a second between your body actually experiencing the event and your brain recording that experience. The electrical impulse just takes a little too long to get up there sometimes, and in this way we're always living in the past so to speak. Deja vu is when your brain manages to catch up to the literal now. Since you're still in the exact moment of the experience your brain records the event twice, hence the feeling of already-did-this.
Very late here, but the reason i've always believed to be true which may be false is:
Your eyes see the scene, send the message to your brain but that message doesn't reach your brain the first time and so another message is sent. This new message reaches but just after it does, the first message manages to get there as well. Hence you think you've seen the image twice when in reality its only once.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:20:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a person who gets deja vu very often (up to once per week), is that a problem? Also sometimes I experience continued deja vu where it feels like even the deja vu happened, and things that happen after continue to feel familiar. Is it cancer?
Edit: submitted Oh wait no its not another rule change on par with removing this sub's text box
tian447 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:33:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's as good a theory as any, but it doesn't explain why sometimes with Deja Vu you know what someone is going to say next, as if you have literally been in that moment before.
There was one time I had deja vu while serving myself some pizza at a party, and the moment went on for like, 3 seconds. I caught onto the feeling that I had seen this before before the feeling was over. So, instead of "playing it out" like I should have, I turned in the opposite direction (against what the feeling was saying), and got this weird sensation in the back of my mind for a few seconds afterwards.
Yeah, but what if I distinctly "remember" my thoughts about what I'm "remembering" from the deja vu? Like, if I have deja vu, but also think "huh, that's weird, I remember telling Steve something different the last time he asked (even though he definitely never asked the question before).
I.e. what if I see something, and remember my thoughts on when I "saw it the first time", almost like I saw it in a dream, before. It's like normal deja vu, but it feels a bit different, too. Almost like a cross between deja vu, and "premonitions", or something (not that I believe in those kinds of things, because I don't. I just don't know how to describe it.) It feels a bit like a more "deja vu-y" deja vu.
I'm just gonna sound crazy. lol
For the record, I don't think there's any crazy explanation for this, I just think the brain works in weird ways, and I've never understood why sometimes deja vu feels even stranger to me than it usually does.
That's not how/why I experience it. Occasionally when it occurs it's because I had a dream of it occuring. I remember my dreams upon waking, think nothing of it, then weeks maybe months later that situation plays out how it occurred in my dream.
It is not uncommon for me to experience some random thing in a dream, and one day, whether it is days, months, or years later, I remember that dream and realize every last detail was exactly accurate with what was happening right at that moment. I have no idea how, and I've never been able to predict the future by this (I recognize the deja vu right when the moment ends, if that makes sense), but it's pretty cool regardless.
Whenever that happens I go one step further and think "but I probably didn't actually dream this and my brain just now formed a false memory about last month's dream". Basically I understand the 'past' as whatever my brain is telling me it was at this moment.
I'm sure you won't believe me and that's fine, but I'm 99.9% certain that I do dream them because whenever I actually remember the dream upon waking up I think "huh, that was weird" or "huh, future deja vu? that was oddly specific and detailed" and then eventually it is.
How do you explain it then? There must be a scientific explanation.
It's most likely that you're brain is making up you remembering the dream immediately afterwards as well. Our memory is not as accurate as we would like to think. Many witnesses to crimes are certain of particular details, but have conflicting reports on these same details.
In the same way, with my limited knowledge (I don't claim to know everything about psychology/neuroscience), The only way I could explain you thinking that you dreamed a future event is that your brain made you think you did, even if it's convincing enough to make you think you were even expecting the deja vu.
I would challenge you to write a short note (only has to be a few words) about every dream you have from now on, and see how many come true. I would be very surprised if it's more than 0 and the event in the dream isn't relatively common.
I make a point to tell my friends when they're in my realistic dreams, no matter how minor. My dreaming of insignificant but very specific settings has been corroborated. I'm guessing seeing the future like this is only possible when the knowledge has no effect on events.
Considering how widespread this sort of deja-vu seems to be, and if only a fraction of them would dreamjournal, there would be someone stepping forward and say, "I have somewhat predicted the future." Since thtat didn't happen...
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:30:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I vividly remember having a dream twice where I was ripping up the carpet in my grandmothers house and hanging egyptian antiques on the wall. It was a ludicrous dream at the time. But last month she passed I was given the house, I ripped up her carpet and found a bunch of cool egyptian wall hangings in the basement that I have now hung.
Everything logical says i'm not remembering properly... but it does make the weirdness go away.
I also had this occur a number of times as a child and only a few times more recently. The weirdest thing is that in the dream I have a nagging feeling that if I do or say one particular, minor thing something horrible will happen. No such horrible things have occurred so I suppose it's just the anxiety talking.
While i get this feeling too, most often everything for me goes the same in the future experience up until the point I remember or realize it's a deja vu, at which point I struggle to recall the next step and it all falls apart. I usually feel bummed out.
I know this feel so well. I have a deja wu and I feel like I know what someone is going to say next, but you have a trouble remembering it, and when he starts saying it, you don't remember it, but feel like it's exactly what you remembered. Having a Deja wu is so hard to accept, because you don't want to be wrong.
It only feels like you predict the future, because you feel like you remember, because you think it has happened already, but you only remember it when it happens and you really have a memory of it, and it feels like you remembered it before it actually happened. Crazy stuff.
Yep. Sometimes I get deja vu and just stop what I'm doing like, "oh my god this already happened."
And then I think about what I did "last time" and make sure I do the same thing. For some reason I think that doing something different would destroy the fabric of all existence or something.
Ye same for me! I also start paying really close attention to everything else , and confirm in my head that things are going in the order they are supposed to be going. If that makes any sense?
It's really alarming when you catch it halfway through and you think "Oh wow, deja vu is pretty fucking weird", but it isn't over and you just keep remembering things that are about to happen. And then it does.
I actually stray away from what happened before. Get a call? I answered it in my dream and it was spam, I'll send it to voice-mail and call right back. Someone knocks on the door in my dream? Its the missionaries again, not opening it this time. I don't see the point in making it continue, but that's just me
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:11:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is what I do as well, I've had some occasions where I know exactly how things go down but I do it differently anyways.
So far the universe hasn't ripped apart so that's neat.
I have fought back against it a few times such as trying to talk when I did not and vise versa. It literally happens the same way. The only difference is that I can predict the future as a result but these things happen in random bursts. I have met people years in advance, gone to places I have yet to be, and felt feelings I never had all before ever doing so.
A perfect example of this was the deja vu of my first time having sex. I had a dream a year and a half before it happened and I actually felt what it was like down to the last detail. When it actually happened, nothing was different and everything was the same to the exact detail including our position and the bed that I was in. Here is a little tid bit: it was the dorm room bed from college and this dream happened almost 10 months before I was even accepted to this college or seen any of the beds.
Isn't dรฉjร vu pretty much your brain making a mistake while processing a stimuli? And because of this it just sort of runs through the information twice?
Since nobody replied to you, yes. It's supposed to be processed in two parts at the same time, but sometimes it's a little off and you feel like you're processing what you'd already seen in the past (Because you have.)
Weird story time but there is a point I swear so please bear with me.
I almost died in a car accident years ago and it was actually quite amazing that I survived. The truck I was in hit another truck and I flew through the windshield and ended up trapped between the two trucks. Tons of broken bones, jaws of life needed, and all of that. It was really bad. As I came to in the following days in the hospital and began to remember the accident I couldn't shake the fact that I was dead. There was no way I could have survived so this must be "the afterlife". I had a major concussion so this all made perfect sense. Everything was the same (obviously) but as I became mobile and started doing stuff again I kept getting deja vu pretty frequently. These feelings slowly subsided as my concussion cleared up but before I came to my senses I had created this theory about deja vu, so here goes:
When you go to sleep at night, whether you sleep for 5 hours or 8 hours the actual time spent sleeping feels like a second of real time. You go to sleep and then boom you wake up. I was out cold for hours and when I finally woke up it felt like no time at all had passed. I started thinking that maybe death was like this (because I was dead remember?) and deja vu were little reminders from the last time I lived my life. The reason I experienced them so frequently shortly after the accident was because they were still "fresh". As time went on they lessened. Basically I think that when we die we just wake up and live the same life over and over and over. Like a super good or shitty Groundhogs Day depending on the life you live. Infinite loves, deaths, heartbreaks, first kisses, etc..
So yeah even though that was years ago and I had some brain issues I still pretty much believe that.
TL;DR: I almost died once so now I think deja vu happens because we live the same lives over and over. Hopefully you have a good one.
Am I the only one who can notice Deja Vu as its happening? Like one time at the dinner table, I was looking outside at the snow while my older brother was talking about something that happened, and I thought "Wait, I've been in this situation before. This and this is about to happen." Then that happened immediately after I thought it.
Am I the only one who can notice Deja Vu as its happening? Like one time at the dinner table, I was looking outside at the snow while my older brother was talking about something that happened, and I thought "Wait, I've been in this situation before. This and this is about to happen." Then that happened immediately after I thought it.
enataca ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:48:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm starting to feel old because I'm appreciating old shows in a second wave, the adult wave. All the shows I liked when I was young, then outgrew because they were dumb, I'm starting to understand the adult references. Rugrats is funny btw
bioruffo ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 23:06:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A set is an "undefined primitive" in mathematics - which simplistically means that everybody understands what a set is, but you can't explain what it is without using one or another synonym of the word "set".
It's like trying to learn a programming language without a starting point. Q: What is an Object? A: An object is an instance of a Class.
Oh, that explains it thanks.
It's what the post-structuralists were getting at when they said language is just a system that can only be described within the system. I hated reading Jacques Derrida, but he was absolutely right.
Some number more than 1 of things which share some common characteristic or have a common relation to another thing, and thus are considered in correspondence or relation to each other
How about that? I'm not sure if this would be sufficient since I wasn't able to mention that they are grouped together
True, but you have to choose the elements in a set somehow right? Even if they were determined randomly, couldn't you say that they share that characteristic of having been randomly chosen?
Idk really, I was just trying to come up with something that made sense without using the word "group"
I mean then you have to figure out what you mean by randomly chosen, and I could also define the maximal set of things with share no common characteristic (sets can also be empty by the way, another nitpick about your definition)
Sets are these beautiful abstract things, and I'm sure people much smarter than I am have already put a lot of effort into this and come up empty
Yeah, you've got a point there. If professional mathematicians and academics haven't figured it out, I may as well quit while I'm ahead
Although it was a fun little thought exercise if nothing else
api10 ยท 1436 points ยท Posted at 18:47:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you are driving a car and make a turn, the amount you turn the steering wheel is not equal to how much the car turns. In fact it is a complex and nonlinear function of car size, speed, accelertaion, tires' position and size, friction, as well as how much the steering wheel is turned. Your brain is able to quickly figure out the required hand motion when turning the car, not by directly doing the calcualtions, but by evaluating the car's response so far and adjusting the input continuously. Many complex softwares and hardwares use the same technique (like thermostats). That is the reason why the speed limit in a turn is much lower than straight road so that your brain has time to evaluate the situation.
My favorite similar thing is when we stumble but don't fall. We flail our arms and legs out to provide incredibly precise counter-balancing, the math of which is unknowable to most of us.
I did that the other day trying to walk across slippery rocks. I was both embarrassed for slipping and impressed with myself that I managed not to fall over.
spwack ยท 118 points ยท Posted at 03:06:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You have no idea how it works. Your brain figures out when you are going to screw it up, steps in for a moment to take control, does the absolute minimum of extraordinarily precise calculations+movements, and then leaves again.
I haven't lifted in a few months, but I spent the better part of last year diligently training the main compound lifts. I got up to around 275lbs on the squat and realized that I now have fantastic balance, but my joints are not always in a mood to cooperate.
Most of us yes, but recent developments in robotics have created biped and quadruped robots that are capable of stumbling appropriately so that they don't lose their footing when pushed.
It's really creepy, watching such an artificial machine display such inherently human/animal behaviour as being able to stumble effectively.
Yup. That is the way things are going now. There's a lot of really complex problems that are better solved by telling the computer vaguely what success is, then letting it figure it out on its own. A big recent example is AlphaGo, which doesn't even define success necessarily, but uses machine learning to help the computer figure out how to judge a situation.
Edit: here's a hilarious video about software simulations learning to walk given their body parameters, if anyone's interested.
Dammit! Beat me to it haha. On the other hand - once you have the velocity of the rock, and gravity (and air resistance) you can actually very easily calculate the parabolic trajectory of the rock in that passage.
Niiice
That analogy is so cool, gonna remember that
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:32:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly, I've come to understand my own cognition a lot better through parallels with computer architecture. Caching is a big one. I remember running into my landlord at the local mall once and was initially confused as to who she was because I just didn't recognize her. After a moment, though, I finally realized who she was. Any time I'm around the apartment complex, though, I recognize her instantly. So it's like I didn't have that bit of memory cached, experienced a cache miss, and had to deal with the miss penalty through that delayed recognition, whereas by merely being in my apartment complex I have that memory already cached and ready to use. That's just one of many examples.
As far as I can tell, it seems as though many advancements in computational efficiency, both through hardware and through software, end up mirroring biological processes in some way. It's amazing to me, and really gives a deeper appreciation for our own cognition and how future technologies may be able to benefit from observing it.
Monso ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:40:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your nervous system is so complex, there are balancing mechanisms in effect before your brain is even involved. Say you're walking barefoot and step on a hot surface, or a thumbtack with your right foot. The muscles in your right leg will contract to lift the foot, while the muscles in your left leg will extend to provide stability. All this happens from input at the base of your spine, before the brain has even received the signal that your right foot is in pain.
Another amazing example: look ahead at something and then your head side to side. Notice how your eyes stay fixed to the object. This happens via no active input from you. The muscles controlling your eyes receive input from accelerometers in your inner ear faster than you can even think about staying focused. It'll happen even with your eyes closed.
I had NO idea about that, thanks for sharing! That is some awesome stuff, especially about the feet. I was already somewhat aware that my eyes are magical devices, but that my nervous system dictates limb movement without brain input is very cool.
My graduate research is in adaptive control. I was once in a seminar featuring my advisor's colleague, and he said that the best adaptive controller on the planet is the human brain. You can stabilize a bicycle without even consciously thinking about balancing it. That stuck with me.
"Quick, provide maximum forward flail, abort - too much! Provide half. If too much, provide half, else provide (half + max)/2! Repeat until dead or stable!"
ibopm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:34:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you or anyone else is curious to learn more, pick up a book on control systems. It'll require a bit of (basic college-level) math but it doesn't take much before you're building your own PID control systems.
Definitely one of the more fascinating things I studied way back when.
I think of throwing a ball to someone, especially if one or both people are moving. Most of us don't have the accuracy of an NFL quarterback, but we often do a pretty damn good job, considering all of the variables.
Imapie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:08:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At school they told me that David Beckham was both a complete simpleton and an an extraordinarily gifted pure mathematician.
I just want you to know that I was one of the lucky ones until just this moment when I remembered I had physics in high school and had to do hundreds of those force diagrams. Thanks, asshole.
And now I'm going to be thinking about how I didn't think about this whenever I stumble... and with that said our drunk counter-balancing is actually fucking insane
I believe the word you need is "flail", saying you flair your arms and legs makes me think of your beer-bellied neighbor tripping down his stairs and for a heartbeat he gains a perfectly rotund butt chin and the most beautiful set of lips that part gently with a quiet "oh!" as his taut abdomen quivers in the sunlight
Then he hits the sidewalk and the magic is lost
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:09:32 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I believe this motion is called rolling down the windows.
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[deleted] ยท 50 points ยท Posted at 09:34:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
skid
Or for those of us with SUVs, flip over in a death roll.
Technically it's not true because most curves don't have reduced speed limits. White "Speed Limit" signs dictate the speed limit. Yellow signs with speeds are just suggestions.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 10:58:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Careful! They are the suggested SAFE speed to take the corner.
That means if you are over the yellow but under the white you can get a ticket for driving unsafely- depending on the circumstance.
Yep, that state has no yellow suggested speeds for turns, they just change the max legal speed limit if a road has sharp turns. It is particularly annoying if you are driving through the mountains.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:25 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
While I can't speak for everywhere - most speed limit laws are at the discretion of the law officer. The "white sign" does not overrule what is safe according to traffic and weather conditions. This means after an ice storm, you could get a ticket for driving 40 in a 50 zone if the officer deems 40 unsafe.
If the state has deemed the speed limit 50, yet suggests it only safe to drive only 30 around a corner. So you can get a ticket for driving 40. It's not traffic and weather, but you are inherently driving unsafely according to the state. The officer would have to have a real beef to do it however - probably if you were a cock and squealed your wheels or something.
I thought all signs outlined in white were suggestions.
EDIT: It's a joke. The only signs that are suggestions are yellow. Every single mandatory sign is actually outlined in white. http://www.trafficsign.us/regsign.html
That's a joke. The suggested speed limits are a suggestion, buy you are still bound by the real speed limit. That is, if the last sign said 60 mph and the yellow says 30, it doesn't mean "we recommend 30, but so whatever the fuck you want". It means " we know we said go 60, but maybe you should try 30"
cquinn5 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:43:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I believe here he's implying speed limit signs on curves urge you to go even slower than the minimum safety requirement
gristc ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:18:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I used to know a survey engineer. The speed is determined from a number of factors, including the curve of the bend for the force reasons you mention, but visibility and stopping distance are also major considerations.
Often the posted speed for a bend will be one which has you going at such a speed that if the corner is blocked (by a fallen tree or an accident or something) then you will still have time to stop.
My 14" rotors with 4 piston calipers wrapped with 245s will stop a hell of a lot quicker than some econobox or SUV.
They have to assume the lowest common denominator for those.
The rule of thumb for me is 2x yellow speed sign is about where my tires will start to think about working hard. 2x+10 is about when they start to squeal and they are JUST on the edge of slipping.
Did that on rainy day. Was last for curfew and was speeding home, one the exits I take is super curved and then slowly straightens out. Since I was speeding in rain, the traction didn't catch and ended up skidding over a grass divider. I was scared shitless until I realized the car was okay and I was alive.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:08:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also traction decreases once you start to skid so if you were going too fast to start to skid during a turn your definitely not going to complete the turn after the skid.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:13:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not with that attitude!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:46:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always thought those were mostly suggestions for inclement weather/loaded semis.
Beyond the obvious right-angle corners of course.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:11:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, they are, but they're there for a reason. Next time you're taking an exit, try to take it 100% at speed, and see what happens. If you manage to respond, I'm gonna ask for hell's wi-fi password.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:11:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:32:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe it won't flip, but it will skid/skip. I'll edit my comment.
api10 ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 22:06:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well that's true to some extent. From a design point of view, superelevations (and enough tire friction) could let you drive in a turn with a speed of 200 miles an hour or more (like NASCAR tracks). The main reason why a low speed limit is enforced in a turn is that an ordinary driver cannot react fast enough although his car could technically provide enough force to overcome the centripetal force.
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 22:12:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
From a design point of view, superelevations (and enough tire friction) could let you drive in a turn with a speed of 200 miles an hour or more (like NASCAR tracks).
Dude, roads aren't designed for the best cars possible, they're designed so that 99.9% of the cars that drive on them will be fine if they follow the rules.
Usually when you have a reduced speed turn you also don't have a full view of the turn and the road following. So if there's a wreck ahead (or black ice, or an animal), you will have less room to react. Slowing down buys you more time.
Sure you could design roads so that they had massive banks in the curves so you could go 60mph around a corner, but what if there's a traffic backup and you have to go 20mph? What if a tall truck has to take that corner? This is so ridiculously wrong that I almost don't think it's worth responding, but you seem sincere, so I did.
api10 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:21:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for your response. Let me first say that I have a PhD in civil engineering and I used to work in a company as the head designer for roads and bridges. For a designer, what seems a simple turn with a traffic sign is in fact a week worth of calculations and adjustments. You my friend and the other people here are exactly right that a turn should be designed for all speeds under the speed limit. I will add to this statement that a turn is designed (deponding on the design code or standard you are using) for speeds up to twice as high as the speed limit. But my point is this: a very good driver (like car racing drivers) is able to safely turn in a 20 Mph turn with 60 Mph speed. Yes the centripetal force works against him. But this driver could react fast enough to use all the friction in tires to overcome that force. However a normal or bad driver (like me) will have to constantly push the brakes to adjust his car turn and will eventually lose the control of his car (either due to friction loss or just by driving into the curb).
DThr33 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:01:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You heard it here first guys, you can take hairpin turns at 60mph you're just being pussies.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:47:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sure you could design roads so that they had massive banks in the curves so you could go 60mph around a corner.
Are you referring to that? ... If so, did you fail to read the rest of my comment wherein I outline the reasons that this is impossible for all but the most specific and controlled conditions? Seriously low quality argument man don't waste my time with this shit please.
That is the reason why the speed limit in a turn is much lower than straight road
No it's not. It's because the amount of lateral force that the tires need to apply to the road to turn the car is much higher than the force required when travelling straight. The tires can only apply so much force before they overcome friction and go into a slide, so when turning you need to go slower so that the required force is reduced and you don't go into a skid.
Implying that it's solely so that humans have time to figure out the correct amount to turn the wheel is very wrong. People manually operate controls requiring much more precise timing than turning a car wheel while driving all the time.
robomail ยท 216 points ยท Posted at 20:59:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And this is why you don't buy a chevy or toyota with floaty steering, that feels like you're turning a water tricycle.
My first car was an 87 Mercury Grand Marquis. 0 road feel at all. Was so disconcerting. You had to just drive completely on reaction to how the car moved and not what the wheel was doing. It was 100% insulated from road feel.
A friend of mine had a really old Caprice Classic his grandfather gave him. I drove it once and swore to never do it again.
When in a group we'd usually play rock-paper-scissor to know who was going to ride shotgun (yelling shotgun was not valid in our group). Anyway, this one time we decide that the winner would actually drive. I unfortunately won. Nothing responded right in that car. You had to start braking at twice the normal distance and turning was pretty much like gambling. "I think that will be enough steering for that turn but I'll only be able to readjust mid-turn!".
After this my mom's Buick Regal felt like VW Golf.
I loved my 99 Regal GS. Fantastic engine, I've had to fix everything from brake lines to fuel pump but the engine just won't die. Unfortunately the ignition started to go so I had to replace it
I had one, don't remember the year (it only lasted a summer), powder blue. I had to put my hands at ten and two on the wheel, then turn them so that my hands were really like twelve and eight to go straight! Hard to explain without doing the hand motions. my dad made me get rid of it went it started leaking gas. because gas was expensive, not the whole dangerously leaking gas thing....
Artoast ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:52:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try driving a 300k mile land rover with 1/4 turn of play in the steering rack. Probably the scariest thing I've done.
On the other hand, I drive a 1989 Jeep Cherokee that is hands down one of the most responsive and comfortable vehicles I've ever driven. Everything has the right resistance, it's consistent, and despite being a pretty shit car for any kind of true performance handling, is a shocking amount of fun on windy roads. If only it got decent mileage.
Just lost my '97 Grand Marquis last week. It was like floating on air, and it felt nice going down he highway, but when in heavy rains I couldn't always gauge things properly. Bothered the hell out of me.
RAV4s feel like a mini truck, all bouncy. Some of those come with runflats, which are a nightmare. RAV4s are far from holding onto the road. Just because I've driven hundreds of cars.
My family makes fun of me for it, but this is why I love my Hyundai sonata. It just...feels good? I dunno. I also came from driving a Chevy cobalt so that could be why. that thing was a fucking toy car...felt like driving a toddlers Tonka truck
Yup. The primary reason for a lower limit on a turn would be the physics involved. Reaction time does play a part, though - It's a lot harder to see a pedestrian in such a situation, so you'd need to react a lot faster by the time you did, say, if a walker or bike rider were on the roadside when you rounded a curve.
Bandro ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 22:13:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a linear relationship between how much the steering wheel turns and how much the front wheels turn. Your speed, acceleration, friction, etc will not affect the amount the car turns for a given steering input unless you're losing grip by going way too fast for a public road.
F0sh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:16:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This was my first instinct, too... now I want to know whether it's true.
Bandro ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:30:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It is, the steering wheel is (basically) geared to the steering rack. And each car has a steering ratio. In my WRX, it's 16.5:1. If I turn my steering wheel 16.5 degrees, the wheels will turn 1.
Fozee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:52:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
True, but electric steering is a little more complex. At least it is on MINIs, that's all I really know about. Part of their traction control system is the computer figuring out where you WANT to go, and correcting accordingly. Since it's only electric-assisted and not drive-by-wire, you can feel it make corrections quite often, but it doesn't break the steering ratio.
The point, I guess, is that in a drive-by-wire system, the computer could break out of that steering ratio. To some degree, you could consider when the system uses the brakes on each wheel independently to be doing the same.
Bandro ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:40:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The thing is, traction control only kicks in outside of normal conditions. Even then, the steering directly mechanically connected to the front wheels. I guess with drive by wire, you could break away and have dynamic steering ratios, but I'm not sure why you would.
One form of magic is trying to learn the true names of things. The wizard tried to explain how you learned naming not through intellect, but instinct. To demonstrate, he gave his students an hour to calculate exactly how to catch a ball he threw. When the time was up, nobody had yet figured it out. Then, he throws the ball at a student, who catches it perfectly. He explains that controlling something means knowing exactly how it behaves without ever having to think.
Was this like the time the teacher tells the main character he has to jump off a roof, then refuses to teach the kid because he was stupid enough to jump off a roof?
Speed limits are lower for turns than staights because the car will lose control if you turn hard enough going fast. I liked the rest of your comment but you ended it with some straight up garbage.
Until your power steering goes out and you are stuck with manual steering.
stromm ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:28:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, it is linear based on most all those things you mention.
Cars have this thing called steering ration. X turns of the steering wheel to X+ angle of the turning wheel. My 1994 Impala SS has a 12.1 to 1 ration for 2.5 turns to lock. Many cars have 3.5 turns to lock.
That said, some electric steering and some mechanical are also dynamic ratio based. That means they based on the speed of the vehicle, the steering equipment increases or decreases the effectiveness of how much your turn. It could be 2.5 turns to lock or 6 turns to lock.
travo97 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:56:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think dynamic is common in tractors for some reason, I always knew something was fundamentally different, and you just explained it.
I was with you until you said thermostats are complex.
api10 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:30:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks. Thermostats are not (at least nowadays) complex mechanial devices. But form design point of view you need a good knowledge of Laplace (or other) transfer functions to be able to make them "understand" a relationship between the input (temperature) and the output (heat). That's where control engineering (a branch of electrical engineering) is coming to your help.
This is known as a PID loop, or Proportional Integral Derivative loop.
It's pretty basic calculus.
I would explain turning a car as: I make a change, and based on how that change compares to the desired result, I adjust in the opposite direction.
Rinse and repeat.
Which happens in pretty much every situation encountered in a motorized vehicle. The crazy part is that on a motorcycle at speed, the handlebars actually turn slightly in the opposite direction you're turning, and not only does your brain do this but you don't even know you're doing it. And leaning into the wind becomes a habit, I called it think leaning, because I never had to think about it, it just happened.
3jt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:33:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
hardwares
Not a word. We know what you mean though.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:15:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Another similar thing is catching a flyball in baseball on the run. The calculation to figure out where you need to run to to catch the ball before it lands is incredibly complex, but our brain just kind of "knows" where to go.
PID loops ftw. Not your typical wall mounted thermostat.
SethQ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:49:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My high school math teacher would always say something like that, followed by "see, you can do calculus. You've been doing it your whole life without realizing it. Now I'm just asking you to write some of it down"
Apparently I'm super good at calculus, but terrible at writing. And here I thought it was the other way around.
You say that like most people can, but it's very common to see people just making a L turn because they can't do a nice curve. Or they don't understand that the back of the car is not at the same place as the front of the car, so they think that they have to do a huuuge detour not to hit the sidewalk.
Your brain is able to quickly figure out the required hand motion when turning the car, not by directly doing the calcualtions, but by evaluating the car's response so far and adjusting the input continuously.
Reminds me of a bit in a book I read - professor says he's going to throw a rock, and wants his students to calculate exactly where the rock will land. The students work furiously but are unable to come up with an exact definite answer. The professor calls in a young kid about 11 and throws the rock to him which he catches.
And the prof is all like - look at what this young kid could work out in a split second that all the brightest minds in the class couldn't despite all that time to work it out.
That's not why the speed limit is slower at corners. when you turn you begin to have rotational momentum that will want to make your car go in whatever direction it was just traveling (off the turn). If you do that too fast, your tires will lose traction and you can lose control and crash. You slow down because you must reduce your momentum, thus reducing rotational momentum
I um.. I don't know how to feel after reading this. All powerful? Completely powerless? I mean. I'm about to start teaching my son how to drive and know I'm not sure I even know how to drive.... curls up in corner and begins to rock back and forth
Holy shit, I remember as a kid paying attention when my parents made turns, thinking I would have to remember how much I needed to turn the wheel for every corner. And then I just stopped before I even got close to old enough...
Or your muscle memory knows how much force is required to turn the car. You're making driving out to be a much more complex action than it actually is. You should look up the difference between type 1 and type 2 thoughts; they have determined that skilled drivers are actually utilizing very little conscious thought to perform almost any given maneuver.
butsuon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:58:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This exact feeling is the reason I can't drive a car. I panic because I'm unable to feel like I'm in control of the vehicle.
That is the reason why the speed limit in a turn is much lower than straight road so that your brain has time to evaluate the situation.
No, that's due to the physics of changing the direction of a moving object. Great comment before that last sentence though
gimpwiz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:47:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you are driving a car and make a turn, the amount you turn the steering wheel is not equal to how much the car turns.
With that said, good cars and good roads make this a very close things through simple turns.
Next time your on the highway doing a sweeping turn, try this: point the top of the wheel directly where the road seems to be turning. You will often be very close to turning with the road!
Variable ratio steering helps with that.
It's also why certain turns always seem to have accidents... areas with late night driving to reduce visibility, and the turn is deceptive, and people don't react in time.
On a similar theme, I believe the calculations required to catch a ball thrown to you are so complex that most people would be completely incapable of doing so. Yet it's usually mastered by the age of, what, six or seven?
I literally asked my driving instructor that when I was learning how to drive.
"How much do I turn for that bend?"
"Uh...just turn, you'll know."
"But I don't want to crash!"
"JUST TURN!"
And I figured out how much.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:17:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You forgot the transmission setup. FWD cars don't turn like RWD cars, and neither of those turn like an AWD car.
Criplor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:43:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure you just explained it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:36:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
driving instructor told me that the maximum rotation in either direction turns your wheels 45 degrees. That basically summed it up for me when parallel parking
It's even crazier with motorcycles and the whole counter steering thing... that is, you turn the front wheel in the opposite direction you want to go, which causes the bike to lean to the side opposite that you turned the wheel and to turn to the side you want to go. Simultaneously, your brain is causing your body to make all kinds of minor adjustments to lean the bike more or less depending on the results your getting.
I love Calvin and Hobbes. I got the paperback Complete Boxset for christmas a few years ago. I think it was still about $300, but I love that collection.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:02:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why do grilled cheeses seem so much more unhealthy than cheese sandwiches? Nothings really changed in the grilling process. Am I underestimating the unhealthiness of a cheese sandwich, or the healthiness of a grilled cheese? How do grills even
Lazek ยท 463 points ยท Posted at 19:08:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because a proper grilled cheese is made with a fuckton of butter?
I don't technically grill mine, but warmed in a George Foreman Grill like a Panini does make a cheese sandwich taste a lot better, even without the butter.
in all seriousness, you're underestimating the unhealthiness of a cheese sandwich. bread is fucking terrible for you. like if you look into it and see how bad white bread is for your body it's basically poison we love to ingest. and yet i continue to eat it...
Fuck my life, here I was hoping grilled cheeses were the secret to true healthiness. Nah I don't eat white bread but that's because I have a lot of internalized racism
degjo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:33:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes! You know that if you put a layer shredded cheese (cheddar or parmesan are best) in a pan and let it cook it gets nice and crispy. Do that twice to make your 'bread', put more cheese between!
Or if you want a really awesome grilled cheese...
Butter bread as normal, press shredded cheese to buttered side, cook in pan until cheese is crispy. Remove from pan, butter and cheese other side, add cheese to middle, and cook as normal.
For all those people outside the US: the bad ingredients in bread are sugar, which is normally not found in bread, and phytic acid, which is found in pretty much every single form of plant-life.
"Recipe" for cheese sandwich: take two pieces of bread, put cheese between them.
Recipe for Grilled Cheese: Take two pieces of bread, apply a lot of butter to one side each, cheese goes inside, grill with the buttered sides facing out.
The butter is essential for getting the golden brown grilling effect. If you leave the bread dry you get toast.
If you are not American, you may not realise that "grilled cheese" is a bit of a misnomer. The entire sandwich is put on a frying pan with about a stick of butter.
Cheese sandwich is very unhealthy m8. Most bread gets digested as sugar (especially white bread) and is horrible for you unless you get a multigrain bread high in fiber, and even then it's not great for you by any means. Cheese is pretty hard on your digestion and should be kept to a minimum. Throw butter in there and it's even worse.
There is basically no redeeming nutritional value to a cheese sandwich.
Bread is nuts! Bake the dough, you get bread. Now bake THAT and you get toast. Now BAKE THAT and you get croutons. Now add ingredients and BAKE THAT SHIT AGAIN and you get stuffing. Not to mention bread crumbs and their uses. I don't even so drugs but I tried explaining how bread blows my mind to a friend and he swore I was high.
Now there's no secret to toasting perfection. There's a dial on the side and you make your selection. Push to the dark or the light and then, if it pops to soon, press down again. Make toast.
Actually, you can. Inside each toaster is an array of heat jets, such that when room temperature bread is inserted down into the toaster slots, it's blasted with heat rays from the heat jets, which evaporates the water atoms in the bread, making it hard and crunchy.
MATE why are you so smooth
Gonna slip and fall over (and then you'll be on my level, new friend)
Oh but wait you'll stabilize because of ridiculously complex subconscious calculations and movements that your conscious mind can't even begin to fathom ~ then you can pull me up too
Your comment wasn't even particularly genius, just the delivery....
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:29:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like that is the true answer. The refs were so dazzled by the flip that they failed to comprehend he didnt have full control until he was out of bounds.
You're right, but so many other "catches" where receivers had more secure control and were ruled incomplete that it boggles the mind that Bryant's catch was ruled a catch.
Are you retarded? He pushed off with both hands, blatantly. That gets called almost every time, it didn't because the replacement refs were trash. It's clear by your comment you know nothing about football. Also Jennings had the ball before Tate.
Like, I don't even know how it was questioned. Ball in his control, feet/body down. If that isn't a catch, then football scores should start looking more like hockey scores - because nobody would catch shit.
I'm just kidding I was on the complete other side of the field. I couldn't see it at all. But I'm a packer fan and we've had our fair share of terrible calls go against us.
Whether you won or not, which I do agree things did not look good for enough after the CATCH but it was a catch.
ArTiyme ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:33:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, I watched the game live. They went to a commercial while they were reviewing it, I went to have a smoke, and I was actually amazed to come back and find out that they ruled it not a catch. I'm with you, but I'm still required to talk shit cause I grew up Green and Gold. =p
It's not jealousy from my side. All of my friends have never known or watched a bad Green Bay Packers team. So they go so cocky and arrogant that it's incredibly annoying.
No I think he's right actually. Instinctively, everyone looks at a catch/drop and just "feels" that it was a catch or that it wasn't. But when we try to formalize the rules and actually explain it, it becomes way more complicated than it should, with all this crap about "control" and being established as a runner.
[deleted] ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 19:29:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So if you catch it, take three steps in the endzone, and then have it knocked out of your hand that should be a catch right? Well it's not according to the NFL fucking nazis.
I just don't fucking get it. If the ground can't cause a fumble, WHYE THE FUCK CAN IT CAUSE AN INCOMPLETION? ESPECIALLY IF THE PLAYER MAKES AN OBVIOUS 'FOOTBALL MOVE' WITH HIS ELBOWS AND KNEES OFF THE GROUND? I MEAN JESUS FUCKING CHRIST GOODELL, GET SOME REFS WHO CAN FUCKING SEE!!!! DEZ CAUGHT THAT FUCKING PASS!!!!
Intelligent, charming, funny, successful, handsome. That's a catch. Like Chris Pratt.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:43:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Superior Jock: Yo guys! Pass!
Other, but lesser, Jock: Coming downtown buddy-o!
Other Jock throws the ball to Jock, Jock catches with his body like a pussy. Girls swoon, grandmas to. Everybody loves Jock, he's the reason his team made it to nationals this year.
One is bending of space/time, other is attraction/opposition between differently/same charged particles? Seems different.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:55:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was more talking about how the forces act and decay over distance, not how they specifically work. Once you start looking at what actually causes the forces, of course they are very different.
so everyone know the earth has gravity right? so the earth attracts things. and magnets are bits of metal. bits of metal that come from the earth.
With me so far? so we know magnets are little bits of the earth, therefore it makes sense that since the earth attracts things that little bits of the earth have a little bit of that attractive force, but the little bits all know they came from the earth and want to join together so they can be more attractive. so they will only want to join up with other little bits of earth
Oh you're gonna start like that? Well think of this: When you put your foot on the floor, why isn't it falling through the floor? Because the floor is in the way? The matter that makes up the floor and the matter that makes up your foot never touch each other. The same force that stops your foot from moving through the floor is what causes magnets.
psbwb ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:50:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Easy. Optimally, the first person will pick the first/last one, then the second person will pick the one farthest away from the first person. Then for every next person, try and get as far away from as many people as possible. I actually wrote a program to simulate this for one of my classes in highschool, except the first person would pick a random urinal.
Right? I just want a corner and to be further away as possible.
The lack of an extra urinal next to me (corner) and being so far away raises the odds the one next to me will not be used for my stay, which is all I care about.
Of 5 urinals, only a maximum of 3 may be occupied at once. This can be reduced to only 2 if one person is on the end and a second person is 3 urinals away. This makes urinals 2, 3, and 5 unusable. With 4 urinals, only 2 may ever be occupied at once, and no one can fuck that up. With 3 urinals, 2 may be occupied, but that can be reduced to one is some asshat takes the middle one. It would seem that 5 urinals is the optimum balance between having enough and having too much. For instance, a 6th urinal does nothing except to add a 3rd unusable urinal. This all holds especially true for urinals that do not have little spacer walls between them.
I don't even know what the etiquette for trough-style pissers (like at many stadiums) is like since I will always wait for an open stall in that case.
I always thought this was bullshit. Being able to tell the customer your name is objectively a definite part of fine dining. Therefore, Spongebob would have remembered it.
Also, Squidward could have just said "His name is Spongebob" instead of saying "Stop kidding around, tell him your name."
Also also, when Squilliam asked to dine at Squidwards "5 star restaurant... TONIGHT" Squidward could have easily been like "The fuck universe you live in where you can get a reservation at a 5 star restaurant on less than a day's notice? Fuck your shit Squilliam, my restaurant has a 20-year waiting list for a reservation. Also, you couldnt even afford it."
[deleted] ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 19:11:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What you do you mean? Your lungs expand creating a low pressure system, and it forces air through your mouth into the lungs to equalize the system. From there, tiny things called capillaries absorb the necessary things from the air. You exhale and repeat.
so close, your diaphragm contracts creating low pressure in your chest cavity, as long as there are no other holes in your body, the only way to equalize the pressure is for air to inflate your lungs, the capillaries on the alveoli will absorb oxygen into your blood. exhaling is when your diaphragm relaxes and all your internal organs try to squish back to where they want to be forcing your lungs to expel air.
If it were just your lungs expanding to inhale chest wounds would be less dangerous because you would still be able to breath, as it is one of the major problems, besides bleeding and puncturing important organs, of chest wounds is that the hole into the chest cavity causes air pressure to equalize much faster meaning your lungs won't fill with air as well
I don't think he's talking about the biology behind it more the idea of how you breath, (if you think about breathing it becomes hard to explain how you tell yourself to do it.)
I'm reading a book right now called "You Are Here" and I'm on mobile but you can google it. There's a mantra that forms the principle of the book (which is primarily about Buddhist Meditation) that has helped me immensely. It's pretty simple but massively impactful.
..."When I breathe in, I know that I'm breathing in. When I breathe out, I know that I'm breathing out."
Sometimes on weed or DXM I know I'm breathing but I don't feel it. I don't feel the air entering my body and I don't feel my diaphragm/chest move. Freaks me out.
Palawin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:47:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Breathing is weird, it's the one thing most people can do perfectly fine until they start consciously paying attention to it, then it just gets all fucked up.
Izdabye ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:08:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Recently I saw some hipsters tinder account said fine dining. I couldn't tell if he was joking or not so my first message was "Fine dining and breathing?" And he was confused by it. I unmatched him. So sad.
xjeeper ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:13:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"I hate to break it to you, but what people call "love" is just a chemical reaction that compels animals to breed. It hits hard Morty then it slowly fades leaving you stranded in a failing marriage. I did it. Your parents are going to do it. Break the cycle Morty, rise above, focus on science."
Antith ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:46:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holding on to the hand of he/she who is yours and taking a step off of the edge together and knowing they can miraculously hold you up and you could do nothing except to keep them aloft
I wanted to put this because it can be misconceived, but I still think that it is easy to explain. Love is not a magical feeling. It is an action. Love is just putting somebody before you, and demonstrating that through selfless acts of kindness.
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[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:26:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Often enough that it's not really worth looking for. Even if the original manufacturer did it right, it then has to be assembled so that the instructions still apply, and then the device has to be placed so that it still applies. If a PC tower is placed on its side, you're back to a 50-50 gamble.
Nick700 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:04:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
None of that matters when you can just look into the plug end, and look into the usb hole. The protrusions are quite clear, and they match up
Tried your method. It took 5, I'll stick to standard method.
Nick700 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:49:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I must not have explained it right. Look into the hole. Look into the plug. They very clearly only go together in a way where the inner plastic circuit board things won't collide. Great explanation I know. Won't even get into how you can just use your sense of touch instead of looking
I tried adding using my sense of touch. Now it's taking 7 tries:/
F0sh ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 11:14:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The problem is that USB slots are never* in a place where you want to look into them. My PC is on the floor; I'd have to bend all the way down to look. Most stuff plugs in the back: more bending. My laptop's slots are on the side; I have to crane around or turn the laptop awkwardly (it's usually plugged into something else) to get a look. So: 3 tries.
*rarely
Nick700 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:50:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Similar technique I should have mentioned is just touching with your finger instead. Works just as well but I don't like touching computer parts with my greasy fingers
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:24:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Assuming that
a) the USB port is located such that you can look into it. This usually isn't the case if you're trying to plug something into the back of a computer.
b) it takes less time to inspect the port than to simply brute force it. Which usually isn't the case.
Nick700 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:51:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Okay, the brute force method may be faster than what I described above in some situations. But you can just use your finger to feel it instead of look at it, and get the same result
There's a hell of a lot of them that are sideways.
Explain that with your science.
sackchum ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 21:44:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Unless you're using one of those Samsung wall USB things where the USB port is on the side and you need it coming out of the left side so you flip it upside down.
Samoth95 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 22:07:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have two power banks. One of them was apparently made by a psychopath, because the micro USB plugin is upside-down from the standard (assuming standard to be the side with that trident-esque symbol).
PNY claims to be an American manufacturer but they're really Australian. It's the best explanation.
Starayo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:52:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
PNY claims to be an American manufacturer but they're really Australian. It's the best explanation.
I've got a Logitech cable here that has the USB marking on the wrong freaking side. No idea why a company as large as Logitech would get this wrong, but its frustrating as hell.
This trick worked for me, until I bought a fucking mechanical keyword for shit ton of money with an upside-down USB port, which I use more often then other ports on my pc. fucking razer.
fnybny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The state of a USB drive can be reduced to half spin.
Nick700 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:02:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is the saying that proves people just care about being funny, instead of actually learning. Just look at the effing plug and you will know which way to plug in
Taurich ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:16:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't wait for it to take off as the new standard. Shit charges so much faster, faster data transfer, reversible... It's awesome, but as of right now, can be hard to find accessories etc.
A. On most computers the thicker side of the USB will be on the bottom. (Mine is actually upside down to fuck with friends.)
Learn your computer if it has vertical USB ports. Ive never messed up a USB on my computer after like the first week of having it.
III. If the USB is sideways and something that can be flipped around, like a ps3 or xbox 360 (no idea if ps4/xbone can be flipped around) imagine putting it in if if were horizontal and rightside up.
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asj29 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:10:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Next thing you know he'll be using bullet points
pta2002 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:36:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Count with me, A, 1, III!
Nick700 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:05:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or just look at the USB port and see which side the rectangular protrusion is on, and match it with the USB. Way easier than trying to apply sets of guesswork rules... because sometimes the manufacturers put them at weird orientations like you said
I know how to cure this! From now on call the white bar in the USB the "bottom bar". The bottom bar goes on the bottom. Never incorrectly insert a thumb-drive again.
I've actually started to look into the machine to see which way the USB goes in, then look at my USB, flip it accordingly, and nail it first try ever time.
TLema ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:14:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My sister is the most stupid pc user one can imagine. Murphy could've looked over her shoulder while she searched something on google and immediatly had his law formulated. But somehow she plugs every USB stick in first try!
While it doesn't work for some USB drives, I've noticed on a lot of USB connected things that I have (like my mouse), there's a line on one side. That line is always on the bottom.
butsuon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:04:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
USB cables exist in a quantum superposition. They are both right-side up and wrong-side up and not plugged in simultaneously. Only until observed can it be plugged in.
Take 1: okay, I've lined up the symbol, it should just...go...in!
Take 2: Clearly I had it wrong before and every other USB port up til now has been lying about its proper orientation. Now that I've turned the drive upside down it should slide easily...fucking...piece of SHIt!!
Take 3: Okay, I tried it this way the first time and it didn't-- oh GODDAMMIT now you go in okay FINE!!!!
NNNYES ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:54:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TIL some people have problems inserting flash drives
Even if you were to make a mark on your usb port and a corresponding mark on your thumb drive to indicate the correct position, it would still take 3 tries... maybe even 4 just for trying to oppose the will of the USB gods.
Do you know where the sockets are? They are somewhere dark, somewhere you have to stretch to reach and somewhere you can only see it in a very oblique angle.
Heck, even if you have a laptop you need to rotate that shit to see the socket, and who sits around twirling their laptops? Not this busy professional for one!
The way people can tell another person's emotions by the look in their eye
[deleted] ยท 89 points ยท Posted at 00:48:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think there's a lot more subtle indicators we don't consciously take note of like slight facial expressions, eyebrow position, posture etc. it's not just from looking in someone's eyes alone
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yea perhaps, i feel like if we cut away the bohemian lingo though it could actually get somewhere. the reason why those sorts of subjects are so prevalent there are probably rooted in the fact at how lots of drugs can break you down to these primative animal like sensitivities. besides the ways animals communicate to each other, they are usual much more sensative to each other, and they have the same sort of brain compositions often, which helps them get by.
I'm functional, I have a reasonable intellect, I have no physical abnormalities to speak of, and I didn't have any problems with language development (modulo some early childhood difficulties with pronouncing l and r), as far as I know.
I have a number of oddities (as do we all). I doubt any ASD is on that list. Could be wrong, though.
Try this test. It shows you a picture of someone's eyes and gives you 4 options as to what you think that person is feeling. It only takes about 10 minutes.
I don't think that's testing quite what they think it's testing, though. Multiple-choice is always substantially easier than anything else, and this is no exception. With most of those I could eliminate 2 or 3 based on eye direction alone. Also, no observer effect.
I can see that if their eye is shaking, they're worried, anxious scared.
Eye is fast: worried
Eye is looking straight into you-look at the rest of their face to complete the situation.
Wasn't there a study that shows teens and younger people are more able to discern what emotion an emoticon shows than a person's emotions from looking at their face?
Granted emoticons are greatly simplified when compared to people's faces
triplejk ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 00:38:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Implication
ParksVS ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:45:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But they're not going to say no...
triplejk ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:01:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
She would never say no.
ParksVS ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:26:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tarcanus ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 20:53:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To allow the brain to clean crud out of your body and brain. Build ups of a certain chemical in the brain has been linked to Alzheimers recently, and sleep has been shown to clean out that chemical. If you don't sleep well or sleep enough, this chemical will build up and eventually lead to a disease.
It's increasingly known what the benefits of sleep are.
oekoy ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 20:57:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like I'm getting Alzheimers. Anyways, Thank you so much for this response. Very interesting.
cdude ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 23:33:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Alzheimer's isn't that bad. At least you don't have something worse like Alzheimer's.
Nmaka ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:50:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Colopty ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 23:56:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The question is why we developed brains that relies on putting us into a completely vulnerable state for 1/3 of our life in order to not damage itself.
Ixidane ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:04:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well it's not like we did it on purpose! It's just that no better alternatives presented themselves through natural selection.
Colopty ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:08:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For every single one of all the countless species on our planet? It's certainly unexpected that not a single one has developed a way around it unless there's a really good reason for such a restriction to be in place.
Other creatures don't go fully comatose as we do. There are actually a number of animals who will sleep on hemisphere of the brain at a time; certain birds and dolphins are particularly known for this; ducks will line up on a log to sleep, the ones on the outside only asleep on the hemisphere that is towards the group, the eye facing outward alert & on the lookout. They'll trade positions with those on the inside, so they get turns being fully asleep. Was on a sciency-type podcast years ago.
Orvel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:11:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Other creatures don't go fully comatose as we do.
Other creatures brains don't use as much energy as ours do.
Also true. I know ours consumes about 20% of resources; any idea what is average in the rest of the animal kingdom?
Orvel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:42:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
any idea what is average in the rest of the animal kingdom?
No idea.
Colopty ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:27:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I am aware, though I classify that as a solution that kinda fixes the problem except it doesn't. Those ducks still require sleep, they've just found a hack that lets them get around some of the downsides with it. The question is how, with all the species that have been on this planet throughout its long history, with all those species having their own group of individuals that each have their own random mutations going on, how come none of those have found a way to circumvent the need for sleep completely. The obvious answer, of course, is because there is no way to avoid sleep completely. Which raises the question that we wish to find the answer to: Why?
You expend less energy when you sleep. If you're not doing anything useful, it's best not to waste energy.
Colopty ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:11:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But the brain is actually super active while you sleep so you're spending quite a lot of energy on it. Also, "best not to waste energy" does not justify spending 1/3 of your time in a state that leaves you completely vulnerable to predators.
I guess the idea is that other people will be awake, keeping watch?
And yeah, the brain takes a ton of energy, but you're not moving around and doing the things that take up more energy.
Colopty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:30:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except that's only a workaround that applies to pack animals, it doesn't solve the root of the problem nor does it help animals that do not work in packs, yet they require sleep too.
Angam23 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:26:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you're adapted for the day and it's nighttime, you're at a disadvantage and vulnerable no matter what. The reverse is true for nocturnal creatures. No amount of physical exertion can make up for something you just aren't evolved to do, so you might as well save the calories.
Yes, but it is still unknown why sleep is required for those things. Nobody doubts the benefits of sleep, just the reason we have to be unconscious for those things to happen and why it takes a fuckign third of our lives.
Maybe because our consciousness can't exist for an extended period of time which is why the longer we are awake our sanity begins to degrade and we begin to hallucinate. So we go to sleep to destroy the original and create a copy that can continue on until the next day. How do you know that you are the same consciousness as the day before? Or you know maybe it's just because we get tired.
Well, in a criminal trial it means that the evidence points to the Defendant beyond a reasonable doubt. This can mean many things to many people - to some it means that any other theory put forth by the defense just isn't logical, and is thus invalid, leaving only the Defendant as the only possible guilty party. To others, the evidence weighs so strongly against the Defendant that they are sure, but not certain, it is that Defendant. Which is enough to convict. For others still, it's just a feeling they get once they've heard all the evidence that they are reasonably satisfied with the proof of the D's guilt from the prosecution.
I'm doing a shit job of explaining it. Maybe read this: reasonable doubt
That link is a very concise way of explaining it. I find it very interesting that such an important part of our legal system as a jury of our peers is, has the responsibility to judge by such a subjective term.
How do you, as a person, know where to set the bar of reasonableness? Especially when a conviction would carry such a serious sentence like death, and if, after administrating, the defendant is proven innocent?
Yes, I agree. Another interesting prong to this is that a jury should be only using the facts and theories presented to them by the attorneys. However, a juror is who they are because of their experiences, and the people they've come in contact with, and the places that they've seen. This further displaces that bar reasonableness bar into varying levels depending on the juror.
There was recently a case in my hometown that is a great example of this. A few years ago, a woman and her 6mo son were murdered. I knew and worked with this woman as a "security guard" (we didn't really do much) for the building my father works at.
He "knew" her too, in the way that he knew she was a guard there and knew her name, and was sent a juror summons for the case. Personally, I thought that he should abstain because of a possible interference with his judgment based on this, but my mother said "No way! We all know he did it, throw him in jail forever!"
While I considered her a friend, I would have done my best to get off of that jury to avoid my personal bias interfering with the ruling.
adaminc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:14:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think it's pretty simple myself. That after weighing all the evidence, any reasonable person, using common sense (or reason), would believe that the evidence proves the person committed the crime.
I was just asking because "Beyond a reasonable doubt" is a very subjective term, with factors such as juror history, preconceptions of the defendant, and intelligence levels all coming into play.
Evidence that you would consider being beyond a reasonable doubt might not be enough for me to reach the same conclusion.
The Greeks used to say it meant "pain from an old wound" and that goes with memories... Even painful In a good way.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:59:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never knew this but it really make the word mean more! Nostalgia makes me kind of sad. Even if I don't really want to go back to that time. And I have no idea why it makes me feel that way. I was never sure if it was nostalgia I was feeling or something else, turns out it was nostalgia all along!
Literally, it's from the Greek "nostos" (going home) + "algos" (pain). Nostos is a major theme in many works of heroic epic literature, notably starting with Homer's Odyssey, one of the oldest works of literature still in existence.
Xperr7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:40:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't really explain it but I has this odd thought of "why relive the past when you've already seen the future?" in regards to nostalgia. Don't get me wrong, I love nostalgia, but this keeps popping up when I think about it.
The worst part is that the more you do the nostalgia inducing thing the less of an effect it has.
I'll be listening to a song and want to just soak in the nostalgia for like an hour but if I do I knew it'll get less potent next time so I have to limit myself.
The feeling of not hearing/seeing about something from your childhood, and remembering it fondly, because of all it's memories and how better that time was because you compare it to now. You could be blinded by it or it could not hold up today.
thardoc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:57:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't it the combination of two greek or latin words that mean 'going home' and 'pain'? It's just another version of feeling homesick.
"Rotting their brains"? What are you, a parent from the 90s?
Nostalgia is remembering the past in a way that makes it seem better than it actually was. You have a sense of longing to go back to the past. It feels somewhat calming and relaxed, and it often makes you feel physically warmer on the inside. It usually manifests when looking at an old object from your past, such as a photograph or toy.
It's not easy to describe because it's an abstract concept, not because of some ridiculously outdated notion that video games makes you stupid.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:20:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chill out. It was a failed joke where I was supposed to appear unaware that I was being nostalgic.
Pi. We all know the number from math class, a few people have memorized it to like 1000 digits, but like... how is the circumference of a circle 3.14159265358979... times the diameter?
(Any mathematicians here? Cause I'd love to know this.)
Take a diameter of a circle. Then flatten out the circle and lay it next to the diameter. You'll see its just larger than 3 times the size of the diameter.
Edit: This might be why most simple geometry calculations in middle school on finding circumference/diameter of circle ends up in terms of pi. Oh, diameter of 2? Circumference 2pi. Oh, circumference of 4? Diameter 4/pi. Now that I think about it, it's pretty stupid for books to tell kids to use 3.14 for the value of pi, instead of leaving it as just pi. Meh. Idk.
They do this to younger kids who aren't familiar with the concept of a numerical value being left as the product of two other known quantities such as 2(pi). Once students have taken pre-algebra or so, it becomes second nature and nearly all calculations involving geometry/trigonometry/whathaveyou all leave it in terms of pi. It's a pretty difficult concept to get across to 2nd or 3rd graders learning the areas of basic shapes.
Yeah, I remember in high school the teacher would tell us to give our answers like so, giving the answer both terms of pi and rounded to the nearest hundredth:
This is the best way of doing it imo. You give an exact answer, then the approximation so you can better understand what the answer means in terms of the problem. Then if you want to use your answer again in part 2 of the question, you have the exact value you can use instead of an approximation that will become more inaccurate over time.
I had a physics prof that would constantly round numbers and do approximations while solving problems and not give a shit. He straight up rounded gravity to 10 m/s/s. Rounded pi to 3.14, etc. It drove me crazy.
This drove me nuts too, until I started to realize how practical these fast approximations could be in doing mental math. Divide by 9.8 = hard, divide by 10 = easy. True, if you got nothing but time on your hands or a calculator handy, use exact values, but if you're in the middle of an experiment and just need to double check that your result makes sense, use a fast approximation. You can go through the rigorous math later.
Though of course now I'm thinking about the inappropriate-but-even-more-so-now South Park episode where Jared from Subway wants to give everyone AIDS.
[deleted] ยท 295 points ยท Posted at 19:17:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It just is. The number isn't special. Remember, we made up math in interpret our environment. So it just happens to be what it is. Does that make sense?
I feel like you're really missing out on just how interesting 'pi' is.
In modern education (at least in the US) 'pi' is taught in the reverse order of how it was discovered.
Most people learned of 'pi' in terms of OP here, that it's a number that is useful for calculating the circumference of a circle and it is something that you just need to memorize for use in that context.
Really though, in ancient civilizations they could always figure out the circumference of a circle. You could just get a piece of string, carefully lay it out along the circle, mark it, and pick it up.
Bam! You have the circumference of a circle, and 'pi' never really came into it.
Now here's where it gets interesting. For thousands of years people have been measuring across (diameter) and around (circumference) circles. Along the way, several people figured out that if you take the circumference and divide it by the diameter you get the exact same number every time, no matter the size of the circle you started with. Not only do you get the exact same number every time, but you also get an irrational number. Someone named it 'pi' (really just a single letter because math notation is always as lazy as possible).
After that, many other people tried to approximate it, and then calculate it, because of the usefulness in computations regarding circles.
So, because of the way that circles are taught in school today we miss out on so much of the cool discovery part of it, and we only get the boring computation part of it.
So give 'pi' the credit it deserves! At least in Euclidean Geometry it couldn't ever be any other number. That alone makes it pretty special in my book.
440Music ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 23:10:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But muh non-euclidean geometry...... :(
effa94 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 14:56:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
easy there cthulhu
tombue ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 00:00:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In modern education (at least in the US) 'pi' is taught in the reverse order of how it was discovered.
German here. We've learned it the way it was discivered. Most people still don't care.
But in this universe, it's a fundamental constant that defines how things move. That's pretty important.
Or to put it more simply, it makes reddit work.
Jorlung ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:16:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think the specialness about it really comes from how it just shows up in places you wouldn't expect. Like for example for the coefficient of lift (or force of lift if you want to think of it that way) on a plate plate as a function of the angle it makes with the on-coming stream (called angle of attack) it goes as 2pi times the angle of attack. So pi just kind of pops out of there out of no-where, no circles or anything are in there, but it falls out anyway.
yans0ma ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:59:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So, because of the way that circles are taught in school today we miss out on so much of the cool discovery part of it, and we only get the boring computation part of it.
Which pretty much sums up all of pre-university math really.
it's kind of interesting in that (historical) sense, but the value of pi is just analytically pi; there is no real discovery, no wonder. figuring out the value of pi is like realizing that the length of the diagonal of a square is sqrt(2) times the side. on the surface, it's a seemingly-arbitrary constant that follows a somewhat-abstracted rule (Pythagorean theorem). all the same kinds of proofs apply to each situation, but we just have better intuition about squares and triangles.
I asked this question to my maths teachers and even professors at a few universities. I always got some sort of bullshit answer along the lines of "accept it" with no explanation.
The ELI5 version is that the normal geometry that everyone thinks of, and learned in school is called Euclidean geometry. This kind of geometry accepts certain rules (called axioms) that were set thousands of years ago by a man named Euclid. Those axioms serve as building blocks for larger concepts (i.e. one of the axioms is that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line).
Non-Euclidean geometry changes a few axioms in order to deal with situations that are impossible in Euclidean geometry.
From what I understand, in euclidean geometry, if you draw two parallel lines and extend them forever, they will never touch and will remain equidistant from each other. In non euclidean geometry they either curve away or curve towards each other (but still parallel, idk how that works, I'm probably butchering the explanation), so the concept of pi doesn't really apply, because circles exist in euclidean geometry
Euclidean geometry is basically shapes on a flat surface. The rules and facts for shapes are different if you instead work on the surface of a sphere for example.
Plus it's theorized to be a normal number, which I find super cool! I ended up getting s tattoo of a pi symbol last summer because it's my favorite number.
It's not special though, it's just a ratio of a figure's dimensions that, of course, don't change with scale because ratios never change with scale. The hypotenuse of a 3-4-5 right triangle to the base is 5/3. If it were a million times bigger that ratio would still be 5/3.
Still, even though it's been one of the most heavily studied concepts in math for several thousand years, it was only recently that pi was proven to be irrational.
Meh. I love my math but you are still making it out to be some big deal and way more than it is.
So I have this square and I keep making it bigger or smaller but the corner to corner distance is always side length * sqrt(2).. Omg sqrt(2) is so crazy I just can't explain it!
Pi is a ratio, and it has infinite decimals because the larger you build your circle, the more accurate you could calculate the ratio. And your circle could be of infinite size.
Just take a point called Z in the complex plane Z1 equals Z squared plus C And Z2 is Z1 squared plus C And Z3 is Z2 squared plus C and so on If the series of Zs will always stay Close to Z and never trend away That point is in the Mandelbrot Set
3jt ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:48:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It seemed self-evident at the time. Something like: the domain of addition is space, you jump from point to point. Multiplication sends you on a trajectory, making you perform the same leap a certain number of times. I was somehow able to convince myself the two operations were orthogonal, something about rotations in frequency space...
honestly, if you were on lsd you would know the answer to all of these questions, even if you couldn't articulate it, you can feel this all encompassing understanding....indeed one hell of a drug.
Samoth95 ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 22:05:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
maths at cambridge and lsd
Remember kids, never do drugs and math at the same time.
He's not saying that pi isn't special. He's saying that the particular number that pi is (3.14159...) isnt special. If for whatever reason, in our universe the relation between the circumference and diameter could be described by the number 8.7 then that number would be pi. All of the implications that go along with pi would be the exact same, except that the actual number would be different. Pi is not special because of the number it represents, but rather because of what the number itself means within the context of pi.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:07:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ok but then 8.7 would be special and cycling would be much more work
If the number changes and the result is more or less the same, then it should tell you that the number isn't special, its concept is. It doesn't matter what pi's value is, it's the relations that make up pi that make it special.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:00:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It doesn't actually change though its fixed. The notational rendering of PI in our number system isn't that interesting (although its not uninteresting) but the value of PI is special. It relates to lots of other significant constants in mathematics too so can't be seen in isolation.
I know all of that, I've taken plenty of high level mathematics. All I'm saying is that while pi is significant, the fact that it is specifically 3.1415... is not what makes it important or neat. If the geometric laws of our universe were different, the value of pi would be different, but pi's significance would be the same. That's all that original guy was saying.
3jt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:45:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mmm... exp(sqrt(-1)*pi)+1=0
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Comprehensive reading. Op meant that the actualy numbers we call it mean nothing. It's a conversion between our humerus system and what PI happens to be. We could've based our numbers on PI for all that matters. So pi's value is special but the numbers mean nothing
The number is special, but it would be just as special even if it, for whatever reason, came out as 5.1283790377... or 1.367855788... or 3.14149265358979000000000001...
The value is unimportant. What it does is important.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:23:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How do you separate it from every other important constant? All of these things are related and are absolute values on the number line
The notation we use to represent it doesn't matter but its absolute value does.
I think what the OP means is that we chose to use base-10, in which pi is irrational, rather than something like base-pi, where pi is easy but integers are all crazy.
If you take any perfect circle, measure the circumference, and divide by the diameter, you get ฯ every time, no matter what. The more perfect your circle and measurements, the more accurate your calculation of ฯ gets.
edit: I put radius instead of diameter. I am ashamed.
Isn't the beauty of math supposed to be that it should hold true in any universe? For instance, in any counting system all of the prime numbers are the same. So, in whichever universe you found yourself, the value of Pi would also always be the same.
Even if space was messed up, pi would remain the same. A circle is an imaginary object so the nature of the physical world wouldn't affect the properties of a circle.
Beidah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:29:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In non-euclidean geometry, the ratio between the diameter and circumference of a circle could be radically different.
Right, but Euclidian geometry is entirely imaginary. The nature of physical space doesn't affect the nature of imaginary mathematical concepts.
Beidah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:43:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, mass does bend spacetime to some degree (how we were able to detect gravitational waves), but not to any significant degree. You're practically right, which is more useful than technically right!
I don't think you understand my point. In real life, space can bend because of stuff life gravity. I'm real life, if space is sufficiently warped, am object that is circular in non-warped space may have a different circumference ratio while warped.
That doesn't change the fact that circles don't exist in real life. They are a construct of mathematics and always have the same properties in Euclidian geometry. Pi isn't a universal constant. It's just a ratio that pops out of Euclidian geometry. It can not change, even if a circle in real space might have a different circumference ratio.
Beidah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:23:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ok, I kind of see what you're getting at, with circles being abstract objects that are merely represented in real space, but it's late, I just got off work, and I'm tire. Also, it's been awhile since I've studied any mathematics. Good night.
I've been thinking about this recently. How amazing it is that the universe well, works. If one decimal point of pi for example was different, it would radically change the way everything interacts, on an almost incomprehensible level.
I'm no physicist (film student), but I am really starting to love this stuff.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:28:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I suppose...but it's a basic property of the shape. The only reason it would be different in a different universe is if space was distorted or something.
It's like thinking triangles could have a different number of vertices than 3 in a different universe. It doesn't really make sense, it's part of the definition of the thing.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:45:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not necessarily in a different universe. Pi is a human concept, from maths. We use maths to interpret our enviroment. 3.14159 is only significant to us as a species.
dartbag ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:40:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I remember seeing a GIF that kind of explained it and it made more sense to me. Like, a circle rolled completely on a number line and it was at its original orientation at 3.14
Siarles ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:21:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Not that complicated. The fact that it's an irrational number shouldn't be that surprising; nature is practically never neat and tidy enough to use whole numbers.
This is a great question! It's just a fact of geometry that there's this special number that you get when you divide circumference by diameter. It is clearly the same for any circle. Visually it's clearly around 3, but as for why it is irrational (a wacky non repeating decimal), that's actually not so easy to say!
I guess I'll explain this the way my 8th grade math teacher explained it.
Run a string around the circumference of a circular object and cut it to make the length of the string the same. Now take that string across the diameter of the object and fold the string over itself as many times as you can. You find it folds over three times with a little extra string left.
Do this with other circular object of different sizes and you will get the same result. Some mathematician noticed that the difference between a circle's circumference and its diameter is a constant regardless of its size and assigned a symbol to represent that constant.
We all know how to get the perimeter of a triangle. A square, pentagon, etc. Thats easy. Now think of a circle as a regular polygon with an infinite number of sides, and calculate the perimeter of that polygon given the diameter across it. Thats the intuitive way to understand it.
So if you want a stricter definition, we could try calculating the perimeter of a triangle with respect to the distance from its center to one of the vertices. Draw a circle, then inscribe an equilateral triangle within it with the corners touching the circle. Now the number of degrees in any polygon is (n-2)x180, where n is the number of sides. So if you draw a straight line of length 1 from a vertex of the triangle to the center, you get that the angle between that line and either side of the triangle is 30 degrees, since the triangle has 180 total degrees, split evenly between 3 vertexes, then split into two again by the drawn line.
Draw another line from the middle of an edge to the center of the triangle such that your two drawn lines, along with half of the big triangle's edge creates another triangle with angles 30, 60, 90. Simple trigonometry now tells us that the cosine of 30 is equal to half the edge length of the big triangle divided by 1(which is the length of the first line). Now multiply that half-edge length by 2 and get the full edge length, and multiply by 3 (3 sides in a triangle) to get the perimeter.
Now extend this to a polygon of n sides. Take the cosine of x degrees and multiply that by 2, then multipy that answer by n, where n is the number of sides and x is ((n-2)x180)/2n. That gives you the perimeter of the polygon. So now we set n to infinity, to simulate a circle, and what we get is 2pi. But we realize that we drew our line from a vertex to the center, so what we drew was the radius. So our line of length 1 was the radius, making 2 our diameter. Now you can see that our final answer is indeed the diameter times pi.
The way i did this was to draw the triangle inside the circle, but you can just as easily draw it outside, with the middle of the edges of the triangle touching the circle. The solution works out in a very similar way. In fact, if you take the equation derived from that method and set it equal to the equation derived from the method i just explained, you get that they are equal when n is infinity(and thus you get 2 overlapping circles on each other)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:44:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I remember when I was 14 or 15 I learned Pi to 3.141592653589793238462 and my mate as a joke asked the teacher why anyone would learn Pi to 21 places and he said "Because they've got no life".
We derived pi by dividing the circumference by the diameter.
The area was figured out by dividing a circle into infinitely many triangles treating the small arcs of the cimfurerence as a straight line rather than a curve because the difference becomes infinitesimaly small.
Putting the infinite triangles side by side with their bases connected gives you a combined base of the circumference, 2pi(r) with a height of the radius, r.
The total area of the infinite triangles would therefote be 1/2bh, or, 1/2(2pi(r))(r) which comes out to pi(r2)
Colopty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:52:37 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, the number really doesn't matter, it's just a ratio that has been given a name. If pi was any other number the math would still work the same way.
Forget the whole circle rolling thing, it may visually represent pi but it doesn't do anything to actually explain why pi shows up in so many non-circular scenarios. This article is a fantastic informal derivation of pi as a consequence of the exponential function (which he explains the origin of as well). It's not super intense, but a basic calculus background would definitely allow you to more fully enjoy the article.
Cheers
3jt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:57:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lots of ways to show it.
One of the nicest is to calculate the area of shapes: a square, a pentagon, a hexagon, a septagon, an octagon, a nonagon, a decagon, ..., and generalize to a shape with 100 sides, 1000 sides, all the way up to an infinite number of infinitely small sides.
Vaxtin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:12:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What I don't get is how people calculate it. If it's irrational, then there's no algebraic way to describe it. So how do computers know that pi=3.14159.... to infinity if we have no way to put it as a fraction?
The square root of 2 is irrational, and yet we can describe it as square root 2. Yet how does one describe pi?
I'mprobablyjusttoostupidtocomprehendit
17b29a ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 10:23:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Infinite series
Vaxtin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:47:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
how do we get that infinite series? we aren't making up numbers as we go. how do we know that pi is what it is?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:20:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its a relationship. Just like 2:1 is going to be two times larger to the other thing, 3.14:1 is 3.14 larger.
Pi is the ratio of a perfect circles circumference to its diameter.
Go take a can, measure it's diameter. Take a string, wrap it around the can, measure the string to get the circumference. Divide the circumference by the diameter and you get Pi.
Because we use Base 10 numbering because we have 10 fingers to count on, not because there's anything particularly mathematically special about the number 10, and therefore no reason for a universal constant like pi to look pretty in Base 10.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:43:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean in reality it's essentially the average of 30 sided shapes I think
ztejas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:46:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because there's no such thing as a "circle". It's just a name that we gave to a particular shape that manifests itself in very similar ways but never the exact same way.
Even the most microscopically perfect circles are unique shapes. You can't manufacture two "circles" that will both give you Pi to infinitely similar digits when you measure them to the smallest possible level.
Think of it like a computer screen. You can't have a perfect circle on a computer screen because there will always be pixels that tear at the edge to form some sort of different shape. Well, nature is basically a bunch of pixels, right? Except not pixels, but molecules.
Not sure if this makes sense, but I think I understand the question you're asking.
sl0g0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:01:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This isn't exactly unique to circles. We think of squares in terms of their side lengths but we don't have to. Think of the diagonal (length d) across a square with side length s. From Pythagoras theorem we know d2 = 2s2 . Square rooting both sides we get d = sqrt(2)s. Now compare that to the perimeter of the square 4s and you see that 2sqrt(2)d = 4s = perimeter. So mathematicians could have defined the perimeter to be 2sqrt(2) to times the length of the diagonal across the square. 2sqrt(2) is irrational like pi. I'm pretty sure this phenomenon happens in any regular polygon (but I'm not sure)
how is the circumference of a circle 3.14159265358979... times the diameter?
Because it is? I'm not sure what you're questioning here. If it's about the consistency of it, it's because all circles are similar figures by definition, so as you make a bigger circle the ratios of its parts have to be the same.
But when dealing with math, sometimes that's all there is. There's no deeper meaning behind it. People wanted to figure out what the ratio of a circle's diameter to its circumference is. They figured out that it's an irrational number roughly equal to 3.14159265. They called it "Pi".
This isn't even something like "why is 12 inches a foot", because those are arbitrary units. Many things have a reason behind them, and "it just is" isn't a satisfactory answer. It's like asking why asking why two plus two equals four- because that's what addition is and how it works.
why do the angles of triangles always add to 180 degrees or pi
why do the sides of a right triangle always follow a2 + b2 = c2
it just does, thats how nature or god or chance made it. Its one of the reasons some people love math or hate it. some people love the solidity of it. pi is always pi, 1 is always 1 and 2 + 2 always equals 4. some hate that there is no room for interpretation
I meant more about how the number is so random and even though it's a key part of several equations, there's no equation like the Pythagorean Theorem to explain how it's calculated.
(Wow, I think this is the most I've thought about math since high school. Nine years ago.)
Damn, I tried that and it worked! And it actually makes sense! Sort of like how when you add each of those odd numbers to a square number, it brings you to the next square number.
I remember figuring that out in sixth grade and asking my math teacher why she didn't teach us that. She was never a fan of me...
So you know that pi is the ratio between the circumference and the diameter of a circle, but what does that mean?
It means that if you have a circle whose diameter is 1, then the length of the circumference is pi.
In Maths, we tend to work with unit circles, which are circles whose radius is 1 - this means that the diameter is now 2. So this tells us that the circumference of this unit circle is now 2 x pi.
Ok, so I'm going to try to tell you that you can define an angle in terms of pi (this is called polar form). So imagine you have an x and a y axis, and that you line above the x axis have at 45 degrees. Now imagine that you have the unit circle from before lying on the origin. Where would that line intersect the circle?
Well, we know that the length of the circumference is 2 x pi, and we can see that the line will pass through the circle at half of a quarter away around the circle. So, the length of the circle up to that intersection will be (1/2) x (1/4) x (2 x pi) = pi/4.
Because of this, we say that 45 degrees is pi/4 radians (you don't have to worry about what a radian is.) If we divide our formula by 4 on both sides we see that
But wait, where the hell does that formula come from of adding and subtracting odd fractions?! Well, it comes from trigonometry ... without going into too much detail, that formula is the formula that allows us to find the angle of a right angle triangle where the horizontal and the vertical edges are both 1. Which is precisely what pi/4 is.
If you want any more explanation of this, I'm more than happy to.
I never thought I'd say this, but damn... math is interesting!
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:19:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I remember doing it in Calculus III I think. If you take more math classes you'll probably eventually learn it. I actually don't remember how to do it myself. I don't think you can do it with just Precalculus though.
Every circle is basically the same shape, with a different size. And when diameter is one, circumference is 3.14159. Asking why is like asking why all four sides of a square are the same size; it's just what a square is.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:09:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've taken up to Calculus III and I don't know why ฯ is either.
Usually in real analysis it's defined as something like twice the least positive solution of cos(x)=0 or the least positive solution of sin(x)=0, which themselves are power series. We can prove this number exists, and we call it ฯ.
Blowing inside a Nintendo/Sega cartridge makes a game work again. I'm more amazed at how every kid across America understood that trick when a game wasn't coming on.
MRRWLN ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 01:43:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never thought about that example, good one! I'm fascinated by those sort of things. How did we all know that? I don't recall ever seeing someone blowing in a cartridge on TV, but somehow I knew. We all knew. Just like those songs everyone knew, like the Batman version of Jingle Bells or the "Miss Suzie had a steamboat" song.
MRRWLN ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 06:55:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's a pretty interesting Cracked article that has a plausible theory: Kids in military families who moved regularly could have helped spread the song across the country. I wouldn't be shocked if some other pieces of "kid knowledge" were spread this way.
I knew it from the Simpsons, but I'm British, so we never sang it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We sang it in primary school in the UK before the Simpsons, but it had different lyrics (Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin flew away, Uncle Billy lost his willy on the motorway.)
Even more crazy than that, I think, is when you consider not just how this information spread all throughout the country, but how it's been spread over generations. It's not like parents sit down with their children and teach them "Lollipop, lollipop in a dish" for choosing who's "it." It's just constantly passed down from older kids to younger kids.
A closer example is people shaking Polaroids to get them to develop quicker. Some said it was to dry them out. Some said it was to spread the pigment more quickly. In actuality it did nothing.
When you sit there and watch the film develop you see how long it takes. When you shake it, the film goes from being un developed to developed. And because you were shaking it you didn't see the process so it did appear to work faster.
Actually blowing in the cartridge gave it a higher chance of being damaged or having a shorter lifespan. Removing and putting the cartridge back usually would fix the problem.
rvnnt09 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:32:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i always assumed that dirt or some shit got in the connector part and thus was causing a shitty connection, blow the dirt out the connection will be better and it will play
Also kids know it nowadays from reviewers like AVGN.
vicee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:14:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Over time the pins inside the NES cartridge slot, which grabbed onto the chip sticking out of the cartridge, would bend out of place making the connection between the NES and cartridge less reliable.
By blowing on the cartridge a very thin layer of saliva was introduced to the cartridge chip and you'd get a temporary increase in conductivity as the saliva creates a bridge across the very small gap between the cartridge and pins.
This trick is a double edged sword -- the more you blow on the game, the more the saliva corrodes the chip until, eventually, the cartridge is completely destroyed and unplayable.
Clean your games with a non-corrosive cleaning agent, and purchase a new cartridge slot if you want to restore your NES to like-new conditions.
They even won't even accept the star systems changing. THE FUCKING STAR SYSTEMS. WHICH YOU CAN SEE. LOOK UP AT NIGHT. THATS HOW YOU SEE THEM. I SUPPOSE ITS A FUCKING GREEN SCREEN?
There are people that deny a Sydney to Santiago flight is real because it's contrary to the flat earth beliefs: according to Flat Earth theory, it should take 24 hours to make the flight and not 12.
They can also attract one another. Everyone sees gravity as a pulling towards the Earth's core, but what actually keeps us grounded is the force we exert and the force exerted on us. Not so much as a pull than a push.
Lol what? Gravity doesnt repel (except for things woth negative mass blah blah). Thats like saying my magnets are repelling because they are touching because i made them attract.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh, it's more alike to how charges give off an electric field than how magnets give off a magnetic field. Magnets do weird shit. If you're farther interested I just took a college level physics test on magnets/electromagnets and how they interact with charges/circuits.
domonx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:23:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
pretty sure there's a whole branch of physics that prove otherwise.
Plus the Strong nuclear force and the Weak nuclear force.
We know what they are doing, we now who is doing it (for the most part), we know how they are doing it (mostly, looking at you gravity), we sometimes know when and where they're are, but we don't know why. They just do.
I think there is a theory that explains how it works.
VK2DDS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:24:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sure, but none have been experimentally verified. As in we haven't (to my knowledge) observed a subatomic gravitational force carrier akin to, say, photons.
Actually, I came here (a bit late i guess) to say this. Only thing is Gravitational waves were discovered by LIGO in September 2015 and this discovery was announced in February. Gravitational waves are essentially the photon of gravity if you want to think about it in those terms! It's been a really exciting time to be in Physics!
If you're interested here's a good place to start! :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave
VK2DDS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:08:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I remember being part of the original LIGO BOINC project 10-odd years ago. The idea was awe inspiring! Not so much that gravity information traveled at c, more the engineering behind measuring the disturbance.
TIL that the only explanations that exist are quantum mechanical explanations. I forgot that no one had any knowledge about anything before the 1920s.
VK2DDS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:13:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The QM explanation of gravity is the missing piece, until that is explained our model of gravity is incomplete. It doesn't mean that we don't have useful models of gravity. Newtonian mechanics gets you to orbit, general relativity makes GPS work, QM gravity will have applications we don't know of yet.
Something everyone understands on a basic level, few understand on a deep level. Fun fact: a charged battery weighs more than a dead battery despite having the same number of electrons and atoms.
Is this actually true? I'd thought I'd noticed a difference when replacing batteries in e.g. a TV remote, but I've never verified it, nor do I know if the difference would even be perceptible.
Yes it's true but you're talking about many many megatons of TNT equivalent electrical energy before it's even faintly perceptible. If this principle weren't true you could get infinite energy with two batteries, an efficient space elevator, an efficient photovoltaic cell, and a laser because photons gain energy as they fall from general relativity.
The universe is always full of gnomes. Objects don't manufacture them. They're just naturally there. You can't see them, but they push you. Gnomes mostly move through matter without being impeded, but a tiny fraction of them are absorbed and transfer their momentum to you. The larger an object is, the more gnomes it absorbs. That's why if you're near a huge body, like the Earth, you seem to be attracted to it. Fewer gnomes per unit time are hitting you coming from the direction of the Earth. So the overabundance of gnomes from every other direction pushes you down.
Just copy and pasting my previous from above. Not to shit in your cereal but...
Actually, I came here (a bit late i guess) to say this. Only thing is Gravitational waves were discovered by LIGO in September 2015 and this discovery was announced in February. Gravitational waves are essentially the photon of gravity if you want to think about it in those terms! It's been a really exciting time to be in Physics! If you're interested here's a good place to start! :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave
Actually, I came here (a bit late i guess) to say this. Only thing is Gravitational waves were discovered by LIGO in September 2015 and this discovery was announced in February. Gravitational waves are essentially the photon of gravity if you want to think about it in those terms! It's been a really exciting time to be in Physics! If you're interested here's a good place to start! :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave
sax87ton ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:30:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Space pools around mass, getting packed thicker the closer you get to a dense object. Because there's so much more space below you than above you, you just kind of trend down. At least that's my (very limited) understanding of it.
Edit: Please correct me if I'm wrong, I can't find someone smart enough to ask about this and I'm very curious.
SDF05 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:51:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
is working against me
pixxel5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:00:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
actually, it depends on what you wish to know about gravity.
If you are referring to the why, nobody can give you an answer that doesn't boil down to "because... that's why."
If you are referring to how, scientists are actually doing a pretty good job researching that.
For example, they managed to record the first ever gravitational waves in February.
We exist in a three dimensional projection of a 14 dimensional true-existence. Distance is an illusion. Gravity is the correcting force that wants to put things back together.
artificial banana flavoring is based on a different type of banana than the one we eat. Iirc the one the flavoring is based on is extinct or nearly so.
mspk7305 ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 23:20:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Iirc the one the flavoring is based on is extinct or nearly so.
The banana we are used to buying is on the way to extinction as well due to a so-far unstoppable fungus that is destroying plantations.
The previous banana went extinct because of a fungus and it is happening to our current, replacement banana, if you will. Banana flavoring is based off of the old banana.
No it isn't. They're being very careful to sterilize plantations that get infected and they have clean lab conditions where they create more Cavendish bananas. The fungus is nasty, but only small amounts adapt to be able to infect the Cavendish and those infected populations are destroyed quickly.
So, between the extreme heavy rains in Equador destroying the cavendish banana crops & the very real threat of unstoppable fungus, you can say that the common banana in north america is on the way to extinction.
There isn't really any grape flavoured stuff where I live. When I first got some grape candy a few years back I was completely baffled because whatever the fuck that flavour is, it ain't grape.
Bananas used to taste like that, however a fungal infection started decimating the populations of existing banana trees and as such store started selling a different variety of banana which was not suffering from it.
Those new banana's (that we still have) do not taste as nice as the older breed.
If I recall correctly, this is because the banana species that artificial banana flavoring was based on has gone extinct, and the bananas we know today are a completely different species of banana, therefore they have a completely different flavor
I don't really think any artificial flavors taste anywhere close to the real thing. Maybe orange but that's it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:41:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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RyanArr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:07:07 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I used to think this until I worked in produce and if we got a case of already ripe bananas that had been sitting in an unopened box for a while, you could catch a whiff of the artificial smell when opening it. Or at least it seemed to me.
Lately I usually have to guess and let autocorrect tell me whether or not i goes before e. I am usually pretty good at spelling. This gets annoying quickly.
EDIT: I remember "i before e except after c," but it's all the exceptions that throw me off. Granted a lot of them are obvious, but as a coffee lover, for instance, it gets a bit irritating to keep seeing the red squiggly line under "caffeine..."
[deleted] ยท 105 points ยท Posted at 23:30:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Did you know that science has proven "i before e except after c" wrong?
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:14:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That saying was only ever supposed to be applied to words with the "long E" like relieve, receive, deceive, etc. Not every instance of i, e and c in English.
That's because the rhyme is actually "i before e except after c when the sound is eeeee"
dwitz19 ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 01:49:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"I" before "E" except after "C"
And when sounding like "A"
Like "neighbor" and "weigh"
And on weekends and holidays
and all throughout May,
You'll always be wrong no matter what you say!
If you figure out how to fix this please let me know. It's constantly trying to make my American into British and it's very irritating to be told I'm spelling "utilize" wrong.
I looked for that setting and as far as I can tell it doesn't exist. The documentation said it uses the native language set in my OS, but I've got that set to American English on my Mac. I live in Europe so it might be doing some stupid geolocation to guess that I really meant "British English"
Hah! Although, I mean, if Einstein wasn't a household name, there's a distinct possibility that I'd think about it long enough to confuse myself into spelling it wrong. I won't lie about that.
Unless it's weird or you're in science or you've had too much caffeine or you're about to feint. I'm actually having a harder time finding a word that fits the rule
I believe mental floss did a YouTube video on English grammar and spellings. More often than not the e comes before i. There are actually fewer instances of I before e.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:45:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone says I before E, but there are more exceptions than toms the rule applies, so just think of the rule as E before I unless you know it's something else
Well, but you have to admit, a lot of these words on the list are either taken from another language and therefore you can't use English spelling rules for them. Other exceptions are formed by pre- or suffixes, hence it's logical how to write it. However, English is my second language and the spelling is probably far easier if you learn the prononciation and the spelling at the same time...
a lot of these words on the list are taken from another language and therefore you can't use English spelling rules for them
This is very very true. Whether or not it's easier just depends on the word, though, like how the same "ei" combination sounds different in "kaleidoscope" and "beige." Sometimes, you just have to memorize them. Granted I don't know the exact etymology of either of those words so I'd be willing to bet that's the different language factor again, but the point still stands.
I'm pretty severely dyslexic, but somehow I managed to only get sent to summer school once. I was used to having teachers give lectures on a subject for the day, then answer specific questions, but because she was our regular teacher, and knew exactly where we were struggling, she sat us all down in front of a textbook and told us what pages to go over. Well as some of you might guess, getting a dyslexic kid read from an extremely boring book is really hard (and this was literal just a statement of a bunch of spelling rules, and then a list of exceptions, so not exactly entertaining). No mater how hard I tried to read the thing, I'd just end up going off on some tangential train of thought and end up staring into space. Now, I was general a pretty good student, so seeing me "not taking this seriously" was getting her pretty frustrated. Well trying to fight a learning disability is pretty frustrating too, so we ended up getting into a shouting match, where I posited that I shouldn't even be expected to remember these rules, because each one had a string of ten or fifteen words that were exceptions and why should I bother knowing a rule That's only true 60% of the time. She got mad and said there aren't that many exceptions, but I just so happened to have this page open and shoved it in her face. In the end I got her to agree that the rules were dumb but I still had to know them because of standardized tests or some dumb reason.
Actually, our spelling isn't the problem at all. It's our pronunciations of such spelling. Sheer laziness+time has resulted in "silent letters" and combinations such as 'ti' turning into a "sh" sound. Pronouncing a word the way it's spelled is likely the original correct way, but accents will say otherwise.
Yes, actually. Most accents and the way we pronounce most words is out of laziness. We don't properly pronounce "what" for example (supposed to be pronounced sort of like hwat), we do the lazy thing and say something that should be spelled "wut".
Laziness has nothing to do with ease of articulation. What you're suggesting is discredited by about every linguist I know. And by "about," I mean "absolutely."
Well it's basically effort divided by reward, most efficient is low effort with a high reward. (It really is reward / effort = efficiency if we think of efficiency as a number that should be high)
It can certainly seem like doing things the easy way, but why do it the hard way for the same outcome?
In my mother language, there's no spelling, because everything is spelled as it's said, for example potato would be potejto. At least we don't have to learn spelling :3
What language is that? Either you have a very large alphabet or very few sounds in your language.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:24:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Lots of languages have perfectly phonemic writing systems, where 1 phoneme = 1 grapheme. Two examples are Italian and Finnish. Also the vast majority of languages that have relatively recently gotten a writing system. Some languages have writing systems that are nearly phonemic, where 1 phoneme = 1 or more graphemes, so you can always tell how to pronounce a written word, but not necessarily how to spell a spoken word. Examples are Spanish and Polish.
Makhiel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:10:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
From the top of my head Italian has a few digraphs and the pronunciation of "c" depends on the following vowel, that's not exactly 1:1.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:20:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah Italian isn't the best example now that I'm looking into it more. It also doesn't seem to distinguish /e/ vs /ษ/ or /o/ vs /ษ/ in its orthography.
I'm nannying a 5 year old who is learning letters and how to write and spell and stuff. Whenever we do her homework it takes me forever to explain what letters go where in words. Fucking phonetics makes this even trickier because she tells me i don't know how to spell because "that letter doesnt make that sound youre wrong"
Learning Deutsch right now. Tried/was forced to learn French when I was younger. I think the genders will always be difficult no matter what. What if I want to use some obscure word, how am I supposed to know the gender? I dunno, solar flare for example. Der/die/das solar flare? How do I know??
Side note, the worst part about German has got to be the verb placement and some of the ambiguity. Having the verb constantly at the end makes it especially hard for English speaks to learn. (I realize the irony of that statement having just put "to learn" at the end of a sentence). As well as the fact that so many key words have double meanings. Like the fact that "to be" in German is sometimes equivalent to meaning "his". For a country who's stereotype is being orderly, I find German to be ambiguous sometimes.
What if I want to use some obscure word, how am I supposed to know the gender?
You don't memorize them all, you just 'know' intuitively what sounds right. Gendering words is basically a function of phonetics, primarily the ending syllabee of a word. Although there are exceptions, especially with foreign names that became popular, shortforms or names that changed over time.
female names: Anna, Sara(h), Marie, Zoe, Nele
male names: Noah, Finn, Paul, Lukas, Tim
Notice something? A lot of female names (but not all of them) end on a vowel while most male names end on a consonant.
How about things?
die Waschmaschine (female), der Hammer (male), das Auto (neutral).
I have no idea why some words have a gender and why some like 'Auto' are neutral, all I know is, that die/der Auto sounds 'wrong', but I can't explain why.
Then there are words that 'divide' the country. Half the people insist that 'Nutella' (the brand) is phonetically female and because it's generic term 'die Haselnusscreme' is female too, while the other half insists that 'das Nutella' is correct, because it's a genderless thing.
A solar flare in german would be 'die Sonneneruption' (female), but I can't tell you why, someone who studied german may know the rules, but for regular people it's mostly intuition based on years of hearing the language.
It's die Sonnenerruption because for most pieced together nouns the gender is determined by the last noun, in this case die Erruption. Works with most super long nouns that non-natives get utterly confused by.
I actually don't think the word order is that big a deal. You just have to hear it enough times and you get used to it - I mean at least it's consistent.
The declination is what kills it for me. Having to know the gender of every noun and the declination for all 4 cases, and what preposition takes what case etc. is so difficult to get right in real time conversation. I'm resigned to the fact I'll probably ever only get this to the "good enough" state and never perfect.
God I'm learning Spanish and that rule is fucking bull shit. It pissed me off so much. And by learning Spanish I mean Spanish one in high school.
Edit: not taking night classes.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:11:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Spanish gender rules are cake compared to other languages. The end of the word tells you the gender and there are only two options. Meanwhile German has three genders and very few rules can be used to guess gender based on the ending. It's mostly memorization.
And then good luck figuring which of der/die/das/den/dem to use. The rules make absolutely no sense.
mrgtjke ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:52:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you know the gender in the Nominativ (nominative) case, then it is easy to know what it is in other cases (once one has learned all the cases of course). The tricky part is just to figure out the der/die/das in the nominative.
Contrary to what has been said, there are some rules for gender, such as -or will be masculine, -heit/keit will be feminine, -chen -lein will be neutral. Thing is, these don't cover every word out there
You get from whom, you get who, you get what (one or many), you get past / present / future, you get whether it's an order, something real, something potential or something hypothetical... and all in one word!
Banizkizu = me, to you, many things, in the past, conditional. "If I had xxxxx (many things) to you".
Ekarri banizkizu = If I had brought them to you.
Zenekarren = You were bringing one thing. (This is not an auxiliary verb, but rather a "compact verb", with meaning + timestamps + persons all in one word)
Dakart = I am bringing one thing now.
Here you can see the tables. Some of those mini-tables are, literally, building tables: you pick and choose the people and things involved and putting them together gives you the conjugated verb.
"Ksiฤลผyc" used to be called "miesiฤ c" in Polish a long time ago (which sounds similar to mฤsรญc) but now it means "month". Then people started calling it "ksiฤลผyc" which at first was only used to refer to the Moon during its first lunar phase. It probably came from "ksiฤ ลผe" (prince) but I have no idea why :D
Najd7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:59:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not even something that you think about if you're a native speaker of a language that uses gender for everything. You'd know it's not right just the way you know in English that something doesn't sound right. For example you wouldn't think that "they has money" is incorrect because of a certain grammatical mistake, but you just know. It's the same thing.
Sweet child, your grammar rules are as logical as it gets. How many forms of "two" you have? Two, twice? That's about it. In my language it's about twenty something
English is a conglomeration of so many languages, it has many common cores. I this makes it more complicated grammatically than you're giving it credit for.
Nah, I have a pretty good grasp on european languages (I know five) and in my opinion English truly is as easy as it gets grammar wise
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:59:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know many languages, but English is relatively analytic, so I'd be inclined to agree. Construed as codes, regardless of whether languages use inflections as error corrections or for concision, inflections do tend to burden language learning by increasing the number of distinct types of unit in the code, whereas English's prepositions can be easy to learn.
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." -- James Nicoll
Which is a gross misunderstanding of how English came to have such varied etymologies. Most of our words come from the many people who conquered England over the centuries.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:59:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But good ol' Britannia got its pride back by conquering pretty much everything sunlight touches.
Which means that no matter what your mother tongue is, you already have a good start. If that's not what you call easier, I don't know what it is.
Dorocche ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:00:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
What languages don't borrow from anyone else? And what exactly is wrong with grammar? It's spelling that can get a little weird, for the reason of borrowing like you mentioned.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:02:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:31:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not really. Most European languages descend from Proto-Indo-European. PIE split into several branches: Italic (Latin + a few extinct languages, Latin splitting into the Romance languages), Germanic, Celtic, Balto-Slavic (which split into Baltic and Slavic), Hellenic (Greek + a few closely related languages), Albanian, Armenian, and Indo-Iranian (which split into Nuristani, Iranian (most languages in Iran and Afghanistan), and Indo-Aryan (most languages of northern India)). A lot of European languages borrow heavily from Greek and Latin, but it's not true that they somehow evolved out of a weird mix of the languages.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:39:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you! There's a lot of badlinguistics material in this thread..
enthius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:30:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's your problem. You think English is only a Latin language. It isn't, it's Latin, Greek, Germanic and has other older European languages mixed in. Unlike French for example which has consistent rules English has different rules for different words and no consistency. When you have a Saxon word and a French word trying to abide by Latin rules in one case and Norse rules in another it gets confusing.
kjata ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:49:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Our beautiful bastard language.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:07:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you say a language has latin influence it goes without saying it has greek influence as greek and latin influenced each other. In this context mentioning both is almost redundant. It's like saying Judeaeo-Spanish had Spanish and Latin roots, the Latin goes with the Spanish and does not bear mentioning.
Mandarin is not a complex language, grammar-wise or spelling-wise.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:19:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Finn?
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:04:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There is nothing illogical about having cases. Meanwhile, English doesn't even have a real past or present tense, and just uses "is" + participle. Now that is illogical.
Molerus ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:04:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Not sure I understand what you're getting at, are you talking about active and passive voice? English most certainly does have a past and present tense, consisting of the subject plus v1 (base infinitive) or v2. Now the future tense, English doesn't have that in a strict sense: hence why we have to refer to them as 'forms' i.e. the 'will' future form.
Source: ESL teacher.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:36:44 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'll admit that I'm not any kind of expert on this and don't know all the terms, but I'll try to explain it as well as I can. When someone is currently doing something, we don't say "he does", we say "he is doing". So, English does have a present tense, but it's never actually used for a current action, just for habitual actions. Instead, we say that someone "is" the present participle of a verb. It is the same for the past tense, except there is some other forms, also quite illogical: present possesive plus past tense ("has done"), and past possesive plus past tense ("had done").
Compare this to Russian, for example, which has a fairly consistent system of tenses, with perfective and imperfective forms and prefixes that determine the aspect or add to the meaning.
Molerus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:26:01 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ahh ok I follow you. You're talking about the present simple tense vs present continuous. They are both present tenses but the usage can be pretty confusing, like a lot of English grammar!
This. English is my native language and it's the only language I am fluent in.. However I M attempting to learn German due to heritage and it's got me like WTF all the time.
I mean words who are variation of "two", not that have similar meaning. That have the same core. Because that way I can multiply examples even further.
Makhiel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:24:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He was asking about words derived from the word "two" not words based on the concept of two.
yans0ma ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:44:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, I didn't include words that have similar meaning, just those, that share the same core, and would be all translated to English as "two", in different cases, depending on context, article and such. From the top of my head (there are quite a few more) - I included some examples to maybe clear this up a little.
dwa krรณliki - two rabbits
dwie ลผaby - two frogs
nie ma dwรณch krรณlikรณw/ลผab - the two rabbits/frogs aren't there
dwoje ludzi - two people (as in man and woman)
mรณwiฤ do dwojga ludzi - i'm speaking to two people
idฤ z dwojgiem ludzi - i'm walking with two people
dwรณch mฤลผczyzn - two men
zdajฤ raport dwรณm mฤลผczyznom - i give a report to two men
kupujฤ prezent dwรณm kobietom - i'm buying a gift for two women
dwรณjka dzieci - two children
myลlฤ o dwรณjce dzieci - i think about two children
Thanks for the reply! Wow, that's really interesting. It's like numbers having declensions, right? They seem to be inflected by both the case and gender of the noun that they are describing?
Those exist in pretty much all natural languages. And, really, it's better to think of them as imperfect mnemonics. It's not like people talk like that because that's the rule and the rule is beyond criticism; we called it a rule because people speak that way or because we have noticed a common trend that's mostly true.
In what way is English very simple? English is contextual. It requires the speaker to know implied language. Many, if not most, languages rely on the actual words to give context. English requires you to know how each word works with every other word.
It's like adding stuff to a list compared to taking stuff off a list. Imagine going to a grocery store with a list of what you need. Pretty simple. Now imagine you have to write down everything the store has in stock then take away what you don't need until you have your proper list. That's English. You start with everything and end with what you need. However, when you cross one thing off, you have to know when to put another thing back on the list.
Well for starters in English you barely conjugate verbs, there are no genders, few inflections, no declension, no formal voice, few prepositions, no marked accents, so that makes it easier than most European languages.
Knowing implied language is knowing a language. You can't just memorize a dictionary and start spitting out words. That's not how speaking a language works.
That's exactly my point. English does none of the things you mentioned so it is up to the speaker/listener to know when those kinds of things are supposed to be happening. European languages use specific sentence and word structure to explain what the hell is happening. English does too, sure, but a lot of the time it just says "fuck it" and makes you determine what is happening by the relationship of the words in the sentence.
When did I suggest that simply reading a dictionary makes you fluent in a language? Not that this has anything to do with anything anyway.
OK, I was wondering because the only language I know of that doesn't rely on context to convey meaning is lojban. My point is that context is an essential part of all languages.
English has about the simplest grammar of any language I've encountered. I've heard that Japanese and Chinese are grammatically rather simple, but there are other complications with those languages and I don't know enough about them to confirm this. But as far as European languages English has very simple grammar.
In Japanese and Chinese, the sheer size of the alphabet is the main issue. Other than that, the grammar is like "Thing is". "I go". "Regarding this, that". Makes more sense than English, IMO.
Yeah that's about what I assumed. I mean every system makes sense within itself. It's hard to say which system is really the best for conveying information. I know Vladimir Nabokov, who spoke 4 languages fluently and was a native Russian speaker, said his favorite language to write with was English because it is so rich in vocabulary. Don't know if he spoke Japanese though.
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:02:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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gullale ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 22:23:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Non-native speaker here. It's a rather easy language to learn, actually. No genders, almost zero verbal conjugation, no cases, no accents. It has many peculiarities (like words that aren't pronounced the way they're written), but its overall simplicity more than compensates for that, or at least it did for me.
To put it in perspective, my native tongue is Portuguese and I had a harder time learning French than I had learning English, even though it's a much more similar language.
There are articles, but far fewer than in most European languages. We mostly have just the definite article (the) and indefinite (a). French has indefinite feminine, indefinite masculine, definite masculine, definite feminine, and definite plural.
(I/you/he/we/they)Will eat
Je mangerai/Comerรฉ
Tu mangeras/Comerรกs
Il mangera/Comerรก
Nous mangerons/Comeremos
Vous mangerez/Comerรฉis
Ils mangeront/Comerรกn
(I/you/he/we/they) Would eat
Je mangerais/Comerรญa
Tu mangerais/Comerรญas
Il mangerait/Comerรญa
Nous mangerions/Comerรญamos
Vous mangeriez/Comerรญais
Ils mangeraient/Comerรญan
That's French/Spanish, not even going into German, Russian or any language that doesn't use the same alphabet...
Epoo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:29:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Proper English is easy. However our spoken language is quite difficult to comprehend and understand. There are a lot of little nuances that only native English speakers will be able to catch.
Have you ever heard someone who learned English and they're very good at it but it's not their first language? It sounds off but correct at the same time.
Can someone explain to me how the hell these three words are pronounced differently, and how the 4th can be pronounced like sloff, sl-aw, or slew?? I can't imagine having to learn this as a second language
Can be both "I personally heard Bob Ross' voice when reading this" and "hey you, you should read this sentence using Bob Ross' voice". Also adding an apostrophe to the end of words ending in "s" makes zero sense.
well adding an 's to a word that ends in s looks weird, James's vs James', maybe it looks weird because it has been done that way for so long everyone is accustomed to it but that's a different question
Well I take my comment back. I understand why we add the apostrophe, I just think it looks silly and is confusing. Like, "add 's when doing possession except when there's an s on the end, then just add an apostrophe".
It all depends on context and (in this case) pronunciation, furthermore it's just a lazy version of either "I read this in Bob Ross' voice." or "You should read this in Bob Ross' voice."
Triddy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:23:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, I grew up speaking English so I had it a bit easy. But I've tutored English to many people who could barely introduce themselves.
From those experiences, I would say it's honestly not so bad. It's surprisingly regular. Verbs don't change depending on pronouns. The sentence structure is strictly SVO most of the time, and the only common major exception to that is while quoting. ("Good afternoon", the professor said) English doesn't often drop sentence elements.
Only major sticking point is our hilarious amount of irregular verbs.
Yes! I'm brazilian so I speak portuguese. I know a lot about english but not enough to put commas. The rules about commas in portuguese are very specific and we use many commas, so every text in english to me is written with a simple rule: "uhh not enough comma, let me add one... here and here... now that looks correct".
Pronunciation is pretty ridiculous too. Featherstonehaugh is pronounced Fanshaw. The 'ough' in cough, though, through etc. are said differently. Leominster is pronounced Lemster.
I once told my teacher that since there is to and too. There should be so and soo. I'm soo tired. So what? So you would like to go to sleep? I would like to soo much!! You should go to bed. I'm too tired to move.
I had to learn english as my third fluent language back when I moved to america when I was 11. the 11 years old me went straight up "fuck this bullshit of a language, fuck my english homework, I ll do my math homework twice." fast forward today, I am closing to completing my PhD in engineering.
I would like to thx u mr. english for my achievements. and also fuck you.
And that's only French, there's similar stuff in every language. At best, English is comparable to other languages, but it's way easier to learn than most languages.
Nah, English grammar is piss easy when you compare it to Latin languages. The hard part of learning English is learning the giant vocabulary you guys use.
That's because it's a mutt language. It's a Germanic language that got a thick varnishing of French a thousand years ago. Then some asshats in Victorian England decided it needed to be more like Latin. Thats why we can't end a sentence with a preposition and split infinitives, no matter how natural it seems.
I love English because you can make all the fake words you want. This is probably possible in some other languages actually but I don't know any other languages :(
BZH_JJM ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:22:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In German you can just add words together and make perfectly cromulent new words.
TianRB ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It can be easy to explain, but there are just so many rules that people tend to get lost in it, which is why, for example, no one I see on Facebook understands how to use a comma or an apostrophe. There are just so many rules and a big part of the problem is when someone does something incorrectly on social media, that incorrect usage spreads because most people are clueless. Pet peeve: when abbreviating a decade, I see this all the damn time -- 80's. The correct way to do this is '80s because it's a contraction; the apostrophe replaces the "19." But I see 80's everywhere and most people are completely clueless that it's wrong, so that incorrect usage spreads.
Big_G242 ยท 352 points ยท Posted at 19:00:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The feelings of hot and cold. The only way to describe them is to use the other word
[deleted] ยท 681 points ยท Posted at 23:06:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
[deleted] ยท 97 points ยท Posted at 22:33:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know that feeling you get, when your body has all this energy when you're indoors, and it's winter, and you go out doors, and you immediately start to feel all that energy transfer from your body to the environment until you're as low energy as Jeb Bush and it's uncomfortable and you want to go back inside so the energy will transfer back to you? Just like that
Similarly, the feeling of "wet." We feel a temperature change, maybe more slippery, but other than that, how do we interpret that we are wet - do we actually feel it, or can we be tricked into feeling like our hand is wet or dry by playing with similar sensory inputs?
Cold is energy leaving your body while heat is the opposite, energy entering your body. This is done in an effort to create equilibrium within the environment. If something is hotter or colder than something else, within a reasonable distance, energy is transferred until they are of the same energy level or temperature.
You don't feel the energy entering or leaving your body, you feel an inexplicable translation (from your brains/nerves) of vibration of your body slowing down. I'm no boffin so I can't really put it any other way, but the sensation can't really be compared to the physics...
No. The actual events taking place and the information our brains get aren't the same. Let me put it this way. If someone had your level of understanding that you displayed in your first comment on this thread, they could give a very similar (if not the same) answer. But if someone had no knowledge of the workings of physics, with zero knowledge of things at a cellular or molecular level, do you think they'd understand what feeling you were describing?
papdog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:47:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Realistically because there is no scientific hot/cold. Our body feels the rate of heat loss to the environment and interprets this to a hot/cold sensation.
Arm losing more heat than the body supplies? Cold.
Arm struggling to release sufficient heat to the environment? Hot.
Another problem is how temperature/humidity/medium specific this sensation is, however I would say that there is a specific heat loss/gain threshold where our body flips from hot to cold.
Imagine you take a swig out of a bottle of soda you let sit out all day. It's warm and gross.
Imagine you take a sip out of your morning coffee, which you had forgotten on your desk before you went to that meeting. It's gotten cold, and is gross.
BOTH OF THOSE LIQUIDS ARE THE SAME GODDAMN TEMPERATURE. Yet our brain is telling us one if hot, and one is cold. Perception is reality.
Try describing the feeling of wet. Hell, your body can't even really detect wet, which is why feeling cold clothes in the dryer will often make you wonder if the clothes are dry or not.
I cannot feel hot or cold in my right hand the same way as the rest of my body. I don't feel hot, I feel discomfort and eventually pain depending on how hot it is, but not heat per se. and the colder something is the less I can actually feel it in my hand. it's like grabbing air when I pick up an icecicle, but an almost buzzing feeling when I feel hot water from a faucet. Human Perception is weird
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:12:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Heat" is the amount of energy in a system. Nothing is ever "cold" it just has less energy. Cold is the absence of energy
Epoo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:35:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This reminds of that girl genie who was locked in her room her whole life by her parents. When she was rescued, one of the people who rescued her was giving her a bath but accidentally turned on the cold water with no hot water. Genie didn't fuss or complain or do anything. She had no reaction because apparently cold water showers were the norm to her.
In physics, there is no such thing as "cold", there's just less heat.
Ferdind ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:26:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would discribe both as a different kind of pain.
At the perfect temperature, you don't feel anything at all. When it is getting cold your skin feels like it's penetrated with small needles. First you don't even realize it or think it's pain, but the colder it gets, the deeper the needles penetrated and the greater the pain gets.
At some point the pain is so extreme it feels like your skin in burning, frostburning. And this is how high temperatur feels like.
Sadly, I can't imagine anything to discribe how being warm feels.
I think of it like this: We have a conscious and an unconscious mind. While we are going through our day we mostly rely on our conscious mind. Throughout the day we get tired and our consicous mind needs to relax. So we sleep. While we are sleeping we kind of go semiunconscious. We stop thinking as we do during daytime and now our unconsous mind kicks in and brings up all the little things it experienced from the day and tries to process it. Mostly when I had "fucked up" dreams that don't make sense on it's own I try to analayse where the ideas came from and often I recognize things in a way or another. For example : You dream that for some reason your parents decided to buy you a new ferrari eventhough you don't have a driving license and can't even fucking drive. But then you remember seeing that dope as video of someone driving a ferrari and wishing that you would really like such a car.
I heard that it's because our brain takes the time while we are asleep to make up scenarios for us so that if we are every in the same scenario we will know what to do and how to fight off the danger, even if we don't consciously remember the dream.
Br0laF ยท 294 points ยท Posted at 18:51:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How it sometimes feels good to smell your own farts.
The best explanation I have seen for this is that your own brand is deeply linked in your brain to your sense of relief or comfort. For example, you take a dump that relieves the pressure and discomfort in your body. You have been Pavlovian conditioning yourself your entire lifetime to associate the smell with the relieving feeling.
I think the compulsion to examine all bodily excretion to varying degrees is strongly linked with personal health. Things that smell bad/unusual may be an indicator of disease. At least this is what I tell myself while doing the old scratch and sniff.
I believe its your body giving a status update. If it smells good bacterial flora and nutrition is in balance. Smells bad something's... rotten.
Which would explain why hangover farts and feces smells so bad, you just destroyed your insides.
prof0ak ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 21:52:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
maybe this is why mentally challenged people sometimes rub their feces on themselves.
Actually there is a reason why. It's because there is sulphur in our farts. When unknown forms of sulphur smells reach our brain, it has a defence mechanism because it interprets the smell as danger. Where as when we smell our own farts, our body already knows the smell of this sulphur is not dangerous, not triggering the danger reaction, thus making our own farts smell nice to us!
From what I can understand it ties into Freudian psychology. When we're a baby and our ego hasn't yet developed to understand the difference between itself and the object world, we don't understand our poop is bad. From what we can tell, that poop is part of us, so we should love it. I think maybe it ties back to that.
Palawin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:48:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess same thing as smelling your finger after digging in your bellybutton or scratching your balls, lol.
I seem to remember I read somewhere that it's an evolutionary thing to do with figuring out what things are good to eat. Basically if you're a caveman and eat some weird berries/mammoth/sabre tooth tiger jerky, if your own farts start smelling like a decomposing stegosaurus you know it's not normal, so maybe go for the braised brontosaurus next time. So smelling your own farts is like a health checkup from a really bad and inappropriate doctor with no qualifications.
I was inhaling a '87 Merlot worthy gas bomb as I read this, burst into laughter, then gagged as I swallowed fecal coliform... Well played internet stranger well played
You know when you park your car in a big parking lot and you say " OK I'm in front of the cellphone tower and the lamp post?" well you just connected some neurons to alert you when you see those two things and connected the alert to the context of "Find my car when I leave Theme Park" which is a much larger and more complicated group of connected neurons.
Three years later the context has been overwritten plenty of times as we can't remember everything and your body is renoun for reusing neurons for new purposes like a computer uses disk space. Now, usually the alert neurons are rewired as well but sometimes the alert neurons survive and if they do, you may see a cell phone tower near a lamp post which causes them to fire up and do just what you asked them to three years ago. But the neuron they alert has been rewritten to another part of your memory, and who knows what function it serves in this memory know.
So now you feel like you are remembering something you weren't trying to, annnnd the context is all fucked up.
Sleep is probably used to identify the broken connections and rewire or unwire them. That's why dreaming feels like one big dejavu event with disjointed situations that feel connected even though they dont make sense logically.
I work in a grocery store and I don't know why but sometimes I have dreams of working{I love working}. The next day I live my entire dream, item to item and word to word sometimes. I've had to do a double take sometimes because something was off and it breaks my mind.
Or why different generations like different music. There's no real physical difference between me and my great great grandfather--So why would I hate the music his generation loved?
Generally, the adjective order in English is:
Quantity or number.
Quality or opinion.
Size.
Age.
Shape.
Color.
Proper adjective (often nationality, other place of origin, or material)
Purpose or qualifier.
Just pulling this out of my ass but there does seem to be an implied importance there having to do with ease of identification. If I asked you to walk into a room filled with balls and bring back the one I need as quickly as possible, looking for the biggest one would take the least amount of effort probably (provided the difference was significant enough). Failing that, you could go by color, though not everyone can see every color or agree on the ones we can see. It's a little bit more complex. Finally, putting furry first would mean you'd have to go around feeling every ball, or at least identifying by sight those that looked furry and then verifying by touch--by far the most resource intensive.
All of which to say, I think we've developed a way about describing certain things to make them easiest to identify/understand. Total conjecture though.
At least in this instance, the adjectives closer to the noun are things that would be noticed as you physically got closer.
First you see a big ball, then you see it's red, then you see the fur.
I know I'm a bit late to the party, but I found something in your comment. Saying "the red, big, furry ball" or "the furry, red, big ball" feels somehow wrong. I don't understand why it happens.
I sympathize with the county's lawyer. The term "photocopy" in that case was the very thing at issue, and the IT guy wanted to be precise. I've worked with this exact type of IT guy.
Average user: Mark, the system's down again.
Mark: When you say "the system's down" what do you mean?
AU: I mean I can't do my work cause it's down.
Mark: Okay, please define "it" and "down."
He knows that imprecise language is potentially only going to cause more problems and he's being stubborn about it.
Whereabouts in your mouth your tongue was before you started thinking about it.. This is one I just randomly think about now and then and it truly annoys me.
The next biggest influences (after the moon) on tide are the sun, local geographic conditions, broader geographic conditions and long/lat coordinates. There are actually lots of little tide periods that line up with each other at different times to produce major/minor peaks/troughs in terms of tide depth in/out. Quite interesting. How these line up dictate how quickly/slowly the tide turns.
When you drink water wrong and you absolutely must cough, as though your brain is aware it will have no trouble continuing to live, but it wants to punish your reckless approach to beverages.
Xannin ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 09:52:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Inhaling water is generally a sign to your brain that it could die.
I do not agree. While American football is up there, Baseball has a lot of 'But why?' rules. Can't strike out on a foul, Every ballpark is a different size, Designated hitter, Allowed to run past 1st but have to stay on 2nd and 3rd, etc.
Basketball on the other hand......
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:06:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude, football has about 100x more rules than baseball. I've taught people football...it's a nightmare. Usually takes watching multiple games and asking many questions just to even understand wtf is going on.
First downs, punting vs FG vs going for it, extra points and 2 point conversions...holding is 10 yards on Offense but 5 yards and a 1st down on Defense, holding vs interference, What is a catch?, Tuck rule?, offsides vs encroachment vs false start?, forward pass vs lateral, intentional grounding? Etc, etc, etc.
Oh...and what does each position do?
It's a complicated sport.
Baseball, by comparison, is much easier to learn the basics. The only complicated part about baseball are all of the "unwritten rules".
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:13:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've watched football all my life and I'm still not convinced offsides, encroachment, and a neutral zone infraction aren't the same god damn thing.
Emetos ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:29:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Offsides is when the defense is across the line of scrimmage when the ball is snapped. Encroachment is when the defense goes across the line of scrimmage AND touches an offensive player before the ball is snapped. Neutral zone infraction is when a defensive player crosses the line of scrimmage and it cause an offensive player to move before the ball is snapped
Is overrunning first not because it takes longer to get started running from a batting position than from standing on a base? I always assumed it was that, so that a batter would be able to run from the plate to first in the same amount of time as a runner from first to second.
effa94 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 15:10:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
some sports are easy. Football, kick the ball, no hands, into the goal, dont kick it outside the field, dont wait in the goal zone to play the ball (offside) and boom, now you can play
EDIT, im talking about football, not the handegg game
"I don't get this. Is Blernsball the exact same as Baseball?"
โFry'
"Baseball? God forbid"
โProfessor Farnsworth
"Face it Fry: Baseball was as boring as Mom and apple pie. That's why they jazzed it up."
โLeela
"Boring! Baseball wasn't.. Hm. So they finally jazzed it up?"
โFry
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:53:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
S'go, Os!!!
rvnnt09 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:30:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i had the television on one day just to have some background noise when a sports recap show came on. They were showing cricket highlights, i imagine the confusion i felt watching cricket would be the same as a person watching baseball for the first time
there are two teams trying to score points against each other. in order to do so, they must hit a ball, one at a time, with a batting device so that other team does not catch it. as long as they do not so, or throw it to any key players on their team, the player from the batting team may attempt to advance through a series of four bases. upon reaching the fourth unhindered by the ball being thrown to any aforementioned key players, that player scores a point for their team.
penkki ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:49:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ha ha, a rookie, eh? Baseball, my friend, is a Diamond City tradition. See it two teams will meet in this place called a stadium and play a game called baseball. One team will then beat the other team to death with these things called Baseball Bats, and the best bats are called Swatters.
True fact.
There were are all sorts of different teams! There is the Diamond City Demolishers. Big brutes of guys. Played in full Power Armor with special pneumatic arms parts for swinging.
You also have the Lexington Ladies. An all female team, with coach Bloody Mary Sue at the helm. Highest kill count in the league.
And I could spend all day talking about the Concord Crushers or the Quincy Killmeisters, but you get the idea. It's a hell of a sport.
How about like this. Each player has to enter the zone after the puck does in order to play the puck in the zone. If you if go in before the puck does, you have to go out and then go back in. That way you are entering after the puck. I can see how that could be difficult to someone without any knowledge of the game though. A whiteboard would be useful!
As someone with zero hockey knowledge, I want to ask, to exit the zone for entering properly, do you have to also enter that zone properly? And what happens if you don't?
No. The only zone that matters for a player to enter correctly is their offensive zone. So the third of the ice that has the opposing goal in it. The rule is put in place so you don't have attacking players sitting on the other end of the ice next to the goal and cherry picking.
So the solution was to say that you can't go into that attacking zone until the puck does. Hope that helps!
To be extra clear, he's referring to the moment when the puck crosses the blue line (the divider between the offensive zone and the rest of the ice, literally a blue line). If a player goes in before the puck, he's offside. Nothing happens unless the puck crosses that line. You can be offside, then not, then offside again, then not...you don't get called until the puck comes into the zone.
So he left out that the defending team is irrelevant to this rule, but that also might confuse things. Say it's a 2 on 1 odd man rush, she might say "isn't that guy (from defending team) offsides? he entered the zone before the puck." Also if you really wanna fuck things, you have to consider the part of the rule where the team voluntarily brings the puck back into their defensive zone, the players on the other team don't have to tag up. That's more subjective at times, but a whole new level to fuck with her. If you do this, please be sure to film her head exploding, for YouTube.
It doesn't help that if you're watching an NHL game, a lot of the plays look offside but aren't. The players are just trained to cut it really really close.
Especially since the puck is what matters, not necessarily the guy with the puck. So his teammates can cross the blue line at the same time as the puck, but they look to be ahead of the guy with the puck. At full speed it looks offside for a non-hockey fan.
If it looks like they won't make it, the player carrying the puck will frequently "dump" the puck into the offensive zone to keep his teammates from being offside.
And if you skate in backwards with the puck in front of you, you will put your self offside.
Not true actually. If a player is in possession of the puck he can enter ahead of it. It's why Backstrom(I think) wasn't offside during Ovechkin's OT goal a couple days ago.
Well, sure but at a certain level quantum mechanics is pretty simple, too. Basically, the simplest concept is that energy comes in specific amounts that cannot be subdivided. At large scales like we actually experience in day to day life, that doesn't matter, because the quanta, as the amounts are called, are very very small. But on the scale of a single electron, it matters a very large amount, because the energy of an electron is on a similar order of magnitude to the quantized amount.
That's all I remember from my intro class; everything else is really fucky.
Well, not entirely true. If the defending team sends the puck into their zone, even if the attacking player was "offsides", he is not actually offsides since his team did not commit the offense. Also, you are allowed to cross the blue line before the puck, if you have control of the puck (ex: you are skating backwards when entering crossing the line. You enter the zone before the puck, but because you have control of it, the play is allowed).
The general idea of hockey offsides is easy, but when you get into these fringe cases I can see where people get confused.
Don't forget about your back foot having to be on the ice!
Teb1288 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:33:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, you will still get called offsides if you have possession and you enter before the puck. It's just rare for it to happen. I play defense in a league that enforces NHL rules and have several times forced an offsides call by making them dangle the puck back while their skates crossed the line. I have also had it called on myself when I sharply cut to the puckside on the blue line causing both skates to cross before the puck.
I've never seen a league that would allow you to skate backwards over the line with the puck and not get called.
You are wrong. Per NHL rule 83.1: "However, a player actually controlling the puck who shall cross the
line ahead of the puck shall not be considered โoff-side,โ provided he
had possession and control of the puck prior to his skates crossing the
blue line."
I have been playing hockey for ~18 years, and have watched hockey for even longer. I actually played in a tournament this weekend, and had this exact thing happen to me. Caught a pass, skated backwards into the offensive zone (I entered before the puck did), they did not whistle me off-sides because I had control of the puck when entering the zone.
Teb1288 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:57:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Huh, well either the refs I play with are worse than I thought or there is a lot of leeway on what "possession of the puck" means. It must mean stick on the puck and not mid deke?
I'm gonna call lacrosse as being pretty easy: minimum four guys in the defensive half at all times, minimum three guys in the offensive half at all times
Hockey might be easier than Football if you dig into the relationship between false starts, neutral zone infractions, encroachment, and offsides penalties, and general penalty enforcement in the Football, which requires an understanding of the game architecture (Football has the most complicated game architecture of any major sport IMO)
Part of the problem with hockey offside is that it appears fairly easy, but then in practice it's harder to follow with delayed offside, and speed of the game. So people tend to take the simple explanation, then get confused once they watch the game. With football, if you get into the relationship with the architecture of the game the person probably realizes the complexity before they have a chance to get confused by the live action.
Delayed offsides seems to confuse people. It's really just a warning that you will be offsides and the whistle will blow if you bring the puck in.
-ili- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:27:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hockey players can skate backwards into the offensive zone and it won't be offsides as long as it's clear he's in control of the puck. It's clear that even some coaches don't know this rule as they've tried to challenge goals saying the player was offsides.
Its easy in American Football. if someone from that team decides they want to play before the one guy decides hes ready to play its offsides. But if its the other team then its a false start. Duh.
Oh boy, explaining the new hybrid icing rule the NHL adopted to my then-gf was a fun one.
We got together around the start of the season the year before, and over the course of the year she took to watching games with me and finally had a grasp on the rules (she's a smart person, but it's hard to retain information you really don't give a shit about... I get that). Anyway, at the start of the next year I bought us some tickets to a game around our anniversary and forgot to mention the rule change to her. First time an icing got whistled before the touch she asked me what the hell happened and I just gave her a simplified explanation. First time it got waved off she got confused and I had to explain it more depth. It was at that point she decided to not care.
We broke up a few months later for non-icing related reasons anyway so whatever.
veetack ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:58:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I explained that to my fiancee just by saying that it was for safety reasons. She got that.
That kinda blows my mind, too. You see, I live in the Southeast US. Hockey is not really a thing here, even though we have a (very) minor league team. Icing is the hardest thing for a non hockey fan to understand. It took her exactly one explanation to get it.
i enjoy hockey, my dad was a player for his college team in Northern NY, he struggled to explain icing to me when i started watching. its just kinda confusing, then you add in the change, like wtf
veetack ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:56:37 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What college? My uncle played at Niagra. My dad played at RPI, but I'm pretty sure he was just doing intramurals.
veetack ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:36:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
SouthEAST. I live in TN. We have the Preds, but this far east of Nashville, people don't pay attention. I'm almost directly in between the preds and the canes.
There are three red lines on a rink. Two are continuations of the goal line at the ends and then other is the midline. If Team A is behind the midline and send the puck past Team B's redline, that is icing.
In international play it is immediate. In the NHL, it's now a hybrid call. The old way required Team B to touch the puck. There were concerns about heavy hits leading to injuries, so now Team B just has to reach the faceoff dot in their end before Team A.
So basically, icing is taking a super long shot from way across the ice? And it's illegal in order to avoid the goalie getting sniped in the head from halfcourt?
It's illegal so that a team getting control of the puck in their own zone don't just rip it down the other end of the ice to waste time. It prevents a team getting a one goal lead, then constantly sending the puck to the other end of the ice any time they touch it to maintain the lead.
Ohhhh, that makes sense. Though i feel like that takes out some of the things I like about basketball, like the last second full court shots. This rules those out though, which makes last second upsets nigh impossible.
Well that kind of last second upset from the other side of the ice is kind of gotten rid of anyways with goalies. No matter how good you are, if you sling the puck down from the other side of the ice the goalie will almost 100% stop it unless they really fuck up. The hockey equivalent of the full court shot winning the game would be a player breaking out of the defensive zone on a breakaway with a few seconds left in a tie game which has the same will they/won't they score as they are one on one with the goalie.
Offside in soccer is really quite easy and not very complicated at all. Some of the finer details with players interfering without touching the ball is a bit of a grey area but the basic principle is very simple
my dads a soccer journalist with coaching qualifications and I've played Sunday league a good while yet neither of us know the offside rule once you get into that grey area
Forkrul ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:53:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was the player offside and interacted or attempted to interact with the ball, then you call offside. Was the player offside but didn't interfere with the play or make any attempt to then you don't call offside.
Offside in hockey isn't hard though. The puck has to cross the blue line before an attacking player. If the puck comes out of the "zone" (anything between the blue line and the boards), all the attacking players need to come out before they can try again.
Icing, on the other hand, can get confusing to explain.
How did you explain it...? Offside in hockey is a very very simple concept lol.
egnards ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:57:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Really? Hockey is pretty damn easy compared to something like soccer - While playing Fifa with a friend he tried to explain how offsides worked (as an avid soccer fan). . I couldn't help but call the whole system stupid and compared it to an idiots version of hockey offsides.
veetack ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 19:00:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Offsides in soccer is stupid. It's a moving line.
I'm of the opinion that if you're lucky enough to get behind the defenders then have at it. It would certainly make for more high scoring games if they did away with it, just gotta adjust for a better rule against cherry picking.
It's not really that stupid it's part of the game defending as a unit is so important all players must be watching everything and communicate to stay in line and not let the striker (in most cases) get behind. They're are rec leagues with offside only in 18 yard box and it justs means thag there will be a striker waiting there with a defender it's not that great
veetack ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:22:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'll openly admit I'm only a soccer fan once every 4 years for the World Cup, so I don't really follow the game, but I have an understanding of it. I'm just spitballing.
Oh yeah spitball away adds to the discussion, it's just my opinion that it wouldn't be better due to the tactics of playing people offside and the fact it would lead to players being less involved and standing around 18 yard box making exciting counter attacks less viable amd the goalkeeper unable to play as far forward it would change it a lot.
To make soccer better, they should also make the field smaller and eliminate out of bounds. Then they should give all the players sticks and play it on ice.
veetack ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:31:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's a really good idea, but let me add a few things to it:
make the net smaller, about 1/10 of its current size, and instead of a ball, use a disc shaped piece of hard rubber. Yellow and red cards are gone, and instead, players have to sit alone for a period of time, say 2-5 minutes depending on severity, but can then return to play. Shorten the game from two 45 minute halves to 3 20 minute periods, at the end of which there is no added time. Substitutions should no longer be limited, but encouraged, and not uncommon for everyone to change out simultaneously.
It can be tricky in soccer because a lot of people think Offside is when you are behind the last defender. The real rule is that there actually have to be two people from the other team (or the ball) between you and endline for you to be onside. So it gets tricky when the goalie pushes up past the last two defenders. Now you have to stay in front of those two guys. It is almost always the last defender and the goalie, so many people don't know that little wrinkle.
Also, it is called based on where the players are when the ball is kicked not when the ball is received by the player. People seem to forget this one a bit too.
Add to that the fact that you cannot be offside in your own half, so even if you are behind everyone, but on your end of the midline, you are still onside.
It's tricky to call mostly because of the timing of when the ball is played. People also get messed up by the fact that the rule is that any part of your body that can legally play the ball can cause you to be offside. I have heard people who've been playing for years make the mistake of thinking that it's your feet that matter. If you lean out past your defender and your head is in an offside position, you can/should get called on it.
In my experience, it's a good idea to start with explaining the use of the offside rule and a possible scenario of football without offside instead of trying to make people understand the rule itself.
I didn't realize what the actual letter of the law was for offsides. I always assumed that once you got passed the last defender you were offsides (barring the ball being past the last defender in your team's possession... Yadayada).
The subjectivity of "Football move" is what makes it complex.
And the reason they aren't going to change it is for safety reasons. They don't want defenders to be able to destroy "defenseless" receivers, which means you have to be able to rule the receiver didn't have possession despite having control of the ball and two feet inbounds.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:30:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hasn't the term "football move" been removed from the rules?
Oof, good call. The Infield Fly rule is complex, but at least it's logical once you get in to the "baseball frame of mind" - it's hard to tell when it applies, but once you figure that out it's easy to see its application.
NFL catch rules on the other hand, are very, very counter-intuitive. Others have pointed out that they're necessary, and I agree - but a casual person watching a game will assume something is a catch, and it's hard to explain why it isn't based on NFL rules.
Writing a rule that covers all the edge cases for what a catch is is really hard. Its one of those 'you know it when you see' things that is hard to put definite rules to.
It's pretty straightforward: If there is a popup or fly ball on the infield when there is a force in effect and <2 outs, the infield fly rule can be called.
I mean, you are already wrong, so maybe I was wrong in assuming it's not that complex.
The location of the fly ball is irrelevant. This came into contention a few years ago in the Wild Card playoff game between the Cardinals and Braves where they called an Infield Fly that was well into the outfield.
An INFIELD FLY is a fair fly ball (not including a line drive nor an attempted bunt) which can be caught by an infielder with ordinary effort, when first and second, or first, second and third bases are occupied, before two are out. The pitcher, catcher and any outfielder who stations himself in the infield on the play shall be considered infielders for the purpose of this rule.
Note that it only applies to players originally in the infield. If they run to the outfield to make a high popfly catch, it can still be an infield fly.
If there is a force play at third base and less than two outs, the infield fly rule is in effect.
A batted ball - not a bunt - that can be caught by an infielder with an ordinary effort is considered an infield fly. The batter is automatically out and the runners can advance at their own risk.
I still think it's a bit complex for a casual viewer, but I must say that that's the most concise explanation that can be had. I was about to get on your case for not including anything about a situation with runners on all bases, but your phrasing of "a force play at third" says the same thing in fewer words, since there can't be a force play at Home and NOT a force play at Third. Nice explanation!!
This is entirely a legal play (also, this isn't an infield fly situation,) but this is what infielders used to do before the infield fly rule. The baserunners are damned if they do, damned if they don't - if they hang back, the fielder drops the ball and gets the force out. If they advance, the fielder catches the ball and gets them for not tagging up.
The offside rule is... when the french mustard has to be between... the teriyaki sauce and the sea salt.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:17:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The simplest explanation for football (soccer for the commies):
Draw 3 lines across the pitch: Where the 2nd last defender is, where the ball is, and the halfway line. When the ball is kicked, if anyone is in front of all of these lines, they're offside and can be called on it if they interfere with play. That is all.
Australian rules football. There is no offside rule. Go wherever the fuck you want.
Interestingly it is also the only sport (that I know of) where you can be out of the field of play but so long as the ball is inside the field, you're good. Very rarely you'll see a player run out of the boundary line and hold the ball over the field of play. Play on.
Football is really easy. Don't cross the line of scrimmage before the ball is snapped.
I don't watch soccer, but I played some FIFA and was able to understand offsides. If you pass to someone, a defender has to be between him and the goal.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:20:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For football it's easy.
When a pass is made to you, there must be at least two players of the opposing team (usually the goalkeeper and last defender) between you and the opposition goal. If you are closer to the goal than the penultimate opposing player when the pass is made (that is, when the ball leaves your teammates foot, not when you receive it), you are offside. I think they updated it this season, so that the offside offence is committed even if you don't receive the ball, as long as you showed that you intended to receive it.
You can't pass the ball to your teammate while he is behind the last defender (in terms of distance from the goal).
The reason people get confused is because the rule only applies if the player is behind the last defender at the time the ball passes the defender. Because of this, the ball can be passed and the person waiting to receive it can just wait until the ball passes the defender then run TO the ball. The ball technically was not passed to them.
A player in soccer is offside when the player gains an advantage in being behind( closer to the goal than) the second to last defender when the ball is played.
Just as science can explain colors as a difference in wavelength. The point is you can't explain what red is just like you can't explain what sour is. It's too personal there is no way to know if everyone experiences the same since we cannot enter another person's mind.
Yeah, it's easier to understand when you try speaking without using the word 'the'. While it sounds weird it still works and it's absence leaves a very specific ambiguity in your sentences that is pretty easy to understand.
Reminds me of when I was learning logarithms in middle school and just couldn't understand why we needed them until my genious math teacher said "solve this problem without it."
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:36:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So, is 'that' an adjective? Because it's describing something. It's not just any ball, it's that ball.
It's the definite article, which specifies that we're talking about a particular instance of something. Like how "the man" means there's a certain man in mind, as opposed to "a man" which could be any guy.
It's like this constant, almost painful urge to move my legs. Like kinetic energy building up a growing fire. I can feel the urge "rising" to the point of extreme discomfort or pain. Could I tell you why it happens? Not really. All I know is it happens every day, all day.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:32:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Could be it, or just you arent exercising enough. Mine doesn't go away eith exercize - tried running, lifting, zumba, a combo, etc.
My leg shakes up and down day in and day out. I move it in my sleep and wear holes in my sheets over time. I have trouble falling asleep without moving them. Mostly my right leg though.
It's not a big deal and is mostly a self diagnosis thing because unless it's caused by other anxiety, not much can be done. I've had it for many years and there's no difference in it when I'm stressed or completely care free.
I'm on medication for this now, just so I can sleep at night. If I travel somewhere, and I forget my medication, I'm in sheer misery. I deeply hate this syndrome.
I have tried running/jogging/walking. I have tried lifting. I have tried Zumba. It doesn't change anything. It goes away for maybe an hour, then comes right back. If anything it sometimes made it harder to sleep because my legs would be used to whatever motion I had been doing and would go into overdrive trying to do those motions again, making the burning sensation worse.
effa94 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 15:14:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
amputate it, get a robot leg. Now it only moves when you program it too
I think that part of this is that people have fetishes over what is hidden. Generally, women don't go around in public topless, so what is hidden is what is desired. When it was taboo for women to show their ankles (we had to wear long skirts, along with long underwear and/or petticoats), any show of ankle would send most men into a tizzy. Try showing leg, and it was game over.
Looking North, right is toward the East and left is toward the West.
jelos98 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:38:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Imagine the world is a sphere. Imagine a plane cutting the world into two hemispheres, and imagine standing on the sphere straddling the intersection of the sphere and plane.
Imagine placing your hands palms down on the ground, one hand on each hemisphere. The pointer finger and thumb on one of your hands forms an L as you are looking at it (the other forms a backwards L). We will call the hemisphere that the proper-L hand is touching the left - everything on that side of the plane shall be deemed the "left" side. Everything on the other side of the plane shall be the right.
If you change directions, imagine that you're still straddling a new splitting plane, and a new left and right are defined in the same way, relative to the new position.
yans0ma ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:57:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Good luck drinking pure water, it's only made in labs and is unhealthy. The water you drink isn't pure. In fact, you most likely associate the specific combination of minerals found in the water at your home with "neutral taste", and if you drink water from France, it won't taste the same. Kind of like accents: you think yours is neutral or that you don't have one.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:09:19 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've been to a lot of countries and I honestly wouldn't be able to tell their waters apart.
Antennas. Especially back when you used to have to have rabbit ears on your TV and you are holding and moving them every which way to get reception. Like, why does half an inch lower get crystal clear picture, but move it slightly and it all goes to hell?
crusoe ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:13:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Radio waves have LARGE wavelengths so this leads to large detectable dead and hot spots due to self interference from reflection off metal surfaces, etc.
Because yawning is a sign of an oxygen deficiency so we react to seeing someone yawn to protect ourselves
Source: heard it somewhere (may not be true but i think it is)
I thought it was a way to signal when you wanted to sleep in cave man times so everyone would sleep at the same time instead of at different times throughout the day.
Melly94 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:38:06 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What things smell like. Go ahead. If i have never seen, say, an orange before, explain what it smells like, that i could identify it by how you explained it to me. And without directly saying "like a ___ but different in this way"
An orange tastes sweet with a little bit of tartness. The taste spreads over your mouth quickly and covers it, and it is light--doesn't make your mouth feel thick or heavy. Fresh and somehow a little crisp, but it also makes the inside of your mouth wind up a little bit because of the concentration of acidity in your mouth, and when you drink some water to wash that feeling away there's a tangy, almost metallic feeling at the tip of your tongue as the milder and diluted flavor returns to the rest of your mouth.
(That being said, my ex has congenital anosmia--born without a sense of smell--so I actually have explained smells to him before, although it usually just made him sad, so I stopped doing that.)
esemef ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:30:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, it's one of those things you just have to experience. You get the people like 'nah it doesn't look like fun at all you're just stumbling around like idiots' but that isn't what it feels like. Your perception is altered, to you, you and your friends aren't bumbling idiots, you're awesome.
Were you actually drunk or you just drank? My first time I got absolutely smashed so I'd know for sure. But alcohol just amplifies yourself, if you're a fun person it'll make shit more fun
I was scrolling for a while and this was the one that struck me. Every once in a while I stop and think, "I'm alive, and I'm aware that I'm alive. I was produced by living beings, who were themselves produced by living beings. And I'm aware of the world around me, which includes the fact that I'm aware of it."
It's like tripping on mushrooms except, you have more energy, it lasts longer, and you don't feel as ill(usually). Your mindset is also different, on mushrooms things are generally funny, occasionally spiritual, on LSD you will analyze the shit out of things, but it will all make sense.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:33:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Alright, before you guys post these again, my definitions:
Gravity
In the Newtonian view, gravity is a force of universal attraction between objects with mass. In the Einsteinian view, gravity is the bending of space-time due to objects with mass or energy.
The word "the"
It's a word used to specify one singular and specific thing, in contrast to "a," which specifies one singular but non-specific thing.
Time
A word used to describe the relationship between moments occurring after each other.
Color
The specific mixture of wavelengths of light being emitted or reflected from an object.
No, "the" (definite article) is not always singular - it's also used in the plural (the dog; the dogs). "A" (indefinite article), on the other hand, is always singular, and can never be plural. The closest thing that can be described as the plural of "a" is "some" (a dog; some dogs).
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:36:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, true. Remove the singular, though, and I think I got it pretty straight.
The question from further up - why do people love boobs?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:47:53 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because humans evolved to do so. Bring attracted to large racks meant men tended to attempt to partner with women with a better food supply, bettering their own position. In modern times, it's mostly vestigial.
Time, apart from it being a flat circle of course.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:21:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mathematical and philosophical axioms. Knowledge reaches a certain point where if you continue asking questions, answers either become circular or you just have no way of explaining.
Frapplo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:34:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you're leaning back in your chair, and you realize you've gone to far. For a split second, there's this feeling that rushes through you. THAT FEELING.
When you break up with someone and they are the only person in the world you shouldn't talk to but they are also the only person that you feel you can talk to?
I've always found it a weird and explainable conundrum.
ejwatts ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:35:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the flavor of water
Munninnu ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 18:36:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone understands that quantum entanglement is a property of nature, but nobody can explain how it is possible.
We know that there is an upper limit regarding the "strength of correlations" between two systems obeying local realism, but quantum theory predicts violations of this limit.
lameth ยท 98 points ยท Posted at 19:29:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not entirely sure this is an "everyone" thing...
Jorlung ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:23:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone understands that quantum entanglement is a property of nature, but nobody can explain how it is possible.
Yeah this kind of bothered me when it was introduced in my class. Professor just said "Entanglement occurs when the state in question is not simply a tensor product of N states." No proof or anything, not even a mathematical proof, that's just what happens apparently.
I don't know whether there are more formal proofs out there, but it kind just seems like one of those Quantum things you don't really stop 'em when they explain it to you, you're just like "Okay."
ztejas ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:05:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is absolutely not something that "everyone" understands. Generally speaking, only people with at least a bachelors in physics would even know what you're talking about.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:09:47 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The question also says "but everyone understands." The general population who have heard of it do not understand what it is.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:29:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kinda late in the game but this one has a lot of aerospace engineers shocked: (you might want to sit down for this)
We don't know why airplanes fly. Yes, the Bernoulli equation, ground effect, Newton's laws, the camber/curvature of the wing cross section, the airflow, the high/low pressure are good explanations, but they are exactly that....explanations of how the plane flies. We still don't know why it does that. Why that shape? Why that angle? Why that camber? We don't know. We just go along with it.
For example "why is Pi 3.14159..." is an invalid question. There is no why because that's just what Pi is.
You may as well be asking "why is a square that shape?". And the answer, as you'd expect, is because that is what a square is. There is no why.
In the same way we know exactly why planes fly, and you described many of the explanations yourself. Those angles etc cause the pressures to increase/decrease in such a way as to allow a moving object to generate lift.
There is no why. It's just that those properties create those effects.
Me too. I refuse to be an expert at applying experimental values.
Ginnipe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:34:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just like thinking that they're going too fast to fall, simple as that.
I know there is a he'll of a lot more to it than that, but at the base level that's it and I really dont want to be thinking of how flight doesn't make sense while sitting in a plane that shouldn't be able to fly because it doesn't make sense.
Simple right?
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:28:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How and why are the same question in this case. All of the things you brought up are perfect explanations.
Trick question. nothing works on a Plymouth; it's a Chrysler
datums ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:28:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In linguistics, how to tie shoe laces is a common example of something simple that is essentially impossible to communicate with normal language. Also, you will likely find that your knowledge of how to tie shoe laces fails you the first time you try to tie someone else's shoes.
D0ct0rJ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:08:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Grab a lace in each hand. Move your hands across the shoe so that the laces are now crossed, making an x-like shape. Take the lace that is closest to you, move the free end behind and then under the crossing of the laces. Pull both laces towards the side they are currently on until the twist makes contact with the shoe with a desired tightness.
Now fold the free ends of the laces back on themselves, making loops of lace but not exhausting the free end of the lace. Push one of the loops behind the other, then pull it around to the front and push it under the intersection of the loops. Pull to desired tightness. Free end of laces can be used to loosen knot.
Yeah, if I hadn't been using shoes most of my life I don't know that that would make any sense. So strange.
rvnnt09 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:36:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
nah man its simple like you cross em first, then you make a roop, then the rabbit goes through the loop then you pull it and ...fuck you're right
Xannin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:57:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thats why I stand behind someone if I need to do their laces.
bos789 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:52:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why when something bad happen to you, other bad things keep on happening?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:06:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's about being vulnerable. The feeling is similar to having your arms and legs tied down and unable to move. You can't protect yourself, so you feel uncomfortable and your brain tells you to leave that situation
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:56:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:13:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
if there would be nobody able to explain how to tie your shoes / tie a knot, shoelaces wouldn't have been invented.
i mean.. i didn't figure it our on my own like some sort of reflex, but was told how to at the age of 3? or 4 maybe? somewhen in kindergarden.
its filler to bring attention to immediate following word in order to make sense. Notice how that read weirdly because I didn't add 'the' before immediate? XD
Not sure if that's a legit answer at all but it makes sense to me /shrug
Pain. Does anyone ever actually feel confident with their answer when someone asks them to rate their pain? I feel like I'm guessing on a test I never studied for.
Recently read a book called Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, great book FYI, but one of the major things he talks about is what is quality. You can't entirely describe when something has quality, but people can always tell good quality from poor quality
Or better, how to stop myself from entering a state where I just want to download a thing, and don't care if it's malware or not, so I just keep installing exes until I hit the right one. Then I'm done and I regret because I have to spend the next 2 hours googling solutions to the rootkit..
Romantic attraction. Note-- not strictly everybody understands it. My older sister is one of the rare people who doesn't, so I've had a lot of practice trying to explain it to her.
What if it isn't mutual? Also what is attraction? Is it just wanting to be with someone? Can't you want to be with friends?
For myself I use it with a feeling of exclusivity-- like I want this person to be my go-to person. But polyamory is a thing nowadays, I guess. I really don't know, if that wasn't obvious.
BigJ571 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:56:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The English word "The".
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:56:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love.
Lublib ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:56:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pain
robilco ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:58:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's scary enough knowing you're about to die - to be made to go through it under distress would be awful - but I guess it also makes the people doing the killing feel a bit better too..
For instance - I'm form NT Australia - one of my sisters work friends was stupid enough to jump in croc infested waters; people saw him struggling and really trying to get out of the water - so he saw/knew it was coming and it got him.. Just thinking about it that way induces terror, imagine it actually happening to you though..
I understand, but when you think about it, if someone is going to die, why do we care if they are experiencing pain for 30 seconds? That person's thoughts and consciousness are about to disappear. We're caring whether or not a few electrical impulses are going to be pleasant or unpleasant. It's analogous to having a computer that's worthless, that you're about to smash with a hammer and throw into a dump, but instead of pulling the plug you take extra care to shut it down properly.
When you think about it, caring about the feelings or pain / suffering of others in any way is really kind of pointless. They are just highly organized impulses and chemical reactions. But everyone still has to do it so that they don't wind up at the hands of someone else who doesn't care.
I admit, I lifted this idea from Louis Armstrong. Once, a reporter asked him to define jazz. He replied something like, "if you don't know, I can't explain it."
What a "fuckboy" is. I've had my friends try to explain it, and after a bit of quibbling, they all just end up pointing out a person and saying, "See X? X is a fuckboy." This doesn't help me much, so I still don't know what a fuckboy is. Is it sort of like an asshole but one that wears hats?
I understand left/right more than port/starboard. That's something I will never understand
ac07682 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:32:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's easier to explain, imagine that you are the boat. Looking forwards towards your bows. Substitute the word left for port and right for starboard and you're golden.
The arrow of time. Literally, we still have no idea why time goes one way and not the other. There have been a couple interesting papers, but nothing probable. Yet.
SK-2001 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:28:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It depends on how literal you take the title. Does it mean literally nobody understands, or that generally speaking nobody can explain so that most people understand it. Describing gravity in terms of curvature of space goes over most people's heads.
It also isn't a complete explanation. That's more of a rephrasing of what gravity is in terms of other physical phenomema, but doesn't explain why gravity exists or why it is the way it is. For example, why is it such a weak force compared to the others.
What it means to 'cause' something to happen. We have a very intuitive sense of what it means, but it turns out it's incredibly difficult to define. In fact the elusive nature of its definition has led some philosophers to the conclusion that causation is an illusion.
EDIT: For those downvoting me, I suggest you read some Hume. The idea that we can define what it means to have caused a certain outcome to happen is contentious.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:14:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get what you're trying to say. You apply force to something and it reacts
Whenever I apply a force to something it necessarily applies the same force back to me. How do we know who is doing the causing?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:45:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't understand what you're asking. Yes, the receiving object will apply some resistance force back, but if the force applied is greater than static friction coefficient, then the object moves.
The idea isn't that we don't understand how force works, but that it's difficult to know which thing is causing something to happen. Let's say I'm standing on an icy lake with a big rock. I push on the rock, exerting a force on it, which means it also exerts the same force on me. We both move, and we both applied force to the other, so why did I cause the movement and not the rock?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:22:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You applied actual force. The rock didn't apply force in the way you are thinking. It is just the force that keeps it a rigid body
I must have missed the part in physics class where we made a distinction between actual force and not actual force. Seems that some kind of real force must have happened to me, because I moved as well.
If that's not convincing, how about a different example. Someone fires a cannon. And me being suicidal, I move in front of the cannonball, stopping it (and of course killing myself in the process). The cannonball was the thing that started with more energy, and definitely applied an "actual" force to me, and yet it if we asked "what caused the cannonball to stop moving" the answer stills seems to be me.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:11:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You wouldn't stop a cannon ball. It would apply too much kinetic force to the surface area of your body, and cause it to rip away. The cannon ball would then continue on with less force than it had before it knocked your guts out.
Antics beget ratings begets ads begets money from advertisers.
His popularity is vastly overrated. A hypothesis is he exists so that people are fucking furious if hillary wins because she looks way better by comparison, even though she isn't and they're the same class of douchebag.
Basically, everyone who does actually like Trump gets silenced if they try to express their opinions. Anyone not silenced by people who dislike Trump have the common sense to not mention that they like Trump, all you're going to get is conflict.
Before someone attacks me, I'm not a Trump supporter, it just seems like common sense to me, especially when my first thought is to put this at the end of my message before I'm called a racist and everything else under the sun.
Every man instinctively knows that in a layout of five urinals, you first use urinal 1 or 5, and if both are occupied, you use 3. If 1, 3 and 5 are used, then you either wait or use 2 or 4 while remaining STOCK STILL and staring directly in front or straight down.
Apology in advance, I'm the guy who finds it funny when drunk in the bar to step into the "I'm not gay space" between two occupied urinals even if there are other open ones. If I'm feeling saucy, I'll lock eyes with one of the guys as I step up and say "sup?." as I unzip.
How do I know what I see to be green is the same as what you see to be green. Not in the wavelength or what the colour is called, but in what we actually perceive that colour to be.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:12:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was going to say 'good taste' but right now I'm wearing a plaid shirt over a different plaid shirt and thus, obviously, not everyone understands..... or does this count, because I know this is considered poor taste, but I don't care?
The concept of common sense. It's actually quite difficult to explain if you're put on the spot, although with a few minutes of thinking you can ascertain a somewhat accurate idea of it, but it's still a fairly nebulous concept.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:34:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I got two:
When someone hover's their index finger between the ridge of your eyebrows and you feel a tingling/metallic feeling in your forehead without the finger touching. Im sure there are theories out there but none that I have come across.
Living in Southern California, I constantly see people taking special pills or drinking smoothies that help remove their toxins. When I ask about it, no one can explain what a single toxin is, but they all say we have them.
We don't. Your body isn't a garbage can that needs cleaning. It cleans itself.
Time: What is it? Everyone knows, but try putting it into words. And DO NOT tell me "minutes and seconds," because those are divisions of it - not the stuff itself.
When you love and hate your job at the same time and your reasons for loving and hating it change frequently. If someone even suggests changing professions you think they are nuts but you will continue to bitch about your working situation.
How to make your eardrums rumble. It wasnt until recently that I learned other people can do this too. I didnt even have a word for it before, I didnt think to call it "rumbling" and there was NO WAY for me to describe the sensation to people, much less explain how to do it.
The karmic balance between order and chaos. Everyone feels they should not do bad things (any kind of action that causes negativity) because a overpowering sense of "something bad or chaotic equivalent will surely soon happen to me if I commit" kind of subconscious mind control to keep us in check.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:29:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:30:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cool. For a second, I was trying to think of a 20 page proof for that. Was running induction proofs through my head. It's been a while since I did this though. Anyone have a link?
Ps: math proofs are awesome.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:16:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:17:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Taking drugs is bad but it feels good.
It's like mods/cheat codes in a video game. The cheat codes start out being a delight and way more fun than the actual missions. At some point you have used all the cheat codes and you get tired of the game and are no longer interested in completing missions. So there is no point in playing without the codes. But you are also stuck in this game for the rest of your life. Not only that, but you need money to even use the cheat codes and the only way to get money is crime or completing missions. And completing missions now seems like a waste of time. Like in GTA, either you end up wasted or with 5 wanted stars. Also depending on the cheat codes you are suddenly playing Skyrim instead of GTA.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:54:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony/Sarcasm. It's like, where you say something, but don't mean it, you really mean the opposite, but not always, and some people think it's funny, but some people don't get it
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:25:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like a chemist just went into his lab and threw everything he had into one flask. Not bad, mind you, but it tastes like the most unnatural, synthetic taste ever.
Haven't seen this one yet. Jellyfish. We know that they exist and they hang out and stab people and make people piss on each other, something i'm not necessarily against, so thank you, jellyfish, for facilitating, but i'm pretty sure science doesn't understand too much, if anything about how these creatures exist and survive biologically.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:23:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In the Newtonian view, gravity is a force of universal attraction between objects with mass. In the Einsteinian view, gravity is the bending of space-time due to objects with mass or energy.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:20:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can explain exactly what a calorie is. It's a unit of energy equal to the energy required to heat one gram of water up by one kelvin. However, when you look on Nutrition Facts, they secretly use a kilocalorie, or 1000 cal, but call it a Calorie (capitalization is not a typo).
Not really as fun of a comment as the others, but what having Tourrette's syndrome feels like. The best way I've found to explain it is that it feels a bit like holding your breath. You just feel this need to breathe, and it's the same way with Tourrette's. For me, at least.
When I was in highschool my creative writing teacher told us to describe a car. Not a truck. Not a bike. A car. You can't use brand names. There is a difference between a car and other vehicles. We know what a car is compared to a truck. But no one could describe what a car was without describing another vehicle.
One of my favorite class discussions I've ever had.
Magnets. Everything works with magnets, electricity, engines, speakers, etc. We know it comes from electrons and protons, having a negative/positive charge, but that's it. Same with gravity. It just is.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:02:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What salt tastes likes.
dcfogle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:02:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The way humans perceive someone else staring at them. In SERE training they teach you keep your gaze from the direction of other humans when your in sneak mode.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:05:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
depends. it can taste salty, chlorinated, sweet, whatever you decide to put in it because this is america. unless there is an additive that alters its flavor, it tastes like a diluted version of whatever taste is in your mouth before you started drinking it.
To be fair the end is pretty explainable. Expenditure of energy and atrophy of tissue. "Almost" nothing lives forever.
The origin, however, and how life started in the first place? Every human living understands that they are alive, and what that entails. But no human on this earth can come up with substantial evidence explaining how life started in the first place and subsequently how it led to us.
Ever have a kid that asks you Why something is something, and then continues to ask Why?, Why?, Why? to all the answers you give? Or you were once that kid? I mean, I knew I was.
You can NEVER sufficiently answer all the questions being thrown at you. Sooner or later, you will have to settle with something along the lines of "It's just the way things are." But of course, everyone perfectly understands why it is....
..or do we?
slver6 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:50:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the existence of yourself, you know you exist and you feel, but how do you explain that, a fully funtional super computer called brain, how animals has no that, they are fully funtional system is not it?, how is that, how we know everyone else are not robots or exist at all
chamuth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:51:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
420Fps ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuckin Magnets
Moomius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:54:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pain. What does pain feel like? Sure - you could explain it as "hurting" or "bad," but how could you describe the sensation to someone who can't feel anything?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A bad sensation that makes you wish you avoided whatever caused it. Very unenjoyable, and it doesn't always go away quickly.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:54:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The pull chocks signal when used off the flight line.
8nate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony. I've heard it explained as expecting something to happen but then the opposite occurs. That's close, but not really what it is. Look at Oedipus. You already knew the deal, you weren't expecting the opposite to occur. It's hard to explain, but you know irony when you see it. That, in and of itself, is ironic.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That thing you do.... when you're.. like.... you know what I mean?
I work at a used book store. When you've been there long enough, you learn how to instantly tell the genre of a book just by looking at the cover for even the briefest of moments. Most of it is really REALLY simple stuff that anyone can do (big muscly guy = romance, bloodstains and chalk outlines = myseteries, etc), but there's one that's different:
Christian Fiction.
Everyone at my store - including me - can instantly identify a CriFi novel at a glance. But NONE of us can tell you how, nor can we point to anything specific about the book that is a clear giveaway. You can just.... tell.
The bro coded head nod. It's never taught and nobody knows where it comes from, but every guy knows it. And for whatever reason, to bros with whom a bro is a bro to, said bro will kick their head back/raise their chin. To a bro that's not a bro, they'll give a nod/drop their chin. Nobody knows why we do this, and can't explain it, it's just in everyone's bro-NA
That thing you do where you think something in your head fast but you want to think it slower and louder and you also repeat words you've already thought.
Brand loyalty. You like Apple? Why? You like their products? Sure, but lots of other companies make comparable and sometimes better products. Why Apple?
I don't think murder as an act can be evaluated properly using terms such as wrong. A person can argue why murder should be illegal, but in regards it being wrong as an act, there are questions relating to morality that need to be answered first in order to first establish a common ground from it can be examined.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:03:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Define 'wrong' first. From there it is probably pretty easy to explain.
I mean why should true and false be false? Why should true or false be true? Why should 1 + 1 = 2? Why should cause and effect happen? Why should repeated experiments yield the same results in the same circumstances?
The entirety of our scientific understanding of the universe is predicated on the notion that things which occur do so in a repeatable and logical fashion. Even quantum mechanics, which has random elements to it follows laws and does not deviate from those laws. But why should this be the case? And if we could prove that this doesn't happen, then logically logic is illogical and should logically be discarded as a mechanism for understanding the universe. But then we're using a discredited idea as a reason for discrediting itself, which is in itself a paradox.
You can argue that love and emotion cant be explained but understood. Because everyone is different, one person because see your green as red or see a cat as a hat or maybe whats a circle to you is an oval to me.
People see and feel things differently from each other but they understand each other within the same culture typically. We look for nonverbal cues to understand how someone might want to be treated but it can always be the hardest thing to explain how you feel about any given idea.
Feelings are there but sometimes words lack what you cannot express.
Its a physical dimension, much like the 3 dimensions of space (up and down, left and right, and forward and back), but, to the best of our knowledge, we can only travel through it in one direction at a constant rate.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:52:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity. Things fall. But why? Because there is a large mass underneath us. Why does mass attract other mass. Idk magnets? How do they work. I...fuck you.
denoting one or more people or things already mentioned or assumed to be common knowledge.
"what's the matter?"
2.
used to point forward to a following qualifying or defining clause or phrase.
Smell. At least once a week I will think about how weird it is that we smell. How do we smell? Well I can't quite tell you. Particles go into your nose and you....smell it.
apparantly this is not true in germany.. it can't be understood and it can't be taught. my german teacher was yelled at by her teacher because she had no fucking clue what he meant when i stood up and started waving his arms and yelled "links! rechts!" for nearly a month.. imagine a young german girl going about town waving her arms all nazi like yelling that. : o)
Law as in the system.
Despite having studied law for many years it was first when I had to take the obligatory course law philosophy that it occurred to me how I'll defined law is.
As the course stated in its description. "most people can recognize a law when they see it but even scholars cannot agree on what law is"
the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
So by that definition a small community beating up someone for not following the customs is law.
I am sure most people would object to that.
Edit: just before you think I am playing stupid for the sake of argument. I had the same position as you which a semester of law philosophy changed. Law is not that simple
So by that definition a small community beating up someone for not following the customs is law. I am sure most people would object to that.
It very well could be. Unless superseded by another law enforced by the overall community which that community belongs. Very few communities exist in a vacuum in the modern era.
If that community in question is completely independent, then yes; I suppose they're able to make their own laws as they see fit.
Are table manners law? It is a community enforcing it by social punishment.
No, because table manners are not enforced throughout a community or country. If you're going to break "community" down to refer to individual households, then you're making the term fairly useless.
I suppose it's possible that table manners could be laws if a society choose to make them so, but I don't know of any society that has ever practiced them in such a way.
that feeling you get when something is about to go down, body language . like you said the wrong thing and are about to get knocked out. or you you know something crazy is about to happen and you better get out of there.
Ah that makes a lot of sense. Bill O'reilly once claimed that the tides coming in and out every day was proof of gods existence while interviewing an atheist guest. Basically told him he and science couldn't explain that shit.
Kyanpe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:30:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I horseback riding, there is a term for an action the horse can make called "sucking back" and I have not found a way to explain the feeling and non-horse people think I'm crazy when I try to explain it.
"Air quotes" tried explaining it to non native speakers. It was really difficult to get them to even kind of understand what it meant, and when to use it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:38:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everybody understands them, but nobody has the correct words to describe who, what, and why the fuck womans do what they do... heck, even womans don't know!
Well, a lot of hypothetical things, which we just take for granted. Like tastes, smells, colors and time. We lack the language to accurately describe these concepts.
That's pretty obvious, it's because our axis is north/south, if the Earth was spinning on an east/west axis you could go infinitely north but walking straight over the pole walking east would turn into walking west.
"Syllable" and "word" are two terms widely used both in popular speech and in scientific environments, everyone understand what they are but for which we have no definition yet
WHLSHRK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:14:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That thoughts come from our head and not another part of our body. This was probably understood before modern medicine and the proper tools to detect electrical signals
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:07:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Life
yCloser ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:08:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why does this typed "a" and a capital "A" look similar but completely different from how I hand-write it? Yet everyone is able to tell what I'm writing? What makes A have that sound? Why do letters look different in cursive writing, yet we (once again) can decipher it? Why do the letters need to be in this specific order? (Yes I know it's based on alpha, beta, etc. but why are those in that order?)
Everyone understands that if I put this little tidbit of code here, the computer will do something. Nobody can explain why the computer knows to do X when a command is entered.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:38:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you mean written language as a whole or are some letters better understood than others?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:21:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I tried to explain to myself what the letter W looked like, I failed miserably, always finding myself saying "double-u". I couldn't find a way to explain it. Yes I mean written language as a whole.
Four straight vertical evenly diagonal lines alternating in direction the leftmost's top tilted to the left, touching in two pairs at the bottom and in one pair at the top.
Maybe imagining explaining it to someone else helps. But really it's why that shape means anything to us, and why it represents that particular sound that's the big question.
Having wrong beliefs turns out to be much harder to explain than it seems. I'm taking a class on epistemology (philosophy of knowledge) and we're spending a lot of time on error.
But people get things wrong, and it's fine, we all understand as a thing that happens.
One time I had a 3 year old ask me what the world was. That was really hard to explain to someone who had trouble comprehending the concept completely.
I guess some people can explain the way they revert the image, but not many...
mdude04 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:43:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I work in the education space, and apparently it's difficult to explain the concept of a "school district" to a country that doesn't have the same kind of education system (our database administrator has a fun story about trying to explain it to a potential partner in China and for some reason they just couldn't grasp exactly what it was)
colour; we could all experience colour differently you could see pink the way i see blue. but we will all call the the grass green because someone told us grass was green
Cringing. If I tried to explain it would be like somebody has shoved a pineapple in your ass and is slowly pushing it further so it will come out your mouth.
It's difficult for a native to objectively explain the logic behind certain tendencies of their culture.
What does it mean to be French, British, South African, Chinese, or Brazilian? What exactly is a nation?
It's sort of a fun exercise to mull over, especially if your country is very heterogeneous like the US or has gone through many identity changes throughout history.
Kilessi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:55:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A lot of people find it hard to describe colour, but ever since I could remember I have always associated colours with taste, sounds and smells.
Blue is always like an echo, like the echo you hear when you speak into those echo microphones we used to play with as kids, blue also smells like warm stones, sometime even really earthy mud.
Purple is my favourite sound it always reminds me of sticky toffee between two spoons been pulled apart. With that said I'm not a fan of the smell of purple, it's like vinegar.
To me colours have always effected my other senses. Ultimately I know it's all I'm my head, but I have associated them with taste, sound and smell my whole life.
Humor. What makes something funny? Seriously, look up theories of humor, we have some ideas but really no comprehensive explanation. And yet we all know if we find something funny or not.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:25:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Most humor is derived from other's misfortune or embarrassment.
Yeah, that's certainly an important part of it. But it doesn't do a very good job of explaining things like puns or wordplay or quite a lot of jokes, and doesn't explain at all why some cases of misfortune/embarrassment are funny while others aren't.
And that's without even going into why embarrassment might cause amusement and laughter. It's not really clear why someone slipping on a banana peel should make our faces contort and our diaphragms contract.
Afraid not. Most of the theories about what keeps a bike balanced are being discredited. Like the Caster/Gyro theory. These forces aren't necessary to keep a moving bike balanced.
Another theory claims that the back and front wheel not being perfectly aligned allow for the bike to balance on its own, but this theory has been discredited too.
Roll a coin across your desk. Science has no means of explaining why the coin stays balanced while in motion.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:47:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Okay I don't know 100% about bikes. But the airplanes part was a joke right?
Nope. We have some ideas, but it appears to be much more complex than people assume. It seems to vary Bernoulli's Law, Prandtl's boundary layer theory, and the Navier Stokes equations.
Perhaps it would be easier to say that we don't fully understand how lift is generated by the wing of a plane.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:14:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hmmmm I didn't realize that. Good to know. Thanks.
Actually, I have this figured out. It is the same psychological warfare my wife uses with sex. An artificial withholding of the product creates demand when it is finally released, to the point that you don't even care how boring and bland it is... It's a McRib goddamnit. Next time you get the chance to eat one, McRib may be gone until God knows when. You don't just turn that down. You know it won't be great. You know minimal effort will be put into making the McRib experience a good one. You just take it when you can get it and smile about it you stupid, stupid man. EAT IT!
That 2+2=4
I understand if you have two things added to two things you now have FOUR things. But how dis those arbitrary symbols mean a certain quantity of something
It's harder in English because of all the special cases with silent letters and letters that make weird sounds and whatnot, but it's quite easy in a language like Spanish where every letter always makes the same sound and none of them are silent.
You just look at the letter combinations and determine where the combinations are. You know if something starts with 'br', then 'b' and 'r' aren't separate sounds, they produce 'br' as a single phoneme.
But then again, I just disproved my own point because there are single-syllable words with 2+ phonemes in them. Dammit.
Either way, it's easy to describe syllables when you say the word out loud at least.
I couldn't learn Spanish even if I wanted to. I had a choice between French and Latin, and then later on between Latin and some non-language things. Spanish was available from 10th grade but not for me because I fuck sciencey people I guess.
German schooling system, or at least my state's schooling system is just weird.
More as like a "can't explain" off the top of your head thing. Zippers. we all have em and all use em, but can you explain how they work? usually your explination doesn't follow properly because you can't physically put both sides together by hand.
flitbee ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:21:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Left and right to a toddler. When I try explaining to my kid that left is always near his left hand he points to the right with his left and says that's left because he uses his left hand. He doesn't know it's not the hand that matters but the direction but it's abstract to him at this age.
Search your feelings. You know this to be true. /s
Not the Hollywood movie kind of supernatural stuff, but the everyday things that we traditionally ascribe to a person's spirit. Esprit d'Corp. The life of nations. The search for someone like you.
Some of this fits neatly on a spreadsheet. Some of it we don't have an adequate vocabulary for. Chi, Ki, in the zone, The Force. All of these are someone's approximation for an experience they don't fully understand in the words that they have available to them. So it seems mystical to them, like some really good magic tricks.
I suspect that eventually all that was mystical will find its science, even the experience of the presence of God. I don't believe that when this happens that it will make any of the old religions very happy. ;-)
Probably the most offensive reductionist thinking is to be found in some discussions of evolution. It would seem that everything can be attributed to making babies. I believe much of our lives are spent seeking life experiences that have nothing to do with procreation. I believe that has something to do with spirit.
Just some ramblin's from an old dude. Pay no attention and I'll close the curtain...
Why everybody in your high school clique picks on the fat/short/geeky/weird kid, even though some of you don't really mind him/her or even may like him/her.
When you accidentally look another guy in the eye, you automatically give a little nod.
Kilessi ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 21:39:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's been said before so no offence taken, the reality is I function very normally, relatively out going and social, I have an average emotional intelligence level. My older sister can alphabetise any word or any sentence you give here out loud in an instant. Very fun to watch.
That it takes three tries to plug anything into a USB port.
link0007 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 22:27:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time.
Since st.Augustine it has been a common saying "If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know."
It drove people crazy for centuries, not being able to get a grasp on what time is. Took us until the 20th century to let go of that frustration and just deal with the fact that it is a hard nut to crack. We still haven't cracked it though; we just kinda shrug and ignore the underlying problems.
Saved comment
[deleted] ยท 9681 points ยท Posted at 18:16:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What colors look like.
TempusFugitive_ ยท 3946 points ยท Posted at 18:23:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red. It's like... Hot. Also sports cars. It's angry most of the time but sexy when women wear it. Blood is red but so are strawberries. Get it?
pm_your_huge_chode ยท 4358 points ยท Posted at 19:10:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red is the color between 700 and 650 nanometers.
[deleted] ยท 3507 points ยท Posted at 20:06:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bullshit, this one is 12 inches
wongisthenewright ยท 2498 points ยท Posted at 20:31:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
risky click of the day right here
meoka2368 ยท 1138 points ยท Posted at 22:09:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
sigh
Fine. Here
Theghost129 ยท 255 points ยท Posted at 02:45:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whew, I was worried there for a second.
2muchcontext ยท 579 points ยท Posted at 03:49:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously, I was honestly expecting a huge devil penis statue or something. Ah well.
zanxy ยท 176 points ยท Posted at 05:52:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hate you.
kakawaka1 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 10:24:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hahah thanks for the chuckles
TheRuneKing ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 08:10:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't believe you've done this
Ballsskyhiiigh ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 07:04:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
shakes fist
weedz420 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:19:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A giant devil penis? Lolwut it's just a train station.
Acemcbean ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:55:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out
DetroMental1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:12:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow
KrAceZ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:39:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
-.-
Th3MufF1nU8 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:21:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, the new season of Daredevil is really edgy!
joe-ducreux ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 05:04:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Trump really needs to take it easy on the spray tan
cimera327 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:40:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Savage af
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:46:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You totally googled "12 inch red penis" didn't you?
meoka2368 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:26:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just "red penis" actually, and looked for something funny.
I would suggest avoiding doing so unless you can handle seeing infected penises with open sores.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:02:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, duh.
Skeletoreo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:13:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Classic Vancouver ๐๐ผ
meoka2368 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:24:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yup.
It was taken down. Then a female one was put up somewhere.
Skeletoreo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:26:13 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh yeah, we know how to have a good time ๐
actual_13_year_old ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:15:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I found my new screensaver
columbus8myhw ยท 118 points ยท Posted at 20:44:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
โฆWhat did you expect it to be?
Fastriedis ยท 536 points ยท Posted at 20:46:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A penis
LegendOfJuan ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 22:19:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
An Indian one while at it
mashkawizii ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 22:27:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My time to shine!
schmucubrator ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 00:58:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
More of a flash, really.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 22:24:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted]
serendipitousevent ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 00:19:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Be... be less precise. Please.
rocksoffjagger ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:38:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To be precise, I was picturing two guys with mustaches stroking themselves, to be precise.
Njsamora ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:47:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Precisely
Mollyu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:58:31 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Risky click of the day.
rocksoffjagger ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:52:10 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Brought it full circle.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:19:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ouch, my childhood.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:52:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You have tainted my sanity
Fastriedis ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:54:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not sure how this comic is relevant.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:56:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
␄
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:56:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A big red one. Now my mind is wandering...have any of you ever seen a Native American penis? I just realized I never have while posting this comment. Lol
Saemika ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:12:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fair enough.
LordApocalyptica ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:12:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A red penis
Stealthy_Bird ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:10:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you want it to be?
Fastriedis ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:29:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
( อกยฐ อส อกยฐ)
Alleyria ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:41:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A pen is sometimes red.
fireork12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:45:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:53:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Goatse. It's probably 12 inches
persephonethedamned ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:45:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bless your innocent soul
columbus8myhw ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:48:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Butโฆ red?
happy_felix_day_34 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:51:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Perhaps a dildo.
professorsnapeswand ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:16:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or a bloody 12 inch wanker!
throwawayintoface ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:05:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
a micropenis
surfnaked ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:22:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A ego killer
Hash43 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:12:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red rocket
Hawkess ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:03:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Certainly not Satan.
sneakyknees ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:09:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't think it was a risky click until I read this. Why you do dis?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:14:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Haha! I WAS THINKING A BLODDY COCK!
Supergeckodude ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:42:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Clearly you haven't been on r/askreddit much today...
Taximan20 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:18:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No hesitation
Aura_Beauchmin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:07:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gross, why's it red?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:11:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
K9 web protection had my back
Ace3695 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:45:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And to think, I wasted mine on Vagina Bacon..
Anezay ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:39:30 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/u/jeffthefaggot's theorum
zappa325 ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 20:13:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Eh, it's a glitch in the color universe.
RegalGoat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:39:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
*30cm
snowbirdmike ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:26:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How much is that in nanometers?
Fennekchu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:41:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, that's blood red. Check your colors.
CurrentlySingle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:46:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Shut up Scherbatsky, it's 30cms.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:05:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
r/nocontext
pm_me_your_problemsz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:41:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
wow, wtf, didn't know inch rulers had a max of 12.
ChocolateGautama3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:19:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well it would be kind of pointless if it didn't...
pm_me_your_problemsz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:41:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know, it makes sense.But it's the first time on my life i see that ruler and i didn't expected it. I thought it had 15 inches like you know, normal rulers who have 15cm.
youssarian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:45:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Risky click of the day!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:06:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Come on man, I'm at work.
MarblePython ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This would be great for the quote out of context thread a couple of days ago
DarkLorde117 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:00:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I clicked on this at school. Am I stupid or awesome?
ZuluCharlieRider ยท 494 points ยท Posted at 21:27:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red is the color of light whose primary wavelength ranges between 700 and 650 nanometers.
FTFY
DLiurro ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 01:31:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red is the color we perceive when light whose primary wavelength ranges between 700 and 650 nanometers, if red is the color we expect to see.
keten ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 01:49:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red is the color we perceive when light whose primary wavelength ranges between 700 and 650 nm hits our eyeballs while our retinas are undamaged and sends a signal to the brain that is correctly rendered by the brain. Oh yeah, it's also a color you see when no light is hitting your eyeball. Those are hallucinations... But it's still red.
Areonis ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 02:15:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red is also a color you could see when an object absorbs mostly green light (495โ570 nm). This is much more common than seeing monochromatic red light.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 05:18:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Unless you work with lasers all day.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 07:05:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Marine Biologist?
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:59:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lazer Tag enthusiast
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:21:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Apple Orchard Tree Whisperer
dubious_orb ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:08:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, can you elaborate on that last part?
keplar ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:07:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are no actual hard borders of colors. The idea of where one color (like red) stops and another color (say, a reddish orange) begins is a taught idea, and largely relies on everybody agreeing to an arbitrary line for communal convenience. There are cultures that have more or fewer colors in their worldview than the commonly accepted rainbow. They see just as mmuch range as we do, obviously, but where they draw distinctions may vary.
DLiurro ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:22:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A lot of the colors we see are based on the context. Yellow bananas look like yellow bananas in many lights because we know what we expect bananas to look like. If we didn't know that context, it may look different.
Fatalis89 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:38:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are rare humans with four color cones in their eyes who see more colors than we can. Perhaps you are wrong and you simply cannot differentiate between two different colors within that range.
MeriAmory ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:58:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you for this. The scientist in me was screaming "the statement is an abomination!!"
ZuluCharlieRider ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:02:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a scientist and felt the same :)
PM_ME_3D_MODELS ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:39:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think the actual question was:
keplar ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:12:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I believe the OP's intent was more along the lines of "explain color to a blind person" rather than "give the arbitrarily defined but generally agreed upon scientific limits." Both sides are valid, but telling somebody who can't see the wavelength of light will no more explain the color than anything else.
medlish ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:12:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Color is not a property of light.
Isthisgoodenoughyet ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:05:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow it's like it's right there in front of me
Xantarr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:08:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What'll really get your knickers in a twist is, how do you know that light whose primary wavelength ranges from 700 to 650 nanometers is red? And you can't just say that's the definition, because we've been talking about red since way before we could define it using wavelengths.
BLaZuReS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:04:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes you can; the definition's just shifted over time. This is a subjective truth. Someone can say 650 nanometers is red. Someone else can say 650 nanometers is orange. Someone can say 700nm is visible and someone else can say 695 is invisible and thus infrared. There are no absolutes, only relative truths because it is "Visible Light" and subject to interpretation. For someone with red-green colorblindness, perhaps red can go down to 610 nm.
giantofbabil ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 06:29:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are you that asshole General Chemistry teacher that marks people down on the short answer question for not wording it exactly this way?
ZuluCharlieRider ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:35:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess that makes you that dumbass student who writes inarticulate answers and expects the professor to be able read his mind to understand what he really meant to write.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:37:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, as long as we're all condescending assholes who cares right?
giantofbabil ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:51:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
See this response that I wrote to another comment about the meaning of "650 to 700nm" in modern english.
English is a very flexible language and the words "to" and "and" can also represent a ranging value depending on the context.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:36:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red is not 650 to 700nm
"650 to 700 nm"
by itself does not adequately replace the word "red" in a sentence.
giantofbabil ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:46:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In modern english people frequently use the word "to" to replace the word "between" meaning "can be found between" meaning "it's in that range".
Eg: It's the best restaurant from here to New York.
Eg: It gets 2 to 3 times hotter here than in Alaska.
Both these examples are talking about a range, in one it's distance and in the other it's temperature. They don't reference a specific place or temperature. 2 to 3 times hotter could mean 2.1 or 2.2 or 2.7 times. Because the to means BETWEEN or RANGING FROM.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:56:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
that's a failure of an explanation because it completely misses the point.
Words exist because they shorten concepts, ideas, etc. into single word. if it can't fully replace the word, it's not a complete definition. 650 to 700nm is only a good definition when you are ALREADY operating under the assumption that everyone knows you are talking about the range of visible light that looks red to most people.
it's also not the only or most common explanation for red.
it's a regurgitated measurement that is useless without context. I.E. you didn't learn the material, you just memorized a gradeschool definition. That's why teachers mark you down.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 21:32:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It'd probably be more accurate to define colors in terms of the stimulation of photoreceptors. That way non-spectral colors can be accounted for
keten ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:52:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What about hallucinations? Those can cause red to be perceived without photoreceptor stimulation. So really the whole light definition of red is just a description of one cause of red, not a definition of it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:56:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I did say more accurate, not perfectly accurate
The most accurate thing I could say is probably that the concepts we select for with language don't map onto physical reality in clear and objective ways
Ship of Theseus and whatnot
keten ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:03:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Yeah giving perfect definitions for nouns that are not analytically defined (like a bachelor) seems pretty impossible. It's kind of like red is just the thing that makes me go "red!" when I see it.
Edit. Like you can't be wrong. If you say "red!" and you believe it, you're right, it's red. Unless you don't know English. In which case you might be wrong.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:11:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, even bachelor is only rigidly defined in terms of other concepts.
bachelor(a) = male(a) & !married(a)
or notated however.
To get a full definition of bachelor then you need to have definitions for those constituent concepts. Maleness is a nice example. So, putting aside for now the complications added by transgender people, the biological reality of sex is already not perfectly clean. Ambiguous genitalia, genotypes with abnormal expression, it's pretty much assured that people won't define maleness to select exactly the same set of people, but people are nevertheless able to use the word and concept in communication without issue
keten ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:18:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah when we try to communicate, you're basically ignoring the actual meaning of a word and just saying hey this thing made me go "male!" and i think you would do the same thing if you saw what i saw. Then they disagree with you and you throw your hands up and say "semantics!" and walk out the door.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:56:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:59:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only useless for the purpose of communicating the experience of color
But all experiential knowledge is incommunicable
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 21:32:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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AshtarB ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 23:23:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magenta is the color produced when light with a wavelength around 700 nm and light with a wavelength around 400 nm both reflect off an object. There.
CleverFreddie ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:00:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But that fails as a description of what it looks like.
PC_OOS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:57:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
True
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:53:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:05:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Combination of red and blue wavelengths. Pink doesn't really exist as a singular color.
Which is why it isn't in Crayola 10 pack Colored Pencils.
inconspicuous_male ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:46:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No that's magenta. Pink is red and white, so it's light around 450 nm, 550 nm and 600 nm, with more red than blue and green
AmoebaNot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:48:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
๐ถ Red is the color of my true love's blood ๐ถ
LeoBattlerOfSins_X84 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:31:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So you're saying that your true love's blood isn't red.
FALLasl33p ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mhm
Loving him was red
Specstar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:21:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure its about a tree fiddy.
rocksoffjagger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:35:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So a 675 nanometer piece of blue cloth is red, right?
fd1760 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:19:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
you're clearly not a philosopher.
littlePigLover ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:33:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also the wavelenght at which most photovoltaic cells (that I looked at) are the most efficient energy-wise.
relspace ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:33:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Engineer/scientist/internaught detected.
Average650 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:15:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
While accurate in one sense, you have portrayed nothing about the experience of seeing the color red. It's like explaining pain as a chemical change. It not wrong per say, but it doesn't explain what it is like. Saying that red is the color with wavelengths between 700 and 650 doesn't say anything about what it's like .
rlbond86 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except, that's only true because those wavelengths of light stimulate red cone cells in human. There's nothing inherently "red" about that part of the EM spectrum. It's all in your brain!
zhivago ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:12:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is incorrect due to the effect of color constancy.
Color depends on adjacent contrast regions rather than particular wavelengths.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:49:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, down to 620 look red. At about 610 it look orange but if you are buying LEDs they might still be called red.
PacoTaco321 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:51:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'd say it's about 255
JoXand ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:05:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Therefore colour is a length. Therefore area is colour2 , and volume is colour3 ? So what is time? Colour4 ?
Halloerik ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:23:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Colour4 would be a 4 Dimensional Space not Time. You can't get time by multiplying spacial dimensions. Here is a Tesseract as an example of 4D object
waste-case-canadian ยท 254 points ยท Posted at 18:25:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Instructions unclear, humped my strawberries.
[deleted] ยท 60 points ยท Posted at 18:33:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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TheHorsesWhisper ยท 60 points ยท Posted at 18:37:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That is where dingleberries come from.
DrDisastor ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 19:01:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Eventually.
SmoothG0DFATH3R ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:38:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Laughed my ass off. Thank you.
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:09:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
OH MY GOD! WHAT DID YOU DO? Did you... Did you just stab someone to death with you penis?!
ParsInterarticularis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:03:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's ok it's not long enough to pierce anything.....
[deleted] ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 18:24:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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TempusFugitive_ ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 18:26:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, and health potions! Dude, we are killing it with this description.
[deleted] ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 18:26:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kinda...like Green. It's like...the color of my eyes. But I'm wearing the wrong color today so they look more greyish green, so not that. Grass...not now, but during the summer. People are green with envy. But not really...You know the color people were obsessing over last Thursday for St. Paddy's Day...that's green...Get it?
basically ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:05:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
that was beautiful; what was that - james joyce?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:52:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red. It's like...
Communism.
dont_worryaboutit139 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:55:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red is #FF0000. Nuff said
Cambridge_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:12:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, blood is red... but it's a different kind of red. It's a scary red. Almost black.
WarlockSyno ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think you associate that red as bad because generally seeing blood is never a good thing.
ADHDmeds ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:08:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red is the color of speed.
Rear4ssault ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:01:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Da red wunz go fasta!
you_got_fragged ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:27:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blind people don't know what "hot" is supposed to mean :(
TempusFugitive_ ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:44:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, you're thinking of "Ants-in-my-eyes" Johnson. It's a very rare disease. Normal blind people can feel heat.
haddock420 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:48:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Our prices, I hope, aren't too low!
beeq ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:51:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Those are all very very different things
Dartimus7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:51:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
255,0,0
Drowned_In_Spaghetti ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:20:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's also the hair color of that one really stunning nurse at the ER.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:41:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, sports cars is a really nice colour when women wear it.
Webdogger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:58:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My red is so confident he flashes trophies of war, And ribbons of euphoria Orange is young, full of daring, But very unsteady for the first go round My yellow in this case is not so mellow In fact I'm trying to say it's frightened like me And all these emotions of mine keep holding me from, eh, Giving my life to a rainbow like you
therobshock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:19:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's like that movie when the ugly ginger kid was hitting on that blind girl... what's it called?? You know, it had Jim Carey... and I think Cher was there, too.
jerrypk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:50:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Go home Rocky, you're drunk. ;)
alli_cat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:55:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://imgur.com/aXGP4h6 I've always thought this describes red pretty well.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:01:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Humans love sex and violence. Red emphasizes both of these, that's why we love the color
PayMeInSteak ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:08:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's funny because a blind person or someone who (for some wierd reason) couldn't see ANY color STILL wouldn't know how "hot" or "cold" colors worked. or any of those other descriptors.
You can only describe a color to someone who's already familiar with it.
TempusFugitive_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:47:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was explaining poorly as a joke. I know none of what I said would properly convey what red is to a blind person.
jkallaround ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:53:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So that makes sense to you because you have called those colors that your entire life, but if your red and blue were switched, you would never know. Like u/pm_your_huge_chode said, the only thing that is constant is the wavelength because that's the only form of measurement we have for color.
Vsauce has an awesome video explaining this and other things that cannot be explained because of the simplicity of our language.
Video link: https://youtu.be/evQsOFQju08
TempusFugitive_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:48:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, you're like the fifth person to lecture me about this and every one of you missed the joke.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:11:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
they look like the things that have them. Red looks hot because hot things are red
lapotatoe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:48:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If someone is colorblind and his red is like a normal human's yellow he is gonna associate yellow with heat or angry or whatever.
TempusFugitive_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:52:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's six of you now.
1260DividedByTree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:31:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's a really bad explanation. Imagine explaining a color to a blind person.
TempusFugitive_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:39:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whoosh
miker35591 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:27:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red is the blood of angry men.
DetestPeople ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:04:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red = PAY ATTENTION TO THIS!!! ... fire, blood, fruit (from the perspective of a hungry hunter-gatherer).
onlysayswellcrap ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:42:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red! The color of desire
Ekudar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:55:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, you just described things that are red and some feelings that we relate the color to. However you can never explain the color itself to me, or the other way around. You know what your red is, and I know what my red is. But to explain it beyond that, is next to impossible.
TempusFugitive_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:21:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think you're number eight.
EDIT: Sorry, nine. The guy below you was eight. Missed it because it was downvoted.
BEARDED_ONODRIM ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:29:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think how do I know that you and me, See the same colors the same way when you and me see. Is my red blue for you, or my green your green too? Could it be true we see differing hues? ....I am a thoughtful guy
AlwaysSpeakTruth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:39:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
255 0 0
chipsharp0 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:19:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm detecting a Mask reference.
Forever_Awkward ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 01:50:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only because you associate the color with fire. If you saw red as blue, you would describe that blue as hot.
Only maybe your red IS my blue, so maybe what you see as the hot color is the cold color for me. There's no way to describe the color via association because no matter what color the other person sees, they will have made the same associations for the different colors.
[deleted] ยท 228 points ยท Posted at 18:39:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Blue is the sky...except for when it's not. And it's also the ocean but that kind of depends on the sky and sometimes the ocean is green or grey or black. Some people have blue eyes which just means they have no brown pigment in them and blueberries turn purple when you smash them. Make sense?
skalra63 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:07:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If the ocean is full of turd it doesnt look blue anymore
malenkylizards ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:14:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But giving examples of something that shares the quality doesn't help, or at least it doesn't count as explaining.
"What is a human?" "Well, there's Steve, and there's Jocelyn, and there's that guy over there..."
I guess you could look at those people and start to formulate an idea of what a human is, but what if you were telling an alien about us over the phone?
1573594268 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:42:01 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In what scenario would aliens contact us through telephone, speaking a human language, without any prior observance or encounter?
pogingjose007 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:35:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like you. You are stu- stu- smart.
ad_rizzle ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:15:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blue eyes do have brown pigment in them, though, it's just spread so far out that the Rayleigh Effect makes them look blue.
jonnybravo_14 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:35:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In eyes it is Tyndall scattering, not Rayleigh. Particle size matters, man.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
and once again, my memory of high school biology fails me...thanks though, thats actually kind of interesting.
cactuscat ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:39:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blue eyes isn't just a lack of pigment. That gets you red eyes like an albino. Blue eyes are caused by the structure of one layer of the iris, which affects how it reflects light. Same for green eyes.
thecavernrocks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:02:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ancient Greeks used to say the sky was bronze colored. Color is weird as fuck and seems to be cultural to a large extent. There was a good video someone posted on reddit where they were studying a remote tribe, who couldn't tell the difference between red and yellow or something, but could easily distinguish between shades of green that appeared identical to westerners.
DanielSturridge15 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:11:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But I had a discussion about that, if some ones eyes are messed up, they might see all those colors differently, you can describe those colors unless you have something to reference
desertravenwy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:45:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blue is one of the more fun ones to try to explain.
Air is clear, but the sky is blue. Water is clear, but the ocean is blue. Yeah, both the sky and the ocean are blue, but they're different blues.
dick-nipples ยท 2129 points ยท Posted at 19:07:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can explain exactly what blue and black look like with one picture
TheSupersmurf ยท 1402 points ยท Posted at 19:19:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck you.
Yewotm69 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 22:41:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
r/fuckyou
IM_A_BLOWFISH_YO ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:04:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck you.
Acemcbean ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:55:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck you!
SuperPapaSmurf ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:12:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Son?
corchin ยท 315 points ยท Posted at 19:49:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not again
ZebulonPike13 ยท 559 points ยท Posted at 20:14:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm one of the weird ones who sees blue and gold. No white. Certainly no black.
Teh_Pagemaster ยท 210 points ยท Posted at 22:34:37 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see blue and gold as well! But a really light blue.
Misseddit ยท 94 points ยท Posted at 01:12:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always saw blueish white, and brownish tan. Because those are the actual colors in the photo
JoeSweden ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 03:43:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously. How are there so few of us? What the hell is everyone talking about? You compare this photo to samples of black, white, gold, blue, and there's no fucking way you're going to get black OR white! Can you explain what everyone else is seeing??
willplaylp ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:50:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Didn't it boil down to the settings of the display it's viewed on? Some wash out the colors, some have weird contrasts, etc. It's just that the photo is in lighting conditions that make it more ambiguous than normal.
Or something like that. I don't fucking know. I thought we were done with this!
BlueHeartBob ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 04:35:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought it was just like 50% of people trolling other people.
[deleted] ยท -11 points ยท Posted at 04:55:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
This was it. The "white and gold" crowd was just a bunch of people messing with everyone else to the point of widespread memedom.
Edit: The above is a joke, I know some of you actually did see white and gold.
AmazonDotCA ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:04:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No... Are my eyes memes? Have I achieved memedom!? I've looked at the picture on multiple monitors, on my phone, on my TV. Other people's phones. I never saw blue and black.
I did witness friend experience first seeing blue and black and then looking back at the same image on her phone, seeing white and gold and changing back again later. She was freaking the fuck out.
FALLasl33p ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:27:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
No legit I actually did see white and gold ("did" because I have not yet clicked so my answer is consistent)
This trolling theory is rubbish, we're not lying
IIRC the reason there are two crowds is because it's supposed to be a thing with the lighting in the picture that can affect how your brain sees the colours and 'trick' you into seeing the colours wrong ~ it happens to some people and it doesn't to others
Edit: Okay I didn't realise you were being sarcastic (but my point will forever stand)
Arwox ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 12:19:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Coworker and I viewed it on the exact same screen(my phone) , he sees white\gold I see blue\black
alex_york ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:26:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah it's all about monitor settings, easiest way to test that is to open same pic on different monitors or devices like phone or tablet. I see black and blue on my PC and White Gold on my phone.
Duckzbug ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:15:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not just monitor settings though because my whole family see different colours on the same screen.
alex_york ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:38:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They might troll you
3_Thumbs_Up ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:22:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or you might be wrong about it all being monitor settings.
PraisethemDaniels ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:07:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No its not. A friend of mine clicked a link with the pic -> white gold the first time he saw it. He clicked it again a liitlebit later, same monitor -> blue black
klumpp ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:07:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The question isn't about what colors are present in the photo, it's about what color the dress is given the lighting and poor quality.
Misseddit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I seriously have no clue. Was kinda frustrating to me at the time. White/Gold! Blue/Black! Huh? It's neither!
NightmaresInNeurosis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:31:46 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Warning: Wall-of-text
You're right in that the colours of the PHOTO will never be white or black. However the debate was never about the colours of the photo, it was about the colours of the dress. The awful colour balance of the photo is what causes the issue, or "phenomenon" as those who have no idea how colours work would call it.
Have you ever noticed how yellow street lights paint everything in a yellowy glow? If you by some miracle had enough light to take a picture in that light it would have a yellow tint to it. Now normally your brain knows about that yellow tint and compensates for that, so if something is slightly yellow your brain will tell you it's white because it knows about the tint.
So how does this photo differ? Well, to try and put it simply, because we're only seeing it in an awful washed-out overexposed photo we can't really tell what the lighting is actually like. However our brain still tries to compensate for that and as such makes an assumption. It corrects for the state of lighting that it believes it sees, and in most cases it winds up seeing either white and gold or blue and black. Make more sense now?
As for the actual answer if you're curious, the lighting is a bright yellow (looks white because of overexposure) and the dress is blue and black.
Misseddit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:26:34 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In my opinion the debate was never "what is the actual color of the dress" and more "what does your brain perceive the color to be" because ultimately if you see "blue/black" or if you see "white/gold" you're both wrong, because neither are in the photo. They're both an illusion.
JoeSweden ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:11:24 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you. You've succinctly described what no one else has been able to. No one I've asked has come close to this, so this is one annoyance I can finally put to rest.
OctagonalHumanist ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:55:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wasn't it proven that it was actually blue and black. Don't get me wrong I see the same colors you do but still
Misseddit ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:33:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, the dress in reality is blue black. But I'm solely talking about the colors in the photo. Which is all that matters. The colors in the photo are not blue or black.
OctagonalHumanist ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 15:51:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not for you. It depends on people's brains and shit. Everyone perceives it differently.
LaverniusTucker ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 16:04:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The colors of the pixels on your monitor do not depend on your brain. The picture is composed of a very light blue and a brownish gold color. That's not arguable. The issue comes up when people start trying to work out what color the actual dress is.
OctagonalHumanist ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 17:12:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The way your brain takes in and interprets the information it sees is different for each person. People literally see the dress one way or another because that is how their brains are processing it.
Misseddit ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:19:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, for everyone. The actual color values of the image are not debateable. Open it in paint and use a color picker. You'll get whitish blue and light brown
OctagonalHumanist ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 17:35:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes but what I'm saying is that the shit lighting in the picture makes people's brains perceive it differently
Misseddit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:00:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, I understand that there is an illusion component, my whole point is that there is clear, factual, non-debateable color values in that photo. I'm saying the illusion doesn't work for me, I see the real colors of the photo. A bluish white and light brown.
littlenymphy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:56:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can see all of the versions if I stare at it long enough.
Starts off with me seeing blue/black, then it'll change to black/brown then blue/browny-gold before eventually turning into white/gold.
CompanionCone ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:56:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah me too. I've tried to see the blue and black but it's really just not there.
Legionofdoom ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 13:58:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Light blue, dark gold for me.
MainlandX ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:26:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You people will be the first to go when the war begins.
eye_in_a_jar ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:20:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same, but a dark blue.
zachar3 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:33:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see orange
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 23:48:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see dead people.
RLaniado24 ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 02:32:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
OH! I finally get a reddit reference!!! WOOHOOO! thx for not dv me for my stupidity..
dcooks2 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:29:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've got some bad news mate...
RLaniado24 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:14:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I asked for it. :/
Casehead ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:05:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same
ManFinger ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:13:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see light blue and gold, so weird
1260DividedByTree ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 09:35:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone does, people seeing blue and black are trolling!
rodinj ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:04:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So, white?
Barry_Scotts_Cat ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:42:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Depends on the screen you are vieweing it on
[deleted] ยท 43 points ยท Posted at 23:40:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same. I can see how it could look white, but it's definitely blue in that picture. Shitty photo, shitty lighting, whatever. But it's blue.
saxophonemississippi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:44:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah man, it's normal. I used to see it white and gold, now when I look at it, it's blue and black.
HunterWindmill ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:10:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know what to tell you, it looks white and gold.
LavenderGumes ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 04:39:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The dress is white. The photo makes it look blue. Right?
[deleted] ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 04:47:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Opposite. Dress is blue and black, lighting makes it look white and gold to the mentally disabled.
Bear_Taco ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:24:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It isn't about being mentally disabled. Some people really do see white and gold. And every time someone says it's blue and black I swear they are trolling because I see, specifically, white and gold. I don't even see a hint of blue or even see how that gold could possibly be black.
[deleted] ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 07:34:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is it really not obvious that I was joking? Sheesh.
cmdr_plx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:47:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What?! I can see how the white could be a lighter shade of blue. But how could that gold possibly be black?!
randomsnark ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 06:07:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blue and gold are what color the actual pixels are. I guess you're not doing any mental adjustment for the lighting at all.
People who see white and gold are generally unconsciously adjusting for it as though it were in shadow, so the pale blue looks like poorly lit white. People who see blue and black are adjusting for it as though it were in bright light, so the blue looks washed out and the black reflects yellow.
It turns out it was in bright light, and the dress itself is blue and black. The bit you see as gold looks like that because it's a little shiny and is under bright incandescent lights.
Kahandran ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:49:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This was interesting. Now I'm trying to make myself see the gold as black but I really can't. Same with the blue...
BenjamintheFox ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:48:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're not weird. You're just not blind, unlike the rest of these nit-wits.
http://i.imgur.com/72h2CAw.jpg
saxophonemississippi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:45:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
BS it's not about being blind. When it first came out, I saw it white and gold, now I see blue and black. Not strictly but the contrast is till there. Like that rotating ballerina thing or whatever, except that one I know how to control the switch for in my brain.
nonchalantbluhh ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:39:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can switch by just thinking about the lighting, but when i first saw it I just saw blue and a mustardy brown color
FALLasl33p ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:24:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This comment alone made me realise what the picture was
still have not clicked
it's that fucking dress again isn't it? geez
No matter what I do I can't see anything other than white and gold, and apparently that's the wrong one to see because it means the light has bamboozled your brain into thinking the dress is lighter colours than it actually is :///
I wanna see blue and black but I've never once seen it so idk
iliketosnuggle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:54:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I saw white and gold, didn't understand the hype, then someone posted another pic on facebook a few hours later and it was blue and black. I haven't been able to see white and gold since.
FALLasl33p ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:34:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeahh I've heard of things like that where the colours change
I've also heard of people who see blue and gold like the above person
It's pretty weird
But it kinda makes sense - if the lighting thing I vaguely remember from somewhere is true - that you'd end up with people on one side and people on the other and people inbetween ... and people all over the place
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:06:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see white and gold.
Altcauseisuckatlent ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:14:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same here. I remember one of those polls going around back then that didnt even have it as an option, I was so confused
IvyGold ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:25:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not to rehash this, well to 100% rehash this, I too see Carolina blue and dull gold.
Bear_Taco ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:22:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see white and gold. Did anyone ever have an explanation for this?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:58:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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idk_idc_fts_io ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:12:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
AFAIK It's brain interpretation, not eyes. Do you have research for that?
NightmaresInNeurosis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:36:10 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'll copypaste the explanation I gave somebody else earlier, although it's not sourced and comes from my own knowledge on photography:
maracusdesu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:26:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lavender and gold.
pennycrayon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:57:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can see blue and gold too!!!!!! So glad I'm not the only one!
NuclearLunchDectcted ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:11:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The gold was confirmed to be black. True colors were confirmed by the dress owner to be blue/black. It was a shitty camera filter.
kezza596 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:22:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can see how you'd get confused and see gold near the top, but I don't understand how people see white.
I see blue and black and can see how people might think it's gold, but only at the top. It's definitely black from about the waist downwards.
1260DividedByTree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:32:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Me too, I think its a scam everyone that says they see black and blue are trolling. Its white and gold.
realzebra ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:28:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me it could either be white with shitty lighting and shitty camera or a light blue. But definitely no black.
Only_A_Username ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:43:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have never been able to see it as white and gold, no matter what I tried. I always saw blue and black (well, blue and brown, really).
acado_gt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:26:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
same, no idea where people are getting black
susanna514 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:28:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Me too, like periwinkle.
brooky12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:03:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blue and gold, yeah! Too many people look at me like I'm crazy when I say that
Heimdall1342 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:50:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you. Me too.
zanderkerbal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:08:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When this first blew up, I could switch between blue and gold and blue and black but never see white. Now it's only blue and gold.
Breakfast4 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:59:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you copy it to paint and copy the color... it's blue and gold.
PraisethemDaniels ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:04:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Im with you
PigSlayer1024 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:00:59 on March 30, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh thank fuck I thought everyone was spewing bullshit when they said blue and black or white and gold. Like it's a light blue with dark gold.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:37:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see brown.
natedogg787 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:59:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
LET'S GO
dedokta ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:18:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you!
SheepDogxWarrior ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:54:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see blue, black and gold.
NordicLion ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:35:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same here!
rmimsmusic ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:26:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sometimes it's really white, other times it's light blue. Never see black, though.
SodomySeymour ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:09:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
yesssss
ReservoirKat ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:23:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see blue and gold also! There must be at least a dozen of us :P
[deleted] ยท 234 points ยท Posted at 19:25:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That is blue and black. What else is it supposed to be?
[deleted] ยท 113 points ยท Posted at 20:00:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 137 points ยท Posted at 20:04:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Seriously? Is something wrong with me? I only see blue and black. I've stared at that picture for five minutes trying to find white and gold.
I know that was a thing last year, but I must have missed it.
[deleted] ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 20:14:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Warpable ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:20:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
same
aruke- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:41:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Finally someone like me....are you colorbind by a chance ? I am red-green colorblind and I see the dress as blue and gold
c3534l ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:01:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think most people see it as blue and gold, but when presented the option and the fact that the lighting is funky it looks like it'd be white underneath. Black though, holy shit some people must live in a very dark world.
Ghostwalker3322 ยท 229 points ยท Posted at 20:14:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah it was a pretty cool discussion to have. People either saw Black and blue, or White and Gold. IIRC it had to do with the lighting of the picture. I only see it White and Gold.
_Mastermind77_ ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 20:36:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can see both. It looks white and gold because of the bright light at the top left, and black and blue towards the bottom
mmitchell420 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:37:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're not truly seeing it the other way most likely. I've seen both and it's clear as day when it switches. They did start to blur together if I kept getting it to switch but definitely not right away.
_Mastermind77_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, I completely agree, but I meant that if I focus on the parts I mentioned, the whole dress changes color
Caterpiller101 ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 20:18:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see it blue and black. What makes people see it differently?
Ghostwalker3322 ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 20:21:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dress_(viral_phenomenon)
[deleted] ยท 84 points ยท Posted at 21:54:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Not to shoot the messenger or anything, but why the hell is that particular phenomenon also listed under "Dressgate?" Why haven't we, as a society, retired -gate as a suffix?
Ghostwalker3322 ยท 90 points ยท Posted at 22:04:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know ever since Watergategate its been a popular term
Capricorgicorn ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:48:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was that a Mitchell and Webb joke?
Ghostwalker3322 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:53:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, just me trying to be funny(hahaha, cries)
36yearsofporn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:57:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you Flint, Michigan thread about the missing files for being able to get this reference, because that skit is awesome.
EeeUnlucky ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:41:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
watergategate
Terrance_aka_Magnus ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:29:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gategate
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:13:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because people are unoriginal. -gate has been driven into the ground
hugglesthemerciless ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:24:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It wasn't even a fucking thing to begin with
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:50:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know...
It seriously bothers me how often that suffix is added to shit. If Watergate could somehow reoccur the news would call it Watergategate.
hugglesthemerciless ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:25:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's about ethics in wartime journalism
OfThePen ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:33:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ugh... The -gate suffix started being used as a way to dredge up the shock and revulsion people felt over Watergate. At the time, the idea that government officials would engage in that sort of behavior was unthinkable. Now, since its overuse and the (entirely reasonable) lack of trust most Americans have towards the government, -gate no longer conjures up the same feelings.
TL;DR -gate is old and busted because we younger generations don't feel betrayed by Nixon and we're really unoriginal when it comes to naming a scandal and have overused -gate. It persists because we're really really unoriginal at naming scandals.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:43:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't even think that the younger generations are the ones to blame for it, I see it most often in news reports and that sort of thing. Look at the Wikipedia page for -gate, it's absurd.
OfThePen ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:33:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was unclear. I moved from "we" in the first half of that sentence being paired with "younger generations" to it meaning "we humans" in the second half of the sentence and in the following sentence.
aknutty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:01:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We have gone meta
Red_Joker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:21:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Journalists are lazy and don't want to think of new scandal titles
johnnybeefcakes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:12:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not since gategate.
creamersrealm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:34:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Deflategate, Delegate, etc.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:40:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because we need the evolutionary process of language to be able to describe the world better and more efficiently. All languages grow and are able to describe and communicate more. Although "Dressgate" does seem to be one hell of a stretch.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:48:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
While I'm inclined to agree, it seems overdone to the point that it has lost meaning. In 100 years, I'm sure -gate will be a commonly used suffix to describe something mildly scandalous and most people won't even realize how it originated.
supergrega ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 21:39:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What the fuck that shit was real? I always thought it was made up and never paid much attention to that.
My brain hurts right now.
SmartAlec105 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:42:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you're seeing Black and Blue, your eyes are lying to you to tell you the truth about the dress.
sonay ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:06:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
According to wikipedia the original dress is Black and Blue.
"Although the actual colour of the dress was confirmed to be blue and black" and has two references which I didn't check.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/the-dress-actual-colour-brand-and-price-details-revealed-10074686.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-31656935
xTheMaster99x ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:55:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
According to this, 10% agree with me that it is blue/brown (well, goldish brown) but I've never seen anyone else actually say this. Odd.
Ghostwalker3322 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:56:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
hey man our brains are weird
sioux612 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:09:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
im looking forward to the paper that is supposed to be published in july
21stGun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:43:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Apparently I'm a woman...
SalmonDoctor ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:05:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can't even make it out to look Black and blue. So crazy. It's looks perfectly fine white and gold.
dmo90 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:43:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Age affects how you perceive colors. If you see white and gold you're generally older
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:56:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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meinheinz ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 21:02:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This pains me to say but it's blue and black IRL. I thought everyone knew this by now...
Thurwell ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 21:16:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's blue and black both on screen and IRL. But the white balance in the picture is way off so some people perceive it as white and gold.
Making_Bacon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:25:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I knew I wasn't crazy, I can see up at the top bit how the balance is off and someone might maybe see that black as gold, but none of the other shit. It's just a bad camera.
Thurwell ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:07:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Unlike an optical illusion once you see it one way it's almost impossible to see it the other, although if you're in the white/gold camp you can zoom in on individual colors until the picture is gone and then they'll resolve.
Anyway, some people's mind's try to calibrate the white balance off of the blue stripes, which makes the blue look white and the black gold. Even people who see it as blue aren't really seeing it correctly since the colors aren't as blue as you think.
Making_Bacon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:14:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know, I pull it up in photoshop and grab a palette of it and it looks as blue as I see it otherwise.
Thurwell ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:05:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I saw a video where they pulled out the colors and I thought individually they looked more purple than blue, and when I see the picture it looks blue (but screwed up). I don't have photoshop to try it myself.
jacob2815 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:21:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You've got it backwards haha
majorthrownaway ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:39:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You have it backwards. You can easily check it in photoshop to see it's white(isn) and gold(ish.) But this is a result of the peculiar lighting. In real life it's blue and black.
Kiffler ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:33:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The reason the picture is weird is because of this thing called white balance. Basically how white appears in the picture.
M4rnN ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:06:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its Greyish-blue and brownish if you check photoshop colours... The camera wasn't very good.
SilentStriker84 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:45:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's actually blue and black IRL
-Aeryn- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:56:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The awkward lighting makes people mentally correct for the colors differently.
Bonus points if your monitor hardware & calibration isn't perfect, which is the vast vast majority of screen users.
Jeremymia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:23:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In reality, blue and black. The shot is overexposed, so people can perceive it as white and gold based on whether or not their brain thinks "This is lit by sunlight" or "This is lit by an artificial light." The brain automatically filters out the blue or yellow light, respectively.
rexo12 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 20:39:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see it blue and black in thumbnails, everywhere else is white and gold.
shredtilldeth ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:59:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was able to see it both ways actually. Not sure how exactly but in the middle of a discussion about the dress I had to say "I thought you were crazy but now I see it the other way."
agile52 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:00:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I saw it white and gold at first, but when somebody explained the lighting of the picture, it went to blue black.
HailSithisMeh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:34:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I originally saw white/gold and then later saw black/blue.
Ghostwalker3322 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:46:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah it's a weird phenomenon...
thisshortenough ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:23:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I used to only see it in white and gold and now I only see blue and black. I just saw it from a different angle one day and then it all clicked
smallworldslave ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:03:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But I see Blue AND Gold?
Is there something wrong with me?!
AboutTenPandas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:50:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've always seen Blue and Gold. Am I weird?
Ghostwalker3322 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:57:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nope, besides the fact that you're on reddit. Badum tss
Ottermatic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:42:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One time, I saw a page that had two of this image on it, one towards the top and one towards the bottom. My screen had a brighter light shining across the top half, and my chair or something was blocking the light from the lower half. I saw the top one as white/gold and the bottom one as black/blue. It was pretty cool but I never managed to replicate it.
AdvocateForTulkas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:04:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait is this not altered? I literally only ever saw it in blue, but see white and gold at the moment
DMBumper ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:50:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
See I feel fucked up because I see blue and gold.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You actually see it in black and blue, it's just your eyes that are filthy liars.
cjh93 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:40:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I saw blue and gold!
Brohammad_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:38:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Crazy. I heard it had something to do with your emotions lol. I saw white and gold for a solid 3 seconds then it changed to black and blue for me again.
TheMagicJesus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:36:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean once you see the real dress it's pretty obvious what the colors are
Artoast ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:17:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can see both. Sometimes it's one but I can concentrate and understand why people see the other colour.
aaraabellaa ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:25:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Playing with the brightness on your screen and then going back to it may help. I used to only ever see blue and black but now I can only see gold and yellow
Ihateallgigginox ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:26:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's blue and black, however, different people's brains read the lighting differently. I see white and gold, but in proper lighting, it is blue and black.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:12:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How did you manage to miss it please don't start this to some people it looks black and blue and to some others it looks white and gold it is actually blue and black end of conversation kthxbai
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:16:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If it's actually blue and black then I feel better.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:24:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep, go on paint and sample the colors of the dress.
Omega357 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:10:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is that what you see or was there another picture proving it?
Nipso ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:11:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The latter.
sonay ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:02:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I really can't get my head around that people see blue and black in it. No matter how much I look at it, it is white and gold for me.
dedokta ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:15:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I seriously don't see how anyone sees black in that photo. Hold up something black against it and tell me there's no difference in the colours.
mmitchell420 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:35:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some people can actually see both so if you work at it enough your mind will be fully blown when it switches. Happened to me and I was mind blown for weeks
hayashikin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, just happened to me when I was viewing the picture at an angle, went from white-gold to blue-black (until I looked away), and now I get blue-gold...
EDIT: WTH, taking my sunglasses on and off makes the colors change instantly!!!
rockets_meowth ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:01:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's how your eyes white balance the photo.
If you cover up the white sun spots on the side with your hand and focus on the individual colors your eyes adjust and the color changes.
If you go outside in the sun or something to white balance your eyes yellow/white the dress will look gold and white/blueish.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:16:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Tarcanus ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:49:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Did that, you're still crazy. It's black and blue the whole way down.
sueca ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:47:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the brain that's being weird. I saw it as black and blue a few years ago, but during the past year I can only see it as white and gold.
estXcrew ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:09:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Turn on the lights in your room. Loik at thw light for a sec, then back at the pic.
fourtwentyNZ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:39:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Stare at it and let your eyes go in and out of focus on it. When I do this I can see both black and blue, and white and gold. But I only saw white/gold at first
sdw9342 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:48:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've seen it in both colours sets surprisingly. I can't decide though - it just switches sometimes..
Edit: shit I just closed my eyes and opened them and it had switched..
tjc815 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:11:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I still cannot make myself see black no matter how hard I try..
rockets_meowth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:02:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cover all the sunlight references on the right side (top and bottom) with your hand and focus on single colors of the dress.
Butt_Patties ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:43:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't stress it, the particular dress in question was actually blue and black. It's a weird visual thing.
ThirdFloorGreg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:04:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Imagine it's in the shadows, not in the light.
iPeeLavaLampGoo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:15:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see white and gold. The only time it appears blue and black is when I hold my phone horizontal and look at it from the edge of the phone.
SharkBaitDLS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:54:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You have to adjust your mental perception of the lighting to see it both ways.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:25:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well the actual dress is blue and black
MotherOfDragonflies ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:47:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I could only see the white and gold after I saw this picture. Once my eyes adjusted for lighting, I could see how it would appear white and gold in a shaded picture with poor lighting. But the fact that it's in a department store, made my eyes see it only as blue and black.
MrCauich ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I first saw it, it appeared blue/black. The next day I want to show my wife but I could only find ones I thought were edited to look white/gold. I showed her one and she said it looks blue/black.
I've seen both sides and I still think it's one giant Truman show practical joke on me.
WestCoastBestCoast01 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The last few times I've seen that picture it's been blue and black, tonight it was white and gold. Fuck me!
delta91 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:35:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I saw white and gold.
Try squinting, then I saw blue and black
ZeTurtle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:39:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing is wrong with you good sir! There is actually some science to how you perceive the color of the dress. Because of the lighting in the picture and how your eyes perceive the light, you will see it as white and gold or blue and black.
Kittyminati ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:40:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Stare into a light source for a second then check it again. Worked for me atleast
nderhjs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:57:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I saw it as black and blue for SO long then all of the sudden I glanced back at it and it has been white and gold ever since.
TheAsianTroll ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:20:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When the pic first released, it caused a huge shitstorm over what color it is.
It's blue and black, but the saturation in the pic made it look white and gold at some angles.
TurtleofAwesomeness ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:12:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It looks blue and gold to me. XKCD agrees
Pulse207 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:31:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You people are all strange. It's clearly blue and gold.
Then again, I'm colorblind...
tTnarg ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 22:09:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There is an xkcd for eveything https://xkcd.com/1492/
TerraTempest ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:50:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So, I'm guessing both the dresses in this picture aren't supposed to look exactly the same?
DrShamusBeaglehole ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 00:08:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I see white and gold no matter what. I have never been able to see blue and black regardless of background
TerraTempest ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:30:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I initially saw blue and black (brownish) and then saw white and gold a couple times and though someone was messing with me. Then I saw it change back in front of my eyes.
Cronstintein ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:34:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Interesting. I wonder if my screen settings would affect this. I've only ever seen blue/back (kind of a faded, brownish black)
cookiethief55 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:40:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I thought it was a gif and quickly got over it now I find out it's an actual thing
TerraTempest ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:55:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They do, but if I remember correctly you expectation of the color and the colors surrounding the image can affect what you see.
DrShamusBeaglehole ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:13:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have to try reeeeeally hard to see the gold as black, and it's only ever happened once. To this day i refuse to believe that the real dress is blue and black.
Agent_Pinkerton ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:39:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't see it in most of the comparisons (not in the xkcd picture nor in this), but the photo on the right side of this image actually looks blue and black.
DrShamusBeaglehole ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:43:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I must be crazy, because i still see white and gold in all those photos. I mean i can see that the colours are blue and black, but my brain tells me they're white and gold in real life
Leakimlraj ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:45:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
same
BipedSnowman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:40:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see blue and gold...
Bladelink ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:05:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Idk but those are actually different colors on the right and left.
Balind ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 21:02:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Personally I see white and gold
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:47:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know how. No matter how you look at it, it's deeply blue. When you pick the colors in photoshop, it's blue and black (with a hue of gold because of the sun reflecting on it - but there's no black sun to give a golden dress a black hue). I always felt like half the internet was just trolling with that white and gold thing.
LaverniusTucker ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 16:30:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What color is this dress? White obviously, even if the color being displayed is a light blue. Some people automatically see it as being in shadow like the dress here. They're not trolling, that's just how they see it. Kind of like how you see black. If you select the color on the dress you'll find that it's actually a brownish gold. Your brain is just adjusting it for you to make you see it as more black than it is. No part of that picture even approaches anything that could be called black.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:27:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://i.imgur.com/ocwgjBJ.png <= This woman is clearly in shadow, as we can see from her hat, or, iunno, the fact her skin appears to be a be a freakish grey. That's how our brain recognizes the true colors of things usually, by keeping human skin/hair/sclera as a basis of what "normal" is. Now, that's why the pic of the dress was so popular : no human elements to be seen.
HOWEVER it remains deeply obvious the dress is blue and black. Maybe I just have a well calibrated brain, maybe it's because I'm an artist so I know color theory, but it's not my brain adjusting to see it as darker than it is.
http://imgur.com/j1HSahJ <= on the left, colors picked from the yellow rectangle area. On the right, colors picked from the highlights. Unlike the first pic, which is clearly in shadow, this dress is flooded with light. The (absurdly) saturated light around the dress is an indicator, even if people don't seem to realize it. Another indicator is the way light and shadow are separated on the fabric itself - light directly hits the dress and is partly hidden around the middle thanks to a fold, but even then the entire dress is illuminated rather than in shadows. Anyone who spent a couple minutes looking at fabric in the light irl can tell the difference.
So even if you take the highlights of the dress, assume they are somehow in shadow and the original dress is even lighter, and totally ignore the rest of the dress, maybe it'd make sense to assume it's white. Else, it's just absurd. So either
half the internet is trolling
half the internet has not a single clue what color theory is, don't understand how light works and have issues realizing highlights are different from shadows
half the internet has a badly calibrated computer that can't show colors properly
half the internet has a badly calibrated brain.
LaverniusTucker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:03:04 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I look at the picture my brain automatically interprets the dress as being in shadow. I don't know why that is, but half of the people in the world apparently see the same. No matter how deeply obvious or absurd you think it is the picture just isn't that easy to interpret.
And as for the issue of the black parts, do you see the picture as actually being black? Are you saying that you think the black sections of the dress show up in the picture as anything close to actual black? I ask because you said "When you pick the colors in photoshop, it's blue and black..." when it's clearly a brownish gold throughout. No part of that picture has anything approaching black.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:40:10 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There is a giant highlight in the middle of the dress - it looks darkish gold and bluish gold in the highlight because of the golden light of the sun, deeply blue and black everwhere else.
http://i.imgur.com/JPn1dLn.png Since you failed to see it, here is the color of the dress picked directly from the picture. Do you see that upper color there as gold ? If you do, it explains why you see the dress as gold and white in general. I'd also advise you get your computer and/or your eyes checked.
http://i.imgur.com/zVwBzkv.png here is the same color, taken directly from the picture, in absolute values. Are you really certain "No part of that picture has anything approaching black." ?
LaverniusTucker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:24:35 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You pick the color from the darkest point on the thing, show me the color value, and claim victory...all while looking at the color brown. I'm not the one with the problem here. You're apparently so attached to being right that you're delusional.
Desarooni ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:58:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that's undeniably black and blue. I feel like it's one of those questions where there's always those few people who want to stand out and say they see something different just because they know it's weird.
hairyotter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck you too. No seriously though, try it with a bunch of people randomly who have no such pretenses or prior knowledge of what they should see, just ask them what they see, you will be surprised. I had the same thought as you except for white/gold, until I just tried it with a bunch of people and was blown away.
But of course if anybody sees anything different from you you will accuse them of just trying to "stand out"...
Desarooni ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:39:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You see white-white and gold? Not light blue and gold? I seriously can't see how that's even possible. The color spectrum is literally on the blue side when you grab the color in MS paint!
bfarnsey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:41:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To us, it looks like a white and gold dress in the shade, where as you see a blue and black dress in the sun. I've seen what the dress looks like in another picture. It's a deeply blue, deeply black dress, no mistake about it. Part of my brain understands that. But no matter how hard I try to convince myself, the douchey part of my brain says, "Nope, totally white and gold."
hairyotter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:22:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It is about perception. Look at a kleenex. Is it uniformly "white"? Of course not, it is a mix of grays, yellows, blues depending on the type of lighting and shadows. You know of course, that the whole sheet of tissue paper is white and you understand that intuitively, even if you were to take a picture of the tissue and see that many if not all of the color samples are not white.
Bladelink ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:03:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or had horribly color-adjusted monitors. Or have their monitor pointed at an odd angle.
logicblocks ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:24:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
White & Gold
SadGhoster87 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:45:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blue and gold
Teckdec ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:08:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Apparently it will appear blue and black if you dont go outside enough.
Skyemonkey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:39:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
On my phone I see black and blue, on my laptop I see white and gold. It's all in the device,i think.
Padmerton ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:24:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
White and gold represent!
cjh93 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:04:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see blue and gold.
biopticstream ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:03:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see it as blue and black as well. I can also understand someone saying blue and brown because the photo is washed out so the black looks kind of brown-ish.
GrayOctopus ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:31:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wrong
sexonpizza ยท 89 points ยท Posted at 19:22:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
white and gold
K_cutt08 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:16:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So do you actually perceive it as White and Gold? I remember this whole thing, but I don't remember if it was an issue with the image hosting, the user's monitor color settings, or each individual person's eyes.
sexonpizza ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 21:18:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly, It really depended on the picture. Sometimes I saw it as white/gold and sometimes I saw it as black/blue. But in this picture I really see it as white/gold.. most of the time it was black/blue
K_cutt08 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 21:25:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, for me it's definitely Black/Blue. Such a crazy thing. This picture will probably find its way into textbooks along with other optical illusions, like the one of the attractive young woman, and the old lady.
Jelway723 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:06:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
how in the fuck do you see black and blue? honestly i cant percieve it as anything other then white and gold
sexonpizza ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:27:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think I've seen that one..
bitches_love_brie ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:32:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://www.optical-illusionist.com/illusions/young-lady-or-old-woman-illusion
halfar ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:53:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what is the young lady's nose supposed to be when looking at the old lady? eyelids don't droop or extend out that much.
green__dino ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:51:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm guessing a wart or something. It looks like a witch and not an old lady, but that's just how I see it
sexonpizza ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:50:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
oh whoa
allisonstfu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:01:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I first saw the picture all I could see was white and gold. Then one day I looked at it and it was blue and black. I haven't been able to see it white since.
hayashikin ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:35:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't see it anything other then white and gold....
Arnold_Mal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:34:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't see anything but white and gold no matter how hard I try.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:12:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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sexonpizza ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:46:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Go Shockers!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:41:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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Jsk2003 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:57:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
xkcd that illustrates the illusion
The colors of the dress are the same, minus the lining, which is black for the blue background, and gold for the white background. You can see that the contrast with the background causes the dress to appear either blue or white.
Now look at the original picture...
Is it a light or dark background? What color is the dress really?
HeyItsCharnae ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:36:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm just joking, I understand and have looked at all the explanations but no matter how I understand it, I still see it as white and gold.
-MPG13- ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:52:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know what you're talking about.
TheLikeGuys3 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:51:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Passive Aggressive Upvote
TrashMinky ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:59:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I still see it as blue and gold.
getstabbed ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:17:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Am I the only one that sees blue and gold? The blue is apparent but that is definitely not black to me.
-ili- ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:21:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Scientific papers are being drafted up about this damn picture even as you read this sentence
source: http://www.visionscience.com/pipermail/visionlist/2015/008364.html
LeoBattlerOfSins_X84 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:33:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see black and blue, the light is yellow. And the wearer of the dress said it was black and blue. ZBINGO.
SwagmasterRS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:12:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You son of a bitch.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:44:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Clicked on it just so I could feel infuriated.
hailthedragonmaster ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:01:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ms sister sees white and gold... I live with a monster
NiceUsernameBro ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:53:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you see white, then you don't understand what white means.
http://i.imgur.com/BXL443b.jpg
LaverniusTucker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:33:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://i.imgur.com/ocwgjBJ.png
This is how the "white" camp is seeing the blue sections.
LocalMadman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:33:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some men just want to watch the world burn.
n0remack ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:12:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I first saw this photo, i saw the White and Gold.
Now, all I can see is the black and blue.
Like, I want my brain to see the tricked version again, but it won't.
You can't explain that!
inthefightgarden ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:51:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think there is something wrong with me because I only see blue and gold
Reaper_of_Souls ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:53:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This white dude wishes he could ironically give you gold.
nahomish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:32:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not doing this again. But you're totally wrong!
seversonda ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:57:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
lol very clever
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:58:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My entire life since that picture was brought up, I have seen white and gold. "People who see blue and black are fucking retarded", I thought to myself. Well thanks to your comment, I just saw it as blue and black for the first time ever.
delighted-fork ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:59:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't trust anyone whenever I see this dress
jewelbejealous ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:03:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You mean white and gold
Noisetorm_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:15:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see light brown and light blue. No white, no gold, no black.
AdlPadl970 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:04:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Me and my daughter both see white and gold
sapeetapottus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:22:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Clicked link expecting blue waffle. I somehow ended up more disgusted.
RLaniado24 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:34:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think you got the wrong pic.
This one has the exposure turned more up so almost everyone sees gold and white/blue. this I think is the real one. I know, because I can adjust my eyes to see both forms :)
Sensorfire ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:17:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's a weird way to spell, "white and gold".
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:34:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All I see is a white and gold dress.
Jps300 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:41:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
triggered
claymario_the_brave ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:43:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Used to see it as blue and black... Now it's white and gold... WTF???
BaconyLeviathan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:48:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see purple and orange. So I guess I'm fucked
definitelynotaliar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:08:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Still, after a year, it's black and blue. Never, not for a millisecond, have I seen it as white and gold. When will my day come...
Cruxion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:12:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I opened it, it was white and gold, but after the whole thing loaded I can't see anything but blue and black. Weird.
fdxrobot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:39:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, I've been calling those colors WHITE & MOTHER FUCKING GOLD.
sussinmysussness ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:41:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Looks white and gold to me.
sexydino ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:57:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit! When this thing was popular I ONLY saw blue and black. Looking at it again just now, I see white and gold...wtf eyes
CJ090 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because you're ex Navy?
dihedral3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm an idiot. I spent a long time wondering what the big deal was. Then I tilted my phone.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You sonofabitch.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Based on the replies I was expecting the Peyton Manning pic.
jackratko ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:20:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whoa, pretty sure that was blue and black last time I saw it
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:49:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I still see black and blue.
LemonsForLimeaid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:00:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
White and gold master race
bassinastor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:03:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I understand how people can look at the picture and say, "that is a picture of a bow and black dress," but regardless of what the picture is of, the color of the picture is white and gold.
mmmmmmmmichaelscott ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:06:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is awesome, on mobile I can see blue/black in the thumbnail but white/gold when I open it full size. I finally see both sides!
LemonRaven ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:22:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like how it's always white and gold or black and blue. I see blue and gold that turns into brown
karleenamarx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:48:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh gosh it's been forever since I've seen that. I know everyone is sick of hearing how everyone sees it but I just watched it go from white and gold to blue and black. I thought it was pretty neat.
MiningwithPortals ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:56:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For a split second when I opened that link, it looked white and gold to me. That's the only time I've seen it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:57:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a /r/colorblind subscriber, I have no idea what the fuss about this is.
FrostySt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:05:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I cannot for the life of me see anything other than blue and black. I'm trying my hardest and I can't.
lapotatoe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:49:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bloody bastard.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:16:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
its white and gold plebian
arclathe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:55:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can you elaborate? I only see white and gold here.
Jive-Turkeys ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:00:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red and green.
mordorimzrobimy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:06:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's blue and gold.
Fidesphilio ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:31:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Um, are you high? That's clearly white and gold!
Springheeljac ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:01:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just had a fucking weird experience. I mean fucking odd.
So I knew what the picture was. I clicked on it. I saw blue and black. And as I was looking at it I thought you know the top of the dress looks almost green. My eyes lost focus and every color shifted. I have NEVER seen at as white and gold until now and now I can't see black and blue anymore. WTF.
zanderkerbal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:08:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is blue and gold. You should seek help for colour-blindness.
Arnold_Mal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:32:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Where's the blue and black? That dress is white and gold.
Rozenwater ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:29:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WTF I saw the dress as black and blue when it first was shared, now I see it as white and gold. Brains are weird.
TransgenderPride ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:03:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
aaaaarrrggghhhhhhh
mynameispredictable ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:03:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gold and white -__-
cheesus_riced ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:13:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I saw white and gold first, and then was shown proof that it was actually black and blue. I am fully aware that it is black and blue. That is a fact in my mind that I do not doubt.
I still cannot see any black and blue in that picture. My brain just won't let it happen even though I know it to be true.
averagephill ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:58:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What the fuck, it changed to blue and black as I was scrolling down. I can't get it back to white and gold!
KriswiffaK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:59:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I knew what it was.
CLICKED ANYWAY
manawesome326 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:48:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I swear it's blue and gold.
TheLinguistGamer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:41:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now, let's don't start THAT again!!!
Down4whiteTrash ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:18:06 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You mean white and gold.
CaptainIronBoobs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:54:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
YOU MOTHER FUCKAS REALIZE THAT IT CHANGES BECAUSE OF THE ANGLE THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT AND THE ANGLE IT WAS VIEWED AT RIGHT? IT'S JUST A GOD DAMN OPTICAL ILLUSION. IN FACT TRY THIS VIEW THE PICTURE OF A RELATIVE HIGH ANGLE, IT WILL LOOK WHITE AND GOLD. IF YOU VIEW IT FROM A LOW ANGLE IT WILL LOOK BLUE AND BLACK.
zlide ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:31:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm convinced that people just don't realize there's actually two pictures going around, one blue/black and the other white/gold, and everyone saw one or the other thus the confusion. At least, that's the only way I can explain it because when I first saw it the dress was white/gold and now this one is blue/black....
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:07:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not two pictures. I've been in the same room looking at the same picture with all of my family and we were seeing different things.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:32:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I did the same with my friends just now they think I'm fucking with them
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:03:37 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just put on my girlfriend's enChroma color blind glasses and the dress is still white and gold. The glasses let you perceive colors as they should be therefore I declare white and gold to be the final and correct colors of the dress.
rollntoke ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:55:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see gold and white
Imalurkerwhocomments ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:49:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can most see white and gold
tahlyn ยท 139 points ยท Posted at 18:34:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Qualia in general.
danieljamesfair ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:07:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, I also do philosophy! :D
ijflwe42 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:13:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Finally, my intro to philosophy course from 4 years ago pays off
onlyforthisair ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:45:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And then you get into P-zombies and tulpas and everyone's brains hurt
dondonfit ยท 71 points ยท Posted at 19:07:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm colorblind.
Wrexil ยท 378 points ยท Posted at 21:51:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're colorblind? How many fingers am I holding up bro
man-of-God-1023 ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 01:13:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
orange
EnkoNeko ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:29:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the smell?
man-of-God-1023 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:05:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
nah, the taste
nootrino ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:17:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, so it sounds like 7?
EnkoNeko ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:06:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
IMO I think it also feels like red
GMY0da ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:28:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
HELP I'M GOING INSANE
EnkoNeko ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:48:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know, one part of my brain keeps trying to fit them together, and the other goes, "no no this does not work"
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:47:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
one
swifty705 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:08:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
dondonfit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:22:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blue/Grey/7
[deleted] ยท 153 points ยท Posted at 22:09:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Have you heard of enChroma color correctness glasses? I bought them for my girlfriend for Valentine's day and she cried when she put them on. Saw green for the first time. I'm going back to that four-leaf-clover she saw and putting it in a book (it was the first thing she looked at). They have a 60 day return-policy in case they don't work but it was the best investment on my part. I loved watching her look at everything for the rest of the weekend, asking what specific colors were. Road signs and construction cones stood out the most to her. It was a fun experience :)
IllKickYrAssAtUno ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 00:28:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That story warmed my heart.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:50:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks! I feel guilty because she feels like she owes me a huge gift for my birthday next month. She doesn't believe giving her the present meant just as much to me as it probably did for her. For me it isn't about being equal. I hardly looked at the price when I heard about them I had to buy them for her!
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 23:46:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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AllocatedData ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 00:41:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
$300 dollars is a small price to pay for that.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 00:49:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:57:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Appropriate username.
loltheinternetz ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:00:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They're still a luxury item. I'm colorblind (though I prefer the term color deficient- a lot of people think it means we see black&white), but it's not like it makes my life hard. People just think I'm crazy every now and then when I call a dark green object brown, or purple blue, etc.
hothrous ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:42:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also colorblind. Not sure if the glasses will work for me, but it doesn't really matter. Being colorblind isn't that big of a deal.
300 dollars is a huge price to pay for something trivial like that.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:52:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well like I said, there's a 60 day return policy in case they don't work. And it may seem trivial but watch some youtube videos of people wearing them for the first time. Their reactions are priceless :)
hothrous ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:09:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
People put different weights on the importance of different things. To me, not being able to see all colors isn't a major loss because I don't put a huge value on aesthetics. When I say it's trivial, I mean it's very trivial to me and 300 dollars is too much.
It's a novelty that I'm honestly surprised so much research and development was put into. As a colorblind person, the fact that so much research went into trying to "fix" me is kind of a let down because I know that money could have been spent on solving actual problems.
But it's a novelty nonetheless. I don't picture anybody who bought those glasses wearing them 100% of the time. I honestly wouldn't even carry them around with me. So it would be 300 dollars I never use. To me, glasses like this are like a chinese finger trap. It's cool the first time you see it, but it would be lost on me very quickly. That's not to say there's anything wrong with your S/O being excited about them or that what I'm saying applies to her. Just that I personally find it a very trivial thing.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:13:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't disagree with you because I don't know what it's like to be colorblind but you'll be happy to hear the technology was found by accident. They were actually created for doctors to safely wear while using lazors. The doctors loved them so much because they exagerated colors so they started wearing them as regular sunglasses. Then one colorblind man happened to borrow the glasses from his friend was suddenly was like "what the fuck is that." I'm paraphrasing but that's how I'd like to imagine it went. So not much research was put into fixing it besides perfecting it after it had been discovered. As for them being a novelty, my girlfriend seems to feel the same way :)
jaypkay93 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:47:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Extremely rare for a woman to be colourblind, but that story made it a lot better!
FoggyDonkey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:12:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Doesn't that mean that any sons they would have will be colorblind?
fff8e7cosmic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:40:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I know little about genetics, but I think they would both have to be carriers for the gene?
Edit: look below. Someone who knew better said it better.
Classy_Scrub ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:51:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nope, colorblindness is carried on the sex chromosome, and because colorblindness is recessive the women has two chromosomes with colorblindness on them.
This means that any sons will be colorblind (xy) and unless the father is also coorblind, daughters will be carriers(xx).
Sorry if this doesn't explain things very well, I'm kinda tired.
fff8e7cosmic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:57:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think I get it. Thanks!
3brithil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:50:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My grandpa is colorblind, his daughter/my mom is a carrier(?).
What exactly determines wether or not her kids (me and my siblings) are colorblind? For reference I am not, my older brother is.
Quadriga-chan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:58:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Okay I hope I can explain it understandably. c=colorblind, N= normal
Mom(c/N1) - Dad (N2/N3)
Kids can be: c/N2, c/N3, N1/N2, N1/N3;
If the kid is male, it only needs one c for colorblindness. A female kid needs two c for colorblindness (which in this case is not possible).
If a male kid is born there's a 50/50 chance it's colorblind.
(also the father can only have NN if he isn't colorblind because if he had a c, he would be.)
3brithil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:49:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
thanks for the quick and easy explanation, makes perfect sense
Lucky_leprechaun ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:30:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Female colorblindness is extremely rare.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:52:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Interesting. I've never heard that.
Lucky_leprechaun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:52:44 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, I'm not gonna call you a liar, but, colorblindness is a gene that is most commonly passed from mothers who carry the gene (without having colorblindness) to their sons who actually have the trait. It's exceptionally rare for a female to have colorblindness herself. (My son is colorblind. I carry the trait that passed it along, but I'm not colorblind. Because, female.)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:02:21 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't care. She's colorblind I just didn't know it was rare. Call me a liar if you want.
pogingjose007 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:34:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You are sweet. :)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:53:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks! I couldn't wait to give it to her. She kept asking what the present was and I would say "you'll see." haha.
Ezl ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:07:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Never heard of these. Curious: (making up a color) with the glasses is her red "red" as non-colorblind people see it or is it a new differentiation for her that you identify as red but arent really certain what she's actually seeing (which, I guess, is really true of all of us)
Typrix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Would most certainly be the latter if you think about how color vision works.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:55:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I thought about that but I have no idea. Scientifically, she should be seeing the same colors though. The way cones work in the eyes, her eyes were having trouble separating lightwaves and these glasses evened it out a bit more (showing less of one lightwave and more of the other). I'm no expert so some of that may be wrong but if you go to enChroma's website they explain how they work in great detail :)
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:28:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:57:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hmm which glasses did you get? There are three levels - One for indoors, one for outdoors, and one in between. I bought her the 3rd option and they worked well enough. You gotta make sure the room is really lit or it's sunny out or else they won't work.
hothrous ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:24:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's common for these types of glasses to not work on protans. It depends on what kind of colorblind the user is as to whether they will work as the individual brands work somewhat differently. From the enChroma website
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:33:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red/Green blindness is the one it works for specifically.
hothrous ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:40:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just sent you a link to the website for the product you're talking about talking about how the product doesn't work very well for strong protans...
2muchcontext ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:51:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It must have been mind-blowing as fuck to see a new color that you've never seen before for the first time in your life.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:00:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know right! I was actually really nervous about giving them to her. I felt like "who am I to show her this new world" lol. She told me she would never have bought them for herself, mostly out of being nervous to try them, but because I put them right in front of her and she didn't have much time to talk herself out of it, she was brave to try them on and glad she did! Some people on reddit told me to surprise her by having her put them on like any pair of glasses but I felt like that would be weird - like a slap in the face and then bam a new reality. I wanted her to be able to prepare for them :)
bassinastor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:04:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How much are they?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:49:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think $300. It depends on which you get and there are promo codes. Message me and I can send you one if interested.
bassinastor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:52:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not colorblind, it just seems interesting and I was wondering if it was a reasonable price to just get to play with. Th aka anyways though!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:06:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They're not cheap but are certainly cheaper than I would have guessed. And they make great sunglasses for myself. They really enhance colors.
bassinastor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:10:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, they're definitely affordable, they're just not cheap haha.
halfar ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:54:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
lmao
https://www.reddit.com/r/colorblind/top
#2 of all time deals with exactly this.
TheSupersmurf ยท 70 points ยท Posted at 19:20:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If reddit's taught me anything, it's that colorblindness comes in many forms so, rather than offend you, I'm going to ask:
Which form?
Dark512 ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 20:27:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I tend to ask which colours instead because I can never remember the names of the different forms.
MikeDC28 ยท 66 points ยท Posted at 21:26:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pfft. I just ask them how many fingers I'm holding up.
cliffotn ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 00:02:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well THAT came right out of the purple.
jmwbb ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:29:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
green
GMY0da ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:31:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, it feels more like sour
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:38:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pfft. I ask how many colours I'm holding up
Alternativmedia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:37:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Rakt doesn't work for me, Im not a man of colour
nemec ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:12:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I paint my fingers first so it actually works.
MegaHaxorus ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 22:59:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks bro. I always prefer being asked what colors, rather than what kind of colorblindness. Just don't ask me "What color can you not see?" or "What color is this?". Both of those get very, very old.
hothrous ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:27:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'd personally just prefer the conversation go like:
Me: "I'm colorblind."
Them: "Oh. Well, this is red."
At this point in my life. I'm getting tired of being gawked at for it and I'd rather just move on with my life.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:47:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't see race
BrosBeforeHossa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:04:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"REALLY WHAT COLOR IS THIS??"
I know you live the same struggle as me
jewel1997 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:01:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red: the blood of angry men Black: the dark of ages past
irishgoblin ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:45:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red: A world about to dawn. Black: The night that ends at last.
myfuntimes ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:59:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I once read a description on reddit where someone described them as "flavors for the eyes". I like that.
alextoria ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:44:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
blue is like.... blue. water. Sky. and yeah.
OneTime_AtBandCamp ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:11:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The sensation of having seen a colour is actually a classic example of Qualia.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:48:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Brown is muddy poops. It's the same as what muddy poops would taste like. Also a common hair colour.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 18:52:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Brown...also the color of chocolate, which tastes better than what a muddy poop would taste like. Also the color UPS uses.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:54:37 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's definitely muddy poop.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:40:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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rugtoad ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:54:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is one of those fun facts that not actually a fact. At least, not in the sense that it's "true".
It's based on crossed bit of linguistic/biological pseudo-science mixed in with a bunch of poorly researched history which lead a couple of guys to conclude that humans can't tell one color from another without a name for it...
There are a number of problems with this. Not the least of which is that the linguistic history is completely wrong, undermining the entire premise right off the bat. Words for "blue" date back to right after humans came down from the trees. Basically, the concept of "blue" in human language is as old as human language.
And the idea of Linguistic Relativism...that is to the field of Linguistics what Creation Science is to biology. It's been long since completely dismissed as bad science.
Just because Homer doesn't really describe anything as being "blue" that doesn't mean nobody around his time was familiar with it.
Sorry to take the fun out of the fact, though.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:44:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not true, and your timeline is off; the argument is more along the lines of terms for blue in the ancient world (i.e Homerian era) being less common owing to the fact that blue dyes were rare, and since there wasn't a common artificial means of generating blue, sometimes blue things were compared to other colors like purple.
thgril ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:41:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you have a source for this so-called fun fact?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:45:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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thgril ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:05:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That is pretty interesting, good to know.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:48:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Search 'colour term' in Wikipedia and you'll fine one. I can confirm that the guy's right. Blood was described as being the same colour as tree sap. They had a totally different way of describing colour - really nice illustration of how arbitrary and limited language can be.
rugtoad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:59:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Color terms don't change the way you perceive color though...
The idea that people didn't perceive blue because some cultures didn't seem to have a word for it has long since been debunked, as well.
This guy covered pretty thoroughly why the guy is, in fact, not right.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:01:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh I see - yes, that's very true. I'm more interested in the linguistic side and skim read the original post. Fair point sir!
rugtoad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:56:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And on that point...the linguistic side of it is talking about a concept that has long been dismissed as bad science: Linguistic Relativism.
The shorthand is that the words you speak shape your thoughts, perceptions, intellect and even your sanity (depending on who is describing the concept). That's where this concept that people couldn't tell blue from green prior to the word "blue" being spoken comes from.
The problem (insofar as color goes) is that this makes absolutely no sense when you consider that words don't exist prior to the concepts they describe. That gets more and more absurd when you consider the implication...which is more or less that words are not arbitrary sounds made by great apes blowing air past vibrating strands of meat, rather they have implicit meaning. Maybe some ethereal dictionary at the center of the universe is responsible for doling it out, I suppose. And when one of these apes manages to stumble on "blue", the sky and the ocean slowly change and are distinguishable from the grass and the leaves on the trees.
Of course, that's not really how people think of it these days, they figure that as humans start seeing blue, they describe it with a new set of arbitrary sounds...and that's probably true in some sense, but you can't use the historical existence of a word or the inability to verify it to prop a theory that human perception of color was not the same because it wasn't described the same way.
Consider how many different distinct colors you could describe as "blue". On my screen in front of me, I can find a dozen right off the bat. Most have a specific name to them, at least according to some people, many have nothing more than a mishmash of characters to describe them. But we can look at all of them and say "that's blue".
We know that "cyan" and "cobalt" and "Azure" and "cerulean" are all words for "blue", but before they existed...would one next to another have blended together to us? Or...would we just call them both "blue"?
Of course, linguists and biologists both agree that it's the latter.
This entire thread is about how human perception is difficult to describe...so it's not a big surprise that we keep thinking up new ways to make it easier.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:06:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't have a name for the exact shade of my walls but I can still see them. This is utter nonsense that flies in the face of basic biology and history.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:42:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red wine or white wine?
I would have so many questions if I was an ancient Greek.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:13:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just watch the videos of James May and his friend about wine. His friend is a wine expert and teaches James all about it.
MagicHamsta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:55:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Depends on personal preference of the Greek.
nessie7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:03:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hi, I'm an actual anthropologist here to tell you that that's fucking bullshit.
elee0228 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:59:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Another fun fact: The world didn't turn color until sometime in the 1930s, and it was pretty grainy color for a while, too.
TheHeero ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:20:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of that Mass Effect line, explaining to a blind person what colours look like. We can't explain it but we know what is it.
hiLAWLious ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:25:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Colors are like flavours for eyes. For instance, some foods are sweet, others spicy, etc. There's really distinct flavours like cinnamon and lemon. Colors are just like flavours that you can see.
Dark512 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Similarly, when something tastes purple.
UncleGrga ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:21:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This scene from the movie "mask" where he shows a blind girl colors is kind of neat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwkdDhmf6PE
kt_zee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:16:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All you need is a healthy dose of LSD to answer that question.
Austyn_G ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:20:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No the answer is anal sex
TheCommentLetterer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:23:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The movie Mask did a really cool job when he tries to explain colors to a blind girl.
deputy1389 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:23:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wavelengths
Bradds056 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:24:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't everyones perception of colours different?
Garyhandbag ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:40:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm colourblind :(
Lewenhaupt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:52:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your Mom's.... Crayons?
CharybdisXIII ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:07:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've always wondered if everyone sees color differently. Like if you took a color wheel, and every person had it rotated to a certain degree. So they identify blue as the same color as you, but what they see as blue, you see as red etc
stromm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:10:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blue used to be called green.
Well, more accurately, it was considered part of the green family.
RexDraco ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:25:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I cannot help but feel people blind would have a hard time understanding, considering that they just do not see them. At best, they imagine colors but they wouldn't know what is red and what is green.
EpoxyD ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:29:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's like asking how long a meter is, or how much a kilo weighs.
sexpervert ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:54:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Objects are like food in a way. Food has both a texture and a taste. Objects have both a shape and a color. The texture of food is analogous to the shape of an object, while the taste of food is like the color of an object.
coruscations ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:54:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was once asked in an interview how I would describe my favorite color to a blind person
Masher88 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:21:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Rocky Dennis knows how to describe colors.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:38:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
orange looks like an orange
boom, /thread
dudeARama2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:43:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's easy if you understand quantum mechanics :) and neurology
elyisgreat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:52:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What musical pitches sound like.
kim_jong_gp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:53:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We can explain it, different wavelengths of the visible spectrum of light correspond to all the different colours.
mechanical_animal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:02:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Red looks like intimidation, nervousness or danger. Red in nature usually appears in the form of fire or other hot objects that can injure, or when people are embarrassed or flustered their cheeks turn red.
Light blue looks like timelessness, wonder, childhood freedom because it appears when the morning sky light is just coming into view and it presents new possibilities for the day. Dark blue looks weary, frigid, and concealed / secrect because it occurs when light begins to fade.
Green looks like blue but is largely found in nature - in the tree leaves and plants among the non-human animals, which also provide oxygen. Green looks like simplicity, universal life, nourishment and sincere cooperation.
Yellow comes from the Sun. Although it's hot like red, it does more benefit than harm to be exposed to it. Yellow is everywhere, it provides the direct and indirect energy for life. Yellow also returns after a period of rain, snowfall, or overcast so it also looks like success, happiness, restoration / revival, or the lack of obstacles and negativity.
Orange is found in the desert, and among mud and rocks where few signs of life can be found. Orange looks like desolation, roughness, and prudence.
Purple (indigo / violet) isn't commonly found in nature. The two main forms are flowers and the night sky. It looks like curiosity and mystery, similar to dark blue but less serious and more amusing.
bless_ure_harte ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:23:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What foods taste like
Theriotstarter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:30:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Repost from an other rededditor forgot the name.
Red is hot and spicy, like standing too close to the fire.
Orange is warm and smooth, a velvet curtain heated by the sun.
Yellow is buttery and rich, like sunshine on your face.
Green is earthy and comforting, the smell of fresh pine needles.
Blue is cool and crisp, like dipping your foot in a lake in October.
Purple is dark and rich, a baritone sax bellowing jazz.
Brown is healing and ancient, the smell of earth on the forest floor.
Demojen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:40:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Colors are a property. That's like saying "What scents smell like" or "What touch feels like".
If it is your position "You can't tell a blind man what red looks like", by the same principal you can't tell a deaf person what noise sounds like.
purpskurp8 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a person who is color blind people ask me all the time to describe what i see and i love the look on their face when i ask them to do it first to make the point lol
Delsana ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:59:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That thing you can't see.
UncleDrewFoo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:23:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Black is the darkest color, while white is the lightest.
ReservoirKat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:25:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Writer Tyler Ford had to describe the color red without using the word, and wrote one of my favorite pieces of prose as a consequence.
creamersrealm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:37:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not if your colorblind, one of my co-workers is very colorblind. He can't see pastels and because of that he hates Easter. He swears my car is green when it is a metallic gray. He almost can't so graphic captchas with all the jumbled letters.
TheCaptainCog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:54:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah. Just imagine if what I think is red is what you think it blue. Mind. Fuck.
poindexter5221 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"...but everyone understands..."
People who are blind from birth do not understand colors.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:22:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What are you talking about? That's completely explainable.
Shivadxb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:38:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nope. My wife has an entire universe of colours I don't understand.
We also can't agree on several shades of green and blue, eg her old car was blue, the paint was called blue by ford but no my wife still insists it was some random green the name of which I can't even remember.
thelastanchovy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:56:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mask guy did it for us already, with his blind girlfriend.
ForcrimeinItaly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh I'm good at this one. (Was married to a colorblind guy). Blue looks the way cold feels. The darker it is, the colder it feels. Pink looks like your cheeks feel when the girl (guy) you like smiles at you. Yellow looks like the way that first Sunbeam feels, peaking through your curtains on a summer morning. I could go on. :)
Depressed_Rex ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have a theory that everyone sees colors differently, but are taught that those colors are what they are called. For instance, black to me could be yellow to you, but I was taught that that specific color is yellow
userbelowisamonster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You have two blocks in your hand. Every aspect down to the grain and texture of the wood is the same. Except for the color.
The color is how I can tell which one is which. Even if you were to switch them a hundred times behind my back I will always pick the correct block because the color is what makes them different.
Imagine two clear glasses of water. In one glass is a grape flavor and in the other is a strawberry flavor. You can tell which is which with your tastebuds.
If the grape was purple and the strawberry was red, I could tell them apart without having to taste them.
Now imagine a weak grape flavor vs a strong grape flavor. That's like your saturation of color. Imagine mixing the two flavors. It's almost something different, yes?
Just like a red and a yellow. You mix those eye flavors to get orange.
Though I think this describes what color does instead of what it is
404waffles ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Green. Look at the grass. Look at the plants. That's green.
Zebriah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As someone who suffers from Deuteranopia (red-green color deficiency). I have pondered color a lot. I imagine everyone perceives color differently. They know what this or that color is but the way their eyes and brain interpret it could be completely different than the way yours interprets it. The way blue appears to you could be how pink appears to someone else but they still know it as pink. So, yeah very hard to explain.
Atticus_Flinched ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:37:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Unless you were born blind.. But i guess they made technology for them to hear color..so thats cool
Generalkrunk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:55:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Especially since some people see colours very differently.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:59:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought this writer captured it pretty damn well. Sorry if I link it sloppily, I don't really know how... https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/3k6a5g/z/cuv7z59
felltir ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:24:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a monochromat, no.
lapotatoe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:42:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yea
KMelsen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:53:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is something I sometimes think about. I could have a completely different perception of the color red. But there is now way to compare my perception with someone else's. We could all see the world differently and not know about it.
Shiroi_Kage ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:21:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Red is how you see that frequency of light."
lilyspears ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:44:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Colours are coarse to nothings softness
Syndric ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:47:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a colorblind individual i can agree
Stanjoly2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:49:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Imagine for a moment that every object ever has one aspect of it which is purely visible. It has no tactile sensation, no audible sensation. No other sensations. Just visual.
This is colour.
Now there are many variations of colour, each we have given a name, much in the same way that something can be smooth or rough. Or parts in between.
Sometimes colours mix together to form another colour, or sit side by side to form a pattern. Or are clear so that you can see through it.
Jthenutzz77 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:22:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't see it. I'm color blind.
joinmeindoubt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:37:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That we real freedom/balls to be true to our deepest desires are only manifested when no one is looking/caring. Otherwise we are just another functioning member of society.
Culture/identity can be a killer if you live abroad and live better alternatives.
Whalers7997 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:06:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oranges are the color of....ummm...
matthewinthebutt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:32:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have always thought what if every one sees different colors but have been taught red is red and yellow is yellow, but your red is actually my yellow?
carlidew ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:50:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This was an interview question a friend of mine had once. She was asked to describe any color (her choice) as if she were describing it to a blind man.
DetestPeople ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:01:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I almost envy partially color blind people who get those special glasses that allow them to see colors they couldn't before. It's hard to wrap your mind around what that must be like... I mean, just try to imagine a new color... wtf would our brains even do if our eyes were exposed to a color they've never seen?
Mac_User_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:08:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My first thought too but it wouldn't include everyone. Blind people to be exact.
CuteThingsAndLove ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:09:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hate it. It's because we use colors to explain other things but nobody can explain colors.
The carrot is orange.
What's orange?
It's......... the color of carrots.......
Arnold_Mal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:30:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Colors are how your brain understands different electromagnetic wave lengths. How it organizes information. In general, they are processes just like emotions, thoughts, etc. They aren't really things. Something isn't red; it reflects or emits an average in that wave length.
slapded ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:24:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Purple is a fruit
-Tom- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:13:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This takes me to the philosophical question the book "The Giver" posed when the main character saw a flash of color for the first time. Up until then he was only able to see in black and white, then one day an apple was flying through the air and it just...changed (to red) for a second or so. I mean...how do you describe that if you have no concept of what color is? I was able to see it in a different wave length?
TnecnivTrebor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:05:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Colors are largely influenced my culture.blue used to be a feminine color and pink used to be masculine
PainMatrix ยท 4791 points ยท Posted at 18:37:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Emotions. I'm a therapist and as an exercise I sometimes ask my patients to describe their emotions in such a way as to make an alien from another planet understand it. It's an incredibly difficult thing to put into words and yet we all have an intuitive sense of what "stress," "sadness," etc. are.
TamponShotgun ยท 715 points ยท Posted at 19:09:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What purpose does this accomplish btw? Sounds like an interesting exercise.
PainMatrix ยท 1146 points ยท Posted at 19:37:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To get them more in touch with the mental, physical, and behavioral changes that take place when we feel. As awareness of the emotional response increases we work on techniques to slow down the emotion as it unfolds so that they are more in control, and less reactive.
TamponShotgun ยท 421 points ยท Posted at 19:41:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think I get it. So instead of saying "I got angry because [x] got me angry" they say "anger causes my blood pressure to rise, my logical processes hampered, my eyesight to narrow" so they understand the consequences of it rather than focusing on what caused it?
PainMatrix ยท 685 points ยท Posted at 19:54:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
The situation/trigger is important too. But I liked the way you said that "X caused me to get angry," which is of course not the case but how you interpreted it.
Here's how the whole process might unfold: 1)car cuts me off in traffic,
2)my brain immediately thinks about what an inconsiderate jerk this guy is that could have killed me,
3)this activates my sympathetic nervous system and my muscles are tensing, and my heart rate and blood pressure are increasing.
4)My brain can't focus on anything else because of the tunnel vision and I
5)speed up until I'm 3 inches from his bumper, honking my horn, and yelling vulgarities.
Each of those points is an opportunity for intervention and there are techniques that can help at each step.
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TamponShotgun ยท 336 points ยท Posted at 20:25:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Neat! I like therapists. You guys help a lot of people, and hearing the way you help is fascinating to me. I've never heard of this particular method, but it's definitely the coolest one. I may try thinking this way the next time I get angry.
[deleted] ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 21:13:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You can check out stuff on increasing mindfulness. Increasing awareness is always a great thing.
PainMatrix ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 23:34:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes! I did my dissertation on mindfulness!
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:21:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you use a mindfulness based CBT? I really like ACT therapy but most of my work is inpatient, so I don't get to use it much.
PainMatrix ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:24:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I incorporate third wave stuff when I can, but I'm primarily a CBT guy.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:42:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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PainMatrix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:15:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I skimmed it. I'm down with vipassana and a lot of the things I saw I agree with.
Garthenius ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:04:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can you please explain this comment (and, if you can /u/PainMatrix's answer) to a complete layman?
justdoinitt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:37:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
thats so awesome! is this your main focus now?!
PainMatrix ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:45:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. Have gotten away from research for the most part mainly doing clinical work incorporating some third wave stuff into CBT
justdoinitt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:49:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
that's awesome, congrats! im considering getting certified in therapy but not sure. i feel like im too old to pursue a whole new degree :/
fr4gi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:54:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Relevant username :D
boyden ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 07:39:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I learned something called (in my language) the 5 G's formula, which (translated) are: Situation, thought, feelings, behaviour, consequence.
It's kind of an emotional/situational check-up to see if you're reaction is valid or out of proportion.
S: car cuts me off
T: "damn bastard, wtf"
F: Anger, fear
B: I start honking and yelling at him
C: it changed nothing for yourself, nor did the other learn from his mistake + i potentially annoyed others.
So when you realized your formula doesn't add up to anything positvie, you rewrite it to fit a more proper reaction.
S: car cuts me off
T: "phew that was close, darn"
F: happy, fear
B: i'm happy he didn't hit me, but I got quite startled
C: i had myself and the situation under control and kept on driving towards my destination, the guy is out of my life anyways.
Sorry for the long read!
Echilon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:51:19 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What language is that?
boyden ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:48:28 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That would be Dutch
Metamorphis ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 21:27:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I go to therapy and one thing we focus on is CBT, Google it if you're new to the term. It's basically changing your mindset about certain things emotionally to face it in a more productive way. First you have to have to figure out what's bothering you and why you get really angry, breathing techniques can help to calm you down, the next step is the mental aspect and learn how to battle it with logic and your general stance on the issue. Keep calm, analyze the situation and deal with it with mindfulness. It's not that difficult once it starts to come natural to deal with anger and things you generally have no control over or stuff that's easy to work out if you realize there's no need to get amped up about them.
krynnmeridia ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 21:47:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Google with Safesearch ON, though.
TamponShotgun ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 21:56:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For those that don't know why: CBT is a BDSM acronym for "cock and ball torture".
n4kke ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:36:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds pleasant for a boring sunday
PC_OOS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:00:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You and your therapist focus on current body threads?Imagining this is making my day brighter
Metamorphis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm feeling like I have to say no but I'll say yes for the sake of making your day brighter, haha.
LikeCurry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:02:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I need this. I've been having anger issues for probably about a year now, and learning how to handle it would be fantastic.
justdoinitt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:35:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
there are so many wonderful tools to use IF you are truly looking to change your thinking. so many people are caught up in other peoples energy - it's quite liberating when you can take control of your emotions and ask "who does this belong to" is this "light" or "heavy" I hope you do challenge yourself!
SirMaximBelov ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:30:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now the question is, can they help me with my dilapidated love life?...
grapesforducks ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:03:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Interesting. Does it work for almost the inverse problem though? When I'm upset, I have trouble pinning down emotions as a cause; my stomach will get upset, I have trouble concentrating, I get fidgety & unsatisfied with whatever I try to work on, but unless I think about what might be bothering me I tend to think I feel fine. If I don't notice soon enough, I'll get these massive muscle knots through my shoulders/neck that is usually the last cue that I'm ignoring some emotional issue. I carry my unhappy in some physical manner & don't cognitively notice it.
futuresong ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:21:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Obligatory not a therapist, but I've experienced similar problems to yours and had a bunch of CBT. We focused on building up a greater awareness of physical issues first (meditation, actual checklists of symptoms on paper, all kinds of methods), and then working backwards to figure out the causes. It's really hard work, but it can be done.
grapesforducks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:47:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you; that does give me a direction to start looking/researching in, at least :)
YouMustChill ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:12:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment"
Ezl ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:15:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like this. Seems like getting folks to work backwards through the reactions to the root cause and understanding why they're reacting rather than making the reaction the focus.
EDIT: reaction
forgiveangel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:17:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish my therapist helped me to frame my problem, out at least deal with why i can't just handle silence and low self esteem.
deebabyx0 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:14:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Would you be able to share some of those techniques?
koalaburr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:16:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are you an REBT or CBT therapist? I'm currently getting my masters in MHC!
PainMatrix ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:45:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I am, I'm CBT. Good luck!
koalaburr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:12:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Aeolun ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:45:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
CBT is very useful (for me). But also leads to weird situations where you're kind of sitting in your own head seeing your body panicking and just wanting it to stop already, because even if you break the cycle off at some point, the initial cause doesn't go away (panic attacks).
LJass ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:57:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How do I intervene at 1)?
PainMatrix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:42:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just being aware that this is a trigger for you is the important part there. That awareness can also change your own driving behavior.
Emperor_of_Cats ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:58:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, I'll certainly think about this post the next time I go into one of my spiraling sad spells. Thanks!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:57:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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PainMatrix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:18:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know it, what's it about?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:52:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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PainMatrix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:44:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, so emotions are highly instinctual in part because they're processed by an older and more primitive portion of the brain that curtails rational thought.
DreadNinja ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:24:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like it when people do this because they are basically angry that they did not die.
5HITCOMBO ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:31:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Psychodynamic checking in here. You forgot to mention his oedipal issues and castration anxie--
Kidding, we (and I speak for just the good ones) are right up there with EFT in terms of cutting-edge theory development.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:41:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm waiting for someone like you to have one on one conversations with! Damn waiting times... xP.
blkhatRaven ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:19:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So how would you help a patient deal with obsession? Asking for a friend... Yeah.
PainMatrix ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:08:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Obsessive thoughts typically involve in part some type of distress or avoidance around the thought. I'd work with you on not feeling distressed or avoiding. Having weird thoughts is normal.
blkhatRaven ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:28:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That explains a lot, actually. Thanks.
Kyoti ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:39:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've gotten a lot of good tools for life in my years of therapy but my emotional outbursts still come up. Definitely gonna work on trying to pinpoint why I react how I do and how I can make that more peaceful. Woo, self-improvement!!
bisonburgers ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:20:37 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's interesting you used road rage as an example, because I've always considered road rage (or lack of it) as a major defining characteristic in a person. I tend to prefer to surround myself with people that don't endanger the lives of people on the road because someone else endangered theirs.
IllKickYrAssAtUno ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:31:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Awareness is the first step toward recovery or improvement in anything. I vastly improved my mental health by being more aware and mindful. If one is not sure what they are feeling, it is difficult to improve the problem or change the emotion or find the trigger/cause. I'm not sure if this was also part of the point of the exercise but I just wanted to add this from my own personal experience.
seeking_hope ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:10:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think it can help to realize these are all sensations and our thoughts cause our emotions. Like I can feel my heart race and palms gets sweaty when I'm anxious. But if I get stuck in "I'm anxious" I can spiral. If I can look at it as my heart is racing then I can detach a bit from the "story" and is passes faster.
BaconyLeviathan ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:52:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
e.g. When I get lectured by my father I feel like my brain is suffocating, I'm trapped in a cage with no room to move, think that the world is falling apart around me, can't look at anything but my feet because I'm not worthy of looking at anything else, and that my mouth was sewn shut like Ryan Reynolds in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
-My attempt at putting depression/anxiety into words
-hedonism-bot ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:03:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out
Akabane22 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:07:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit I've been practicing this for years. I kind of had to figure it out early, being a relatively emotional and impulsive guy.
rose-girl94 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:31:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm going to try this. Thanks
blahgblahblahhhhh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:22:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Over time with mastery of control over emotions. Won't like complete control over emotions lead to minimal emotional experiences? Is that the goal?
PainMatrix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:01:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, rather the goal is to shift the control from the emotion back to the person. It leads to less reactivity but not any less ability to feel.
soggy_bisquick ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:55:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm gonna go ahead and call 'relevant username'
SketchBoard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:41:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'd immediately break emotions down to their building blocks with analogies of accepted, logical, social responses based on acts, environment and experiences first and then build up the description of my current state of emotions with that.
cjmook21 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 21:08:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/u/PainMatrix is an alien learning the inner workings of the human mind to conquer Earth.
Esotericas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:43:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
psssst... I love you
wildmetacirclejerk ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:13:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At 50 bucks an hour, gotta find your lulz somewhere
Cakepufft ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 10:56:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To put them in even more stress, so the stress overflows and is cured ofc
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:22:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To frustrate them and get them to spend more money on therapy.
iitouchedthebutt ยท 264 points ยท Posted at 20:43:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I have communication issues and this is incredibly difficult at times. It's almost like I'm mute and trying to squeeze the answer out of myself, but nothing comes out and my mind is completely blank.
I get extremely anxiety ridden when I'm asked to expand on certain feelings because I almost feel hopeless in a sense that I just can't explain it further than "I'm sad."
edit: I'm honestly relieved other people have experienced this issue. It makes me feel not so alone! But, to put some perspective on this, I have been seeing a therapist for a few months now, and while it has helped improve my C-issues significantly, I still have a ways to go. My reasons for having these issues goes back to family problems, childhood trauma, and just the habits my family has for dealing with personal issues/feelings.
PainMatrix ยท 117 points ยท Posted at 21:11:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If I was working with you I'd hope that I'd pick up on this, and use a gentler more guided approach.
saxophonemississippi ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:08:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I saw a therapist once for a bit and she pointed out to me that I have a hard time telling what my own emotions are. My ego is greater now, but I'm probably worse off then when I was seeing her, it was nice to just talk and have her observe me even though she wasn't smart enough to fully help heal my mind, at least not fast or deep enough. Good enough to do her job, but it definitely frustrated her...
Anyway, emotions could probably be linked through behaviours, maybe not right now, but at some time.
ryguy28896 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:36:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Finally met another person like this. Hello! Though sometimes I have trouble even with the "I'm sad" part.
MsBlue92 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:55:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm right there with both of you. My anxiety is a tremendous issue in my life... It's so difficult to explain how difficult it is to explain things.
Also, fuck job interviews.
Fr31l0ck ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:12:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is me, what have you done to address this? I'm kind of lost right now.
chkenpooka ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:34:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ugh this is compounded when someone is waiting on your side in an emotional conversation. Brain disengage... Words do not work. So frustrating. I feel you.
LikeCurry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:03:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep, and my boyfriend keeps telling me I "refuse to communicate with him". Uh...no, I'm not, I desperately WANT to communicate with you, I'm just having a hard time figuring out how to make my brain work!
weirdchicksamm ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:51:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not alone! Does it just happen when you need to explain your feelings, or does it also happen with other things that are stressful to talk about? As soon as my anxiety starts going, I can't speak a single word. Totally relate on it feeling like you're trying to squeeze the answer out.
Ameradian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Selective Mustism?
weirdchicksamm ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:07:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know. I've never really seen a doctor about it. Feels kind of pointless, since I wouldn't be able to talk to them, anyway.
Esotericas ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:50:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
On the off chance that this jives with you, sometimes I retreat into what I think of as my own protective bubble. When in this state, there is a voice in my head that forbids me from communication and it let it guide me. I feel like I could, in theory, go against it, but I simply don't want to. I go mute and often very still and it's eerie for anyone unfamiliar. I recall once sending a truncated text message indicating my lack of ability to speak to my boyfriend, sitting beside me, because written text felt less forbidden to me and I wanted to explain, but... I couldn't. Not in that moment.
weirdchicksamm ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:58:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me, my brain just goes blank. I kind of turn off, I guess. Writing is definitely way easier than speaking, though. But even that is hard sometimes. Bleh.
Esotericas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:36:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think that also happens with me. Like you said, it's weird to think about or talk about.
eepcreepmyjeep ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:20:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so happy I'm not the only one. I go completely silent when people want to talk about their feelings to the point where I will be silent for an hour and when I finally get the courage to say something it comes out as a gigantic muddled string of words. But it also happens when someone wants to talk about things I'm uncomfortable with. My mom wanted to talk about her will and her plans for death and I absolutely refused to talk about it. I would not even entertain the idea of talking about it. I have no idea why or what happens, but it feels as if my brain is on the verge of overdrive. I don't know, but it's annoying.
iitouchedthebutt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:31:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's sporadic; At times when I have a moment to collect my thoughts, I'm able to positively convey my thoughts & feelings. Usually when I'm on the "spot" so to speak, I get anxious and feel like I'm unsure of my own feelings. This mostly happens when I have in depth conversations with my SO and he would encourage me to dig deeper for why I'm feeling a certain way.
A few things that have helped that I've explored with my therapist & SO:
mmitchell420 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:40:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think you might have social anxiety disorder (SAD). Ask someone about it
Edit: I am in no way certified to diagnose but sounds like the symptoms so worth at least checking out
CalmBeneathCastles ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:19:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Social anxiety disorder is "SAD"? That'll be awkward the next time it runs into seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
Ameradian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This sounds like Selective Mutism, which has a rather terrible name, because it's not like you're intentional about not speaking in certain situations.
maracusdesu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:36:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can be the same way, but probably a milder version of this? I struggle a lot when I am trying to express my feelings, and usually I can only find an unrefined version of what I am trying to say. Instead of saying that I am stressed out because I am sad, feeling lonely and having lots of work to do I just say that I am feeling angry, because in the end, that's how all of this is making me feel.
Kaldamo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:02:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm in this same situation and it makes therapy pretty hard, because a lot of the time I just CAN'T put more words to how I feel other than just "I'm sad" or "I'm scared". Makes it really hard to try and get help.
PM-Your-Tiny-Tits ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:54:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, being asked to describe my emotions sounds like torture.
birdablaze ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:22:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same here. When I'm upset, especially when it comes to my personal relationships, I literally cannot speak. My mind is reeling and I can articulate exactly what I'm thinking, but my mouth will not open and it's very painful.
another_sock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:25:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is me too. Something short circuits in my head and suddenly I have no words. It happens even with people I'm normally comfortable with if we're talking about feelings and deep stuff. I have a background of selective mutism.
CalmBeneathCastles ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:09:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Weeeird. I have been working through communication issues myself, but mine is more like... my mind is racing and by the time I try to explain the thing, my thoughts have already moved on to another topic, causing me to have to retrace my mental steps a bit to find the words to explain.
In the past I have been incredibly frustrated when people (mainly my SO's) would just sit there mute instead of expanding on their thought processes. They'd say something like "I feel like shit", and I'd say "Oh no! In what way, exactly? What's causing this?" and then the person in question would just sit there not saying anything while I wonder wtf is going on.
I always assumed they just didn't want to tell me, but it never occurred to me that people might not immediately have any idea about how to explain. Hmm!
rubydrops ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:19:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, you are basically describing me in relationships. I have a hard time opening up to significant others. When they were my friends? Easy. Somehow afterwards, I start to feel the opposite - kind of a push and pull situation I guess. I can't talk about how I feel because it sometimes feels as though I am complaining or being too sensitive.
iitouchedthebutt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:51:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've often felt the same way when my SO and I first started dating. But there are definite reasons behind my difficulty in expressing how I feel. My family for instance, does not openly deal with issues or express feelings. We hide them, bury them, and do not resolve anything. It's incredibly stressful, but it took a long time just to recognize that pattern and while I have made improvements, I am still struggling to be open & honest with myself at times.
Have you dealt with any childhood trauma/difficulties that you can think of? I know one size does not fit all for these situations, but there is more often than not an experience to explain these issues.
I do want to say that expressing yourself is not complaining or being too sensitive. You have the right to openly express yourself & feel confident that whomever you share those thoughts with will not make you feel guilty for being honest.
iitouchedthebutt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:51:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've often felt the same way when my SO and I first started dating. But there are definite reasons behind my difficulty in expressing how I feel. My family for instance, does not openly deal with issues or express feelings. We hide them, bury them, and do not resolve anything. It's incredibly stressful, but it took a long time just to recognize that pattern and while I have made improvements, I am still struggling to be open & honest with myself at times.
Have you dealt with any childhood trauma/difficulties that you can think of? I know one size does not fit all for these situations, but there is more often than not an experience to explain these issues.
I do want to say that expressing yourself is not complaining or being too sensitive. You have the right to openly express yourself & feel confident that whomever you share those thoughts with will not make you feel guilty for being honest.
[deleted] ยท 1452 points ยท Posted at 18:58:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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theryanbomb ยท 613 points ยท Posted at 19:03:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So you feel sexy and horny?
punsohard ยท 1818 points ยท Posted at 22:07:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, he feels like he's being watched.
jaybusch ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 22:52:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But he can't stop showing off.
Admiringcone ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:42:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all!
lovesducks ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:43:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Stupid sexy Flanders
SadGhoster87 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:47:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's beginning to feel like a fat slob fat slob
asleeplessmalice ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:47:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's what he said, sexy and horny.
Patriot9800 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:26:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That would be Yoda butt
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:02:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ahh, paranoia! I get it now.
Springheeljac ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:02:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It always feels like
Somebody's watching me.
Ezl ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:11:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He feels taut and fit
AssholeBot9000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:11:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He feels like cottage cheese.
jaybusch ยท 122 points ยท Posted at 19:05:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You feel that good?!
cloud3321 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:54:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yoga Butt is Love. Yoga Butt is Life.
SynesthesiaBruh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:35:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Get on my level
Arumai12 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:12:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So you feel amazing, but you secretly know the shame you are hiding.
zenploppington ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:00:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What yoga butt?
dr_t_123 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:23:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"So you're saying your species finds high value in larger meat and fat slabs found at the top of your legs/bottom of back? And you defecate from that general area? Okay."
arrjaay ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:20:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I explained how I felt one time "I feel like a blurry photo".
mister_brian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:39:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Am alien, can confirm.
WhatIsDown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:20:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A happy redditor? What?
TearsEscapeMyEyes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:44:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was just about to ask that....fudging outcast
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:22:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Demonweed ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:40:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's smart -- playing to the strength of whatever they've learned from all that anal probing.
tonttuvain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:36:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Intead of "I can feel you." , he'd say "Can I feel you?"
PoisonousPlatypus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:18:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think they do. Even I don't know what you're talking about.
mastapetz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:41:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No you have an alien That is not humanoid and considers humanoid not as sexy
you_got_fragged ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 19:29:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That would stress me out, trying to explain all that.
NikkoE82 ยท 55 points ยท Posted at 20:05:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What do you mean by "stress"?
wordthompsonian ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:27:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How's your relationship with your mother?
NikkoE82 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:52:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly? Not great.
wordthompsonian ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:35:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Send her /u/scriage 's way
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:21:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Awful. My relationship with your mother on the other hand...
wordthompsonian ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:35:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ayyyy
nipnip54 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:12:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hyperventilating
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:10:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
When you're alotted bandwith has been exceeded.
[deleted] ยท 82 points ยท Posted at 19:08:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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mrrowr ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 19:58:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Seems fishy. So many lackluster 5,000+ point comments. Or maybe they've just really got their finger on the pulse of mediocrity
PainMatrix ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 21:26:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't mind most of my 5,000+ comments, a couple were pretty funny and a couple were pretty helpful to others. But here's the deal man, the comments that get voted the highest are always the ones that appeal to the most amount of users. In other words, good meets generic. Some of my personal favorite comments, whether they be stories, jokes, or being helpful were upvoted much less because they were niche.
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 23:22:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn dude, you're like a karma forecaster.
PacSan300 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:55:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've seen a lot of comments that got 1000+ points and all they said was "Savage", "Meta", "Rekt, or "Lol". And they got it due to timing.
Danster21 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:03:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Unidan 2.0, this time with more accounts
inthelittleforest ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:37:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
jwilcz94 ยท 46 points ยท Posted at 19:50:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He ain't no /u/gallowboob
skylerashe ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 20:06:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gallowboob was unbanned?
asphaltdragon ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 22:13:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gallowboob was banned?
skylerashe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:39:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He was shadow banned at one point... I never realized he was back.
thirdegree ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:20:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Very quickly, yes.
thirdegree ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:20:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He ain't no /u/pepsi_next.
killingit12 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:58:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
whats a gallowboob
sonay ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:09:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like I have upvoted this guy 12 times.
Ball-zak ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:35:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mother fuckers got 8 years of redditgold
Bladelink ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:08:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because /u/PainMatrix is cool guy and doesn't afraid of anything. But srsly, his comments are generally pretty good, and he comments a fucking lot. I swear I see him in even the more niche subreddits I frequent.
bitches_love_brie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:35:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tried counting his/her gold. Gave up.
JohnnyOnslaught ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:00:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's a therapist, he knows how to manipulate people for free karma.
Scouterfly ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:05:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As an autistic person, this could be helpful for me to learn to recognize emotions. I can't match the emotion with the name a lot of the time, and it would be nice to know exactly what I'm feeling.
Metamorphis ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:33:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not on the autism spectrum but writing poetry and short stories have helped me tremendously with that. Maybe it could help you to recognize or put words to those feelings as well?
wardrich ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:48:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm much better at this than I am trying to explain a physical pain... like of I get a weird feeling somewhere I have a hell of a time explaining it to my doctor... that said, I don't get physical ailments often knock on wood
ShadowedPariah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:21:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep, I had a liver transplant, so it's weird to try to describe how my abdomen feels, especially given there aren't terrible many nerves there. So while I feel pain, I don't know exactly how to describe it.
Aidlikeit ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:11:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"I'm fine."
tkornfeld ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:20:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Have you suggested the movie Inside Out? That has some pretty neat personifications of emotions and could probably help.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:09:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like my allotted bandwith has been exceeded.
Terrance_aka_Magnus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:31:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe I'm just an emotional pansy but I find emotions easy to explain.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:56:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tell me where I'm wrong or incomplete:
PainMatrix ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:01:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How I would describe it too!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:04:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I... may have gone through some stress management at some point :)
star_blazar ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:11:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I did not acknowledge the presence of emotions from the age of 7 until around 26. Learning that the pain in my chest equated to sadness or hurt was an amazing leap. For a few years after those realizations I never said, I felt happy or sad but would express everything in terms of physiological symptoms.
corporateEA ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:15:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The way I describe emotions is like opening an app on a phone. Emotions kind of limit what you can do the same way that an app like a calculator can really only do math. You cannot take a picture with a calculator app.
phil8248 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:54:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was teased, belittled and ridiculed as a youngster to the point where my only emotion was anger. I left home profoundly troubled but good therapists and a lot of work on my part have made me reasonably well adjusted and functional. The reason I tell you this is I didn't express an emotion till I was in my 40's. I remember it well, I was feeling out of sorts and my wife asked me what was wrong. I had to think hard and I said, "I feel sad." First time I expressed any emotion other than raging anger. It was pretty cool. As a Dad I decided my kids wouldn't be treated that way and I can still remember my 5 year old son telling me he was sad when he saw a dead kitten near our trash. That was a real moment for me.
banni_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:11:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's incredibly hard to explain what depression feels like.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:53:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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banni_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:20:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's actually pretty good.
Especially the heavy weight you're to carry everywhere and all the time, that nobody can see.
Still, noone who hasn't suffered from it will ever come close to understand what it's like.
jmcdon00 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:17:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I read this as:
I'm a therapist and an exorcist. I sometimes ask my patients to describe their emotions in such a way as to make an alien from another planet understand it.
phil8248 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:23:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for the gold.
Nick700 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:49:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I sometimes would try to do that on LSD. But I would end up going so in-depth into what I thought I knew, that I was looking up the exact definitions of words like "Feeling" or "Want"
Doubt I could get that much further sober
BlackPresident ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:51:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't that a purpose for therapy though, therapists teaching people how to express their emotions in a way that others can understand.
yowzapete ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:51:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I work in software development. I ask people who encounter bugs in my software to describe them in such a way which an alien from another planet understands. This often does not yield anything useful either >.< I think many people are just not terribly good at explaining things.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:25:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Anger: you want to destroy the jenga tower
Sadness: you don't want to build the jenga tower
Frustration: the jenga tower is crooked and you are unable to fix it
Happiness: the jenga tower is as high as you can build it
Stressed: the jenga tower is about to fall
GeraldBWilsonJr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:26:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well... sometimes emotions physically hurt, and I'm sure aliens would be able to feel physical pain. So represent it as pain but no actual damage was done, as it was damage to the inside. But happiness is sort of like feeling hyper sometimes, so maybe some kind of increased adrenaline response and overall good expectations from the world. Anger is like getting too hot and you begin to lose control of your arms and punch things indiscriminately. That's what I would say if you asked me as a patient, I need a therapist badly anyway
PainMatrix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:34:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you're serious about finding somebody I'd highly recommend going to this site to find a therapist near you.
msbrooklyn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:57:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is one of the reasons why I like the movie inside out so much. It helps kids learn emotions very well.
dankvapormemes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:01:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, thanks for doing the job you do. Therapists are the real MVPs.
Mr_Ibericus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:22:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Idk. I think emotions are hard to understand.
rnick467 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:26:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think that would make me hate you as a therapist. You are supposed to know what my feelings are making me feel and to help me.
But I think that after awhile, if you are any good, I would love you as my therapist. Because you are supposed to make me think how my feelings would feel TO ME, with my experiences growing up, with my experiences in life... You have different thoughts, experiences, difficulties, lessons, etc., than I do growing up. So you process thoughts differently than I do based on your own experiences and achievements. You force me to face life based on what "YOU" have experienced, not on what the rest of mankind has experienced.
If you are that therapist, and not just bullshitting me hoping to make a few quick bucks based on my inadequacies, I would love to hear from you
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:36:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's like...sadness is a sort of heaviness from the chest and anger is a burning in the arms and legs?
SideshowKaz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:40:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One of the things I hated most because sadness is kind of green brown and sits in your stomach but fear goes up and down your spine and is the colour of fire. How do you tell someone that?
FearLeadsToAnger ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:47:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't understand what people were referring to when they said 'anxiety' until I was probably 17 years old. It was weird, i'd been a teenager for 4 years, i'd naturally experienced a boat load of it, just never connected it with the name.
/randomStory
setfire3 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:49:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
well, emotions are very subjective as I understand it.
Delsana ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:01:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like I'm constantly abandoned and alone... and it is a pain that presses down on me daily.
Miather ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:08:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Autistic people often have trouble with this.
pirateninjamonkey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:09:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Does any of them describe them as sensations on different parts of their body physically? That is how I would describe them.
themage1028 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:12:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Emotions are any person's greatest liability. They are fickle, disconnected from factual evidence, divorced of rational thought, and have the capacity to cause actions that are later regretted.
Live long and prosper.
rabidwhale ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:14:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm an android, explain emotions to me.
abnerjames ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:17:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And this is why I think psychiatry is just a big excuse to drug people, with both good and bad drugs.
suddenlyconnect ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:54:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
that sounds like something a creative writing professor would tell you to do (source: creative writing major)
SQRT2_as_a_fraction ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:12:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ever since I was struck by how much the characters in Star Trek TNG sucked at explaining emotions and human stuff to Data when I could come up with better explanations, I've always imagined ways to explain these things.
Now that I think about it it must have contributed to me becoming a cognitive scientist.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:13:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's a great dialogue in Star Trek involving this. Data thinks he may have felt something for the first timw, but he's not sure, so he asks LaForge to explain what different things feel like. And they run into a problem that it is hard to explain a feeling without using other feelings for reference.
willywag ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:17:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Reminiscent of a scene in Star Trek: The Next Generation in which Geordi tries to describe anger to Data, who cannot feel emotion at all. He is unable to describe it without referring to other emotions.
Nickbou ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:57:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sometimes I feel joy, and other times I feel sadness, but mostly I just feel bing bong.
TryingToNotBeMe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:46:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Depression - like being home sick and having no idea where/what home is.
intensely_human ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:54:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
On college I was really depressed and decided to just examine the emotion as closely as possible. I found that every emotion, if I sat and looked at it closer and closer, eventually turned out to be some physical sensation that was really internal and so it didn't feel like a physical sensation.
Wasted_Thyme ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:25:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know, that sounds like a good way to make your patient mad.
alyforrealzz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:33:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TIL I'm an alien.
sadhoovy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:34:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Stress - Stress feels like a long, metal block used for construction, with a triangular fulcrum resting in its middle and ever-increasing masses attached directly to its ends. Alternatively, the block is arranged with two supports at the end, and everything is dropped on the unsupported middle at once.
Anger - Heat trapped in a barrel, slowly exceeding maximum pressure.
Love - Empty vessel capable of drawing in liquid in an almost magnetic fashion.
Depression - When the vessel stays empty because the magnetism is gone.
Snatch_Pastry ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:22:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds horrifying. I'm so shallow and non-introspective that I wouldn't even know how to start. Let alone try and explain it to another human. Makes me feel slightly ill just thinking about it.
DarknessRain ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:35:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like I would look into this one too deeply if I was your patient. I would be like "Do the aliens have their own set of emotions that I can't understand? Do they speak the same language? Do they understand the difference between positive and negative?"
IAm_ThePumpkinKing ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:55:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've heard that in some school their doing 'emotional intelligence' classes for little kids. Like elementary school. Basically they have an 'emotion of the day' and the kids talk about what it feels like and when they felt like that. It's a good idea then when hopefully you have language to express yourself and don't have to unpack all that bullshit when your twenty-something with a therapist.
Okichah ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:05:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The devil is slowly peeling my skin off 1-inch strips at a time. Whenever i talk to someone he pushes needles under my fingernails.
Hows that?
JAZEYEN ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:05:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, a therapist with the name /u/PainMatrix is a therapist I'd skip out on.
howdopeoplemakethese ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:09:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was going to say this! I never realized how hard it was until I my step-son brought home a project from school and he had to pick an emotion, explain it and give examples of how he expresses it. He is delayed emotionally because of his time with his birth mother so it was an extremely challenging exercise for both of us. The examples were pretty easy (we picked happy) but to explain what happy is was a lot more complicated than I thought it was going to be!
Tocoe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:34:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would say emotions are like processing filters or presets that redefine our interruption of the world while they're active.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:18:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"It's when I can detect that the serotonin levels, as well as some other chemicals, in comparison to default levels, are higher (or lower for the respective chemicals)."
"I... Well... Fuck, I guess you got me."
Chemistryz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:51:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Does therapy work to actually "cure" people or is it like dialysis and a weekly-monthly think you do to keep their problems at bay?
PainMatrix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:20:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Depends on the person, the condition, and the severity. For conditions like phobias, I think the word "cure" is fair. For conditions like severe bipolar disorder, I think the word "recovery" is closer.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:02:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This stuck me as something I want to try, so here it goes.
I feel as though in a childs book, when there is a long path that goes off the edge of the page. You don't know when it ends, where it ends, how many bumps and turns are along the way, or who I'll encounter and whether it will be a good experience. All I know is that it's the direction I'm heading and there is nothing I can do about it, because the path behind me dissolves into the past as I walk on it
ZerexTheCool ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:25:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"My dear Alian friend. Stress is a heightened state. It originates in the fight or flight phenomenon, but much less intense and it can last for a very long time. It has many cases and the symptoms differ between those who are experiencing it.
For me, it causes negative moods which cause me to see more things as threats and inhibits my ability to experience rewards. This makes learning more difficult due to the lack of positive feedback."
How did I do?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:54:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Probably wasn't a problem 20 years ago. I'm a millennial, and the lack of self awareness and empathy amongst people my age genuinely frustrates me to no end. Technology and lack of face-to-face communication has ruined my generation. The only reason I'm any good at it is because I had Epilepsy as a child and my medications were meant for adults, so I was kind of "forced" to be self-aware so my doctors knew what medications weren't gonna work out too well.
Springheeljac ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:10:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just for fun I want to try and describe sadness.
It's like the air is thin and moist. And every breath feels like it's being pulled through the middle of a yawn. There's pressure on your chest that feels like it should hurt the way having your teeth pulled under Novocaine does. The world around you is darker than the light would suggest and seems further away. Every sound is shrill and causes your teeth to clash together. Anything positive seems impossible and all things negative seem inevitable.
its_alaska ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:55:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always wanted to go to a therapist. Not because I think there might be anything wrong with me (although I'm not perfect) but I was just curious to see how much I could learn about myself and how to handle life.
ThellraAK ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:37:40 on April 10, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I work in a job that requires showing empathy (Teen residential treatment) and it always gives me a good chuckle when someone is trying to explain how to show empathy to a child, or where they find it etc.
I always want to ask them if they ever got in trouble around small animals as children.
tjsaccio ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:17:37 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've heard that sociopaths cannot describe emotions properly, or, I suppose, what it was like to experience an emotion. Is there any truth to that? They have no...I guess....emotional memory?
PainMatrix ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:24:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My clinical experience in dealing with people with antisocial personality disorder is they often are able to put words to feelings but in a very clinical way and not with any depth. The other notable thing is there may be a mismatch between how they appear to feel and how they're describing their feelings.
this_barb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:16:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's intuitive but not at all difficult. Your patients simply don't know wtf they're doing.
To alien: "How would you feel if everything went your way?" Happy
"how would you feel if nothing went your way?" Sad
BrutalWarPig ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:22:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Curious. Why do this. What purpose does it serve to them.
Coziestpigeon2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:43:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're suggesting everyone understands emotions, and I think as a therapist you know that's just not true.
numbersev ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:22:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Emotions and feelings can be categorized in three distinct ways: pleasant, unpleasant and neither pleasant nor unpleasant. It's effective because humans are driven by sensual pleasure.
The_________________ ยท 2521 points ยท Posted at 18:41:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
How you move your body around
Edit: not the biological mechanisms that move muscles, but as if you had to instruct a person on how to move their own arm
reincarN8ed ยท 1022 points ยท Posted at 19:41:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My brain can automatically send impulses to the muscles in my abdomen, thighs, and calves to trigger barely noticeable contractions in order for me to keep my balance when I'm just standing around. It's mind-bottling.
lnsomniac7 ยท 849 points ยท Posted at 23:24:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
do you mean mind-boggling? or is mind bottling a phrase I've never heard of
cdude ยท 2083 points ยท Posted at 23:29:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's a moo point. Like a cow's opinion, it doesn't matter, it's moo.
Elexandros ยท 973 points ยท Posted at 02:19:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Well look at you, up on your pedal stool.
Obligatory edit: thank you for the gold! I wrote that right before an incredible bout of vomiting that followed a night of drinking. So....worth it.
finalremix ยท 144 points ยท Posted at 03:55:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Look, it's all just water under the fridge, alright?
[deleted] ยท 70 points ยท Posted at 04:15:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Deddan ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 06:09:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Disappointing. This whole thread has been nothing but a damp squid.
SimonCallahan ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 14:41:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you guys don't stop with these stupid phrases I'm going to sue you all radioactively!
lehcarrodan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:54:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
haha water under the fridge sounds like a really bad thing.
its-limitededition ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:14:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Joey?
bobrob48 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:56:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hopefully no one gets electrocuted, that's a safety hazard.
iridisss ยท 280 points ยท Posted at 04:27:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For all intensive purposes, the explanation works at least.
lil_huskies ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 06:43:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a doggy dog world out there
jonosvision ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 10:01:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Especially if you're lack toast and tolerant.
modus ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:14:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It'd be better to die of beetus.
CuTEwItHoUtThEe ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:41:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm angry now, guys. Thanks.
theAlpacaLives ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 15:53:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Would you say you've become eye rate?
wolf123450 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 08:54:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're all taking the English language for granite.
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 07:35:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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Ardub23 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 08:47:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are ten kinds of people in the world, and they're all idiots
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 09:19:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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Cynadoclone ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:27:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What goes around is all around, afterall.
quidam08 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:26:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just like the salmon of Capistrano
theAlpacaLives ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:54:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are they the ones swimming upstream without a paddle?
Woodsie13 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:24:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck you all.
w1nt3r_mute ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 16:12:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hole-hardedly agree, but allow me to play doubles advocate here for a moment. For all intensive purposes I think you are wrong. In an age where false morals are a diamond dozen, true virtues are a blessing in the skies. We often put our false morality on a petal stool like a bunch of pre-Madonnas, but you all seem to be taking something very valuable for granite. So I ask of you to mustard up all the strength you can because it is a doggy dog world out there. Although there is some merit to what you are saying it seems like you have a huge ship on your shoulder. In your argument you seem to throw everything in but the kids Nsync, and even though you are having a feel day with this I am here to bring you back into reality. I have a sick sense when it comes to these types of things. It is almost spooky, because I cannot turn a blonde eye to these glaring flaws in your rhetoric. I have zero taller ants when it comes to people spouting out hate in the name of moral righteousness. You just need to remember what comes around is all around, and when supply and command fails you will be the first to go. Make my words, when you get down to brass stacks it doesn't take rocket appliances to get two birds stoned at once. It's clear who makes the pants in this relationship, and sometimes you just have to swallow your prize and accept the facts. You might have to come to this conclusion through denial and error but I swear on my mother's mating name that when you put the petal to the medal you will pass with flying carpets like itโs a peach of cake.
iridisss ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:20:28 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/threadkillers where are you
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:13:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Supposably...
XXVIIMAN ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 10:43:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All of these explanations are blessings in the skies.
Edible_Pie ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 10:56:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That explanation is quite sound. You really are a diamond dozen.
malenkylizards ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 06:22:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It really puts the pussy on the chainwax.
mrgtjke ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 08:28:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a damp squid
Jabonte ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:06:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I need you to know that I laughed really hard at this.
Elexandros ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:53:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Then have an up vote, sir.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:24:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
then you should probably know it's from a tv show called trailer park boys
NazzerDawk ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 11:35:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or The IT Crowd.
Jabonte ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:27:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well then I will have to watch that after I finish hardcore binging the X-Files.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:29:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
well, looks like i was mistaken. but trailer park boys is hilarious
Perineum49 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:20:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Let it go, it's just water under the fridge.
AssholeBot9000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:18:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well aren't you the cattle calling the pot back.
CrowdyFowl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:34:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think he's just intellectually artistic.
kampfcannon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:15:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All those asshats trying to cash in on gold, now there's so my hung you can't explain.
klm1234 ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 02:42:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Have I been spending too much time with /u/cdude, or did that actually make sense?
cdude ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 02:44:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No one ever listens to me. When the package is this pretty, no one ever cares what's inside.
_dydx_ ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 01:45:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No like a mute point, so quiet nobody can hear it anyways.
CyberneticPanda ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 02:00:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, it's a mood point. It's not a valid opinion because you only had it because of your mood at the time.
snuff74 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:04:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For all intensive purposes, they're the same thing.
CyberneticPanda ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:40:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some boy scouts were having a camping jamboree on the beach of a dolphin lagoon and one of the scoutmasters went to the store and bought s'mores fixings and a bucket of fish. He got out of his truck and yelled "I bought treats!" and the boy scouts were like "For who?"
Flamo_the_Idiot_Boy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:34:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For all in tents and porpoises!
Random_Ass_Guy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:06:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He makes a good point. It's tough living in a doggy dog world.
Sploitspiller ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:32:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mind = bottled
ktikp ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:02:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Appreciate the Friends reference
diarrhea_pockets ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:30:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Have I been living with him too long, or did that just make sense?
BallinHonky ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:42:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wat
neesh123 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:52:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a friends reference
BallinHonky ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:55:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can you explain what your friend said then?
vikkkki ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:00:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's moo
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:15:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Have I just been living with you for too long or did that just make sense?
pattiFM ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:54:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Have I been living with him for too long, or did that all just make sense?
Doritosiesta ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:29:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is it just me or did that actually make sense?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:14:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/shitty_etymology
thebigmaganzer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:29:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This sounds like something Ricky would say in that show trailer park boys
jesuswig ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's the joke
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:27:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
apparently it's from Friends. although i'm pretty sure they said something similar in trailer park boys
TooBadFucker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:23:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ever since I was 7, whenever I see the word "moo" written out I think of a Far Side cow.
Stares_at_walls ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:55:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Allow me to play doubles advocate here for a moment. For all intensive purposes I think you are wrong. In an age where false morals are a diamond dozen, true virtues are a blessing in the skies, and are more than just ice king on the cake. We often put our false morality on a petal stool like a bunch of pre-Madonnas, but you all seem to be taking something very valuable for granite. So I ask of you to mustard up all the strength you can because it is a doggy dog world out there. Although there is some merit to what you are saying it seems like you have a huge ship on your shoulder. In your argument you seem to throw everything in but the kids Nsync, and even though you are having a feel day with this I am here to bring you back into reality. I have a sick sense when it comes to these types of things. It is almost spooky, because I cannot turn a blonde eye to these glaring flaws in your rhetoric. I have zero taller ants when it comes to people spouting out hate in the name of moral righteousness. You just need to remember what comes around is all around, and when supply and command fails you will be the first to go. Make my words, when you get down to brass stacks it doesn't take rocket appliances to get two birds stoned at once. It's clear who makes the pants in this relationship, and sometimes you just have to swallow your prize and accept the fax, instead of making a half-harded effort. You might have to come to this conclusion through denial and error but I swear on my mother's mating name that when you put the petal to the medal you will pass with flying carpets like it's a peach of cake.
CuteThingsAndLove ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:10:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Joking aside, I met a woman who pronounced "moot point" as "mute point"
Glory2Hypnotoad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:42:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for the grammar lesson. You're a mento to us all.
CrazyKirby97 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:43:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
can we not talk about cows i'm lack toes and tolerant
SubatomicCake ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:05:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
wat
Mr_Ibericus ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 02:26:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know mind-bottling, like when your thoughts get all trapped up like they're in a bottle.
EtMinneFor ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 01:13:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blades of Glory.
TemptationTV ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:00:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's where all your thoughts get trapped, like in a bottle
reincarN8ed ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:20:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blades of Glory reference.
PhuckleberryPhinn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:36:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blades of Glory
PrinceTyke ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:08:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
- Blades of Glory
mishibaby007 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:15:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's when your thoughts get trapped, like in a bottle
the_eric ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:50:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm guessing you've never seen "Blades Of Glory"
hero707 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:46:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always thought 'we'll play it by ear' was 'we'll play it by year'
chas3265 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:50:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/gK4FXyNcPIs
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:23:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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FALLasl33p ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
gotta rub it the right way, bunny
piecrazy47 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:22:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like, you put your mind in a bottle and you just, shake it all around.
scrampin ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:52:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
let the memeing begin!
Generalkrunk ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:58:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not rocket appliances, you're mind bottles up all the wonder you experience and then lets it out when the bottle smashes (like when you learn a cool new fact)
madison7 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:17:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mind Bottling
Suchanuglybaby ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:47:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know, like when somethings so crazy it gets your mind all trapped up. Like in a bottle.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:24:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No like it fucks with your mind so much that you have to bottle it.
indigoreality ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:44:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like when your thoughts get all trapped inside your head like a bottle!
HeilHilter ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 10:04:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some people prefer not being jarred by these facts
ent_whisperer ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:56:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's from zoolander
FreeBeans ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:24:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
After taking a robotics control class, my own balance never ceases to amaze me!
TooBadFucker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:22:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So glad I'm not the only one
edrudathec ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:18:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It would be kind of dumb if you actually remembered doing that though.
tandrewcampbell ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:22:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Proprioception.
Aura_Beauchmin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:11:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
'barely noticable' lol yeah...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:48:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
mind bottling?
mikecan314 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:18:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
Resistiane ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 01:24:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, his thoughts are all trapped like in a bottle because it's such a crazy thing. It's mind bottling.
Morlok8k ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 01:33:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Woosh
Fabreeze63 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:14:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Apparently mind bottling is a thing to some people. I think these people have all thought of the same explanation for the collective misunderstanding they're all having.
Edit: I whooshed myself :(
BarkMark ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:10:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's from a movie. Will Ferrell says it.
Stevey854 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:05:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's just a reference man
alextoria ยท 299 points ยท Posted at 18:46:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
muscles pulling on each other. try playing qwop, you'll get a better grasp of it
jaybusch ยท 458 points ยท Posted at 19:00:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, but how you do control the muscles pulling? It's never a conscious thought. You just sorta move...
Lord_Skellig ยท 548 points ยท Posted at 19:21:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah this thought freaks me out every few months
SmartAlec105 ยท 311 points ยท Posted at 22:49:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What's really fun is to try and tell your leg to move but without actually telling it to move. It feels like you whole leg kind of tickles as it builds up readiness to move.
CaelestisInteritum ยท 53 points ยท Posted at 00:00:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There was a thing a few years back where a pair of researchers used a TMS and an EEG so that one person would think of moving their finger to hit the space bar on their laptop while wearing the EEG, and it'd pick up the electric signal of that thought and send it to the other person wearing a TMS that'd convert it to an output that'd make the other person's finger twitch.
http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/08/27/researcher-controls-colleagues-motions-in-1st-human-brain-to-brain-interface/
DPanther_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:57:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's insane.
Ysmildr ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:06:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
This has gone even further in a recent ted talk where they got the other person to move their arm completely, not just a twitch
Edit i was wrong its still a twitch https://youtu.be/rSQNi5sAwuc
CaelestisInteritum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:47:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh really? I heard about the one where they managed to transfer an actual word greeting through thought, but not that. I'll have to look more into it.
Ysmildr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:02:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/rSQNi5sAwuc
I was kind of wrong
CaelestisInteritum ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:17:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's still very similar/the same concept though, the difference only being that she actually moved her arm rather than just thought of it, which likely produces a bigger signal so can have a stronger effect.
One thing to note though is that he kept mentioning taking away free will, but unless the tech behind it has gotten way more sophisticated, as long as you know it's coming you can generally override the signal, which was one of the main concerns when I first talked to people about this so we're uncomfortable with the possibility of another person "controlling/forcing" them into doing things.
Also, thanks for the video, it's really interesting to actually see this working.
Doxep ยท 138 points ยท Posted at 23:05:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck you, my leg hurts now.
Doom_Phd ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:34:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I kneed myself in the face.
SmartAlec105 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:31:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you can, try doing it with your kegal muscles. To me it feels a special kind of good as I have just discovered.
Enzonia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:40:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It really does, that's so weird :0
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:17:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm now paralyzed.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:25:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's so tense
1_800_COCAINE ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:18:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
With restless leg syndrome, they feel like that all the time, especially when you're trying to fall asleep. Yay!
HeroicallyNude ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:17:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had a weird experience with that. After surgery on my arm I was given a nerve block...we're talking numb and useless to the point that you could've hacked my forearm off right in front of me and I wouldn't have felt it. Trying to move anything below the elbow made my whole body feel tense and was extremely frustrating
BipedSnowman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:43:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like when your foot falls super asleep?
phase_locked_loop ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:17:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How do I know if I'm doing it right?
Mr_Ibericus ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:25:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I discovered this randomly like 5 years ago and would just make my entire body feel like it was buzzing with energy. Crazy shit.
RHYTHM_GMZ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:22:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've known how to do this for a while, is there a name? And do you have to stop before it starts to feel uncomfortable?
Mr_Ibericus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:08:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know about it having a name, but it doesn't get uncomfortable for me personally.
-fire- ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:49:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is how i prep myself to go and do something. I concentrate that feeling of wanting to move enough, and eventually i make the movement.
jcskarambit ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:45:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's because you're essentially doing an isometric exercise.
Essentially you're just flexing your leg gently.
fyrstorm180 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:51:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wiggle your big toe.
dreadead ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:06:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wiggle your big toe.... Wiggle your big toe..... Wiggle your big toe.
Rockemsockemrobots ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:24:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've always done this didn't think anyone else did it. Also I never really knew how to explain it but yours is pretty good. Sometimes just before sleep I'll do it and wonder if that's what a paralyzed person feels like
Hunnyhelp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:26:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now my leg is cramped
UncleDrewFoo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:34:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What's even crazier is just thinking you're moving your leg, say left and right. After awhile you will feel phantom movements. Really freaked me out as a child.
MrTurleWrangler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:46:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tfw I just said 'leg, move' in my mind before I realised what you meant
MwSkyterror ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:13:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Feels like restless leg syndrome.
thisismyshow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:55:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get it, how do I do this
Makkiftw ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:55:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It feels like my leg is moving, but it's not. Like I'm imagining it, but in reality it is staying still.
FierceDeity_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:39:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It feels awful inside the leg. There's also this thing you can do, pretend you're doing this weird thing where you try to push the leg into your body (without actually pushing it with any other of your appendages, or anything physical other than your leg), it feels even worse. The feeling is somehow inside the leg and I don't know where.
bradlovespizza ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 23:42:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You sir have waaayyyy too much time
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:36:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try playing tori bash. After 300+ hours in it you will realise muscles are scary and. that? I' shit.
SilentStriker84 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:59:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damnit now I'm thinking about it
Ginkel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:49:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you're high?
Lord_Skellig ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:23:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah haha mostly when I just randomly remember it.
TimeTravelMishap ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:56:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I am gonna tag you and remind you about this every time i see you so it freaks you out much more often
idrive2fast ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:26:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For some real fun, think about how you're able to walk without consciously thinking about it, as you're walking.
GhostofSora ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:14:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hear that, sometimes thing ms pop into your head like what if the sky is a ceiling, sometimes it is TOO beautiful or perfect.
JohnBreed ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I get this exact thing every now and again
cowzroc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:27:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh good it's not just me. Do you ever also get weirded out by the fact that every other person in the universe thinks like you, in the sense that their mind is really the only way they can look at things? And then you start to question your existence
Lord_Skellig ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:23:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. I had a bit of a breakdown thinking about it a year or so ago actually, and developed depersonalisation/derealisation. Managed to get over it with mediation and work.
MangoBitch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:48:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try learning to move a new muscle intentionally or by itself. Like learn how to raise one eyebrow, or to do the bunny twitch with your nose, or to wiggle your ears.
-Captain- ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 20:22:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not? I always have to ask my body.
"Come on legs start walking"
psinguine ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:44:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Ready boots?"
Blue2501 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:35:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Start walkin'!
newly_registered_guy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:58:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"legs you're embarrassing me! come on!"
SmiteSmutGirl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:40:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"God damn it abs, we're gonna fall over if you keep that shit up!"
shenanigins ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 22:33:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had knee surgery and was in a brace for a few months which allowed my leg to atrophy to a ridiculous level. When I finally started PT I had to relearn how to flex my quad. That took almost a week to remember, which then turned into a basic workout before I could even comprehend lifting my leg. It was a little bit terrifying.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:02:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah! I mean, I can sit here and make the same deliberate movement with my hand for 5 minutes straight (...) and still not have a fucking clue how I'm doing it. Makes me think our consciousness gets informed about our body on a need-to-know basis.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:15:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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jaybusch ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:56:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Soul wiggling sounds the most plausible, though.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 21:42:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, it's pretty much always a conscious thought. Every breath I take, every move I make,
every bond I break, every step I take, it's deliberateM4rnN ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:10:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you always breathe consciously? So you are able to forget to breathe at times?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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M4rnN ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:14:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, I get the reference but still confused about completely deliberate and conscious breathing.
happy_felix_day_34 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:00:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn it now I'm thinking about my breathing.
Thanks asshole.
FALLasl33p ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nono don't you get it? I control everything, it's all me ~ my consciousness, my heart, my soul, I am the Fate, I pull the strings, and you are my puppet.
Oh, can't you see
You belong to me?
How my poor heart aches with every step you take.
Now; dance puppet, dance!
Commodorez ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:52:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I was first figuring out how to roll my belly, wiggle my ears, bounce my pecs, and all the other weird stuff I can do with my body it started out as conscious thought. It took a while to sort of map out how to make all the individual muscles move for I wanted, but now it's just like raising my hand or taking a step.
pmYourFears ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:58:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Every now and then I let my arm or leg go limp and try to move it with my mind.
I've yet to succeed.
jaybusch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:30:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, technically, you always move it with your mind.
pmYourFears ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:43:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Heh, fair enough.
Though I suppose you could be pedantic and say your brain and your mind have a layer of abstraction, but eh, whatevs.
Neosovereign ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:20:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Normally, yes, but you CAN control the individual muscles(most of them anyways), it just makes it hard to do anything useful that way.
bed_42 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:00:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was thinking about this and I realized I was scratching my face without telling my hand to do that and for a second it felt like my hand wasn't mine.
Also now while I'm typing it's not like I'm actively thinking of where to touch my phone with my fingers they are just making what I want to say appear
Bndsfn2004 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:35:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A buddy's used to work with as a lifeguard was studying to be a physical therapist. When he was doing homework for some of his classes, he would just sit there and move his limbs in different ways. Sometimes ten, twenty times. He was doing it to try to pinpoint the mechanics that allowed him to move a limb in that particular way. It freaked me out... For months I didn't know he was even studying to be a physical therapist.
Whitestrake ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:14:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What gets me is how I can think about moving, will myself to move, and not move.. Until I physically move myself. But I don't know and can't explain how I thought about moving differently so as to actually move?? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE??? :/
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:22:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nerves firing electrical and chemical signals. Chemical signals contract muscles.
jaybusch ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:27:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How are those nerves told to fire those electrons? What part of our subconscious nervous system knows how to connect and activate the correct nerves? I guess that's part of growing up, but what's the actual mechanism for why I don't have to think about moving and just move appropriately?
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 19:32:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The autonomic nervous system is weird. It's all about stimulus.
-screwthisusername- ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:01:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When it comes to the autonomic neuron controlled muscles, smooth & cardiac, it is crazy to see that it just does it on its own.
Colopty ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:24:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your brain sends electrical impulses to your muscles, causing them to contract. You don't really need to think about it because your brain has figured out how to do these things a long time ago and made it a part of your muscle memory. Basically it's a subroutine in your brain that it doesn't bother consulting your concious thoughts about.
jaybusch ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:56:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Neat! Human body is weird.
Etiennera ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:26:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try changing your gait and you'll be more aware of the individual movements.
this_barb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:23:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe you should pick up weight lifting? You don't need to be a gymbro but you become aware of what muscles move what.
Generalkrunk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:58:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you've ever had sleep paralysis you get a whole new perspective on how your muscles actually work.
bassinastor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:20:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tell that to a new born baby.
mini6ulrich66 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:50:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Play Girp if you're going for grasping
Gwshark7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:17:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
FIRMLY GRASP IT
Old-Man-Henderson ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:57:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. Play qwop to get a good picture of how realistic muscles function. Yes.
/s
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:02:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Muscles pull on bones (they are connected together by tendons), not on other muscles.
I am not a doctor but I'm fairly sure this is how it works.
KuntaStillSingle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:53:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
qwop gives you a great idea of how to half crawl along a track and hump a hurdle.
CIearMind ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 20:31:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sometimes I tell myself "I will raise this finger, this is not a lie, I'm not gonna try to fool myself, I WILL RAISE THIS GODDAMN FINGER." but nothing happens, then it just does.
Ultima_RatioRegum ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 22:28:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Proprioception is another one: how your mind and you are consciously aware of the positions of your body parts in a mental model
catfingers64 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:52:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Did you also listen to this episode of Radiolab?
Ultima_RatioRegum ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:35:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought I'd listened to every episode but I don't recall this one. I'll definitely check it out.
Wqggty ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 23:08:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Taught my sister how to ride a bike (me 7, her 4) And she did it!
All I told her was "you need to balance, put half your butt on this side and half your butt on the other".
I feel like that is about as thorough as a non PT can get helping people move muscles.
DoctorGiraffe ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:18:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I currently "forget" how to walk as I get tired throughout the day. The more I walk or physical things I do the harder it gets and the more I need to concentrate on what I am doing. I needed to learn what I had to concentrate on when walking to try and keep my gait as normal as possible. Push off toe, bend leg while lifting (not to high though or I might lose my balance) extend leg and land on heel, other foot go, roll over to toe. My steps are tiny and slow in the evening and I shake from trying to control what everything in my body is doing. It's interesting to say the least.
SadGhoster87 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:48:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
THIS. Whenever I write (I'm left-handed) someone will inevitably ask "How do you write like that?" I respond with "How do you move your pinky finger?"
aJrenalin ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:29:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Philosophers like to call this mental causation, and as you would expect from philosophers there isn't consensus on how it all works.
Scrotesmegotes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:44:37 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would sort of tell them to allow their arm to "float" up or pretend there are marionette strings pulling their arms up. That's my best try.
SignorSarcasm ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:46:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in third grade, a fourth grader did a presentation on "how to walk". I don't remember any of it, I do remember that it made me think about what I was actually doing for a few days (till I forgot about it all) when I was walking.
rtpkickballer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:10:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I get this question sometimes. I can move my ears so people ask how I do it. I tell them to move their eyebrows or another part of their body. Once they do that I say do the same thing but to your ears. Always ends with a confused look.
pta2002 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:32:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I tell them I contract the back of my head. It's weird, but that's what it feels like.
Leakimlraj ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:53:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've thought about his some times before. Really weird. It gives me the same feeling I get when I think too long about existence and the universe. I remember when I was younger I used to imagine "what if the universe never existed?". That thought fucked my brain the longer I thought about it.
Alkadron ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:40:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Many years ago I tore the tendon that operates my left thumb. Ripped it clean in half.
The surgeon repairing it never found the arm-half of the tendon, so he cut one of the two tendons that went to my left pointer finger. He attached the arm-half of that tendon to the finger-half of my severed thumb tendon and sewed me back up.
Physical therapy after the cast came off was a goddam mind trip. I had to teach myself, as a conscious-ass adult, how to operate my thumb on a different tendon. A tendon that used to wiggle a different finger. So I had to convince my brain to suddenly start differentiating between the two tendons that used to go to my pointer finger, and start using them independently from one another. It was a bizarre few months for me.
The thing that still blows my mind about the whole thing is that, while it was really weird, it was really brief. After 2-3 months it was completely automatic, I no longer had to put any thought at all into the motions of my thumb. It became entirely subconscious.
That was 12 years ago now. Thumb still works fine - I lost maybe 5% of my range of motion on it, 'cause the tendon that it connects to is coming through a different part of my wrist than it ought to, but for the most part it's entirely, completely functional.
The connections between the human body and the human mind are weird.
catfingers64 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:53:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's an episode of RadioLab where they talk to a guy that lost his sense of proprioception. Basically, the guy's body stopped talking to his brain, so he had to consciously command his body to move.
chaos8803 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:57:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was watching Family Guy and there's the scene where Peter mentions the time he forgot how to sit and just kind of throws his body at the chair. I then tried to think about the actual process of sitting and realized I can't really explain how to do it in a quick, easy motion.
legendofhilda ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:56:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is especially interesting to me when my limbs fall completely asleep. Then it takes a special kind of effort to move it.
InvisiblePingu1n ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:12:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
this is what i explain to people all the time when they ask me how i shake my eyes
wolfmann ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:24:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Having gone through major knee surgery, it's a lot like the wiggle your big toe scene from kill bill.
EnkoNeko ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:30:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know it's weird af, like i'm typing this unconsciously, just THINKING of the words and my finger do this
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:03:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
your username is excellent
The_________________ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:09:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey thanks
b_______ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:23:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's quite unique isn't it.
seeking_hope ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:07:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There has been twice in my life that I've been unable to move my body. I sat/laid there trying to figure out how to physically force myself to move and I couldn't. Utterly fucking terrifying. (And it wasn't sleep paralysis. I'm not sure how long the first lasted but the second was over two hours).
Aura_Beauchmin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:10:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
FUN FACT: The heart actually contains neurons, leading some scientists to coin the term "the little brain" for it.
LessEmbarrassingName ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
'Wiggle your big toe.'
littlechristine123 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:09:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm learning to teach yoga right now, and it is SO much of this! It's actually a pretty fun creative outlet to find metaphors and ways to describe subtle physical movements and sensations that we don't even notice most of the time. Very challenging.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:13:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I recently experienced what that instruction was, let me explain. I was asleep and laying on my arm, in the morning I woke up and my arm was completely numb. Completely. So there I was lying there just thinking exactly what you think to make your arm move, it was strangest experience ever. Let me break it down, you look at your arm and you think to yourself that you are moving it. To your brain it moves, but you can see its not, so you think harder about it moving and your brain again thinks it is moving but of course its not. I think I can now describe how to move a limb because I have experienced the complete opposite of movement and control. It was one of the coolest things ever, even though I had no control I felt like I had the most control because of how much I was concentrating on the task. 10/10 would recommend at least once.
dragoncloud64 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Instructions unclear, now I have a boner.
996966 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:33:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wiggle your big toe.
lorddiddle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:38:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had some muscular problems growing up and for a awhile I couldn't move my eyes. As in I could only look where my head was pointing. I vividly remember my mother trying to explain how to move my eyes and it baffling me. Responsive muscles really are something that you don't understand the importance of until you do have it.
Teoshen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:30:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are times where I wiggle my fingers and wonder how I'm doing it. Honestly it creeps me the hell out. I try not to think about it.
Zakkeh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:18:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like when someone tells you to "speak from your stomach". Like what. I don't even know where I speak from now.
SanshaXII ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:51:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is one thing that therapists at physical rehab do. I can't imagine how they do it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:38:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My uncle the coach talked about the impossibility of explaining to someone how to do athletic stuff. He'd have 65 guys on the field, but only two of them could throw a football cleanly and accurately...and those two didn't need coaching, they just did it.
I played in the band.
noviceguru ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:46:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can wiggle my ears and when people ask how I do it, I don't have an answer. I just tell them it's like moving your arm and they go meh.
monster_bunny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:55:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This freaks me out when I try to think about it too much.
pescador7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:58:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow that's actually really hard to explain. You just think and it happens. It's like when you look at letters and you read them without thinking.
It's fascinating.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:33:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know how to move my right leg like you do :(
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LiquidPhoenix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:56:03 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"How do you move your arm?"
"Uhh... I don't know. You just kinda do."
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:17 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
m...move your arm.
Mollyu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:03:46 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just...like, tell it to move. tbh idk how Id even go about explaining that. for me it's always come just from wanting that part of my body to move.
nimphette ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:27:15 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tbh I notice this whenever someone tries to teach me a dance move that I just can NOT do.
xyroclast ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:10:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because the number of variable combinations in 3 dimensions are immense. If we had words for all of them, it would take up the majority of language.
RainArkaya42 ยท 3990 points ยท Posted at 18:14:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of water.
RealHot_RealSteel ยท 2063 points ยท Posted at 18:43:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're tasting the minerals.
Simon_Mendelssohn ยท 3811 points ยท Posted at 19:03:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus Christ Marie!
SvemirskiOtpad ยท 604 points ยท Posted at 19:09:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
cmon give Marie a break she didn't make mistake this time
InsertWittyNameRHere ยท 492 points ยท Posted at 00:18:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My name is ASAC Schrader and you can go fuck yourself
WizardOfKoz98 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 12:58:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Username checks out
livin4donuts ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:31:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
*yoursel-
FTFY
VAShumpmaker ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 02:52:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Naw, it's "do what you gotta d-".
There's still some bargaining attempted after the fuck yourself
duelingdelbene ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 16:48:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not that it mattered. He made up his mind ten minutes ago.
livin4donuts ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:12:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're right. I watched that episode the day it aired, and haven't since, so my memory is a little fuzzy.
VAShumpmaker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:16:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just rewatched the whole series over the last month or so =p
blisteringchristmas ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:53:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus Christ, /u/livin4donuts
CJ090 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:09:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Muh spoilrz
livin4donuts ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 10:18:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was aired 2 1/2 years ago. The time for spoiler warnings is past. Besides, I didn't give much away.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:20:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought his name was Dean.
Gsus_the_savior ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:31:17 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
YOU'RE TASTING ROCKS
CKtheFourth ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:53:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'll never not hear that in his voice.
DownvotesWankers ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:40:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
we need a bot for this
emh1389 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:24:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is this a reference to? I've seen it quite a few times on here, but no explanation.
Unimoosacorn ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:29:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its a reference to Breaking Bad
emh1389 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:40:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That explains a lot. Thank you.
ajswdf ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:59:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Specifically a character, Hank, starts a mineral collection and his wife, Marie, keeps calling them rocks, so he's always correcting her by saying "Christ Marie they're not rocks, they're minerals".
emh1389 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:29:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That what my brother says about his collection. Lol.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:48:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're saying there's actual rocks in my Deep Rock?
Paradigm6790 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 19:00:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The sulfur is sulfur
NotBearhound ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:23:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The best lemonade.
_____D34DP00L_____ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:06:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or... Lead is lead
jadartse ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:00:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, I forgot to put in the crystals..
SilentStriker84 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 21:48:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They crave that mineral... I am so sorry
Markustherealiest ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:11:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
its what plants crave!
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:43:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But Brawndo has electrolytes!
ToySoldieriiV ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:21:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I crave that mineral
ADHDmeds ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:09:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We have an iron deposit under my house where we pull up water.
That water is A+ liquid gold.
Sierra_Oscar_Lima ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:46:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tastes like blood?
Posseon1stAve ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:16:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What does distilled water taste like then?
RealHot_RealSteel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:50:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's strange. I think it tastes somehow "dryer" than normal water.
Same thing with deionized.
maxfortitude ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:14:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well..... Distilling water is a method of removing its ions.
RealHot_RealSteel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:23:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not entirely. Distilling still carries anything with a similar boiling point. If you have some organic molecules with functional groups that can then ionize, you can still end up with ion-containing water after distillation.
Deionization is a much more rigorous process.
akbort ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:25:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always wanted to taste the deionized water we used in high school chemistry. But you know. It's just generally bad to drink shit in lab and kids who did do it got chewed out so I never ended up trying it.
itz4mna ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:20:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My water comes from a lake in the Cambrian Mountains, it's definitely different to most water.
Spriggs5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:13:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or your tasting the absence of spit flavor...
Nick700 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:51:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I assumed water was tasteless and any taste in it was from stuff that sept in through the ground or pipes or whatever chemicals they treat it with.
Does distilled water have a taste?
ForgetsLogins ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:09:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Distilled water doesn't have (much) flavor in and of itself, but I perceive flavor opposite whatever was in my mouth, kind of like how you see the inverted colors after staring at something for a long time, or the feeling you get when you go from a hot area into a relatively cool area. Any flavor it does have is from impurities.
Nick700 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:58:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I totally understand that, the distilled water's nothingness washes away any taste already in there. Making it taste like the opposite of what is there, even though what is there isn't any taste at all
this_barb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:17:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. Distilled water takes like nothing. I don't like it. You're free to try it. You can buy bottles from the grocery store.
michael22joseph ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:55:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I still think distilled water tastes fantastic.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:12:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Drank distilled water (99%, not 99.9999....), still had a taste
FvHound ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:20:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why does everything have a taste but water?
Avachan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:24:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We crave that mineral
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:06:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm tempted to bring back the meme.
You know what, I'm doing it.
Right now.
Right, fucking, NOW.
DID YOU CRAVE THAT MINERAL!?!?!
teh_tg ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:37:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
User said "water", not "water with minerals".
xyroclast ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:06:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Who says water doesn't have a taste? People used to think it didn't have a color, either, but it's definitely blue-ish when there's lots of it in one place.
pos_cant ยท 623 points ยท Posted at 19:28:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
tastes like wet
[deleted] ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 04:18:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One time I realized that I don't really feel wetness the way I had imagined it. I was wearing latex gloves and washing my gloved hands under water. It felt exactly like if I had no gloves on. It felt wet, I even checked to make sure there's no hole in the gloves. It just dawned on me that submerging hands in water is more about feeling the texture of the medium, resistance of movement and the degree of temperature. There's no specific feeling of wetness itself.
ThatOneGuy1294 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:44:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Temp plays a factor too
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:45:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Arnold_Mal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:42:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
oh shit
LeoBattlerOfSins_X84 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:38:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Water is the essence of wet.
Leet_Noob ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:04:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Moisture is the essence of wetness
DrDoWnVoTePhD ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:11:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Delicious wet water
LicensedPrism ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 16:16:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
MarcusXXIII ยท 735 points ยท Posted at 18:32:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Freshest taste possible on a hot dummer day. It taste like life itself
*edit : summer, dummer me.
connaughtwalkonwater ยท 403 points ยท Posted at 19:08:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have had the dummest days and water has really helped.
cornham ยท 72 points ยท Posted at 19:11:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It made your day less dumb?
andrew_c_r ยท 110 points ยท Posted at 19:47:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
*dum
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 237 points ยท Posted at 20:33:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
DUM DUM BRING GUM GUM
sbb618 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:31:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
YOU BETTER RUN NOW DUM DUM
Alphadog3300n ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:05:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Atilla and Huns running at you
ForGifteN ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:49:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Where was this from again?
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 00:50:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Night at the museum, the talking Easter island head
ForGifteN ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:54:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah yes now I remember, thanks!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:36:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No problem fam
WaffleBrothel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:59:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I read this in Brad Garrett's voice.
KingDarkBlaze ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:53:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
FUM IS CHUM
RedBaron13 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:37:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like the Geraffes?
andrew_c_r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:57:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
especially those stupid long horses
Theseriousjoker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:51:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
*less dummer
dragoncloud64 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:41:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He drank Smart Water
ICanHomerToo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:14:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Somebody is thirsty
birdablaze ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:24:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you feel super tired or anxious or angry, you are probably dehydrated. I will sometimes get home after a 12 hour day and realize I have not had a sip of water all day. And it explains why I feel like shit.
Fidesphilio ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:34:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was it the water, or the whiskey that preceded it?
imtoocoldforthisshit ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:08:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know man this sounds an awful lot like you've never had lemonade. Or a slurpee!
MarcusXXIII ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:11:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Meh. Sugary drinks are good for the taste but they dont have that 'ahhhhhhhhhh' effect
mmitchell420 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:38:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
literally
A_Wizzerd ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:55:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It blows my mind just how good cold water tastes when you're thirsty. Warm water is just... uugh. But a nice cool glass of water is god damn ambrosia. I guess our body needs to trick us into drinking the stuff? Still, how is it so good?
Maximus216 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:31:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I wrestled and cut weight we would cut out water for the last 36 hours or so. That first sip after way ins.... Oh my god so dank
fuck-dat-shit-up ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:30:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like "hot dummer day" would be a nice way to describe an extremely hot day. Like the type of heat that dumbs you down.
MarcusXXIII ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:35:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks. Made me chuckle. But really d is just besides s on my keyboard and I didn't spell-check it. But I guess you are right it does feel like if its so hot, its would me dumb
fuck-dat-shit-up ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:40:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's that triple digit weather.
eXodus91 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:21:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Water also helps out with my steaming hot dumps I take on dummer days.
Notmyrealname ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:05:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What about acid rain?
Earnin_and_BERNin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:24:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We're talking about water, not scotch
thedude37 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:37:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
False, ice cold Natty Lite is superior in every way including it gets you drunk.
Doesnt_Draw_Anything ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:48:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now tell me what "fresh" water is.
asleeplessmalice ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:50:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You've never had an ice cold, shitty lite beer, have you?
countdownkpl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:06:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It is life itself. Life on Earth was not possible before it collided with an ice planet.
ctn91 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:54:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Doug Dimmadome! Owner of the Dimsdale Dimmadome!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:45:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Huh, no wonder it tastes like shit for me...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:26:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You mean coke, right?
colorio111 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:00:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know you can just edit something you've already written. You don't need to write an edit and not edit your post.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:41:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Subtle smart water ad
MarcusXXIII ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:40:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I dont get it. Is there a company using a slogan or something related to what I wrote?
Jhmw04 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:01:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It tastes of whatever temperature it is.
Deckapuss ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 18:48:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tastes best when tasteless.
Qinzy ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 18:44:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nectar of the gods when hungover
xyroclast ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:07:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I disagree. Water makes my stomach clamp shut when I'm hungover.
icanhe ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:04:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think you're confusing it with Gatoraid.
youdubdub ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:49:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I drink seltzer all the time, and I think it is a magnification of the taste I already have in my mouth.
themolestedsliver ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:29:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Meanwhile Mr and my mother dislike the "taste" PR lack their of in water.
jacandsally ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:36:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Water tastes like mouth.
Zarathustra124 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:02:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The less it tastes, the better it tastes.
dkasper6696 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:27:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was in 8th grade and had never given a speech before. One day in comm class the teacher makes us pick a speech topic out of hat and then give a 3minute speech about it. My speech topic? Describe the taste of water.. wtf. I literally just stood there awkwardly for 3 minutes "umm it tastes kinda wet.. and.... cold?" Kind of a dick move on the teacher imo, first speech ever and on a ridiculous topic you cant talk about. He just got a kick out of watching kids struggle.
Virtuali ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:11:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wet air
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:24:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tastes like how glass looks
crystalglasses666 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:47:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Water tastes like wet air
drelling ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:50:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like describing what salt tastes like
farmtownsuit ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:14:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's kinda salty.
humma__kavula ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:24:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of snoozberrys
biopticstream ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:04:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It tastes like 75% of my body. Wanna taste test? ( อกยฐ อส อกยฐ )
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:36:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thats easy. Water off the north-east mill tastes sweet, smooth, full and perky. Everything else is not as good as the water out of the north-east mill.
Werewolf35b ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:05:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think Martin Luther King wrote his thesis on the color of water. I'm dying to read it but it's not online.
daemonpie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:31:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Always tastes chemically to me, slightly bitter.
Grime_kid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:38:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tastes wet
an_account_name_219 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:02:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not even constant. Sometimes it tastes REALLY good. Other times it tastes meh. Sometimes it tastes really bad.
InvisiblePingu1n ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:12:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
tasting anything for that matter!
horhar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:18:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like drinking wet air.
splitconsiderations ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:18:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pure water is tasteless.
It literally has no taste. Your mouth is just wet one moment, then less so the next.
fd1760 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:19:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
or any taste which is not comparable to other tastes, in that matter?
Kurozy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:35:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Any taste actually
StonerLonerBoner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:43:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Water actually has its own unique taste. That taste is the taste of water.
I_EAT_YOUR_CEREAL ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:47:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My friend claimed it tastes like calcium.
Delsana ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:02:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's a lot of varieties but really cold tastes the best.
abnerjames ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:20:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It tastes like the opposite of whatever shit is in my spit right now, unless of course it's full of chemicals or antidepressants grandma put in the pipes.
pennysoap ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:35:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It tastes just like lead
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:58:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Depends on your water source.
Belkon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:07:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Distilled water, or pure water actually tastes like iron.
Pikalika ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:12:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Taste like breathing but wet
helgh4st ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:16:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like from the toilet?
JoXand ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:38:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like honey when thirsty and poison when not?
Zock123454321 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:18:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Depends on the water. They all taste different.
nimbusdimbus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It tastes like sulphur
ReventonPro ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:09:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Easy! Tastes like two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom held together by covalent bonds!
Patricker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:14:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The relief water gives you when your exhausted or been in the sun a while.
Spicyflakes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:23:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like from the toilet?
Allusernamestakens ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:40:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but you can't really explain the taste of anything.
RainArkaya42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:47:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You can explain other things in terms of sweetness etc and compare it to other drinks/foods, but water is neither sweet nor sour, and nothing else tastes like it.
openj_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:41:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You mean like in the toilet?
WhatWasWhatAbout ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:43:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Earth's milk
alextoria ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:44:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the best kind of water is slightly metallic.
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:28:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Qinzy ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 18:31:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Paging Flint Michigan
F_Klyka ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 18:31:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So is your mom!
[deleted] ยท 1232 points ยท Posted at 18:49:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What attraction feels like.
StructuralFailure ยท 1516 points ยท Posted at 19:49:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try jumping out of your window. That's how you being attracted to the earth feels like.
[deleted] ยท 325 points ยท Posted at 22:54:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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ThrashingBlues ยท 155 points ยท Posted at 01:24:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your mother earth is so fat that the moon gravitates around her.
cakemuncher ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 02:45:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Technically, towards her.
SylvesterPSmythe ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:40:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought the moon was moving 1.5 inches away every year
Weaselmancer ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:59:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Both. Gravity attracts the moon towards the Earth, but since the moon has significant sideways velocity it never gets here. At the same time, the Earth's angular momentum(rotating on its axis) is slowly being transferred to the moon via tidal locking, giving it slightly more sideways velocity, so it moves slightly further away.
zoraluigi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:43:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is the revolution speed of the Moon changing along with its orbital position?
Weaselmancer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:19:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What was the reason for it changing?
cakemuncher ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:44:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Conundrums.
FALLasl33p ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:45:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Go away
Come back
Go away
Come back
Why can't I just have it both ways?
Matti_Matti_Matti ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:54:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't it moving away, though?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:36:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your mother earth's so old she's had fossils excavated from her.
the_fredblubby ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:07:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, it's all muscle - terra firma after all
Wrathwilde ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:29:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's what industrial CEO's brag about to each other... how hard they fucked her.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:50:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How do you think she got to be a mother?
UnoIsAGreatCardGame ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:56:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
She's too dense to notice it.
pescador7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:58:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe he likes having his arms broken!
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:42:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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BlissnHilltopSentry ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:18:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Depends on your definition of attraction. If it is the force then it is equal, if it is the acceleration, then yeah you're 100% right.
Artoast ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:53:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Force is equal, but due to the massive difference in mass, you are accelerated far more than the earth is.
iltwrrmbro ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:27:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity was already a reply
KuntaStillSingle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:11:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And beat your face on the pavement. We need entertainment.
LeoBattlerOfSins_X84 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:40:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But gravity is very weak. I'm more pulled to the electrostatic force.
Leakimlraj ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:59:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Never before have I seen a comment teaching science while also telling someone to kill themselves at the same time.
edrudathec ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:21:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Feels like wind going upwards?
bipnoodooshup ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:58:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You only feel the attraction when you hit the ground.
n23_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:33:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, that is the normal force, which goes the other way.
Hunnyhelp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:32:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Woah there, your attracted to the Earth if your on the surface...
No need to jump off buildings!
Ahomewood ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:19:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's.... Actually pretty accurate when you are head over heals in love with someone. Like you're falling. It's scary, it's an adrenaline rush that keeps you excited, and so much more.
StructuralFailure ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:07:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, from my experience I certainly can't say you're wrong about that.
SweetNeo85 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:40:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, you wouldn't actually feel the attraction until you hit the ground.
bassinastor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:23:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would describe the attraction we feel in our brain in a similar, but also opposite way. If you jump out a window, attraction is the feeling of longing to be standing in the window again.
Tylerjb4 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:44:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're being attracted to the earth just as much without jumping out the window
Gozmatic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:23:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Technically speaking, you only feel that attraction when you're standing on the ground.
When you're falling: you're feeling air rush against your face. A body in free fall can't tell it's moving!
OrangeGills ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:16:54 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try autodefenestration*
StructuralFailure ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:49:23 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you're a fan of fancy words then I'm not gonna stop you.
thefeeltrain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:25:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Figured out the gravity one
Scouterfly ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 21:10:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Am asexual, please explain.
No, seriously, I don't know what that feels like, I have no reference point for that.
King-of-Karthadasht ยท 125 points ยท Posted at 21:59:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Basically you automatically associate what you are seeing with a pleasurable feeling, and in turn often assign attractive people the term "good" in your head before you know them at all. Kind of like how before you are actually eating food, you can see something and think "that looks delicious" and crave it even if you have never experienced that particular food before. It has certain properties, however, such as bacon or cheese or whatever, that you already automatically associate with pleasurable sensations. That's the best I've got.
randomhyperbole ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 02:22:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit, that was an amazing, easy to understand explanation! That's some ELI5 level shit there.
agomezvasq ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 06:36:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ELIASEXUAL
TripleOGeg ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 10:16:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And sometimes you are starving and the bacon smells so good but it's not for you.
greenpuddles ยท 60 points ยท Posted at 22:00:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's weird. Like they said hard to explain.
Sometimes you look at someone and say hot damn that is a fine specimen of a human, you feel your heart clench real quick at the shock then you move on and maybe never think of them again.
Sometimes it's a person you see everyday and think nothing about until you have several deep conversations and then all you can think about is how much you can't wait to talk to them again. Slowly their freckles become cute, their laugh becomes music, just seeing their face makes you smile.
At least that's a couple of the ways to explain it. I think everyone is different.
brandawn12 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 09:04:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Dude that was beautiful. Im, im welling up with tears of joy.
Saphine_ ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:56:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think this is a perfect explanation!
TheManInsideMe ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 23:00:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me it felt peaceful. Like when I saw her, all those thoughts racing through my head all stopped and everything was in the right place. I felt like I was myself, because there wasn't so much chaos and confusion inside. Maybe that was love but it was nice, I miss it.
Samhq ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:57:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow.. that was beautiful man..
doobyrocks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:46:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The funny thing is, usually when I meet girls (speaking strictly in romantic context), I either feel nothing, attracted, or repulsed. Yet, there's one girl meeting whom made me feel at peace. I like her, but without the adrenaline rush or a sense of urgency that I felt with others I had a crush on. It was different. Not sure if I can explain it. A calming feeling.
TheSuperFamilyBiz ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 02:02:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It makes me feel sick. Like my stomach gets all fluttery until I don't wanna eat. I have trouble sleeping. Sometimes I get hot, at least my face does. I get flustered. I just don't feel...right. Kinda lighter. Kinda giddy. Totally out of control of how my body is behaving. Jittery. I always feel sick but it's in a good way. I seek out that person who makes me feel that way so I can feel it some more. Or maybe you like them enough that you seek them out despite them making you feel sick.
It's like a loss of control but it's okay. It's actually exciting and nice.
monster_bunny ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:00:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes! My stomach does crazy things and none of them are comfortable.
doobyrocks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:48:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I lost my hunger many times due to feeling crazy about someone.
TheSuperFamilyBiz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:06:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's the worst. My best friend once treated me to a nice lunch I couldn't eat because I had met a guy the night before.
FinishedFiber ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:07:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are you a girl?
TheSuperFamilyBiz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:51:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Last I checked I was.
FinishedFiber ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:32:14 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No I was just wondering? It was a sweet comment is all!
A_Very_Big_Fan ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 02:15:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know how when you buy a box of pizza and you let the box sit on your lap and it gets reeeeeealy warm and you like it because it's not hot enough to burn but it's warm enough to be comfy and makes you want to leave the pizza box on your lap forever? That's kinda what it feels like to like somebody
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:53:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What the fuck?
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:46:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know when you see delicious food and you crave it cuz you are really hungry?
It's like that, but with your penis
lordisa ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:26:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know when you smell freshly baked cake, or something sweet and delicious and your whole being kinda perks up? Trying to smell it again, pick it up on the wind.
It's a bit like that, but instead of perking up, you feel kind of mushy and peaceful.
Scouterfly ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:35:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think I understand a bit now. :)
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:01:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It feels like the bones inside me are suddenly full of energy and going to explode if I don't touch that person. Almost like when you feel rage and your body is rushing with anger โย it's that feeling but it's an anger that you know can be satisfied by holding them.
If they're not around I just throw myself on the floor and go "AGGGGHHHHHHH" as my insides explode in longing frustration.
tonluap ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:26:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me I end up just wanting to lie down and groan for the next 42 hours
Could be unrelated though
moomoomilky1 ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 22:26:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
you can be asexual and be attracted to someone romantically, are you really asexual?
Scouterfly ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 22:50:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't feel romantic attraction, either. Closest thing I've had to a crush is an intense desire to be someone's friend.
Don't go there.
Kiloku ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:56:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"are you sure it's not just a phase?"
Known this sort of disrespect for orientation second-hand, from what my sister had to endure
Like_a_Zubat ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:12:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Yes, people who are attracted to someone romantically can be 100% asexual. I'm asexual and I'm also attracted romantically to men. So I'm a heteroromantic asexual. Someone who is not attracted to anyone romantically or sexually is an aromantic asexual. But just because they're not attracted to anyone doesn't mean they're cold, heartless people. Love and sex and friendship are very different things.
Romantic attraction is the sort of feeling you get when you want to hug and cuddle and kiss and dance with and make someone laugh, and basically be their best friend for their entire life.
Sexual attraction is the feeling that asexual people lack, the sort of feeling that makes you want to jump someone's bones.
If you got any questions, just ask, I'll try my best to answer. Or /r/asexuality is a good resource if you're curious at all. Cheers!
Rammite ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:30:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's what I was thinking. Asexual means no sexual attraction, it's in the name. He might be Aromantic but just not know it - it's not a well known term/
I say this confidently because I needed to look it up to see if it exists.
moomoomilky1 ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 22:36:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
BUT THEN YOU STILL FEEL SEXUAL ATTRACTION
saintbargabar ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:04:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Aro aces exist
Rammite ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 22:39:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Could be both, I guess?
Sociopaths might be both asexual and aromantic, as well as lack everything else.
I admit I am banking on Dexter being an accurate portrayal of socialpaths.
moomoomilky1 ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 22:45:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've always wondered if I am a sociopath..
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:47:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like there's a party in my pants and everyone's invited
Ultima_RatioRegum ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:35:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Really, what anything feels "like". The problem is that to explain something you need to understand it. And to understand something means to have built a mental model that is grounded in either objective analogies, or in the case of subjective experience, other subjective states. Because we can't share subjective states, and it appears that subjective states have no way of being understood in terms of objective reality (yet), we can't share that understanding or explanation in a meaningful way that isn't circular.
jupiterstupider ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:17:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I call it " The Love Sweats"
poop_toilet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:03:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnetism
rubydrops ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:20:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone has different preferences in people but can feel similar feelings.
theOtherTool ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:16:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what ___________ feels like.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:07:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My peepee gets hard.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:48:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Here is one F= Gm1m2/rยฒ oh and this one F=kQ1*Q2/rยฒ there 2 there is also the electro weak force and the Strong force.
So that is attraction for ya whatever you FEEL right know if is the gravitational force. attraction of 2 objects with mass.
wolfpwarrior ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:52:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Have you ever woke up in the morning and just stayed in bed because it felt nice? Imagine feeling that more whenever you think about a person, but maybe more intensely. All you want to do is think about the person, and to be with that person.
mr_lab_rat ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:15:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's easy. Rush of blood to the penis!
thedoorman121 ยท 3768 points ยท Posted at 19:55:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The sound "?!" makes in my head when I read it
somanycheeses ยท 3109 points ยท Posted at 21:03:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The sound from MGS?
Raven_Skyhawk ยท 522 points ยท Posted at 21:12:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ever since I heard it for the first time, it is now how my head makes that sound. Or !? as well.
ProfDandruff ยท 336 points ยท Posted at 01:39:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
With "!?" I always hear Tim Allen's grunt, but I hear the MGS noise when I read "?!"
bitterjack ยท 40 points ยท Posted at 06:30:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Erruhhh??
Ilikebigmacs ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 09:59:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Buh nuh nuh!
AnonymousDratini ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 12:12:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me it's the opposite.
megamaxie ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:33:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/YQwYNca4iog
Vigilantius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:30:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
This was weird.
Edit: The more I thought about it, the more I realized that this is probably what having sex with Tim Allen sounds like.
DetroMental1 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:17:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit I do this too, I've never even played mgs but it's such a "famous" sound that it is still used in my hesd
SittingInTheShower ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:54:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tim Allens grunt (the kind of gentle questioning one he does)! Me too except I could never place it! This just made my day, Thanks!
CalmBeneathCastles ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:22:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Seems like that would be the opposite.
Beep_Boop_FTP ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:03:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks dude, I'm crying ๐
hydraloo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:02:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Really?!
NeonNintendo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:09:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hear the Tim Allen grunt as well. I don't really recall ever thinking about that before.
I'm not sure how I feel about things anymore.w
evilscary ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:44:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Me too!
cowzroc ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:27:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes!!
CyberFreq ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:47:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why does this make so much sense
coopstar777 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 08:14:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like I've read this exact string of comments word for word on this website less than a month ago
Sharkn91 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:19:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ok, well !? isn't correct. Its called an Interrobang, and the ? always comes first. Its science look it up.
Spacemxn ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:09:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've played a single MGS game for about 15 minutes and that's still the sound I hear.
VladimirPocket ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:30:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's my text alert tone. I still get anxious when I hear it now.
Raven_Skyhawk ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:40:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I get anxious when I hear it as other people's tone XD
Mike-Oxenfire ยท 192 points ยท Posted at 22:45:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Great... now every time I see that the sound will play in my head. I'll probably get the urge to shoot someone in the face with a tranq dart.
JoyceCarolOatmeal ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 01:20:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
While being "stealthy."
RichtersMask ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 08:03:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
KAH PEH! KAH PEH! [Unintelligible Afrikaans yammering, air raid sirens]
Tequila_Giraffe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:32:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now now... Its just as stealthy to kill all witnesses. You can't prove I was there if no one alive saw me.
weReddiTor ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:09:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Huh!??
Buzz8522 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:15:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
?! ?! ?!
Fenor ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 11:02:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
this is why i always carry tranq darts with me
not-just-yet ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 00:41:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yupp.
Captain__Obvious___ ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:47:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is fucking spot on man. How the fuck did you know what I heard in my head?!
-WISCONSIN- ยท 100 points ยท Posted at 00:28:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's more like a pure exclamation point sound to me. "!"
"!?" is more like, "Hwuaaahhhh?"
redmastif01 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 04:04:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like the sound Farnsworth makes?
KerbalSpaceExplorer ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:11:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"What is wrong with youHWUAAAAAAHHHH?"
zanderkerbal ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:13:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same. Equal parts "huh?" and "wah!"
JoyceCarolOatmeal ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:21:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like the noise from the opening of A Current Affair?
carmiggiano ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:36:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No Home Improvement
Deathaplenty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:06:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, Professor Farnesworth.
EpicCrab ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:22:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like in ace attorney, kind of? That's the sound that sounds like, if you know what I mean.
tapeforkbox ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:38:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't hear these things as much as feel them in my ears
Hellsauce ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:16:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like Hank Hill?
cholpes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:00:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like the sound of Skype on startup?
screw_all_the_names ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 21:33:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's what I get.
iamalwaysrelevant ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:19:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
?!
spiderlanewales ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:58:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
YES.
Delsana ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:02:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No that's !
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:33:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
FUCK YOU YES
dolanjef ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:27:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just a box
SnakeEater14 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:12:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What was that noise?
Foot steps?
Huh. Nothing there after all...
HnNaldoR ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:41:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's the sound it makes for me.
Or the huh? From the guards.
Steak_R_Me ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:50:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mutant Garter Snakes ?!
JazzHandsNinja ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:28:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
thanks... fucker. now its exactly what i will hear.
MrTurleWrangler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ocelots meow right?
andrak7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:43:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my gosh this is spot on
fakeanime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
delicious?!
puppykinghenrik ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What was that!?
NonaSuomi282 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:26:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Huh. Just a box.
clongane94 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:40:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have it as my ring tone. Have yet to change it for some reason. It's obnoxiously loud on full volume.
justbcuzderp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:52:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Link?
cablevelveeta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:04:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hear this everytime im getting pulled over.
notwearingpantsAMA ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:12:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
!
cordelephant ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:36:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WHOOM!
Not_Joshy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:24:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WTF why did I think that before even reading this comment?? I never even played MGS that much.
bestwalrus68 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:54:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Psychomantis?
Snarfler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:29:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A Hind D?!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:45:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's "!"
Did you even play the game YOU POSER
CalmBeneathCastles ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:21:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Precisely.
shocktribe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:08:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I swear I heard that before I saw your reply.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:12:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know for a fact that I've never played the MGS games (I know, I'm working on it), but weirdly enough, I definitely hear the same sound you're talking about.
Darminian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:04:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
thanks.
dragonjock27 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:55:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Huh?! Whose footprints are these?!
angry_biscuit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:25:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What was that?
rolson3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:33:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If i had gold to give, you would be gilded
BKG5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:47:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You sir, are a noble and a scholar.
timawesomeness ยท 433 points ยท Posted at 23:39:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't have a sound for that in my head, it's more like a feeling of surprised confusion.
Azuvector ยท 187 points ยท Posted at 00:26:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah. I kinda wonder wtf the rest of these weirdos are talking about... You don't need audio to understand something.
Snowstar837 ยท 46 points ยท Posted at 01:55:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do some people "hear" letters and words as they read them?
Kiloku ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 03:58:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do hear all words I read (or write) in my head, but not symbols like the "!?", they just bring the confused/surprised feeling to my mind.
studyyyying ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:43:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You can hear words? Can most people?
[deleted] ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 08:22:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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Snowstar837 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 10:21:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just... read? Maybe it's because I learned to read super early before I was even good at talking. Does that affect how people interpret writing? Sometimes I will sort of be mouthing what I'm writing in my mind's eye but it kinda freaks me out a little that some people hear a voice ALL the time!
forgetsaccount ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 11:11:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
My dad reads like you, without saying the words, I remember being amazed when I found out. I think you're right, its probably just down to how you learn to read, most people learn to read out loud so are used to saying the words. For those that want to see what its like reading without saying the words in your head, try reading the comments whilst singing happy birthday in your head, you can kinda get it.
mordorimzrobimy ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 12:13:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I did that and now my head hurts.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:35:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do that too! I started reading at like...10 months or something ridiculously crazy.
In balance, I couldn't walk until I was 3. :(
MRJ- ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:53:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How can you learn to read before you learn to speak?!
Like whats the process for doing that? I can't even see how that's possible :(
kyoto_kinnuku ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:02:36 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yea... My head is never silent. I'm always thinking to myself even if I'm not reading. This seems weird to me because I remember reading that when you read, or think, your vocal cords are actually moving together with what your inner voice is "saying". If you don't hear any voice then are yours moving?
1573594268 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:13:32 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Learning to read without using your inner voice is the basis of speed reading, and can be very difficult to learn outside of adolescence.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:35:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The words just kinda flash across my thoughts. I have to concentrate to make a voice in my head...
1573594268 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:14:25 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Learning to read without using your inner voice is the basis of speed reading, and can be very difficult to learn outside of adolescence.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:16:03 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what are you doing here, buddy? It's been half of a week..
kyoto_kinnuku ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:55:17 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Interesting. When I was younger I always saw the spelling of words in my head when I talked, or listened to people. I was also in my town's spelling bee every year until we stopped having it in high school. I don't see spelling like that anymore and my spelling has also gone to crap as an adult. Is there anyone else like me?
studyyyying ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:56:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can you hear an inner voice when you think or imagine music?
kyoto_kinnuku ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:54:03 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
yea, I think so, but I'm really bad with music. I even have a hard time telling if a not went up or down in pitch. I'm bad with music, and math, but really good with language for some reason.
LoveMeSexyJesus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:49:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly I think everybody does, a lot of people just aren't paying attention to it most of the time.
kyoto_kinnuku ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:04:53 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe. My head is never silent. I think to myself and zone in order to get through my 12 hour days at work. I think up all kinds of scenarios and play out the conversations in my head that will never happen. That sounds sad, but I'm a happy person. Married, making decent money, etc. ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:51:03 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do too. That's so weird. I always thought that when someone read something in their head they hear it too.
Azuvector ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 02:27:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No doubt; phonics works like this. My puzzlement is in the arbitrary reverse-onomatopoeic sounds assigned to a meaningful symbol that has no defined sound to it.
I guess this may be language evolution in progress? Or a possible illustration of how spoken language developed? Some cave man's got to decide that grunting a certain way means bear and another way means berry, I suppose.
bilky_t ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:03:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some people might attribute sounds to symbols, and some people might be irrationally passive aggressive about it. C'est la vie ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ
Feed_My_Brain ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:01:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yup, it's called subvocalization.
WarlockSyno ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:42:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If I remember correctly, as you read something your throat muscles are actually moving in conjunction.
ChefBoyAreWeFucked ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:19:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. I actually thought everyone did until very recently, when I saw a post on /r/newsokur of all places asking about it.
zanderkerbal ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:14:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, not unless I'm reading someone talking, but I say them in my head as I type/write them.
Rodents210 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:33:59 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, it's called internal monologue. The majority of hearing people will "hear" a voice in their head pronouncing as they read words.
qwerto14 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:07:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me it's this face
popejohnthebroiest ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:27:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But it helps. What the fuck is music, if not a method of conveying emotion.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:22:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think mine is a surprising/angry dramatic pauze. Like it makes you hold your breath in tension and your eye widen a bit.
MadDummy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:28:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you mean bewilderment?
timawesomeness ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:33:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah. Words are hard some days.
karleenamarx ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:51:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I feel like I have more of a facial expression to go along with it than a sound.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:12:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What does surprised confusion sound like?
SomewhatKindaMaybeNo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:25:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I often see them in the area dialogue goes, so it implies there's a sound to it.
m-p-v ยท 1233 points ยท Posted at 21:24:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's always been the Tim Allen grunt for me.
LeastActionJackson ยท 149 points ยท Posted at 22:08:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'd never really thought about it, but that's what it is now. Thanks, internet stranger!
skine09 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 09:56:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Obligatory:
Every sound in Morrowind replaced with the Tim Allen grunt
laughterlines11 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 22:18:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are you inside my head?
samtheman578 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:13:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so happy I'm not alone in this!
Logan_W_Logan ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 23:29:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GSuO57Ja7g
Just because it's so damn funny.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:46:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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TommyWrightIII ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:25:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Serious question?
SavvySillybug ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:26:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
TommyWrightIII ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:55:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because those were sound clips from "Home Improvement", which was shot in front of a live audience.
Altcauseisuckatlent ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:16:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NF-XMtNEudQ
BrushedYourTeethYet ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:19:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Omg this is the best sound, I'm using it from now on
BehindEnemyLines1 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:14:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine is like that, but higher pitched. Like if Ariana Grande impersonated him.
bagelfireball ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:01:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is what it sounds like to me.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:46:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
?!
downhillcarver ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:38:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
May I please get a link to the original how to basic video this is from.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:38:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep
iamninjabob ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:16:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Get out of my head!
edrudathec ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:20:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine is like that but as humming.
DLiurro ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:33:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Literally, and I didn't even think of the show when I thought the grunt in my head.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:33:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hahahahahahahaha
Kevinement ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:20:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was actually thinking about exactly that sound just now.
artthoumadbrother ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:34:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well now I have a sound for that.
Avogadro101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:04:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have both Tim Allen and the sound from MGS in my head, depending on the occasion. Tim Allen for tools/beer/women/manly things. MGS all else.
weighingthedog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Huuuyahhh?!
redtit64 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:14:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I dont know what I expected
Pamela-Handerson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:54:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Me too!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always thought the exact same thing and I thought I was the only one.
SnappyCrunch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:24:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Glad I'm not the only one
Wasted_Thyme ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:27:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, holy shit. Thank you.
ScenesfromaCat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:36:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Did we just become best friends
bassinastor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:17:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's definitely way more question mark than exclamation mark. The exclamation mark is quick, sudden, and definitive, but not always aggressive, question marks are soft and smooth, but not necessarily passive. "?!" is a quick yet smooth sound that is decisive yet confused. There is a bit of knowledge associated with it, it's closer to a neutral "huh," than to either a question or exclamation mark. All together, it's a short, but not sharp, "huh?!" sound that says "I understand, but am also shocked and conflicted."
fffrankooo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:13:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You've ruined me...
SavvySillybug ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:25:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was the only thing I could think of, too.
DreadNinja ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:25:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly!
NothappyJane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:46:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was just watching home improvement on YouTube, my kid is going through a dad jokes are ok stage so that was such a fresh sound, and now the theme song is on my head
Mistamage ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Eeeeuuurrrrruuughh?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:45 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same lol
?!
Vatimus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:45:11 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
THANKYOU for that. Oh my god I just died laughing.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:17:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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obscurecolours ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:08:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude, that's Morrowind.
XxLokixX ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:05:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:06:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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XxLokixX ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:16:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
y u downvote me for?
[deleted] ยท 242 points ยท Posted at 20:46:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Easy! It's just like that one sound from Zelda.
Thesassypig ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 22:55:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The deh dah da do da dee deh sound when you unlock a secret or coomplete a puzzle? Or..?
UnluckyLuke ยท 82 points ยท Posted at 23:25:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Probably Link saying "Uuhho!"when he's surprised in OoT. Hard to transcribe, really.
theniceguytroll ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 00:27:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds more like an "Uwah-?!" to me.
UnluckyLuke ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:57:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:35:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This comment chain shows how TLoZ has a sound for everything. Might as well add that exclamation marks sound like "HEY, LISTEN".
1573594268 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:17:18 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Those are two different sounds.
He makes the "uhhuo! " sound if he's about to fall or is on a precarious ledge, and the "Uwah-?!" sound is surprise during a cutscene or sometimes receiving damage.
Stackware ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:06:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And yet I knew exactly what sound you meant.
seiriyu ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:04:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like that sound when he grabs onto a ledge instead of falling off the cliff/into the hole?
Ten_bucks_best_offer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:16:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"oohwf"
SimonCallahan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:45:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I love the sounds Link made in that game, they were so perfect and not video game-like. If you fall off a ledge as kid Link and just catch yourself, he makes a sound like, "Oh! Whoa!". I remember that being amazing to me when I was a kid because, up until then, if a character screamed they made a solid canned screaming sound, they didn't have a reaction to the exact situation that made them scream.
Arnold_Mal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:42:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey!
SuperHottSauce ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:23:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's called a fanfare
FellowEsteemer ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:59:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
WHEN THE BOBOKINS SPOT YOU IN WIND WAKER WHEN YOU FIRST GET TO FORSAKEN FORTRESS. IF ANYONE CAN FIND A SAMPLE OF THIS SOUND I WILL PAYPAL YOU FIVE DOLLARS FUCK REDDIT GOLD I NEED THIS SOUND TO PROVE MY BOYFRIEND WRONG
Weavile_4 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:26:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is this what you're looking for?
FellowEsteemer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No but thank you for trying. I'm certain the noise I'm thinking of exists... But after listening through so many bits of sound I'm beginning to doubt myself
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:17:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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FellowEsteemer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:31:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes exactly
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:58:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Boyfriend was right!
Ropse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:03:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you mean this sound?
FellowEsteemer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:32:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think so. It literally sounds nearly identical to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P5qbcRAXVk
FellowEsteemer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:35:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But if that's the closest that anyone can come to finding something similar I'll still paypal you for your attempt
Ropse ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:09:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No thanks, I'm just glad to help.
It may also be:
The Pirate Charm's "Ringtone",
The Notes that play whenever you successfully hit an enemy,
or the sound that signals the possibility to counter an enemy's attack.
FellowEsteemer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:24:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I THINK IT'S THE LAST ONE. that's atleast so close to what I'm remembering. Thank you. You made my night :D
Jaxkr ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:42:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Which one?
The dwooooop sound when you z-target an object?
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:23:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's more of a fwwoo
Sexy_Hunk ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:07:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
HAAP!
SheemGlav ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:33:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey!? Listen!?
lovesducks ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:29:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thats my text tone.
AndyGHK ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:46:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now I'm imagining you reading a passionate article and hearing "HYAAT" and "HUP" and "KYAAT" every time a ?! happens.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:23:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
SOOOREEEYYAAA
ggs_llc ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:46:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ka-plink!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Listen!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:57:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No no no, it's the sound from Metal Gear Solid
Generalkrunk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:59:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
SCREEEEIIIIIIY?
A0mine_Daiki ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:27:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey listen!
mors_videt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:38:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Zoing!
sandiskplayer34 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:13:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Your Wii Remote batteries are running low"
That one?
WalkerBRiley ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:30:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, that just makes me want to kill small puppies.
Purdaddy ยท 116 points ยท Posted at 20:57:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To me it sounds like a surprised high pitched tuba squeal.
-fire- ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:52:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Aren't tubas really low pitched instruments though?
Purdaddy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:02:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They can play some high notes, and you can get them to screech.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:14:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tubas have an incredible range, but high notes on tuba are certainly lower than what a lot of other instruments play.
KerbalSpaceExplorer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:13:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit I just spat my food out from laughing.
"What the hellBRRRT"
architta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:58:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think it's a trumpet for me but yes, I know what you mean!
Scouterfly ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 21:09:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In my head it's more like a surprised robot saying "ehhh?"
[deleted] ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 22:03:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
โฝ
isthisfunnyenough ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:10:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
โฝ โฝ โฝ
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:25:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
โฝโฝโฝโฝโฝโฝ ๐ฑ
Kalapuya ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:55:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Interrobang!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:24:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It makes more of a "โฝ" sound, honestly.
[deleted] ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 22:42:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To me, it's an overexaggerated "ehhhhhh?!" from a Japanese girl in an anime.
IllegitimateDoctor ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 21:58:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It makes kind of a cartoon "doink!" In my head
klgentry ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:47:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same! Or sometimes tires screeching to a hault depending on the context...
sonic_the_groundhog ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:22:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To me its the ending note on the game cube intro.
tevek1 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:01:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Depends on the context, but I often hear this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNJ1B_2b17s
e13e7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:19:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Basically that, but more specifically https://youtu.be/4bAPlP2HX7o?t=17
Rivers_On_Fire ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was my brother's text tone for years. So yeah that's the sound I think.
WalrusMasterRace ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 21:25:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I was a kid there was this Sesame Street game on the computer I played religiously. One of the parts of the game involved making pictures and you could add stickers of all the characters and stuff. Anyway, the "?!" Sounds I make in my head are the same as when you put too many stickers on the page. It's like a weird honk noise but not a honk.
jbtk ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:43:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Makes a sorta "nnnnnn" sound in my head except like a mean "are you serious" ish sound. Damn I can't explain it. You get it.
freyhack ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:06:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
its the sound from metal gear solid
AbsoluteTrash413 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:15:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Me too, thanks.
aynd ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 22:06:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just fyi, it's called an interrobang
Stealthy_Bird ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:14:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're an interrobang!
felixfelix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I interrobanged yer mum. She was like, "could I be more satisfied right now?!" And I was like, "nah, but you could be satisfied again, right now."
SmartAlec105 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:45:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You mean โฝ
FingerMilk ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:21:37 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I imagine it's the sound of a phone vibrating
Squid_Viciously ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:01:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It sounds like "what" but in onomatopoeia form.
perfectbound ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:34:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It sounds like the Windows Vista error message sound.
lukenog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:47:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think it's weird that you guys hear an electronic sound! I've always heard it as "Wha-?"
grapesandmilk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:39:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It sounds like either a sarcastic "HUH?" or "Doing!"
rhymes_with_chicken ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:58:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a kindof inter-o-ish bang for me.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:38:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Home Improvement
Medic_101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:41:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's this for me, when i just see it written on its own. "!?"
TheCircleWithCorners ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:44:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I read it, I hear "Question mark, exclamation mark" in a manner of excited disbelief. Did that get too meta?
LastOfTheCamSoreys ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:51:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"!?" It's weird how it makes a different sound when flipped
medalleaf- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:06:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can explain... It sounds LIKE A LOUD QUESTION?!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:57:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I use this symbol to explain logographic scripts like Chinese and cuneiform to people
chubbyurma ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:57:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WUMP
sekai-31 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:02:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
UUM!
Swing_Doom1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:07:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same with :p and :3
TheBallPeenHammerer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:23:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To me it sounds like a questioning grunt. Like "ungh?"
Luzoto ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:30:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This one probably isn't as common but I've always heard it as this one sound from Sonic Battle that would play when an exclamation mark appeared over someone's head.
3jt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:31:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Scooby Doo.
avatarr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:40:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It is its own character now. The interrobang: โฝ
Mr_Monster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:40:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well it's called an interrobang.
PegasaurusRex ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:53:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always have the Kill Bill sirens
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:04:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I literally just say question mark in my head.
xyroclast ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:08:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see a cartoon character being confused and surprised.
RoyallMonarch63 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:22:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"?!" actually has a name, it's called an Interrobang.
artthoumadbrother ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:33:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
It doesn't make a sound in my head. Anytime I read a word/phrase/onomatopoeia that I have a hard time pronouncing my inner monologue skips it---my mind recognizes it as a symbol until I bother to look up the correct pronunciation.
otm1208 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:40:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the sound that Spongebob makes while gesturing to the giant pile of diapers in the episode with the baby barnacle.
caseface05 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've never noticed this?!
Taman_Should ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:57:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The "Law and Order" kchnuh-kchum noise?
Dipsquat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:01:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The sou d fromfrogger
mcternan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:05:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me it's when you do something wrong on Windows XP, and it goes 'duh-duh'
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:09:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
interesting. it doesn't have a sound for me
pinkfloyd873 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It used to be the Yeezy "HUH?" but now it's the BIRD UP! sound.
musical_throat_punch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Interobang?
heartbroken_bopper ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:29:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hear this.
lphaas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:39:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me, it sounds like screaming with your mouth closed and raising the pitch at the end.
dreadead ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:08:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the sound the professor makes from Futurama... Hwaa?!
definitelynotaliar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:10:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the confused remark. Not a direct question.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:14:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its not so much a sound but a facial expression that I see when someone types that.
kiss_my_what ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:32:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In my head it's the Korean word for "what" ie. ๋ญ pronounced something like mwo
eminthrv ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:37:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me it's a loud HMMM? that my mom made when I lied to her as a kid.
The_Specialest_K ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:42:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see an angry Danny devito in my head making wierd, anger noises
arhanv ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:51:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
HUHHHNHH
jacquecondon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:55:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I feel like I hear the high pitched stringy kind of warning noise that comes from Snake's box
Snoochey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never associated a sound with it. I always picture a facial expression of like, intensely wide eyes "WHAT THE FUCK"ing.
JohnBreed ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Am I the only one who doesn't have a sound on their head for this?
akaioi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:27:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like Shaggy saying "Zoinks!" or Scoob saying "Roinks!"...
Jerk0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Which is clearly different from the sound that "!?" makes.
nateroony44 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always think of it as the sound a white girl makes at the end of each sentence, with that upwards inflection
Noclue55 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me its like a "nn-nen" when I think how it sounds like. Or maybe da-nen?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:56:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's definitely the Metal Gear Solid sound
goodwarrior12345 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:01:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me it's "ehh?"
Xiaxs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:14:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have always read it as "WHAT?" Shouting. Like that. Doesnt matter if theres no words, I just read it as "WHAT?"
CronosDage ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:18:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the small gasps that cartoon and anime characters make whenever anything at all happens
psychopathic_rhino ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:18:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's more like a wave of electricity over my brain. It's a weird feeling.
ubspirit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:22:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me I just hear "huh"?
squishygoddess ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:28:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It sounds like when Mario jumps in super Mario.
Starklet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:58:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
smart-ass that's brilliant
sandman12456 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:12:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To me it sounds like the opportunity attack button in Wind Waker
defy313 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:20:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But but what does it sound like?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:27:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
tim allen grunt
oligo_syn_wiz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:34:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Eh?!
maracusdesu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:38:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The "surprised inhale"-sound.
angela52689 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:07:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'd use a facial expression to describe that.
few_boxes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:10:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, you guys actually hear a sound when you read "?!" ?
Azner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:20:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
w00000000t?!
MonkeyWithMoney ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:21:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also !? Sounds differently from ?!
PJenningsofSussex ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:34:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me it doesn't make a noise but on purpose. Like that awkward catch of breath mouth open speechlessness while you figure out if you should or shouldn't reply to your racist aunts comments regarding sanity of white folk
architta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:55:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sigh. Mine is like the sound effect you he for tjat symbol from one of those old Batman TV shows.
catzura ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:01:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well I know that "!!!!!" sounds like muffled screaming in my head.
AWildCookieMonster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:03:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just think of Navi and her saying "Link?!"
Bahndoos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:09:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The sound is "whuzzah?!?"
See what I did there? (!?)
jamez5800 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:09:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What the hell are you talking about โฝ
moondeli ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:14:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like a 'ng' in my head, with a soft n and a soft g. Quick and short
Jellymonk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:49:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the home improvement confusion sound you mean
Cakepufft ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:59:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The sound of Lenny face
cheezwiz62 ยท 1284 points ยท Posted at 18:28:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The tingling feeling you get when you are about to sneeze
Seat_Sniffer ยท 767 points ยท Posted at 18:50:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pre orgasm of your sinuses
omolicious ยท 143 points ยท Posted at 19:01:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think it's more like this
I_play_elin ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 23:14:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have a strong feeling I should not click that while at work.
TheCircleWithCorners ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:51:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'll click it for you and tell you what it's about.
Edit: Nothing NSFW here.
StoneCold-JaneAustin ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 22:30:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wasn't concerned when I saw it was purple. Mistakes were made
K_cutt08 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:25:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Risky click?
TheCircleWithCorners ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:51:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not NSFW.
LeoBattlerOfSins_X84 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:42:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some people didn't get the memo and posted real porn.
Legit_Notes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:48:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not like I wanted to sleep. http://imgur.com/uXbJUBL
TomSawyer2112_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit, thank you for bringing this into my life. This is hilarious
bloodlust93 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:56:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I need this feeling for men explained in words please!
CommanderGumball ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:18:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Risky click that leads to a subscribe? You sir have earned this upvote!
CuteThingsAndLove ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 14:13:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Risky click of the day.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:14:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Definitely like a micro orgasm.
mulduvar2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:29:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish it was like an orgasm. Then I could do it once and be over with it, but quite few days before the trees drop the bass and pollinate everything it's nothing but sneezes. Not orgasmic in the slightest, unless you're the trees
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:34:26 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was referring more to the lead up, not the actual sneeze. I dunno, maybe I'm weird.
And agreed. Allergy induced sneezing is something else entirely. Used to have horrible allergies. Don't miss it.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:43:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
HNNNNNNNNGGGGHHHCHOOOOO!
Bomberlt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:04:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And that's why I sneeze when I'm bored :D
shiguoxian ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:25:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But you just explained it.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:01:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Orgasms feel like sneezing.
Fr1dge ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:01:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or that head splitting pain when a sneeze fakes you out
periander ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:22:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wouldn't describe it as painful, but it's deeply unsatisfying.
wedontlikespaces ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:24:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And then you can't.
PrincessPeacock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:29:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or vomit.
talific ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:09:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've had this twice today without sneezing. It's driving me bonkers.
VaatiXIII ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:44:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ho. Yo. Kooloo-Limpah!
[deleted] ยท 1084 points ยท Posted at 18:34:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 302 points ยท Posted at 19:28:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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StructuralFailure ยท 451 points ยท Posted at 19:50:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Music messes with your whole brain, it certainly does more than just release hormones.
classictom ยท 76 points ยท Posted at 00:21:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter
the_fredblubby ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:07:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And a hormone.
NomThemAll ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:33:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The mitochondria is the powerhouse of thr cell
lead999x ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:07:59 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Neurotransmitters and hormones are not mutually exclusive. Serotonin for example is a hormone, neurotransmitter, and a neuromodulator.
SadGhoster87 ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 23:53:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Music messes with your brain"
-/u/StructuralFailure 2k16
newly_registered_guy ยท 51 points ยท Posted at 04:14:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Tommy was a fine young boy, a real everyday american. Then one day Tommy smoked a music. Tommy changed after that. He went off and joined a gang, where he proceeded to shoot up his school with an ISIS.
Music messes with your brain."
LaMaverice ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:38:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cue shot of frying pan
Voiceover: "This is your brain..."
Cue shot of egg being broken into and fried in frying pan
Voiceover: "This is your brain on drugs... Any questions?"
RichtersMask ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 08:42:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I got a few - so my brain on drugs is a healthy nutritious breakfast that helps my brain grow?
Well, shit, I should do some drugs.
BlissnHilltopSentry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:09:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Guess the slang 'cooked' makes sense now
GenLifeformAndDiskOS ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:33:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Music makes you lose control.
saxophonemississippi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:24:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
does lots of things. for example a bunch of people sitting down to watch an orchestra are gaining control
_Cheeki_Breeki_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:15:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think Yannis Philippakis of Foals portrays this well.
SadGhoster87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:10:42 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Found GLaDOS
foundtheclitoris ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 23:36:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dopamine isn't a hormone dude.
SadGhoster87 ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 23:53:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Friendship isn't an emotion dude.
foundtheclitoris ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:26:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
you're right
yans0ma ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:46:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
dopamine is a neurotransmitter yes, but I believe it also functions peripherally as a hormone
Nyan_Cat_Chick ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:52:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It also brings out your inner stripper ;P
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:41:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah. It probably makes some people get dopamine and serotonin and shit, but aside from that, I doubt it.
Source: have issues with dopamine levels and whathaveyou and music doesn't affect me like it does with normal peeps. It does seem more interesting when I'm on adderallโข, but then again, so does doing homework.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:48:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It releases your mom's pants from her body.
High five
...misses
GlitchIT ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:46:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your statement is fascinating and I'd like to know more.
cowzroc ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:31:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Playing music does. Listening doesn't do as much.
InsertWittyNameRHere ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:25:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Such as?
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:39:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maaaannnn let me feel deep mannnnnnn y u gotta do this brrrrooooo.
pfx7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:07:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah yes, this explains the different phases of music genres I've gone through.
Darcyoss ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:06:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Explain.
VorticalHydra ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:40:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thats explains my addiction
icarus14 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:22:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Really? Really? Do you understand what hormones are? Is music going to release a prion in your brain?
setfire3 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:57:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
so ear porns?
tiltowaitt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:11:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It would really depend on whether you're listening to music you like. As someone who doesn't like music, I can guarantee there's no dopamine involved for me.
owlsrule143 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:17:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everything ever releases dopamine. It's the most basic of basic neurotransmitters of responding to stimuli.
Cruxion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:18:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But only some music, some of it just hurts my wars, some is calming, some makes me wanna get funky.
RJrules64 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:11:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you understand what the author means, the question could be rearranged to ask 'why does listening to music release dopamine?'
TheInternetHivemind ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:29:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not in my brain (it's an actual disorder).
SeductivePillowcase ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:20:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man, I read this as music release Dolphins. I need a nap.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:41:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
is this supposed to be considered something resembling a sufficient explanation of how music makes you feel certain things?
[deleted] ยท 95 points ยท Posted at 21:27:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It induces emotion because it stimulates the part of the brain that is associated with empathy and emotional induction from listening to others speak (in terms of prosody/rhythm/tone/pitch/volume).
Thats only the beginning of a partial explanation at best but thought it might help a tiny bit
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:42:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:26:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
You've missed the point - music without vocals mimics speech is what I was saying.
Here is an example of a baby vocalizing and then being set to music. The baby isn't singing but its natural prosody and tone and rhythm is naturally musical.
Listen to everyday speech and you'll hear that there is music in it.
A lot of music is a bit like speech without words or vocals (not all music) but a lot of it.
edit: I forgot the link to the baby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTHQNhKNI5c
unique_pervert ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:52:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Have you tried trance? A lot of great non vocal amazing stuff.
man4241 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:05:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think that music mirrors exaggerated speech. You can recognize an angry or sad man by voice even if he doesn't speak the same language. His voice when angry, becomes deeper, possibly pronounced with more stress on the words, he talks quicker with emphasis. While a sad man talks quieter, slower, breathier, while stretching out the words. This can, a lot of the time, clearly be applied to music. Angry music is faster, with lower sharp sound. Music that can be interpreted as sad or lonely such as classical piano or cello have softer longer notes.
Snoochey ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:10:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I used to get reallly fucking hypey when I listened to certain songs. Like I could feel my emotions changing and excitement building. These songs no longer do it for me and I don't feel emotions as strongly in general. Would this be connected? If I found a new song that really "touched" me would I ever feel those feelings again?
ha11ey ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:58:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is generally only true for shallow songs. Sufficiently complex songs, you'll find yourself liking them more and more as you listen. It will eventually fade out though, once you are able to really wrap your brain around it.
Garthenius ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:17:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I keep chasing those feelings, it's just a different kind of high. You just need to explore music, you'll hit a jackpot every once in a while.
If you'd care to share those songs that meant a lot to you, I'd be very curious.
Snoochey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:39:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wouldn't say it meant a lot to me but it definitely effected me. One song in question is "No Love - Eminem" about half way through the second verse (Eminem's verse) he says "It's an adrenaline rush to feel the base thump" and every time I'd get to that part I'd be fucking hyped and my speed would even increase 10-15 km/h subconsciously. I used to listen to it nearly every day on my way to my bud's house after work and every day I felt like butterflies or flutters in my chest and just felt alive. Now when I hear it it's more "meh". I think it might have something to do with my happiness at the time, the fact I was driving with the window down and that car had decent bass. I miss getting that feeling.
Garthenius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:06:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Heh, Eminem's early stuff is in the "guilty pleasures" section for me (upon meeting me most people instantly assume I listen to metal). Didn't know this one, though, but I totally understand its appeal.
As for the driving thing, I dream to one day have a tricked out car and just... go nuts.
Snoochey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:26:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm guilty of being an Eminem fanboy. I'm not the kind of guy you see at parties trying to tell everyone how amazing Eminem is and name off all of his songs or sing them acapella. I've been listening to him since about year 2000 though (I was 10-11 then) and even the stuff he makes that I don't love, I still like. I definitely see where he's had his ups and downs when it comes to creativity but I feel his newest album is still just as good as his first. The song Rap God is fucking amazing. I honestly used to love the song Rain Man and I know Eminem himself hated that album.
WarlockSyno ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:45:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Overstimulation?
Snoochey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:57:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe. I dunno. Maybe it's that thing like when you're scared by loud bangs until you hear loud bangs for a while then your body stops reacting to it the same. I figured my feeling of elation would return but I've listened to the song recently that used to really get me going and got nothing out of it.
Maybe it's because I used to be high and driving with the windows down when I listened to it.
SavouryPlains ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:57:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART
That one always does it for me. Always.
Snoochey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:50:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah that's one of the good 0-100 songs haha.
saxophonemississippi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:29:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well assuming you don't have depression and just let it get worse and worse to the point where you make it hard for yourself to experience things pleasantly, it should just be a phase
adaminc ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:00:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not only that, but the anterior cingulate cortex (which deals partly with emotion and empathy) can trigger the vagus nerve which runs from your brain to your abdomen, eliciting physical effects, like a tightness in your chest when you are sad/stressed, or tingling/rippling in your skin when you hear some harrowing music.
It's not 100% known, but this is how we think it happens.
bweeeoooo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:22:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fascinating. I love this kind of stuff. Any recommendations for further reading on this topic?
MahoganyLover ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 03:05:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
major = uplifting
minor = sad
unless youre Jeff Buckley, then everything you play makes people cry
slit_that_wrist ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 00:35:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Listening to Yung Lean makes me a
s a d :( b o y
:(
eurosurveillance ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:42:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why the long face? If you don't cut it out you might end up like one of these
__stapler ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:35:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
haha long boy
heyeyeyey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:25:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Me and my GF met at quizbowl over a Yung Lean question.
slit_that_wrist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:26:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What was the question?
heyeyeyey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:25:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn. I forgot
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:46:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Music is the language of emotion. Different songs speak different tales or poems.
ADHD_Pete ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:42:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Musical Frisson.
Ruinga ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:31:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I get this shit like crazy with the right conditions. Most of the time it's a non-issue with my usual tastes, but every once in a while I find something like this and I just fucking melt from how it makes me feel. If it weren't so specific, I'd assume I had some form of synthesia.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:35:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/musictheory
/r/musicology ?
TheCommentLetterer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:30:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thatโs why Iโd love to learn about music theory!
JustAFuckedUpKid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's never too late to start!!
SavouryPlains ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:53:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not really hard, if you can already play an instrument that's not a kazoo or bass guitar
PoliticalLava ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:11:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Most likely what you relate the music to. Chaotic music is very cacophonous and this makes you feel like you are in a crowded room. This makes you more on edge and mad.
Artoast ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:55:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I listen to heavy power metal and I consider myself a pretty calm person. How does that work?
PoliticalLava ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:54:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Probably because you associated it with calmness.
arhanv ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That moment when you out on a formal dinner and they start playing dubstep
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:39:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because sound waves coming from the instruments. I go to the orchestra a fair bit, and hearing it live is fantastic because you feel the sounds of the individual instruments, rather than just hear a track from one source.
lukenog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:51:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Have you ever listened to two completely different types of music in a row and just feel like you're in emotional purgatory? A few days ago I was listening to my music on shuffle and it went from 'I Can Feel a Hot One' by Manchester Orchestra to 'Minnesota' by Lil Yachty and I actually got lightheaded from the contrast.
Keudn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:53:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
and yet others make you feel nothing, ahem shitty rap music ahem
hisagishi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:09:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel nothing when I listen to music by itself. I have tried huge amounts of genres, sub-genres, artists, etc but I still can't seem to "enjoy" music. It sort of seems like background noise to me. I enjoy music in video games if it adds to the experience say by transitioning from a happier tune to a more dramatic nerve inducing tune which does increase my tension. But I never listen to music on its own.
I don't understand why I don't enjoy music and I feel like I'm missing out. I try and I try and I still don't care about music for musics sake.
mrawesomesword ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:22:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You might be focusing on consciously enjoying music and trying too hard. Focus on what it does subconsciously, and try to analyze it some, and you could enjoy it.
DinoRaawr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:46:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are dozens of us! Don't worry about it. There are other things to do, and "I'm not really a music person" is always hilarious conversation piece
fireatx ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 07:06:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Only Moment We Were Alone - Explosions in the Sky
give it a try. if that doesn't work, i don't know what will
tapeforkbox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I heard the earth has a natural tone that is kind of like a G (from a bass?) so it kind of has to do with our natural rhythm on earth. Also music probably started with hitting things and finding a rhythm, making notes with the voice to pass time or express oneself like art, communicate in codes even. Ultimately it's the group coordination mixed with ancestral instinct to communicate now our codes are about pain love the shit that's indescribable, I imagined it grew as a sort of tribal identity, a comfort maybe but also there are battle songs / cries but the code is still there. I guess it still functions culturally like that. Some music feels like home you know?
EdMan2133 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:19:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
(Mostly conjecture but) Your brain has structure (the brain equivalent of software) to allow it to recognize harmonics off of a root tone. Harmonics show up whenever a vibrating thing (string, air column) produces noise, since the thing can resonate at any integer multiple of the base frequency. These overtones show up with various amplitudes depending on the source; they can form an aural signature for a specific person or mood.
The brain doesn't want to have to build different structures for every frequency within our range of hearing. It can reuse "code" to cut down on the space this part of your brain uses. So it divides the frequency of sound signals in the brain by 2 until they are within a much smaller range, and adds some sort of identifier to them. This is why the same "notes" from different "octaves" sound the same (but different), even though they are just different frequencies linked by some power of two.
If we take the harmonic series and start dividing it by 2 until it's in the range between 1 and 2, we see that the first two non trivial results are 3/2 and 5/4 times the root frequency. This relationship forms the major triad in music. It's the first non-trivial result from our algorithm. So your brain is looking for this simple harmony with its aural recognition software. The minor keys are derived from continuing down this line of reasoning, but they are not quite the ideal harmonic. So your brain sees them somewhat fit the pattern, but then is confused that they don't entirely do so. This confusion leads to emotional responses through some complex mechanisms that we don't understand yet, but it's not hard to get the concept. It's similar to how humor starts your brain down one path or standard theme, but then switches at the last minute. Brains seem to find that kind of thing interesting, or at least difficult to deal with. Probably because they're mostly just giant pattern recognizers.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:38:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Huh... Does music really make people feel differently depending on what the song is?
I mean I'll say there are musics that I hear and am like "neat". But I've never "cried" or "felt changed" or whatever.
Like take Bramble Blast from Donkey Kong/Smash Bros. Neat song, but I don't feel any different than if I was doing homework or something.
Likewise I don't like rap, but I still feel neutral. I guess death metal is an exception, it feels abrasive.
Munninnu ยท 763 points ยท Posted at 18:55:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We understand when a cat is pissed, but we may not be able to explain why.
GreenStrong ยท 472 points ยท Posted at 20:09:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I want to sit on your lap, purr purr, snuggle snuggle. Now I'm going to tear your eyes out with my claws, why are you in my chair anyway?
spankybottom ยท 310 points ยท Posted at 23:44:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh please, scratch my tummy.... Oh, that feels so good... Here, I'll turn a little bit for you... WHATTHEFUCKDOYOUTHINKYOUREDOINGYOUDIENOWDIEDIEDIE!
quior ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 04:43:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cats are unable to resist the instinctual urge to kill anything that might be trying to disembowel them. It is their curse.
I've got a kitty that loves belly rubs and he still kicks his feet on occasion. You have to be very light and gentle with the belly, no rough rubs like a dog.
DJDarren ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 06:55:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My cat is all about the rough belly rubs. We got him from a shelter so have no idea of his history, but I wouldn't be surprised to discover he was raised with dogs.
If you rub his belly with your feet, however, you'd better prepare to bandage those feet.
n23_ ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:36:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All 3 of our cats have never attacked us when we rub their bellies, they all like it when they are in a cuddly mood and one of them likes it all the time.
christo334 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:02:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My cat sometime like a rough rub but uts always a gamble.
Reddisaurusrekts ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:23:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm.
Source: Cat-owner.
bfandreas ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:39:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've been ambushed by my cat. The size difference was of no concern for him.
Cats are tiny tigers living in your house. Also: Cats are dicks!
Starcharter ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:34:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Soft and squishy, soft and squishy. Sharp and pointy, sharp and pointy. Soft and squishy.
BatmanIsSmartAf ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:37:01 on March 24, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You guys have asshole cats. My cat has never bit me, never scratched me (except for accidentally when playing), never hisses, etc.
kirmaster ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 00:17:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We however can explain why pretty much any cat will get into a cardboard box. Because it reduces their stress, being observed less. Though they're still attracted to boxes they don't fit in.
delmar42 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:33:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This just means that I can occasionally go on the cheap with them and provide them the wonders of the free Costco boxes! Here, kitties! Behold the new wonders procured by your human slaves!
BaylisAscaris ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 03:51:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's pissed because we're misinterpreting and anthopomorphozing its behavior which leads to us doing something the cat finds annoying, while thinking we're being nice. Or we miss cues that the cat is starting to get annoyed because it doesn't act like a human who is getting annoyed.
For example, you're petting a cat and it rolls over so you can rub its belly, then it gets pissed and bites you when you rub its belly.
What's actually happening is you're grooming the cat, and the cat likes you, so it shows you it trusts you by exposing its belly to you. Most social interaction instincts in domestic cats evolved from wild cat sexual behaviors. Showing a belly, rubbing faces, and sticking their ass in your face evolved from, "I could be down for some fucking." to "I like you, lets not fight."
Most cats interpret belly grooming as an attack or sexual assault. So your cat trusted you and you sexually harassed it. No wonder it's pissed.
Disclaimer: some cats like having their belly rubbed, and they are probably creepy perverts or trust you a lot.
itschloe_thatsme ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 06:57:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Both my cats don't mind upper tummy/side pets. They also enjoy being held on their back like babies. With the one cat, I understand how that happened. I have had him basically since he was a couple weeks old, and I always held him like that. He likes to sleep on his back anyway, so he usually just purrs really loud and rag dolls or goes to sleep when I do it.
My other cat I got in October. I took her off the street. She hated everyone and everything for a solid month. Idk how she is so chill now. I think she watched me man handling my other cat and figured if he was chill with it, it must be chill.
They are both hogging my foot room on the bed and my male cat is snoing and grunting in his dreams. Lil baby girl cat has all four limbs wrapped around him and is laying atop his belly.
976692e3005e1a7cfc41 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 10:25:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My cat has been down for fucking this whole time? Be right back.
Butcock ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:31:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
yeah me too
976692e3005e1a7cfc41 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 15:40:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Huh? Well okay, after I'm done with my cat I'll give you some too.
Epoo ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:33:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My girlfriend and I went to our local pet store to pick up some food for our cat. This place has cats and kittens to can adopt and my brothers high school friend just started working there. He was holding this beautiful orange kitten named Maya and when you held the kitten in your arms, she would stretch out and let you run its tummy. It just purred and purred. If you stopped it would try and grab your hand and guide it to her tummy. I wanted to trade my cat for it but I love my little black demon, even if he makes my hands look like I work as a blacksmith.
ReadingRainbowSix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:33:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So should you try petting it's chest or continue to try and touch it's head instead?
delmar42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:36:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This probably explains why three of my cats like belly rubs, but one doesn't. The exception is my female kitty who we rescued off the street. The vet seemed to think she hadn't been "violated" yet, but I'm sure the kitty still had to learn some survival skills and not expose her tummy. She's getting better with us, but will still go from "I love you" to "I now want to bite the hell out of you". We named her Ming, after Ming the Merciless...
JessicaCelone ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 23:35:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
The cat's pissed because he's an asshole, like all cats. Next question.
jcskarambit ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 23:48:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The only logical answer.
BNSable ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:25:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you ever want payback, stroke your cat when it tries to hunt
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:59:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Christ alive, am I the only person who has never had an aggressive cat?
workaway5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:14:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was wondering the same thing. My cat likes belly rubs and likes being held like a baby. Never attacked me or anything. Only times I've even been scratched are when she plays too hard when her claws are sharp.
seeking_hope ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:14:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the feline version of this
SatansLittleHelper84 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:20:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You took a ruthless predator and locked it up in your house, now it's pissed. Explained.
CalmBeneathCastles ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:25:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Explain why we understand, or why kitty is angry? Ears back, tail swishing rapidly, look of murder in the eyes is a good indication of "angry". As for catalysts, were you breathing in his airspace? Didn't feed the Duchess on time? Is it Wednesday?!
Myredditusernam ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:27:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can say the same about the misses
3jt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:35:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because it's a cat.
arclathe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:56:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because you touched his belly for 1 second too long.
mastapetz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:48:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As males, this also applies to women
Dylinquency ยท 1482 points ยท Posted at 18:33:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What tickling feels like.
alextoria ยท 1829 points ยท Posted at 18:48:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
HORRENDOUS
theKrevFox ยท 3888 points ยท Posted at 19:09:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Basically laugh rape.
[deleted] ยท 744 points ยท Posted at 19:17:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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KangaSalesman ยท 445 points ยท Posted at 20:43:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's up there with "struggle snuggle".
Mike-Oxenfire ยท 399 points ยท Posted at 22:46:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ok that's just plain rape now.
ImASexyBau5 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 22:57:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, it's snuggling.
[deleted] ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 01:05:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
While struggling.
liam06xy ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:40:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
and rapeing
SaturdayMorningSwarm ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:55:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah man. Between consenting adults nothing beats a strugglesnuggle.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:28:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not really. If the person is someone you like but you're just irritated or wanting to act uninterested, and they're nuzzling you, you're just struggle snuggling.
SupriseGinger ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:27:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No you are thinking of a snuggle with a struggle. The difference is very nuanced.
Tobias_durden ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:00:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh you mean "peepee friction forced fun time"?
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:18:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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SheeEttin ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:01:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/strugglefucking
vaughnny ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:38:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/ofcoursethatsathing
A_Wizzerd ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:57:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Forcey fun time"
orionsbelt05 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:18:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or "forcey fun time."
sneakacat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:43:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes! Tickling is extremely painful to me, and there have been a couple of times that someone tickled me and didn't stop when I pleaded. I was really upset after, but I came out looking like the asshole for not enjoying it.
anonmymouse ยท 165 points ยท Posted at 21:01:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, but you did laugh though, so you must have enjoyed it right?
BadgersForChange ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 05:12:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If it's a legitimate tickle the body has a way to shut that whole thing down.
Lord_Rapunzel ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:54:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, by making me unable to breathe so I asphyxiate and pass out. Whole thing shut down.
JungleMidget ยท 50 points ยท Posted at 01:27:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck you, nothing infuriates me more
tonttuvain ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:43:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's annoying, but having your face laugh and smile makes you feel better. If you feel really sad or annoyed, forcibly keeping your face smiling can help. This is often used on young chidren when they are crying about something relatively stupid, tell them a joke or do something funny and the crying easily turns into laughter.
cowzroc ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 07:29:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Really? How about TRUMP
YcantweBfrients ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 23:31:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
HAHAHAHA NO SRSLY FUCK OFF HAHAI'LL FKN STAB YOU HAHAHAHA
seeking_hope ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 02:11:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Such mixed signals. How would anyone know what you really meant.
FALLasl33p ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:00:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Look at that mouth
Look at how it's smiling
Look at the way it's laughing
They wanted it
Tickle them more, they're totally asking for it mate
"Nooo but your honour they were so into it, it wasn't (tickle) rape"
seeking_hope ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:38:11 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Reading that sounds so sickenly creepy. Like really got to me in a weird way. My own trauma I guess after hearing this similar thing in court except it was rape and not tickling.
On a happier (?) note we used this before to teach kids about good touch, bad touch and you can say no. I think I wrote about this before. But a kiddo I knew (age 5) said stop when being tickled and we told him ok we will stop, it's your body, it's your choice. It worked great until it was over generalized and he screamed at his sister that he didn't want to play whatever it was saying "You can't make me. It's my body, it's my choice!" I'll count it as a win.
FALLasl33p ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:11:05 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mhm
I'm not having any of that rape culture bullshit
That's really cool that little kids are learning about boundaries and the "good touch/bad touch" thing you mentioned ~
Aha but they're smarter than we give them credit for ;p;
seeking_hope ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:24:56 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What I didn't add was this was shortly after a teacher at their school was found having 4 terabytes of child porn and homeland security got involved asking parents for pictures of kids to cross reference to see if any were kids from the school.
Not sure if by bullshit you are saying that I'm being sensitive or the system sucks. I don't necessarily care what you think of me. I know my experience and it sounded very familiar to what you wrote.
Edit: I do know what you wrote was joking around and I'm not intending to call you out for anything at all. The thread was amusing to some degree. Satire is very real at times.
FALLasl33p ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:25:55 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nono I was referring to what I was parodying:
Rape culture
I wasn't trying to insult you or your experience in any way
I would never call someone overly sensitive XD I'd be a massive hypocrite if I did that... and I'm not trying to say anything about the system. But you're right that satire can be real and I'm really sorry if I offended you.
seeking_hope ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:35:43 on March 24, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You didn't at all. I just couldn't figure out what the comment to rape culture was. Internet is hard to read strangers. :) All is well.. At least in regards to this.
FALLasl33p ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:24:02 on March 24, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
โฅ awesome
Epicurus1 ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 23:18:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The defence rests your honour.
SaturdayMorningSwarm ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:56:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit that's a brilliant analogy.
RufusLoacker ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:37:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I fucking CRY when I'm tickled. A loud, teary, sincere cry. And I'm 24. Not funny.
gaylordqueen69 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:22:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's a pretty dark comment
zephyrIT ยท 252 points ยท Posted at 19:18:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty much.
If someone tickles me, I consider it the same as them hitting me and they will be hit back.
PM_ME_UR_ILLUMINATI ยท 222 points ยท Posted at 21:09:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, are you going to tickle them back, or hit them? If someone hits you, do you tickle them back?
Sturgeon_Genital ยท 209 points ยท Posted at 23:10:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never would have thought gangs would be tickling each other
blood___orphans ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 01:27:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fluffy fingers.
Guennor ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:16:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Watched this episode a few days ago!
OnceIWasAfraid ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:39:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's called fluffy fingers. I promise it's real, my black friend told me all about it
megkosman ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:54:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In the gang world, we use something called fluffy fingers
TheCarpetIsGreener ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:53:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yup. Then they go for ice cream and go to church together.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:00:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mom- "what happened to ya, son?!"
Son- "it was those guys again. Those same guys from last week."
Mom- (wailing) "Not another drive-by ticklin'!"
SadGhoster87 ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 23:51:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/nocontext
IrisGoddamnIllych ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:37:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i have this condition where laughing too long makes me lose a lot of strength/muscle tone in my arms
i wish i could hit back
FALLasl33p ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:46:29 on March 25, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I noticed in the past that when I was laughing a lot/continuously my hands just went all floppy and weird and I couldn't write properly (because it usually happened in class)
It's not exactly what you mentioned but I supposed it's losing strength in my hands?
Idk why it happened but it was annoying ~ it seems to have worn off or at least calmed down nowadays.
IrisGoddamnIllych ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:43:38 on March 25, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
in my case, it's this dumb condition called cataplexy, so maybe talk to your doctor?
FALLasl33p ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:04:40 on March 25, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mm probably
It was pretty mild ~ I doubt it's anything that bad especially since it wore off a while ago
But my dad's a doctor... never hurts to check
<3 good luck with your condition :/
SmartAlec105 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:46:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tickling is actually very close to pain but the brain interprets it weirdly. People's most ticklish spots are usually their most vulnerable body parts like their soft belly.
Kyddeath ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:32:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the same feeling as having bugs crawl over you. On my phone or I would try to find the study
its_alaska ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:12:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
EXACTLY. My family knows I hate being tickled and always end up getting violent. Despite this, a few years ago my little brother was trying to tickle me nonstop. I was getting so anxious that I straight up just landed the biggest hardest kick right into his chest. Then ran away. I got in so much trouble.
zephyrIT ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:49:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
YOU got in trouble? That's ridiculous.
PrincessPeacock ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:27:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
... Unless someone actually asks to be tickled. It happens. Just sayin'.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 21:36:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'd better see a signed and notarized tickling consent form, chief
definitelynotaliar ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:13:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking hate it when someone does it. Look, I know I'm uncontrollably laughing on the outside, but I'm hoping you get hit by a bus on the inside. Ugggghh
weneedaweedeater ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 21:07:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I predict this day of March 21, 2016, that someone on Tumblr will unironically and in all seriousness and expectation of being taken seriously, use this term. It will spiral out of control with a small bit of Tumblr and there will be a small coalition of weirdos with social problems who demand laws to end all Laugh Rape in the US. Someone come find me when it happens.
CaelestisInteritum ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 00:05:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, if that law means people will stop tickling me, I have no problem with this.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:26:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Most accurate description I've ever heard
kpmeowww ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:00:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just laughed way too hard at that and I'm not sure how to feel about it.
raiskream ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:40:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's actually your body reacting in fear to a foreign object touching them...so ya, laugh rape
drdeadringer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:24:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now a Tom Cruise movie.
Sweguin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:01:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In first grade I got in trouble for being tickled, apparently it was "disrespectful" to laugh in the hallway, and it made the teacher look bad or something. You're teaching the lowest grade in the school people probably didn't think highly of you to begin with
That_Brazilian_Guy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:06 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TIL I have a rape fetish as both victim and rapist!
pks_moorthy ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:17:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TRIGGERED
TooBadFucker ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:26:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/nocontext
relspace ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:37:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But you're smiling, and laughing, you must like it ;)
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:47:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I remember the last time I was tickled by someone as a kid. Dad was tickling my feet. I flailed and kicked him right in the face. And he gave me one of those "That really hurt, you little fucker!" looks that people get when you've hurt them. And he never tickled me again.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:58:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same thing happened to me.. My dad was tickling my armpits and I was so furious that I slapped him in the face. I'd be interested if there's any psychological studies on tickling and how certain people are more or less affected by it. My GF tickles all the time and I absolutely despise it.
Colopty ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 23:35:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Teach yourself how to not be ticklish. It always makes people feel awkward when they try and your only reaction is a condescending look of annoyance.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:22:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How do you teach yourself? It's a big problem of mine but I really don't know how to control it.
Colopty ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:41:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So the first thing you'll need is to get a person you trust that you can practice with. Or take the opportunity of some asshole tickling you as a practice lesson. Just realize that yes, you need to be tickled for this and it's going to be hell in the beginning but if you put your focus into it you should be able to get some progress done rather quickly.
Alright, so you've found someone to tickle you, what now? The next thing you'll want to do is to start breathing in and out at a steady pace while focusing on your breathing. Once you've got this down your reaction to being tickled should have gone from breaking into an uncontrollable mess to being stiff as a board, probably feeling slightly stressed and breathing a bit heavily. Which isn't where we want to stop but you are now more in control of your reaction than earlier, which is good.
So once you've got this part covered, the next step would be that, while doing the breathing, to do your best at thinking of kittens and puppies or other pleasant things. Or maybe try to find a solution to something that has been bothering you lately. Just do your best to remove your mind from the situation completely. As you continue to do this your body should get used to breathing during tickling and you'll adapt a normal breathing pattern to this rather quickly once it learns to control itself during this situation. Once that happens you're more or less used to tickling as just some background activity that doesn't bother you and you can stop thinking of things to distract yourself. Tada you are now at the stage where you can look annoyed in a condescending way at whoever is tickling you. This is a skill that will last you throughout your life so it's really worth learning.
biopticstream ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 22:06:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a more pleasant form of suffocation.
wanawanka ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:07:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If pleasure is a person singing a pretty song into a microphone, then tickling is some dipshit taking the mic and shoving it up to the speaker to make horrible feedback that may never stop.
corchin ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 20:02:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like it and i hate at the same time
iBleeedorange ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 19:12:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Losing control
FALLasl33p ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:54:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
In my experience because it differs for everyone, being tickled is something that feels "good"ish but also terrible terrible terrible at the same time? I'm ticklish and it's annoying because those fingers touching you all over and irritating the surface of your skin (like a million little itches you can't scratch, except they're quick and everywhere and annoying as hell) which is jolting and uncomfortable and makes you feel squirmy, but you're laughing* uncontrollably and laughing forces you to smile and kinda subconsciously makes you feel good, so by the time I've caught my breath and the trashbag has stopped tickling me I'm simultaneously happy and super pissed off and tingly (not the right word but idk what else to use, 'prickly' I suppose?).
*I'm actually not sure if it's legitimate laughter that happens when you're tickled or some kind of limited breathing thing because your body is being attacked idk
All I know is I can't breathe when I'm tickled and it's extremely like laughter and I'm smiling unconsciously and my mouth is open even though I'm incredibly annoyed at the time ~
Scrotesmegotes ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 21:41:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Light, yet sharp.
NotJoeFromTheCIA ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:10:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But it's not funny
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:38:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It is like going on post orgasm.
CrazyKirby97 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:48:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If sensation were all on a spectrum, tickling is between an itch and mild pain.
Adsy101 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:08:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Feels like an unpredictable sensation, thats why you can't tickle yourself (because you know where you're going to tickle next and so your brain doesn't need to generate a 'surprise' response)
Ppleater ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:48:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like large dull-footed bugs trying to burrow through your ribs.
nerraw92 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:39:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"If someone asks if you are ticklish it doesn't matter if you say yes or no...you are to be touched."
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 01:45:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:23:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
bullshit science right there
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 23:25:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It feels like a knee to the face. I'm the most ticklish person in the world, no homo.
puppykinghenrik ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:41:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not ticklish, I honestly don't know
GuiltyRaisin ยท 1958 points ยท Posted at 23:21:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you're a kid in a car and there's this ninja running along the side of the road following you. He's jumping from object to object because he can't touch the ground.
Or that your car has like imaginary blades attached to the wheels and they cut everything they pass.
GabrielsTrumpet ยท 549 points ยท Posted at 01:18:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And then your head starts to hurt because you can't stop cutting everything with the wiper blades but you'd really like to think about something else.
Tatsko ยท 69 points ยท Posted at 05:03:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The one I do is counting my steps per cement square when I'm walking somewhere. I do it to keep my mind busy at first, but then I'm consciously begging myself to stop as I keep counting it out.
BlissnHilltopSentry ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:33:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you possibly have some form of OCD?
beetgreens ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 09:40:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do this too, and I always get frustrated that the length of the square and the length of my stride don't line up, so the amount of steps is never even. I do alter my stride length and end up taking irregular little steps occasionally to make the numbers work. I assume I look really silly doing little skips, but it's too annoying NOT to.
I started writing this to tell you that I do it too and don't have OCD... but I'm less sure after explaining it.
BlissnHilltopSentry ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:49:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's just I had really bad OCD as a kid, and that seems like how I feel sometimes now that I'm mostly oved it. You feel obsessive compulsions to do something, often something repetetive, the disorder part comes in when it is negatively affecting your quality of life.
beetgreens ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:00:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My compulsions are generally minor like the step thing, or having to move a limb a certain number of times to 'balance' it. It never affects my life negatively so I guess it's not disordered behaviour.
Do many/most people feel compulsions like that? Is there a spectrum?
BlissnHilltopSentry ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:48:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly there's probably a spectrum with every mental condition. Even with people who are diagnosed there is a spectrum, some will feel as if the world will end if they don't flick the light switch 22 times every morning, some will just feel super uncomfortable and put off by not doing random compulsions, enough to really affect them.
Another big thing with OCD is intrusive thoughts, even though the compulsions were only really big when I was a kid, I've had to deal with bouts of massive amounts of intrusive thoughts. A normal person might have an intrusive thoughts ever now and then and just brush it off, but I had to deal with them constantly berrating me, and having to constantly convince myself that they aren't my real thoughts to stay sane.
charlietheturkey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:31:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had never heard of someone else doing this, but I absolutely get those "compulsions" all the time
Tatsko ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:36:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I dunno, it's possible. If so it's minor - little things like the step counting, fairly common inconsequential intrusive thoughts, and having a strange obsession with collecting every item in video games are the only "symptoms" I can come up with off the top of my head.
Oh, and regarding the video game one since it sounds pretty normal without context - we're talking, for example, Dark Souls. I'll be playing a hammer-only character and I'll go wayyy out of my way to get a shitty dagger that I've already got 30 of across my other characters because it feels wrong not to - I just get a nagging feeling in the back of my mind if I don't. I hate it because it makes the game so slow at a point where I should be able to just blaze through it but I just can't not do it.
Deputy_McNuggets ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:53:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuuuck I do this then I have to try and force myself to think about other things so I feel like I've lost track and fucked it up anyway so I may as well not do it
Dominus_Anulorum ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 02:48:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do the same thing. This is so weird.
chilly-wonka ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:35:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is probably what it's like to learn to control a superpower shortly after discovering you have it
justinrollinghere ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:54:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
coopstar777 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:18:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think of that scene in x-men origins (?) where Cyclops is in the school and he takes off his sunglasses and just cuts the school in half
Flamzypants ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:05:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The game I played is moving your head so that they don't cut anything.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:05:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thought I was the only one that did this. Mine was if you blinked it temporarily stopped the blades from cutting. And the blades would get damaged from cutting metal so you had to blink at signs or streetlights. It's annoying now because I look out the window and essentially bat my eyes unintentionally as a reflex from when I was little
Orut-9 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:30:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ooh the only time my mind gets stuck like that is when I think of something spinning and I try to stop it. I can make it spin the other way just fine but I have to put a surprisingly large amount of effort behind slowing it down and stopping it...
TyroneTheWhiteWIzard ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:07:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god this is my fucking childhood I thought I was the only one
I_Am_Disagreeing ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:25:10 on March 25, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why do we experience this
OkArmordillo ยท 99 points ยท Posted at 01:32:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Other people did the first one?
EDIT: I did it too, I was surprised other people did it.
PhilMegroin ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 09:05:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always pictured Sonic the Hedgehog
darkspine509 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:30:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And I thought I was the only one who did that
monstrinhotron ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:26:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Werewolf on a skateboard or later on when my imagination got a little more original, humanoid ant like alien/cyborg thing of my own design. When i'm bored I still work on improving his design 25 years later.
Morpheusthequiet ยท 456 points ยท Posted at 23:50:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought i was the only one. Huh.
Dooglase ยท 77 points ยท Posted at 02:34:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I imagined a guy on a four wheeler making sick jumps off of other cars.
patrickinthebutt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:17:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WTF I DID TOO. Today is a good day
BlueNemo3 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:32:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey guy, your gonna love this
r/highwayfightsquad
Account_Banned ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 02:45:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine was a skateboard with my fingers doing all kinds of crazy shit. A lot of THPS when I was a kid.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:55:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are you me?
CptSmackThat ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 04:37:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But do you all retract the blades when you think things can't or shouldn't be cut like the legs of bridges?
TheDarqueSide ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:10:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Usually I laugh.
Jelway723 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:14:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
no, all must be destroyed
Jelway723 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:14:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
no, all must be destroyed
PhilKlaatu ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 01:52:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WE ARE DOZEN!
BlUeSapia ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:36:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WE ARE LEGION
fubarecognition ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:59:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Me too. Huh.
You are just an ordinary boy....
Xcodist ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:20:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same. Kinda makes you wonder if no one talks about it how does everyone do it. Or at least of a variation of it.
VassilZaitsev ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:01:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I used to click my teeth together whenever the ninja had to jump between telephone lines and whatnot.
martashirt ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:28:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No seriously I'd do this but with the power lines ! My family used to take a lot of trips from Chicago to florida when I was a kid, and when my gameboy died that was my entertainment,
KoalaThoughts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:05:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes!! Powerlines were the best ones.
Epoo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:25:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do something similar but way more complex. I want to share it with the world but it takes too long to explain and I don't even know if I could explain it properly without showing people what I do with my fingers and toes.
PMmeforsocialANXhelp ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:33:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Me too wtf there are others?
Dbash56 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:28:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine was a Jedi and a Sith duking it out
TemptationTV ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:05:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Trust me, while the Internet exists, you're not the only one source: i stole this quote
VanFailin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:20:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And then the first time somebody catches you when you thought you were alone, putting words to your imagination as you invent a game of which you are the world champion, and later mocks you in front of your friends, and you can practically witness the death of your childhood.
Spectacularity ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:36:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're never the only one.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:34:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn, missed my chance at the free karma grab. Hopefully no one said anything about "my guy was sonic/Mario" yet.
Moonmask999 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:06:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same! I guess not XD
Sirfungus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:19:52 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine was always a spaceship trying to avoid crashing
Scherzkeks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:30:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Quickly! Bring forth the half golden amulet from your around your neck and link it with his!
Merakos1 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:28:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You are never the only one. There is not a thought or an action that you've ever done that somebody else hasn't already.
PoppetRock ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 02:25:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had this! It started as a chestnut horse, then the horse was joined by a black wolf and a peregrine falcon. They ran alongside the road and I picked the best sections of the ground for the horse and wolf to run on. The falcon sat on the horse's withers at stop lights. _^
MirorBCipher ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:58:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's adorable.
bruhddit ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 03:32:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WHAT THE FUCK I SWORE I WAS THE ONLY ONE
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 04:13:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bud im freaking out about this. That was so specific and accurate. I need to tell somebody.
FALLasl33p ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:10:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
HEY ALL YOU PEOPLE
HEY ALL YOU PEOPLE
HEY ALL YOU PEOPLE WON'T YOU LISTEN TO MEEEE
princessdecoupage ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:22:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine was imagining myself running along the power lines, or being attached to the back of the car on roller skates.
CappnKrunk ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:26:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always picked a dirt spot on the windshield and pretended it was crosshairs for the on board weapon system, while the window/lock switches were guns and missiles. My dad was almost always annoyed on car trips.
ZuperCreeper ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 01:44:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I still do this to this day. For me there is a special marker at the start and end of the snow banks in between driveways, and a laser is attached to the front and back wheels. The back wheel laser had to hit the marker at the start of the snow bank, and the front wheel laser has to hit the marker at the end of the snow bank.
brildenlanch ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:52:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I did that with the dashes in the road. Man. This is so strange.
WiFiForeheadWrinkles ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:37:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me, it was always Spider-Man swinging from lampost to lampost alongside the car.
Bilingualbisexual ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:59:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Batman for me, but yeah. Totally a thing. I thought I was the only one!
BFF_With_Nick_Cage ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:14:11 on March 24, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Omg spider man all the way yes!
Dismausernamesonn ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:02:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're freaking me out. I did both of these things when I was a kid.
Piddly_Penguin_Army ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:34:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like an idiot because I can't for the life of me figure out what this is talking about.
Shawwnzy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:16:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, if you missed doing that as a kid you'll have to play the game now. Next time your riding in a car or bus, look out the window and imagine a ninja or Spiderman, or a skateboarder jumping from object to object without touching the ground, great way to entertain yourself on a drive.
I guess now a days with have mobile data and smartphones, that's probably the only reason I no longer so that.
Mikal_Scott ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:29:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow...I forgot about that ninja!
killermarsupial ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:04:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god
40Percent_Dolomite ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:56:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had a skateboarder instead of a ninja, doing tricks along everything and jumping to not touch the ground. I may have played too much Tony Hawk as a child.
damien665 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:24:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or skateboards. Or dirt bikes/bmx bikes.
GalacticArachnids ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:41:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing cooler than tre flippin semi trucks goin 60
miss0tique ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:58:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine was always a bunny trying to catch up with me jumping over mailboxes, or the hand from Adams Family.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:54:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had lazers that blew up cars. Or, really, just hit cars. Controlled by a switch directly under my toes. I made myself stop doing it when I was 10 because I was afraid ot would make me a bad driver when I grew up.
a_little_too_late ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:10:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your comment made me realise that I did this as a kid. REPRESSED MEMORY
Geawiel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:28:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me it was riding an ATV or controlling a radio controlled truck.
Miather ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:10:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine was a forest fairy/elf.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I used to day dream that my barbie was jumping from street sign, to buildings, to whatever else we passed as we drove. I guess with all of the people on Earth I shouldn't be surprised that I wasn't the only kid who did that, but... it was such an odd thing to do. I thought it was just me.
Good to know I wasn't the only weirdo, I guess. Haha.
tyrfreja ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:22:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine was always a horse running along the line made where grass meets pavement. I could stare and follow that for long periods of time during car rides. The blades were always standing on top the car curing down power lines. Very similar though. I thought I was alone in this!
musthavesoundeffects ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:37:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its because you played side scrolling video games where falling to the bottom of the screen killed you.
ConfusingDalek ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:37:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me, the ninja had sideways gravity, and he was trying to avoid falling into the abyss.
Rockemsockemrobots ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:42:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god... my childhood. Sometimes in class I used to pretend I had lightsabers coming out of my feet and imagine they were 20 feet long and slice through everything.
MDWoolls ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:46:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine wasn't a ninja it was Spiderman.
johnnybravo1014 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never had this as a kid until I played Tony Hawk Pro Skater for the first time and to this day it's a dude doing a constant skateboard grind along the tops of fences, phone wires, etc.
GallopingGorilla ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:56:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So every kid does this?
MyAnklesAreRingaDing ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:58:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me it's running/dancing on cars, signs, barricades, etc. Oddly enough I was just wondering about this the other day. Logically, I knew I couldn't be the only one but I didn't want to ask.
foxmom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:01:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Does everyone do this?! I had a foal who would gallop alongside the car. I just learned my husband's was a racecar. LOL
Pinwheel_lace95 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow. I did that all the time when I was a kid, except I imagined it was a fox for some reason. Every car ride was another adventure. Then one day I tried to imagine it, and I just....couldn't. It actually made me sad.
Snoochey ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are you me?
edit: I also used to "see" a dirtbike driving along beside us on the highway and doing sick jumps using the hills and ditches.
Fuckyoursilverware ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I pretended everyone was racing and we would lap people by passing them, but not have to worry of a person passing us because we were so far ahead (always in first place of course) that we lapped everyone multiple times.
xamhu9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The ninja thing is freaky to me. Almost everyone remembers that.
Ansoros ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would imagine my two fingers (index and middle) were the legs of a ninja and would walk them around and do tricks, obviously with appropriate sound effects.
hot_exhaust ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
100% did this. Except weird lawn mower that magically missed lampposts.
SuperMaxPower ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:44:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me it was Sonic running along, grinding on the railing,etc.
ChrisChrisWTF ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:00:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Me too!
Sandy_Emm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:44:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always imagined the car was racing with the solid yellow line and that the yellow line was somehow always cheating. The mind of a child is weird.
SammieB1981 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:51:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have never known anyone else who did this! I still have imaginary blades on my minivan tires, and occasionally see the leprechaun jumping down the road.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:59:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or that there's an F-15 flying above the car and he's blowing up every building as your pass it. Today's kids probably don't see the plane because it's a drone.
monsterlife17 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:02:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nice!! Mine was a guy on a dirtbike. Thanks Jeremy McGrath.
tiltowaitt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:12:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And you're controlling his movements with your tongue against the roof of your mouth, right? Right?!
Kougeru ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:15:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought I was the only one. The internet is ruining my childhood.I thought I was unique.
Zanzabushino ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:21:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is more common than I think anyone of us has realized.... I think we're all the same person...
rlbond86 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:25:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit I always pretended it was Super Mario jumping from thing to thing
wutimahdjsj888 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:29:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I miss you MetalMan! He was kinda like Iron Man and Blue Beetle mixed, but way cooler and could kick eithers ass.
HerculesIncluded ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:49:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also, why several people imagine the blades attached to the sides of the car, without communicating about it to each other.
Jtown984 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:51:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh I really like these games. My version that I play is that the car wheels go up and down like hydraulics when passing either a drop curb (driveway) or in between the white dashes in the road.
scrampin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:53:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
well you win this thread
CommanderGumball ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:12:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I... Wha... Thafuq... Are... Are you a wizard?
lizzerc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:22:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Instead of a ninja, I would imagine Kim Possible...I don't really know why.
Residentdissonant ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:46:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always imagined Link from the legend of Zelda. Zelda 2 specifically. Odd.
analanchovies ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:23:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine was a giant worm speed crawling along the yard drain ditch things next to the road and eating through under driveways to make the drainage tunnels.
RooftopHoodlum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:26:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me it was a glowing silhouette of a guy on a skateboard, doing tricks over stuff.
Palawin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:29:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hahaha what, describe more of my childhood please!
robophile-ta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:33:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine was a dragon weaving through the obstacles on the side of the road.
IAMA_RocketSurgeon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:33:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I used to think that the car I was in was stationary and just spinning the world around under the wheels
guitarguy109 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:46:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine is a laser beam that emanates from my finger tips. I try to destroy as many mail boxes, power poles, and various objects as possible while avoiding dogs and pedestrians.
karleenamarx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:54:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine was a giant wolf darting alongside the car.
bloodlust93 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:57:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have a track runner typically. Or a skateboarder. And always slide on the rails and jump over driveway entrances
XSymmetryX ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:14:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Alright I knew the first one was common but this is the first time I've ever heard someone else mention the second one aloud. We're all so similar haha
Weep2D2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:35:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My guy had an interchangeable skateboard~rollerblade~hanglider~springs on his shoes thingy.. haha..
MuttyMo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:55:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Weird. I had blades projecting from my fingertips that cut everything down.
spark29 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:03:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
OMG! Does every kid do that?
moose2332 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:08:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had the same thing except the ninja was a skateboarder which is weird because I never skateboarded and neither did most of my friends.
UndeadBread ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:26:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My guy was usually on a skateboard. Never did the second one, but I did use my hand as Pac-Man to eat everything as we drove by. Then when I got to start sitting in the front seat, I would pretend that our car was jumping from shadow to shadow.
xtxylophone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:30:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had this and then moved into dodging shadows on the ground, thinking about which wheels to lift at what time to go over that signs shadow
BlissnHilltopSentry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:34:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just used the marks on the window and moved it around with my eyes.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:35:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine was Mario/Sonic/shinobi 3 return of the ninja master.
TheJambrew ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:42:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Get out of my head. GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
SSJRanulf ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:46:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy fuck. There is another.
mus_maximus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:01:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And then you pass by the tall skyscrapers and the missiles strike, blowing out those clean glass windows, causing one building to topple into another like the grimmest possible set of dominoes.
tonttuvain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:02:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or that you lose if your car "sees" another car, but the white/yellow lines block the sight, and the sight going all around, so basically you can't be able to draw a line that touches another car from your car without going over anything that blocks it.
claytonomore ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:13:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always imagined a guy on a skateboard jumping off of things and grinding the sidewalks and fences. That dude nailed that jump across the street every time.
AnthraxAndFriends ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:24:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or how the ends of your side view mirrors have an invisible laser that point upwards shaving overgrown trees shadowing the roads.
Only_A_Username ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:44:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was something akin to the eye-hand monster from Pan's Labyrinth for me.
Jakesnod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:45:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me it was always a skateboard
Jelway723 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:13:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
instead of a ninja i always thought of a skateboarder doing wicked awesome moves
jackerman90 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:17:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine was always a BMX motorcycle driving through the ditch and hitting ramps.
joshit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:22:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was always followed by Spider-Man
Leftrightback ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:44:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always wanted to be able to skate but i never could, so that ninja was always a guy skating and jumping from object to object doing kickflips and shit.
arclathe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:58:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I did not have a ninja, I had some other creature of which I can't even begin to explain, but it ran fast and jumped high, also blades came out of its feet for grippage.
eton975 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:02:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kinda not related, but that my shadow on the pavement was a double staring back at me.
SetOfAllSubsets ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:07:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a canadian, for me it was a snowboarder
DeathByPain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:27:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a kid, when riding in the car at night, I'd blink my eyes and it would look like all the streetlights and car head/taillights are shooting laser beams. So I'd blink my eyes a bunch and pretend I'm shooting everything with lasers.
Designated_Decoy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:37:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are you me!? Except, sometimes the blades only cut down man made things and left all natural things alone. Then, sometimes, the blades had bags attached to them like a grass hopper on a lawnmower that picked up all the trash.
tigerjess ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:47:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm 27 and I still have imaginary blades cutting everything I pass on most modes of transport...
oblisker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:53:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I pictured a dirt bike doing flips and shit as he jumped from ditch to ditch.
Cakepufft ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:57:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I also tried to make as good graphics as possible in my brain.
Chronobreak_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:22:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like everyone else, I thought I was the only one who did this
Springheeljac ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:13:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mine was always Sonic, because he could keep up with the car.
zanderkerbal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:19:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was always me on a hoverboard alongside the car, or my laser vision cutting the stuff I looked at.
pescador7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:02:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It blew my mind when I learned other people also imagined the running guy.
ShadowlandsProd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:08:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought I was the only person who did this as a kid.
orionsbelt05 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:16:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't understand why people do this. I really really cannot relate at all. It's just a strange, foreign thing to me. It was clearly Sonic the Hedgehog running alongside the car, not a ninja.
Assassin4571 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:46:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I did the ninja thing all the time, except it was Spider-Man
icanbuyafez ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:23:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me it was a Peter Pan type character, flying outside the window. I thought I was the only one.
KoalaThoughts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:03:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit. I didn't realize other people did this. I don't think I've ever told anyone I did this... Still do sometimes if I'm not driving.
B1g-Boss45 ยท 689 points ยท Posted at 00:11:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Guys nodding upwards to guys they know / are friends with and nodding downwards to guys they don't know / don't know well. I'm not sure why we do it, but everyone does.
[deleted] ยท 620 points ยท Posted at 02:08:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Biggoronz ยท 302 points ยท Posted at 05:04:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ok, Dwight.
Whatsgoodthoson ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 12:22:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're joking, but his comment is 100% correct and has been scientifically proven.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 12:36:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How do you scientifically prove that 100%? I'm not saying you are wrong, just asking
Springheeljac ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 14:16:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Social "sciences".
Biggoronz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:16:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
lol I know, I just couldn't resist.
faiUjexifu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:26:27 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Link? How would you proove that?
AdilB101 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 13:29:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
IDENTITY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE, JIM!
iamyourcheese ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:09:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
MICHAEL!
CrowdyFowl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:43:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's actually it though.
Biggoronz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:17:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ok, Angela.
B1g-Boss45 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 03:08:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Huh. TIL. I can't recall when I picked this up.
TheGodofFrowning ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 04:39:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Something interesting along these lines: other people notice when you do this, and so does your body. When you do manually force your body to take actions that expose vulnerable parts of your body such as the insides of your wrists or your neck, not only do others think you are more confident, but your own body starts to reduce anxiety and make you legitimately feel more confident.
:(
Pinwheel_lace95 ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 05:09:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Which is why I greet everyone spread eagle
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 05:13:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/enlightenedbirdmen
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:52:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Caaawwww you mudmen are so stupid we sssskkreeeee don't do that cawwwww
CaptHayes ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 08:36:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ever notice how cocky/overconfident movie villains always cock their heads to the side? It exposes the neck, and subtly shows that they don't see you as any sort of threat.
almightySapling ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:58:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But isn't the nod up thing a fairly recent cultural phenomenon? Like last 30 years? Or am I just way off?
IAmTheGingerWolf ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:16:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think it's one of those things that we subconsciously pick up, but still somehow know the meaning to without ever being told.
BigBroHo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:59:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I nod down to everybody
pfx7 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:10:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You got no friends, bro?
PanSowa ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:34:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm the same, I newer nodded up to anybody, when I try this motion right now it feels eerie, damn...
Tis_be_thine_upvote ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:12:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And if you do the nod up to somebody you don't know then it's like a sign of disrespect, like, "I have no problem exposing a vulnerable part of my body cause I'm not scared of you"
samster010 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:51:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ohhhh
A0mine_Daiki ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:33:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nod up = I'm not afraid to expose my neck because I trust you. Nod down = you're a stranger and not sure if you have a knife.
[deleted] ยท 343 points ยท Posted at 01:26:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Down: "Hello, good sir."
Up: "Sup, bitch!"
Palawin ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:45:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeh it seems like I only nod upwards when I would normally be saying "what's up?" to the person. We know the anthropological reasons that say we're comfortable exposing a vulnerability but even in my head nodding up just signifies "what's up?".
Nodding down just seems to be respectful like "Hello, I acknowledge your presence".
Dustfinger_ ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 09:29:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I prefer this one.
[deleted] ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 01:12:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It transcends national borders. I can do this with guys from Asia just as well as I could with guys here.
FlyingRainbowLlama ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:42:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like we just have the down nod in Denmark.
Renovarian00 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:47:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Up for friendship
Down for respect
wutimahdjsj888 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:41:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Best one here.
Squid-Bastard ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:57:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There was an askreddit with this a while back with something about instinct saying up to show neck (and vulnerability) to friends and down to show acknowledgement to others, is instinct.
NKLhaxor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:33:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ahh... Shia LaBeuf and the throat cutters
TheBlackFlame161 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:42:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Think of it like a hat. You nod down with your hand on the rim as a gesture of greeting someone.
But farmers always did it upwards when meeting someone they knew so they could get the hat out of the way so they could see each others faces
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:43:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah! Communication professor checking in! We cover this in class, and a whole bunch of other bro-codes. Love talking about nonverbal communication!
I know you - UP! I don't know you, but I'm gonna give you acknowledgement/respect - DOWN!
Also, don't pee next to me and DON'T talk to me when I'm at the urinal...and we can still be friends.
n23_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:41:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My high school physics teacher once not only picked the urinal next to me when all others were free but also then started asking me how my day was, it was the worst and I didn't even dislike him beforehand.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:25:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There is a great exchange between Ben Stiller and Alec Baldwin in Along Came Polly.
Baldwin, playing Stiller's boss, not only talked to him at the urinal, actually TOUCHED him...ugh. Just ugh. Went so far as rubbing his ear lobe.
Sorcyress ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:45:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is super cool to me, and I've never consciously noticed/thought about it! What else do you cover in your class?
wutimahdjsj888 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:47:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Oh god, this reminds me. The other day I was at the park riding my skateboard when there was a guy with a dog up ahead, he clearly saw me and pulled his dog close to him so it would*NT trip me with its leash. I appreciated it because most people seem to not realize how annoying that is, so as I passed I instinctively gave him an upward nod, to aknowledge the appreciation. At the same exact time, he nodded downwards as we exchanged eye contact. It felt so strange...
Tl;Dr Guy tried not to trip me with his leashed dog, eye contact, I nodded upwards at the same time he nodded downwards. It felt really strange for some reason.
DragonNovaHD ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 09:28:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Stop trying to confuse me!
wutimahdjsj888 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:10:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
oh oops lol fixed it
Roxxorursoxxors ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:08:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A downward nod shows deference. Think of it as a slight bow. An up nod is... I got nothin. But the first part seems plausible.
tikiwargod ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 02:13:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Up nod is the willingness to expose your neck to them, similar as to how cats cuddle up to you with their back. You lead with the midday vulnerable spot as a sign of trust.
Raysharp ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:55:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nodding downwards is like "I see you, and I'm nodding to say that I acknowledge you, and I don't want to make this a real interaction so I'm averting my eyes"
Nodding upwards is like "Hey! I see you, and I'm looking up to see that you're my friend. I am glad to see you"
edit: I'm high but this looks pretty true
nowj ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:06:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hadn't heard of Desmond Morris till yesterday. Extensively studied gestures and body language. I was surprised how human body language signaling was kind of arbitrary. Like signals from the side lines in football - anything goes. Gestures one location signal the opposite somewhere else.
"In 1994, Morris also wrote then presented a series of six one-hour TV episodes for BBC1, called The Human Animal." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qUKiHZbVwc&list=PLAGggYDwCYhNUrPu-Pv7oBnNuCjDwH2WN
NotSoSlenderMan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:34:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I sometimes nod up to strangers which oftentimes confuses them but I've never given the down nod to a friend.
yungtwixbar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:02:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
yeah and the nod up to someone you don't fuck with as an aggressive lil nod lmao
monster_bunny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:06:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Huh. I've never noticed that but you're spot on.
junglegut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:59:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I agree this is the case almost everywhere. But I swear I remember being somewhere where it was the opposite. I think it was somewhere in South America, anyone else know what I'm talking about? I remember being so confused because I had never seen it different
czboyone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:44:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just do a simple down-nod for all parties. Never knew there was an upward nod.
Orut-9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:31:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nodding down feels weird though. I always just nod up
secaedelcielo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:00:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think I only ever nod up.
xXReWiCoXx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:19:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've always heard: up for recognition, down for respect
playerpeter1231 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:37:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always get confused by this kind of interaction, so I try to avoid it if possible. Instead of nodding my head, I use my arms to flail hands everywhere to greet people.
VorticalHydra ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:45:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do this all the time but never took the time to notice until now.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:03:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whoaaaa... you're so right.
parrotpeople ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:42:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do up nods to everyone. I always feel like that guy from American Pie if I do a downward nod. You know, the one who wears the jacket and shows up fashionably late thinking it'll get him laid?
IshThe2nd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:11:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Umm... I nod up as a sign of superiority or equality, and a nod down as a sign of submission.
B1g-Boss45 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:21:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess it really depends on the context.
Rodents210 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:39:22 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've started consciously noticing this after every time I do it ever since this was first pointed out to me. Most guys I mention it to have a response along the lines of "nah man that's stupi--wait... HOLY SHIT you're right!"
MetroA ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:32:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bro Science
OMGorilla ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:44:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
True if you're timorous, maybe. Absolutely untrue of confident men.
Dadadada90 ยท 3477 points ยท Posted at 21:22:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why triangular sandwiches taste better than any other shape.
DrScabhands ยท 3737 points ยท Posted at 23:44:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because there's a maximum length of no-crust with a triangle.
Not cut: 0
Rectangle: length of side
Triangle: length of side times square root of two
livin4donuts ยท 1445 points ยท Posted at 01:34:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit, you've fundamentally altered my understanding of sandwiches.
abagofit ยท 355 points ยท Posted at 02:07:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also, from a presentation standpoint, diagonal cut makes the sandwich look much bigger when you have the longer edge facing out.
schtroumpfons ยท 142 points ยท Posted at 11:08:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow I will cut my dick in diagonal from now on.
MarsNirgal ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 15:04:09 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sent to /r/nocontext
ImaginaryMan ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 21:27:14 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This could also be an /r/evenwithcontext situation here.
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 21:36:08 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Either way, ya got bloody dicks
ImaginaryMan ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 21:36:27 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now THAT is another gem.
MarsNirgal ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:41:11 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Would that be too meta?
ImaginaryMan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:49:00 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, it would just clutter up nocontext with the same thread.
timmy12688 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 15:32:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have no original thoughts.
FUCK EVEN THIS IS UNORIGINAL.
byroboy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:18:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cafรฉs will cut just missing the corners so that the corner doesn't get broken.
konaya ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 10:09:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Here I thought the food industry was all about cutting corners.
Urban_Savage ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:56:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Anyone who ever worked at a 7/11, or bought one of their sandwiches can tell you that.
abagofit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:00:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Any food service really
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm actually more confused about sandwiches than I was. Where does the extra crustless portion come from!?!?
hikingmike ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:50:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think the above comments consider the actual act of eating the sandwich, which is really required to be able to know that it tastes better. Lots of crust-less edge length is created in this process, which I would think overshadows the amount of crust-less edge one can create by a single straight cut. So the OP stands and it is not explained yet, that is if you consider sandwiches cut in half taste better. Maybe they are just more "pleasing" in some way and that's perceived along with taste. Or maybe it's the same damn sandwich, just eat it.
yans0ma ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:36:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Think of a square slice of bread cut to form two rectangles, then a square slice of bread cut to form two triangles. The two triangle slices have a longer portion of non-crust. There is the same amount of total crust, but the triangle has three sides so one of the sides forms a longer non-crust side than any of the rectangle sides.
KhonMan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:09:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
True, and thus you can get more crust if you keep on dividing the sandwich. So take your triangle and now cut it into two equal size triangles, you've created a new crustless edge, and so on
gruffi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:17:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's advanced sandwichology
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:31:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not mine. I really don't understand this no crust thing. It almost pisses me off actually. What's wrong with the crust? On good fresh bread it's even by far the best part. But I doubt anybody can understand this without having spend time in west Europe.
peacebuster ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 11:03:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was the most hipster post I have ever read.
Spacemxn ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:12:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We're talking about pre-packaged pre-sliced bread that was baked in a factory and bought at a supermarket. Most people like the crust of fresh bread.
[deleted] ยท -7 points ยท Posted at 03:09:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck you
asj29 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:09:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well that's not very nice
MildlyProcrastinatin ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 02:17:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nonchalantly blows minds of redditors everywhere.
shankems2000 ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 01:45:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Motherfucker...that's it.
johnnybravo1014 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:48:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, if you cut it into triangles you still have a total length of 2L crusts on each half no matter which way you slice it.
TazakiTsukuru ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:18:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's not what he said, he said that a triangle maximises the length of the edge that has no crust.
johnnybravo1014 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:50:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah,*lightbulb, thanks.
Stevey854 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:07:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some of you are thinking about 2 triangles and some are thinking of 4 triangles.
saxophonemississippi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:17:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, both would increase, to really maximise you have to subdivide the non-crust part in a complex way
Maybe I can subdivide it in my mouth
TazakiTsukuru ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:35:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, we're both thinking of two triangles. The guy I replied to said "on each half." And anyway, four triangles would actually be better than two in terms of minimising the portion of crust on each piece of sandwich (from 2L to just L).
HisNameWasBoner411 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:44:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
can i have an example
Hanta3 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:27:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But I like the crust
BULKGIFTER ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:10:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We're the unnoticed minority.
saxophonemississippi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:20:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Crust is fucking delicious, these people need to grow up and learn to appreciate life... especially something as basic as bread.
iamaiamscat ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:47:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cut off the crust and 100% is crustless. Sorry but your sandwich geometry needs a lot of work.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:20:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or get better bread, and the crust will be a good thing. If you don't like the crust, it's probably because you're eating terrible supermarket "tastes like a foam matress but can be toasted" bread.
captnyoss ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:34:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wouldn't a square sandwich* with the crusts cut off be tastier then?
(*assuming square bread)
buntingsnook ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:10:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I gotta do rectangles for exactly that reason. More crust.
Brainsonastick ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:30:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's why I cut my sandwiches according to the function y=sin(1/x). Infinite perimeter!
Notdrugs ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:51:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ive been advocating this reason for years now with about 50% sucess. I'm glad to see someone else get it. It makes the sandwhich better by reducing the number of bites with just crust significantly. Instead of having to eat your way from the outside in, the maximum amount of bread-edge is exposed.
Imapie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:05:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But with a diagonal cut, because the sandwich gets thinner towards the edge, that bite is barely a nibble unless you include the crust of the other edge.
That's exactly why I square cut. Three large crust less bites. I figure it's two max on a diagonal cut.
fiveMagicsRIP ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:07:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
r/theydidthemath
Tsenraem ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:12:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
r/theydidthesandwichmath
zhaji ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:52:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My mind was just blown.
SylvesterPSmythe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:35:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Makes sense, since the sandwiches loved ones make with all crusts cut off tastes even better than a triangle
IBetThisIsTakenToo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:37:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You earned your doctorate today
VinSkeemz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:22:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You can also eat your whole square sandwich diagonally which gives the same result
cold-n-sour ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:39:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why not just cut it in four parts, then?
NorwegianGodOfLove ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:59:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So you're saying the semi-circle is the ultimate sandwich shape?
videoflyguy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You can either have a sandwich with a ton of crust or with more no-crust depending on how many times you cut it as well, which I think it's great. Cut it once diagonally and you get 2 pieces, each with 2 sides of crust. Cut it twice diagonally, and you get four pieces, each with one side of crust for the people who don't like to eat crusts
fakeanime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
r/hedidthemeth
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can't even eat a nice triangular sandwich without this guy adding math to it. Let me eat my damn sandwich
11010110101000110010 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is why I cut my sandwiches into 4 triangles. Only one side is crust, and all the good parts are ready to eat and pizza shaped.
fuck you, crusts
rulejunior ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My God, sandwich trigonometry
hikingmike ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:10:30 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My God, it's full of sandwich triangles.
rulejunior ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:34:09 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sandwich illuminati!
lamaros ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:04:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You need to eat some proper bread. The crust is the best.
raymondoe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:06:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why not just cut an infinite curve like this into your bread? You'd die from happiness, right?
tiltowaitt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:06:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah. The crust is the best part, but I still prefer triangle cuts.
itschloe_thatsme ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:44:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
God bless you, good Doctor.
boomfruit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:53:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you eat a whole sandwich, it's always the same amount of crust though. Also crust rules!
bassinastor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:18:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Then the best shape should be a light curve, not a straight line.
OldGodsAndNew ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:57:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
notouching70 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:08:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, I reasoned it was because in rectangles, you have four crust corners, which means you get a lot of crust in that mouthful. In big triangles, you only have two, so less of that, and small triangles are the best because NO CORNERS.
this_too_shall_parse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:11:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
By this logic, a roll should be the least tasty at 4ฯr2 crust
FlowchartKen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:17:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you use decent bread, then bites with the crust are easily superior, and a sandwich made with bread ends is pure heaven.
VehaMeursault ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:52:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Have a point, you magnificent bastard.
periander ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:20:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What about the freaks who like the crust?
Snarfler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:33:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ok we pictured this in completely different ways. I imagined 4 smaller triangles, which I believe to be the pinnacle of simple sandwiches. If you just have some meat cheese and a little mayo on white bread cut into 4 triangles you have an amazing snack
AutonomyForbidden ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:52:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But I like the crust.
TheCheeseCutter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:12:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you! I told my friends that triangular cut sandwiches taste better, but couldn't explain why. They all looked at me funny and said it tastes the same. Now I can give a rational reason!
saxophonemississippi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:16:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's sad that a comment essentially celebrating no crust got gold.
MetallicOrangeBalls ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:28:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, I take it you are a Doctor of Theoretical Sandwology.
MyFirstOtherAccount ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:44:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also minimizes the number of crust corners! (2 for triangle vs 4)
Springheeljac ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:12:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're the hero Reddit needs.
ersal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:57:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/theydidthemath
Theungry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:08:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TIL, people actually care about crust on their bread, and it's not just little kids.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:37:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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DrScabhands ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:52:05 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I meant longest length with a linear curve. As many others have pointed out, there are other curves besides lines. I know.
Moonman_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:55:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It could also be the shortest length, depending on your perspective.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:27:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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DrScabhands ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:50:55 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't that a kid's show?
SamuelCish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:29:06 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's some Pythagoras shit
Estova ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 02:51:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Square root of two? Did you mean "the length of the side squared"?
stopcomps ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:10:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A triangle cut is probably gonna be made with a squarish original bread, so when you cut it diagonally into triangles, it forms a 45-45-90 triangle, so the hypotenuse, in this case the no-crust side, is proportional to the length of one of the sides times the square root of two. It's just a fundamental ratio that can be shown through some simple trig or even pythagorean theorem.
BlissnHilltopSentry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:04:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
22 + 22 = h2
8 = h2
โ8 = h
โ4 * โ2 = h
2 * โ2 = h
o2 + a2 = h2
o = a
2o2 = h2
(2o2 )0.5 = h
โ2 * o = h
Estova ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But what if it isn't square bread. What if we've been living a lie and the bread is actually a sphere!
TheBigDsOpinion ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:34:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except, that's assuming only one cut. And to be pedantic, you need to double both, but it doesn't change anything.
Crust = C
Not crush = N
Starting with square bread to make your sandwhich, you will always have C = 4S (S = length of one bread side).
Uncut, you have N = 0
Cut in half rectangularly, you have N = 2S (One on each new slice of sandwhich)
Cut in half diangonally, you have N = 2(sqrt(2))S, or very roughly equal to 2.8S
If you cut it in half more often though, you get even better ratios.
Cut into fourths with only rectangular cuts, you get N=4S, actually equal to C.
Cut into fourths by both diagonals, you get N to equal roughly 5.5S.
[deleted] ยท 506 points ยท Posted at 23:13:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Idk sandwiches tasted pretty good after you bite them into the shape of Texas.
psinguine ยท 451 points ยท Posted at 00:52:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's because they become larger when shaped like Texas. It's a conundrum.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 00:58:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everything is bigger in T-- Alaska
AsamiWithPrep ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:21:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everything's small in Alaska. Don't judge though, it's just really cold.
MetroA ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:24:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sure Alaska is bigger than Texas, but what's even in Alaska?
Like 12 people and 5 polar bears.
DoxBox ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:38:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually they're bipolar bears.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:59:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Greetings from Svalbard. Fuck you.
Buzz8522 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:16:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Woah you have internet? Talk about Alaska getting all fancy
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:26:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard
psychopathic_rhino ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:30:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Alaska is 2.5 times bigger in size than Texas.
But Texas's population is 27 times Alaska's. Even here in Houston our population is 2.5 times the entire state of Alaska.
Edit: Which is a good thing for Alaska, that many people would ruin the beauty.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:06:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah but Texas sucks. So much pride... For what?
psychopathic_rhino ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:29:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ever been? It's a great place. Our politics suck but overall I love Texas.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:32:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've been once. Went to San Antonio. I liked the city. Just hated the state.. And there was a lot of driving to get to San Antonio from the Midwest
psychopathic_rhino ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:15:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Road trips in Texas are pretty awful. Of the 16 hour ride to Colorado, 10 hours were spent in Texas. Farms get old after a while.
BrtneySpearsFuckedMe ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's both the easternmost and westernmost state in the US.
APTX-4869 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:35:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We found the answer to world hunger!
nicholas818 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
BanachโTarski's famous "Texas sandwich" corollary.
TheLegendofPie ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:04:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It tastes like freedom!
Also, happy cake day!
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:12:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't know it was my cakeday! Thanks!
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:45:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can we say sandwiches from Texas are dumb??
gloomy_lunatic ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:26:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Who you callin pinhead?
ExtremelyLongButtock ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:51:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or the Wu-Tang Clan logo.
nerfherder998 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's subliminal, because it reminds you of penis.
popejohnthebroiest ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:28:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Which is why Texas waffle is best waffle.
_sexpanther ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:49:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
or the shape of a gun.
MarshallUberSwagga ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:02:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
clap clap clap
jesusyouguys ยท 230 points ยท Posted at 23:44:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Um I have a device that cuts my sandwiches into two dinosaurs. Absolutely the best taste, especially for PB&J. Biting off the head is like an orgasm.
JohnBreed ยท 106 points ยท Posted at 05:28:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Remind to not ask you for a blowjob
ChefBoyAreWeFucked ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:21:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
!remindme 1 day don't ask /u/jesusyouguys for a blowjob
DubDubDubAtDubDotCom ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:31:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is that device called "your Mum"?
malenkylizards ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:22:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
you have weird orgasms
jesusyouguys ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:36:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I used to masturbate a lot more
AnonymousDratini ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:15:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A kid at my work had a sandwich cut like this. I was jealous, and then offended when he didn't eat it.
ThatOneGuyCan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:00:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are you sure you're not a praying mantis?
jesusyouguys ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:31:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hsthsthsthssssss
ZeldaZealot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:47:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I sell those things at my store.
ColeTrickleVroom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:48:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I need to see this. Report back.
jesusyouguys ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:34:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
DynoBytes.
FINDTHECOMPUTERROOM ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:26:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
link pls
jesusyouguys ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:32:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's called DynoBytes, they're at Walmart, Amazon, target, etc.
FINDTHECOMPUTERROOM ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ty bbs
TGOAT22 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:19:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like you
dongbeinanren ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 00:50:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In your situation, I don't know who makes your triangular sandwiches as opposed to your other sandwiches, BUT...
Sandwiches made by other people are tastier than sandwiches made by yourself, because you spent the entire time making the sandwich breathing in the aromas of the ingredients, desensitizing your palate to them along the way. In a sandwich made by someone else, all the flavours and aromas are discovered along with the first bite.
[deleted] ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 23:23:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because you can deepthroat that shit on the first bite instead of 3.
DOPE_ASFUCK_USERNAME ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 23:21:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's an opinion, I like rectangles
WhatTheFhtagn ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:20:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You disgust me.
DOPE_ASFUCK_USERNAME ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:21:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Likewise. I bet you don't even like pineapples on your pizza.
LDN2016 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:32:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i think you just triggered me.
MrPandamania ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:45:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You stick the corner into your mouth and get more sandwich into your mouth. More sandwich = more flavor. Simple math.
PygmyCrusher ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 23:22:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's scientifically proven that corners and edges taste better. By cutting the sandwich you create more flavor.
SnakeEater14 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:13:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm glad that before we do the big shit like teleportation, we science up the reason why diagonal sandwiches taste better. Priorities.
Colopty ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:37:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The illuminati, duh.
BaconLondoner ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:46:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm, have had squared, rectangular, triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal, octagonal, nonagonal, hendecagonal and dodecagonal shaped sandwiches and triangular is the best
TLema ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:16:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Triangle is a stronger shape than rectangle. This equals stronger flavor.
ravsuv ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:35:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's easier to get a good bite.
coitusFelcher ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:22:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A meatball sub is a sandwich, a meatball sub tastes better than all other sandwiches. A meatball sub isn't triangular...
Therefore the best shape of a sandwich is meatball sub shaped...
ShpadoinkleBeefoven ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:33:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Triangle is just a delicious shape. Slices of cake or pie, wedges of cheese, slices of pizza, tortilla chips, Doritos...
happycheff ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:39:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh my god triangle sandwiches are the best.
Wazzzock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And when you compress them
thedesignproject ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:11:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
God this is so fucking true.
TheBabySphee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:57:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I prefer octagons
oppilonus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:48:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also diagonal cut sandwiches last longer. I can eat a rectangular cut sandwich in ~4 bites whereas a diagonal cut sandwich takes much more due to its odd shape compared to my face hole.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:00:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Stupid story about this. My mom always cut my sandwiches in triangles, however, all the kids in school had square cuts. I was so jealous and begged her to cut mine square. She never did and finally when I started making my own, the first sandwich I made I cut square. Elementary school kids are weird...
KarthusWins ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:22:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you shove the pointy end into your mouth, or do you bite into the side of a triangular sandwich?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:52:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They taste better when someone else makes them for you too.
dzybala ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:37:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I actually prefer them cut into two rectangles. It feels like there's more uninterrupted sandwich, like each spot on the cut has on average a higher distance from the crust.
Dark_Vengence ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:58:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like rectangle sandwiches.
UsablePizza ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:01:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always thought that it was an inversely proportional law about flavour and number of sides.
So Bagels and donuts have 2 sides (inner and outer edge) and taste amazing. While 4 sided sandwiches are a bit more meh.
According to this theory a round sandwich, like a burger would taste best. And I'm happy to agree with it.
Thyri ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:12:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My SO cannot understand why I insist on having my sandwiches cut into triangles - I have just shown him this to prove it's not just me and I am not a total weirdo!
moonwalkindinos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:59:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cause that's how mama used to make them ;,,)
ArchangellePao ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:28:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're wrong. Rectangular cut sandwiches will always taste better than triangle ones.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:51:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
>not mandelbrot set shaped sandwiches
what are you guys even doing?
private_feet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:14:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know about you but i'm still cutting my sandwich
SpecialGnu ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 23:20:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Listen here you little shit
rsnellings25 ยท 4173 points ยท Posted at 18:52:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That people get overly passionate about whether pineapples belong on a pizza or not
Zondraxor ยท 971 points ยท Posted at 20:10:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As long as they aren't on my pizza, I don't care.
freakorgeek ยท 518 points ยท Posted at 21:42:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also half-and-half still counts as on my pizza. Pineapple juice doesn't care what side of the pizza it's on.
SXOSXO ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 22:08:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Finally, someone else that understands this!
recovering_pessimist ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:10:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's the beauty of it
AraEnzeru ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:25:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is why I never order pineapple on my pizza if I'm splitting. I love the stuff, but I can't trust it to stay on its side
AssholeBot9000 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:14:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Neither do the people making it... my ex and I used to do half and half, she would get onions, green peppers, mushroom, and pineapple.
I don't like any of those things on my pizza.
Half and half means there was a pretty good chance I was going to bite into one of my slices and get a chunk of surprise and it was disgusting.
After the first couple times I said fuck it and would just order two pizzas.
Pikalika ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:13:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
same with Tuna. the smell tastes!
twoburgers ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:21:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is how I feel about pepperoni.
ILaughAtFunnyShit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:10:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought you meant the dairy cream at first.
freakorgeek ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:13:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No I only pour whipping cream on my pizza without pineapples.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:00:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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RapNVideoGames ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:31:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pineapple and Canadian bacon is delicious
Whatsgoodthoson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:20:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck yes. I am blown away by the number of people hating on pineapple pizza here. It's my favorite pizza topping.
I also enjoy mandarin oranges on pizza (yes that's a thing). Oh and I love big chunks of Roma tomatoes if they have them.
Ih8YourCat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:37:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only time I order Hawaiian pizza with bacon is if I plan on eating the entire thing myself. If somebody has a problem with that, they can fuck themselves with a fresh hot slice of their own shitty pizza.
GhostofSora ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I tried to accept it on half and when I bit on one from the complete opposite side I said f this I will just not eat. Sounds bad but if you can't enjoy eating pizza it is not worth eating, we only live once.
TheRollingSwede ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:59:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow you are really really picky.
TheoQ99 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:37:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Get out of here with your sensibilities.
Dark_Eyes ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:44:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same -- order whatever the hell you want, but not on my pizza
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:49:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A true diplomat.
Ar_Ciel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:17:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fine. They get pineapple, you get anchovies and candy corn.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:30:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're pineapples are on my pizza!
You're pizza is on my pineapples!
pfx7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:09:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I care! about your choices! I'm pro-choice!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:24:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't personally agree with it, but it's not my right to tell other people how to live their lives.
BecauseScience ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is how I view religion.
bfandreas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:41:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I also don't care. As long as they eat those vile abominations outside by the trash cans.
Jeez, we kicked the smokers out for a lesser offense.
novags500 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:40:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whatever people do in the privacy of their own kitchen is their own business
PenguixiaDaYoochoobs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:29:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/KnightsOfPineapple would like to have a word with you.
natasharevolution ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:22:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like the Jewish approach to other religions...
Dark512 ยท 1172 points ยท Posted at 20:32:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't care about pineapple, but fuck tuna pizzas.
Fitzy2225 ยท 598 points ยท Posted at 20:53:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
This can't be a thing. Please tell me this is not a thing...
EDIT: Wow, TIL that tuna pizza is hella popular all over the world.
eightfifty ยท 958 points ยท Posted at 21:27:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Skip the cheese and the red sauce. Use a creamy garlic sauce. Fresh sushi grade tuna. Italian style crust (thin, chewy, crispy). The pizza cooks in like 5 minutes in a wood fired oven. Finish with a balsamic drizzle or fresh squeeze of lemon.
At least that's what you should imagine. But, you probably imagined cat food pizza.
Fitzy2225 ยท 541 points ยท Posted at 22:33:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Okay, that makes a little more sense.
Yes, I was imagining a basic ass pan pizza with tuna instead of pepperoni, which would be a war crime.
cmon_guyz_im_trying ยท 200 points ยท Posted at 00:46:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I work at a pizza place. This is a thing. Ignore what the guy above said. That sounds lovely in theory but that's not what people order when they put tuna on a pizza. It's cat food pizza.
Tallrunt ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:22:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm. We had a guy ask for FUCKING MINNOWS from the bait shop down the road. No joke. Girl who took the call actually came back in the kitchen to ask if we would do that. Needles to say we told him to fuck off.
Buster_Bluth_AMA ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:15:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean how different would that be from anchovies?
wOlfLisK ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:31:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well anchovies are very salty, I assume minnows would be basically just dead.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:02:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have a very specific memory from when I was around 4/5. Had tuna pizza in Venice, never had a tunnel pizza as great as that one, always cat food. But still, sometimes I'll order tuna pizza in a new restaurant just because of the glimpse of hope that MAYBE this time will be different and I'll be in heaven once again
Or Fuck it who wants to go th Venice?
cmon_guyz_im_trying ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:23:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dawg, I'm in on Venice.
AAA5982 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:53:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can just imagine the smell of cheesy, hot tuna and garlic๐ท
cmon_guyz_im_trying ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:25:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Add some delicious onions and you have a smell that stays in the store for hours.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:03:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude where do you live lol. Here we have legit tuna in every tuna pizza. It's usually thin crust, oregano and onions plus the tuna
cmon_guyz_im_trying ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:24:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Haha orange County California. We're just a regular pizza place not gourmet or anything. Honestly I don't doubt the nice version of that pizza would be delicious but the version people near me order sometimes makes me want to puke.
so_fed_im_green ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:14:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Upvote for Orange County!
Asking77 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:59:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude wasn't talking about fast food pizza. Just the concept of tuna pizza, and the guy above gave a good sounding tuna pizza recipe. So no, he shouldn't be ignored.
t3sture ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:11:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In an ass pan?
LastNewtStandin ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:14:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There was a meat feast pizza bought for me once, I don't eat fish and the fuckers buried flaked tuna under the cheese.
It was kinda rank and I was starving. The most conflicted meal of my life right there :(
doublepulse ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:50:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some people, for some absolutely FUCKED reason, serve corn and tuna pizza.
WrathOfDionysus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:15:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think I'm officially using "ass-pan-pizza" whenever I eat bad pizza.
TheCircleWithCorners ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:47:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY.
JoyceCarolOatmeal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:22:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My human rights feel violated.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:18:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TIL tuna pizza is weird.
My favorite pizza is pepperoni, tuna and pineapple pizza
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a fan of ass pan pizza.
MikoSqz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:04:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know a number of people who order pizza with pepperoni on top of tuna flake.
It's more palatable than you'd think, but ehhhhh.
drunk_mulder ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:51:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's the best thing ever.
hersheySquirts111 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:14:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You ever had a tuna melt?
Makeshift27015 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:54:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is actually common in the UK at least, it's good!
TheActualAWdeV ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:54:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think "making delicious food" is banned by the Geneva Convention.
RudeMorgue ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 23:25:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Drumph will MAKE the military cook that pizza.
ManPumpkin ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:33:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why not a fucking salad pizza, where the red sauce is dressing and the cheese is croutons, replace all other topping with lettuce.
Seriously, some things don't need to be pizza.
vilkav ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:07:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are you trying to trick me into eating a regular savory pie? That's not a pizza! How in the world is that suppose to clog my arteries?
--hypnos-- ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 21:45:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chewy and crispy are opposites... Just like tuna and pizza.
JonBanes ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:05:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bagels. Good bagels contain crispy and chewy.
HisNameWasBoner411 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:50:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought that at first too, but there is a certain blend of crispy and chewy where you can use both adjectives and be correct, and it is the perfect pizza crust.
--hypnos-- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The only chewy that I want to see anywhere near a pizza is in the next starwars film.
Jacosion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:13:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mmmmmmm cat food
TapDancinJesus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:15:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I'm a pizza whore, I'd try it
atabditslow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:36:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds way better than my first thought, regular pizza with canned tuna on it.
RedMare ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:20:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds awesome, but it's not pizza if you skip the sauce and cheese.
holy_harlot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:21:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
oh hell yeah
ryguy28896 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:37:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That just made my balsamic drizzle.
Sea_of_Blue ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:47:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ok now where do I get this?
VinSkeemz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:20:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And onion, don't forget the onion.
GarnetandBlack ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:46:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chewy and crispy?
Leet_Noob ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:56:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Skip the cheese?? I mean what you described doesn't sound awful but it sure as hell isn't pizza.
Klat93 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:00:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is almost exactly what I order from my local pizza place except its not thin. Still tastes awesome ass fuck and got me fat.
I think I should place an order..
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:01:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like cat food pizza well enough too. Shit's delish yo.
hiima ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:00:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds delicious, but that doesn't sound like pizza.
UndeadBread ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:10:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's just a fuckin' cracker with fish. That ain't no pizza.
flowgod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:16:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just threw up in my mouth a bit.
adventuresquirtle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:16:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude I've had what you're talking about from an Italian- Japanese pizza place in Vietnam. It's amazing.
unfortunately2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:17:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's called tomato sauce you fucking autist
blabgasm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:00:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had a pizza like this once, only it was made with clams instead of tuna. It was wonderful. Really fresh and light.
DukeOfChaos92 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:28:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You forgot the red onion
Emerald_Triangle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:08:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think that's a pizza anymore
CrowdyFowl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:40:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuuuck, this sounds like the most delicious thing I never knew about.
Makkaboosh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:14:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And you want to cook it. That's just a waste.
TheActualAWdeV ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:55:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That sounds possibly even better than the tuna pizzas that actually exist.
Except wtf are you doing removing cheese?
1573594268 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:21:40 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That is pretty close to describing exactly the opposite of how I like my pizza.
Saleroso ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 22:27:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
wait is it really not something normal where you live?
[deleted] ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 21:28:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh it's a thing, a delicious thing.
Dobjas ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 22:07:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Best pizza out there. Go try it. Now.
hugglesthemerciless ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 22:29:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a very European thing and it's amazing. Especially with onions
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:17:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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hugglesthemerciless ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:50:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's most definitely a thing in Germany (where I was born)
canyoutriforce ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:12:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jetzt hab ich lust auf thunfischpizza und es ist erst 7 uhr morgens
lizbia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:47:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tuna is definitely an option on the UK Dominos menu and I have seen friends order it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:10:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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lizbia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:25:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just checked the Dominos Newcastle Heaton menu, it's definitely there. Not sure this link will work but it's an ingredient option on create your own. As a student I've ordered a lot of Dominos from many of their different stores and I'm pretty sure I've always seen tuna as an option. It's just up there with anchovies on the disgusting things to have on a pizza scale.
EDIT: Out of curiosity I just typed in my home postcode in Manchester and looked at the Dominos menu there, and it wasn't on there, guess it must just be a regional thing.
GirlWithSilverLips ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:16:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It is a thing! An amazing, delicious thing but unfortunately impossible to find where I currently live...
alreadytaken- ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:40:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It is. Sounds terrible, tastes great.
VerbableNouns ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:29:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My condolences
psymunn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:32:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's big in italy. italians love tuna
kazga ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:55:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well since when do Italians know anything about pizza, huh?
BubbaTheGoat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:20:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not only is it a thing, it is one of the more palatable options offered at Domino's and Pizza Hut in SE Asia! It is right up there with 'cheese' and 'no thanks'
DignifiedDingo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:44:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had some European couchsurfers come to my house and we ordered pizza and asked what they wanted on it. They all replied tuna. I laughed at them a d said, that might be a thing in Europe, but if you ask for it here, most people will laugh at you.
MoarVespenegas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:19:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Think of a thing.
Any thing.
This is a thing people put on pizza.
ZuperCreeper ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:35:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I went to Italy last week, I ordered what I thougut was meat lover's pizza, but it turned out to be tuna pizza. Thing was so expensive you bet your ass I ate it all.
canyoutriforce ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:13:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is a meat lovers pizza
ButterflyTantrum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:42:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Take meat pizza toppings: pepperoni, crumbled sausage, and ham. Put them all on a pizza together. That's a meat pizza. Put a big double portion of each on a pizza, and it's a meat lover's.
Zewstain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:07:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In South Korea, they want pickles with pizza.
Yuingrad ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:18:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Never visit Japan. I've seen Tuna, mayo, sweetcorn pizzas. I've seen Tuna and Shrimp Pizzas. I've seen poached egg and tuna pizza. It just never ends...
wOlfLisK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:30:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's actually really good.
billclintonsbunghole ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:42:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in Germany, I spotted a tuna and sweetcorn pizza on a menu. A friend ordered it and it did not look or smell appealing at all to me, but he ate it and decided it wasn't awful. I'm not convinced, though.
subwaytonowhere86 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:28:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tuna pizza is actually quite common in Europe and its pretty good
MethSC ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:51:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not only is it a thing, its a thing in Italy, making it an authentic thing.
Doubleyoupee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:30:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're kidding right?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:52:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tuna pizza best pizza.
bipolar-bear ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:08:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tuna and bacon is a classic pizza in Spain
Jah_Ith_Ber ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:59:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In Germany they have poor guesses at what American pizzas might be like. Tuna pizza was a common one.
thecavernrocks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:10:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like a giant tuna melt and it's delicious. Especially if you add sweetcorn too.
-EpicEv- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:37:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is most definitely a thing. I never saw it until I moved to Barbados, but they mix up the the tuna with onion and pepper then use it in little clumps as a topping. A large portion of the population are Rastafarian and don't eat red meat or chicken, and a large portion are also really damn poor. Tuna is often the easiest and cheapest option for them.
Parallax151 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:46:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean I like tuna with my mac and cheese so tuna on a pizza may work.
Nevex169 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:55:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tuna and onion pizza is one of the best, in what world do you live?
delmar42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:55:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've never heard of such a thing. I'm kind of thinking I want to unhear of it now.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:09:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is not a thing...
Happy?
Fitzy2225 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:38:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Phew, thanks fam
CatOfGrey ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:10:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I recall that tuna is a pizza topping mainly in the United Kingdom. I'm picturing 'canned' tuna here.
stevula ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:11:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I saw it once on a pizza menu in London so I assume it's an English thing.
Englex ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:13:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man I have to tell you, tuna pizza when done right is absolutely amazing. When we lived in Europe it was one if our go to pizza choices. Instead of canned tuna, which you guys are probably thinking, they use fresh cuts of tuna. They cook it to the right point where it comes out as a warm and tender meat. Add some fresh spice and the right amount of cheese and you're in heaven. I was disgusted when I first heard of it but boy, is that a wonderful pizza. If you happen to be in a Pizzaria in Italy or Europe in general, try at least a slice. It'll change you.
RGBow ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:54:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was at Subway the other day, and a dude asked for the Tuna on his sandwich, then proceeded to ask the dude to toast it. For some reason I kind of gagged mentally. Never thought of Tuna as something you heat up.
lizbia ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:51:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You've never had a tuna melt? They're a delicious and very commonly eaten sandwich, at least here in the UK it's something served in every cafe.
canyoutriforce ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:14:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You should try it, its delicious
Hespdow ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 21:21:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
FUCK U, you know nothing, tuna pizza is amazing and so is tuna sauce on spaghetti.
smallworldslave ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:05:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It sounds.... Kinda yummy, actually.
alreadytaken- ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:56:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Very
seattleque ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:25:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, no. You fuck tuna tacos, not pizzas.
combichristo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:09:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I now have to try a tuna pizza. FUCK THE SYSTEM
gorampardos ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:42:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I need the therapist from further up to help me describe what I'm feeling now that I know this is a thing.
Rybis ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:10:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Listen to me you piece of shit; I will defend tuna pizzas until my grave!
Pepperoni and tuna are the most incredible combo.
UnluckyLuke ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:23:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Must be a regional thing, I've eaten lots of those. As with everything I can understand why somebody wouldn't like it but I don't see what makes it particularly unappealing. Ever tried salmon pizza?
quilladdiction ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:54:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What? This is a thing?
I mean... avid seafood lover over here, but on a pizza?
little_o ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 21:12:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Its normal here in europe. When we visited friends in the us and ordered pizza, I asked if they had tuna pizza and I they were so surprised about that as I I was from mars. It tastes really good imo and is common at every pizza place here in germany Edit: Apparently its not normal all over Europe, at least where in visited it was.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:20:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:15:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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asian_cajun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:08:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds horrible. On a slightly similar note, ever had rockfish pizza? Stuff is delicious! Moose's Tooth in Anchorage does a tasty rockfish pizza. So delicious!
Bagellord ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:03:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Where can I find such a
wondrousawful thing?-Brady ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:45:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nooooooooooo
elyisgreat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:56:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But... But... The pizzas are such a nice family...
KitKatMasterJapan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:35:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Amen to this. Tuna mayo corn pizza is disgusting and should not exist.
Japan, you fail at pizza.
littlePigLover ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:38:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I went to Tunisia this summer and it's really popular there. It tastes really good! Just don't put other meat in there
mans1ayer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:00:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I uh, want to try this?
themage1028 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:14:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The hell?
Simmo5150 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:39:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ok. So when I worked at a pizza place I came up with a tuna pizza. Tuna(canned) peas, capers and onions. It was fucking delicious. If you like canned tuna you would probably like this pizza.
Eel28 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:59:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking gross
red_sky33 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:49:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck tuna in general.
cowzroc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:31:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
SAUERKRAUT PIZZAS
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:31:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Butt fuck tuna pizzas?
Cobek ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:59:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hell yeaahhh! Never thought of that. Thanks for the great idea man
FlyingRainbowLlama ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:39:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or egg-pizza [shudders]
Mzmonyne ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:13:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm deep into the pro-pineapple camp, but what the fuck. Fish doesn't belong on pizza, except anchovies, and that's only because of the Futurama episode, not because they taste good.
leggingmycold ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:35:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Come on, tuna and sweetcorn pizza is the shit
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:41:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like them both. Although my favourite is the italian classic - olives, peppers, salami (or pepperoni for you yankees), cheese, ham and tomato sauce.
What I don't like is anchovies or mushrooms.
DetestPeople ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:09:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tuna pizzas... that sounds like something that some parents would do to punish their kids. Like..., they order pizza and the adults get pepperoni or whatever, while the kids are only allowed to have the tuna pizza... with extra tuna... and maybe some tartar sauce to dip it in.
aslokaa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:21:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tuna Pizza=Best pizza
bobmas1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:52:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck hot tuna altogether, it's just wrong. And those people who like tuna melts have something psychologically wrong with them.
itsatwisttt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tuna & red onions on pizza ftw
jshaf8 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:16:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wtf? That's a thing?!
beer_madness ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:39:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Who the hell does this? That sounds awful.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:33:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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Dark512 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:47:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've made a few of them at work, Dominos. The smell alone makes me want to puke and fills the car too...
ExfutureGod ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:52:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Butt fuck tuna pizzas
FTFY
Andulusia ยท 2824 points ยท Posted at 19:18:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For the record, they do.
HeadHunter579 ยท 3734 points ยท Posted at 19:43:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No they don't.
1486592 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:35:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This has more upvotes, Reddit has spoken.
taco_chemistry ยท 830 points ยท Posted at 20:23:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They do.
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 1332 points ยท Posted at 20:34:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They don't think it be like it is but it do
Grisnik ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 21:55:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I read that 5 times and still have no idea what you just said
aynd ยท 67 points ยท Posted at 22:05:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
mindsnare ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 23:47:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's been so long.
http://i.imgur.com/OFXIZLd.jpg
I think that's where it all started.
worktempthrowaway ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 22:39:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Anyone can be decided even so far as to use want to go so far more like really.
PM_ME_YOUR_TEXTBOOKS ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 00:12:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Am I having a stroke?
[deleted] ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 01:01:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're having pineapple pizza.
_Tickle_my_Pickle_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:06:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They don't
PM_ME_YOUR_TEXTBOOKS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:52:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nooo!
ersal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:56:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always stroke after pineapple pizza.
fireork12 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:49:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think it's a YIAY Reference
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:56:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No the fuck it doesn't. That's like me eating fried chicken with whipped cream.
lukenog ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 13:44:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No! Fruits have that natural sweetness that's very different from whipped cream's type of sweetness! It's like how apples taste good in salad and mango tastes good in Salsa.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:54:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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SilentStriker84 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 21:48:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is this from, I say it all the time but I don't remember where I got it from? Oh and pineapple does belong on pizza
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:15:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A quote from baseball player Oscar Gamble
ikshen ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:27:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Wire
GabrielsTrumpet ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:50:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What? no, http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/they-dont-think-it-be-like-it-is-but-it-do
logangrey123 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:07:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It don't
Ns2- ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:51:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Roses are red Violets are blue They don't think it be like it is But it do
Admiringcone ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:45:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm gon get mine more than I get got doe
RRSC14 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:34:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ryan Hall?
AnthraxAndFriends ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:20:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
watch yo profamity
aGreaterNumber ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:45:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They don't think it b like it is, but it do not belong on pizza.
RustlingHawk274 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:56:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They don't
mindsnare ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:46:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Leet_Noob ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:01:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This isn't an argument! It's just contradiction!
KaptainK27 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:55:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Look, if I argue with you I have to take up a contrary position
assmilk99 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:25:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
GODDAMMIT I SWEAR TO GOD PINEAPPLES WERE NOT MADE TO BE PUT ON PIZZAS. IT'S UNNATURAL AND NOT HUMAN. HOW COULD YOU BE SO NAIVE JESUS CHRIST.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:22:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They do.
dr_t_123 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:23:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Na uuuuuuhhhh.
arhanv ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:50:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
... Not
Poetek ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:33:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Satan, get off Reddit and get back to work
Sharkn91 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:18:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes they don't.
orioles629 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:44:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well you can get the fuck out of my house with your devil's fruit.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:28:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No
Ihateallgigginox ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:30:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No they don't.
punkhop23 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 01:07:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not
Admiringcone ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 01:44:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
It would seem the "they don't" is the winning consensus here. What..Cant people see the higher upvoted comments lmao
noparkinghere ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 01:33:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
THEY FUCING DONT!
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:03:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its kinda sickening
Bag3l ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:36:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
You look at the stars
HeadHunter579 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:01:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
just googled it to refresh my memory and i see it as light blue and gold-brown-ish
Bladelink ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because it is.
gordybernie ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:26:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They don't belong because Reddit up-vote census favours your reply, and Reddit is always right.
dontbeanegatron ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:14:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just upvoted both of you. Ha!
countdownkpl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:04:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Glad we had this important debate
XXVIIMAN ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:40:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I don't know who you are. I don't know why you hate pineapples on pizza. If you are looking for pepperoni I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular hankering for pineapples. A fondness I have acquired over a very long career. A love for pineapples that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my Hawaiian go now that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not order you, but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I will eat you.
Xorondras ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:00:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The gold has settled that argument.
Le_9k_Redditor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:52:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Peasant you shall answer to the /r/KnightsOfPineapple
workaway5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:49:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is correct. The upvotes don't lie.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:11:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pineapple was literally created to be put on pizza. There is nowhere better for it.
Sleepy_Sleeper ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:25:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fruit salad is one.
oilpit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:26:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
of literally hundreds
LittleSugarBabysBabe ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:57:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes they do
holejumper ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:55:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Heretic!
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 23:10:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
they do.
Freelieseven ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 00:23:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes they do
Dabuscus214 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:07:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U wot
Dabuscus214 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:07:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U wot
BaconLondoner ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 23:39:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
THEY DO HAS MORE UPVOTES THAN THEY DON'T! WE WIN!
Braanz ยท 383 points ยท Posted at 19:37:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pizza Hawaii MasterRace
iamtacocat11 ยท 180 points ยท Posted at 20:10:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/knightsofpineapple pineapple pizza is the best
BZH_JJM ยท 111 points ยท Posted at 20:20:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Though why it has to be mixed with something as boring as Canadian bacon is beyond me. It should go with something that really complements the sweet and tart of the pineapple, like Italian sausage.
52ndstreet ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 22:53:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pepperoni and pineapple is the best pizza. Spicy pepperoni and sweet pineapple is a magical combination.
educatedinsolence ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:48:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude...bbq sauce instead of red sauce, chicken, pineapple and jalepenos. Best pizza with pineapple, hands down. It's my go to.
NaykedNinja ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:22:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My man.
The only pizza I will eat from Papa John's is their Hawaiian barbecue chicken pizza. You should try.
educatedinsolence ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:06:34 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
(Wo)man, and thanks! I will. ;)
psychopathic_rhino ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:13:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always get bacon and pineapple and put red pepper on it for spice.
Hadozlol ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:21:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Must have light jalapeรฑo! Spicy sweet deliciousness!
Teckdec ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:11:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I get so confused when people call it "Canadian Bacon." It's just sliced ham. Our bacon is the same as 'Murica's.
ArguablyTasty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:46:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What we call "back bacon", they call "Canadian bacon"
TheActualAWdeV ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:58:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That, and 'italian sausage' is a perfectly meaningless term. There are many italian sausages after all.
nman10000 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 22:48:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ham, pineapple and jalapeรฑo. One of the few perfect pizzas in the world.
moremysterious ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:08:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Agreed, though I prefer pepperoni rather than ham.
BigBroHo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:53:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hell yeah
DingusMcButtFace ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:43:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've always just had ham and pineapple until a few weeks ago when I added jalapeรฑos. I was missing out
Pulse207 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:30:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always thought that was the best pizza until I was fortunate enough to try pineapple and green chile.
Bladelink ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My go-to is pineapple and ham/bacon, with cholula poured on top.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:37:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe it's just because the red pepper flakes at my local pizza place are excessively hot, but spicy and pineapple is painful (coming from someone who douses everything in hot sauce).
waste-case-canadian ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:25:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
EH BUDDY THE FACK U SAYIN ABOOT MY BACON
iamtacocat11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:29:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry :/
K_cutt08 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:25:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Going to have to try that one!
iamtacocat11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:27:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've tried both, honestly I like them haha. But I agree with you here.
AgoraiosBum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:48:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
well, if you were truly going Hawaii style, it would have Spam. but that's not going to sell as well, so Canadian bacon (ham), I reckon.
this_barb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:20:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why not just go all out and use a graham cracker crust, strawberry jam smeared upon, a creamy marshmallow topping, carmelized apples and pineapples on top?
Actually, sign me up.
Kammael ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:55:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You saying our bacon ain't good enough
drinks maple beerup while riding a moose
LaxLife ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:56:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
YEEES THANK YOU
Nicky4Pin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:21:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All about PB&J - pineapples, bacon, and jalepenos
Saemika ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:24:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh yeah?
Drchrisco ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:40:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That is why it goes with Canadian bacon; the salt balances the sweet.
oxencotten ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:50:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's like against the entire point of Hawaiian pizza.. The whole idea is the contrast between the sweet/tart of the pineapple and the savory/smokiness/saltiness of the ham. Italian sausage and pineapple would just be too sweet and gross honestly.
maybe_awake ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:57:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pineapple. Grilled chicken. Hot banana peppers. BBQ sauce.
Karnman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:08:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
pfffft, bacon is the perfect amount of salty and cripsy to counter sweet and tartness of the pinepple.
Italian sausage is just another whore in a sundress
samworthy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:15:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Olives and green/banana peppers are my go to
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:36:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pep, Italian, pine is dope.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like it with buffalo chicken, or chicken and bacon. Mmm.
Poindexter234 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:33:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"As boring as Canadian bacon" you need some taste buds, also Hawaiian pizza is with ham
Wrathwilde ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:25:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try it with Pineapple, Canadian bacon, onions, green peppers, and maraschino cherries. Not a better pizza on earth than that... especially as a deep dish pizza.
Golden_Flame0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:03:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ooh. I might try that.
MouflonMusic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:50:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We just call it ham up here
miniatureelephant ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:56:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always get pineapple, pepperoni, and jalapeรฑos. The bessst.
Baked_Bt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:44:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pineapple, jalapeรฑo, and bacon. You can thank me later
doctorbooshka ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:43:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jalapeรฑos are the best with pineapple on pizza!
dejackarse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:55:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As a Canadian, thems fighting words pal!
theavatare ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:33:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pepperoni and pineapple master race
Indestructavincible ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:47:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ham, Pineapple, Sausage, Onion, Green Olives.
FullMoon1108 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:24:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its not Canadian bacon, its ham.
SkyGuy182 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:40:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/science? Nah.
/r/personalfinance? Pass.
/r/technology? No thanks.
/r/knightsofpineapple? This is what Reddit is all about. SUBSCRIBED.
germanyjr112 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:30:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Beautiful place, i feel right at home.
MAK911 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:47:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Subbed. ALL HAIL THE PINEAPPLE!
lvl65 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:36:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Subscribed
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:34:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's about pineapple and olive. The salty and sweet
buttery_shame_cave ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:56:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
fun fact - 'hawaiian' pizza is not a hawaiian invention. it was created in scotland in the 70's. people in hawaii were dumbfounded when it was introduced by local pizza places.
if it were authentically hawaiian it'd have lychee spices and fucking spam and seaweed on it.
TheActualAWdeV ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:58:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But how can it be scottish if it's not deep-fried and/or offal? You're clearly lying, it's hawaiian.
buttery_shame_cave ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:01:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
only a scotsman would come up with such an abomination.
my bad, it's a canadian invention dating to the 60s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_pizza
what do you expect from a people who put fucking mayo on their hotdogs?
TheActualAWdeV ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:06:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I expect more from the people who put mayo on hotdogs than I do from the people who came up with hotdogs in the first place. Soulless and tasteless sausages, what the hell.
buttery_shame_cave ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:09:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
apparently that was, specifically, ze germans.
at least, ze germans who came to amerika for to make ze monies, and were cheap bastards, who started putting their sausages on rolls instead of having to stock up on the linen gloves that sausages were traditionally served with at the time(you put the glove on and ate the sausage, then returned the glove so it could be washed and re-used). people would keep the gloves as souveneirs.
qwertzinator ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:51:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Found the German!
not-very-creativ3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:58:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, I don't like ham on my pizza, and depending on the cheese/sauce/bacon, bacon can make it REALLY salty.
Pepperoni, chicken, pineapple. Depending on the sauce/pepperoni you get a little spice; the cheese/chicken, a little salt; pineapple, makes it a little sweet.
The only problem I've had ordering this is that some places make the chunks of any of the ingredients too big, so you get patches of flavour instead of a blend. Otherwise, heaven.
TimeTravelMishap ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:45:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You are everything that i wrong with society.
Ieetzbread ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:59:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
... not
Enchilada_McMustang ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:54:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why don't you go ahead and put watermelons on there too, what about apples? I mean if you like fruit in your pizza...
tempfolder ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:47:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What about tomatoes?
Enchilada_McMustang ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:03:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Im not gonna repeat once again the knowledge vs wisdom thing for you kids, if you dont know the difference between tomatoes and the rest of the fruits its your problem.
Hydris ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:43:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No they don't you commie.
cuntpuncher_69 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:12:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What are you some fucking Nancy boy?!
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:50:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're what's wrong with America
Chocobolove ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:00:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What does this have to do with America?
thealphateam ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:56:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You forgot to add the word โnotโ to the end of your sentence.
UndeadBread ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:12:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, it needs to be its own separate sentence for maximum rad-ness.
tralpaz1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:43:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck off you swine
LordofShit ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:02:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not on every pizza, but some, yes.
rsnellings25 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:20:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Agreed.
thrylkyl ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:37:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
NOT!
insertredditjokehere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:09:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Right next to the glorious pepperonis.
Siarles ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:14:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Depends on what else is on the pizza, imo. I don't think it would go well with pepperoni, but it's good with ham/Canadian bacon.
jhutchi2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:33:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Especially with ham or pepperoni. Mmmm
saxybandgeek1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:21:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had a pineapple pepperoni pizza tonight!
Doesnt_Draw_Anything ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:47:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're weak, you're bloodline is weak, and you will not survive the winter.
gprime311 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:52:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No they fucking don't. The closest thing to a fruit that should be on a pizza is tomatoes.
bogidyboy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:00:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For the record, fuck you
raymondoe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:03:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
People like you are why there are things wrong with the world.
I bet you also think cars should drive on the left side of the road, upside down.
Jumpy142 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:17:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck you.
MrAxlee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:09:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pineapple, jalepenos, pepperoni and bacon. Perfect.
UndeadBread ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:12:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Light pineapple flavor, maybe, but not the actual fruit. That part's supposed to go in the trash.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:19:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For the record, anything added on a pizza other than the base dough, cheese (MOZZARELLA), garlic powder, and tomato sauce (little bits of mint are permitted in the sauce) is an affront to the art of pizza.
Not_Joshy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:24:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I used to be adamantly against pineapple on pizza, then one day I got hit with a craving for it along with ham and a little blast of sriracha. Holy shit it was life changing.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:46:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only if you get jalapeรฑos to balance them out.
AssholeBot9000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:12:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not. You forgot the not.
thegamer373 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:12:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Im sorry im just going to pour sugar on your ham and cheese samwitch and then you can eat it
JealotGaming ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:09:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck no, get your fruit off my pizza
Flugkrake ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:23:37 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some of you ananas eaters are alright, don't go to Pizza Hut tomorrow
MedicPigBabySaver ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:38:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
got my upvote, but, still 20 votes down :-(
craftygnomes ยท 447 points ยท Posted at 19:37:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For the record, they don't.
Mzmonyne ยท 246 points ยท Posted at 20:02:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes they do.
DeadliestDonutIII ยท 165 points ยท Posted at 20:16:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They don't.
Foerumokaz ยท 75 points ยท Posted at 20:34:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They do.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:08:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They don't think it be like it is but it do
ssshhhutup ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:28:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do!
whatshouldidowithmyl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:22:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They don't think it be like it is, but it do.
phisherman77 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:50:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, they don't.
Hageshii01 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:40:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's okay to be wrong. They certainly don't.
ghoti_fry ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:37:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They don't think it be like it is, but it do
thatguypeng ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:14:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They don't think it be like it is but it do
Scrambo91 ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 00:00:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nuh uh
corruptcake ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 01:24:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
NO THEY DON'T.
JamEngulfer221 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:49:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why bother caring?
atticusmars_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:01:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes they fucking do.
right_in_two ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:58:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the classic sweet-salty combo that works well together. Specifically the fruit and cheese combo.
Ever had a cheese plate at a nice restaurant? It will have several cheeses as well as fruit on the side. Because the combo works. People who like this should try peaches and cottage cheese. Or a slice of apple pie with a slice of cheddar on top.
CJ090 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes. A steak and pineapple pizza with a d'asti wine pairing is delicious.
TheDeltaLambda ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:22:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bruh. Get a pizza with chicken, ham, jalapeรฑo, onion, and pineapple. It'll change your perspective. It changed mine.
craftygnomes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:59:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't really like toppings that much to begin with. I don't think a clusterfuck would help.
DenverFresh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:19:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can't we all just hit a bong?
Ravenman2423 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:40:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fah Q
lmeowster ยท 77 points ยท Posted at 20:44:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Haha, yea. This is one I could never understand. You're most likely eating a pizza with a fruit based sauce, and you're debating whether a fruit belongs on a pizza? Just weird.
For the record, they do.
kung-fu_hippy ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:27:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Apples are also fruits. As are avocado and pumpkin. I do not want any of them on my pizza.
I mean, would you want roasted kidney beans mixed with your coffee?
InsaneGenis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't want pineapple, avocado or apples in my curry, but if you put pumpkin in I'm not mad.
UndeadBread ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:18:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Depending on the type of curry and what you're eating it with, these all sound just fine to me. I just made some delicious pineapple black bean chicken the other night and that's only a few ingredients away from methi malai.
UndeadBread ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:16:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A pumpkin pizza would probably be pretty good, actually. Mix it into the sauce with a bit of cardamom and top it with some garlic and moderate helping of Italian and/or andouille sausage... I want to try it.
Ekudar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:03:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Duuude, Mexican Pizza (Aztec or something to the matter) is awesome, and some variants have Avocados, shit is amazing on a Pizza.
Lemerney2 ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 21:31:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
PIZZA SHOULDN'T BE SWEET!!!
psychopathic_rhino ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:16:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sweet and savory is the best combination imo
DavidG993 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:00:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Then throw on some pepperoni and jalapenos too!
Insertusernamehere5 ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 22:45:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It ain't sweet though, pineapples are sour.
Lemerney2 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:11:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They taste sweet to me.
loctopode ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:56:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They are fairly sweet, but have enough of a "tang" that they seem to compliment some savoury stuff.
DR_JIM_RUSTLES ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:59:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pineapple is definitely sweet. You might want to check if you've got a tongue...
mugguffen ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:39:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
eh pizza can definitely be sweet, one of the local places in my town uses a very sweet sauce and it is amazing.
none the less pineapple is not an acceptable pizza topping
seattleque ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 21:30:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
While ham and pineapple (Hawaiian) pizza is great, the "Can't Stop Rockin' Pizza", "A classic Tomato sauce pizza with a generous helping of Pepperoni, Pineapple, Garlic and Extra Mozzarella" from The Rock Wood Fired Kitchen is simply amazing.
AnAwesomeTiger ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 22:25:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Knowledge is knowing that peppers and the seeds on strawberries (not the fleshy part) and green beans are biologically fruit but there's a big difference between biological and culinary terms.
cscottaxp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:11:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ummmm
seattleque ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:15:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hmmm. I may stand corrected. I'll have to make it and try it to be sure.
mordeh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:11:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're eating a vegetable with a fruit-based sauce. Thanks, U.S. Government.
XxLokixX ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:04:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lets add strawberries too
Gbiknel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:03:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tomatoes are only fruits in botany, they are vegetables in terms of culinary uses.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/words/is-a-tomato-a-fruit-or-a-vegetable
KuntaStillSingle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:52:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not a matter of whether fruit belongs on pizza, it's what fruits belong on pizza. By your logic watermelon is acceptable for pizza, because like a tomato it is a fruit. Hell why not throw in chocolate milk, like cheese it is a dairy.
Matsas11 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:00:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I personally hate the pineapple texture. It just doesn't fit in with the rest of the pizza.
lmeowster ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:18:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't like tomato sauce, but I love pineapples on pizza :)
Matsas11 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:40:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I understand why someone would like it. Pineapple can be alright if used right, but I've never been a fan of pure fruit on pizza. It's a shame that the best fillings are sometimes on pineapple pizzas and I don't want to just pick them off.
UndeadBread ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:19:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ditto. I think the flavor is fine, but the texture is gross.
BitchinIndika ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:58:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing it doesn't belong in a fruit salad. Same thing with pineapple.
GabrielsTrumpet ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:54:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pineapples make nice decorative plants, but that's about it.
BitchinIndika ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:18:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I actually really like them, just not with cheese on them.
GabrielsTrumpet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:22:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's ok I suppose, just keep em off pizzas and I can be happy.
CountMalachi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:57:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pineapples are berries.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They're totally different ingredients even if they both fruits. Tomato juice is gross while pineapple juice is delicious, and no one would ever argue that tomato juice is delicious because other fruit juices are delicious.
oilpit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:28:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tomatoes are not considered a fruit when it comes to cooking.
DoxBox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:37:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Speaking in culinary terms, tomatoes are 100% a vegetable. Vegetable doesn't describe any particular kind of plant.
You wouldn't put apple on a pizza, or orange slices, why the fuck put pineapple?
Admiringcone ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:47:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As it turns out more people disagree with you.
TheFuckNameYouWant ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:47:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh so you're one of those assholes who use the whole "tomato is a fruit" when it suits your argument.
Pineapple belongs on pizza like pineapple belongs on a plate of spaghetti. It doesn't.
FootFetishFrank ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 01:07:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck off
jcs1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:48:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you like pepperoni and bullets you've come to the right place.
Alternativmedia ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:41:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Easy there, we don't want a pizzagate on our hand again, move away from the pineapple nice and slowly...
ididntsaygoyet ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fun fact: Hawaiian Pizza was not actually invented in Hawaii, but instead my home town of Chatham, Ontario.
wardrich ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:48:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Of course they do, and anybody that disagrees needs to get a new tongue or something. You can also serve pineapple with pork and ham. Suck it.
seattleque ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:26:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Grilled pineapple with a bit of salt and cayenne is awesome as a pork side!
FrankyRizzle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:13:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only one thing belongs on pizza. Pepperfuckingoni.
GabrielsTrumpet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:55:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
also cheese and saus, and maybe some Frank's red hot and some parmesan. And if you get it from pizza hut then you get the garlic sprinklin' on the crust.
zarraha ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:43:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why is this something nobody explain? People get overly passionate about it because half of people have good taste-buds that are capable of handling the sweet and salty, juicy and cheesy deliciousness of pineapple on pizza, and the other half have some sort of defect that not only makes them incapable of experiencing its true glory, but they actually think it's gross. We get passionate about pineapples because it's literally the best kind of pizza and feel that the others are missing out and potentially scaring off people who have never had it before. And the others get passionate about disliking it because they think we enjoy gross things and don't realize that we just have better taste buds.
TheAsianTroll ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:22:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ever try pineapple on a burger? Absolutely delicious if done right
Aldo_The_Apache_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:25:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They fucking do
ObviouslySteve ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:55:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
pineapples and onion, the only correct topping combination
elyisgreat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:56:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some pizza. "Hawaiian", they call it.
Those Hawaiians... They stole it from us Canucks...
Let it be known! Let it be known as CANADIAN PIZZA!!!
99BottlesOfMemes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:58:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I could do with of without. Sometimes it disgust me but sometimes it's ok. Don't see what all the hype is about on either side.
lwarB ยท 1449 points ยท Posted at 18:17:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is fun?
alextoria ยท 2449 points ยท Posted at 18:48:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
F is for friends who do stuff together
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U is for you and me.
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N is for anywhere and any time at all!
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Down here in the deep blue sea!
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F is for fire that burns down the whole town!
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U IS FOR URANIUM!
BOMBS
[deleted] ยท 1636 points ยท Posted at 19:10:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
N IS FOR NO SURVIVORS WHEN YOU-
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PLANKTON! Those things aren't what fun is all about!
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F is for frolic through all the flowers
Dark512 ยท 233 points ยท Posted at 20:29:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Uka-layyyyy-lee
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N is for nose picking, sharing gum and sand licking here with my best buddyyyy
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Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha ha. Mu-ah-ha-ha-ha ha. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-haaaa.
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You did it reddit!
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We are in this together bud.
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there no I in Reddit!
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Well....
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No Wells. Just I's.
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Iiiiii.com
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There's no me in team! Well, technically there is but
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Wow...it's finally been done.. I can die now
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I'm proud of everyone
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As am I. I love you guys.
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That feels good.
LET'S DO IT AGAIN!
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Don't mind me! Just watching spongebob!
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Holy shit this is the best comment thread ever
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Arggg, mutiny.
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Ravioli Ravioli
____SPIDERWOMAN____ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Huh. I always thought it was cherry gum for some reason.
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F is for frame traps that punish all the worthless scrubs!
jaybusch ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:19:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is Urien!
('s Aegis Reflector)
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You poor bastard.
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U is for u poor bastard
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U is for Ukelele
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U is for ukulele!
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U is for ukulele.
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U is for Ukelelee...
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U is for ukuleles
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U is for ukulele
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U is for ukulele!
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U is for I can't spell that word.
SadGhoster87 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:49:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You kuh lay lee?
mattgreenberg0 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:37:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for unending pain and despair
SadGhoster87 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:50:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/edgyteenagers
Silv999 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:11:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for uke-LEEDLE LEEDLE LEEDLE LEE.
Gesh777 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:04:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U us for Ukulele
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U is for ukulele
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U is for ukuleeeele
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U is for Ukulele
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:18:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele!
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 22:25:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Congrats on being the 15th person to reply this!
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U is for ukulele!
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U is for ukulele !
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U is for ukelele
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U is for ukulele!
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U is for ukelele!
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U is for ukulele!
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U is for ukulele!
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U is for ukulele!
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U is for ukulele
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U is for ukelele
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U is for ukulele
aes110 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:01:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
F is to pay respect
JacobCrowell ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:12:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Ukulele!
__Rorschach____ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:21:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Ukulele...
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U is for Ukelele
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U is for ukulele.
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U is for ukulele
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U is for Ukulele
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U is for ukulele
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U is for ukulele
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:08:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele!
jtl357 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:11:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele!
H-Dresden ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:32:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Ukelele
RealStego ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:32:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele
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U is for ukulele
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U is for ukulele
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U is for ukulele!
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U is for UK-U-LE-LE!
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U is for ukulele
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U is for ukulele
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U is for ukulele
V0IDGaming ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:57:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Ukulele
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:57:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele
Justinator14 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:02:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukelele
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U is for ukulele
RChebroha ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:22:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:33:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele
Wigglyquigley ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:40:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukeleles!
Gone_Green ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:52:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele
Theguywhoalwaysdies ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:59:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukelele
PastryGirl ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:01:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for u-keh-lay-lee.
Sal_Weezer_Valestra ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:09:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Ukelele
NeonBiscuit ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:20:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Ukuleles
Scout6feetup ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:38:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Ukulele
BallinHonky ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:43:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele
KingOfRages ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:39:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Ukulele
wolfpwarrior ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:56:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ucalalies.
EllieMarie ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:00:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele
Rutherford_the27th ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:04:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele
CUNekTuesday ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:09:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Ukelele
_marther_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:25:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for urinary tract infection
The_Greaseball ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 21:02:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele
Thatguyjumpertik ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:28:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for I don't know the next part
FeedMeBlood ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:12:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Uranus
PM_ME_STEAM_CODES__ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:21:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for under the sea, which is where someone lives in a pineapple
ki110r ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:13:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for GO FUCK YOURSELF
Ardub23 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:54:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
N is for no
jaybusch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:21:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What's F for?
NomadicDolphin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:11:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I is for Ukulele!
Haboo65 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:26:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:31:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Ukulele.
R34R34 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:33:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Ukelele!
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U is for ukulele
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U is for ukulele !!
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U is for Ukulele
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U is for Ukulele!
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U is for ukulele
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U is for Ukulele
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U is for ukulele.
Ardub23 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:55:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for up the butt
Darkxzs ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:15:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukelele
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:57:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Ukuleeeeelee.
HutchMeister24 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:40:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:56:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Ukuleles
Pepe_the_frog666 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:12:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U Is for Ukelele
HeroOfTime14 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:01:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele
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U is for ukelele
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U is for ukulele
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U is for ukulele
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U is for ukulelee
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U is for ukulele
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U is for ukulele
Lambaline ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:26:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:29:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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animaljam2005 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:05:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Ukulele!
sarge101 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:52:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele
kilslef ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:18:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What the actual fuck is happening here?
poopaloopydoop ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:31:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was already about to pee my pants because of this nonsense but this comment did me in. Excuse me.
kilslef ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:45:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Drown in your own piss you dirty capitalist ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:20:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You dropped this. \
jfb1337 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:32:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This comment was just before the More Comments link so everyone is commenting the next line without checking the other comments.
serialmuncher ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:52:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele
Hopely ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:56:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele
iamyourcheese ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:10:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:31:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele!
Thissite1s ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:19:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukuleles.
TheRedChair_ ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:46:50 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele
The_Butters_Worth ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 01:29:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try it like this!
ninjosh97 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 02:27:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So... FUNP!
arhanv ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 04:52:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes they are you sadistic fuck...
Skotzjo ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:06:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
PLANKTON! That's not what fun is all about, here, let me help you.
A_Waskawy_Wabit ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:10:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
N is for No Survivors. Down in the deep blue sea
Makemewantitbad ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:45:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
BOMBS!
theleafy1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:28:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for uranium bombs!!
bonzaibuddy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:29:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for uranium Bomb.
yourock_rock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:07:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for uranium! Bombs!
bigga_nutt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:01:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Uranium... BOMBS
darkprince212 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:56:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Uranium.... BOMBS!
_Cheeki_Breeki_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:20:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No F is for go fu-
PLANKTON NO
Arumai12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:11:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Uranium.......boooomb.
Photoshart ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:18:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for uranium...BOMBS!
xKappz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:06:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Uranium...
evenmoreKUSH ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:05:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fire is for FIRE! To burn all the houses
BlackCombos ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:10:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never even noticed "anywhere" does not, in fact, start with "N". I feel somewhat like my life was a lie.
jaybusch ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:23:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had that realization a while after I had seen the episode.
if it makes you feel any better, I can say "N is for n-e-where and n-e-time at all".
you_got_fragged ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:32:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They make it like that because the first sound you make when pronouncing it is the letter N
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:03:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Down here in the deep blue sea!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:07:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
K
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:29:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
FTFY
sup3rdr01d ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:43:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
N is for nuclear annihilation
Sploitspiller ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:33:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
C is for caring.
AbCEATER ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:05:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
K is for being Keen
PigNamedBenis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:29:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Y is for you're all homos.
ewhite12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:49:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
N is for No surviors!
as_a_fake ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 20:55:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sigh... Upvote, upvote, upvote, etc...
ewhite12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:48:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for Uranium - Bombs.
7dwn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:51:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
r/unexpectedspongebob
StructuralFailure ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:47:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
U is for ukulele
Lord_Webotama ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 21:30:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
F for Flash u noob
CeterumCenseo85 ยท 202 points ยท Posted at 20:38:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baby don't hurt me!
Sarazil ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 00:20:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't hurt me!
Enkanel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:31:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No more!
GenLifeformAndDiskOS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:24:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No more!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:18:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Best response
BDKoolwhip ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:12:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My first thought as well
Mont3y ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:03:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mom's spaghetti
DrMarioLutherKing ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:59:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wrong circlejerk
Gbiknel ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 04:07:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Here's the thing...you responded to the wrong comment...or I'm gonna blow you're mind and tell you that isn't how the song goes.
fnord_happy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:15:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Joke
Valdrax ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 21:53:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Losing!
Epicurus1 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:12:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baby don't hur... shit.
bed_42 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:00:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you get excited and happy about something you're doing or going to do! Right?
SmartAlec105 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:45:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
F is for Fire which burned down the Shire
U is for Uruk-hai!
N is for Nazgรปl high up in the sky,
Under the command of a big fiery eye!
TuskenCam ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:05:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that gets harder to explain as you get older
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:11:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Positive arousal.
titty_twister_9000 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:30:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
depends on your personality and your tastes. could be racing could be stamp collecting. Just test the waters and you'll figure something out bud.
corchin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:56:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
a Pitbull song
mypolarbear ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:43:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cocaine.
haddock420 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:49:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fun toys are fun.
Jacosion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:13:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baby don't twerk me?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:40:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
fun is different for everyone.
frosted1030 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:11:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No idea but it's smaller than a king.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:35:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you would rather not be doing anything else
VashMM ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:36:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is love?
jiveabillion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:57:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How do you quantify it?
Reddisaurusrekts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:18:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baby don't bore me...
asappringles ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:21:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
F is for friends that do things without you
U is for uninvited
N is for never feeling wanted
SWAGLORD420DANK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:24:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
BABY DONT HURT MEEEEEEEEEEE
alexm42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:45:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would say "fun" is when your biological reward centers are activated, but when you aren't doing something biologically necessary.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:06:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Physics
boredintheoffice2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:21:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The employment of time in a profitless and non-practical way.
theOldValyrian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:57:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fun is having a good time. Fun is entertainment. Fun is enjoyment resulting from performance of an action.
There are probably many other acceptable definitions as well.
onlytech_nofashion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:36:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baby don't hurt me โช
goat_in_tree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:58:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That thing that you're looking for.
spectrumero ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:01:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kryten's definition was the best. "Fun? Ah yes, the employment of time in a profitless and non-practical way."
happycatface ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:10:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, Francine, F U....N. Spells fun.
fuseboy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:23:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's a great article here on the Theory of Fun.
SDF05 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:44:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is fun
Boloar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:50:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WHO WAS PHONE?!
walter-lego ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:12:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pleasure plus surpise.
Irememberedmypw ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:57:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking Up Nothingness
Mattxy8 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:31:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me
boxopen ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:26:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We did it reddit!
frjoethesecond ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:01:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
F is for ''Fuck her right in the pussy!''
ElMachoGrande ยท 57 points ยท Posted at 06:43:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pain. This is actually a very real problem in medical care, as different patients describe the same pain very differently, and there is no clear definitions for types and levels of pain.
notgoodwithyourname ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 13:49:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That is very true. And to add to that when they ask you to rank on a scale from 1 -10, I wonder how many people truly have experienced a "10" level pain.
I've been hospitalized for pancreatitis and apparently it is a very painful thing to go through. I agree that it does suck, but I'm almost positive that when I had to get potassium in my IV was much worse than the pancreatitis pain.
misa1233 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:50:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
this also varies by what the worst pain we ever felt was.
Once upon a time my 10 pain (worst I ever felt) was a 3rd degree burn on my leg from jamming a motorcycle exhaust into my calf during a spill. A few days after it happened was a definite 10 for me.
Then years later I had a c-section where the anesthesia failed. Comparatively that burn is now a 5
delmar42 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:01:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
(thanking God I decided to never have children)
arquillion ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:00:57 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
(thanking god for being born with a penis)
arquillion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:01:22 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
might also be a question wether you remember that burn or not
misa1233 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:50:15 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
possibly. My memories of both have faded a bit over the years.
ElMachoGrande ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:54:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also, when asked, you get other factors. For example, people count on getting faster care if they exaggerate the pain.
What they don't think about is the poor guy who really is in that much pain, and will have to wait until they are done.
Tis_be_thine_upvote ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:26:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There is a disease that attacks your nervous system called CRPS which is the most painful disease on the pain scale and has a very high suicide rate. I know somebody that has it, and have heard stories of people that have been told they are crazy and they are just a bunch of babies. It's not a very known disease.
Imagine having the most painful disease in the world and nobody believing you. People have described it as, "Walking in broken glass with your legs on fire."
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:03:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
On the same vein, it weirds me out when people say that some people have a higher or lower threshold of pain. What does that even mean and how can we ever know how another person experiences pain? It's also really weird how pain has a huge mental/emotional aspect to it.
effa94 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 15:04:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
well, you know when you give massages in school, and there was always someone, usally you, that went "ouch, not that hard" then you switched partners, and he gives the same massage to the next person as he gave to you and that person is going "HARDER! HARDER CALL ME A BITCH AND DO IT HARDER!" or something like that, then you know that you are a little bitch with a low threshold of pain
ElMachoGrande ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 13:42:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, as an active practitioner of BDSM, I can say for certain that different people have different pain thresholds.
Some people have an upper limit that's not even a warm-up for others.
Heck, this weekend I saw a guy who took many (at least 30) blows with a heavy crop to the balls, and still remained standing and enjoyed it. I'm pretty sure most guys wouldn't be consious after that.
This is something every dominant needs to be very aware of, as people are very different. For example, when whipping two girls with very different pain thresholds, I need to mentally "recalibrate" when alternating between them, so each gets the attention level which works for her.
delmar42 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:59:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have to wonder if the pain that I'm experiencing really is "not that big of a deal", or if it would have another person screaming for mama if he/she were experiencing my pain.
Tis_be_thine_upvote ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:21:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's funny to think that there could be somebody in severe pain sitting quietly in a hospital, while somebody else in mild pain is being sent to ICU based on how much they say it hurts.
ElMachoGrande ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:39:50 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some people try to be macho. It's a very real problem.
iff_true ยท 644 points ยท Posted at 18:46:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The difference between left and right.
TheBlank0 ยท 441 points ยท Posted at 20:47:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
easy, kuro was left and rtz was right
Monsieur_Skeltal ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 23:43:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Goddamn it I just tried to escape prepatch shitpost and you brought it here.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:07:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Patch!
lolzor7 ยท 55 points ยท Posted at 22:17:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/dota2 is leaking again
Ehryus ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 05:22:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The pre patch madness has begun
setfire3 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:57:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
must be dem koreans.
Teufelzorn ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 22:47:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
motherfucker
Bubadoo ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 22:21:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No they were both left and Puppey was right. Team Secret won Shanghai m8
el_pensador ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:08:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Puppey is literally God. No two ways about it.
Harp00ner ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:21:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kappa
Rammite ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:27:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now if only I could rep you!
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:41:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
fired?
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:54:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
LMAO
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:16:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/dota2 is leaking.... I like it 4head
White_Shadows ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:30:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I haven't kept up with Dota 2 in a while so how much I've seen it referenced lately really makes me want to get back into it.
TacoPower ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck.
[deleted] ยท 143 points ยท Posted at 19:23:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Directions don't exist outside of the brain.
bearkin1 ยท 144 points ยท Posted at 22:28:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tell that to magnetism.
SmartAlec105 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 22:48:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You can do the right hand rule with your left hand but you have to swap around which digits correspond to which vector.
MIKE6792 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 23:11:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or just use the correct definitions.
onemoreclick ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:12:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Definitions are inside the brain things
imscaredoffbi ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:40:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking magnets, How do they work?
Norgenigga ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:13:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All vector fields have directions, but they are still they are still reliant on a reference point, therefore don't exist outside of the brain.
BadgersForChange ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:38:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How does that work?
CaptHolmes42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:57:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magneto was left.
rlbond86 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:29:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All of the math works out if you switch North and South though. Some minus signs pop out but that's it.
The weak force on the other hand...
bassinastor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:24:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's not magnetism, it's just vectors.
SwagDrag1337 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:26:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's just the vector cross product in action, and is basically nothing more than a mathematical construct to deal with multiplying two vectors together
xyroclast ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:14:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is no more useful than saying "nothing exists outside of the brain". If anything exists, directions exist.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:30:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
From our perspective, which we can't step outside of. What we perceive is real to us.
INFEKTEK ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:10:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's too early in the morning for this shit.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:12:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's 5 in the afternoon.
INFEKTEK ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:30:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This might be mind blowing to you but there are different time zones on this planet.
strongmenbent ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:25:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh that is definitely not true. The universe certainly has parity
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:37:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is that not us assigning meaning to natural phenomena?
rocketman0739 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:48:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As opposed to the rest of this thread?
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:35:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tell that to Gravity.
SilentStriker84 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:54:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Deep
bogzaelektrotehniku ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:07:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dish
Burdiac ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 22:25:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It all comes back to pizza
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:15:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted]
3brithil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:13:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
r/theworldisflat
Mistamage ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:20:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's pizza all the way down.
Sound_of_Science ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:47:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I...what the fuck are you on about? Have you taken any 7th grade math? How do you think anything exists without the concept of direction? 3D uses six directions. 2D uses four. Hell, even 1D uses two directions. Things wouldn't be if they couldn't be somewhere in relation to each other.
47buttplug ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:31:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nothing exists outside of the brain
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:03:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
With the person's own pov as the starting point, 'left' is the straight direction when turned counter-clockwise and 'right' is the straight direction when turned clockwise.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:06:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like where you're going with this. However, you would need to use the terms "right" and "left" to describe "clockwise" and "counter-clockwise" (respectively), so it's a bit of a circular definition.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:10:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or you could describe a circle and 'up and down'. A clock hand doesn't move right or left, it moves around.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:12:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But wouldn't you have to specify whether it's moving around towards the left, or around towards the right?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:17:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Explain it graphically with positive and negative instead of right or left. Teach them how to graph a parabola and then just give them the equation for something moving in a circle.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:41:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think I'm still following you, but wouldn't you still have to designate positive and negative as right and left? In order for "turn the clock's hand in the positive direction" to be meaningful, you would have to explain what "positive" represents in this case, which would require using either "right" or "clockwise."
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:13:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not if you demonstrate on a number line. And 'clockwise' doesn't just mean positive or 'right' in this cast. It can mean positive or 'right' in some instances but as you keep moving clockwise on a graph the movement will also be negative while (from the center point's pov) still moving rightwards.
Magramatist ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:30:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://i.imgur.com/oo9Ht8R.png
Ok, I've graphed my circle, clockwise is the positive x direction when y is positive, right? I've correctly labelled "clockwise" and therefore "right" on my graph?
eton975 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:05:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now, switch the places of 2 and -2, 1 and -1 by sliding them along their respective line to the opposite place.
Clockwise will be in the positive x direction.
Magramatist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:27:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, but now you didn't explain it, you showed it to me on an image. The number line and the circle and the clockwise directions were nothing to do with it, you may as well have just looked at a picture of a house I drew and said "left is the side with the door on it".
If I hadn't shown you that image, if we were only communicating with words, you would have no way of knowing I drew it incorrectly, so the explanation itself is no use.
eton975 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:28:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Non-verbal explanation in any form doesn't count? I thought it did.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:09:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You have clockwise labeled as when x is moving in a negative direction when y is positive which is counter clockwise. Clockwise would be when x is positive and getting exponentially bigger while y is positive and getting exponentially smaller in the first quadrant, then x gets exponentially smaller while y gets exponentially smaller in the fourth quadrant, then x gets exponentially smaller while y gets exponentially bigger in the third quadrant, and then x gets exponentially bigger while y gets exponentially bigger in the second quadrant.
InfanticideAquifer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:34:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You don't need them. You could instruct the person how to figure out which hemisphere they're in by describing constellations (none of which are mirror images of each other, thank God) and then how to construct a sun dial. In the Norther hemisphere the shadow of the gnomon of a sundial moves clockwise. (Which is actually why clocks move that way as well.)
Magramatist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:28:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They don't learn left and right from your explanation though, they learn it from watching the sundial. You can't explain left and right, only demonstrate them.
InfanticideAquifer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:34:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well... what do you mean by "explain" then? I think fundamentally everything comes down to demonstration. Basic concepts are, by land large, learned by having someone point at something and make a sequence of sounds.
Magramatist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:56:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, you can explain how to draw a number 1 using only words:
Draw a straight line on a piece of paper. What's a straight line? The shortest distance between two points. What are points? Take your pencil and briefly jab the paper, that's a point. Now trace between them along the shortest route possible. As long as they already know "pencil" and "paper" and can understand directions, you can explain it.
Same with number 8:
Draw two circle that are just touching. What's a circle? Draw a point, then trace a line where every part of the line is the same distance from the point. Draw another point so distance between the line and the points is the same. Then trace another equidistant line around the second point that passes through the first circle only once. Now erase the points.
But you can't with 7:
Draw a straight line like a 1. Now add a shorter line so the ends touch at a right angle. What's a right angle? Draw a straight line, then draw a second straight line through it such that any point on the second line is the same distance from 2 points on the first line that are the same distance from the intersection in either direction. The relation between the first and second lines is called a right angle. Ok, so I have to draw a right angle, there are 2 possible right angles that join the end of the first line, which way should it go? To the left. What does left mean? ...
InfanticideAquifer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:44:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well... okay. But that is kind of a lot, compared to nothing. If already know about sundials then I can explain clockwise/counter-clockwise and, by extension, left/right using just words.
Cassiterite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:19:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
heh
celui-qui-triquite ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 21:48:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Simple : look at your hands. Right hand is the one with the thumb on the left and lefft hand is the one with the thumb on the right.
D0ct0rJ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:04:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah yes, or in coding terms:
PoliticalLava ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 21:10:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Left is something that stays behind, and right is a synonym of correct. Pretty easy to explain if you ask me.
Ultima_RatioRegum ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 22:27:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Interestingly enough, the weak interaction does violates parity, so it's possible to define left and right in a coherent way that utilizes only quantum mechanics and the appropruate choice of reference frame in such a way that our universe could be distinguished from its mirror.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:08:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like the explanation that if you're looking at the average human, their heart is on their left and your right. The other side of their body is their right and your left. It's not really a definition, but from there anybody could always figure out left versus right from either perspective.
biopticstream ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:05:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Left is Block and Right is attack. Duh.
TheCircleWithCorners ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:57:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think you have it the other way around.
rg44_at_the_office ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 20:57:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Think about this for a minute: Why are left and right flipped in a mirror, but not up and down?
skyeliam ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 21:42:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Horizontal axis isn't flipped, your image has been inverted. If you imagine yourself as a 2D surface that slides through the mirror and gets inverted around another 3D surface, like a piece of transparent paper, then it makes sense.
square_zero ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 21:45:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It isn't left/right that flip, but forward/backward.
Kaibakura ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 22:30:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because of how mirrors work.
Grisnik ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 22:01:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is it because our eyes are side by side?
KidKarate ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:19:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This kinda seems right
anonymousMF ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:25:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not tough. Close one eye and still the same thing
G3n3r4lch13f ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:38:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chirality. Here's a fairly intuitive exlaination
kaylejoy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:52:37 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
?!
TheCircleWithCorners ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:56:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
โฝ
superdb ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:12:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Uhhhhh
afro_aficionado ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:55:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also, if you go north for long enough you will eventually go south, but if you go easy or west you will only ever be going the direction.
MobthePoet ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:01:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You shut your damned mouth
Wormdundee ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:23:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because that's not logical at all? If you have an understanding of how light rays work, it's very straightforward.
Squirrelzarelife ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:33:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because that's not how reflection works
hayzie1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:04:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just rotate the mirror!
BlissnHilltopSentry ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:45:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They're not. You see your left side on the left of the mirror, you see your top on the top of the mirror.
ty134de ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:34:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because physics
In_WrongThread ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:44:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because a mirror doesn't (โฏยฐโกยฐ)โฏ๏ธต โปโโป up and down
jaxonfairfield ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:20:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mirrors could do that, but they don't because they're lazy.
Lambaline ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:29:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://youtu.be/vBpxhfBlVLU
jfb1337 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:38:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because when you turn something to face a mirror, you are flipping it horizontally. Not the mirror flipping it, you turning that flips it.
OKImHere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:43:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because you chose to turn around to face it instead of doing half a backflip and standing on your head.
Write a message on a paper. Flip it vertically to face a mirror. It won't be backward, but it will be upside down.
It's not flipped horizontally, but rather you expect it to be and it isn't. If I point North, my mirror image also points North, not South.
rg44_at_the_office ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:31:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Even when I look in a mirror while doing a headstand, the top (my feet) is at the top and the bottom is at the bottom (my head).
But the letters on my tshirt are backwards.
OKImHere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:39:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The letters on your shirt are already backward. The words start on your right arm. If you're on your head, though, the bottom of the words are at the ceiling, and are thus upside down.
Forget words on your shirt. Try words on the shower curtain, opposite the mirror. The first word is opposite your left eye. If you flip upside down and look in the mirror, it's still in your left eye, but the top of the letters look like they're by your feet, i.e. upside down.
abnormalsyndrome ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:02:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Woah!
Empire_Of_The_Mug ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 22:21:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because humans can move horizontally but not usually vertically
Korberos ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 22:31:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because our eyes are side to side... aligned vertically...
Are you high?
VinSkeemz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:29:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Easy. Right is where your thumb is on the left of your hand!
TakesTheWrongSideGuy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:49:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Left and right is quite easy to explain. Make an L shape with both hands. The normal L is left. The backwards L is right.
Beidah ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:24:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But what if they don't know what an 'L' is?
xKazimirx ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:26:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's easy, raise your left hand with its palm facing outwards and your thumb extended, the shape that it makes is an 'L'
TheCircleWithCorners ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:55:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What if you don't know what an "L" is?
LicenceToBill ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:29:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What if you had to explain left and right to an Alien species through a translator? They probably don't have hands.
AlmostButNotQuit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:58:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You have the one that is correct (right), and the one that remains (left). It's admittedly arbitrary, but once right is defined, what's left is obvious.
thegeneraldisarray ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:04:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And this was why I was relegated to carrying the banner in marching band. One other person to help steer me, for one.
When I used to drive, I'd explain that you need to point which way to go, not use right or left. I don't know why this is.
LordJupiter213 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:06:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your left hand is the hand that reads "L" right is the hand that doesn't
Magramatist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:34:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now try to describe an L without drawing one or using the words "left" or "right".
aknutty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:10:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The circumference of the earth.
macphile ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:15:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I seem to recall hearing about a civilization that relied on compass directions rather than right or left. Everything had a compass direction, including things in your immediate space (the fork on the "west" side of the table, as it were). Weirdly, they intuitively knew which compass direction things were in, even without visual cues. You could blindfold them and put them in a dark room, and they could point north.
Unless I dreamed this.
SadGhoster87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:53:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The former understand separation of church and state, the latter don't.
/s
TheCircleWithCorners ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:54:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Left is a -90ยฐ turn from what angle you're facing and right is a 90ยฐ turn from what angle you're facing.
kiddhitta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:40:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If it ain't left, it ain't right!
Jticospwye54 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:52:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Perspective
HypocriticalThinker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:14:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Easy.
The weak interaction violates mirror parity, which means that you can figure out clockwise and counterclockwise. Use the Wu experiment, or something similar.
Then "left" and "right' are counterclockwise and clockwise of forward, viewed from above, respectively.
Magramatist ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:35:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Use an experiment" isn't an explanation though, it's a demonstration. This answer is just "your left hand makes an L" with fancier words.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:51:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My mom doesn't know her left from her right, and it agitates the hell out of me. You don't even have to memorize both! Just fucking pick one to know by heart, and then you can figure the other out by process of elimination! Humans can memorize between 5 and 7 pieces of information instantaneously, and you can't remember one! Just bloody one!!!
youssarian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The side of your chest that your heart is on. I forget which side it's on, but I believe it's more slightly on one side than the other.
Cbasg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:11:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Left is +90 degrees and right is -90 degrees
Johngdetti ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
left Twix is bathed in chocolate while right Twix is cloaked in chocolate.
iamacarboncarbonbond ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Left is the side the heart is on.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:53:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Magramatist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:36:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now define the quadrants on a cartesian plane without saying "left" or "right" or drawing them
Machete_BJJ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:53:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Left is Port, Right is Starboard...yeah
hohohoedor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:02:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Negative X axis is left and Positive X axis is right. Done.
angela52689 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:14:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I remember learning about some tribe that couldn't grasp this concept, that direction could be independent of everything else. They used north, south, etc. and couldn't use other directional terms, as they'd try to connect them to the cardinal directions when that's not possible. I don't remember anything more, though.
RADAC10US ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:23:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When laying a coordinate plane over any given geometric plane, any points containing a negative x value is considered to be on the left, and any points with a positive x value is considered to be on the right regardless of the y value.
(Assuming point (0,0) is considered the "center")
djgingersnapz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:38:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well think of it as left Twix and right Twix.goteamlefttwix
toolatealreadyfapped ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:46:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just like in politics: if you're not right, you're wrong.
DukeOfChaos92 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:31:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know about the whole, 'everybody understands' thing though... My brother once dated this chick who was in her 20s. When she played twister with my younger siblings she routinely got the two confused and had to ask which was which. Luckily that relationship didn't last
CuteThingsAndLove ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:17:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Left is..... <- that way.
Right is.... -> that way.
NATHAN325 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:31:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, right is, uh, right and left is, the other?
JackHarrison1010 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:10:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Politically: right is wrong and left is right.
happy_felix_day_34 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:03:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How much of your life savings has been spent supporting Bernie Sanders?
JackHarrison1010 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:13:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
None, the government in my country keep the poor poor so there isn't anything to spend.
Yajirobe404 ยท 434 points ยท Posted at 18:51:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Deja Vu.
[deleted] ยท 225 points ยท Posted at 19:30:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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seeingeyegod ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 21:37:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
every once in awhile I'll get it, then remember what actual situation I was previously in that felt really similar to this one and it is a relief.
jaybusch ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 23:01:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I could say that happened to me. Between premonitions and deja vu, it's really concerning that I might have a horrible brain disease instead.
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 04:00:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone gets deja vu. I never remember similar events, I think you're fine.
ZeroLAN ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 04:54:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Deja Vu is freaky man. It's so eerie to stop what you're doing and think "I've definitely done this before."
SirCoolbo ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:07:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
every once in awhile I'll get it, then remember what actual situation I was previously in that felt really similar to this one and it is a relief.
Filipino_Buddha ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 07:30:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish I could say that happened to me. Between premonitions and deja vu, it's really concerning that I might have a horrible brain disease instead.
Dsmario64 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:07:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone gets deja vu. I never remember similar events, I think you're fine.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:20:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Deja Vu is freaky man. It's so eerie to stop what you're doing and think "I've definitely done this before."
weedz420 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:29:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
every once in awhile I'll get it, then remember what actual situation I was previously in that felt really similar to this one and it is a relief.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:38:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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8163jb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:38:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone gets deja vu. I never remember similar events, I think you're fine.
Leakimlraj ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:05:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone gets deja vu. I never remember similar events, I think you're fine.
Ten_bucks_best_offer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:08:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not to freak you out or anything, but deja vu is pretty common among epileptics.
cactuscat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:48:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think it's common for everyone.
Ten_bucks_best_offer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:57:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I say common, I mean a lot. At least 3 to 4 times a month I will experience it. I've talked to many others who say the same. It's gotten to the point where it doesn't even feel weird anymore.
_Cheeki_Breeki_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:22:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not to freak you out or anything, but deja vu is pretty common among epileptics.
BlissnHilltopSentry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:22:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Similar situations? Deja vu for me is when I feel like everything to the tiny little details is exactly the same. I can acknoedge my deja vu while I'm in the midst of it and it's like I can tell the future.
seeingeyegod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:21:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I swear I've felt real deja vu, then been like "oh wait I did do almost this same thing a week ago, but some details were different", and the feeling fades. I think the brain confabulates the feeling that it is identical even though there were differences. It is cooler to believe in ESP though.
redmastif01 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 04:52:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have a running hypothesis that it's due to me reliving my life over and over again and every time I live life again the Deja Vu gets worse and worse and eventually I will live an entire lifetime of full Deja Vu. The reason nobody has fully achieved this yet is because everyone is simultaneously reliving their lives over and over again, no matter what time period they're in. Eventually everyone will start to experience Deja Vu more and more frequently, and ancient historian will reflect this. Of course, we will have no way of knowing that history was changed because every time we relive our lives we exist in our traditional linear universe, so history as it's written in every iteration will simply be history as we know it.
ForcrimeinItaly ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:20:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That would be a pretty good book. I'd read it.
BlissnHilltopSentry ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:28:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Idk how true it is, but I read an article a while back that mentioned deja vu being your brain having kind of double vision. Instead of just processing information once, it does it twice in a row. So your brain has already received the information before you get to realize you are. It feels like you've experienced it before because you have, probably a couple milliseconds ago.
redmastif01 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:43:22 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well yeah I'm aware of that. Even if it is the case, I think it's sorta boring.. so I made up my own version of what it is.
Teoshen ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:35:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Every time you feel Deja Vu, it means you died in the near future and this is your save point as a new you.
cactuscat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:49:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Luckily DeJa Vu should happen less as you get older. Maybe because each life is a bit longer...
Remember_Megaton ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except people wouldn't have deja vu about the book the first time around so someone might put it together
TheWierdAsianKid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:35:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But you know you haven't and that's what fucks with you
Garthenius ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:22:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But you're not exactly sure. Maybe something very similar has happened and you're trying to recall how it fared.
samster010 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:50:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But did i really think of this already or am i just thinking about thinking already?
notwearingpantsAMA ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:18:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's even better when you're doing something really really messed up and deja vu hits.
I've had diarrhea and washed my underwear at this particular bathroom sink in this exact bar before?
DarkColdFusion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:27:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Every single time I reply to you man. Freaks me out.
batty3108 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:31:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thing is, when I get it, I'm certain I remember when I experienced the thing I'm remembering, instead of just feeling that I've experienced it before.
Say I get dรฉjร vu when someone tells me I've got toothpaste on my t shirt while I'm buttering toast in my underwear. I'm convinced that I actually recall the last time that happened, and can almost visualise it.
So, is it strongly executed dรฉjร vu implanting a memory of remembering? Or did I actually experience that situation that I'm remembering?
Either way, the brain is freaking cool.
darkspine509 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:35:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It so weird. Like I would just picture something and then weeks later I would be doing something and think to myself that "Wait, I swear I was doing this before." It's really weird.
Tobias_durden ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:10:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sometimes it makes me think that my life is fake
Tis_be_thine_upvote ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:14:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Especially when it is somewhere you have never been before!
DarkPhoenix07 ยท 318 points ยท Posted at 23:52:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
So... if you're interested, this is my understanding of why Dejavu happens.
Your brains memory is separated into two parts. Short term and long term. Think of it as the difference between your PC hard drive and its RAM. While you're doing things your brain is loading up your short term memory. After a while this is converted to long term memory that basically comes with a time stamp so that your brain can keep it organised.
When you experience dejavu it's because your brain has accidentally put the information straight into the long term section (which messes up the time stamp), making you think that for some reason you saw or heard that a long time ago even though you are also experiencing it right now.
Edit: I would just like to add that I have no proof of this. I can't quote sources. As I mentioned, it's just my understanding as it was explained to me (by someone much smarter than I am) and it made a lot of sense.
CounterfeitVixen ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 03:35:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is the first explanation that's helped me understand deja vu. Thank you very much for the education!
A_Very_Big_Fan ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 02:26:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is there a cause for it or...?
DarkPhoenix07 ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 02:30:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not that I know of... I've already imparted all of my knowledge on the topic sadly
ChimpChief59 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:25:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like your way.
PowErBuTt01 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:11:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not paying attention, I assume. At least I noticed I experience deja vu only after I come to from spacing out.
inglorious_gentleman ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 09:13:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It is currently believed, that many parts of the brain contribute to remembrance; as memories become stronger, the neurons in the corresponding parts of the brain form stronger synapses with each other. When any of the neurons in these formed clusters are activated (by some stimulus, external or internal), there's a higher chance that the linked neurons also activate, which is experienced as remembering whatever those neurons represented.
That far is more or less supported by research, but here's my theory on how this connects to deja vu: these clusters of neurons can both appear and disappear, but it happens slowly over time. Some links might remain longer while others weaken, forming clusters of partially connected neurons. Now, when a neuron in one of these is activated, it might activate several others as if there was a memory there to be remembered. Instead, there is just an accelerated response to the stimulus (due to some stronger links), which feels like a memory, but not quite, since the cluster is incomplete.
Now, this could all be just bogus, but I find it plausible. Also, a quick google search I did just now reveals that Cryptomnesia seems to be more or less what I just described, but not quite on the same level.
Najd7 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:15:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
NTP server malfunction.
CommanderGumball ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:25:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A whole bunch of MDMA will do it.
Jonluw ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:23:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You might be interested in this, by the way.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oA8R3WT6HOc
It's a talk about the experience of time dilation. Particularly he mentions at one point how our brains compensate for changing times for feedback, to determine what "just happened" and what "we did".
Apparently, schizophrenics might have an issue with this mechanism, meaning it's very easy for them to mix up things that they did with things that happened to them.
And of course, if something happens that we don't understand, the brain is very good at ad hoc rationalizations.
DarkPhoenix07 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:53:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Awesome thanks! Next time I have a bit of time free I'll check it out! I love all this stuff
roxxxystar ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:53:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fascinating! I'm so glad you shared your wisdom on this. I've always heard that your brain gets ahead of its self and you have to catch up. What you shared makes more sense to me.
Epoo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:38:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sorry but you're absolutely wrong. It's because there's a glitch in the Matrix, duh.
Okichah ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:08:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is why you use UTC.Now()
GinjaNinja92 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:47:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bruh...
SaturdayMorningSwarm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:01:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whoah dude. Rad.
PanicStil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:58:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you have a source?
DarkPhoenix07 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:09:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah I don't... As I said it's only my understanding of it. Id like to do more research into it but I think that there isn't anything that can be proven 100%. At least not at the moment
Cakepufft ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:02:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Did you post it somewhere on the internet? Cause I've seen it somewhere on the internet.
DarkPhoenix07 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:04:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah this is the first time I've mentioned it. My partner put me onto the idea, but I doubt she has either
jackie4244 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:29:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Huh. That's quite an interesting explanation, I guess have a better understanding of Dejavu now.
interstudular ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:36:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That actually makes a lot of sense except this one time I had deja vu when I was at my friends cabin with his family eating dinner talking to his brother, but when I recognized the deja vu it made me remember that I had seen a much different outcome in which his brother got super mad at me for something I said. And I mean super mad. I won't ever forget how weird that felt. It's super freaky when it happens when you're conversing with someone.
Weep2D2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:37:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
oooh
migcal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:39:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You just changed my life
flowgod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:18:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, it's a checkpoint. Everyone knows that
Dustfinger_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:39:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So I've heard and really like another explanation. Essentially when you experience something, anything really, there is an infinitesimal fraction of a second between your body actually experiencing the event and your brain recording that experience. The electrical impulse just takes a little too long to get up there sometimes, and in this way we're always living in the past so to speak. Deja vu is when your brain manages to catch up to the literal now. Since you're still in the exact moment of the experience your brain records the event twice, hence the feeling of already-did-this.
suckurmum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:17:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Very late here, but the reason i've always believed to be true which may be false is:
Your eyes see the scene, send the message to your brain but that message doesn't reach your brain the first time and so another message is sent. This new message reaches but just after it does, the first message manages to get there as well. Hence you think you've seen the image twice when in reality its only once.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:20:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a person who gets deja vu very often (up to once per week), is that a problem? Also sometimes I experience continued deja vu where it feels like even the deja vu happened, and things that happen after continue to feel familiar. Is it cancer?
rices4212 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:20:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Weird. Every time I have deja vu, my head hurts. I'll think about this next time it happens
Nola2Tx41 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:41:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
so basically happiness pulls a memory and hits the replay button. cool, thanks inside out.
TooBadFucker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:30:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
This needs to go in /r/bestof
Edit:
submittedOh wait no its not another rule change on par with removing this sub's text boxtian447 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:33:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's as good a theory as any, but it doesn't explain why sometimes with Deja Vu you know what someone is going to say next, as if you have literally been in that moment before.
Parallax151 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:48:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is a genius explanation good job.
christo334 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:05:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But why do sometime i remenber exctly when i seen this before?
scotbud123 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:03:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is that REALLY how it works? Do you have any citation for research done about this?
Zoythrus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:26:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There was one time I had deja vu while serving myself some pizza at a party, and the moment went on for like, 3 seconds. I caught onto the feeling that I had seen this before before the feeling was over. So, instead of "playing it out" like I should have, I turned in the opposite direction (against what the feeling was saying), and got this weird sensation in the back of my mind for a few seconds afterwards.
So, yeah, I disrupted deja vu once.
UncreativeUser-kun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:03:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, but what if I distinctly "remember" my thoughts about what I'm "remembering" from the deja vu? Like, if I have deja vu, but also think "huh, that's weird, I remember telling Steve something different the last time he asked (even though he definitely never asked the question before).
I.e. what if I see something, and remember my thoughts on when I "saw it the first time", almost like I saw it in a dream, before. It's like normal deja vu, but it feels a bit different, too. Almost like a cross between deja vu, and "premonitions", or something (not that I believe in those kinds of things, because I don't. I just don't know how to describe it.) It feels a bit like a more "deja vu-y" deja vu.
I'm just gonna sound crazy. lol For the record, I don't think there's any crazy explanation for this, I just think the brain works in weird ways, and I've never understood why sometimes deja vu feels even stranger to me than it usually does.
Tis_be_thine_upvote ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:15:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You are so wrong. So wrong. It's a previous dream and nobody can convince me otherwise.
Molladia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:21:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's not how/why I experience it. Occasionally when it occurs it's because I had a dream of it occuring. I remember my dreams upon waking, think nothing of it, then weeks maybe months later that situation plays out how it occurred in my dream.
xTheMaster99x ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 00:19:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It is not uncommon for me to experience some random thing in a dream, and one day, whether it is days, months, or years later, I remember that dream and realize every last detail was exactly accurate with what was happening right at that moment. I have no idea how, and I've never been able to predict the future by this (I recognize the deja vu right when the moment ends, if that makes sense), but it's pretty cool regardless.
fourpointsix ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 04:59:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whenever that happens I go one step further and think "but I probably didn't actually dream this and my brain just now formed a false memory about last month's dream". Basically I understand the 'past' as whatever my brain is telling me it was at this moment.
RJrules64 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:13:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish more people understood this. Most people don't realise that what OP is describing is just Deja Vu. They never actually dreamt it.
xTheMaster99x ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:17:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sure you won't believe me and that's fine, but I'm 99.9% certain that I do dream them because whenever I actually remember the dream upon waking up I think "huh, that was weird" or "huh, future deja vu? that was oddly specific and detailed" and then eventually it is.
RJrules64 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:33:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How do you explain it then? There must be a scientific explanation.
It's most likely that you're brain is making up you remembering the dream immediately afterwards as well. Our memory is not as accurate as we would like to think. Many witnesses to crimes are certain of particular details, but have conflicting reports on these same details.
In the same way, with my limited knowledge (I don't claim to know everything about psychology/neuroscience), The only way I could explain you thinking that you dreamed a future event is that your brain made you think you did, even if it's convincing enough to make you think you were even expecting the deja vu.
I would challenge you to write a short note (only has to be a few words) about every dream you have from now on, and see how many come true. I would be very surprised if it's more than 0 and the event in the dream isn't relatively common.
badgermoon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:56:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I make a point to tell my friends when they're in my realistic dreams, no matter how minor. My dreaming of insignificant but very specific settings has been corroborated. I'm guessing seeing the future like this is only possible when the knowledge has no effect on events.
BlissnHilltopSentry ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:31:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now if someone regularly journals their dreams and then they have this experience, that would be really interesting
TheNeikos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:36:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Considering how widespread this sort of deja-vu seems to be, and if only a fraction of them would dreamjournal, there would be someone stepping forward and say, "I have somewhat predicted the future." Since thtat didn't happen...
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:30:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I vividly remember having a dream twice where I was ripping up the carpet in my grandmothers house and hanging egyptian antiques on the wall. It was a ludicrous dream at the time. But last month she passed I was given the house, I ripped up her carpet and found a bunch of cool egyptian wall hangings in the basement that I have now hung.
Everything logical says i'm not remembering properly... but it does make the weirdness go away.
robophile-ta ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:43:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I also had this occur a number of times as a child and only a few times more recently. The weirdest thing is that in the dream I have a nagging feeling that if I do or say one particular, minor thing something horrible will happen. No such horrible things have occurred so I suppose it's just the anxiety talking.
Lincolns_Hat ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:40:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
While i get this feeling too, most often everything for me goes the same in the future experience up until the point I remember or realize it's a deja vu, at which point I struggle to recall the next step and it all falls apart. I usually feel bummed out.
tonttuvain ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:51:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know this feel so well. I have a deja wu and I feel like I know what someone is going to say next, but you have a trouble remembering it, and when he starts saying it, you don't remember it, but feel like it's exactly what you remembered. Having a Deja wu is so hard to accept, because you don't want to be wrong.
selfbound ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:15:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well shit... and here I thought I was special :(
Nooonotintheface ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:22:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This, me and my siblings all experience it.
holy_lasagne ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:32:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, nevermind, is yourrbrain having a small epiletic attack.
Beardy_Foxbear ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:09:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh wow, this happens to other people .
tonttuvain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:52:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's exactly what deja wu is, and I think almost everyone has had one.
tonttuvain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:52:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's exactly what deja wu is, and I think almost everyone has had one.
tonttuvain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:54:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It only feels like you predict the future, because you feel like you remember, because you think it has happened already, but you only remember it when it happens and you really have a memory of it, and it feels like you remembered it before it actually happened. Crazy stuff.
happy_felix_day_34 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 23:17:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. Sometimes I get deja vu and just stop what I'm doing like, "oh my god this already happened."
And then I think about what I did "last time" and make sure I do the same thing. For some reason I think that doing something different would destroy the fabric of all existence or something.
phonereddits ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:51:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ye same for me! I also start paying really close attention to everything else , and confirm in my head that things are going in the order they are supposed to be going. If that makes any sense?
happy_felix_day_34 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:00:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Totally, that's pretty much how it goes for me.
A_Wizzerd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:04:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's really alarming when you catch it halfway through and you think "Oh wow, deja vu is pretty fucking weird", but it isn't over and you just keep remembering things that are about to happen. And then it does.
iguessimaperson ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:52:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I actually stray away from what happened before. Get a call? I answered it in my dream and it was spam, I'll send it to voice-mail and call right back. Someone knocks on the door in my dream? Its the missionaries again, not opening it this time. I don't see the point in making it continue, but that's just me
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:11:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is what I do as well, I've had some occasions where I know exactly how things go down but I do it differently anyways.
So far the universe hasn't ripped apart so that's neat.
randomasesino2012 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:04:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have fought back against it a few times such as trying to talk when I did not and vise versa. It literally happens the same way. The only difference is that I can predict the future as a result but these things happen in random bursts. I have met people years in advance, gone to places I have yet to be, and felt feelings I never had all before ever doing so.
A perfect example of this was the deja vu of my first time having sex. I had a dream a year and a half before it happened and I actually felt what it was like down to the last detail. When it actually happened, nothing was different and everything was the same to the exact detail including our position and the bed that I was in. Here is a little tid bit: it was the dorm room bed from college and this dream happened almost 10 months before I was even accepted to this college or seen any of the beds.
expendablethoughts ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:03:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You'd know if you spoke French.
you_got_fragged ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:36:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think this was already posted?...
Darth_Candy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:42:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't worry, it's just a glลรฏtch in the
Matrix
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:55:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn you. I tried to wipe that off.
MinecraftAndPie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:06:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't dรฉjร vu pretty much your brain making a mistake while processing a stimuli? And because of this it just sort of runs through the information twice?
reddit_for_ross ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Since nobody replied to you, yes. It's supposed to be processed in two parts at the same time, but sometimes it's a little off and you feel like you're processing what you'd already seen in the past (Because you have.)
Vsauce has a great video on this!
Killa-Byte ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Deja Vu.
calgarykid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:54:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Weird story time but there is a point I swear so please bear with me.
I almost died in a car accident years ago and it was actually quite amazing that I survived. The truck I was in hit another truck and I flew through the windshield and ended up trapped between the two trucks. Tons of broken bones, jaws of life needed, and all of that. It was really bad. As I came to in the following days in the hospital and began to remember the accident I couldn't shake the fact that I was dead. There was no way I could have survived so this must be "the afterlife". I had a major concussion so this all made perfect sense. Everything was the same (obviously) but as I became mobile and started doing stuff again I kept getting deja vu pretty frequently. These feelings slowly subsided as my concussion cleared up but before I came to my senses I had created this theory about deja vu, so here goes:
When you go to sleep at night, whether you sleep for 5 hours or 8 hours the actual time spent sleeping feels like a second of real time. You go to sleep and then boom you wake up. I was out cold for hours and when I finally woke up it felt like no time at all had passed. I started thinking that maybe death was like this (because I was dead remember?) and deja vu were little reminders from the last time I lived my life. The reason I experienced them so frequently shortly after the accident was because they were still "fresh". As time went on they lessened. Basically I think that when we die we just wake up and live the same life over and over and over. Like a super good or shitty Groundhogs Day depending on the life you live. Infinite loves, deaths, heartbreaks, first kisses, etc..
So yeah even though that was years ago and I had some brain issues I still pretty much believe that.
TL;DR: I almost died once so now I think deja vu happens because we live the same lives over and over. Hopefully you have a good one.
onlytech_nofashion ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:34:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, thank you for this interesting contribution!
Whatdoyoumeanwereout ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:06:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dรฉjร vu is when you dreamed the future, then you experienced it exactly as the dream. Simple.
holy_lasagne ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:35:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's easy: they changed something in the matrix!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:42:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Even worse, Jamis Vu.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:58:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, I beat that game like 15 years ago.
monster_bunny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:08:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Makes me dizzy and gives me a little vertigo for a second, too.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:49:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
On ambien everything feels like deja vu.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:35:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dรฉjร vu.
ShadowlandsProd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:14:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Am I the only one who can notice Deja Vu as its happening? Like one time at the dinner table, I was looking outside at the snow while my older brother was talking about something that happened, and I thought "Wait, I've been in this situation before. This and this is about to happen." Then that happened immediately after I thought it.
ShadowlandsProd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:14:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Am I the only one who can notice Deja Vu as its happening? Like one time at the dinner table, I was looking outside at the snow while my older brother was talking about something that happened, and I thought "Wait, I've been in this situation before. This and this is about to happen." Then that happened immediately after I thought it.
littlejewishman ยท 850 points ยท Posted at 21:50:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
ITT: A surprisingly large amount of spongebob references
vteckickedin ยท 152 points ยท Posted at 01:11:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are ya ready, kids?
sbb618 ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 01:37:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
AYE AYE CAPTAIN
tcw1 ยท 37 points ยท Posted at 01:52:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't hear you
sbb618 ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 02:27:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
AYE AYE MOTHERFUCKER
Edible_Pie ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 11:04:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Say "Aye Aye," again. I dare you, I double dare you, motherfucker!
Woodsie13 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:31:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
SAY AYE AGAIN!
BL_Scott ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:58:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
AYE DARE YE
Evolving_Dore ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 02:16:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
EYE FOR AN EYE CAPTAIN
-TheCabbageMerchant- ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 03:15:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!
Tree___ ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 03:26:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Who loads a pizza with pineapple and cheese?
Dbash56 ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 03:27:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Asexuals
BlUeSapia ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 04:39:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ATTRACTED TO NONE AND CONTENT WITH THAT
megamoviecritic ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:04:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No this is Patrick
lcfc2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:30:28 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
aye aye captain
Maximumlnsanity ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 03:40:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That might be the worst way ive seen Spongebob be written
HogarthTheMerciless ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:55:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What about Springboob Squirepin?
thiscommentisboring ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 16:12:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Shamwowbob Rectanglepants
Spongedave Squaretrousers
Squeegeejoe Prismoveralls
Grungejob Stairplants
This is fun.
enataca ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:48:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm starting to feel old because I'm appreciating old shows in a second wave, the adult wave. All the shows I liked when I was young, then outgrew because they were dumb, I'm starting to understand the adult references. Rugrats is funny btw
Sgt_Colon ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:05:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Truly the Socrates of our times.
Ph1llyCheeze13 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:30:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can't explain that.
FilipinoChimp ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:04:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know and it's difficult to explain why
bioruffo ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 23:06:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A set is an "undefined primitive" in mathematics - which simplistically means that everybody understands what a set is, but you can't explain what it is without using one or another synonym of the word "set".
GunNNife ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 13:08:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a...thing...for other...things. Alright, you win this round.
pteridoid ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:25:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like trying to learn a programming language without a starting point. Q: What is an Object? A: An object is an instance of a Class.
Oh, that explains it thanks.
It's what the post-structuralists were getting at when they said language is just a system that can only be described within the system. I hated reading Jacques Derrida, but he was absolutely right.
Avocadokadabra ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:16:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah but what about super sets?
NNemisis99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:18:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some number more than 1 of things which share some common characteristic or have a common relation to another thing, and thus are considered in correspondence or relation to each other
How about that? I'm not sure if this would be sufficient since I wasn't able to mention that they are grouped together
boredomisbliss ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:37:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Elements of a set can be arbitrary though, it's just we only care about the ones with special properties
NNemisis99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:48:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
True, but you have to choose the elements in a set somehow right? Even if they were determined randomly, couldn't you say that they share that characteristic of having been randomly chosen?
Idk really, I was just trying to come up with something that made sense without using the word "group"
boredomisbliss ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:25:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean then you have to figure out what you mean by randomly chosen, and I could also define the maximal set of things with share no common characteristic (sets can also be empty by the way, another nitpick about your definition)
Sets are these beautiful abstract things, and I'm sure people much smarter than I am have already put a lot of effort into this and come up empty
NNemisis99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:27:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, you've got a point there. If professional mathematicians and academics haven't figured it out, I may as well quit while I'm ahead
Although it was a fun little thought exercise if nothing else
api10 ยท 1436 points ยท Posted at 18:47:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you are driving a car and make a turn, the amount you turn the steering wheel is not equal to how much the car turns. In fact it is a complex and nonlinear function of car size, speed, accelertaion, tires' position and size, friction, as well as how much the steering wheel is turned. Your brain is able to quickly figure out the required hand motion when turning the car, not by directly doing the calcualtions, but by evaluating the car's response so far and adjusting the input continuously. Many complex softwares and hardwares use the same technique (like thermostats). That is the reason why the speed limit in a turn is much lower than straight road so that your brain has time to evaluate the situation.
TheGlennDavid ยท 1236 points ยท Posted at 22:14:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
My favorite similar thing is when we stumble but don't fall. We flail our arms and legs out to provide incredibly precise counter-balancing, the math of which is unknowable to most of us.
edit: tpyo
Dune_Jumper ยท 257 points ยท Posted at 01:42:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think about this whenever I stumble.
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 06:01:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I overthink it and then fall over.
DasJuden63 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 07:14:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you just keep thinking about it as you fall, you might just miss the ground!
the2belo ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:40:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
โซI--if I should stumbl-lleee....โช
catfingers64 ยท 84 points ยท Posted at 02:00:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I did that the other day trying to walk across slippery rocks. I was both embarrassed for slipping and impressed with myself that I managed not to fall over.
spwack ยท 118 points ยท Posted at 03:06:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You have no idea how it works. Your brain figures out when you are going to screw it up, steps in for a moment to take control, does the absolute minimum of extraordinarily precise calculations+movements, and then leaves again.
Reddisaurusrekts ยท 140 points ยท Posted at 04:21:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hmmm...
VanFailin ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 06:21:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, it's calculating the moment arm, then it goes back to wondering if there are any snakes among the rocks.
EffectSpore ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:29:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You put your left brain in,
You take your left brain out.
You put your left brain in,
And you shake your limbs about to prevent a nasty tumble.
the_dirtiest ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:45:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You can stay, but I'm leaving!
SaturdayMorningSwarm ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:00:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why doesn't it do that in my math exams! Fuck you brain.
3brithil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:00:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
your brain doesn't do precise calculations, it all comes from experience.
source: Not a source, it's just how I like to think about it as it makes more sense to me. Feel free to prove me wrong/right with an actual source
DeathByPain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:29:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
[You are now walking manually]
...fuck me.
spwack ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:20:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Brain! Make life choices for me!
"Don't worry. I only take control when you are in real danger."
Oh phew, because I really-
"Like when you are about to fall over and kill me, or eat something poisonous DESPITE IT TASTING LIKE POISONOUS THINGS, or when you hold your breath."
But, but, I'll have to move back in with my parents! Help!
"I do not see the issue."
[You are now living manually]
...Shit.
VanFailin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:23:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I haven't lifted in a few months, but I spent the better part of last year diligently training the main compound lifts. I got up to around 275lbs on the squat and realized that I now have fantastic balance, but my joints are not always in a mood to cooperate.
FishBroom ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 02:31:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Most of us yes, but recent developments in robotics have created biped and quadruped robots that are capable of stumbling appropriately so that they don't lose their footing when pushed.
It's really creepy, watching such an artificial machine display such inherently human/animal behaviour as being able to stumble effectively.
ipretendtowork ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:28:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Isnโt that a cargo-robot from nightmares which looks like 2 drunk dudes carrying a bag?
FishBroom ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:44:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Theres a lot of different designs these days, all capable of stumbling. Go on a youtube binge one day and check them all out. They're great.
Matti_Matti_Matti ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:53:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Aren't they running heuristic software, though, so we didn't programme the commands, we taught them to learn from their mistakes?
casey12141 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:06:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Yup. That is the way things are going now. There's a lot of really complex problems that are better solved by telling the computer vaguely what success is, then letting it figure it out on its own. A big recent example is AlphaGo, which doesn't even define success necessarily, but uses machine learning to help the computer figure out how to judge a situation.
Edit: here's a hilarious video about software simulations learning to walk given their body parameters, if anyone's interested.
bdby1093 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:40:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This comment chain reads like the exposition of a dystopian novel.
fettucchini ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:55:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah the "sleeping mind". I think Patrick Rotfuss' character does an excellent job of explaining it.
Reddisaurusrekts ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:22:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dammit! Beat me to it haha. On the other hand - once you have the velocity of the rock, and gravity (and air resistance) you can actually very easily calculate the parabolic trajectory of the rock in that passage.
3brithil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:51:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
you don't happen to have the quote on hand?
or atleast the page number? actually nevermind I don't have the english version :(
James_Rustler_ ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:37:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or eye tracking. When moving your head you are able to remain focused on the same object. This requires insane calculations to do.
SerasTigris ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:51:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The fun thing is you can even do that with your eyes closed. When you open them back up, you'll still be looking at the original object.
Monso ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:56:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your subconscious brain is a CPU and your conscious ability is merely the mouse pointer.
Layman's terms for geeks.
FALLasl33p ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:08:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Niiice
That analogy is so cool, gonna remember that
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:32:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly, I've come to understand my own cognition a lot better through parallels with computer architecture. Caching is a big one. I remember running into my landlord at the local mall once and was initially confused as to who she was because I just didn't recognize her. After a moment, though, I finally realized who she was. Any time I'm around the apartment complex, though, I recognize her instantly. So it's like I didn't have that bit of memory cached, experienced a cache miss, and had to deal with the miss penalty through that delayed recognition, whereas by merely being in my apartment complex I have that memory already cached and ready to use. That's just one of many examples.
As far as I can tell, it seems as though many advancements in computational efficiency, both through hardware and through software, end up mirroring biological processes in some way. It's amazing to me, and really gives a deeper appreciation for our own cognition and how future technologies may be able to benefit from observing it.
Monso ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:40:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've cached your cache analogy.
Pray I do not cache it further.
:D
TheAllRightGatsby ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:05:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe you do, I just fall.
TimeTravellerSmith ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:00:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah that'd be kinda odd if you did calculations through a real through process while falling.
OH NO I'M FALLING ALL I NEED TO DO IS TO SHIFT MOMENTUM FROM MY....BWAH
toolatealreadyfapped ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:59:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your nervous system is so complex, there are balancing mechanisms in effect before your brain is even involved. Say you're walking barefoot and step on a hot surface, or a thumbtack with your right foot. The muscles in your right leg will contract to lift the foot, while the muscles in your left leg will extend to provide stability. All this happens from input at the base of your spine, before the brain has even received the signal that your right foot is in pain.
Another amazing example: look ahead at something and then your head side to side. Notice how your eyes stay fixed to the object. This happens via no active input from you. The muscles controlling your eyes receive input from accelerometers in your inner ear faster than you can even think about staying focused. It'll happen even with your eyes closed.
Imagine trying to write code for that.
TheGlennDavid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:26:15 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had NO idea about that, thanks for sharing! That is some awesome stuff, especially about the feet. I was already somewhat aware that my eyes are magical devices, but that my nervous system dictates limb movement without brain input is very cool.
TIL!
tiedyechicken ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My graduate research is in adaptive control. I was once in a seminar featuring my advisor's colleague, and he said that the best adaptive controller on the planet is the human brain. You can stabilize a bicycle without even consciously thinking about balancing it. That stuck with me.
MrDoctorSatan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:39:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The only thing is our brain isn't doing any math like a lot of people seem to think.
BKMajda ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:14:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's also pretty hilarious watching computer models learning to do the same thing.
https://vimeo.com/79098420
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:30:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I believe we are just binary searching.
"Quick, provide maximum forward flail, abort - too much! Provide half. If too much, provide half, else provide (half + max)/2! Repeat until dead or stable!"
ibopm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:34:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you or anyone else is curious to learn more, pick up a book on control systems. It'll require a bit of (basic college-level) math but it doesn't take much before you're building your own PID control systems.
Definitely one of the more fascinating things I studied way back when.
BlissnHilltopSentry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:38:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly the same thing basically. We respond in real time with movements to continuously changing data.
kopacetix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:42:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wonder if ones intelligence can be attributed to this?
Clutch_22 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:44:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This always blows my mind because I'm terrible at math
Only_A_Username ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:45:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Balance should totally be considered a sense.
monster_bunny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:58:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I usually end up falling. :( Can't move my legs fast enough!
mainfingertopwise ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:01:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think of throwing a ball to someone, especially if one or both people are moving. Most of us don't have the accuracy of an NFL quarterback, but we often do a pretty damn good job, considering all of the variables.
Imapie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:08:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At school they told me that David Beckham was both a complete simpleton and an an extraordinarily gifted pure mathematician.
Carl_GordonJenkins ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:54:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just want you to know that I was one of the lucky ones until just this moment when I remembered I had physics in high school and had to do hundreds of those force diagrams. Thanks, asshole.
soccertes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:56:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And now I'm going to be thinking about how I didn't think about this whenever I stumble... and with that said our drunk counter-balancing is actually fucking insane
chikfilella ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:01:38 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I believe the word you need is "flail", saying you flair your arms and legs makes me think of your beer-bellied neighbor tripping down his stairs and for a heartbeat he gains a perfectly rotund butt chin and the most beautiful set of lips that part gently with a quiet "oh!" as his taut abdomen quivers in the sunlight
Then he hits the sidewalk and the magic is lost
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:09:32 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I believe this motion is called rolling down the windows.
[deleted] ยท 507 points ยท Posted at 21:44:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 50 points ยท Posted at 09:34:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or for those of us with SUVs, flip over in a death roll.
its_alaska ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:26:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now that took a turn.
DrInsano ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:33:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Clearly it didn't.
xCoachHines ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:16:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jeeps*
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:38:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How did you know I owned a Jeep?
xCoachHines ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:44:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because they are notorious for flipping over. Was just making a joke haha I had no idea you owned a Jeep.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:53:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Figured that but I also wondered if you had dug through my post history and happened to find a comment where I mentioned it.
xCoachHines ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:35:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Who on earth would waste that much time in order to make a minute response?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:29:18 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I dunno some people have snooped through my comments on my other account and brought up things I said months ago.
xCoachHines ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:38:09 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's odd, but I guess it doesn't surprise me.
ErraticDragon ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 04:06:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Technically it's not true because most curves don't have reduced speed limits. White "Speed Limit" signs dictate the speed limit. Yellow signs with speeds are just suggestions.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 10:58:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Careful! They are the suggested SAFE speed to take the corner.
That means if you are over the yellow but under the white you can get a ticket for driving unsafely- depending on the circumstance.
_elementist ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:51:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Suggested safe speed, but not legal speed limit.
If you're over the white, you get a ticket. If you're under the white you don't. At least where I live.
lightgiver ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:01:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you live in a place like Vermont the speed limit changes nearly every quarter mile depending on how sharp the turns are going to be.
_elementist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:25:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't doubt it, but they're probably all legal 'maximum' sights (white) not suggested limits.
lightgiver ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:29:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep, that state has no yellow suggested speeds for turns, they just change the max legal speed limit if a road has sharp turns. It is particularly annoying if you are driving through the mountains.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:37:25 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
While I can't speak for everywhere - most speed limit laws are at the discretion of the law officer. The "white sign" does not overrule what is safe according to traffic and weather conditions. This means after an ice storm, you could get a ticket for driving 40 in a 50 zone if the officer deems 40 unsafe.
If the state has deemed the speed limit 50, yet suggests it only safe to drive only 30 around a corner. So you can get a ticket for driving 40. It's not traffic and weather, but you are inherently driving unsafely according to the state. The officer would have to have a real beef to do it however - probably if you were a cock and squealed your wheels or something.
_elementist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:24:13 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
from my understandimg that's not exactly true. they can ticket you for unsafe driving but not speeding unless you exceed the maximum speed posted.
crzybstrd97 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:12:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I thought all signs outlined in white were suggestions.
EDIT: It's a joke. The only signs that are suggestions are yellow. Every single mandatory sign is actually outlined in white. http://www.trafficsign.us/regsign.html
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:32:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's a joke. The suggested speed limits are a suggestion, buy you are still bound by the real speed limit. That is, if the last sign said 60 mph and the yellow says 30, it doesn't mean "we recommend 30, but so whatever the fuck you want". It means " we know we said go 60, but maybe you should try 30"
scotty3281 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:15:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Around here even the posted speed limit is a suggestion. So are stop signs and stop lights and driving safely.
keenjane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:42:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That just applies to STOP signs.
SheeEttin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:04:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"No, officer, this guy on reddit said they're just suggestions!"
ErraticDragon ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 05:17:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advisory_speed_limit
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 09:31:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except for once, it really is true.
BlissnHilltopSentry ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 09:40:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They actually are though, that's why they're a different color. I don't slow down on turns unless conditions are bad or it's an especially bad turn.
GravityzCatz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:21:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They're more like guidelines, than actual rules.
cquinn5 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:43:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I believe here he's implying speed limit signs on curves urge you to go even slower than the minimum safety requirement
gristc ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:18:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I used to know a survey engineer. The speed is determined from a number of factors, including the curve of the bend for the force reasons you mention, but visibility and stopping distance are also major considerations.
Often the posted speed for a bend will be one which has you going at such a speed that if the corner is blocked (by a fallen tree or an accident or something) then you will still have time to stop.
AgentScreech ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:01:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
in the worst car on the road, or a big ass truck.
My 14" rotors with 4 piston calipers wrapped with 245s will stop a hell of a lot quicker than some econobox or SUV.
They have to assume the lowest common denominator for those.
The rule of thumb for me is 2x yellow speed sign is about where my tires will start to think about working hard. 2x+10 is about when they start to squeal and they are JUST on the edge of slipping.
Tobias_durden ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:54:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Did that on rainy day. Was last for curfew and was speeding home, one the exits I take is super curved and then slowly straightens out. Since I was speeding in rain, the traction didn't catch and ended up skidding over a grass divider. I was scared shitless until I realized the car was okay and I was alive.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:08:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep! Shit's scary.
lightgiver ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:04:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also traction decreases once you start to skid so if you were going too fast to start to skid during a turn your definitely not going to complete the turn after the skid.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:13:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not with that attitude!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:46:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or straight up roll it on larger cars
IntentionalMisnomer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:15:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
seems like common fuckng sense no?
UpboatOrNoBoat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:59:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always thought those were mostly suggestions for inclement weather/loaded semis.
Beyond the obvious right-angle corners of course.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:11:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, they are, but they're there for a reason. Next time you're taking an exit, try to take it 100% at speed, and see what happens. If you manage to respond, I'm gonna ask for hell's wi-fi password.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:11:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 04:32:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe it won't flip, but it will skid/skip. I'll edit my comment.
api10 ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 22:06:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well that's true to some extent. From a design point of view, superelevations (and enough tire friction) could let you drive in a turn with a speed of 200 miles an hour or more (like NASCAR tracks). The main reason why a low speed limit is enforced in a turn is that an ordinary driver cannot react fast enough although his car could technically provide enough force to overcome the centripetal force.
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 22:12:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude, roads aren't designed for the best cars possible, they're designed so that 99.9% of the cars that drive on them will be fine if they follow the rules.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:33:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"2004 ford explorers with Firestone tires RIP"
felixfelix ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 04:15:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Usually when you have a reduced speed turn you also don't have a full view of the turn and the road following. So if there's a wreck ahead (or black ice, or an animal), you will have less room to react. Slowing down buys you more time.
I_play_elin ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 23:25:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sure you could design roads so that they had massive banks in the curves so you could go 60mph around a corner, but what if there's a traffic backup and you have to go 20mph? What if a tall truck has to take that corner? This is so ridiculously wrong that I almost don't think it's worth responding, but you seem sincere, so I did.
api10 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:21:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for your response. Let me first say that I have a PhD in civil engineering and I used to work in a company as the head designer for roads and bridges. For a designer, what seems a simple turn with a traffic sign is in fact a week worth of calculations and adjustments. You my friend and the other people here are exactly right that a turn should be designed for all speeds under the speed limit. I will add to this statement that a turn is designed (deponding on the design code or standard you are using) for speeds up to twice as high as the speed limit. But my point is this: a very good driver (like car racing drivers) is able to safely turn in a 20 Mph turn with 60 Mph speed. Yes the centripetal force works against him. But this driver could react fast enough to use all the friction in tires to overcome that force. However a normal or bad driver (like me) will have to constantly push the brakes to adjust his car turn and will eventually lose the control of his car (either due to friction loss or just by driving into the curb).
DThr33 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:01:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You heard it here first guys, you can take hairpin turns at 60mph you're just being pussies.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:47:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TIL
SheeEttin ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 05:05:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If it's so ridiculously wrong why did you start out by agreeing with him
I_play_elin ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:45:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are you referring to that? ... If so, did you fail to read the rest of my comment wherein I outline the reasons that this is impossible for all but the most specific and controlled conditions? Seriously low quality argument man don't waste my time with this shit please.
FishBroom ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 02:28:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No it's not. It's because the amount of lateral force that the tires need to apply to the road to turn the car is much higher than the force required when travelling straight. The tires can only apply so much force before they overcome friction and go into a slide, so when turning you need to go slower so that the required force is reduced and you don't go into a skid.
Implying that it's solely so that humans have time to figure out the correct amount to turn the wheel is very wrong. People manually operate controls requiring much more precise timing than turning a car wheel while driving all the time.
robomail ยท 216 points ยท Posted at 20:59:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And this is why you don't buy a chevy or toyota with floaty steering, that feels like you're turning a water tricycle.
seeingeyegod ยท 126 points ยท Posted at 21:38:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My first car was an 87 Mercury Grand Marquis. 0 road feel at all. Was so disconcerting. You had to just drive completely on reaction to how the car moved and not what the wheel was doing. It was 100% insulated from road feel.
Fabien_Lamour ยท 49 points ยท Posted at 22:40:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A friend of mine had a really old Caprice Classic his grandfather gave him. I drove it once and swore to never do it again.
When in a group we'd usually play rock-paper-scissor to know who was going to ride shotgun (yelling shotgun was not valid in our group). Anyway, this one time we decide that the winner would actually drive. I unfortunately won. Nothing responded right in that car. You had to start braking at twice the normal distance and turning was pretty much like gambling. "I think that will be enough steering for that turn but I'll only be able to readjust mid-turn!".
After this my mom's Buick Regal felt like VW Golf.
JeezoJoose ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:04:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I loved my 99 Regal GS. Fantastic engine, I've had to fix everything from brake lines to fuel pump but the engine just won't die. Unfortunately the ignition started to go so I had to replace it
expendablethoughts ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:10:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's what you get for building a car that's as long as a yacht.
aPlasticineSmile ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:26:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had one, don't remember the year (it only lasted a summer), powder blue. I had to put my hands at ten and two on the wheel, then turn them so that my hands were really like twelve and eight to go straight! Hard to explain without doing the hand motions. my dad made me get rid of it went it started leaking gas. because gas was expensive, not the whole dangerously leaking gas thing....
Artoast ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:52:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try driving a 300k mile land rover with 1/4 turn of play in the steering rack. Probably the scariest thing I've done.
TheKhajiit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:02:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow! My first car was an 88 Grand Marquis. I fucking loved it.
HaydenTheFox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:24:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
On the other hand, I drive a 1989 Jeep Cherokee that is hands down one of the most responsive and comfortable vehicles I've ever driven. Everything has the right resistance, it's consistent, and despite being a pretty shit car for any kind of true performance handling, is a shocking amount of fun on windy roads. If only it got decent mileage.
Xanthyria ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:05:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just lost my '97 Grand Marquis last week. It was like floating on air, and it felt nice going down he highway, but when in heavy rains I couldn't always gauge things properly. Bothered the hell out of me.
downhillcarver ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:47:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just bought a 1976 dodge Motorhome... Feels like I'm turning a water tricycle with a obese man sitting on my shoulders.
CantSeeShit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:50:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try driving an econoline van, it doesn't even have a steering wheel. Its like pressing the pedal and just hoping the car turns when it's ready.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:14:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Floaty steering is the fucking worst!
vetement_pour_homme ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:02:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'll have you know my 2009 RAV4 feels like I'm almost holding on to the road
robomail ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:44:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
RAV4s feel like a mini truck, all bouncy. Some of those come with runflats, which are a nightmare. RAV4s are far from holding onto the road. Just because I've driven hundreds of cars.
UndeadVette ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Depends on the Chevy and the year. No steering like an 80s Corvette
Pinwheel_lace95 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:05:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My family makes fun of me for it, but this is why I love my Hyundai sonata. It just...feels good? I dunno. I also came from driving a Chevy cobalt so that could be why. that thing was a fucking toy car...felt like driving a toddlers Tonka truck
bonusblend ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck you I like my Tonka truck.
Shitty_Human_Being ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:36:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And Outlanders. Worst feeling cars I've ever driven.
Chemistryz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:00:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had a jeep wrangley and that thing could make a u turn on a half width road. It was the easiest car to steer ever.
Indestructavincible ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:51:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You drive a Toyota, you operate it.
phillip42069 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:09:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Drive an MR2.
greenpuddles ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 22:02:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Agreed. It's amazing all the calculations our bodies do until something "feels right". When you stop and think it's all complex math!
expendablethoughts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:12:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try cooking with kids around while talking on the phone about math problems now.
greenpuddles ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:21:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thankfully I'm still in geometry. It'll take me a while to get to the trig class.
I_play_elin ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 23:18:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
lol you were doing great up until then.
xyroclast ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:17:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yup. The primary reason for a lower limit on a turn would be the physics involved. Reaction time does play a part, though - It's a lot harder to see a pedestrian in such a situation, so you'd need to react a lot faster by the time you did, say, if a walker or bike rider were on the roadside when you rounded a curve.
Bandro ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 22:13:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a linear relationship between how much the steering wheel turns and how much the front wheels turn. Your speed, acceleration, friction, etc will not affect the amount the car turns for a given steering input unless you're losing grip by going way too fast for a public road.
F0sh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:16:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This was my first instinct, too... now I want to know whether it's true.
Bandro ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:30:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It is, the steering wheel is (basically) geared to the steering rack. And each car has a steering ratio. In my WRX, it's 16.5:1. If I turn my steering wheel 16.5 degrees, the wheels will turn 1.
Fozee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:52:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
True, but electric steering is a little more complex. At least it is on MINIs, that's all I really know about. Part of their traction control system is the computer figuring out where you WANT to go, and correcting accordingly. Since it's only electric-assisted and not drive-by-wire, you can feel it make corrections quite often, but it doesn't break the steering ratio.
The point, I guess, is that in a drive-by-wire system, the computer could break out of that steering ratio. To some degree, you could consider when the system uses the brakes on each wheel independently to be doing the same.
Bandro ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:40:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The thing is, traction control only kicks in outside of normal conditions. Even then, the steering directly mechanically connected to the front wheels. I guess with drive by wire, you could break away and have dynamic steering ratios, but I'm not sure why you would.
CoffeeAndSwords ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 01:36:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This was used to explain magic in a book I read.
One form of magic is trying to learn the true names of things. The wizard tried to explain how you learned naming not through intellect, but instinct. To demonstrate, he gave his students an hour to calculate exactly how to catch a ball he threw. When the time was up, nobody had yet figured it out. Then, he throws the ball at a student, who catches it perfectly. He explains that controlling something means knowing exactly how it behaves without ever having to think.
helgaofthenorth ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:00:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was this like the time the teacher tells the main character he has to jump off a roof, then refuses to teach the kid because he was stupid enough to jump off a roof?
CoffeeAndSwords ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:29:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep.
Roxxorursoxxors ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:55:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The kingkiller chronicles, or the belgariad?
CoffeeAndSwords ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:09:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kingkiller Chronicles. I think it was the same time period as the "stop grabbing at my tits" episode.
Roxxorursoxxors ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:32:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If book 3 doesn't come out soon, I'm gonna write the Patrick rothfuss killer chronicles.
dont_forget_again ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 01:13:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Speed limits are lower for turns than staights because the car will lose control if you turn hard enough going fast. I liked the rest of your comment but you ended it with some straight up garbage.
TacoNinjaSkills ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:04:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Until your power steering goes out and you are stuck with manual steering.
stromm ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:28:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, it is linear based on most all those things you mention.
Cars have this thing called steering ration. X turns of the steering wheel to X+ angle of the turning wheel. My 1994 Impala SS has a 12.1 to 1 ration for 2.5 turns to lock. Many cars have 3.5 turns to lock.
That said, some electric steering and some mechanical are also dynamic ratio based. That means they based on the speed of the vehicle, the steering equipment increases or decreases the effectiveness of how much your turn. It could be 2.5 turns to lock or 6 turns to lock.
travo97 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:56:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think dynamic is common in tractors for some reason, I always knew something was fundamentally different, and you just explained it.
xyroclast ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:16:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was with you until you said thermostats are complex.
api10 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:30:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks. Thermostats are not (at least nowadays) complex mechanial devices. But form design point of view you need a good knowledge of Laplace (or other) transfer functions to be able to make them "understand" a relationship between the input (temperature) and the output (heat). That's where control engineering (a branch of electrical engineering) is coming to your help.
Riseofashes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:38:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Interesting! Similar thing with brakes, when you are driving slowly on a clear road, try braking gradually with your left foot. It's quite difficult.
jfb1337 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:34:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But the left foot is just for the clutch
Riseofashes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:18:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly, which means it's not tuned to subtly press on the brake pedal!
ninjosh97 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:43:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is known as a PID loop, or Proportional Integral Derivative loop.
It's pretty basic calculus.
I would explain turning a car as: I make a change, and based on how that change compares to the desired result, I adjust in the opposite direction. Rinse and repeat.
damien665 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:21:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Which happens in pretty much every situation encountered in a motorized vehicle. The crazy part is that on a motorcycle at speed, the handlebars actually turn slightly in the opposite direction you're turning, and not only does your brain do this but you don't even know you're doing it. And leaning into the wind becomes a habit, I called it think leaning, because I never had to think about it, it just happened.
3jt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:33:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not a word. We know what you mean though.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:15:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Another similar thing is catching a flyball in baseball on the run. The calculation to figure out where you need to run to to catch the ball before it lands is incredibly complex, but our brain just kind of "knows" where to go.
ZombieDO ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:45:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
PID loops ftw. Not your typical wall mounted thermostat.
SethQ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:49:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My high school math teacher would always say something like that, followed by "see, you can do calculus. You've been doing it your whole life without realizing it. Now I'm just asking you to write some of it down"
Apparently I'm super good at calculus, but terrible at writing. And here I thought it was the other way around.
Ppleater ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:51:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This thread is about things you can't explain, I'm pretty sure you just explained how turning a car works.
Avogadro101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:08:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yay Process Control!
expendablethoughts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:09:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You say that like most people can, but it's very common to see people just making a L turn because they can't do a nice curve. Or they don't understand that the back of the car is not at the same place as the front of the car, so they think that they have to do a huuuge detour not to hit the sidewalk.
Reddisaurusrekts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:20:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Reminds me of a bit in a book I read - professor says he's going to throw a rock, and wants his students to calculate exactly where the rock will land. The students work furiously but are unable to come up with an exact definite answer. The professor calls in a young kid about 11 and throws the rock to him which he catches.
And the prof is all like - look at what this young kid could work out in a split second that all the brightest minds in the class couldn't despite all that time to work it out.
VinSkeemz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:28:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wouldn't say a thermostat is a piece of "complex" hardware ( I mean the mechanical ones)
TheWierdAsianKid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:28:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's not why the speed limit is slower at corners. when you turn you begin to have rotational momentum that will want to make your car go in whatever direction it was just traveling (off the turn). If you do that too fast, your tires will lose traction and you can lose control and crash. You slow down because you must reduce your momentum, thus reducing rotational momentum
tank5150 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I um.. I don't know how to feel after reading this. All powerful? Completely powerless? I mean. I'm about to start teaching my son how to drive and know I'm not sure I even know how to drive.... curls up in corner and begins to rock back and forth
OrangeAnonymous ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit, I remember as a kid paying attention when my parents made turns, thinking I would have to remember how much I needed to turn the wheel for every corner. And then I just stopped before I even got close to old enough...
ubspirit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:26:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or your muscle memory knows how much force is required to turn the car. You're making driving out to be a much more complex action than it actually is. You should look up the difference between type 1 and type 2 thoughts; they have determined that skilled drivers are actually utilizing very little conscious thought to perform almost any given maneuver.
butsuon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:58:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This exact feeling is the reason I can't drive a car. I panic because I'm unable to feel like I'm in control of the vehicle.
SaturdayMorningSwarm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:59:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like that calculus is so hard to teach, but people can see a ball leave.someone's hand and accurately predict where the ball will land.
How to catch ball.
Tylerjb4 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:43:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Most thermostats are just on/off controls
Mysterious_X ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:56:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, that's due to the physics of changing the direction of a moving object. Great comment before that last sentence though
gimpwiz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:47:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
With that said, good cars and good roads make this a very close things through simple turns.
Next time your on the highway doing a sweeping turn, try this: point the top of the wheel directly where the road seems to be turning. You will often be very close to turning with the road!
Variable ratio steering helps with that.
It's also why certain turns always seem to have accidents... areas with late night driving to reduce visibility, and the turn is deceptive, and people don't react in time.
Brickie78 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:57:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
On a similar theme, I believe the calculations required to catch a ball thrown to you are so complex that most people would be completely incapable of doing so. Yet it's usually mastered by the age of, what, six or seven?
Or never if you play in goal for York City.
Mathilliterate_asian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:09:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I literally asked my driving instructor that when I was learning how to drive.
"How much do I turn for that bend?"
"Uh...just turn, you'll know."
"But I don't want to crash!"
"JUST TURN!"
And I figured out how much.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:17:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You forgot the transmission setup. FWD cars don't turn like RWD cars, and neither of those turn like an AWD car.
Criplor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:43:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure you just explained it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:36:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
driving instructor told me that the maximum rotation in either direction turns your wheels 45 degrees. That basically summed it up for me when parallel parking
mredditer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:03:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, closed feedback loops!
shanulu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:23:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One of my favorites when talking about the brain is the backwards bike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:51:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck. Now I'm gonna remember this post while driving and completely forget how to drive.
adaminc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:06:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think the biggest metric involved is the power steering ratio. How much turning the steering wheel turns the wheels.
DetestPeople ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:14:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's even crazier with motorcycles and the whole counter steering thing... that is, you turn the front wheel in the opposite direction you want to go, which causes the bike to lean to the side opposite that you turned the wheel and to turn to the side you want to go. Simultaneously, your brain is causing your body to make all kinds of minor adjustments to lean the bike more or less depending on the results your getting.
AdilB101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:33:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You just explained it though.
GabrielsTrumpet ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:07:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The real speed limit on a turn is determined by taking the marked limit (x) and doing 2x+5.
japasthebass ยท 3718 points ยท Posted at 18:25:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bread goes in, toast comes out. You can't explain that!
[deleted] ยท 418 points ยท Posted at 19:13:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Relevant Calvin and Hobbes
the_jiujitsu_kid ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 00:01:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have concluded that Calvin and Hobbes is always relevant
DannyPrefect23 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 22:29:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I love Calvin and Hobbes. I got the paperback Complete Boxset for christmas a few years ago. I think it was still about $300, but I love that collection.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:02:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One of my favorites
oberynMelonLord ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:32:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sigh
injeckshun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:41:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wat
R34R34 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:29:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's the first thing I thought of when I saw this.
TooBadFucker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:28:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn and that strip is one of the really early ones
Bozzz1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:24:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At what point does the bread stop being bread?
[deleted] ยท 1454 points ยท Posted at 18:27:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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japasthebass ยท 367 points ยท Posted at 18:29:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Find out this one weird trick he used to turn his cheese sandwich into grilled cheese!
IAMATrueLiar ยท 184 points ยท Posted at 18:40:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why do grilled cheeses seem so much more unhealthy than cheese sandwiches? Nothings really changed in the grilling process. Am I underestimating the unhealthiness of a cheese sandwich, or the healthiness of a grilled cheese? How do grills even
Lazek ยท 463 points ยท Posted at 19:08:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because a proper grilled cheese is made with a fuckton of butter?
IAMATrueLiar ยท 127 points ยท Posted at 19:09:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Butter isn't a cheese?
Lazek ยท 111 points ยท Posted at 19:11:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, and neither is it a carb.
slothninjaHD ยท 162 points ยท Posted at 19:33:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is butter an instrument?
wilbs4 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:23:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No Patrick
columbus8myhw ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:53:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Anything can be used as percussion.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:56:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No. But mayonnaise is.
slothninjaHD ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:58:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is mustard an instrument then?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No. A cheque is an instrument. You are thinking of condiment.
SaturdayMorningSwarm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:02:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Animal vegetable or mineral?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:32:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For about a minute or so.
ImTomorrow ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 12:42:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh look, free karma!
IAMATrueLiar ยท 46 points ยท Posted at 19:11:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is it then, salad?
nilly2323 ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 21:56:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's an Mayonnaise, the hardest of all instruments to play.
KingDarkBlaze ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:53:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought that was horseradish
nilly2323 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:44:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well an horseradish is also very hard to play.
waste-case-canadian ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:24:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/grammargore
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:32:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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nilly2323 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:10:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Better?
Butternades ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:22:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
well, it is an instrument, at least the jar...
icanhe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:03:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't know you could read Swedish.
I_REACT_TO_COMMENTS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:26:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But is it vegan?
sbb618 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:29:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whatever, I'm getting cheese fries.
Neither7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:51:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No
notwearingpantsAMA ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:19:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Butter isn't vegan?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:43:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is probably the dumbest question I'll ask all year, but what's the difference in the way cheese and butter are made?
IAMATrueLiar ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:52:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Butter is mostly milkfat, cheese gets stuff added to the milkfat to curdle it into tasty yellow meat. Not an expert tho
Saemika ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:17:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mind blown
degjo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:32:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You mean mayonnaise
seattleque ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:13:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes! The secret to nicely browned grilled cheese!
Though I started mixing mayo and softened butter to get the browning, but keep the buttery flavor.
TheUnimportant ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:49:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Heathen.
degjo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:06:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Favorite David Bowie album
Colopty ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:29:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are you sure you're really eating a grilled cheese and not a melt?
BaconLondoner ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:41:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, a proper grilled cheese sandwich is made with bread and cheese, hence the name
jaysrule24 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:50:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And how are you going to grill it without leaving bread all over the skillet? The answer is butter.
BaconLondoner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:31:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The fuck is a skillet? You just take the non-grilled cheese sandwiches, place them in the oven, turn it to grill mode, wait and BOOM grilled cheese
DragonNovaHD ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:09:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You don't really grill stuff in the oven though
BaconLondoner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:14:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I do, maybe it's an English thing
EDIT: Words
DragonNovaHD ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:10:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But isn't that called baking??
BaconLondoner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:01:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, it's called oven grilling
DragonNovaHD ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:40:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Huh, TIL
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:47:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just put it in the toaster oven.
jaysrule24 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:45:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well look at Mr. Fancy with his toaster oven! Not all of us have access to that sort of high tech wizardry.
darkbreak ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:14:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, so I'm making mine correctly after all! I always just figured it was a good idea to use butter.
Thepurplepudding ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:59:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are you sure that isn't A MELT?
mhizeljr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:38:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
BREAD MAKES YOU FAT!?
IAMATrueLiar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:44:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Feels p bad man
Colopty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:28:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah it's one of the main things that makes you fat. The world is cruel that way.
RoboNinjaPirate ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:32:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't technically grill mine, but warmed in a George Foreman Grill like a Panini does make a cheese sandwich taste a lot better, even without the butter.
IAMATrueLiar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:34:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah that's what I often do, butter isn't super necessary tbh just that melted cheese is enough to get me off
japasthebass ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:43:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
in all seriousness, you're underestimating the unhealthiness of a cheese sandwich. bread is fucking terrible for you. like if you look into it and see how bad white bread is for your body it's basically poison we love to ingest. and yet i continue to eat it...
IAMATrueLiar ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:08:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck my life, here I was hoping grilled cheeses were the secret to true healthiness. Nah I don't eat white bread but that's because I have a lot of internalized racism
degjo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:33:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You don't eat white bread because you're a racist
Ihateallgigginox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:30:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, white bread is shit, wholemeal all the way!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:48:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So... You're saying I need to replace the bread with more cheese, and then it'll be healthy?
seattleque ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:25:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes! You know that if you put a layer shredded cheese (cheddar or parmesan are best) in a pan and let it cook it gets nice and crispy. Do that twice to make your 'bread', put more cheese between!
Or if you want a really awesome grilled cheese...
Butter bread as normal, press shredded cheese to buttered side, cook in pan until cheese is crispy. Remove from pan, butter and cheese other side, add cheese to middle, and cook as normal.
Melty and crunchy and all-around awesome.
klathium ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:47:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what about wheat bread?
Muffer-Nl ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:31:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For all those people outside the US: the bad ingredients in bread are sugar, which is normally not found in bread, and phytic acid, which is found in pretty much every single form of plant-life.
japasthebass ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:47:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I keep forgetting the europeans don't stuff their bread with more sugar than soda. What's wrong with you people
ferret_80 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:51:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
to be fair most grilled cheeses use an absurd amount of butter as well
TheGlennDavid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:11:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Recipe" for cheese sandwich: take two pieces of bread, put cheese between them.
Recipe for Grilled Cheese: Take two pieces of bread, apply a lot of butter to one side each, cheese goes inside, grill with the buttered sides facing out.
The butter is essential for getting the golden brown grilling effect. If you leave the bread dry you get toast.
courtoftheair ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:29:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Toasties are greasier.
TheWierdAsianKid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:30:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When cheese melts, so does some of the fat. And you can see that fat because it's a liquid and shiny. Plus you feel it more because it's liquid
arhanv ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:49:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Asking the real questions...
cjh93 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:43:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you melt cheese the oil comes to the surface, making it look oily and greasy.
ilikegar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:42:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you are not American, you may not realise that "grilled cheese" is a bit of a misnomer. The entire sandwich is put on a frying pan with about a stick of butter.
workaway5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:53:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cheese sandwich is very unhealthy m8. Most bread gets digested as sugar (especially white bread) and is horrible for you unless you get a multigrain bread high in fiber, and even then it's not great for you by any means. Cheese is pretty hard on your digestion and should be kept to a minimum. Throw butter in there and it's even worse.
There is basically no redeeming nutritional value to a cheese sandwich.
Quote_Poop ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:28:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As long as it's not a fucking melt.
ThePariah7 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:15:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yo that's not a fucking grilled cheese it's a melt, I'm sick and tired of people making this mistake!
wilfredjt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Spoiler: HEAT!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:31:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Has shiensh gone too far?
[Yes] [Yeser] [Yesest] [Yeserest]
angry_pecan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:41:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All I can think of is the epic /u/fuck_blue_shells/ rant.
PacSan300 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:42:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Buzzfeed: "15 ways to make grilled cheese. Number 8 will SHOCK you!"
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:43:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I cannot BELIEVE what they did to this GRILLED CHEESE
jaybusch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:54:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY CALLED A MELT A GRILLED CHEESE
mattb2k ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:50:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you leave bread in the oven too long does it turn to toast?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
can confirm am baker, hate him
Computermaster ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 19:44:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
First of all Eddy, toast doesn't go in a toaster; bread does.
XanderJayNix ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:47:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks, I just rematches that episode because of your comment :P
throwmes ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:57:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maillard reaction happens to the sugar in the bread. boom. explained.
Chemistryz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:58:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
boom didnt even have to make this comment because someone else did.
HalfLife1MasterRace ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:38:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Never a miscommunication!
kjata ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:46:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Maillard reaction is entirely responsible for toast.
dragonup56 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:42:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Okay, Bill.
kabuto ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:51:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Something, something, magnets.
LunarAssultVehicle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:35:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Push the lever, the wires get hot and you get toast
Mr_Ibericus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:20:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
People don't toast toast. Toasters toast toast.
Dr-Gooseman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:58:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's obviously proof of god!
Wolfesbane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:12:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You just can't explain where the bread goes.
thegeneraldisarray ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:56:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Here, maybe this will help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0NdwzdOLkE
EdwardPastaHands ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:10:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
where does the bread go after it makes the toast?
C477um04 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:20:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That always makes me laugh when it comes up. Can't remember where the original came from but I remember the clip itself.
geoff652 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:10:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
at what point does bread become toast?
Esleeezy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:14:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bread is nuts! Bake the dough, you get bread. Now bake THAT and you get toast. Now BAKE THAT and you get croutons. Now add ingredients and BAKE THAT SHIT AGAIN and you get stuffing. Not to mention bread crumbs and their uses. I don't even so drugs but I tried explaining how bread blows my mind to a friend and he swore I was high.
soggykrakker43 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:34:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, TOAST!!!
Letty_Whiterock ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:43:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now there's no secret to toasting perfection. There's a dial on the side and you make your selection. Push to the dark or the light and then, if it pops to soon, press down again. Make toast.
Ieetzbread ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:02:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't need to know how.. just when it's done.
P.S. Loosely relevant
Evolving_Dore ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:11:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At what point in the toaster does bread become toast? I had this debate the other night.
Delsana ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:01:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
HEAT appears and then after a while the toast comes out.
MiamiTropics ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:05:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, you can. Inside each toaster is an array of heat jets, such that when room temperature bread is inserted down into the toaster slots, it's blasted with heat rays from the heat jets, which evaporates the water atoms in the bread, making it hard and crunchy.
BigBroHo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:54:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Heating coils
AssassinenMuffin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:59:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Toastbrot in and Toastbrot out
untoastablebread ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not always...
roryarthurwilliams ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:54:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
YEEEEEAH TOAST!!
evan164 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:45:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Where does the bread go?!
Ylatch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:13:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I eat so much toast I keep referring to bread as raw toast.
CalmBeneathCastles ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:33:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not now, son.
Brabbler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:53:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not for Germans.
Dodgiestyle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:27:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Evolution. Checkmate, Christians!
iBleeedorange ยท 1709 points ยท Posted at 18:39:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What qualifies as a catch
CRAG7 ยท 811 points ยท Posted at 22:48:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's easy, just take a look in the mirror.
[deleted] ยท 443 points ยท Posted at 01:46:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Panties= Dropped
Kittygus1 ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 04:34:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Panties = caught but you didn't make a football move so the ruling on the field is incomplete.
Scherzkeks ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 03:26:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You are the worst panty juggler.
Thepsycoman ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:30:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fedora = Also dropped
RulerOfSlides ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:00:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a man, and my panties just went out the window.
brownie14000 ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 01:23:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Smooth.
TheFemaleIsenor ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:00:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Aw :3
EStew42 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 03:06:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Awwww
its1203righthere ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:06:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That was so nice
i_have_a_name ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:06:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ayyyy
MrHydeMD ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:39:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a response. You're Crag # 1 in my book.
FALLasl33p ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:15:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
MATE why are you so smooth
Gonna slip and fall over (and then you'll be on my level, new friend)
Oh but wait you'll stabilize because of ridiculously complex subconscious calculations and movements that your conscious mind can't even begin to fathom ~ then you can pull me up too
Your comment wasn't even particularly genius, just the delivery....
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:29:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This guy fucks
TerminalReddit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:13:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
oh you
cumuloedipus_complex ยท 904 points ยท Posted at 20:15:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Found the Lions/Cowboys fan.
supergreekman123 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:56:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can someone explain to me how this is a catch? http://youtu.be/wbz0o0spEgk
kicktriple ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:50:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because it was too amazing to not call as a catch?
mushperv ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:21:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like that is the true answer. The refs were so dazzled by the flip that they failed to comprehend he didnt have full control until he was out of bounds.
ChimpChief59 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:20:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Three steps = control. Right?
supergreekman123 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:22:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Idk you look at the ball and it does not look like he had control.
ChimpChief59 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:28:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Meh he was "holding" it the whole time. It's not like he dropped it.
mushperv ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:22:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're right, but so many other "catches" where receivers had more secure control and were ruled incomplete that it boggles the mind that Bryant's catch was ruled a catch.
ChimpChief59 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:31:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah these rules need to be changed to be more black and white.
hendrix67 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 00:33:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If Golden Tate touches the ball in the end zone it is a catch.
[deleted] ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 03:19:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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derpington1244 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:28:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Based on the rules is one thing. The rules themselves are so god damn convoluted that I barely know what they're going to call a catch or not.
Pickles5ever ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 04:53:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No they didn't. Tate should have been called for OPI which would have ended the game and Packers would have won. That guy is delusional.
kicktriple ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:49:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
lol if that was OPI then I am glad they don't call it when they see it. No play would ever happen without a flag
Pickles5ever ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 16:28:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Are you retarded? He pushed off with both hands, blatantly. That gets called almost every time, it didn't because the replacement refs were trash. It's clear by your comment you know nothing about football. Also Jennings had the ball before Tate.
Obvious_Troll_Accoun ยท 47 points ยท Posted at 21:10:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dez caught it.
penguin8717 ยท 26 points ยท Posted at 23:31:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Appropriate username
SoldierHawk ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:16:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's not a troll! He fucking did!
Shoeheaddotcom ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 10:59:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like, I don't even know how it was questioned. Ball in his control, feet/body down. If that isn't a catch, then football scores should start looking more like hockey scores - because nobody would catch shit.
The_bruce42 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 17:41:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was at that game. Definately not a catch!
SoldierHawk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:48:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was at home watching the 5000 replays and it WAS ABSOLUTELY A CATCH! SHAKES FIST!
The_bruce42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:03:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm just kidding I was on the complete other side of the field. I couldn't see it at all. But I'm a packer fan and we've had our fair share of terrible calls go against us.
yearightt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:29:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a redskins fan and it was a a catch
ArTiyme ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:35:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah he didn't. You can't catch "being an asshole", it just comes naturally. And if you're talking about the playoff game, we still would have won.
Obvious_Troll_Accoun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:23:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whether you won or not, which I do agree things did not look good for enough after the CATCH but it was a catch.
ArTiyme ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:33:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, I watched the game live. They went to a commercial while they were reviewing it, I went to have a smoke, and I was actually amazed to come back and find out that they ruled it not a catch. I'm with you, but I'm still required to talk shit cause I grew up Green and Gold. =p
DOPE_ASFUCK_USERNAME ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:20:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Could be a panthers fan too, bad call led directly to the sack-fumble touchdown
TheSpiritTracks ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 12:32:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That wasn't a bad call. They literally showed the replay durin the SB like five times and it was plain and clear.
elykl12 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:07:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But there are no dentists around...
Xanthyria ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:03:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Given his username, he either goes to/went to UT. If bet Cowboys.
Sirfungus ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:23:14 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
DES HAD THAT FUCKING BALL
VitaminTHC420 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 02:20:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck the packers it was a catch
derpington1244 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:29:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
FTP.
ArTiyme ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:36:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So many fanbases hate us more than they like their own team. It's nice to revel in your jealousy.
derpington1244 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:52:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not jealousy from my side. All of my friends have never known or watched a bad Green Bay Packers team. So they go so cocky and arrogant that it's incredibly annoying.
Hence, the FTP.
frizzielizzie83 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:04:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Go Pack Go!
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:13:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually I think that's the opposite of what this thread is about. Nobody understands what a catch actually is in the NFL.
washington_breadstix ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:15:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No I think he's right actually. Instinctively, everyone looks at a catch/drop and just "feels" that it was a catch or that it wasn't. But when we try to formalize the rules and actually explain it, it becomes way more complicated than it should, with all this crap about "control" and being established as a runner.
[deleted] ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 19:29:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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doublearon99 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 00:16:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So if you catch it, take three steps in the endzone, and then have it knocked out of your hand that should be a catch right? Well it's not according to the NFL fucking nazis.
humma__kavula ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 21:27:37 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A football move.
effa94 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:47:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
a football is supposed to be on the ground, thats how you play it
Dr_Vesuvius ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:05:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What if you're playing one-hand-one-bounce? Or goalkeeping? Or fishing? Or watching for criminals? Or hiding things in the Terms and Conditions?
shadower94 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:22:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Then we may never know as we check "I Agree." without reading every time.
JacobCrowell ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:14:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tell that to just about every sports official in the history of ever
UlyssesSKrunk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:21:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
...I don't know how to break this to you but...
CougdIt ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:07:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like porn. They'll know it when they see it.
Statccato ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:30:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you rate the girl out of ten and the number is larger than your dick length
D0ct0rJ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:00:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm catching so many 2's!
AssHotdogs ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:14:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hello, Dez Bryant.
sapeetapottus ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:24:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baseball equivalent: What a balk is
Blaaa5 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:24:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dez caught it
unknown1321 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:32:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you have a link for the uninformed?
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:32:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
exhibit A
a more recent example
bonus
unknown1321 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:03:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Absolutely hilarious.
I believe the second link was correct, an incomplete.
The third was just funny.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:00:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think they are correct in that Dez didn't catch it, but it highlights how arcane and muddied down in technicality the rule is.
meeanpendal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:41:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't upvote this enough times.
Seanay-B ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:19:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nobody knows man.
SlawPaw ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:30:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Something tells me you are referring to... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5611L20Mls
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:03:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Somebody needs to explain this to the Eagles, motherfuckers couldn't catch HIV even if they fell on to the needles.
UI_Tyler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dez apparently didn't maintain control... as he took 3 steps with it and held it in front of it.
CorkytheCat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:15:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We'll see, there's the catch
flamingomike23 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:09:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the receiver do not maintain control the ball green bays ball.
EliaTheGiraffe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:14:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also what counts as a penalty
#NoEraPenal
fusionking ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:56:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When something goes wrong in the try block
UNZxMoose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:21:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Calvin's = Catch. Dez's =/= Catch.
midnightwalrus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:44:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just don't fucking get it. If the ground can't cause a fumble, WHYE THE FUCK CAN IT CAUSE AN INCOMPLETION? ESPECIALLY IF THE PLAYER MAKES AN OBVIOUS 'FOOTBALL MOVE' WITH HIS ELBOWS AND KNEES OFF THE GROUND? I MEAN JESUS FUCKING CHRIST GOODELL, GET SOME REFS WHO CAN FUCKING SEE!!!! DEZ CAUGHT THAT FUCKING PASS!!!!
ShiftyBizniss ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:49:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Intelligent, charming, funny, successful, handsome. That's a catch. Like Chris Pratt.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:43:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Superior Jock: Yo guys! Pass!
Other, but lesser, Jock: Coming downtown buddy-o!
Other Jock throws the ball to Jock, Jock catches with his body like a pussy. Girls swoon, grandmas to. Everybody loves Jock, he's the reason his team made it to nationals this year.
Nerd: How does he do it?
Other Jock: That's what I said!
juiceboxheero ยท 543 points ยท Posted at 18:38:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets
alextoria ยท 661 points ยท Posted at 18:47:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what's one of your hobbies? "magnets." well what with magnets?? "I don't know man, just magnets." whatever I'm putting snowboarding.
[deleted] ยท 343 points ยท Posted at 19:07:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"What are some of your likes?" . . . "Uh... ghouls."
prfalcon61 ยท 73 points ยท Posted at 21:48:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like slippery things, I love being naked... in the sewer. Bleach smells good, it tastes good too.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:35:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Have you been eating cheese?!?
The_bruce42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:44:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How much cheese is too much cheese?
Mike-Oxenfire ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 22:48:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Little green ghouls man!
gr33nG3nt ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:42:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know, they walk across the screen.
swedishpenis ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 11:28:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's buddy. Little green ghouls, buddy!
BRIGADAA ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 23:29:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cover up your knees if you're gonna be walking around everywhere.
theyoungscholar ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 03:44:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Milk steak
quadlaser91 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:00:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Put milksteak, she'll get it.
UnhelpfulMoron ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:10:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I collect spores, moulds, and fungus
nupetrupe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:35:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Little green ghouls buddy!
[deleted] ยท 115 points ยท Posted at 19:21:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Little green ghouls.
cadenn11 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 22:44:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"what is something you hate?" "peoples knees"
AdilB101 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:29:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
People's knees!
jigglehiggins ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:47:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn ferals.
Narwhalius ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:53:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what's this in reference too? sounds like my kinda humor
Emetos ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:25:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Always sunny in Philadelphia. Season 5 episode 5 "the waitress is getting married." Quality episode, hands down funniest show on television
Narwhalius ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:08:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I fucking love Always Sunny. I'm on Season 3, lol
swedishpenis ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:29:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
May I offer you a nice egg in this trying time?
PoliticalLava ยท 97 points ยท Posted at 21:08:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Earth, fire, wind and dirt, fucking magnets how do THEY WORK!? And I don't wanna talk to a scientist, y'all muthafuckas lyin' an making me pissed!
supersteve320 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 03:06:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've found the Juggalo.
eXodus91 ยท 55 points ยท Posted at 19:22:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah bitch! Magnets!
TerraTempest ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 22:56:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Here's Richard Feynman explaining why he can't explain magnets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO0r930Sn_8
anonposter ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:52:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Attended several talks from professors studying molecular magnets, looking at starting my PhD work in that field in the fall.
Can confirm: what the fuck are magnets?
BlissnHilltopSentry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:48:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets are things that are magnetic, duh, thought you'd know this if you've been to lectures and shit.
effa94 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:49:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
its when all the magic in a piece of iron is turned in the same direction
mickeyxz ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 22:21:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking magnets. How do they work?
AFabledHero ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:56:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think it works pretty much like gravity.
Valdrax ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 21:58:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only at a very superficial level of "two things attract." Once you get past that, they are very different fundamental forces.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:56:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They also both obey the inverse square law (for large distances/small objects at least), so they act relatively similarly too.
LeoBattlerOfSins_X84 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:24:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One is bending of space/time, other is attraction/opposition between differently/same charged particles? Seems different.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:55:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was more talking about how the forces act and decay over distance, not how they specifically work. Once you start looking at what actually causes the forces, of course they are very different.
LeoBattlerOfSins_X84 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:59:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That makes sense.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:11:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think the fact that they're the direct consequence of fundamental forces is good enough.
cynoclast ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:46:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It works absolutely nothing like gravity.
Infernal_pizza ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:46:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
dont be silly, nobody understands magnets
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:40:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking...
ferret_80 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:08:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I gotchu bud.
so everyone know the earth has gravity right? so the earth attracts things. and magnets are bits of metal. bits of metal that come from the earth.
With me so far? so we know magnets are little bits of the earth, therefore it makes sense that since the earth attracts things that little bits of the earth have a little bit of that attractive force, but the little bits all know they came from the earth and want to join together so they can be more attractive. so they will only want to join up with other little bits of earth
And that's how magnets work
sup3rdr01d ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:45:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
...I hope this is a joke
ferret_80 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:39:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
you guess
LeoBattlerOfSins_X84 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:28:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All things have gravity, even things without magnetism.
Iron loses it's magnetism once molten. (Liquid metal).
(Also I know you're joking.)
2nd_Punic_War ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:51:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnetic dipole moment?
sudophotographer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:53:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Unpaired valence electrons orbiting a nucleus, or an alternating current can be used to generate a magnetic field.
nononsenseresponse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:56:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ikr? Then try explaining THESE magnets!
DraketheDrakeist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:47:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A magnet exchanges photons with a piece of magnetic metal, accelerating the two objects towards each other.
submitizenkane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:09:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets, how do they work?
Norgenigga ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:14:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can explain magnets perfectly down to quantum mechanics, after that I have no clue.
mokeymo2012 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:19:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mormons know about 'em!
LeoBattlerOfSins_X84 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:23:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets are magic. (Joke, don't go pseudo-scientist.)
_Keo_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:00:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mind-Blowing Magic Magnets - Smarter Every Day 153
Watch but be prepared to have your mind blown!
mdrxd100 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:03:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking magnets, how do they work?
A_Very_Big_Fan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:10:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How do they work?
wanawanka ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:10:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nice.
NostalgicNerd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:04:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How do they work?
amoose136 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:42:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or more accurately, the magnetic field. Understand the magnetic field and electrons and magnets are easy.
natey56 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When a positive side loves a negative side...
itschloe_thatsme ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:00:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jfc if I've said it once then...now here's twice:
Miracles.
Jhonopolis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:34:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Howe about ghouls, or peoples knees?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:01:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's when you dig up rocks, but they still have a little bit of gravity left in them, so they attract other things.
DigitSubversion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:28:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Have you noticed how women walk away from you? That's kinda like magnets.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:06:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How do they work?
worqs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:50:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Science, bitch
timesofcorridor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:59:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No shit magnets
Best_Towel_EU ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:06:42 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh you're gonna start like that? Well think of this: When you put your foot on the floor, why isn't it falling through the floor? Because the floor is in the way? The matter that makes up the floor and the matter that makes up your foot never touch each other. The same force that stops your foot from moving through the floor is what causes magnets.
GeneralCrux ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:11:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
F***ing magnets, how do they work?
you_got_fragged ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:33:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is the internet, you don't have to f*%king censor yourself.
SadGhoster87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:39:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fixking?
bbplay_13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:39:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
*Fucking
typical_miracle ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:14:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking magnets.
[deleted] ยท 81 points ยท Posted at 21:55:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted]
Rammite ยท 56 points ยท Posted at 22:38:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'd argue tons of people don't know about proper pisser position protocol.
That, or they don't care.
AshtarB ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:10:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ADreamByAnyOtherName ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:43:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
P4
injeckshun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:45:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gotta know the 4 P's
psbwb ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:50:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Easy. Optimally, the first person will pick the first/last one, then the second person will pick the one farthest away from the first person. Then for every next person, try and get as far away from as many people as possible. I actually wrote a program to simulate this for one of my classes in highschool, except the first person would pick a random urinal.
Momumnonuzdays ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:12:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I usually pick the furthest from the door if I'm the first.
GrayFox2510 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:36:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Right? I just want a corner and to be further away as possible.
The lack of an extra urinal next to me (corner) and being so far away raises the odds the one next to me will not be used for my stay, which is all I care about.
DetestPeople ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:23:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Of 5 urinals, only a maximum of 3 may be occupied at once. This can be reduced to only 2 if one person is on the end and a second person is 3 urinals away. This makes urinals 2, 3, and 5 unusable. With 4 urinals, only 2 may ever be occupied at once, and no one can fuck that up. With 3 urinals, 2 may be occupied, but that can be reduced to one is some asshat takes the middle one. It would seem that 5 urinals is the optimum balance between having enough and having too much. For instance, a 6th urinal does nothing except to add a 3rd unusable urinal. This all holds especially true for urinals that do not have little spacer walls between them.
I don't even know what the etiquette for trough-style pissers (like at many stadiums) is like since I will always wait for an open stall in that case.
lutgholein ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:05:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This game taught me back in the day.
Zizekbro ยท 662 points ยท Posted at 18:14:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Breathing.
[deleted] ยท 867 points ยท Posted at 18:30:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And fine dining.
[deleted] ยท 393 points ยท Posted at 18:33:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My name..?
reincarN8ed ยท 456 points ยท Posted at 19:38:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WE THREW OUT HIS NAME!!
Bruss48 ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 23:04:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES, EVERYBODY! IT'S THE APPETIZER!
captaineighttrack ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:20:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Floor it?
SadGhoster87 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:44:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hold up Toddster, you had that appeteaser!
PacSan300 ยท 78 points ยท Posted at 21:27:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sponges running around and screaming "NOOO" as everything burns down.
NinjaDog251 ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 00:47:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We're just a clever visual metaphor used to personify the abstract concept of thought.
kjbigs282 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:18:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One more crack like that and you're outta here!
ConfusingDalek ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:41:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/UnexpectedSpongebob
Undecided_User_Name ยท 247 points ยท Posted at 19:17:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Beef...Wellington?
tjsaccio ยท 92 points ยท Posted at 20:18:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
chaos
Undecided_User_Name ยท 117 points ยท Posted at 20:51:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The fork on the left?
MrTurleWrangler ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:48:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A Hind D?
Randy__Bobandy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:13:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Russians?
Undecided_User_Name ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:38:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Metal...Gear?
TheAsianTroll ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 22:22:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Two SpongeBob references next to each other in one thread. Well done Reddit.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:04:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The fork on the left?
kjbigs282 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:19:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
More soup for your armpits!?
Undecided_User_Name ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:54:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Would you like cheese with that sir!?
theinsanepotato ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:00:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always thought this was bullshit. Being able to tell the customer your name is objectively a definite part of fine dining. Therefore, Spongebob would have remembered it.
Also, Squidward could have just said "His name is Spongebob" instead of saying "Stop kidding around, tell him your name."
Also also, when Squilliam asked to dine at Squidwards "5 star restaurant... TONIGHT" Squidward could have easily been like "The fuck universe you live in where you can get a reservation at a 5 star restaurant on less than a day's notice? Fuck your shit Squilliam, my restaurant has a 20-year waiting list for a reservation. Also, you couldnt even afford it."
I care way too much about Spongebob plotholes.
you_got_fragged ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:30:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's funny because he should know his name. If you were to know all about fine dining wouldn't knowing your name be necessary? I feel like it should.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:03:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Heisenberg
SilentStriker84 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:50:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I am, the one who is ready
lovelywhale ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:11:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tshca tshca slim shady?
murlockerLOL ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:14:18 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
JOHN CENA
GunsNMuffins ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:38:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
JOHN CENAAAAA, DUDUDUDUUUUU
odinsonthethird ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:41:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Every fucking thread has spongebob in it
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:49:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a very quotable show, what can I say?
schizophreniqx ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:35:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
MORE SOUP FOR YOUR ARMPIT MA'AM?!
[deleted] ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 19:11:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What you do you mean? Your lungs expand creating a low pressure system, and it forces air through your mouth into the lungs to equalize the system. From there, tiny things called capillaries absorb the necessary things from the air. You exhale and repeat.
ferret_80 ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 20:02:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
so close, your diaphragm contracts creating low pressure in your chest cavity, as long as there are no other holes in your body, the only way to equalize the pressure is for air to inflate your lungs, the capillaries on the alveoli will absorb oxygen into your blood. exhaling is when your diaphragm relaxes and all your internal organs try to squish back to where they want to be forcing your lungs to expel air.
If it were just your lungs expanding to inhale chest wounds would be less dangerous because you would still be able to breath, as it is one of the major problems, besides bleeding and puncturing important organs, of chest wounds is that the hole into the chest cavity causes air pressure to equalize much faster meaning your lungs won't fill with air as well
Manjensan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:39:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget intercostal muscles!
thats_satan_talk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:27:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why the fuck did that make me laugh? What's wrong with me?
ferret_80 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:30:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i was laughing quietly to myself when i learned about pneumothoraxces, maybe we're both mentally unstable but idk
thats_satan_talk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:54:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At least I'm not alone!
CommanderClitoris ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:52:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Alveoli alvioli, what's in my lungeoli?
SharkaBlarg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:30:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I didn't understand why that's something that's hard to explain... Maybe most people didn't take bio in high school.
iwaffles1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:56:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think he's talking about the biology behind it more the idea of how you breath, (if you think about breathing it becomes hard to explain how you tell yourself to do it.)
gr33npixel ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:55:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And why I'm doing it manually now.
Stealthy_Bird ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:15:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Great now I'm blinking manually
The_Greaseball ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:03:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure we know how breathing works
redditninemillion ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:42:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is breathing something you do, or something that happens to you?
monster_bunny ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:04:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm reading a book right now called "You Are Here" and I'm on mobile but you can google it. There's a mantra that forms the principle of the book (which is primarily about Buddhist Meditation) that has helped me immensely. It's pretty simple but massively impactful.
..."When I breathe in, I know that I'm breathing in. When I breathe out, I know that I'm breathing out."
PinkMama2015 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:01:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually is pressure from the atmosphere that initiates breathing.
dankvapormemes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:07:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sometimes on weed or DXM I know I'm breathing but I don't feel it. I don't feel the air entering my body and I don't feel my diaphragm/chest move. Freaks me out.
kangarooninjadonuts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:47:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm suddenly very aware of my breathing. Fuck, I'm going to die now.
NotTacoBell ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now I'm breathing manually
myheartsaysyesindeed ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:45:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You learn this in highschool biology
Palawin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:47:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Breathing is weird, it's the one thing most people can do perfectly fine until they start consciously paying attention to it, then it just gets all fucked up.
Izdabye ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:08:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like walking
bloodlust93 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:01:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Recently I saw some hipsters tinder account said fine dining. I couldn't tell if he was joking or not so my first message was "Fine dining and breathing?" And he was confused by it. I unmatched him. So sad.
nupetrupe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:35:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Enter manual breathing mode
NOOBSLAYER39 ยท 1092 points ยท Posted at 18:14:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is Love.
LK_HOLIC ยท 1030 points ยท Posted at 18:15:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baby don't hurt me
[deleted] ยท 686 points ยท Posted at 18:15:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Mattxy8 ยท 672 points ยท Posted at 18:32:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No more
80_firebird ยท 456 points ยท Posted at 21:23:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
whoAAooAa OaaO O O
Bandit312 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 02:17:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think we just had a moment, Reddit
SirMaximBelov ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:48:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Caught in a bad romance
McLower ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 05:39:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know, why you're not fair
I give you my love, but you don't care.
So what is right? What is wrong?
Gimme a sign
Machete_BJJ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:55:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Feel the vibration!
SadGhoster87 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:46:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In the dark, dark
BiigDaddyDellta ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:23:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
uuuuuh huuuuuuuh!
AdilB101 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:31:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is love?
Luger1945 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:09:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Brr brr
Jacosion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:14:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh I don't know. What can I do?
Loki364 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:41:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i just pulled a muscle in my neck doing the head shake part..
fucking ow
Aggelosmj ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:14:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, I don't know why you're not there
physiology9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:59:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mom's spaghetti
Ekudar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:19:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We touch I feel a rush...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:42:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I won't make you cry.
I won't say goodbye.
I won't tell a lie.
I won't hurt you.
LordJupiter213 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:07:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
wrong song
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:16:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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UnsubstantiatedClaim ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:28:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You were until you asked the question.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:31:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm sorry, I'll try again:
No more.
UnsubstantiatedClaim ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:40:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
OK, we're all good now.
xjeeper ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:13:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"I hate to break it to you, but what people call "love" is just a chemical reaction that compels animals to breed. It hits hard Morty then it slowly fades leaving you stranded in a failing marriage. I did it. Your parents are going to do it. Break the cycle Morty, rise above, focus on science."
Skiddywinks ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:55:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love is just a behaviour we evolved to promote making babies. Simple.
However, yes, what does love feel like? Hard question. One that depends on the person really.
toastcrumbs ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 21:01:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Watt is love, baby don't hertz me
Wee_littlegaffer ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:01:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't hertz me, no morse
3brithil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:56:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
now it's german
Eymou ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:51:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Now it is.
3brithil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:02:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
still not actual german though
edit: or it coul be "Hetz mich nicht." which would be actual german, with a completely different meaning.
Eymou ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:23:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah I was just trying to translate the pun though. In your translation the pun is gone :p
3brithil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:35:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
fair enough, in that case you should drop your e though
Eymou ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:55:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah you are probably right. (Although 'hertz' can't be a verb anyway so it doesn't really matter I guess)
Killa-Byte ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:19:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A burning thing
Antith ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:46:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holding on to the hand of he/she who is yours and taking a step off of the edge together and knowing they can miraculously hold you up and you could do nothing except to keep them aloft
infinitezero8 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:22:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Que the 100th remix.
Lambaline ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:27:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The action of neurotransmitters on your synapses such as dopamine and serotonin
CoffeeAndSwords ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:39:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Giving up your right to hurt the other person back.
Sochitelya ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:00:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I saw a book the other day called What Is Punk and my brain immediately supplied, 'Baby, don't hurt me'.
dankvapormemes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:05:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Feeling at home.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:42:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
UNDERSTAND, UNDERSTAND, THE CONCEPT OF LOVE!
VinSkeemz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:24:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think many people understand love, myself included.
periander ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:27:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's an ok Netflix show. Not great, but has its moments.
Tis_be_thine_upvote ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:30:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wanted to put this because it can be misconceived, but I still think that it is easy to explain. Love is not a magical feeling. It is an action. Love is just putting somebody before you, and demonstrating that through selfless acts of kindness.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:06:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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DavidG993 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:03:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Funny considering how rudimentary love is. The degree of self-awareness we have as people can be really damaging sometimes.
RaineDragon ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:55:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
but a second hand emotion?
Mattxy8 ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 18:32:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Replied to the wrong comment
ItsHampster ยท 2147 points ยท Posted at 19:25:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It takes 3 tries to correctly insert a USB thumb-drive.
[deleted] ยท 492 points ยท Posted at 21:15:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Sakromanie ยท 1219 points ยท Posted at 22:57:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Instructions unclear: took 3 tries
MAK911 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:53:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Instructions clear: still took 3 tries. I'm retarded.
mishibaby007 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:13:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ceiling caught in a dick fan or something
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:20:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Phew! It could have been so much worse
ImTomorrow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:45:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh look, more free karma.
ilovepurp ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:26:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Instructions still unclear: dick stuck in computer
Cakepufft ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 14:02:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
AND dick stuck between cable and port
jmlinden7 ยท 87 points ยท Posted at 22:45:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or sideways... or if the device manufacturer put the marking on the wrong side
Apparatjik ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:14:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Happens more often than you would think.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:26:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Often enough that it's not really worth looking for. Even if the original manufacturer did it right, it then has to be assembled so that the instructions still apply, and then the device has to be placed so that it still applies. If a PC tower is placed on its side, you're back to a 50-50 gamble.
Nick700 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:04:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
None of that matters when you can just look into the plug end, and look into the usb hole. The protrusions are quite clear, and they match up
say_wot_again ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:43:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's why it takes 3 tries and not 2 or 4.
Nick700 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:54:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
With the method I described it shouldn't take more than 1, on any computer
Antonio_Browns_Smile ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:35:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tried your method. It took 5, I'll stick to standard method.
Nick700 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:49:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I must not have explained it right. Look into the hole. Look into the plug. They very clearly only go together in a way where the inner plastic circuit board things won't collide. Great explanation I know. Won't even get into how you can just use your sense of touch instead of looking
Antonio_Browns_Smile ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:57:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I tried adding using my sense of touch. Now it's taking 7 tries:/
F0sh ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 11:14:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The problem is that USB slots are never* in a place where you want to look into them. My PC is on the floor; I'd have to bend all the way down to look. Most stuff plugs in the back: more bending. My laptop's slots are on the side; I have to crane around or turn the laptop awkwardly (it's usually plugged into something else) to get a look. So: 3 tries.
*rarely
Nick700 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:50:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Similar technique I should have mentioned is just touching with your finger instead. Works just as well but I don't like touching computer parts with my greasy fingers
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:24:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Assuming that
a) the USB port is located such that you can look into it. This usually isn't the case if you're trying to plug something into the back of a computer.
b) it takes less time to inspect the port than to simply brute force it. Which usually isn't the case.
Nick700 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:51:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Okay, the brute force method may be faster than what I described above in some situations. But you can just use your finger to feel it instead of look at it, and get the same result
Kaibakura ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 22:29:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's a hell of a lot of them that are sideways.
Explain that with your science.
sackchum ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 21:44:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Unless you're using one of those Samsung wall USB things where the USB port is on the side and you need it coming out of the left side so you flip it upside down.
Samoth95 ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 22:07:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have two power banks. One of them was apparently made by a psychopath, because the micro USB plugin is upside-down from the standard (assuming standard to be the side with that trident-esque symbol).
PNY claims to be an American manufacturer but they're really Australian. It's the best explanation.
Starayo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:52:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't you put that evil on us.
HangingPluto ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:00:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah PNY just makes garbage and sells it Walmart.
johnnybeefcakes ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:19:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like the idea of a psychopath engineer who creates working but slightly annoying products
VaxesAreHaxes ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 21:48:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
but what if they're sideways. Damn vertical usbs
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:16:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Ixilary ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:21:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This strategy doesn't work when the usb ports are arranged differently, or more likely, they are sideways. It also doesn't work in the dark.
Gus-Man ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:37:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or a dell computer manufactured around 2010
traveller1088 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:45:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It goes in the first try!! Except when it doesn't!!
ChibiSheep ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:08:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Guaranteed to work, unless it doesn't.
FpsAmerica902 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:08:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My gaming mouse has the symbol on both sides of the USB thing a ma bob. What do I do now?
UBT400 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:25:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
....
WITCH!!!
shibe_posting ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:31:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No okay but I had a phone charger cord one time where the marker indicated the bottom as if to say "fuck your electronic customs"
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:04:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some devices have the usb logo on one end and another logo on the other end.
noisymime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:06:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've got a Logitech cable here that has the USB marking on the wrong freaking side. No idea why a company as large as Logitech would get this wrong, but its frustrating as hell.
GuardiaInExile ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:09:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But if the USB ports are sideways, you're fucked.
Saemika ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:26:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's just a theory.
Hockeygoalie35 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:43:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The usb ports on the front of my PC case are upside down, drives me crazy.
Ppleater ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All my USB slots are vertical...
endgrax ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sideways USB is a different story though...
Polymarchos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And when you are plugging in to USB slots that aren't top/down oriented?
Cin316 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except when they have a marking and it's on the wrong side...
redtit64 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:15:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What if the USB port is sideways?
NBMK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:25:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
all my usb have the same usb symbol on both sides just to troll me
JustAteAPizza ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:26:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What about the sideways insert
chickenbagel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:32:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The side with holes goes up, unless the port is upside down and then the side with filled in holes goes up
StableSystem ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:33:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
just look at the end of the usb. there is a plastic rectangle on one side of it, thats the bottom. easy peasy
Zombie_Response_Team ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And even if they don't have a marking, just draw one on the top.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just look for the side with the crease they bended the mold together on the metal tip. The line in the center faces down every time.
ValiOsu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
USB slots are sideways
Jerk0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or sideways. Thanks, iMac. Jeeze.
casino_r0yale ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:09:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except when your dumbass case has upside-down USB ports
EDIT: I should probably read more
malenkylizards ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had a phone that had the USB plug upside down from every other phone. Took me so long to get used to it. I just replaced it. Now I'm confused again.
knuckles_od ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:20:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This trick worked for me, until I bought a fucking mechanical keyword for shit ton of money with an upside-down USB port, which I use more often then other ports on my pc. fucking razer.
xarcastic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:23:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Better than the marking that is sometimes there, there is always a seam on the bottom side of the plug.
TheFagOverThere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:48:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If they don't have a marking, insert the one with holes open facing up
LoveSicKWAR ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:05:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What about USB slots that are vertical? Are we all just doomed with them?
UndeadBread ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:23:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm looking at you, ZT...
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:26:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Neat. But it's not working for me.
http://imgur.com/19wpxNT
TripleOGeg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:58:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You obviously don't own a PS4 controller.
Matti_Matti_Matti ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:48:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The front of my computer has two vertical USB slots. :|
greenpeach1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:29:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Alternatively, look inside the USB and inside the port to see where the bars are. Put them on opposite sides.
But that's really only relevant where the marking isn't there.
Ghosttwo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:30:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, the USB connector is in a special quantum superposition that takes two observations to collapse.
Astramancer_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:34:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fun fact: my USB ports are aligned vertically. I would never get a USB plug in if I kept the USB symbol up.
Legosheep ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:40:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All my USB ports are sideways.
grinch337 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:44:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its never just a tip.
Original-Newbie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:55:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Doesn't matter. Each device I plug into is oriented different. Still takes 3 tries
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:12:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My USB ports are vertical.
RustlingHawk274 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:58:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Instructions clear. Still took 3 tries
Sam_Strong ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:16:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All my USB ports are vertical...
stupidfarmer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:14:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What about the sideways ones smart guy?
Sharkn91 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:20:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Plot twist: my USBs are sideways. guess theyre asian.
TheAlmightyConch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:29:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or look inside the usb and see which side you're holding
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:41:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What if your USB port is sideways?
thevoiceless ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:08:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's actually part of the standard to have the USB logo on the top
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:14:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The side with the face? I just figured that out like 3 days ago.
SpookyLlama ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:11:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One side has a seam and one side is flat. The flat side is up, the seamed side is down.
Aother1 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:00:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or, you know, look at it. As some said, unless the port is installed wrong, you can just glance at dongle part.
BadBoyJH ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 21:13:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They're 4 dimensional. Iirc you have to flip things 3 times in 4D to get back to your original position.
Neospector ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:05:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Relevant SMBC
fnybny ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:46:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The state of a USB drive can be reduced to half spin.
Nick700 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:02:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is the saying that proves people just care about being funny, instead of actually learning. Just look at the effing plug and you will know which way to plug in
paigealums ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:04:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Am I a freak for just looking at the goddamn USB before inserting it??
thestormthief ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 21:36:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not my USB-C
Taurich ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:16:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't wait for it to take off as the new standard. Shit charges so much faster, faster data transfer, reversible... It's awesome, but as of right now, can be hard to find accessories etc.
screw_all_the_names ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 21:32:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some simple tips.
A. On most computers the thicker side of the USB will be on the bottom. (Mine is actually upside down to fuck with friends.)
III. If the USB is sideways and something that can be flipped around, like a ps3 or xbox 360 (no idea if ps4/xbone can be flipped around) imagine putting it in if if were horizontal and rightside up.
[deleted] ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 22:18:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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asj29 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:10:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Next thing you know he'll be using bullet points
pta2002 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:36:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Count with me, A, 1, III!
Nick700 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:05:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or just look at the USB port and see which side the rectangular protrusion is on, and match it with the USB. Way easier than trying to apply sets of guesswork rules... because sometimes the manufacturers put them at weird orientations like you said
LOLBaltSS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:59:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
USB Superposition.
xenonxavior ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:08:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The quantum half-turn
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:44:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
USB-C, hurry up and get mainstream.
MinnesotaMiller ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:23:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know how to cure this! From now on call the white bar in the USB the "bottom bar". The bottom bar goes on the bottom. Never incorrectly insert a thumb-drive again.
naturalorange ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:19:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://imgur.com/gallery/yyEwOHK
_FranklY ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 21:30:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm that guy that can just pick them up and plug them in without even looking...
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:05:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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_FranklY ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:54:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wear a condom and you can
TLema ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:12:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So like, what kind of sacrificial rituals did you perform for that ability?
_FranklY ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:56:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You simply have to cut yourself on a PC case enough times
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:58:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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_FranklY ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:54:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Been there, scared Satan
FERGERDERGERSON ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:38:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've actually started to look into the machine to see which way the USB goes in, then look at my USB, flip it accordingly, and nail it first try ever time.
TLema ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:14:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But that's cheating!
xDominik ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:45:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My sister is the most stupid pc user one can imagine. Murphy could've looked over her shoulder while she searched something on google and immediatly had his law formulated. But somehow she plugs every USB stick in first try!
princebee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:13:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
While it doesn't work for some USB drives, I've noticed on a lot of USB connected things that I have (like my mouse), there's a line on one side. That line is always on the bottom.
ninjosh97 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:29:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
USB type C increases this to 5 tries.
RoyalOcean ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:49:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Proof USBs are 4-dimensional objects
altaproductions878 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:05:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
First time: wrong way
Second time: You dun fucked up
Third time: wrong side again
creamersrealm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:51:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm USB except for USB type C exists in 4 dimensions https://joedullblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/usb-4th-dimension1.gif
Prime_Zer0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Side with holes = up
StrangeCharmVote ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:04:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This has been answered.
USB Devices are generally 4 dimensional and require you to rotate them into a superposition before being insertable.
I.e you try once, rotate them, try again, rotate them, try again and they go in.
FictionalLightbulb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:12:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
white squares up bro
mr_lab_rat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:12:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also everyone understands that Chuck Norris does in the first try everytime but noone can explain it.
TheArtificialAmateur ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:01:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pro tip: holes face up or to the left.
butsuon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:04:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
USB cables exist in a quantum superposition. They are both right-side up and wrong-side up and not plugged in simultaneously. Only until observed can it be plugged in.
Honestly I don't understand why it's not under the list of successfully observed experiments on the wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_superposition
justmerriwether ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:28:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Take 1: okay, I've lined up the symbol, it should just...go...in!
Take 2: Clearly I had it wrong before and every other USB port up til now has been lying about its proper orientation. Now that I've turned the drive upside down it should slide easily...fucking...piece of SHIt!!
Take 3: Okay, I tried it this way the first time and it didn't-- oh GODDAMMIT now you go in okay FINE!!!!
NNNYES ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:54:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TIL some people have problems inserting flash drives
KingDarkBlaze ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:55:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always get it on the first.
GenLifeformAndDiskOS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:23:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can look at it and see that the part with holes is the top part, then put it in the correct way, but it will still take a few pokes to get it in
Pufflehuffy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:46:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I dunno, I get it right like 98% of the time. On one side, the two little squares look empty. That's the right side.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:00:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What I do is insert in the side that I don't think should go in. That way I get it right like 99% of the time.
AssholeBot9000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:19:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're not even going to refer to its superposition? Sigh.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:31:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just look at the port, there will be plastic in the port and the plug, the plastic should be in opposite sides. It will go in.
Never takes me more than one try to plug in a flash drive or other usb device
DetestPeople ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:16:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Even if you were to make a mark on your usb port and a corresponding mark on your thumb drive to indicate the correct position, it would still take 3 tries... maybe even 4 just for trying to oppose the will of the USB gods.
hrbutt180 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:38:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm proud that I get it right on the first time by looking at it first.
32Dog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:30:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just look in the USB, and the USB port, and see which side the is the bottom. Never get it wrong
Luckrider ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:33:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fixed. I have a Nexus 6P. My USB goes in on the first try 100% of the time.
UESPA_Sputnik ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:39:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At least 3 tries sometimes.
definitelynotaliar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you fuckers not look at the USB before plugging them in? The side with the hole goes on top.
Anosognosia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:37:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you know where the sockets are? They are somewhere dark, somewhere you have to stretch to reach and somewhere you can only see it in a very oblique angle.
Heck, even if you have a laptop you need to rotate that shit to see the socket, and who sits around twirling their laptops? Not this busy professional for one!
olde_greg ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:51:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or a penis
League_of_leisure ยท 136 points ยท Posted at 19:08:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The way people can tell another person's emotions by the look in their eye
[deleted] ยท 89 points ยท Posted at 00:48:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think there's a lot more subtle indicators we don't consciously take note of like slight facial expressions, eyebrow position, posture etc. it's not just from looking in someone's eyes alone
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SecludedPerson ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:49:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
yea perhaps, i feel like if we cut away the bohemian lingo though it could actually get somewhere. the reason why those sorts of subjects are so prevalent there are probably rooted in the fact at how lots of drugs can break you down to these primative animal like sensitivities. besides the ways animals communicate to each other, they are usual much more sensative to each other, and they have the same sort of brain compositions often, which helps them get by.
rhetoricdevine ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:23:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Precipitating fact from the vapors of nuance. I need to re-read Snow Crash now.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:41:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because we evolved to be a social species?
HypocriticalThinker ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:18:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
...People can tell another person's emotions by the look in their eye?
[deleted] ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 04:00:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Today you learned you have autism.
MooseFromFlorida ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:01:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is it normal to know people's emotions from their eyes?
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:10:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You should be able to get a pretty good ballpark feeling from eye-contact, yep. They're windows to the soul. It's just intuition.
HypocriticalThinker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:31:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm functional, I have a reasonable intellect, I have no physical abnormalities to speak of, and I didn't have any problems with language development (modulo some early childhood difficulties with pronouncing
landr), as far as I know.I have a number of oddities (as do we all). I doubt any ASD is on that list. Could be wrong, though.
MorteDaSopra ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:38:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try this test. It shows you a picture of someone's eyes and gives you 4 options as to what you think that person is feeling. It only takes about 10 minutes.
HypocriticalThinker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:13:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
24 / 36, in ~15 minutes.
I don't think that's testing quite what they think it's testing, though. Multiple-choice is always substantially easier than anything else, and this is no exception. With most of those I could eliminate 2 or 3 based on eye direction alone. Also, no observer effect.
MorteDaSopra ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:22:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know what you mean, it's very simple and by no means comprehensive but I still found it interesting.
dreamycreamy93 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:56:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Any mobile friendly links?
MorteDaSopra ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:09:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't seem to find one I'm afraid, sorry :(
dreamycreamy93 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:42:14 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for trying. I've saved your comment so if I do get a computer at some point, I can come back to it.
effa94 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:59:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i think he means how the things round the eye are shaped.....i hope
robertx33 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:16:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The way I can tell my cat's emotions.. Is even stranger I think.
periander ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:35:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you look at censored images of people they often just black out the eyes, and it really does work.
AdilB101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:24:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can see that if their eye is shaking, they're worried, anxious scared. Eye is fast: worried Eye is looking straight into you-look at the rest of their face to complete the situation.
notgoodwithyourname ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:31:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wasn't there a study that shows teens and younger people are more able to discern what emotion an emoticon shows than a person's emotions from looking at their face?
Granted emoticons are greatly simplified when compared to people's faces
triplejk ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 00:38:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Implication
ParksVS ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:45:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But they're not going to say no...
triplejk ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:01:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
She would never say no.
ParksVS ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 03:26:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because of the implication...
Momumnonuzdays ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 08:10:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm just not getting it.
GunNNife ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 13:11:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Of course if she says "no," that means "no." But she won't say "no." Because of the implication.
CrowdyFowl ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:54:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But it sounds like these girls don't want to have sex with you...
artthoumadbrother ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:38:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Best reply in the thread.
myshittyluck ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:04:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Easy there Dennis
oekoy ยท 265 points ยท Posted at 18:26:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why we sleep.
Jourei ยท 585 points ยท Posted at 19:03:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So that we can be grumpy in the morning.
[deleted] ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 21:46:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
First you're sleepy, then you're grumpy. If you're not too bashful, see the doc, you'll be dopey and happy. Achoo.
jaybusch ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:00:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You sound a little sneezy there, Princess.
LeoBattlerOfSins_X84 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:38:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you sleep you'll be grumpy for a little while, if you don't sleep you'll being grumpy for a long time.
waternerf ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:25:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But if you don't sleep at all, you can be grumpy for the rest of your life!
ferret_80 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:09:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
best answer to why we sleep i have ever heard
Tarcanus ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 20:53:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To allow the brain to clean crud out of your body and brain. Build ups of a certain chemical in the brain has been linked to Alzheimers recently, and sleep has been shown to clean out that chemical. If you don't sleep well or sleep enough, this chemical will build up and eventually lead to a disease.
It's increasingly known what the benefits of sleep are.
oekoy ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 20:57:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Looks like I'm getting Alzheimers. Anyways, Thank you so much for this response. Very interesting.
cdude ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 23:33:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Alzheimer's isn't that bad. At least you don't have something worse like Alzheimer's.
Nmaka ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:50:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy shit does Dory have Alzheimer's?!
Shaggyninja ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:45:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Probably not. Alzheimer's isnt "where did I put my watch?" It's "what is this thing on my wrist?"
Dory still remembers things and people and experiences. Just not that well.
Doctah_Whoopass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:55:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or Alzheimers.
Colopty ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 23:56:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The question is why we developed brains that relies on putting us into a completely vulnerable state for 1/3 of our life in order to not damage itself.
Ixidane ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:04:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well it's not like we did it on purpose! It's just that no better alternatives presented themselves through natural selection.
Colopty ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:08:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For every single one of all the countless species on our planet? It's certainly unexpected that not a single one has developed a way around it unless there's a really good reason for such a restriction to be in place.
grapesforducks ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:27:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Other creatures don't go fully comatose as we do. There are actually a number of animals who will sleep on hemisphere of the brain at a time; certain birds and dolphins are particularly known for this; ducks will line up on a log to sleep, the ones on the outside only asleep on the hemisphere that is towards the group, the eye facing outward alert & on the lookout. They'll trade positions with those on the inside, so they get turns being fully asleep. Was on a sciency-type podcast years ago.
Orvel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:11:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Other creatures brains don't use as much energy as ours do.
grapesforducks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:35:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also true. I know ours consumes about 20% of resources; any idea what is average in the rest of the animal kingdom?
Orvel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:42:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No idea.
Colopty ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:27:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I am aware, though I classify that as a solution that kinda fixes the problem except it doesn't. Those ducks still require sleep, they've just found a hack that lets them get around some of the downsides with it. The question is how, with all the species that have been on this planet throughout its long history, with all those species having their own group of individuals that each have their own random mutations going on, how come none of those have found a way to circumvent the need for sleep completely. The obvious answer, of course, is because there is no way to avoid sleep completely. Which raises the question that we wish to find the answer to: Why?
CoffeeAndSwords ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:45:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You expend less energy when you sleep. If you're not doing anything useful, it's best not to waste energy.
Colopty ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:11:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But the brain is actually super active while you sleep so you're spending quite a lot of energy on it. Also, "best not to waste energy" does not justify spending 1/3 of your time in a state that leaves you completely vulnerable to predators.
CoffeeAndSwords ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:23:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess the idea is that other people will be awake, keeping watch?
And yeah, the brain takes a ton of energy, but you're not moving around and doing the things that take up more energy.
Colopty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:30:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except that's only a workaround that applies to pack animals, it doesn't solve the root of the problem nor does it help animals that do not work in packs, yet they require sleep too.
Angam23 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:26:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you're adapted for the day and it's nighttime, you're at a disadvantage and vulnerable no matter what. The reverse is true for nocturnal creatures. No amount of physical exertion can make up for something you just aren't evolved to do, so you might as well save the calories.
Redbulldildo ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 21:56:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We know what it helps, but people who research why we need to sleep have pretty much worked it out to "Because we get tired"
UlyssesSKrunk ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:27:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, but it is still unknown why sleep is required for those things. Nobody doubts the benefits of sleep, just the reason we have to be unconscious for those things to happen and why it takes a fuckign third of our lives.
SilentStriker84 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 21:58:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe because our consciousness can't exist for an extended period of time which is why the longer we are awake our sanity begins to degrade and we begin to hallucinate. So we go to sleep to destroy the original and create a copy that can continue on until the next day. How do you know that you are the same consciousness as the day before? Or you know maybe it's just because we get tired.
ThanatosX23 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:53:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The existential crisis was much needed. Thank you! S/
Cunfuse ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:21:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because we get tired.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:38:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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I_am_Revan ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 21:20:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Eight hours? Look at Mr. "I get enough sleep" here
A_Very_Big_Fan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:23:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That reminds me, it's midnight and I have school tomorrow
andrewharlan2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because we get tired
Destroyer_101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:44:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
actually we do know, it's to clean toxins in the brain.
inthecitythatweloved ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 20:21:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The meaning of beyond a reasonable doubt. Criminal trial attorneys are actually encouraged to NOT try to explain what it means.
DasJuden63 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:25:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
OK, what does it really mean?
inthecitythatweloved ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 08:32:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, in a criminal trial it means that the evidence points to the Defendant beyond a reasonable doubt. This can mean many things to many people - to some it means that any other theory put forth by the defense just isn't logical, and is thus invalid, leaving only the Defendant as the only possible guilty party. To others, the evidence weighs so strongly against the Defendant that they are sure, but not certain, it is that Defendant. Which is enough to convict. For others still, it's just a feeling they get once they've heard all the evidence that they are reasonably satisfied with the proof of the D's guilt from the prosecution.
I'm doing a shit job of explaining it. Maybe read this: reasonable doubt
DasJuden63 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:38:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That link is a very concise way of explaining it. I find it very interesting that such an important part of our legal system as a jury of our peers is, has the responsibility to judge by such a subjective term.
How do you, as a person, know where to set the bar of reasonableness? Especially when a conviction would carry such a serious sentence like death, and if, after administrating, the defendant is proven innocent?
inthecitythatweloved ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:33:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, I agree. Another interesting prong to this is that a jury should be only using the facts and theories presented to them by the attorneys. However, a juror is who they are because of their experiences, and the people they've come in contact with, and the places that they've seen. This further displaces that bar reasonableness bar into varying levels depending on the juror.
The process of voir dire is very interesting.
DasJuden63 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:53:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had to look that one up, another neat phrase!
There was recently a case in my hometown that is a great example of this. A few years ago, a woman and her 6mo son were murdered. I knew and worked with this woman as a "security guard" (we didn't really do much) for the building my father works at.
He "knew" her too, in the way that he knew she was a guard there and knew her name, and was sent a juror summons for the case. Personally, I thought that he should abstain because of a possible interference with his judgment based on this, but my mother said "No way! We all know he did it, throw him in jail forever!"
While I considered her a friend, I would have done my best to get off of that jury to avoid my personal bias interfering with the ruling.
adaminc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:14:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think it's pretty simple myself. That after weighing all the evidence, any reasonable person, using common sense (or reason), would believe that the evidence proves the person committed the crime.
notgoodwithyourname ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:37:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Here is a highly simplified answer that my Business Law Professor used, civil cases use "preponderance of the evidence" >50% chance of being correct
Criminal cases use "beyond a reasonable doubt" ~99% chance of being right.
Now I'm not saying those are truly accurate statements, but they do give a general idea of how persuasive the evidence must be.
DasJuden63 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:07:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was just asking because "Beyond a reasonable doubt" is a very subjective term, with factors such as juror history, preconceptions of the defendant, and intelligence levels all coming into play.
Evidence that you would consider being beyond a reasonable doubt might not be enough for me to reach the same conclusion.
notreallysrs ยท 200 points ยท Posted at 18:43:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nostalgia
Zarathustra124 ยท 87 points ยท Posted at 23:06:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's when your brain takes a holiday through time.
deagesntwizzles ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:36:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Snap! Shit just got explained son
thejuanrodriguez ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 23:17:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Greeks used to say it meant "pain from an old wound" and that goes with memories... Even painful In a good way.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:59:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never knew this but it really make the word mean more! Nostalgia makes me kind of sad. Even if I don't really want to go back to that time. And I have no idea why it makes me feel that way. I was never sure if it was nostalgia I was feeling or something else, turns out it was nostalgia all along!
Donkster ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:22:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's just that whenever this feelings strikes me I think "I'd really like to experience this exact moment again right now"
salliek76 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:45:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Literally, it's from the Greek "nostos" (going home) + "algos" (pain). Nostos is a major theme in many works of heroic epic literature, notably starting with Homer's Odyssey, one of the oldest works of literature still in existence.
Chooseday ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:14:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just show them Matilda and they'll get it. Easy.
DarkPhoenix07 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:41:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It isn't what it used to be
runrightbacktoher ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:30:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I used to be really into nostalgia.
Xperr7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:40:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't really explain it but I has this odd thought of "why relive the past when you've already seen the future?" in regards to nostalgia. Don't get me wrong, I love nostalgia, but this keeps popping up when I think about it.
MidnightCereal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:28:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The pain of knowing something.
Broship_Rajor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:35:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The worst part is that the more you do the nostalgia inducing thing the less of an effect it has.
I'll be listening to a song and want to just soak in the nostalgia for like an hour but if I do I knew it'll get less potent next time so I have to limit myself.
AdilB101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:27:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The feeling of not hearing/seeing about something from your childhood, and remembering it fondly, because of all it's memories and how better that time was because you compare it to now. You could be blinded by it or it could not hold up today.
thardoc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:57:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't it the combination of two greek or latin words that mean 'going home' and 'pain'? It's just another version of feeling homesick.
TacoPower ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:30:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah yes, nostalgia.
[deleted] ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 22:24:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Neospector ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 23:21:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Rotting their brains"? What are you, a parent from the 90s?
Nostalgia is remembering the past in a way that makes it seem better than it actually was. You have a sense of longing to go back to the past. It feels somewhat calming and relaxed, and it often makes you feel physically warmer on the inside. It usually manifests when looking at an old object from your past, such as a photograph or toy.
It's not easy to describe because it's an abstract concept, not because of some ridiculously outdated notion that video games makes you stupid.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:20:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chill out. It was a failed joke where I was supposed to appear unaware that I was being nostalgic.
I_EAT_GUSHERS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:16:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/lewrong...oh...hehehehehe
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:19:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't see how so many people didn't get the joke. I guess some topics are touchy.
Reaper_of_Souls ยท 334 points ยท Posted at 18:48:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Pi. We all know the number from math class, a few people have memorized it to like 1000 digits, but like... how is the circumference of a circle 3.14159265358979... times the diameter?
(Any mathematicians here? Cause I'd love to know this.)
Yost_my_toast ยท 219 points ยท Posted at 20:25:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Take a diameter of a circle. Then flatten out the circle and lay it next to the diameter. You'll see its just larger than 3 times the size of the diameter.
Visual Aid
Swing_Doom1 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 01:17:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Doesn't this also mean that either the circumference or the diameter/radius of a circle will always be irrational?
stopcomps ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:16:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Yes.
Edit: This might be why most simple geometry calculations in middle school on finding circumference/diameter of circle ends up in terms of pi. Oh, diameter of 2? Circumference 2pi. Oh, circumference of 4? Diameter 4/pi. Now that I think about it, it's pretty stupid for books to tell kids to use 3.14 for the value of pi, instead of leaving it as just pi. Meh. Idk.
AndOneOfThemCows ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 06:37:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They do this to younger kids who aren't familiar with the concept of a numerical value being left as the product of two other known quantities such as 2(pi). Once students have taken pre-algebra or so, it becomes second nature and nearly all calculations involving geometry/trigonometry/whathaveyou all leave it in terms of pi. It's a pretty difficult concept to get across to 2nd or 3rd graders learning the areas of basic shapes.
stopcomps ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:24:33 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I remember using 3.14 all the way up to 8th grade...hated my math classes >_>
Swing_Doom1 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:51:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, I remember in high school the teacher would tell us to give our answers like so, giving the answer both terms of pi and rounded to the nearest hundredth:
the_silvanator ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:38:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is the best way of doing it imo. You give an exact answer, then the approximation so you can better understand what the answer means in terms of the problem. Then if you want to use your answer again in part 2 of the question, you have the exact value you can use instead of an approximation that will become more inaccurate over time.
I had a physics prof that would constantly round numbers and do approximations while solving problems and not give a shit. He straight up rounded gravity to 10 m/s/s. Rounded pi to 3.14, etc. It drove me crazy.
PronouncedOiler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:47:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This drove me nuts too, until I started to realize how practical these fast approximations could be in doing mental math. Divide by 9.8 = hard, divide by 10 = easy. True, if you got nothing but time on your hands or a calculator handy, use exact values, but if you're in the middle of an experiment and just need to double check that your result makes sense, use a fast approximation. You can go through the rigorous math later.
JohnnyOnslaught ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 23:12:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WHAT SORCERY IS THIS
Chavezz13 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 09:27:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel someone could make something like that that is 1000% wrong and we'd believe it cuz it looks fancy and has pictures
beetgreens ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:46:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
WHAT THE FUCK
thank you
TheLegendofPie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:07:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Correction, that's the circumference - the diameter the is length across the circle, not around.
T_Rx ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:17:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The numbers in the gif mark off the number of diameters. Then you lay out the circumference and it's 3 diameters plus 0.14159...
TheLegendofPie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:29:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, that makes sense.
myigga ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:33:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Took me too long to figure out I had to poke it.
Yost_my_toast ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:47:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Poke what?
myigga ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:01:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
... The gif doesn't do anything until I poke the wheel... Do I have a tumor?
truthofmasks ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:57:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I dunno. I'm pretty sure the gif just autoplayed for me.
Tobias_durden ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:21:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Up vote for visual aid
columbus8myhw ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:56:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think you made a typo
Reaper_of_Souls ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:59:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hey, at least the link was good.
Though of course now I'm thinking about the inappropriate-but-even-more-so-now South Park episode where Jared from Subway wants to give everyone AIDS.
[deleted] ยท 295 points ยท Posted at 19:17:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It just is. The number isn't special. Remember, we made up math in interpret our environment. So it just happens to be what it is. Does that make sense?
sultryvoltron ยท 479 points ยท Posted at 21:52:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like you're really missing out on just how interesting 'pi' is.
In modern education (at least in the US) 'pi' is taught in the reverse order of how it was discovered.
Most people learned of 'pi' in terms of OP here, that it's a number that is useful for calculating the circumference of a circle and it is something that you just need to memorize for use in that context.
Really though, in ancient civilizations they could always figure out the circumference of a circle. You could just get a piece of string, carefully lay it out along the circle, mark it, and pick it up.
Bam! You have the circumference of a circle, and 'pi' never really came into it.
Now here's where it gets interesting. For thousands of years people have been measuring across (diameter) and around (circumference) circles. Along the way, several people figured out that if you take the circumference and divide it by the diameter you get the exact same number every time, no matter the size of the circle you started with. Not only do you get the exact same number every time, but you also get an irrational number. Someone named it 'pi' (really just a single letter because math notation is always as lazy as possible).
After that, many other people tried to approximate it, and then calculate it, because of the usefulness in computations regarding circles.
So, because of the way that circles are taught in school today we miss out on so much of the cool discovery part of it, and we only get the boring computation part of it.
So give 'pi' the credit it deserves! At least in Euclidean Geometry it couldn't ever be any other number. That alone makes it pretty special in my book.
440Music ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 23:10:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But muh non-euclidean geometry...... :(
effa94 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 14:56:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
easy there cthulhu
tombue ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 00:00:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
German here. We've learned it the way it was discivered. Most people still don't care.
JacobCrowell ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:17:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you think about it, it makes perfect sense that the Circumference and Diameter would be, in some way, proportional.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:42:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, I still fail to see how pi is in any way special. It's just a constant that could have been any random number in another universe.
Old-Man-Henderson ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:11:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But in this universe, it's a fundamental constant that defines how things move. That's pretty important.
Or to put it more simply, it makes reddit work.
Jorlung ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:16:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think the specialness about it really comes from how it just shows up in places you wouldn't expect. Like for example for the coefficient of lift (or force of lift if you want to think of it that way) on a plate plate as a function of the angle it makes with the on-coming stream (called angle of attack) it goes as 2pi times the angle of attack. So pi just kind of pops out of there out of no-where, no circles or anything are in there, but it falls out anyway.
yans0ma ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:59:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Where is pi?
http://www.ppl-flight-training.com/images/lift_formula_details.jpg
http://images.slideplayer.com/20/6063193/slides/slide_2.jpg
Jorlung ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:05:48 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Meant to say on a flat plate here, but yeah that only applies for a flat plate.
NASA can tell you all about it.
https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/kiteincl.html
thirdegree ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:29:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Which pretty much sums up all of pre-university math really.
TacoNinjaSkills ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:03:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks. TIL.
ar-pharazon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:12:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's kind of interesting in that (historical) sense, but the value of pi is just analytically pi; there is no real discovery, no wonder. figuring out the value of pi is like realizing that the length of the diagonal of a square is sqrt(2) times the side. on the surface, it's a seemingly-arbitrary constant that follows a somewhat-abstracted rule (Pythagorean theorem). all the same kinds of proofs apply to each situation, but we just have better intuition about squares and triangles.
spleen_bandit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:57:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I nearly downvoted this to keep it at 314 points, but it was too good for that
Sorcyress ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:48:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's gonna be super embarrassing when I use this to explain pi to my students and then have to cite my source as "sultryvoltron" amused grin
hagerty9009 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:03:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I see you're ignoring the tau master race.
Chooseday ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:13:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I asked this question to my maths teachers and even professors at a few universities. I always got some sort of bullshit answer along the lines of "accept it" with no explanation.
This is brilliant, you're brilliant, thank you!
A_Very_Big_Fan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:22:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I give this comment a ฯ/ฯ
m0r05 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:20:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
a 1?
buhburkz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:12:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Superb if he was thinking of binary scoring.
A_Very_Big_Fan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:17:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I meant like 10 out of 10. I'll admit it was dumb of me to use a / instead of "out of" haha.
yourcommentactedout ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:36:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Never heard of Euclidean geometry. Are there multiple types of geometry and could the Pi rule not work outside of Euclidean geometry?
sultryvoltron ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:26:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The ELI5 version is that the normal geometry that everyone thinks of, and learned in school is called Euclidean geometry. This kind of geometry accepts certain rules (called axioms) that were set thousands of years ago by a man named Euclid. Those axioms serve as building blocks for larger concepts (i.e. one of the axioms is that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line).
Non-Euclidean geometry changes a few axioms in order to deal with situations that are impossible in Euclidean geometry.
Siniroth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:43:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
From what I understand, in euclidean geometry, if you draw two parallel lines and extend them forever, they will never touch and will remain equidistant from each other. In non euclidean geometry they either curve away or curve towards each other (but still parallel, idk how that works, I'm probably butchering the explanation), so the concept of pi doesn't really apply, because circles exist in euclidean geometry
redditisadamndrug ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:45:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Euclidean geometry is basically shapes on a flat surface. The rules and facts for shapes are different if you instead work on the surface of a sphere for example.
karleenamarx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:58:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Plus it's theorized to be a normal number, which I find super cool! I ended up getting s tattoo of a pi symbol last summer because it's my favorite number.
Donnie__dorko ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:20:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not special though, it's just a ratio of a figure's dimensions that, of course, don't change with scale because ratios never change with scale. The hypotenuse of a 3-4-5 right triangle to the base is 5/3. If it were a million times bigger that ratio would still be 5/3.
dajuwilson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:46:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Still, even though it's been one of the most heavily studied concepts in math for several thousand years, it was only recently that pi was proven to be irrational.
iamaiamscat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:58:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Meh. I love my math but you are still making it out to be some big deal and way more than it is.
So I have this square and I keep making it bigger or smaller but the corner to corner distance is always side length * sqrt(2).. Omg sqrt(2) is so crazy I just can't explain it!
Pi is a ratio, and it has infinite decimals because the larger you build your circle, the more accurate you could calculate the ratio. And your circle could be of infinite size.
Voila. Pi is easy to explain.
Chupacabra_Sandwich ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
r/notinteresting
[deleted] ยท 185 points ยท Posted at 21:24:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it really really is
source: maths at cambridge and lsd
crossfireloads ยท 81 points ยท Posted at 22:00:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I am sure lsd makes math make a ton of sense. It is a hell of a drug.
anonposter ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 22:55:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Similarly: being drink makes quantum mechanics make more sense.
I have 3 phd students, a postdoc, and a professor who agree with me.
Sometimes you just need to tell your brain "shhhhh. Just accept it"
hexane360 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:09:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://xkcd.com/323/
crossfireloads ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:46:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can say I have done circuits and logic design homework drunk before. I get what you mean.
Joebloggy ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:04:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try watching this on it.
thirdegree ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:33:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just take a point called Z in the complex plane
Z1 equals Z squared plus C
And Z2 is Z1 squared plus C
And Z3 is Z2 squared plus C and so on
If the series of Zs will always stay
Close to Z and never trend away
That point is in the Mandelbrot Set
Johnny-Skitzo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:04:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lsd makes the universe make sense
3jt ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:39:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It makes things that don't make sense make sense. LSD helped me realize that addition is space and multiplication is time.
ya_boi_cheesepuff ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:06:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Care to explain?
3jt ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:48:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It seemed self-evident at the time. Something like: the domain of addition is space, you jump from point to point. Multiplication sends you on a trajectory, making you perform the same leap a certain number of times. I was somehow able to convince myself the two operations were orthogonal, something about rotations in frequency space...
NiveKoEN ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:08:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Holy fuck I need some lsd.
aPlasticineSmile ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:30:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
honestly, if you were on lsd you would know the answer to all of these questions, even if you couldn't articulate it, you can feel this all encompassing understanding....indeed one hell of a drug.
Samoth95 ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 22:05:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Remember kids, never do drugs and math at the same time.
Gnihsif1234 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 01:06:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't drink and derive
syanda ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:28:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At some point, the effect is going to be the same.
Reaper_of_Souls ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:46:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Drugs taught me how to use the metric system.
sonay ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:24:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tell that to his man. Dude produced more papers than everyone else IIRC.
thirdegree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:33:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Always. Always do drugs and math at the same time. It's the only way either of them make sense.
IllKickYrAssAtUno ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:39:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You can't do DMT without math. It's fascinating. Geometry has become an extra fascinating subject to make thanks to DMT.
Leakimlraj ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:00:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This kills the brain.
thedersy1 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:01:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He's not saying that pi isn't special. He's saying that the particular number that pi is (3.14159...) isnt special. If for whatever reason, in our universe the relation between the circumference and diameter could be described by the number 8.7 then that number would be pi. All of the implications that go along with pi would be the exact same, except that the actual number would be different. Pi is not special because of the number it represents, but rather because of what the number itself means within the context of pi.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:07:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ok but then 8.7 would be special and cycling would be much more work
thedersy1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:47:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If the number changes and the result is more or less the same, then it should tell you that the number isn't special, its concept is. It doesn't matter what pi's value is, it's the relations that make up pi that make it special.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:00:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It doesn't actually change though its fixed. The notational rendering of PI in our number system isn't that interesting (although its not uninteresting) but the value of PI is special. It relates to lots of other significant constants in mathematics too so can't be seen in isolation.
thedersy1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:16:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know all of that, I've taken plenty of high level mathematics. All I'm saying is that while pi is significant, the fact that it is specifically 3.1415... is not what makes it important or neat. If the geometric laws of our universe were different, the value of pi would be different, but pi's significance would be the same. That's all that original guy was saying.
Reaper_of_Souls ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:00:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At the same time? You're kinda awesome.
punsohard ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:09:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
lsd makes everything special
Natt_Himmel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:27:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm, I also usually take lsd
3jt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:45:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mmm... exp(sqrt(-1)*pi)+1=0
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Comprehensive reading. Op meant that the actualy numbers we call it mean nothing. It's a conversion between our humerus system and what PI happens to be. We could've based our numbers on PI for all that matters. So pi's value is special but the numbers mean nothing
gaylordqueen69 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:31:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The number is special, but it would be just as special even if it, for whatever reason, came out as 5.1283790377... or 1.367855788... or 3.14149265358979000000000001...
The value is unimportant. What it does is important.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:23:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How do you separate it from every other important constant? All of these things are related and are absolute values on the number line
The notation we use to represent it doesn't matter but its absolute value does.
mangzane ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:35:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's up to debate. A lot of mathematicians will tell you we discovered math.
Dr_Vesuvius ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:09:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're right.
I think what the OP means is that we chose to use base-10, in which pi is irrational, rather than something like base-pi, where pi is easy but integers are all crazy.
mangzane ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:44:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Insightful. Thanks.
Best_Towel_EU ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:12:52 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never thought of the idea of using base-pi, that's insane.
I bet there's a civilization out there that uses that.
Dr_Vesuvius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:33:04 on March 27, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, I imagine every civilisation uses systems based on natural integers. Counting is always going to be more useful that working out circumferences.
There might be a civilisation that switches between bases when they want to work out an irrational number... but even that's pretty far fetched.
Maybe there's an AI in a wheel factory on the other side of the universe using it?
Best_Towel_EU ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:17:38 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe that AI took over the entire world and now there is.
c0d3t3m935t ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:35:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
yes
Reaper_of_Souls ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:25:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was more looking for an equation, like the one /u/ElephantBoness provided.
sultryvoltron ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:58:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Instead of thinking of it like this:
Try to think of it that
If you take any perfect circle, measure the circumference, and divide by the diameter, you get ฯ every time, no matter what. The more perfect your circle and measurements, the more accurate your calculation of ฯ gets.
edit: I put radius instead of diameter. I am ashamed.
Empire_Of_The_Mug ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:25:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The question is: Did we invent pi or discover it?
probably_a_squid ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:37:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We discovered it.
larryjerry1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:46:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We didn't make up math, we discovered it.
74300291 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:20:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
EDIT - replied to the wrong comment. I moved it to the parent.
3jt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:46:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The digits aren't special. (Pi in binary is awesome.) The ratio is very, very special.
Mrfrunzi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:05:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is one of the best things I've ever read. Holy shit.
jdsizzle1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:31:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yea but since we discovered the circumference was pi after using our made up math, why is it that it's so different thank all of the other numbers?
expendablethoughts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:05:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i.e. Constants.
Joebloggy ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:58:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This might be how maths started off, but it's nothing like maths is done at advanced level like university now.
cynoclast ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:49:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not actually a number. It's a ratio. The circumference of a circle is pi diameters around.
InfanticideAquifer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:39:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All ratios are numbers.
cynoclast ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:23:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not all numbers are ratios. Ratio is more specific than number.
prof0ak ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:48:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
thats just the way it is.
UlyssesSKrunk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:29:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some things'll never change.
niicii77 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:05:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It boggles my mind that in a different universe, circles could have a Pi of, say 5 or 37.4834490227
square_zero ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 22:04:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't the beauty of math supposed to be that it should hold true in any universe? For instance, in any counting system all of the prime numbers are the same. So, in whichever universe you found yourself, the value of Pi would also always be the same.
L3viath0n ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 22:17:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Unless space and coordinates got really effed up, pi would always be three and a bit.
square_zero ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:54:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
True, non-euclidean geometry gets weird.
Joebloggy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:11:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Growing up next to a black hole must be super confusing.
probably_a_squid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:22:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Even if space was messed up, pi would remain the same. A circle is an imaginary object so the nature of the physical world wouldn't affect the properties of a circle.
Beidah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:29:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In non-euclidean geometry, the ratio between the diameter and circumference of a circle could be radically different.
probably_a_squid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:18:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Right, but Euclidian geometry is entirely imaginary. The nature of physical space doesn't affect the nature of imaginary mathematical concepts.
Beidah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:43:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, mass does bend spacetime to some degree (how we were able to detect gravitational waves), but not to any significant degree. You're practically right, which is more useful than technically right!
probably_a_squid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think you understand my point. In real life, space can bend because of stuff life gravity. I'm real life, if space is sufficiently warped, am object that is circular in non-warped space may have a different circumference ratio while warped.
That doesn't change the fact that circles don't exist in real life. They are a construct of mathematics and always have the same properties in Euclidian geometry. Pi isn't a universal constant. It's just a ratio that pops out of Euclidian geometry. It can not change, even if a circle in real space might have a different circumference ratio.
Beidah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:23:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ok, I kind of see what you're getting at, with circles being abstract objects that are merely represented in real space, but it's late, I just got off work, and I'm tire. Also, it's been awhile since I've studied any mathematics. Good night.
UlyssesSKrunk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:28:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
wat
No. Where did you hear that?
square_zero ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:30:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hear what? Be more specific.
seven7evens ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:13:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've been thinking about this recently. How amazing it is that the universe well, works. If one decimal point of pi for example was different, it would radically change the way everything interacts, on an almost incomprehensible level.
I'm no physicist (film student), but I am really starting to love this stuff.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:28:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Enjoy this read.
But remember that any universe which supports life complicated enough to observe it is -by definition- tuned precisely so as to support that life.
Wormdundee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:27:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I suppose...but it's a basic property of the shape. The only reason it would be different in a different universe is if space was distorted or something.
It's like thinking triangles could have a different number of vertices than 3 in a different universe. It doesn't really make sense, it's part of the definition of the thing.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:45:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not necessarily in a different universe. Pi is a human concept, from maths. We use maths to interpret our enviroment. 3.14159 is only significant to us as a species.
dartbag ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:40:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They wouldn't really be circles then
BigPotOfJam ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:25:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only if you have an entirely different numbering system. A circle of diameter 1 will always have a circumference of pi.
-ili- ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:25:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I only memorized the last three digits of pi.
The rest don't matter.
archeroh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:34:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I remember seeing a GIF that kind of explained it and it made more sense to me. Like, a circle rolled completely on a number line and it was at its original orientation at 3.14
PEPSICOLA123456 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:45:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
its just a ratio. when you make the diameter bigger the circumference goes up by that much
comphermc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:06:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Here you go: https://affinemess.quora.com/What-is-math-pi-math-and-while-were-at-it-whats-math-e-math?__snids__=1596646755&__nsrc__=2
Siarles ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:21:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Not that complicated. The fact that it's an irrational number shouldn't be that surprising; nature is practically never neat and tidy enough to use whole numbers.
laprastransform ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:27:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is a great question! It's just a fact of geometry that there's this special number that you get when you divide circumference by diameter. It is clearly the same for any circle. Visually it's clearly around 3, but as for why it is irrational (a wacky non repeating decimal), that's actually not so easy to say!
Hydra_Master ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:43:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess I'll explain this the way my 8th grade math teacher explained it.
Run a string around the circumference of a circular object and cut it to make the length of the string the same. Now take that string across the diameter of the object and fold the string over itself as many times as you can. You find it folds over three times with a little extra string left.
Do this with other circular object of different sizes and you will get the same result. Some mathematician noticed that the difference between a circle's circumference and its diameter is a constant regardless of its size and assigned a symbol to represent that constant.
It's really that simple.
Aqulight ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:54:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Im on phone so forgive my formatting
We all know how to get the perimeter of a triangle. A square, pentagon, etc. Thats easy. Now think of a circle as a regular polygon with an infinite number of sides, and calculate the perimeter of that polygon given the diameter across it. Thats the intuitive way to understand it.
So if you want a stricter definition, we could try calculating the perimeter of a triangle with respect to the distance from its center to one of the vertices. Draw a circle, then inscribe an equilateral triangle within it with the corners touching the circle. Now the number of degrees in any polygon is (n-2)x180, where n is the number of sides. So if you draw a straight line of length 1 from a vertex of the triangle to the center, you get that the angle between that line and either side of the triangle is 30 degrees, since the triangle has 180 total degrees, split evenly between 3 vertexes, then split into two again by the drawn line.
Draw another line from the middle of an edge to the center of the triangle such that your two drawn lines, along with half of the big triangle's edge creates another triangle with angles 30, 60, 90. Simple trigonometry now tells us that the cosine of 30 is equal to half the edge length of the big triangle divided by 1(which is the length of the first line). Now multiply that half-edge length by 2 and get the full edge length, and multiply by 3 (3 sides in a triangle) to get the perimeter.
Now extend this to a polygon of n sides. Take the cosine of x degrees and multiply that by 2, then multipy that answer by n, where n is the number of sides and x is ((n-2)x180)/2n. That gives you the perimeter of the polygon. So now we set n to infinity, to simulate a circle, and what we get is 2pi. But we realize that we drew our line from a vertex to the center, so what we drew was the radius. So our line of length 1 was the radius, making 2 our diameter. Now you can see that our final answer is indeed the diameter times pi.
The way i did this was to draw the triangle inside the circle, but you can just as easily draw it outside, with the middle of the edges of the triangle touching the circle. The solution works out in a very similar way. In fact, if you take the equation derived from that method and set it equal to the equation derived from the method i just explained, you get that they are equal when n is infinity(and thus you get 2 overlapping circles on each other)
Zarathustra124 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:05:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We arbitrarily chose a base-10 counting system, that doesn't mean the laws of physics need to change to accommodate us.
mspk7305 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:10:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well... you could count in base-pi and then pi is a whole number & then the circumference would be something like 20x diameter.
I don't think that it is plausible though.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:24:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The digits are not as random as they seem.
http://www.wikihow.com/Calculate-Pi
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:44:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I remember when I was 14 or 15 I learned Pi to 3.141592653589793238462 and my mate as a joke asked the teacher why anyone would learn Pi to 21 places and he said "Because they've got no life".
zacer9000 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:48:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We derived pi by dividing the circumference by the diameter.
The area was figured out by dividing a circle into infinitely many triangles treating the small arcs of the cimfurerence as a straight line rather than a curve because the difference becomes infinitesimaly small.
Putting the infinite triangles side by side with their bases connected gives you a combined base of the circumference, 2pi(r) with a height of the radius, r.
The total area of the infinite triangles would therefote be 1/2bh, or, 1/2(2pi(r))(r) which comes out to pi(r2)
BaconLondoner ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:48:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
...32384626433832795028841976
Colopty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:52:37 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, the number really doesn't matter, it's just a ratio that has been given a name. If pi was any other number the math would still work the same way.
mikekellly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:46:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pi is awful. Try using Tau Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG7vhMMXagQ
elyisgreat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:01:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tau FTW
Chooseday ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:11:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some people claim that they can see Pi. I've got no idea how, but people really get hyped over Pi.
74300291 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:22:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Forget the whole circle rolling thing, it may visually represent pi but it doesn't do anything to actually explain why pi shows up in so many non-circular scenarios. This article is a fantastic informal derivation of pi as a consequence of the exponential function (which he explains the origin of as well). It's not super intense, but a basic calculus background would definitely allow you to more fully enjoy the article.
Cheers
3jt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:57:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lots of ways to show it.
One of the nicest is to calculate the area of shapes: a square, a pentagon, a hexagon, a septagon, an octagon, a nonagon, a decagon, ..., and generalize to a shape with 100 sides, 1000 sides, all the way up to an infinite number of infinitely small sides.
Vaxtin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:12:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What I don't get is how people calculate it. If it's irrational, then there's no algebraic way to describe it. So how do computers know that pi=3.14159.... to infinity if we have no way to put it as a fraction?
The square root of 2 is irrational, and yet we can describe it as square root 2. Yet how does one describe pi?
I'm probably just too stupid to comprehend it
17b29a ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 10:23:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Infinite series
Vaxtin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:47:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
how do we get that infinite series? we aren't making up numbers as we go. how do we know that pi is what it is?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:20:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its a relationship. Just like 2:1 is going to be two times larger to the other thing, 3.14:1 is 3.14 larger.
Avogadro101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:13:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pi is the ratio of a perfect circles circumference to its diameter.
Go take a can, measure it's diameter. Take a string, wrap it around the can, measure the string to get the circumference. Divide the circumference by the diameter and you get Pi.
johnnybravo1014 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:57:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because we use Base 10 numbering because we have 10 fingers to count on, not because there's anything particularly mathematically special about the number 10, and therefore no reason for a universal constant like pi to look pretty in Base 10.
scoutmorgan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:27:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The thing is, is that it just is.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:43:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean in reality it's essentially the average of 30 sided shapes I think
ztejas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:46:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because there's no such thing as a "circle". It's just a name that we gave to a particular shape that manifests itself in very similar ways but never the exact same way.
Even the most microscopically perfect circles are unique shapes. You can't manufacture two "circles" that will both give you Pi to infinitely similar digits when you measure them to the smallest possible level.
Think of it like a computer screen. You can't have a perfect circle on a computer screen because there will always be pixels that tear at the edge to form some sort of different shape. Well, nature is basically a bunch of pixels, right? Except not pixels, but molecules.
Not sure if this makes sense, but I think I understand the question you're asking.
periander ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:40:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Someone has memorised it to over 60 thousand digits!
Source: an interesting pi video where they print a mile long of it:
https://youtu.be/0r3cEKZiLmg
sl0g0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:01:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This isn't exactly unique to circles. We think of squares in terms of their side lengths but we don't have to. Think of the diagonal (length d) across a square with side length s. From Pythagoras theorem we know d2 = 2s2 . Square rooting both sides we get d = sqrt(2)s. Now compare that to the perimeter of the square 4s and you see that 2sqrt(2)d = 4s = perimeter. So mathematicians could have defined the perimeter to be 2sqrt(2) to times the length of the diagonal across the square. 2sqrt(2) is irrational like pi. I'm pretty sure this phenomenon happens in any regular polygon (but I'm not sure)
Slant_Juicy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:17:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because it is? I'm not sure what you're questioning here. If it's about the consistency of it, it's because all circles are similar figures by definition, so as you make a bigger circle the ratios of its parts have to be the same.
Reaper_of_Souls ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:29:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess I'm just a little less existential than the rest of you. "It just is" has never been a satisfying answer for me.
Slant_Juicy ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 19:36:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But when dealing with math, sometimes that's all there is. There's no deeper meaning behind it. People wanted to figure out what the ratio of a circle's diameter to its circumference is. They figured out that it's an irrational number roughly equal to 3.14159265. They called it "Pi".
This isn't even something like "why is 12 inches a foot", because those are arbitrary units. Many things have a reason behind them, and "it just is" isn't a satisfactory answer. It's like asking why asking why two plus two equals four- because that's what addition is and how it works.
Reaper_of_Souls ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:53:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess I was wondering if there's some kind of deeper, complex equation that I don't know about. Never took math beyond Pre-Calculus.
It seems a lot of these comments have "it just is" answers.
ferret_80 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:11:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
math in general has a lot of "it just is answers"
why is pi = 3.1415...
why do the angles of triangles always add to 180 degrees or pi
why do the sides of a right triangle always follow a2 + b2 = c2
it just does, thats how nature or god or chance made it. Its one of the reasons some people love math or hate it. some people love the solidity of it. pi is always pi, 1 is always 1 and 2 + 2 always equals 4. some hate that there is no room for interpretation
kogasapls ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:15:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is wrong on several levels. a2 + b2 = c2 is not just a decree from God. There are many ways to prove it mathematically.
This is also true of the interior angles of an n sided polygon.
It is also true of pi. You can define pi using trigonometric functions, limits, again in many different, consistent ways.
Reaper_of_Souls ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:32:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I meant more about how the number is so random and even though it's a key part of several equations, there's no equation like the Pythagorean Theorem to explain how it's calculated.
(Wow, I think this is the most I've thought about math since high school. Nine years ago.)
NotLawrence ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:57:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well there are formulas to approximate and/or calculate the next digit if that's what you're looking for.
Reaper_of_Souls ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:02:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Okay, I think this is what I was looking for! Talk to me.
ElephantBoness ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:15:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are many different series that converge to pi. The simplest to understand is probably:
pi = 4 x (1 - (1/3) + (1/5) - (1/7) + (1/9) - (1/11) + (1/13) - ... )
Reaper_of_Souls ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:18:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Damn, I tried that and it worked! And it actually makes sense! Sort of like how when you add each of those odd numbers to a square number, it brings you to the next square number.
I remember figuring that out in sixth grade and asking my math teacher why she didn't teach us that. She was never a fan of me...
ElephantBoness ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:04:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
So you know that pi is the ratio between the circumference and the diameter of a circle, but what does that mean?
It means that if you have a circle whose diameter is 1, then the length of the circumference is pi.
In Maths, we tend to work with unit circles, which are circles whose radius is 1 - this means that the diameter is now 2. So this tells us that the circumference of this unit circle is now 2 x pi.
Ok, so I'm going to try to tell you that you can define an angle in terms of pi (this is called polar form). So imagine you have an x and a y axis, and that you line above the x axis have at 45 degrees. Now imagine that you have the unit circle from before lying on the origin. Where would that line intersect the circle?
Well, we know that the length of the circumference is 2 x pi, and we can see that the line will pass through the circle at half of a quarter away around the circle. So, the length of the circle up to that intersection will be (1/2) x (1/4) x (2 x pi) = pi/4.
Because of this, we say that 45 degrees is pi/4 radians (you don't have to worry about what a radian is.) If we divide our formula by 4 on both sides we see that
pi/4 = 1 - (1/3) + (1/5) - (1/7) + (1/9) - (1/11) + (1/13) - ...
But wait, where the hell does that formula come from of adding and subtracting odd fractions?! Well, it comes from trigonometry ... without going into too much detail, that formula is the formula that allows us to find the angle of a right angle triangle where the horizontal and the vertical edges are both 1. Which is precisely what pi/4 is.
If you want any more explanation of this, I'm more than happy to.
EDIT: I wrote it down so its easier to visualise http://imgur.com/O5iAfwJ
NotLawrence ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:19:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I suppose you could start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximations_of_ฯ
Reaper_of_Souls ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:32:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never thought I'd say this, but damn... math is interesting!
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:19:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I remember doing it in Calculus III I think. If you take more math classes you'll probably eventually learn it. I actually don't remember how to do it myself. I don't think you can do it with just Precalculus though.
Scyrothe ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:03:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Every circle is basically the same shape, with a different size. And when diameter is one, circumference is 3.14159. Asking why is like asking why all four sides of a square are the same size; it's just what a square is.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:09:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've taken up to Calculus III and I don't know why ฯ is either.
Joebloggy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:56:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Usually in real analysis it's defined as something like twice the least positive solution of cos(x)=0 or the least positive solution of sin(x)=0, which themselves are power series. We can prove this number exists, and we call it ฯ.
AC_Slater25 ยท 191 points ยท Posted at 23:47:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blowing inside a Nintendo/Sega cartridge makes a game work again. I'm more amazed at how every kid across America understood that trick when a game wasn't coming on.
MRRWLN ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 01:43:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I never thought about that example, good one! I'm fascinated by those sort of things. How did we all know that? I don't recall ever seeing someone blowing in a cartridge on TV, but somehow I knew. We all knew. Just like those songs everyone knew, like the Batman version of Jingle Bells or the "Miss Suzie had a steamboat" song.
UndevelopedImage ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 06:23:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
....how did we all know the Batman jingle bells??
MRRWLN ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 06:55:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's a pretty interesting Cracked article that has a plausible theory: Kids in military families who moved regularly could have helped spread the song across the country. I wouldn't be shocked if some other pieces of "kid knowledge" were spread this way.
TheRealBaseborn ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 07:11:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ideas tend to spread in a similar fashion to viruses.
effa94 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:50:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
memes
tonluap ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:35:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Relevant cgp grey https://youtu.be/rE3j_RHkqJc
UndevelopedImage ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:16:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, neat!
DJDarren ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:13:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I knew it from the Simpsons, but I'm British, so we never sang it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:58:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We sang it in primary school in the UK before the Simpsons, but it had different lyrics (Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin flew away, Uncle Billy lost his willy on the motorway.)
brildenlanch ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:51:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like some non-morbid version of It.
....Ill be Beverly, you guys meet me in the sewer.
mxKittyCat ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:59:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In a similar vein, [http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT0bg2UGiUV7JsTEpLRtMUhxoUw0LFtfavDv6djHuo7PSsxHKUa] (that S thing) everyone drew.
H3d0n1st ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:02:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Even more crazy than that, I think, is when you consider not just how this information spread all throughout the country, but how it's been spread over generations. It's not like parents sit down with their children and teach them "Lollipop, lollipop in a dish" for choosing who's "it." It's just constantly passed down from older kids to younger kids.
iliketosnuggle ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:02:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Um, excuse me good Sir, but I believe you mean "Bubblegum, bubblegum, in a dish."
H3d0n1st ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:21:00 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
LOL. You're right. Wasn't there a lollipop one? My old is showing.
iliketosnuggle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:49:57 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I vaguely remember singing that lollipop song (lollipop, lollipop, oh lolly lollipop) for something. I'm old too haha
pteridoid ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:02:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A closer example is people shaking Polaroids to get them to develop quicker. Some said it was to dry them out. Some said it was to spread the pigment more quickly. In actuality it did nothing.
ProphetOfDisdain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:47:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you sit there and watch the film develop you see how long it takes. When you shake it, the film goes from being un developed to developed. And because you were shaking it you didn't see the process so it did appear to work faster.
herrmister ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:39:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not hard to come up with a thought like "maybe my game doesn't work because there's dust on it, so I should blow it out."
burger_meanie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:35:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It is for a 4 year old
Kungfufuman ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 04:50:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually blowing in the cartridge gave it a higher chance of being damaged or having a shorter lifespan. Removing and putting the cartridge back usually would fix the problem.
WhatTheDusk ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:14:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thats what you try first, blowing is what you try if that doesn't work ;w;
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 07:06:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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periander ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 11:30:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah we did it in a little country town in Australia - never saw anyone do it on TV, was just instinctive.
I think maybe our parents did it with records and tapes and somehow that was why kids did it, but literally all kids did it from what I remember.
DJDarren ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:13:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Our DNA is one part console.
rvnnt09 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:32:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i always assumed that dirt or some shit got in the connector part and thus was causing a shitty connection, blow the dirt out the connection will be better and it will play
VaultBoy3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:50:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Meh. You're more or less correct in that assumption.
BiigDaddyDellta ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:25:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
there wasn't even internet yet and still everyone did it lol.
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Quigglebuffin ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:19:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There was, but you didn't just Google the issue. You spent tedious hours asking others through non intuitive forums.
BiigDaddyDellta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:25:55 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There was definitely no internet in 1984..
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:12:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Adult types and experts used to tell me it did nothing. Fools.
ThatGuyinPJs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:27:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It was almost always the reinsertion that fixed the problem, not blowing on the game.
Najd7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:18:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Across the world *
AdilB101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:25:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dust inside-dust is bad for game-blow it.
Also kids know it nowadays from reviewers like AVGN.
vicee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:14:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Over time the pins inside the NES cartridge slot, which grabbed onto the chip sticking out of the cartridge, would bend out of place making the connection between the NES and cartridge less reliable.
By blowing on the cartridge a very thin layer of saliva was introduced to the cartridge chip and you'd get a temporary increase in conductivity as the saliva creates a bridge across the very small gap between the cartridge and pins.
This trick is a double edged sword -- the more you blow on the game, the more the saliva corrodes the chip until, eventually, the cartridge is completely destroyed and unplayable.
Clean your games with a non-corrosive cleaning agent, and purchase a new cartridge slot if you want to restore your NES to like-new conditions.
Iammaybeasliceofpie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:59:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can explain that one.
"Hmm, how many different things can I try to do to make my cardridge work? Oh look an opening let's blow in it"
Tadaa
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 09:33:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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AC_Slater25 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:14:26 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is getting mad at everything worth it?
ThexDeliverance ยท 340 points ยท Posted at 18:35:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity.
Jourei ยท 170 points ยท Posted at 19:03:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think it works pretty much like magnets.
Arumai12 ยท 96 points ยท Posted at 19:13:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yea but magnets can repel each other.
[deleted] ยท 162 points ยท Posted at 21:09:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Exactly, #theearthisflat
jaybusch ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 22:57:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think I've done it!
johnnybeefcakes ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:34:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nope
bridge220 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:53:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Since when are ears Fiat's?
Johnny-Skitzo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:54:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Omg... Another flat earther? I thought we were smarter that 300 years ago
deathlokke ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:59:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I once started reading a flat Earth forum; I could feel my IQ dropping, since you could tell they're simply ignoring any evidence to the contrary.
Johnny-Skitzo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:47:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They even won't even accept the star systems changing. THE FUCKING STAR SYSTEMS. WHICH YOU CAN SEE. LOOK UP AT NIGHT. THATS HOW YOU SEE THEM. I SUPPOSE ITS A FUCKING GREEN SCREEN?
deathlokke ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:46:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are people that deny a Sydney to Santiago flight is real because it's contrary to the flat earth beliefs: according to Flat Earth theory, it should take 24 hours to make the flight and not 12.
misanthropicalturist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:00:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think you mean r/theworldisflat
Nick700 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:10:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've read about "dark energy" which is theorized to be a gravitational force that repels rather than attracts
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:09:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Arumai12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:11:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:34:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
...It isn't possible to have negative mass...
Arumai12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:37:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Idk if you are agreeing with me or just not reading very closely. But you are not the first.
3jt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:35:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We can't see any of the negative mass because it's all outside the visible universe.
LegendForHire ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:47:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity can too. We just haven't perfected it yet
StrangeCharmVote ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:06:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do do not know that gravity cannot be repelled.
Therefore it might be exactly like magnetism.
septimusthe5th ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:31:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So is gravity... kind of.
Chobitpersocom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:39:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They can also attract one another. Everyone sees gravity as a pulling towards the Earth's core, but what actually keeps us grounded is the force we exert and the force exerted on us. Not so much as a pull than a push.
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
Arumai12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:39:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lol what? Gravity doesnt repel (except for things woth negative mass blah blah). Thats like saying my magnets are repelling because they are touching because i made them attract.
Chobitpersocom ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:16:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Physics. It sounds counterintuitive but it's Physics.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But then I'm impervious to magnets. Superpower?
SkeevyPete ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:29:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've found that the more mass a person has, the stronger their repellant gravity seems to be.
tonttuvain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:47:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But imagine that you are negative and everything else is positive.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:25:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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ThatsSoBloodRaven ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:44:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is not true.
Source: physics
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:40:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's... no such thing as matter moving faster than light?
REFERENCE_UNDERSTOOD ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:57:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking magnets, How do they work?
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:10:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And I don't wanna talk to a scientist! Y'all motherfuckers' lyin' and gettin' me pissed.
A_Very_Big_Fan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:16:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:05:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So... magic?
Darth_Candy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:40:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
M E T A
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darthbane123 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:59:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh, it's more alike to how charges give off an electric field than how magnets give off a magnetic field. Magnets do weird shit. If you're farther interested I just took a college level physics test on magnets/electromagnets and how they interact with charges/circuits.
domonx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:23:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
pretty sure there's a whole branch of physics that prove otherwise.
LeoBattlerOfSins_X84 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:32:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Plus the Strong nuclear force and the Weak nuclear force.
We know what they are doing, we now who is doing it (for the most part), we know how they are doing it (mostly, looking at you gravity), we sometimes know when and where they're are, but we don't know why. They just do.
LIL_CRACKPIPE ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:05:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No
KipzOfTheMud ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:16:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How do they work?
eXodus91 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:23:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney did a good job of explaining it.
potatosss ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:53:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean you can explain how gravity happens, just not where it comes from or why it occurs.
SheeEttin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:06:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You can describe it, but not explain it.
sackchum ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:45:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think there is a theory that explains how it works.
VK2DDS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:24:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sure, but none have been experimentally verified. As in we haven't (to my knowledge) observed a subatomic gravitational force carrier akin to, say, photons.
maplesoftwizard ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:56:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, I came here (a bit late i guess) to say this. Only thing is Gravitational waves were discovered by LIGO in September 2015 and this discovery was announced in February. Gravitational waves are essentially the photon of gravity if you want to think about it in those terms! It's been a really exciting time to be in Physics! If you're interested here's a good place to start! :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave
VK2DDS ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:08:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I remember being part of the original LIGO BOINC project 10-odd years ago. The idea was awe inspiring! Not so much that gravity information traveled at c, more the engineering behind measuring the disturbance.
InfanticideAquifer ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:37:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
General relativity has been experimentally verified in a number of ways.
VK2DDS ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:54:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And? It is only half the story. It it not a quantum mechanical explanation of gravity.
InfanticideAquifer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:00:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TIL that the only explanations that exist are quantum mechanical explanations. I forgot that no one had any knowledge about anything before the 1920s.
VK2DDS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:13:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The QM explanation of gravity is the missing piece, until that is explained our model of gravity is incomplete. It doesn't mean that we don't have useful models of gravity. Newtonian mechanics gets you to orbit, general relativity makes GPS work, QM gravity will have applications we don't know of yet.
amoose136 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:45:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Something everyone understands on a basic level, few understand on a deep level. Fun fact: a charged battery weighs more than a dead battery despite having the same number of electrons and atoms.
SheeEttin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:08:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is this actually true? I'd thought I'd noticed a difference when replacing batteries in e.g. a TV remote, but I've never verified it, nor do I know if the difference would even be perceptible.
amoose136 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:22:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes it's true but you're talking about many many megatons of TNT equivalent electrical energy before it's even faintly perceptible. If this principle weren't true you could get infinite energy with two batteries, an efficient space elevator, an efficient photovoltaic cell, and a laser because photons gain energy as they fall from general relativity.
thebestdaysofmyflerm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:06:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How? Where does the mass go?
effa94 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:53:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
e=mc2, they lost some energy, and weights less.
TLDR magic
germanyjr112 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:32:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Objects give off gnomes, the larger the object the more gnomes, the gnomes pull each other toward one another. Done.
Now replace the word gnomes with particles, add a tiny bit of a better description and shit gets interesting.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:40:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think I like the gnome version better.
germanyjr112 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:50:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeaahhh Gnomes!
InfanticideAquifer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:37:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The universe is always full of gnomes. Objects don't manufacture them. They're just naturally there. You can't see them, but they push you. Gnomes mostly move through matter without being impeded, but a tiny fraction of them are absorbed and transfer their momentum to you. The larger an object is, the more gnomes it absorbs. That's why if you're near a huge body, like the Earth, you seem to be attracted to it. Fewer gnomes per unit time are hitting you coming from the direction of the Earth. So the overabundance of gnomes from every other direction pushes you down.
germanyjr112 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:47:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, gnomes. The crafty bastards are everywhere. Even murdering the ladies posting nude pics on the internet.
SheeEttin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:09:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is what I came here to say. Everything that has mass exerts gravity, but we have no idea why it happens.
maplesoftwizard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:58:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just copy and pasting my previous from above. Not to shit in your cereal but...
maplesoftwizard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:58:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, I came here (a bit late i guess) to say this. Only thing is Gravitational waves were discovered by LIGO in September 2015 and this discovery was announced in February. Gravitational waves are essentially the photon of gravity if you want to think about it in those terms! It's been a really exciting time to be in Physics! If you're interested here's a good place to start! :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave
sax87ton ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:30:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Space pools around mass, getting packed thicker the closer you get to a dense object. Because there's so much more space below you than above you, you just kind of trend down. At least that's my (very limited) understanding of it.
Edit: Please correct me if I'm wrong, I can't find someone smart enough to ask about this and I'm very curious.
SDF05 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:51:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
is working against me
pixxel5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:00:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
actually, it depends on what you wish to know about gravity.
If you are referring to the why, nobody can give you an answer that doesn't boil down to "because... that's why."
If you are referring to how, scientists are actually doing a pretty good job researching that. For example, they managed to record the first ever gravitational waves in February.
AccidentetSickness ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:18:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We exist in a three dimensional projection of a 14 dimensional true-existence. Distance is an illusion. Gravity is the correcting force that wants to put things back together.
VaxesAreHaxes ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:47:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was a weird movie
Gigadweeb ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:49:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
don't mean too much to me
MeepingMillow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:52:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'M WHO I'VE GOT TO BE
IMightBeEminem ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:10:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
...SCREW GRAVITY
fxkmehxrder ยท 100 points ยท Posted at 20:50:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why artifical banana flavoring and real bananas taste different.
Raven_Skyhawk ยท 90 points ยท Posted at 21:10:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
artificial banana flavoring is based on a different type of banana than the one we eat. Iirc the one the flavoring is based on is extinct or nearly so.
mspk7305 ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 23:20:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The banana we are used to buying is on the way to extinction as well due to a so-far unstoppable fungus that is destroying plantations.
SometimesTom ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 23:29:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The previous banana went extinct because of a fungus and it is happening to our current, replacement banana, if you will. Banana flavoring is based off of the old banana.
LittlePantsu ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:24:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The old banana tasted like straight ass though, for real.
[deleted] ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:59:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i actually like the artificial banana taste better... i guess?! still, that made my day. thanks a lot :D
Raven_Skyhawk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:37:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
o O I didn't know that. Damn.
arquillion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:06:43 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
that's new
Cruzzfish1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:28:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No it isn't. They're being very careful to sterilize plantations that get infected and they have clean lab conditions where they create more Cavendish bananas. The fungus is nasty, but only small amounts adapt to be able to infect the Cavendish and those infected populations are destroyed quickly.
mspk7305 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 16:20:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You realize this means they burn them to the ground, right?
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 16:25:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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mspk7305 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 16:28:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/01/11/462375558/our-favorite-banana-may-be-doomed-can-new-varieties-replace-it
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 16:37:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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mspk7305 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 16:47:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So, between the extreme heavy rains in Equador destroying the cavendish banana crops & the very real threat of unstoppable fungus, you can say that the common banana in north america is on the way to extinction.
pteridoid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:04:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ha. You're both the type to downvote every post of the person you're arguing with.
bfandreas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:44:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It better be! That shit is vile!
SometimesTom ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:25:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Google cavadish banana
EuropeanLady ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:51:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same goes for peaches and peach flavoring.
dankvapormemes ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:12:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And grapes.
There isn't really any grape flavoured stuff where I live. When I first got some grape candy a few years back I was completely baffled because whatever the fuck that flavour is, it ain't grape.
2LurkOrNot2Lurk ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 02:59:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, that's just purple flavor.
EuropeanLady ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:27:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Here in the U.S., grape flavor is usually similar to one of the dark-colored grape varieties but to me it tastes very artificial.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And grapes
StrangeCharmVote ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:10:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bananas used to taste like that, however a fungal infection started decimating the populations of existing banana trees and as such store started selling a different variety of banana which was not suffering from it.
Those new banana's (that we still have) do not taste as nice as the older breed.
WhiteOrca ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:18:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If I recall correctly, this is because the banana species that artificial banana flavoring was based on has gone extinct, and the bananas we know today are a completely different species of banana, therefore they have a completely different flavor
nupetrupe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:37:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't really think any artificial flavors taste anywhere close to the real thing. Maybe orange but that's it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:41:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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RyanArr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:07:07 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I used to think this until I worked in produce and if we got a case of already ripe bananas that had been sitting in an unopened box for a while, you could catch a whiff of the artificial smell when opening it. Or at least it seemed to me.
tofflemire_dds ยท 865 points ยท Posted at 18:32:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
English. Our grammar rules make absolutely no sense.
[deleted] ยท 799 points ยท Posted at 19:05:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Compared to the spelling rules, our grammar is a saint.
quilladdiction ยท 182 points ยท Posted at 20:58:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Lately I usually have to guess and let autocorrect tell me whether or not i goes before e. I am usually pretty good at spelling. This gets annoying quickly.
EDIT: I remember "i before e except after c," but it's all the exceptions that throw me off. Granted a lot of them are obvious, but as a coffee lover, for instance, it gets a bit irritating to keep seeing the red squiggly line under "caffeine..."
[deleted] ยท 105 points ยท Posted at 23:30:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Did you know that science has proven "i before e except after c" wrong?
spankybottom ยท 36 points ยท Posted at 23:47:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Science? This is English. Science has no place here.
[deleted] ยท 67 points ยท Posted at 23:51:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Look closely at the spelling of science
spankybottom ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 02:07:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Had to read it eight times.
shiguoxian ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 03:24:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ieght*
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:14:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That saying was only ever supposed to be applied to words with the "long E" like relieve, receive, deceive, etc. Not every instance of i, e and c in English.
DingusMcButtFace ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:47:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except for weird because weird is weird.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:26:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The full mnemonic I was taught in elementary school was:
"I before E except after C, nor when sounded as A as in Neighbor and Weigh, but some words are just weird."
DingusMcButtFace ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:27:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was never actually taught that mnemonic in school, I read it in some book. Not even the basic "i before e except after c"
Anar_Isilye ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:46:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And on weekends, and holidays, and all throughout May,
And you'll ALWAYS be wrong, no matter WHAT you say!
KaptainObvious217 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:53:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So basically it didn't help at all with remembering word spelling.
ManPumpkin ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 02:39:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So wait, the mnemonic had examples in it that explicitly ignored what you just said the rule was supposed to apply to?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:07:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
American English education at its finest.
Anar_Isilye ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:45:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
leizure.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:13:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No c - doesn't count! English teachers win again!
movzx ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:33:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Weird.
halite001 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:23:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's Sceince bitch!
quilladdiction ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:45:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Did you know that it just took me way longer than it should have to understand what you just said?
Edible_Pie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:06:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tell me more!
WindowLick4h ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:10:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's because the rhyme is actually "i before e except after c when the sound is eeeee"
dwitz19 ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 01:49:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"I" before "E" except after "C" And when sounding like "A" Like "neighbor" and "weigh" And on weekends and holidays and all throughout May, You'll always be wrong no matter what you say!
F117Landers ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 06:37:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Brian. What is the plural for moose?
nik282000 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:06:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I bought two boxen of doughnuts.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:59:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You write by hand more. Then you'll learn quickly!
...I just noticed your username, though, so now I'm confused.
quilladdiction ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:48:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah! That must be it! I've abandoned my go-to pen and paper, I must find a notebook to restore the Laws of Grammar!
penis_in_my_hand ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:32:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Chrome has a habit of being a dick...
It underlines all sorts of bullshit that's actually correct. No Chrome I do not want to spell "neighbor" as "neighbour".
I'm a goddamn American.
RagingOrangutan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:40:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you figure out how to fix this please let me know. It's constantly trying to make my American into British and it's very irritating to be told I'm spelling "utilize" wrong.
malenkylizards ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:26:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm guessing that settings has a language section where you can identify what English you want to use. Change it to American English.
RagingOrangutan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:25:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I looked for that setting and as far as I can tell it doesn't exist. The documentation said it uses the native language set in my OS, but I've got that set to American English on my Mac. I live in Europe so it might be doing some stupid geolocation to guess that I really meant "British English"
penis_in_my_hand ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:51:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean it's probably a setting that I could fix, but I'm generally a pretty stellar speller and don't need the "help" anyway, so I don't bother...
It's just annoying when it's like "hey let me fix that for you", and I'm like "Fuck off, Chrome. That's not even right."
wolfmann ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:29:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try going from German to english... ie in one language is ei in the other...
quilladdiction ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:50:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
With the amount of times I've misspelled "Einstein," I can only imagine swapping out an entire language full of "ei..." fun times...
mewatzittoya ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:02:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For some reason I imagined you mispelled it as "Ienstein"
quilladdiction ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:06:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hah! Although, I mean, if Einstein wasn't a household name, there's a distinct possibility that I'd think about it long enough to confuse myself into spelling it wrong. I won't lie about that.
malenkylizards ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:29:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What's hilarious is that Anthony Weiner's name would be pronounced like "viner", but he chooses to go with the dick/hot-dog pronunciation.
However, Boehner's name would be pronounced closer to "boner" than "bayner" in German.
wolfmann ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:31:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think Boehner is depending on North/South accents.
qwertygasm ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:40:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You could say it's a foreign concept.
CaptHayes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:22:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Relevant
darkbreak ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:19:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I before e. Except after c. Something, something, neighbor and way.
thoggins ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:53:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
there are more exceptions to that rule than there are words that follow it
Hunnyhelp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:29:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I before e except after c unless the word sounds like through but excluding if it has a house syllable. (I don't remember the exact rules
DibujEx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:21:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, there are more exceptions to the rule than words that follow it. The more you know... Or less, it depends on how you see it.
quilladdiction ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:27:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have heard that - at the time it almost seemed like a joke, but it didn't take me long to realize that it was not an exaggeration. Go figure, eh?
GallopingGorilla ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:55:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Unless it's weird or you're in science or you've had too much caffeine or you're about to feint. I'm actually having a harder time finding a word that fits the rule
jooswaggle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:13:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The E and I are after a C in caffeine
Johngdetti ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:18:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Aren't there more exceptions to the rule than the rule actually applies too?
Sandy_Emm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:42:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My mariachi teacher always loved to remind us that English has more exceptions to its rules than it does examples.
4handhyzer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:23:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I believe mental floss did a YouTube video on English grammar and spellings. More often than not the e comes before i. There are actually fewer instances of I before e.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:45:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone says I before E, but there are more exceptions than toms the rule applies, so just think of the rule as E before I unless you know it's something else
xcxcxcxcxcxcxcxcxcxc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:03:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why would there be a red line underneath caffeine?
quilladdiction ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:13:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
More specifically, when it's spelled wrong as "caffiene," spellcheck catches and underlines it.
Phoenix_69 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:45:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, but you have to admit, a lot of these words on the list are either taken from another language and therefore you can't use English spelling rules for them. Other exceptions are formed by pre- or suffixes, hence it's logical how to write it. However, English is my second language and the spelling is probably far easier if you learn the prononciation and the spelling at the same time...
quilladdiction ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:20:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is very very true. Whether or not it's easier just depends on the word, though, like how the same "ei" combination sounds different in "kaleidoscope" and "beige." Sometimes, you just have to memorize them. Granted I don't know the exact etymology of either of those words so I'd be willing to bet that's the different language factor again, but the point still stands.
Bombtrust ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:53:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I before e except after c, or unless in -eigh like neighbor and weigh
quilladdiction ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:45:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'd rebut that with "weird," but I'm pretty sure everyone knows that one. A few other replies have "science," though...
InsertWittyNameRHere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:24:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The rule I got taught at school was "i before e, except after c, but this is proved wrong by science." Stupidest fucking rule ever.
Grammarnazi_bot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:51:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's wierd.
Bibliophilist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:12:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"I" before "E" except after "C"...weird.
i7estrox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:35:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I before E, except after C
And when sounding like AY as in NEIGHBOR or WEIGH
And on weekends and holidays and all throughout May
And you'll always be wrong no matter what you say!
-Brian Regan
gallantBlackKnight ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The "rule" i before e is actually the exception, just the words it applies to are more commonly used.
quilladdiction ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think I've even heard that before, though at the time I thought whoever told me was joking.
sax87ton ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:06:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty severely dyslexic, but somehow I managed to only get sent to summer school once. I was used to having teachers give lectures on a subject for the day, then answer specific questions, but because she was our regular teacher, and knew exactly where we were struggling, she sat us all down in front of a textbook and told us what pages to go over. Well as some of you might guess, getting a dyslexic kid read from an extremely boring book is really hard (and this was literal just a statement of a bunch of spelling rules, and then a list of exceptions, so not exactly entertaining). No mater how hard I tried to read the thing, I'd just end up going off on some tangential train of thought and end up staring into space. Now, I was general a pretty good student, so seeing me "not taking this seriously" was getting her pretty frustrated. Well trying to fight a learning disability is pretty frustrating too, so we ended up getting into a shouting match, where I posited that I shouldn't even be expected to remember these rules, because each one had a string of ten or fifteen words that were exceptions and why should I bother knowing a rule That's only true 60% of the time. She got mad and said there aren't that many exceptions, but I just so happened to have this page open and shoved it in her face. In the end I got her to agree that the rules were dumb but I still had to know them because of standardized tests or some dumb reason.
datorangeguy ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 22:11:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, our spelling isn't the problem at all. It's our pronunciations of such spelling. Sheer laziness+time has resulted in "silent letters" and combinations such as 'ti' turning into a "sh" sound. Pronouncing a word the way it's spelled is likely the original correct way, but accents will say otherwise.
OKImHere ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:36:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Laziness? I think not.
datorangeguy ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 22:50:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, actually. Most accents and the way we pronounce most words is out of laziness. We don't properly pronounce "what" for example (supposed to be pronounced sort of like hwat), we do the lazy thing and say something that should be spelled "wut".
OKImHere ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 23:29:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Laziness has nothing to do with ease of articulation. What you're suggesting is discredited by about every linguist I know. And by "about," I mean "absolutely."
Start here.
Makhiel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:42:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't laziness characterized by doing things the easy way? :)
3brithil ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:02:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
that's efficiency
Makhiel ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:01:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought efficiency is about how good the result is based on the work put into it.
3brithil ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:07:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well it's basically effort divided by reward, most efficient is low effort with a high reward. (It really is reward / effort = efficiency if we think of efficiency as a number that should be high)
It can certainly seem like doing things the easy way, but why do it the hard way for the same outcome?
Dr_Vesuvius ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:11:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"How things used to be pronounced" is not the same as "how things should be pronounced".
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:15:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You say laziness, I say efficiency. Though I may have to say it a couple of times, because of the slurring.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:20:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
These are just natural sound changes and are inevitable. So really the only solution is to update our spelling.
dasdas666 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:16:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How the hell is tough spelled like that? It just doesn't make any sence
spankybottom ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:51:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Through, cough, rough, thorough, plough, ought, dough. Welcome to English.
robertx33 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:11:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In my mother language, there's no spelling, because everything is spelled as it's said, for example potato would be potejto. At least we don't have to learn spelling :3
OKImHere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:35:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What language is that? Either you have a very large alphabet or very few sounds in your language.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:24:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Lots of languages have perfectly phonemic writing systems, where 1 phoneme = 1 grapheme. Two examples are
Italianand Finnish. Also the vast majority of languages that have relatively recently gotten a writing system. Some languages have writing systems that are nearly phonemic, where 1 phoneme = 1 or more graphemes, so you can always tell how to pronounce a written word, but not necessarily how to spell a spoken word. Examples are Spanish and Polish.Makhiel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:10:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
From the top of my head Italian has a few digraphs and the pronunciation of "c" depends on the following vowel, that's not exactly 1:1.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:20:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah Italian isn't the best example now that I'm looking into it more. It also doesn't seem to distinguish /e/ vs /ษ/ or /o/ vs /ษ/ in its orthography.
OKImHere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:36:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know, but I want to know which one he speaks.
VitQ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:45:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Found the Pole!
robertx33 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:34:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Close, serbian.
oneblank ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:09:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are no rules. Mwahaha MmherrcaH!
Iamshort2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:35:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm nannying a 5 year old who is learning letters and how to write and spell and stuff. Whenever we do her homework it takes me forever to explain what letters go where in words. Fucking phonetics makes this even trickier because she tells me i don't know how to spell because "that letter doesnt make that sound youre wrong"
mastapetz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:47:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And now pronouncing
As non native this gets confusing
[deleted] ยท 242 points ยท Posted at 23:03:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's better than assigning a gender to every fucking word!
dankvapormemes ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 02:10:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try learning Chinese. Or just Chinese characters. They're the worst.
Biggles556 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 08:03:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Chinese have done a lot of clever stuff over the years. Assigning a picture to every word was not one of these
mrgtjke ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:45:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You mean German is the Wurst...
I'll show myself out
fff8e7cosmic ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 02:51:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's honestly not that bad.
What's worse is irregulars. I don't know if English has many, but German is a nightmare.
79037662 ยท 23 points ยท Posted at 03:12:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All the verbs in your comment are irregular :)
the_silvanator ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 10:46:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Learning Deutsch right now. Tried/was forced to learn French when I was younger. I think the genders will always be difficult no matter what. What if I want to use some obscure word, how am I supposed to know the gender? I dunno, solar flare for example. Der/die/das solar flare? How do I know??
Side note, the worst part about German has got to be the verb placement and some of the ambiguity. Having the verb constantly at the end makes it especially hard for English speaks to learn. (I realize the irony of that statement having just put "to learn" at the end of a sentence). As well as the fact that so many key words have double meanings. Like the fact that "to be" in German is sometimes equivalent to meaning "his". For a country who's stereotype is being orderly, I find German to be ambiguous sometimes.
Nienordir ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 13:00:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You don't memorize them all, you just 'know' intuitively what sounds right. Gendering words is basically a function of phonetics, primarily the ending syllabee of a word. Although there are exceptions, especially with foreign names that became popular, shortforms or names that changed over time.
female names: Anna, Sara(h), Marie, Zoe, Nele male names: Noah, Finn, Paul, Lukas, Tim
Notice something? A lot of female names (but not all of them) end on a vowel while most male names end on a consonant.
How about things?
die Waschmaschine (female), der Hammer (male), das Auto (neutral).
I have no idea why some words have a gender and why some like 'Auto' are neutral, all I know is, that die/der Auto sounds 'wrong', but I can't explain why.
Then there are words that 'divide' the country. Half the people insist that 'Nutella' (the brand) is phonetically female and because it's generic term 'die Haselnusscreme' is female too, while the other half insists that 'das Nutella' is correct, because it's a genderless thing.
A solar flare in german would be 'die Sonneneruption' (female), but I can't tell you why, someone who studied german may know the rules, but for regular people it's mostly intuition based on years of hearing the language.
random352486 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:17:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's die Sonnenerruption because for most pieced together nouns the gender is determined by the last noun, in this case die Erruption. Works with most super long nouns that non-natives get utterly confused by.
pragmojo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:30:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I actually don't think the word order is that big a deal. You just have to hear it enough times and you get used to it - I mean at least it's consistent.
The declination is what kills it for me. Having to know the gender of every noun and the declination for all 4 cases, and what preposition takes what case etc. is so difficult to get right in real time conversation. I'm resigned to the fact I'll probably ever only get this to the "good enough" state and never perfect.
BamBamBoy7 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:56:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
God I'm learning Spanish and that rule is fucking bull shit. It pissed me off so much. And by learning Spanish I mean Spanish one in high school. Edit: not taking night classes.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 05:11:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Spanish gender rules are cake compared to other languages. The end of the word tells you the gender and there are only two options. Meanwhile German has three genders and very few rules can be used to guess gender based on the ending. It's mostly memorization.
pragmojo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:34:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tell me about it. I used to think I was bad at languages, but then I started learning Spanish and it turns out I'm just bad at learning German.
rlbond86 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:36:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And then good luck figuring which of der/die/das/den/dem to use. The rules make absolutely no sense.
mrgtjke ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:52:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you know the gender in the Nominativ (nominative) case, then it is easy to know what it is in other cases (once one has learned all the cases of course). The tricky part is just to figure out the der/die/das in the nominative.
Contrary to what has been said, there are some rules for gender, such as -or will be masculine, -heit/keit will be feminine, -chen -lein will be neutral. Thing is, these don't cover every word out there
OMNICTIONARIAN96 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:02:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Which means the word for 'girl' (mรคdchen) isn't even feminine. Why.
mrgtjke ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:57:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It is a diminutive, meaning little woman. Just the rule for diminutives, same as Frรคulein.
the_silvanator ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:50:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget pluralizing nouns. 6 different ways to pluralize a word, all based on memorization??? You gotta be kidding me.
Amphetameister ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:26:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes you've got masculine/feminine, but then you've got for whom:
I
You
S/He
Us
Them
And then past-present-future tense
InfanticideAquifer ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 06:30:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah but... those things aren't genders.
DukeofEarlGrey ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:24:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
You would have a blast with Basque.
You get from whom, you get who, you get what (one or many), you get past / present / future, you get whether it's an order, something real, something potential or something hypothetical... and all in one word!
Banizkizu = me, to you, many things, in the past, conditional. "If I had xxxxx (many things) to you".
Ekarri banizkizu = If I had brought them to you.
Zenekarren = You were bringing one thing. (This is not an auxiliary verb, but rather a "compact verb", with meaning + timestamps + persons all in one word)
Dakart = I am bringing one thing now.
Here you can see the tables. Some of those mini-tables are, literally, building tables: you pick and choose the people and things involved and putting them together gives you the conjugated verb.
Yay Basque!
expendablethoughts ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:22:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everybody know the sun is a guy and the moon is a girl! But for Germans.
MostazaAlgernon ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:41:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Norwegian sun is female and she is marvelous
Makhiel ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:17:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Czech here, Sun is neuter and Moon is masculine :p
Darkbloomy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:28:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Same in Polish :P to sลoลce, ten ksiฤลผyc
Makhiel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:57:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How did you get to ksiฤลผyc? I'd've thought all Slavic languages use the same word, i.e. something similar to Mฤsรญc.
Darkbloomy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:59:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Ksiฤลผyc" used to be called "miesiฤ c" in Polish a long time ago (which sounds similar to mฤsรญc) but now it means "month". Then people started calling it "ksiฤลผyc" which at first was only used to refer to the Moon during its first lunar phase. It probably came from "ksiฤ ลผe" (prince) but I have no idea why :D
Hug_Me_Manatee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:16:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It might come from mythology: Mani is the god of the moon and his sister Sol is the goddess of the sun.
AdilB101 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:31:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Found the foreigner. Time to build a wall around him.
EDIT: I'm part French, so I know what I'm talking about.
GreatBabu ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:29:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Le wall.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:06:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just nouns and adjectives and non-self verbs/non plural verbs.
rlbond86 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:37:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i.e., most words
Najd7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:59:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not even something that you think about if you're a native speaker of a language that uses gender for everything. You'd know it's not right just the way you know in English that something doesn't sound right. For example you wouldn't think that "they has money" is incorrect because of a certain grammatical mistake, but you just know. It's the same thing.
mkay1911 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 15:08:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TRIGGERED
alexvalensi ยท 143 points ยท Posted at 19:17:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sweet child, your grammar rules are as logical as it gets. How many forms of "two" you have? Two, twice? That's about it. In my language it's about twenty something
D3RP4L3RT ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 21:00:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
second, double?
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:03:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
bi-, di-
Deliphin ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:04:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's Latin and Greek, not English.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:17:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They're still prefixes in English, even if they were originally Latin and Greek.
starwarswii ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:20:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pair? Couple?
alexvalensi ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:55:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
they don't have the same core, so it's not what I'm talking about
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:13:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Two, twice, both, double, couple, halves, and uh... I dunno anymore
yans0ma ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:44:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
pair, set, duplicate, binary, twofold, twin, dual, copy, bifold, etc
EatsPeanutButter ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:08:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We have way more than two. Two, twice, double, duo, dual, duet, bi-, couple, pair, second, poop, did I get them all?
alexvalensi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:46:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's about the common core, not similar meaning
EatsPeanutButter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:38:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
English is a conglomeration of so many languages, it has many common cores. I this makes it more complicated grammatically than you're giving it credit for.
alexvalensi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:06:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, I have a pretty good grasp on european languages (I know five) and in my opinion English truly is as easy as it gets grammar wise
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:59:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know many languages, but English is relatively analytic, so I'd be inclined to agree. Construed as codes, regardless of whether languages use inflections as error corrections or for concision, inflections do tend to burden language learning by increasing the number of distinct types of unit in the code, whereas English's prepositions can be easy to learn.
HEBushido ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 20:45:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No they aren't English borrows from every other European language.
ComebackShane ยท 33 points ยท Posted at 00:22:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." -- James Nicoll
creepyeyes ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 01:19:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Which is a gross misunderstanding of how English came to have such varied etymologies. Most of our words come from the many people who conquered England over the centuries.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:59:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But good ol' Britannia got its pride back by conquering pretty much everything sunlight touches.
Matti_Matti_Matti ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:56:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And most of the rest came from the people England conquered.
creepyeyes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:06:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sure. But those words are few and far in-between, and are usually just different foods or clothing
expendablethoughts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:22:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Which means that no matter what your mother tongue is, you already have a good start. If that's not what you call easier, I don't know what it is.
Dorocche ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:00:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
What languages don't borrow from anyone else? And what exactly is wrong with grammar? It's spelling that can get a little weird, for the reason of borrowing like you mentioned.
InfanticideAquifer ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:28:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We borrow words. Not grammar.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:02:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:31:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not really. Most European languages descend from Proto-Indo-European. PIE split into several branches: Italic (Latin + a few extinct languages, Latin splitting into the Romance languages), Germanic, Celtic, Balto-Slavic (which split into Baltic and Slavic), Hellenic (Greek + a few closely related languages), Albanian, Armenian, and Indo-Iranian (which split into Nuristani, Iranian (most languages in Iran and Afghanistan), and Indo-Aryan (most languages of northern India)). A lot of European languages borrow heavily from Greek and Latin, but it's not true that they somehow evolved out of a weird mix of the languages.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:39:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you! There's a lot of badlinguistics material in this thread..
enthius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:30:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/badlinguistics
enthius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:30:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Vocabulary? sure. Spelling? absolutely!
Grammar? Nah man, English grammar is actually very simple.
WikipediaLookerUpper ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 21:08:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah the world consists of Murica and Yourope. That's it.
Think Asia. Think of languages like Mandarin, Hindi, Urdu, etc... they are so much more complex than Latin and it's derivatives.
HEBushido ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 21:17:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's your problem. You think English is only a Latin language. It isn't, it's Latin, Greek, Germanic and has other older European languages mixed in. Unlike French for example which has consistent rules English has different rules for different words and no consistency. When you have a Saxon word and a French word trying to abide by Latin rules in one case and Norse rules in another it gets confusing.
kjata ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:49:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Our beautiful bastard language.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:07:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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HEBushido ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:31:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Latin and Greek are two very different languages. I have no idea how you can think they are the same thing.
KuntaStillSingle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:47:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you say a language has latin influence it goes without saying it has greek influence as greek and latin influenced each other. In this context mentioning both is almost redundant. It's like saying Judeaeo-Spanish had Spanish and Latin roots, the Latin goes with the Spanish and does not bear mentioning.
HEBushido ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:49:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Spanish is a mostly Latin language. And it was not really Greek influenced. Greek culture didn't dominate Iberia. Roman culture did.
KuntaStillSingle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:00:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Latin language itself is influenced by Greek, thus all languages influenced by Latin are influenced by Greek. https://ssclinguafranca.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/greek-influence-on-the-english-and-spanish-alphabets/
jmlinden7 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:45:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mandarin is not a complex language, grammar-wise or spelling-wise.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:19:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Finn?
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:04:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There is nothing illogical about having cases. Meanwhile, English doesn't even have a real past or present tense, and just uses "is" + participle. Now that is illogical.
Molerus ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:04:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Not sure I understand what you're getting at, are you talking about active and passive voice? English most certainly does have a past and present tense, consisting of the subject plus v1 (base infinitive) or v2. Now the future tense, English doesn't have that in a strict sense: hence why we have to refer to them as 'forms' i.e. the 'will' future form.
Source: ESL teacher.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:36:44 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'll admit that I'm not any kind of expert on this and don't know all the terms, but I'll try to explain it as well as I can. When someone is currently doing something, we don't say "he does", we say "he is doing". So, English does have a present tense, but it's never actually used for a current action, just for habitual actions. Instead, we say that someone "is" the present participle of a verb. It is the same for the past tense, except there is some other forms, also quite illogical: present possesive plus past tense ("has done"), and past possesive plus past tense ("had done").
Compare this to Russian, for example, which has a fairly consistent system of tenses, with perfective and imperfective forms and prefixes that determine the aspect or add to the meaning.
Molerus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:26:01 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ahh ok I follow you. You're talking about the present simple tense vs present continuous. They are both present tenses but the usage can be pretty confusing, like a lot of English grammar!
BeaverCleaver69 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:11:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What about "double" and "bi-" (as a prefix)?
thedonutman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:17:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This. English is my native language and it's the only language I am fluent in.. However I M attempting to learn German due to heritage and it's got me like WTF all the time.
boohissouch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:02:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Two
Twice
Double
Couple
Second
Runner-up
Pair
Brace
Dual/duo
What else am I missing?
EDIT: added more
alexvalensi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:43:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean words who are variation of "two", not that have similar meaning. That have the same core. Because that way I can multiply examples even further.
Makhiel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:24:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He was asking about words derived from the word "two" not words based on the concept of two.
yans0ma ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:44:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
May I ask what language?
alexvalensi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:20:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sure, it's Polish
XXVIIMAN ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:45:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To, two, too.
Silver_kitty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:28:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can you explain or tell me which language? This sounds interesting! Does this also include concepts like "second" or "double"?
alexvalensi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:41:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
No, I didn't include words that have similar meaning, just those, that share the same core, and would be all translated to English as "two", in different cases, depending on context, article and such. From the top of my head (there are quite a few more) - I included some examples to maybe clear this up a little.
dwa krรณliki - two rabbits
dwie ลผaby - two frogs
nie ma dwรณch krรณlikรณw/ลผab - the two rabbits/frogs aren't there
dwoje ludzi - two people (as in man and woman)
mรณwiฤ do dwojga ludzi - i'm speaking to two people
idฤ z dwojgiem ludzi - i'm walking with two people
dwรณch mฤลผczyzn - two men
zdajฤ raport dwรณm mฤลผczyznom - i give a report to two men
kupujฤ prezent dwรณm kobietom - i'm buying a gift for two women
dwรณjka dzieci - two children
myลlฤ o dwรณjce dzieci - i think about two children
idฤ z dwรณjkฤ dzieci - i walk with two children
Silver_kitty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:09:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks for the reply! Wow, that's really interesting. It's like numbers having declensions, right? They seem to be inflected by both the case and gender of the noun that they are describing?
alexvalensi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:21:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes! There are seven cases, three genders (male, female, neutral) and of course singular/plural also is important.
kogasapls ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 21:30:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/badlinguistics incoming
Maakurai ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 20:31:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
English grammar is very simple compared to other languages. I think you mean spelling.
Kenedict ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:22:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The grammar itself is relatively simple, but the endless exceptions to the rules are what makes it so challenging.
UnluckyLuke ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:30:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Those exist in pretty much all natural languages. And, really, it's better to think of them as imperfect mnemonics. It's not like people talk like that because that's the rule and the rule is beyond criticism; we called it a rule because people speak that way or because we have noticed a common trend that's mostly true.
Maakurai ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:26:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But those are spelling rules, not grammar.
BoSquared ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:29:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In what way is English very simple? English is contextual. It requires the speaker to know implied language. Many, if not most, languages rely on the actual words to give context. English requires you to know how each word works with every other word.
It's like adding stuff to a list compared to taking stuff off a list. Imagine going to a grocery store with a list of what you need. Pretty simple. Now imagine you have to write down everything the store has in stock then take away what you don't need until you have your proper list. That's English. You start with everything and end with what you need. However, when you cross one thing off, you have to know when to put another thing back on the list.
pkchang23 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:42:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Well for starters in English you barely conjugate verbs, there are no genders, few inflections, no declension, no formal voice, few prepositions, no marked accents, so that makes it easier than most European languages.
Knowing implied language is knowing a language. You can't just memorize a dictionary and start spitting out words. That's not how speaking a language works.
BoSquared ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:59:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's exactly my point. English does none of the things you mentioned so it is up to the speaker/listener to know when those kinds of things are supposed to be happening. European languages use specific sentence and word structure to explain what the hell is happening. English does too, sure, but a lot of the time it just says "fuck it" and makes you determine what is happening by the relationship of the words in the sentence.
When did I suggest that simply reading a dictionary makes you fluent in a language? Not that this has anything to do with anything anyway.
UnluckyLuke ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:28:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What languages can you speak?
BoSquared ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:02:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
English and German.
UnluckyLuke ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:38:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
OK, I was wondering because the only language I know of that doesn't rely on context to convey meaning is lojban. My point is that context is an essential part of all languages.
Brumbpo_Turgus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:32:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
so does every other language you dipshit
ExtraSmooth ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 22:15:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
English has about the simplest grammar of any language I've encountered. I've heard that Japanese and Chinese are grammatically rather simple, but there are other complications with those languages and I don't know enough about them to confirm this. But as far as European languages English has very simple grammar.
xyroclast ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:13:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In Japanese and Chinese, the sheer size of the alphabet is the main issue. Other than that, the grammar is like "Thing is". "I go". "Regarding this, that". Makes more sense than English, IMO.
ExtraSmooth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:45:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah that's about what I assumed. I mean every system makes sense within itself. It's hard to say which system is really the best for conveying information. I know Vladimir Nabokov, who spoke 4 languages fluently and was a native Russian speaker, said his favorite language to write with was English because it is so rich in vocabulary. Don't know if he spoke Japanese though.
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 19:02:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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gullale ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 22:23:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Non-native speaker here. It's a rather easy language to learn, actually. No genders, almost zero verbal conjugation, no cases, no accents. It has many peculiarities (like words that aren't pronounced the way they're written), but its overall simplicity more than compensates for that, or at least it did for me.
To put it in perspective, my native tongue is Portuguese and I had a harder time learning French than I had learning English, even though it's a much more similar language.
CeterumCenseo85 ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 20:40:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Honestly though, English grammar is amongst the easiest to learn; at least from an Indogermanic language family point of view.
o0kvothe0o ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 19:07:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
...that will only broaden the board on broads that border the bored boars.
Samoth95 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 22:08:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But you can get it if you try. You'll have to put yourself through tough thorough thought, though.
KuntaStillSingle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:09:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ยซ Shฤซ Shรฌ shรญ shฤซ shว ยป
Shรญshรฌ shฤซshรฌ Shฤซ Shรฌ, shรฌ shฤซ, shรฌ shรญ shรญ shฤซ.
Shรฌ shรญshรญ shรฌ shรฌ shรฌ shฤซ.
Shรญ shรญ, shรฌ shรญ shฤซ shรฌ shรฌ.
Shรฌ shรญ, shรฌ Shฤซ Shรฌ shรฌ shรฌ.
Shรฌ shรฌ shรฌ shรญ shฤซ, shรฌ shว shรฌ, shว shรฌ shรญ shฤซ shรฌshรฌ.
Shรฌ shรญ shรฌ shรญ shฤซ shฤซ, shรฌ shรญshรฌ.
Shรญshรฌ shฤซ, Shรฌ shว shรฌ shรฌ shรญshรฌ.
Shรญshรฌ shรฌ, Shรฌ shว shรฌ shรญ shรฌ shรญ shฤซ.
Shรญ shรญ, shว shรญ shรฌ shรญ shฤซ shฤซ, shรญ shรญ shรญ shฤซ shฤซ.
Shรฌ shรฌ shรฌ shรฌ.
kwade26 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:32:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This was beautiful :,)
expendablethoughts ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:29:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Je pensai panser sa panse, mais penser aux pensรฉes chassa cette pensรฉe.
I thought of putting a bandage on his stomach, but thinking of pansies chased that thought away.
thatwasnotkawaii ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:37:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a thorough explanation through the use of words, though this is more annoying
MustardBadger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:48:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." Is another one.
RQK1996 ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 19:29:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
except when they speak another Germanic language, if you think English grammar is hard you haven't tried dutch
strawmanmasterrace ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 22:20:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or any other language. English is easy. No genders, no articles, few forms for verbs...
OKImHere ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 22:39:37 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Every once in a while, an article appears in the English language.
Dr_Vesuvius ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 23:14:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are articles, but far fewer than in most European languages. We mostly have just the definite article (the) and indefinite (a). French has indefinite feminine, indefinite masculine, definite masculine, definite feminine, and definite plural.
rlbond86 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:44:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
German has der, die, das, den, dem, des, ein, eine, einen, einem, eines, and einer. And complicated charts to determine which one to use.
expendablethoughts ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:39:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
(I/you/he/we/they)Will eat
Je mangerai/Comerรฉ Tu mangeras/Comerรกs Il mangera/Comerรก Nous mangerons/Comeremos Vous mangerez/Comerรฉis Ils mangeront/Comerรกn
(I/you/he/we/they) Would eat Je mangerais/Comerรญa Tu mangerais/Comerรญas Il mangerait/Comerรญa Nous mangerions/Comerรญamos Vous mangeriez/Comerรญais Ils mangeraient/Comerรญan
That's French/Spanish, not even going into German, Russian or any language that doesn't use the same alphabet...
Epoo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:29:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Proper English is easy. However our spoken language is quite difficult to comprehend and understand. There are a lot of little nuances that only native English speakers will be able to catch.
Have you ever heard someone who learned English and they're very good at it but it's not their first language? It sounds off but correct at the same time.
lordhughes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:21:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Let's not run before we can walk.
expendablethoughts ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:23:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Quite frankly, the only people I see writing "would of" and "you're friends" are native English speakers.
tripletstate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:17:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They fucked it up by including so many additional words in the first place.
xXReWiCoXx ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:31:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Through
Though
Rough
Slough
Can someone explain to me how the hell these three words are pronounced differently, and how the 4th can be pronounced like sloff, sl-aw, or slew?? I can't imagine having to learn this as a second language
JusticeJanitor ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:43:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pleeeease. English grammar is simplistic compared to french grammar.
TamponShotgun ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:08:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Read this in Bob Ross' voice."
Can be both "I personally heard Bob Ross' voice when reading this" and "hey you, you should read this sentence using Bob Ross' voice". Also adding an apostrophe to the end of words ending in "s" makes zero sense.
ferret_80 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:05:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
well adding an 's to a word that ends in s looks weird, James's vs James', maybe it looks weird because it has been done that way for so long everyone is accustomed to it but that's a different question
TamponShotgun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:26:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well I take my comment back. I understand why we add the apostrophe, I just think it looks silly and is confusing. Like, "add 's when doing possession except when there's an s on the end, then just add an apostrophe".
guitarkow ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:39:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If I remember correctly, you add an 's for single syllable words that end in s, but just an ' for multisyllable words that end in s.
kogasapls ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:31:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This isn't really English grammar but English orthography
3brithil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:10:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It all depends on context and (in this case) pronunciation, furthermore it's just a lazy version of either "I read this in Bob Ross' voice." or "You should read this in Bob Ross' voice."
Turkey2349 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:24:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can we all learn to talk logically like computers? Maybe speak in binary?
schtroumpfons ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:14:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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kroka4loka ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:18:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, it's explainable but it takes a long time to explain and can be very annoying.
hawaiian0n ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:15:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Neither does our alphabet.
http://youtu.be/fPzAABMozs0
Triddy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:23:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, I grew up speaking English so I had it a bit easy. But I've tutored English to many people who could barely introduce themselves.
From those experiences, I would say it's honestly not so bad. It's surprisingly regular. Verbs don't change depending on pronouns. The sentence structure is strictly SVO most of the time, and the only common major exception to that is while quoting. ("Good afternoon", the professor said) English doesn't often drop sentence elements.
Only major sticking point is our hilarious amount of irregular verbs.
Azarias59 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:34:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Grammar is fine. Spelling though? Not so much!
Vitorsoarest ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:35:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yes! I'm brazilian so I speak portuguese. I know a lot about english but not enough to put commas. The rules about commas in portuguese are very specific and we use many commas, so every text in english to me is written with a simple rule: "uhh not enough comma, let me add one... here and here... now that looks correct".
FarnilyGuy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:29:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The rat the cat the dog chased killed ate the malt is grammatically correct and weird as hell.
courtoftheair ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:36:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pronunciation is pretty ridiculous too. Featherstonehaugh is pronounced Fanshaw. The 'ough' in cough, though, through etc. are said differently. Leominster is pronounced Lemster.
Esleeezy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:01:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I once told my teacher that since there is to and too. There should be so and soo. I'm soo tired. So what? So you would like to go to sleep? I would like to soo much!! You should go to bed. I'm too tired to move.
setfire3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:54:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had to learn english as my third fluent language back when I moved to america when I was 11. the 11 years old me went straight up "fuck this bullshit of a language, fuck my english homework, I ll do my math homework twice." fast forward today, I am closing to completing my PhD in engineering.
I would like to thx u mr. english for my achievements. and also fuck you.
expendablethoughts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:19:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, no. I love when people say that, because it's probably the false claim that's the easiest to refute.
Voler Volรฉe Volรฉe Voler
Same pronunciation, 4 different meanings.
Pensรฉ Penser Pensรฉe Pensรฉe Pansรฉ Pansรฉe Panser
Same pronunciation, 7 different meanings
And that's only French, there's similar stuff in every language. At best, English is comparable to other languages, but it's way easier to learn than most languages.
CyanideCloud ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:28:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I find that the people that complain about English have never tried learning a second language...
mr_lab_rat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:16:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually it's the other way around. The rules can be (somewhat easily) explained but noone can understand them.
SU_Reaper ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:58:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My native language is Dutch and I've had advanced French, English and German classes in school. English is by far the easiest with French as second.
Lunch0 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:05:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm perfectly Bilingual French/English, and believe me, French has some insane rules as well.
3brithil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:00:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
try [insert any non-english language here]
As a foreigner I can say english is about as easy as it gets (there will probably be exceptions, but it's the easiest language I've come across)
Inb4 grammar nazis are examining my every word to prove me wrong.
Mathilliterate_asian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:11:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It doesn't have to make sense, we ESL students just learn it by rote and everything clicks...not. There's just so many exceptions.
JDuCalisson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:08:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Homonyms and words that are the same word with multiple meanings don't really help, either.
Remember kids, in English "Buffalo, Buffalo buffalo, buffalo buffalo, Buffalo buffalo" is a complete and grammatically correct sentence.
redditisthenewblak ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:05:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At least English grammar is dependent on word order. In Latin, words can theoretically be anywhere in a sentence and still convey the same idea.
pescador7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:07:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, English grammar is piss easy when you compare it to Latin languages. The hard part of learning English is learning the giant vocabulary you guys use.
Cassandj ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:21:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You English speakers don't realize how easy your language actually is. Compare it to other languages: French, Russian, Chinese...
dajuwilson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:53:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's because it's a mutt language. It's a Germanic language that got a thick varnishing of French a thousand years ago. Then some asshats in Victorian England decided it needed to be more like Latin. Thats why we can't end a sentence with a preposition and split infinitives, no matter how natural it seems.
you_got_fragged ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:34:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I love English because you can make all the fake words you want. This is probably possible in some other languages actually but I don't know any other languages :(
BZH_JJM ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:22:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In German you can just add words together and make perfectly cromulent new words.
TianRB ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Real eyes realize real lies
CAN0NBALL ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:22:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It can be easy to explain, but there are just so many rules that people tend to get lost in it, which is why, for example, no one I see on Facebook understands how to use a comma or an apostrophe. There are just so many rules and a big part of the problem is when someone does something incorrectly on social media, that incorrect usage spreads because most people are clueless. Pet peeve: when abbreviating a decade, I see this all the damn time -- 80's. The correct way to do this is '80s because it's a contraction; the apostrophe replaces the "19." But I see 80's everywhere and most people are completely clueless that it's wrong, so that incorrect usage spreads.
Big_G242 ยท 352 points ยท Posted at 19:00:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The feelings of hot and cold. The only way to describe them is to use the other word
[deleted] ยท 681 points ยท Posted at 23:06:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
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fff8e7cosmic ยท 21 points ยท Posted at 02:49:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can give someone a good definition of "pain" or "pleasure" without using words.
BloawHeadshot ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 04:13:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's demonstrating the meaning not describing. But smooth
TakJacksonMC ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:47:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
AAHHHHH oooOOOOOooo
Avid_Tagger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:27:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I hear there is a fine line between the two
MiamiTropics ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:06:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mind # blown
cookiethief55 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:46:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You just blew my mind
GallopingGorilla ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:58:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Some words can be described using motions
ShadowsofGanymede ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:06:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Really glad I'm not high or this would have fucked me up for days.
bythetuskofnarwhal ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:19:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Jfc thank you" -Jacque Derrida
Ginnipe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:27:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is the thesari of thesaurus?
Wheres_The_Pepsi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:06:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck, man
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:13:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Epistemology
bythetuskofnarwhal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:19:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No
yungtwixbar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:00:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
true
cquinn5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:45:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Woah dude
indigoreality ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:47:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Touchรฉ
mbelf ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:20:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Otherwise it would be impossible to learn a word you didn't know.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 09:54:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not really.
"Define scream"
"shrieking noise"
TheDarqueSide ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:13:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's a demonstration, not a definition. Like, if someone asks you to define sex you don't literally fuck them right there.
irisheye37 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:47:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe you don't ( อก~ อส อกยฐ)
LegitGingerDude ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:33:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not with that attitude you don't
[deleted] ยท 97 points ยท Posted at 22:33:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know that feeling you get, when your body has all this energy when you're indoors, and it's winter, and you go out doors, and you immediately start to feel all that energy transfer from your body to the environment until you're as low energy as Jeb Bush and it's uncomfortable and you want to go back inside so the energy will transfer back to you? Just like that
screen317 ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 02:30:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Please clap.
FoggyDonkey ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 02:17:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
NIMBLE INDEED
ENDragoon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:02:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How describe hot? It's like my mixtape
AFakeman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:14:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Went outdoors, started selling guac. Please help.
pyroSeven ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:38:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is winter?
AshtarB ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:58:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Itโs the season when the hemisphere of the earth youโre on is tilted away from the sun.
wedonotsew ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 23:31:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Similarly, the feeling of "wet." We feel a temperature change, maybe more slippery, but other than that, how do we interpret that we are wet - do we actually feel it, or can we be tricked into feeling like our hand is wet or dry by playing with similar sensory inputs?
LeerooooyGaaaankins ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:43:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or put a latex glove on and stick your hand in water. Your fingers feel wet even though they are not.
prof0ak ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 21:53:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
hot = fire
cold = absence of fire
CuntSmellersLLP ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 00:17:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What does fire feel like?
JabberwockyTalkie ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 00:28:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hot
hitlerosexual ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:30:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pain.
CuntSmellersLLP ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:44:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So hot feels like stubbing my toe?
hitlerosexual ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:29:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Technically speaking you could say that
hexane360 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:15:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So cold feels like not pain?
hitlerosexual ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:40:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nope cold can feel like pain too. Ever been so cold you feel warm?
shenanigins ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:39:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cold is energy leaving your body while heat is the opposite, energy entering your body. This is done in an effort to create equilibrium within the environment. If something is hotter or colder than something else, within a reasonable distance, energy is transferred until they are of the same energy level or temperature.
DarkLorde117 ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 23:06:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How it feels, not what it is.
shenanigins ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:56:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe that is exactly what it feels like since that is what it is.
DarkLorde117 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:39:34 on March 24, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You don't feel the energy entering or leaving your body, you feel an inexplicable translation (from your brains/nerves) of vibration of your body slowing down. I'm no boffin so I can't really put it any other way, but the sensation can't really be compared to the physics...
shenanigins ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:40:38 on March 24, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But, the sensation is a result of the physics. So, to us that is what it would feel like, no?
DarkLorde117 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:21:20 on March 24, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No. The actual events taking place and the information our brains get aren't the same. Let me put it this way. If someone had your level of understanding that you displayed in your first comment on this thread, they could give a very similar (if not the same) answer. But if someone had no knowledge of the workings of physics, with zero knowledge of things at a cellular or molecular level, do you think they'd understand what feeling you were describing?
mspk7305 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:15:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
hot = moving too fast
cold = moving too slow
AgoraiosBum ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:17:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And even tougher, at extremes, they start to feel the same.
coitusFelcher ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:26:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When hot is too hot it feels like burning, When cold is too cold it feels the same.
setfire3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:58:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
they are both "it hurts" when I describe them.
papdog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:47:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Realistically because there is no scientific hot/cold. Our body feels the rate of heat loss to the environment and interprets this to a hot/cold sensation.
Arm losing more heat than the body supplies? Cold.
Arm struggling to release sufficient heat to the environment? Hot.
Another problem is how temperature/humidity/medium specific this sensation is, however I would say that there is a specific heat loss/gain threshold where our body flips from hot to cold.
MiamiTropics ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:06:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wrong. Hot feels like burning, cold feels like even worse burning.
Cruxion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:21:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Really warm feeling. Really chilly feeling. Fiery, icy.
Cheesedoodlerrrr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:23:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Let me blow your fucking mind:
Imagine you take a swig out of a bottle of soda you let sit out all day. It's warm and gross.
Imagine you take a sip out of your morning coffee, which you had forgotten on your desk before you went to that meeting. It's gotten cold, and is gross.
BOTH OF THOSE LIQUIDS ARE THE SAME GODDAMN TEMPERATURE. Yet our brain is telling us one if hot, and one is cold. Perception is reality.
kung-fu_hippy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:32:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try describing the feeling of wet. Hell, your body can't even really detect wet, which is why feeling cold clothes in the dryer will often make you wonder if the clothes are dry or not.
baconbitarded ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:42:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ouch and brrr
buddha34 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:04:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I cannot feel hot or cold in my right hand the same way as the rest of my body. I don't feel hot, I feel discomfort and eventually pain depending on how hot it is, but not heat per se. and the colder something is the less I can actually feel it in my hand. it's like grabbing air when I pick up an icecicle, but an almost buzzing feeling when I feel hot water from a faucet. Human Perception is weird
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:12:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Heat" is the amount of energy in a system. Nothing is ever "cold" it just has less energy. Cold is the absence of energy
Epoo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:35:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This reminds of that girl genie who was locked in her room her whole life by her parents. When she was rescued, one of the people who rescued her was giving her a bath but accidentally turned on the cold water with no hot water. Genie didn't fuss or complain or do anything. She had no reaction because apparently cold water showers were the norm to her.
Humans are weird.
djgingersnapz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:41:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In physics, there is no such thing as "cold", there's just less heat.
Ferdind ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:26:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would discribe both as a different kind of pain. At the perfect temperature, you don't feel anything at all. When it is getting cold your skin feels like it's penetrated with small needles. First you don't even realize it or think it's pain, but the colder it gets, the deeper the needles penetrated and the greater the pain gets.
At some point the pain is so extreme it feels like your skin in burning, frostburning. And this is how high temperatur feels like.
Sadly, I can't imagine anything to discribe how being warm feels.
orionsbelt05 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:32:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Heat is caused by kinetic energy. A distinct lack of kinetic energy will leave something cold. A great amount of kinetic energy will produce heat.
mangoeymango ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:34:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Really just the kinetic energy of molecules or the lack thereof
piercena15 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:02:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/taDHMw38aE0?t=92
Cold doesn't exist according to science.
-eDgAR- ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 20:05:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dreams. Even science can't fully explain them, but we all understand what they are.
RoxburysFinest ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 01:17:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We all know they're made of these. But who are we to disagree?
Microwave_on_HIGH ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:31:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everybody's looking for something.
C_ore_X ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:11:56 on March 24, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Didn't expect to see SOAD on a thread like this
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 23:05:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think of it as my brain playing a movie for me.
RedEyesDragon ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:55:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sometimes an interactive movie.
meaninglessvoid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:36:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's even better when it starts as a movie and turns into a video game that i am creating in real time. God damnit, i miss my lucid dreams!
Donkster ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:29:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think of it like this: We have a conscious and an unconscious mind. While we are going through our day we mostly rely on our conscious mind. Throughout the day we get tired and our consicous mind needs to relax. So we sleep. While we are sleeping we kind of go semiunconscious. We stop thinking as we do during daytime and now our unconsous mind kicks in and brings up all the little things it experienced from the day and tries to process it. Mostly when I had "fucked up" dreams that don't make sense on it's own I try to analayse where the ideas came from and often I recognize things in a way or another. For example : You dream that for some reason your parents decided to buy you a new ferrari eventhough you don't have a driving license and can't even fucking drive. But then you remember seeing that dope as video of someone driving a ferrari and wishing that you would really like such a car.
dankvapormemes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:14:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you sometimes have eargasm dreams? I hope you do.
yoshibestfan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:25:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I heard that it's because our brain takes the time while we are asleep to make up scenarios for us so that if we are every in the same scenario we will know what to do and how to fight off the danger, even if we don't consciously remember the dream.
Br0laF ยท 294 points ยท Posted at 18:51:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How it sometimes feels good to smell your own farts.
idlephase ยท 251 points ยท Posted at 21:52:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The best explanation I have seen for this is that your own brand is deeply linked in your brain to your sense of relief or comfort. For example, you take a dump that relieves the pressure and discomfort in your body. You have been Pavlovian conditioning yourself your entire lifetime to associate the smell with the relieving feeling.
TheWhiteStone ยท 60 points ยท Posted at 22:34:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think the compulsion to examine all bodily excretion to varying degrees is strongly linked with personal health. Things that smell bad/unusual may be an indicator of disease. At least this is what I tell myself while doing the old scratch and sniff.
TripleOGeg ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:28:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is the correct reason, it's why you're almost compelled to smell and look at your shit or farts.
You can learn a lot about a person from their poo.
Br0laF ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 22:09:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
but my shits still smell like shit. its just farts
eksekseksg3 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:15:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah your shits smell like shits, but do they smell as bad as other people's shits?
Shitty_Human_Being ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:39:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
MY. BRAND.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:56:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Idk man my shits smell pretty bad
theinsanepotato ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:02:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also, something about your gut flora.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:02:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, no shit!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:57:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's interesting. For me, it's being proud that I made something so pungent and magnificent.
enginexnumber9 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:02:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I always thought it was because farts smell alot like the food you eat and you like the food you eat so you like the smell of your own farts..
WestCoastBestCoast01 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:50:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whoa
markymrk720 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:05:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
MY BRAND!!!
hi_im_horse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:54:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As much as I would like for this to be right, I don't believe it. How come we don't like the smell of our own pee then? It's pretty relieving as well.
DieWukie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:15:58 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I believe its your body giving a status update. If it smells good bacterial flora and nutrition is in balance. Smells bad something's... rotten.
Which would explain why hangover farts and feces smells so bad, you just destroyed your insides.
prof0ak ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 21:52:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
maybe this is why mentally challenged people sometimes rub their feces on themselves.
yoshibestfan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:21:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually there is a reason why. It's because there is sulphur in our farts. When unknown forms of sulphur smells reach our brain, it has a defence mechanism because it interprets the smell as danger. Where as when we smell our own farts, our body already knows the smell of this sulphur is not dangerous, not triggering the danger reaction, thus making our own farts smell nice to us!
don-daka-don-daka ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:30:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
to let you know everything is functioning normally
expendablethoughts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:04:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Arm pits, stale piss, sweat, butt crack, etc.
certainlysquare ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:15:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
From what I can understand it ties into Freudian psychology. When we're a baby and our ego hasn't yet developed to understand the difference between itself and the object world, we don't understand our poop is bad. From what we can tell, that poop is part of us, so we should love it. I think maybe it ties back to that.
Palawin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:48:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess same thing as smelling your finger after digging in your bellybutton or scratching your balls, lol.
fatbunyip ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:12:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I seem to remember I read somewhere that it's an evolutionary thing to do with figuring out what things are good to eat. Basically if you're a caveman and eat some weird berries/mammoth/sabre tooth tiger jerky, if your own farts start smelling like a decomposing stegosaurus you know it's not normal, so maybe go for the braised brontosaurus next time. So smelling your own farts is like a health checkup from a really bad and inappropriate doctor with no qualifications.
Springheeljac ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:20:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man I farted last night and it smelled like burnt popcorn. It was fascinating because I haven't had popcorn in weeks.
cohsoldier ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:00:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just think it's funny, especially when you can clear a room with a fart, very satisfying.
McGillicuty ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 23:50:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was inhaling a '87 Merlot worthy gas bomb as I read this, burst into laughter, then gagged as I swallowed fecal coliform... Well played internet stranger well played
Jelway723 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:23:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i never understood why people think this. I hate is and this its just as gross as someone elses
Jelway723 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:23:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i never understood why people think this. I hate is and this its just as gross as someone elses
Jelway723 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:23:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i never understood why people think this. I hate is and this its just as gross as someone elses
trangquility ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 18:47:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How sometimes you feel a sense of deja vu and have no idea where it came from
dont_forget_again ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 01:46:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
You know when you park your car in a big parking lot and you say " OK I'm in front of the cellphone tower and the lamp post?" well you just connected some neurons to alert you when you see those two things and connected the alert to the context of "Find my car when I leave Theme Park" which is a much larger and more complicated group of connected neurons.
Three years later the context has been overwritten plenty of times as we can't remember everything and your body is renoun for reusing neurons for new purposes like a computer uses disk space. Now, usually the alert neurons are rewired as well but sometimes the alert neurons survive and if they do, you may see a cell phone tower near a lamp post which causes them to fire up and do just what you asked them to three years ago. But the neuron they alert has been rewritten to another part of your memory, and who knows what function it serves in this memory know.
So now you feel like you are remembering something you weren't trying to, annnnd the context is all fucked up.
Sleep is probably used to identify the broken connections and rewire or unwire them. That's why dreaming feels like one big dejavu event with disjointed situations that feel connected even though they dont make sense logically.
Shadowreaper666 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:58:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I work in a grocery store and I don't know why but sometimes I have dreams of working{I love working}. The next day I live my entire dream, item to item and word to word sometimes. I've had to do a double take sometimes because something was off and it breaks my mind.
Handadskin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:57:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How sometimes you feel a sense of deja vu and have no idea where it came from
psbwb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:46:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Those can actually be little micro-seizures. If you are having lots of strong Deja-Vu feelings, go see a neurologist.
AmbiNt ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 01:30:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why you love the music you do. Or why simply going from one set of three notes to another set of three notes sounds so fucking amazing.
GunNNife ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:15:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or why different generations like different music. There's no real physical difference between me and my great great grandfather--So why would I hate the music his generation loved?
Lookstoomuchlikedave ยท 48 points ยท Posted at 23:07:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Order of Adjectives.
Describe a ball using the following adjectives: Red, Furry, Big
For example, the x, y, z ball
The big, red, furry, ball
jelos98 ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 05:31:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=order%20of%20adjectives
Generally, the adjective order in English is: Quantity or number. Quality or opinion. Size. Age. Shape. Color. Proper adjective (often nationality, other place of origin, or material) Purpose or qualifier.
Sharkn91 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 15:28:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They ordered 3, Medical Grade, 14inch, 37 Year old, Square, Yellow, Israeli, Combat Dildos.
Theres no other way to say it.
beetgreens ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:53:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
but why?
alphashadow ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 05:04:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just pulling this out of my ass but there does seem to be an implied importance there having to do with ease of identification. If I asked you to walk into a room filled with balls and bring back the one I need as quickly as possible, looking for the biggest one would take the least amount of effort probably (provided the difference was significant enough). Failing that, you could go by color, though not everyone can see every color or agree on the ones we can see. It's a little bit more complex. Finally, putting furry first would mean you'd have to go around feeling every ball, or at least identifying by sight those that looked furry and then verifying by touch--by far the most resource intensive.
All of which to say, I think we've developed a way about describing certain things to make them easiest to identify/understand. Total conjecture though.
LegitGingerDude ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:35:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wait, do you not go around feeling every big, furry ball to make sure it's the right one?
alphashadow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:42:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only when I have the time.
Pdubs2_0 ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 01:48:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The big, furry, red ball
pteridoid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:18:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The furry, red big ball. No, that's not right at all.
peavey182 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:14:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
At least in this instance, the adjectives closer to the noun are things that would be noticed as you physically got closer. First you see a big ball, then you see it's red, then you see the fur.
SpericalChicken ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 08:20:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know I'm a bit late to the party, but I found something in your comment. Saying "the red, big, furry ball" or "the furry, red, big ball" feels somehow wrong. I don't understand why it happens.
darthjkf ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:03:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The big, red, furry ball?
andrewharlan2 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:34:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjective#Adjective_order
xXReWiCoXx ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:33:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This one is very underappreciated
StrangeCharmVote ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:12:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The red, furry, big ball?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:46:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Personally, I'd have gone with "red, big, furry". But then again, I'm not a native English speaker, so I'm pretty sure I'm wrong.
Singular_Thought ยท 61 points ยท Posted at 21:12:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is a Photo Copier?
Link to original Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/4ashfl/in_2010_the_cuyahoga_county_recorders_office_in/
Direct Link to You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZbqAMEwtOE
yans0ma ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:25:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Common office parlance would suggest it's a xerox.
pteridoid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:15:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I sympathize with the county's lawyer. The term "photocopy" in that case was the very thing at issue, and the IT guy wanted to be precise. I've worked with this exact type of IT guy.
Average user: Mark, the system's down again.
Mark: When you say "the system's down" what do you mean?
AU: I mean I can't do my work cause it's down.
Mark: Okay, please define "it" and "down."
He knows that imprecise language is potentially only going to cause more problems and he's being stubborn about it.
DrinkingMC ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 21:31:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whereabouts in your mouth your tongue was before you started thinking about it.. This is one I just randomly think about now and then and it truly annoys me.
beetgreens ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:58:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
God damn it
RedEyesDragon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:01:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or manually blinking/breathing
CWRDT ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:42:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You monster. My tongue is so uncomfortable now.
Mashtees ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:02:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try moving chewing gum around in your mouth without using your tongue. It will blow your mind.
ChaseThisPanic ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 22:32:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That feeling when you fart while you are peeing.
[deleted] ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 01:29:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That feeling when you shiver while you are peeing.
That rare feeling when you sit down, poop comes out immediately and completely with little to no effort and the toilet paper is clean when finished.
DesperateHouseDude ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:41:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Aah, the good old ghost poop. I've laid a few of those in my time.
thetortureneverstops ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:36:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ghost poops also disappear in the bowl, making them even more rare than the triumphant clean wipe.
rvnnt09 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:32:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ah man the piss shiver...it's the second best feeling after an orgasm imo
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:05:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude I don't get that
lukenog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:52:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone talks about this and I have yet to experience it :-(
ADreamByAnyOtherName ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:01:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Except for the part where you piss everywhere.
DreadNinja ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:31:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The second thing you mention is basically eating healthy.
Veteran0fPsychicWars ยท 141 points ยท Posted at 18:37:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can't explain that. You can explain why the tide goes in.
[deleted] ยท 160 points ยท Posted at 21:10:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The moon and stuff
setfire3 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 02:59:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
that's lunatics.
cynoclast ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:50:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The stuff being gravity and balls.
GallopingGorilla ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:59:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Stuff being the sun
Grisnik ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 22:03:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I alway just say the moon, and hope there is no follow up questions
Chillaxbro ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 19:55:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Uh ya I can, its Thor on top of mount Olympus
tayjasmith ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 03:14:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
THOR IS NOT AN OLYMPIC GOD
effa94 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:05:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He is just visiting. He was hangover and is crashing with hercules
Sir-cumcision ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 08:11:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Easy. Tide goes in, stains come out.
Veteran0fPsychicWars ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:54:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Brilliant.
SilentStriker84 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:00:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Moon
Veteran0fPsychicWars ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:01:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Moon? That movie by Duncan Jones? I fucking love that film.
sbb618 ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 01:38:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
LE UNDERRATED GEM MOON (1994) BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
Sorry, instinct
effa94 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:07:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
bad instinct
sbb618 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:16:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I spend too much time on /r/moviescirclejerk
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:39:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The moon? How did the moon get there? Who put it there?
yans0ma ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:07:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I did
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:04:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why?
yans0ma ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:28:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
aesthetic purposes
effa94 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:07:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
its a egg
Aardvark_Man ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:04:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Never heard of a dodge tide or king tide?
Veteran0fPsychicWars ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:05:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
IDK, address your questions to Bill O'Riley
FootofGod ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:26:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Causality is pretty weird and philosophically interesting. There is a subtle, good point under this total stupidity.
AnonymousDratini ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:31:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tide goes in because I need clean clothes.
DankerOfMemes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:41:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And how quickly the tide turns.
el_pensador ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:19:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The next biggest influences (after the moon) on tide are the sun, local geographic conditions, broader geographic conditions and long/lat coordinates. There are actually lots of little tide periods that line up with each other at different times to produce major/minor peaks/troughs in terms of tide depth in/out. Quite interesting. How these line up dictate how quickly/slowly the tide turns.
TurquoiseLuck ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:22:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a tray of water but on a huge scale. The tide is just a change in the next location of the water.
uber1337h4xx0r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:00:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tide goes... In.... Tide goes out?
meecan ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 08:34:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to know which download button is real.
Mattlink123 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:44:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Big flashy download buttons are fake whereas the small bland ones are real.
arquillion ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:08:48 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
addblock
crusticles ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 03:58:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you drink water wrong and you absolutely must cough, as though your brain is aware it will have no trouble continuing to live, but it wants to punish your reckless approach to beverages.
Xannin ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 09:52:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Inhaling water is generally a sign to your brain that it could die.
crusticles ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:50:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Right but having failed to inhale water, your brain decides to start an argument about it.
kflyer ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 19:27:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baseball. (If you're from the U.S. anyhow)
Seriously. Try explaining to to someone who didn't grow up with it.
mikeegle30 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 01:25:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'd say sports in general would be more difficult to explain. Baseball is far easier to explain than American Football.
ValiantSerpant ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 05:38:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I do not agree. While American football is up there, Baseball has a lot of 'But why?' rules. Can't strike out on a foul, Every ballpark is a different size, Designated hitter, Allowed to run past 1st but have to stay on 2nd and 3rd, etc.
Basketball on the other hand......
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:06:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude, football has about 100x more rules than baseball. I've taught people football...it's a nightmare. Usually takes watching multiple games and asking many questions just to even understand wtf is going on.
First downs, punting vs FG vs going for it, extra points and 2 point conversions...holding is 10 yards on Offense but 5 yards and a 1st down on Defense, holding vs interference, What is a catch?, Tuck rule?, offsides vs encroachment vs false start?, forward pass vs lateral, intentional grounding? Etc, etc, etc.
Oh...and what does each position do?
It's a complicated sport.
Baseball, by comparison, is much easier to learn the basics. The only complicated part about baseball are all of the "unwritten rules".
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:13:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've watched football all my life and I'm still not convinced offsides, encroachment, and a neutral zone infraction aren't the same god damn thing.
Emetos ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:29:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Offsides is when the defense is across the line of scrimmage when the ball is snapped. Encroachment is when the defense goes across the line of scrimmage AND touches an offensive player before the ball is snapped. Neutral zone infraction is when a defensive player crosses the line of scrimmage and it cause an offensive player to move before the ball is snapped
mikeegle30 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:14:59 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh god, not the "unwritten rules"
asterisk890 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:26:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Is overrunning first not because it takes longer to get started running from a batting position than from standing on a base? I always assumed it was that, so that a batter would be able to run from the plate to first in the same amount of time as a runner from first to second.
effa94 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 15:10:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
some sports are easy. Football, kick the ball, no hands, into the goal, dont kick it outside the field, dont wait in the goal zone to play the ball (offside) and boom, now you can play
EDIT, im talking about football, not the handegg game
IslandBoy94 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 23:28:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One of my friends from the UK (I'm from the states, go Orioles!) after having me explain baseball goes "so basically blurnsball from Futurama.
Kingsta8 ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 07:02:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"I don't get this. Is Blernsball the exact same as Baseball?" โFry'
"Baseball? God forbid" โProfessor Farnsworth
"Face it Fry: Baseball was as boring as Mom and apple pie. That's why they jazzed it up." โLeela
"Boring! Baseball wasn't.. Hm. So they finally jazzed it up?" โFry
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:53:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
S'go, Os!!!
rvnnt09 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:30:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i had the television on one day just to have some background noise when a sports recap show came on. They were showing cricket highlights, i imagine the confusion i felt watching cricket would be the same as a person watching baseball for the first time
ObsoleteXero ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:39:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like cricket except the ball doesn't bounce and you have to run a lot to score. Also each person gets 3 wickets. Right?
GodIsLoaded ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:18:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
okay, I'll give it a shot.
there are two teams trying to score points against each other. in order to do so, they must hit a ball, one at a time, with a batting device so that other team does not catch it. as long as they do not so, or throw it to any key players on their team, the player from the batting team may attempt to advance through a series of four bases. upon reaching the fourth unhindered by the ball being thrown to any aforementioned key players, that player scores a point for their team.
penkki ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:49:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ha ha, a rookie, eh? Baseball, my friend, is a Diamond City tradition. See it two teams will meet in this place called a stadium and play a game called baseball. One team will then beat the other team to death with these things called Baseball Bats, and the best bats are called Swatters.
True fact.
There were are all sorts of different teams! There is the Diamond City Demolishers. Big brutes of guys. Played in full Power Armor with special pneumatic arms parts for swinging.
You also have the Lexington Ladies. An all female team, with coach Bloody Mary Sue at the helm. Highest kill count in the league.
And I could spend all day talking about the Concord Crushers or the Quincy Killmeisters, but you get the idea. It's a hell of a sport.
bfandreas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:48:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cricket?
APGillies ยท 113 points ยท Posted at 18:22:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Offside Rule.
veetack ยท 191 points ยท Posted at 18:36:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In what sport?
It's pretty damn easy in football.
I tried explaining offsides in hockey to my fiancee and she looked at me like I was growing a dick out of my forehead though.
Soccer is pretty much when the ref feels like calling it. (I'm kidding, but not really)
italia06823834 ยท 93 points ยท Posted at 18:43:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Hockey is by far the easiest to explain after maybe football (American). Don't cross the line before the puck does.
Edit: Yes there are some finer details, but for the commoner just trying to figure it out this suffices.
veetack ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 18:46:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You'd think that, but when I tried to explain how to clear the offsides I might as well have been explaining Quantum Mechanics or something.
pubeINyourSOUP ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 18:53:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How about like this. Each player has to enter the zone after the puck does in order to play the puck in the zone. If you if go in before the puck does, you have to go out and then go back in. That way you are entering after the puck. I can see how that could be difficult to someone without any knowledge of the game though. A whiteboard would be useful!
PM_ME_YOUR_BOOK_IDEA ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:05:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As someone with zero hockey knowledge, I want to ask, to exit the zone for entering properly, do you have to also enter that zone properly? And what happens if you don't?
pubeINyourSOUP ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:08:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No. The only zone that matters for a player to enter correctly is their offensive zone. So the third of the ice that has the opposing goal in it. The rule is put in place so you don't have attacking players sitting on the other end of the ice next to the goal and cherry picking.
So the solution was to say that you can't go into that attacking zone until the puck does. Hope that helps!
PM_ME_YOUR_BOOK_IDEA ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:12:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yep! Thanks
OKImHere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:11:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To be extra clear, he's referring to the moment when the puck crosses the blue line (the divider between the offensive zone and the rest of the ice, literally a blue line). If a player goes in before the puck, he's offside. Nothing happens unless the puck crosses that line. You can be offside, then not, then offside again, then not...you don't get called until the puck comes into the zone.
DomesticChaos ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:01:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No you don't get called unless you or a team member touches the puck.
OKImHere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:35:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess I was assuming a teammate carried it in.
veetack ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:58:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
yeah, that's basically how I explained it.
pubeINyourSOUP ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 19:00:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Damn. Well there's no hope for her then. You'll have to put her down.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:23:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Poor Lassie.
Davadam27 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:11:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So he left out that the defending team is irrelevant to this rule, but that also might confuse things. Say it's a 2 on 1 odd man rush, she might say "isn't that guy (from defending team) offsides? he entered the zone before the puck." Also if you really wanna fuck things, you have to consider the part of the rule where the team voluntarily brings the puck back into their defensive zone, the players on the other team don't have to tag up. That's more subjective at times, but a whole new level to fuck with her. If you do this, please be sure to film her head exploding, for YouTube.
Turkey2349 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:26:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Until you learn that you can go into the zone before the puck as long as you have control of it (i.e backwards). Now it's all out the fucking window.
OneTime_AtBandCamp ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 19:12:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It doesn't help that if you're watching an NHL game, a lot of the plays look offside but aren't. The players are just trained to cut it really really close.
Posseon1stAve ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:19:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Especially since the puck is what matters, not necessarily the guy with the puck. So his teammates can cross the blue line at the same time as the puck, but they look to be ahead of the guy with the puck. At full speed it looks offside for a non-hockey fan.
italia06823834 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:31:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That combines with how you're ok as long as one skate it "onside" the rest of your body can be over (like in the image you linked).
KangaSalesman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:48:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If it looks like they won't make it, the player carrying the puck will frequently "dump" the puck into the offensive zone to keep his teammates from being offside.
And if you skate in backwards with the puck in front of you, you will put your self offside.
Septumus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:15:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not true actually. If a player is in possession of the puck he can enter ahead of it. It's why Backstrom(I think) wasn't offside during Ovechkin's OT goal a couple days ago.
OneTime_AtBandCamp ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:32:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Excellent example, that's exactly what I meant.
Eggs_Bennett ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:35:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also the one carrying the puck can cross the line before the puck as long as he has control of it
Minn-ee-sottaa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:28:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Which is why skating backwards into the zone with the puck is not offsides.
Minn-ee-sottaa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:27:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The camera angle really fucks with me when I watch hockey on TV. It's hard to see the players dragging their back foot at the last second.
asterisk890 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:19:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, sure but at a certain level quantum mechanics is pretty simple, too. Basically, the simplest concept is that energy comes in specific amounts that cannot be subdivided. At large scales like we actually experience in day to day life, that doesn't matter, because the quanta, as the amounts are called, are very very small. But on the scale of a single electron, it matters a very large amount, because the energy of an electron is on a similar order of magnitude to the quantized amount.
That's all I remember from my intro class; everything else is really fucky.
cbelaski ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:49:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, not entirely true. If the defending team sends the puck into their zone, even if the attacking player was "offsides", he is not actually offsides since his team did not commit the offense. Also, you are allowed to cross the blue line before the puck, if you have control of the puck (ex: you are skating backwards when entering crossing the line. You enter the zone before the puck, but because you have control of it, the play is allowed).
The general idea of hockey offsides is easy, but when you get into these fringe cases I can see where people get confused.
italia06823834 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:55:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Yeah I can see that. The same goes for soccer. You aren't offside if your opponents played the ball.
esteban42 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:01:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or if a pass is backwards
johnnybravo1014 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:04:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or that you have to be behind TWO defenders and the goalie counts.
Wallcrawler62 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:19:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't forget about your back foot having to be on the ice!
Teb1288 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:33:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, you will still get called offsides if you have possession and you enter before the puck. It's just rare for it to happen. I play defense in a league that enforces NHL rules and have several times forced an offsides call by making them dangle the puck back while their skates crossed the line. I have also had it called on myself when I sharply cut to the puckside on the blue line causing both skates to cross before the puck.
I've never seen a league that would allow you to skate backwards over the line with the puck and not get called.
cbelaski ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:43:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You are wrong. Per NHL rule 83.1: "However, a player actually controlling the puck who shall cross the line ahead of the puck shall not be considered โoff-side,โ provided he had possession and control of the puck prior to his skates crossing the blue line."
Here is the NHL rule book for reference. Off-sides is on page 123
Here is the wikipedia page where is essentially says the same thing for NHL and IIHF hockey
Here is the USA Hockey rule book, stating the same thing
I have been playing hockey for ~18 years, and have watched hockey for even longer. I actually played in a tournament this weekend, and had this exact thing happen to me. Caught a pass, skated backwards into the offensive zone (I entered before the puck did), they did not whistle me off-sides because I had control of the puck when entering the zone.
Teb1288 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:57:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Huh, well either the refs I play with are worse than I thought or there is a lot of leeway on what "possession of the puck" means. It must mean stick on the puck and not mid deke?
dietrich3 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:01:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm gonna call lacrosse as being pretty easy: minimum four guys in the defensive half at all times, minimum three guys in the offensive half at all times
BlackCombos ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:08:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hockey might be easier than Football if you dig into the relationship between false starts, neutral zone infractions, encroachment, and offsides penalties, and general penalty enforcement in the Football, which requires an understanding of the game architecture (Football has the most complicated game architecture of any major sport IMO)
Posseon1stAve ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:22:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Part of the problem with hockey offside is that it appears fairly easy, but then in practice it's harder to follow with delayed offside, and speed of the game. So people tend to take the simple explanation, then get confused once they watch the game. With football, if you get into the relationship with the architecture of the game the person probably realizes the complexity before they have a chance to get confused by the live action.
pos_cant ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:28:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
unless you are 'controlling the puck' thats actually a lesser-known part of the nhl rule
Minn-ee-sottaa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:27:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Delayed offsides seems to confuse people. It's really just a warning that you will be offsides and the whistle will blow if you bring the puck in.
-ili- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:27:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hockey players can skate backwards into the offensive zone and it won't be offsides as long as it's clear he's in control of the puck. It's clear that even some coaches don't know this rule as they've tried to challenge goals saying the player was offsides.
penis_in_my_hand ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:34:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Soccer's not too hard either.
Don't be between the ball and the goal at the moment of going from not having the ball to having the ball.
asterisk890 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:21:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That isn't really it, though. It depends of players on the defending team as well.
penis_in_my_hand ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:52:38 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm like 80% correct
penis_in_my_hand ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:52:49 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm like 80% correct
Arumai12 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:08:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its easy in American Football. if someone from that team decides they want to play before the one guy decides hes ready to play its offsides. But if its the other team then its a false start. Duh.
slowhand88 ยท 46 points ยท Posted at 18:54:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh boy, explaining the new hybrid icing rule the NHL adopted to my then-gf was a fun one.
We got together around the start of the season the year before, and over the course of the year she took to watching games with me and finally had a grasp on the rules (she's a smart person, but it's hard to retain information you really don't give a shit about... I get that). Anyway, at the start of the next year I bought us some tickets to a game around our anniversary and forgot to mention the rule change to her. First time an icing got whistled before the touch she asked me what the hell happened and I just gave her a simplified explanation. First time it got waved off she got confused and I had to explain it more depth. It was at that point she decided to not care.
We broke up a few months later for non-icing related reasons anyway so whatever.
veetack ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:58:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I explained that to my fiancee just by saying that it was for safety reasons. She got that.
That kinda blows my mind, too. You see, I live in the Southeast US. Hockey is not really a thing here, even though we have a (very) minor league team. Icing is the hardest thing for a non hockey fan to understand. It took her exactly one explanation to get it.
ferret_80 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:53:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i enjoy hockey, my dad was a player for his college team in Northern NY, he struggled to explain icing to me when i started watching. its just kinda confusing, then you add in the change, like wtf
veetack ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:56:37 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What college? My uncle played at Niagra. My dad played at RPI, but I'm pretty sure he was just doing intramurals.
ferret_80 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:08:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hamilton
TheSpiritTracks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:40:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Southwest where? AZ has a NHL team
veetack ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:36:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
SouthEAST. I live in TN. We have the Preds, but this far east of Nashville, people don't pay attention. I'm almost directly in between the preds and the canes.
TheSpiritTracks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:38:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
OH okay. Must have read it wrong
KangaSalesman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:49:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This made me laugh.
Schbloips ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:37:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think the hockey game was the icing on the cake to your break up.
downhillcarver ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:51:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is icing? Never watched a full game of hockey.
chaos8803 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:05:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There are three red lines on a rink. Two are continuations of the goal line at the ends and then other is the midline. If Team A is behind the midline and send the puck past Team B's redline, that is icing.
In international play it is immediate. In the NHL, it's now a hybrid call. The old way required Team B to touch the puck. There were concerns about heavy hits leading to injuries, so now Team B just has to reach the faceoff dot in their end before Team A.
downhillcarver ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:25:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So basically, icing is taking a super long shot from way across the ice? And it's illegal in order to avoid the goalie getting sniped in the head from halfcourt?
TheAngryOnes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:49:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's illegal so that a team getting control of the puck in their own zone don't just rip it down the other end of the ice to waste time. It prevents a team getting a one goal lead, then constantly sending the puck to the other end of the ice any time they touch it to maintain the lead.
downhillcarver ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:18:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ohhhh, that makes sense. Though i feel like that takes out some of the things I like about basketball, like the last second full court shots. This rules those out though, which makes last second upsets nigh impossible.
ElectriTY14 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:06:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well that kind of last second upset from the other side of the ice is kind of gotten rid of anyways with goalies. No matter how good you are, if you sling the puck down from the other side of the ice the goalie will almost 100% stop it unless they really fuck up. The hockey equivalent of the full court shot winning the game would be a player breaking out of the defensive zone on a breakaway with a few seconds left in a tie game which has the same will they/won't they score as they are one on one with the goalie.
downhillcarver ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:06:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fair enough!
SarcasticDevil ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 19:37:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Offside in soccer is really quite easy and not very complicated at all. Some of the finer details with players interfering without touching the ball is a bit of a grey area but the basic principle is very simple
shevrolet ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:22:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kids in rep play with offsides at 11 years old. It shouldn't be that difficult to grasp.
SarcasticDevil ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:28:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What's rep?
SignorSarcasm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:47:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think his phone autocorrected "rec" to "rep". Or he just says "rep" not knowing it's "rec".
SarcasticDevil ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:49:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know what rec is either!
SignorSarcasm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:58:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Short for recreational! Rec league is a recreational league or just for fun.
OKImHere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:13:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Still not as easy as football. Be on your half when the ball is snapped. Thass'it.
LeifChrisEriksen ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:46:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
my dads a soccer journalist with coaching qualifications and I've played Sunday league a good while yet neither of us know the offside rule once you get into that grey area
Forkrul ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:53:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Was the player offside and interacted or attempted to interact with the ball, then you call offside. Was the player offside but didn't interfere with the play or make any attempt to then you don't call offside.
Jazuhero ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:32:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
But in football you have offside, encroachment, neutral zone infraction and false start, which all are basically offside, but just a bit different.
Yost_my_toast ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:10:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In lacrosse its super easy too. Leave 3 guys on each side of the field at all times. (Excluding the goalie)
robomail ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:57:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Soccer has a moving fucking offsides. With something like offsides, I don't think it should be debatable.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:44:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lustfully?
TurquoiseLuck ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:20:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What the fuck is icing, and why does NHL 2012 keep penalizing me for it?
FootofGod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:24:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
She got that excited over sports?!
Zulous ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:30:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hockey is easy explain the offside laws in rugby now that's a challenge
SimpsonN1nja ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:41:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Offside in hockey isn't hard though. The puck has to cross the blue line before an attacking player. If the puck comes out of the "zone" (anything between the blue line and the boards), all the attacking players need to come out before they can try again.
Icing, on the other hand, can get confusing to explain.
Gotthosebushyeyebrow ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:01:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How did you explain it...? Offside in hockey is a very very simple concept lol.
egnards ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:57:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Really? Hockey is pretty damn easy compared to something like soccer - While playing Fifa with a friend he tried to explain how offsides worked (as an avid soccer fan). . I couldn't help but call the whole system stupid and compared it to an idiots version of hockey offsides.
veetack ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 19:00:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Offsides in soccer is stupid. It's a moving line.
I'm of the opinion that if you're lucky enough to get behind the defenders then have at it. It would certainly make for more high scoring games if they did away with it, just gotta adjust for a better rule against cherry picking.
mark8396 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:19:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's not really that stupid it's part of the game defending as a unit is so important all players must be watching everything and communicate to stay in line and not let the striker (in most cases) get behind. They're are rec leagues with offside only in 18 yard box and it justs means thag there will be a striker waiting there with a defender it's not that great
veetack ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:22:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'll openly admit I'm only a soccer fan once every 4 years for the World Cup, so I don't really follow the game, but I have an understanding of it. I'm just spitballing.
mark8396 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:28:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oh yeah spitball away adds to the discussion, it's just my opinion that it wouldn't be better due to the tactics of playing people offside and the fact it would lead to players being less involved and standing around 18 yard box making exciting counter attacks less viable amd the goalkeeper unable to play as far forward it would change it a lot.
Posseon1stAve ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:25:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To make soccer better, they should also make the field smaller and eliminate out of bounds. Then they should give all the players sticks and play it on ice.
veetack ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:31:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's a really good idea, but let me add a few things to it:
make the net smaller, about 1/10 of its current size, and instead of a ball, use a disc shaped piece of hard rubber. Yellow and red cards are gone, and instead, players have to sit alone for a period of time, say 2-5 minutes depending on severity, but can then return to play. Shorten the game from two 45 minute halves to 3 20 minute periods, at the end of which there is no added time. Substitutions should no longer be limited, but encouraged, and not uncommon for everyone to change out simultaneously.
I really think we're on to something here...
pubeINyourSOUP ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 18:57:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It can be tricky in soccer because a lot of people think Offside is when you are behind the last defender. The real rule is that there actually have to be two people from the other team (or the ball) between you and endline for you to be onside. So it gets tricky when the goalie pushes up past the last two defenders. Now you have to stay in front of those two guys. It is almost always the last defender and the goalie, so many people don't know that little wrinkle.
Also, it is called based on where the players are when the ball is kicked not when the ball is received by the player. People seem to forget this one a bit too.
Add to that the fact that you cannot be offside in your own half, so even if you are behind everyone, but on your end of the midline, you are still onside.
shevrolet ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 20:08:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's tricky to call mostly because of the timing of when the ball is played. People also get messed up by the fact that the rule is that any part of your body that can legally play the ball can cause you to be offside. I have heard people who've been playing for years make the mistake of thinking that it's your feet that matter. If you lean out past your defender and your head is in an offside position, you can/should get called on it.
stemmo33 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:35:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Huh, TIL
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:18:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Which is interesting, because the line for the defender is any part of their body, including their hands IIRC.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 22:42:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Also you cannot be offside from a throw-in.
The ball has to be kicked forward.It is excluded from the offside rule.And you can be ahead of everyone on the team and receive a pass ok if your teammate plays it backwards to you.
Without this rule, soccer would consist of defenders standing next to attackers by both goals.
When a team got possession they would hoof the ball downfield and hope their attackers score.
No midfield play. It would be a waste of time.
Offside is what makes it a beautiful game.
kazga ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:00:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So forwarding a pass with your head would be treated the same as a throw-in?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:12:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Dammit, good spot. I got it wrong. Thirty years watching the sport and I still don't know the rule.
There is an exception for throwins.
Touching the ball with any bodypart renders any teammate offside if they are ahead of the ball and have less than two defenders ahead of them.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offside_(association_football)
WolfImWolfspelz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:19:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In my experience, it's a good idea to start with explaining the use of the offside rule and a possible scenario of football without offside instead of trying to make people understand the rule itself.
SarcasticDevil ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:39:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Most people definitely do know that, unless you're just talking about those that are unfamiliar with the sport
pubeINyourSOUP ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:57:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just meant that those few items are where people who get caught up on the offside rule typically do.
SignorSarcasm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:49:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't realize what the actual letter of the law was for offsides. I always assumed that once you got passed the last defender you were offsides (barring the ball being past the last defender in your team's possession... Yadayada).
isocline ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:03:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jesus. When I watch soccer, I'm pretty much like Moss.
Not the disdain, but more the confusion.
MostazaAlgernon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:49:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So offside is "no fair, I wasn't ready!"?
Says_Wut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:36:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
wut
thgril ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 18:46:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Football
Rugby
Ice Hockey
Field Hockey
American Football
qwertygasm ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 01:43:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're forgetting cricket. It's literally half of the field.
thgril ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:05:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There's no "offside rule" in cricket, though.
Count_Critic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:10:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah but if I'm a right handed batsman I can hit it to my left, to the onside or to the right and the ball goes to the . . .
thgril ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:43:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To the offside, yes. But that's still not the offside rule.
Count_Critic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:14:57 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's just a joke man.
shmeebz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:55:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thank you now I understand.
ohenry78 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:46:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Eh, I think if we're talking about sports rules, the Infield Fly rule would be the go-to for complexity.
thetasigma1355 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:50:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The infield fly isn't that complex. It's subjective, but I wouldn't call it complex.
BlackCombos ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:09:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You want complex try the NFL catch rule.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:28:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's literally ridiculous. It almost makes football unwatchable
thetasigma1355 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:15:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The subjectivity of "Football move" is what makes it complex.
And the reason they aren't going to change it is for safety reasons. They don't want defenders to be able to destroy "defenseless" receivers, which means you have to be able to rule the receiver didn't have possession despite having control of the ball and two feet inbounds.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:30:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hasn't the term "football move" been removed from the rules?
ohenry78 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:03:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oof, good call. The Infield Fly rule is complex, but at least it's logical once you get in to the "baseball frame of mind" - it's hard to tell when it applies, but once you figure that out it's easy to see its application.
NFL catch rules on the other hand, are very, very counter-intuitive. Others have pointed out that they're necessary, and I agree - but a casual person watching a game will assume something is a catch, and it's hard to explain why it isn't based on NFL rules.
mopedophile ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:21:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Writing a rule that covers all the edge cases for what a catch is is really hard. Its one of those 'you know it when you see' things that is hard to put definite rules to.
esteban42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:06:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's pretty straightforward: If there is a popup or fly ball on the infield when there is a force in effect and <2 outs, the infield fly rule can be called.
thetasigma1355 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:12:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I mean, you are already wrong, so maybe I was wrong in assuming it's not that complex.
The location of the fly ball is irrelevant. This came into contention a few years ago in the Wild Card playoff game between the Cardinals and Braves where they called an Infield Fly that was well into the outfield.
From http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/definition_terms_2.jsp
Control + F "Infield Fly"
Note that it only applies to players originally in the infield. If they run to the outfield to make a high popfly catch, it can still be an infield fly.
Red_AtNight ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:52:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The infield fly rule is simple.
If there is a force play at third base and less than two outs, the infield fly rule is in effect.
A batted ball - not a bunt - that can be caught by an infielder with an ordinary effort is considered an infield fly. The batter is automatically out and the runners can advance at their own risk.
Simple.
ohenry78 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:12:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I still think it's a bit complex for a casual viewer, but I must say that that's the most concise explanation that can be had. I was about to get on your case for not including anything about a situation with runners on all bases, but your phrasing of "a force play at third" says the same thing in fewer words, since there can't be a force play at Home and NOT a force play at Third. Nice explanation!!
Red_AtNight ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If people don't understand why the infield fly rule exists, I show them this:
http://m.cubs.mlb.com/chc/video/v114202683/nymchc-rizzo-turns-harveys-bunt-into-double-play/
This is entirely a legal play (also, this isn't an infield fly situation,) but this is what infielders used to do before the infield fly rule. The baserunners are damned if they do, damned if they don't - if they hang back, the fielder drops the ball and gets the force out. If they advance, the fielder catches the ball and gets them for not tagging up.
Anonymissellaneous ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:03:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The offside rule is... when the french mustard has to be between... the teriyaki sauce and the sea salt.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:17:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The simplest explanation for football (soccer for the commies):
Draw 3 lines across the pitch: Where the 2nd last defender is, where the ball is, and the halfway line. When the ball is kicked, if anyone is in front of all of these lines, they're offside and can be called on it if they interfere with play. That is all.
spankybottom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:59:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Australian rules football. There is no offside rule. Go wherever the fuck you want.
Interestingly it is also the only sport (that I know of) where you can be out of the field of play but so long as the ball is inside the field, you're good. Very rarely you'll see a player run out of the boundary line and hold the ball over the field of play. Play on.
TokyoCalling ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:58:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
More importantly: Why the hell is there an offside rule?
OkArmordillo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:35:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Football is really easy. Don't cross the line of scrimmage before the ball is snapped.
I don't watch soccer, but I played some FIFA and was able to understand offsides. If you pass to someone, a defender has to be between him and the goal.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:20:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For football it's easy.
When a pass is made to you, there must be at least two players of the opposing team (usually the goalkeeper and last defender) between you and the opposition goal. If you are closer to the goal than the penultimate opposing player when the pass is made (that is, when the ball leaves your teammates foot, not when you receive it), you are offside. I think they updated it this season, so that the offside offence is committed even if you don't receive the ball, as long as you showed that you intended to receive it.
Easy, right?
AdilB101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:23:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He what?
mrbugle81 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:59:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
and on that note, in Rugby Union, how turnovers work.. It looks like one side is tackling harder than the other? But I'm not really sure.
xXAlexSaysRawrXx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:27:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You can't pass the ball to your teammate while he is behind the last defender (in terms of distance from the goal).
The reason people get confused is because the rule only applies if the player is behind the last defender at the time the ball passes the defender. Because of this, the ball can be passed and the person waiting to receive it can just wait until the ball passes the defender then run TO the ball. The ball technically was not passed to them.
agentdoug456 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:23:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A player in soccer is offside when the player gains an advantage in being behind( closer to the goal than) the second to last defender when the ball is played.
PenalAffliction ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:14:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just don't understand why it's a rule. It's like they're punishing one team because the other team isn't defending well enough.
DugeHick53 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 00:51:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What grape juice tastes like. It definitely does not taste like grapes.
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 11:26:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It does taste like grapes, but specifically Concord... which nobody really eats because they're fucking nasty.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 01:27:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Never fucking noticed that. Fuck. My life is a lie.
ersal ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 17:11:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Grape drink. Tastes like water, sugar, purple.
delmar42 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:09:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is why, if I buy the grape Gatorade, I generally say I'm drinking purple.
ersal ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:16:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Purple's a fruit.
HitlersHotpants ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:14:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try juicing your own grapes, it tastes amazing
GreatBabu ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:13:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
AKA wine.
Konega ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:19:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What sweet, sour, salt etc. tastes like
yans0ma ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:57:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
but those are the explanations, are they not? sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami..
joeyrpugh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:39:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think the point is that, much like color, we cannot explain these any further.
yans0ma ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:30:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
science can explain them further as G protein coupled receptors, ions channels, etc
joeyrpugh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:24:29 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just as science can explain colors as a difference in wavelength. The point is you can't explain what red is just like you can't explain what sour is. It's too personal there is no way to know if everyone experiences the same since we cannot enter another person's mind.
Hutchisonnathan ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 19:42:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word, the.
thats_satan_talk ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 23:41:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Article or subject of sentence.
theniceguytroll ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 00:57:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Specifies one thing in particular, as opposed to just any thing.
dont_forget_again ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:26:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, it's easier to understand when you try speaking without using the word 'the'. While it sounds weird it still works and it's absence leaves a very specific ambiguity in your sentences that is pretty easy to understand.
Reminds me of when I was learning logarithms in middle school and just couldn't understand why we needed them until my genious math teacher said "solve this problem without it."
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:36:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So, is 'that' an adjective? Because it's describing something. It's not just any ball, it's that ball.
theniceguytroll ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:43:49 on March 24, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I suppose so? I dunno, I ain't no linguistician.
badolfshitler ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:22:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Die, Bart, Die
inglorious_gentleman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:34:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Instantly thought of this as well. Great minds truly think alike.
truthofmasks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:00:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the definite article, which specifies that we're talking about a particular instance of something. Like how "the man" means there's a certain man in mind, as opposed to "a man" which could be any guy.
Donkster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:30:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ha...try learning german then.
berlin-calling ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 05:39:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
I have Restless Leg Syndrome, so that?
It's like this constant, almost painful urge to move my legs. Like kinetic energy building up a growing fire. I can feel the urge "rising" to the point of extreme discomfort or pain. Could I tell you why it happens? Not really. All I know is it happens every day, all day.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:32:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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berlin-calling ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:42:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Could be it, or just you arent exercising enough. Mine doesn't go away eith exercize - tried running, lifting, zumba, a combo, etc.
My leg shakes up and down day in and day out. I move it in my sleep and wear holes in my sheets over time. I have trouble falling asleep without moving them. Mostly my right leg though.
It's not a big deal and is mostly a self diagnosis thing because unless it's caused by other anxiety, not much can be done. I've had it for many years and there's no difference in it when I'm stressed or completely care free.
delmar42 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:10:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm on medication for this now, just so I can sleep at night. If I travel somewhere, and I forget my medication, I'm in sheer misery. I deeply hate this syndrome.
berlin-calling ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:13:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Oof. Sounds worse than mine. I have difficulty falling asleep, but I do eventually sleep. I get 5 1/2 if I'm lucky, 7 if I'm suuuuper lucky.
effa94 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:05:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
take up running
berlin-calling ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:10:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I have tried running/jogging/walking. I have tried lifting. I have tried Zumba. It doesn't change anything. It goes away for maybe an hour, then comes right back. If anything it sometimes made it harder to sleep because my legs would be used to whatever motion I had been doing and would go into overdrive trying to do those motions again, making the burning sensation worse.
effa94 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 15:14:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
amputate it, get a robot leg. Now it only moves when you program it too
berlin-calling ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:18:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's both legs. Just the right leg is more severe.
I guess on the plus side my right calf is super strong. lol
effa94 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:47:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Take off everything below the navel, get a sweet sweet steampunk wheelchair
delmar42 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:11:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I run ultra marathons, and I still have restless leg syndrome. I may try taking magnesium supplements, though.
TheLikeGuys3 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 21:49:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How it feels to chew 5 Gum.
gamblingman2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:40:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Underwhelming.
LaserBeamsCattleProd ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:38:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The need for sleep
The_Intrepid ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:09:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love/Joy. It's different for everyone but we all need it.
thesorehead ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:33:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man's love of boobs.
Ginnipe ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:36:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Girls love boobs too mang
Gods__Accident ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:13:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what's not to love..
delmar42 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:15:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think that part of this is that people have fetishes over what is hidden. Generally, women don't go around in public topless, so what is hidden is what is desired. When it was taboo for women to show their ankles (we had to wear long skirts, along with long underwear and/or petticoats), any show of ankle would send most men into a tizzy. Try showing leg, and it was game over.
thesorehead ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:36:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's definitely a big part of it. Look at cultures where women being topless is common and the men aren't ogling them the whole time!
GroovingPict ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 03:39:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What "left" and "right" is. Cant explain using just words I mean, you could obviously explain by showing.
i_count_to_potato ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:22:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Looking North, right is toward the East and left is toward the West.
jelos98 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:38:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Imagine the world is a sphere. Imagine a plane cutting the world into two hemispheres, and imagine standing on the sphere straddling the intersection of the sphere and plane.
Imagine placing your hands palms down on the ground, one hand on each hemisphere. The pointer finger and thumb on one of your hands forms an L as you are looking at it (the other forms a backwards L). We will call the hemisphere that the proper-L hand is touching the left - everything on that side of the plane shall be deemed the "left" side. Everything on the other side of the plane shall be the right.
If you change directions, imagine that you're still straddling a new splitting plane, and a new left and right are defined in the same way, relative to the new position.
yans0ma ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:57:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
relative terms
Dr-Zeuss ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:51:23 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
turnwise, winddershins, hubwards or edgewards?
Nitro_Fun ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:35:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
magnets
Nicholas-Rage ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 12:38:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to use the 3 seashells
kmurrpiggy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:59:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think the director explained that one. You use two of them together like tongs to pull poo out and the third one is to scrape the remnants away.
chikfilella ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:10:08 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I didn't know what this expression meant and then I loaded up the comment and bingo I suddenly knew enough about the shells
AmidAlmasi ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 18:55:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of water.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:20:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's tasteless. You might be tasting minerals in some water, but pure water is just tasteless. There is nothing to describe.
UnluckyLuke ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:35:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Good luck drinking pure water, it's only made in labs and is unhealthy. The water you drink isn't pure. In fact, you most likely associate the specific combination of minerals found in the water at your home with "neutral taste", and if you drink water from France, it won't taste the same. Kind of like accents: you think yours is neutral or that you don't have one.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:09:19 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've been to a lot of countries and I honestly wouldn't be able to tell their waters apart.
theniceguytroll ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:56:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It tastes of survival requirements.
psbwb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:45:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nah, you're thinking of Brawndo.
VashMM ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:57:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://www.popsci.com/article/science/ask-anything-what-does-water-taste
MeinKampfyCar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:21:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It tasted like metal to me.
wjbc ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:39:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Humor.
alextoria ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:46:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know man, my arm is pretty humorous
ferret_80 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:10:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
that one hit me right on the funny bone
damien665 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:26:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm gonna hit you right in the elbow to the face!
solo___dolo ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:56:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thoughts
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:57:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My grades
you_got_fragged ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 19:37:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"My grades are underwater"
"What?"
"Below C-level!"
soomuchcoffee ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:13:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The three seashells.
somedudefromerlange ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:00:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They are buttons for the 3 ass cleaning steps.
redthoughtful ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:16:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Idioms/Colloquialisms
vansebastian ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:55:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Antennas. Especially back when you used to have to have rabbit ears on your TV and you are holding and moving them every which way to get reception. Like, why does half an inch lower get crystal clear picture, but move it slightly and it all goes to hell?
crusoe ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:13:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Radio waves have LARGE wavelengths so this leads to large detectable dead and hot spots due to self interference from reflection off metal surfaces, etc.
jqnorman ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 21:41:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why yawn when we see another person yawns... even if we don't see if we can hear it and yawn as well as think about it and yawn. Zzzzz
ItsABit78 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 05:22:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just reading this made me yawn.
lordmelon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:01:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because yawning is a sign of an oxygen deficiency so we react to seeing someone yawn to protect ourselves Source: heard it somewhere (may not be true but i think it is)
LostHollow ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:40:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought it was a way to signal when you wanted to sleep in cave man times so everyone would sleep at the same time instead of at different times throughout the day.
Melly94 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:38:06 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
God damn it, it's like losing the game.
Catdrake ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:05:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What things smell like. Go ahead. If i have never seen, say, an orange before, explain what it smells like, that i could identify it by how you explained it to me. And without directly saying "like a ___ but different in this way"
yourlocalwerecat ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:05:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
An orange tastes sweet with a little bit of tartness. The taste spreads over your mouth quickly and covers it, and it is light--doesn't make your mouth feel thick or heavy. Fresh and somehow a little crisp, but it also makes the inside of your mouth wind up a little bit because of the concentration of acidity in your mouth, and when you drink some water to wash that feeling away there's a tangy, almost metallic feeling at the tip of your tongue as the milder and diluted flavor returns to the rest of your mouth.
Catdrake ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:08:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's an excellent description of a taste, consider a career as a food critic or sommelier. However, the question was "smell".
yourlocalwerecat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:15:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Aw, fuck that.
(That being said, my ex has congenital anosmia--born without a sense of smell--so I actually have explained smells to him before, although it usually just made him sad, so I stopped doing that.)
esemef ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 07:30:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What he said, but imagine it with your nose.
TheRealGeneralG ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:45:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tihs frkeanig snetnece.
Gods__Accident ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:41:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
waht the fcuk are you on aobut!?
jackewon ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:38:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The definition of the word "the".
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:21:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's a word used to specify one singular and specific thing, in contrast to "a," which specifies one singular but non-specific thing.
jackewon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:22:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You looked that up, didn't you?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:58:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nope.
TheHouseOfGryffindor ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:04:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Similarly, what the meaning of the word "is" is.
TheLinguistGamer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:42:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
All depends!
Kasufert ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:21:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Specific article
nobodylikedwesley ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 02:43:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A broken heart....
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:36:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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BlissnHilltopSentry ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 09:50:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, it's one of those things you just have to experience. You get the people like 'nah it doesn't look like fun at all you're just stumbling around like idiots' but that isn't what it feels like. Your perception is altered, to you, you and your friends aren't bumbling idiots, you're awesome.
therealocshoes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:38:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was drunk once, I didn't particularly enjoy it. Everything was cottony and slow, what's fun about that?
BlissnHilltopSentry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:08:18 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Were you actually drunk or you just drank? My first time I got absolutely smashed so I'd know for sure. But alcohol just amplifies yourself, if you're a fun person it'll make shit more fun
SajjadAbdulMuizz ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:06:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Childhood
larch303 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:18:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The meaning of the word "is"
Himiscus ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:08:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The concept of nothing.
DoctorWashburn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:37:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like stuff, except the opposite
angry_pecan ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:36:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What water tastes like.
Mr_Monster ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:42:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time.
Using a non self referencing definition.
Xannin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:56:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It allows things to be experience in a sequence rather than on top of each other.
Mr_Monster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:43:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You're describing experience of time, not time itself.
Xannin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:07:29 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The experience of time cannot be separated from time itself.
Mr_Monster ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:30:07 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For us. What about a being agnostic definition?
Bodyguard66 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:52:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of water. It may have different purification levels. But water still has that watery taste we all know and love.
Hesaidpoop ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:34:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What water tastes like
funkytownmagic ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:48:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of bubblegum
ComradeCabbage ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:53:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What it's like to be conscious.
chikfilella ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:14:18 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was scrolling for a while and this was the one that struck me. Every once in a while I stop and think, "I'm alive, and I'm aware that I'm alive. I was produced by living beings, who were themselves produced by living beings. And I'm aware of the world around me, which includes the fact that I'm aware of it."
Kallipygos_Davale ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:17:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is love?
ElectroFlannelGore ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:25:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baby don't hurt me..
Gods__Accident ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:42:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
don't hurt me..
tryhardchimp ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:27:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The one thing that I believe everyone has trouble with is describing what a good poop feels like.
Snarfler ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 11:36:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why are boobs good?
And
Dennis is asshole. Why Charlie hate?
no_talent_ass_clown ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 18:58:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Porn. As in it is protected speech because defining it boiled down to, "I know it when I see it".
infernal_llamas ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 12:37:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If it has an urn or some grapes it is art.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:22:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Also that whole
Person 1: "Wouldn't you rather have sex than watch people have sex?"
Person 2: "Not if they're eating ass"
King-Jimmy ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:45:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What water tastes like.
RedEyesDragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Has its own flavor. Done.
mattinthecrown ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:50:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
morality
RaineDragon ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:57:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to think. We all have the ability to think, but you can't explain "thinking" as a concept.
JokeInTheMachine ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:01:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Boredom. Trying to describe boredom isn't just boring but also tough to do!
robertx33 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:15:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wanting to do something but not knowing what or not being able to. I'm a bit sleepy
EZ_does_it ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:07:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Nobody can explain the love of a mother" - Hallmark
StrangeCharmVote ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:25:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you want a scientific explanation it is a chemical driven behavioral bias shown to a mothers young for the purposes of dna propagation.
Some women do not actually have this, and it is classified as a disorder. Among other things it can lead to neglect, and post natal depression.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:49:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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EZ_does_it ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:16:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"... that'll be 2.99 please. Happy mother's day"
seeingeyegod ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:40:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
except for in case of post partum psychosis
psbwb ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:55:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That goddamn yellow wallpaper.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:22:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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seeingeyegod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:19:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
yes?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:43:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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seeingeyegod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:59:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Psychosis that is triggered by childbirth.
GentlemenBehold ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:12:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Humor.
RedEyesDragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:05:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Words put togethor in a sentence thaf makes me laugh.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:23:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Social interaction.
you_got_fragged ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:27:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The definition of "of"
Iateapencil ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:34:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The difference between a quick downward head nod, and a quick upward head nod.
navalpain ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:49:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What water tastes like.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:57:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Watermelondre ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:52:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pain, pure pain
LeagueOfVideo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:14:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony
Stonedstone420 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:22:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
tripping on LSD
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:18:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
well.. i don't think EVERYONE understands, but those who've tripped will.
SatansLittleHelper84 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:40:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's like tripping on mushrooms except, you have more energy, it lasts longer, and you don't feel as ill(usually). Your mindset is also different, on mushrooms things are generally funny, occasionally spiritual, on LSD you will analyze the shit out of things, but it will all make sense.
willster3010 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:25:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity, we know how to measure it.....but how does it actually work?
Newons ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:50:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Quantum physics. Everyone has a PhD in that shit apparently, they use it to explain literally everything they can't actually explain.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:54:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Languages.
We organize sounds and breaths into noises that we all agree mean something.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:27:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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robertx33 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:31:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Imagine virtual reality in the future, where we will treat depression with orgasms!
Simulate orgasm, delete memory, simulate orgasm, delete memory..
Nick_Dunstan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:28:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to breathe
ZuluCharlieRider ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:28:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Humor.
Seriously - try to explain to an alien what makes something funny.
RedEyesDragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:12:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The movie Home does that pretty well
gronke ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:44:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That major chords are happy and minor chords are sad.
RedEyesDragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:13:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Opinion.
IAMA_Printer_AMA ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:48:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why hugs feel good.
robertx33 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:35:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I wish hugging yourself worked :/
lordmelon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:09:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Releases pleasure hormones. Most likely due to most species needing contact and the trait stayed as things evolved (it promotes safety in numbers)
stjaan ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:25:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
why 2+2 = 4
Rammite ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:36:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principia_Mathematica
An attempt to lay the groundwork of all math. It starts off with an outrageously large proof of 1+1=2.
Once you prove addition exists once, then it's not hard to imagine that addition exists everywhere.
newsjunkie8 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:31:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The feelings of heartbreak
TiesFall ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:50:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The concept of nothing
some_of_none ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:54:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What music sounds like
ccricers ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:01:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Energy.
We know what it does, and that you can pass it from one thing to another, but can't describe it or isolate it just for what it is.
odinsonthethird ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:47:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This thread fucked me up. Also, spongebob squarepants.
HippoChiaPet ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:16:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
sexual harassment
pattersofdrew ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:28:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Color. Unless you've already seen them, it's pretty much impossible to describe to someone (aka a blind person)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:28:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The specific mixture of wavelengths of light being emitted or reflected from an object.
enragedtortoise ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:04:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuckin' magnets! How do they work?
Rectar2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:02:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It has something to do with magnetism or something I think...
SirMaximBelov ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:46:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How love is the best and worst feeling
Catelyn ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:52:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
love
wapu ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:56:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to ride a bike.
RedditSmellsGood ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:11:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What water tastes like
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:33:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Alright, before you guys post these again, my definitions:
Gravity
The word "the"
Time
Color
Hit me up with more. :)
Kasufert ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:22:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Definition of schnickleswamp
Benedicamus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:03:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, "the" (definite article) is not always singular - it's also used in the plural (the dog; the dogs). "A" (indefinite article), on the other hand, is always singular, and can never be plural. The closest thing that can be described as the plural of "a" is "some" (a dog; some dogs).
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:36:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah, true. Remove the singular, though, and I think I got it pretty straight.
Gods__Accident ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:15:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The question from further up - why do people love boobs?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:47:53 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because humans evolved to do so. Bring attracted to large racks meant men tended to attempt to partner with women with a better food supply, bettering their own position. In modern times, it's mostly vestigial.
Theultimatemunchies ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:42:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:50:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Trying to explain smells and taste to my husband. He has never been able to smell, therefore taste is not great.
We do have fun trying to break down what in a meal he can taste, what flavor is the strongest.
Mont3y ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:51:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets
onceiwasasnowman ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 04:54:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of salt!
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:01:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is love?
DeMagnet76 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:03:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baby don't hurt me.
Zaro_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:45:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Don't hurt me.
killing_kind ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:09:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No more.
mercurialdude ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:20:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets?
mista_masta ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:35:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuckin' magnets. How do they work?
loegs2755 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:21:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Knowing just how hard to throw the paper ball into the trash can.
n_cholas ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:19:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time, apart from it being a flat circle of course.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:21:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mathematical and philosophical axioms. Knowledge reaches a certain point where if you continue asking questions, answers either become circular or you just have no way of explaining.
Frapplo ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:34:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you're leaning back in your chair, and you realize you've gone to far. For a split second, there's this feeling that rushes through you. THAT FEELING.
EnglishMajorRegret ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:42:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The definition of the word "The"
ThatScottishBesterd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:42:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the_straw09 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:13:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
a(a) + b(b) = c(c)
oh wait...
GoranTv ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:16:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time
Smerilys ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:24:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm super late but I can't understand why nobody said time. There's no way to describe time without using the word time.
ThatScottishBesterd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:39:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole."
Nightlyfe ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 10:50:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you break up with someone and they are the only person in the world you shouldn't talk to but they are also the only person that you feel you can talk to?
I've always found it a weird and explainable conundrum.
ejwatts ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:35:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the flavor of water
Munninnu ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 18:36:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone understands that quantum entanglement is a property of nature, but nobody can explain how it is possible.
We know that there is an upper limit regarding the "strength of correlations" between two systems obeying local realism, but quantum theory predicts violations of this limit.
lameth ยท 98 points ยท Posted at 19:29:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not entirely sure this is an "everyone" thing...
JacobCrowell ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 00:19:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whew, for a second I thought it was just me
Jelway723 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:31:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Oh yeah quantum nature and property entanglement, of course"
Jelway723 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:31:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Oh yeah quantum nature and property entanglement, of course"
you_got_fragged ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 19:34:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can only explain that INERTIA IS A PROPERTY OF MATTER
SilentStriker84 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:01:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL!
yans0ma ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:32:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The trite writer strikes again!
Yewotm69 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 22:43:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TIL everyone understands quantum physics.
Munninnu ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:57:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's more like nobody understands it.
But we understand when the proofs point to entanglement being a verified and accepted phenomenon in spite of our inability to explain it.
carnifax23 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:27:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I know some of these words.
Jorlung ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:23:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah this kind of bothered me when it was introduced in my class. Professor just said "Entanglement occurs when the state in question is not simply a tensor product of N states." No proof or anything, not even a mathematical proof, that's just what happens apparently.
I don't know whether there are more formal proofs out there, but it kind just seems like one of those Quantum things you don't really stop 'em when they explain it to you, you're just like "Okay."
ztejas ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:05:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In English MR. SCIENTIST
gamblingman2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:19:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whos this everyone? You got frogs in your pocket?
King_of_the_Furbies ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:43:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Came here to say this
Arumai12 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:14:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not what the OP wrote, just "this"
RealHazubando ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 20:36:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/iamverysmart
speehcrm1 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:26:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck off
RealHazubando ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:03:51 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
heh heh
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:36:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"I DONT KNOW WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT SO HE CANT EITHER HURR"
RealHazubando ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 13:03:08 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/iamverysmart
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:41:46 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That all you got, buddy?
TheHAdoubleRY ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:45:27 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is absolutely not something that "everyone" understands. Generally speaking, only people with at least a bachelors in physics would even know what you're talking about.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:09:47 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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TheHAdoubleRY ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:47:16 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The question also says "but everyone understands." The general population who have heard of it do not understand what it is.
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 01:29:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kinda late in the game but this one has a lot of aerospace engineers shocked: (you might want to sit down for this)
We don't know why airplanes fly. Yes, the Bernoulli equation, ground effect, Newton's laws, the camber/curvature of the wing cross section, the airflow, the high/low pressure are good explanations, but they are exactly that....explanations of how the plane flies. We still don't know why it does that. Why that shape? Why that angle? Why that camber? We don't know. We just go along with it.
StrangeCharmVote ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:18:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You are using the word why incorrectly...
For example "why is Pi 3.14159..." is an invalid question. There is no why because that's just what Pi is.
You may as well be asking "why is a square that shape?". And the answer, as you'd expect, is because that is what a square is. There is no why.
In the same way we know exactly why planes fly, and you described many of the explanations yourself. Those angles etc cause the pressures to increase/decrease in such a way as to allow a moving object to generate lift.
There is no why. It's just that those properties create those effects.
Gods__Accident ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:28:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
socks
oklahomasooner55 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:36:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That and ode is why I quit studying aerospace engineering.
JemimasNephew ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:04:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Me too. I refuse to be an expert at applying experimental values.
Ginnipe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:34:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I just like thinking that they're going too fast to fall, simple as that.
I know there is a he'll of a lot more to it than that, but at the base level that's it and I really dont want to be thinking of how flight doesn't make sense while sitting in a plane that shouldn't be able to fly because it doesn't make sense.
Simple right?
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:28:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How and why are the same question in this case. All of the things you brought up are perfect explanations.
wraithshand ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 03:29:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to get gold.
[deleted] ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:03:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nice try
Back2Bach ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 18:32:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Integrity, self-respect and honor.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 21:21:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
how does a positrac on a Plymouth work?
it just does
seeingeyegod ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:39:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
turbo encabulators
dSquarius_Green_Jr ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:33:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Trick question. nothing works on a Plymouth; it's a Chrysler
datums ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 22:28:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In linguistics, how to tie shoe laces is a common example of something simple that is essentially impossible to communicate with normal language. Also, you will likely find that your knowledge of how to tie shoe laces fails you the first time you try to tie someone else's shoes.
D0ct0rJ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:08:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Grab a lace in each hand. Move your hands across the shoe so that the laces are now crossed, making an x-like shape. Take the lace that is closest to you, move the free end behind and then under the crossing of the laces. Pull both laces towards the side they are currently on until the twist makes contact with the shoe with a desired tightness.
Now fold the free ends of the laces back on themselves, making loops of lace but not exhausting the free end of the lace. Push one of the loops behind the other, then pull it around to the front and push it under the intersection of the loops. Pull to desired tightness. Free end of laces can be used to loosen knot.
Yeah, if I hadn't been using shoes most of my life I don't know that that would make any sense. So strange.
rvnnt09 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:36:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
nah man its simple like you cross em first, then you make a roop, then the rabbit goes through the loop then you pull it and ...fuck you're right
Xannin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:57:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thats why I stand behind someone if I need to do their laces.
Jelway723 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:40:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
you make a loopdy toop and pull, now your shoes are looking cool
Jelway723 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:40:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
you make a loopdy toop and pull, now your shoes are looking cool
Jelway723 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:40:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
you make a loopdy toop and pull, now your shoes are looking cool
dmadad ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:37:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Consciousness
RedEyesDragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:01:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Death
WhiteRunGarda ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:46:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Life
mitche3matt ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 23:07:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ball is life
bos789 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:52:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why when something bad happen to you, other bad things keep on happening?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:06:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's about being vulnerable. The feeling is similar to having your arms and legs tied down and unable to move. You can't protect yourself, so you feel uncomfortable and your brain tells you to leave that situation
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:56:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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lordmelon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:03:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A linear progression of events
RedEyesDragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:04:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
There is no proof time exists
Kasufert ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A spice up to you and your friends and someone was wearing a little bit more than midday on the internet.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:01:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Santa Claus
pm_your_huge_chode ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:09:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What water tastes like.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:19:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The flavor of bubblegum.
RedEyesDragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:04:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A sweet cotton candy like flavor
Meath77 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:20:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets
lordmelon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:04:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Electron spin direction
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:20:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of water. Well, I guess not everyone understands taste. There are those who can't taste, but you get the gist.
Paradise5551 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:25:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Good food.
HazyAmerican ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:36:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to tie your shoes
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:13:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
if there would be nobody able to explain how to tie your shoes / tie a knot, shoelaces wouldn't have been invented. i mean.. i didn't figure it our on my own like some sort of reflex, but was told how to at the age of 3? or 4 maybe? somewhen in kindergarden.
LemonTreeDearWatson ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:36:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What actually is Energy?
lordmelon ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:05:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ability to do a task Electrons ability to move and or bonds to form/break
taylormhark ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:41:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Death
reincarN8ed ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:42:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why sex feels amazing.
lordmelon ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:05:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Biological programming to promote procreation to prevent the exctinction of a species
Gods__Accident ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:30:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
So what's with everyone really liking boobs?
abont ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:45:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word "the"
Raven_Skyhawk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:14:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
its filler to bring attention to immediate following word in order to make sense. Notice how that read weirdly because I didn't add 'the' before immediate? XD
Not sure if that's a legit answer at all but it makes sense to me /shrug
robertx33 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:22:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the is used for specifics, money is general money, the money is money from somewhere specific stated elsewhere.
I think that's it anyway, too sleepy for white background google..
Chillaxbro ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:51:37 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
THE CLOUD
Stiwa ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:52:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Friendship IMO.
david4wt ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:56:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sleep.
Sigerr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:01:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time.
IamUsingRedditNow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:03:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time
Notmyrealname ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:05:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Donald Trump will be the Republican Presidential nominee.
NikkoE82 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:12:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thinking. You don't just start or stop thinking. It just happens and we pretty much all do it.
servator ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:14:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Premonitions.
seekinggoodvibes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:16:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A good joke
germanrincon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:17:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time. Everyone know what it is but, how would you explain it?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:21:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Death
Rshamaniki ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:21:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pain
smoothisfast22 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:34:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony.
KrashKorbell ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:36:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Feeling hot and feeling cold.
thepenaltytick ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:38:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Definition of the word, "the."
deadcomefebruary ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:39:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How it feels to swallow
SOUPORGLUE ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:40:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yea, no
adolfSuperman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:43:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what being drunk feels like
adolfSuperman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:43:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what being drunk feels like
columbus8myhw ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:43:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Qualia"
thatlldopigthatldo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:45:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time.
Obiwarrior ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:47:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of salt.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:49:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gut feelings/instincts.
mako-jaeger ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:49:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is attractive
amarigatachi ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:51:50 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
time
damienrapp98 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:51:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tides go in. Tides go out. Never a miscommunication. YOU can't explain that.
Raven_Skyhawk ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:10:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Da moon.
Kessle_Run ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:56:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nausea and heart burn always got me.
RedEyesDragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:09:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your chest feels like its on fire and your head/stomach feel queasy
Animoose ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:56:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dreaming!
I really hope they figure out... Anything really. We know absolutely nothing about it but it's so fascinating
spookychan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:11:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Social queues, at least most people do and then the low hanging fruit are socially awkward
Augenmann ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:12:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Deja Vu.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:12:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
taste of ...CHOCOLATE!
maniaxzen ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:12:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pain. Does anyone ever actually feel confident with their answer when someone asks them to rate their pain? I feel like I'm guessing on a test I never studied for.
metaphoricallysane ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:13:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That feeling you get right before you sneeze
Gods__Accident ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:43:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what about that feeling you get when you have a slash (blokes, of course)..?
teepring ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:13:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets.
karlw1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:15:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is a carbohydrate?
I know it's a macronutrient, and a compound of food, yada yada yada. But what exactly issss a nutrient? It's...it's a....a thing
lordmelon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:07:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A combination of chemical bonds that the body can break down in order to gain energy
RomeClone31 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:15:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The phrase "go fuck yourself"
robertx33 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:28:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Eh, my language has the similar, "i fuck your mother".. It sounds so engrish when translated.
Cany0udance ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:15:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
singlepanda ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:19:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love - most of the time love is confused with infatuation or respect or likingness or something else.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:21:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted]
robertx33 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:30:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well sometimes there are clear signs that the other party wants to leave, I guess your brain automatically notices those signs?
PipeDreamKid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:23:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of delicious milk
Noahbaconatr ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:24:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
/r/trees
Clipclop6996 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:24:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love
TrueMezzo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:30:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
conscientiousness
Pilchard929 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:30:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony.
hannahbananaroxmysox ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:31:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The definition of the word "the"
PracticalPengy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:32:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity
GalaxySC ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:34:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Every time gas prices go down. Oil refineries break down raising prices again.
SpidermanLovesYoda ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:38:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Definition of "the"
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:41:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to tie shoelaces.
meow3333 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:41:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cats
R_Wolf ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:41:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Definition of the word, the.
RedEyesDragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:13:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why is this one posted a lot? Its not hard to define it.
TimleBim ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:46:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Recently read a book called Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, great book FYI, but one of the major things he talks about is what is quality. You can't entirely describe when something has quality, but people can always tell good quality from poor quality
blaghart ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:47:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to find the download button that isn't loaded with malware.
robertx33 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:34:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Or better, how to stop myself from entering a state where I just want to download a thing, and don't care if it's malware or not, so I just keep installing exes until I hit the right one. Then I'm done and I regret because I have to spend the next 2 hours googling solutions to the rootkit..
Coolest_Breezy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:47:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Consciousness.
atkin5 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:48:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets
HallowSingh ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:48:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity
colorado_here ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:48:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Quality
dmystery123 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:49:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A Chav
RedEyesDragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:14:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hiss
radicannon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:51:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Romantic attraction. Note-- not strictly everybody understands it. My older sister is one of the rare people who doesn't, so I've had a lot of practice trying to explain it to her.
Gods__Accident ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:47:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wouldn't it be better put simply as 'mutual attraction?'
radicannon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:55:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What if it isn't mutual? Also what is attraction? Is it just wanting to be with someone? Can't you want to be with friends?
For myself I use it with a feeling of exclusivity-- like I want this person to be my go-to person. But polyamory is a thing nowadays, I guess. I really don't know, if that wasn't obvious.
BigJ571 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:56:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The English word "The".
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:56:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love.
Lublib ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:56:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pain
robilco ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:58:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hiccups
TheUnimportant ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:00:22 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why coming home to a house where nobody is home yet, is different then coming home to empty house.
frothface ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:01:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why we care about killing humanely. Inmates, livestock, etc.
Gods__Accident ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:52:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's scary enough knowing you're about to die - to be made to go through it under distress would be awful - but I guess it also makes the people doing the killing feel a bit better too..
For instance - I'm form NT Australia - one of my sisters work friends was stupid enough to jump in croc infested waters; people saw him struggling and really trying to get out of the water - so he saw/knew it was coming and it got him.. Just thinking about it that way induces terror, imagine it actually happening to you though..
frothface ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:11:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I understand, but when you think about it, if someone is going to die, why do we care if they are experiencing pain for 30 seconds? That person's thoughts and consciousness are about to disappear. We're caring whether or not a few electrical impulses are going to be pleasant or unpleasant. It's analogous to having a computer that's worthless, that you're about to smash with a hammer and throw into a dump, but instead of pulling the plug you take extra care to shut it down properly.
When you think about it, caring about the feelings or pain / suffering of others in any way is really kind of pointless. They are just highly organized impulses and chemical reactions. But everyone still has to do it so that they don't wind up at the hands of someone else who doesn't care.
pinballwizard16 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:05:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Riding a bike
blacky80 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:06:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
General theory of relativity.
pepejknoutsin ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:06:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking magnets.
Hindu_Wardrobe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:10:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know, that thing, that everybody does, with the other thing, and we like, you know, it's just what it is.
Gods__Accident ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:55:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
##SOCKS
KamyKeto ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:10:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The tide! The tide comes in, the tide goes out. You can't explain it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzkRHFl2ppw
guess_my_password ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:15:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to burp.
HIV__ALADEEN ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:16:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
MAGNETS!!!
v99188 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:17:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Orgasm
rberg89 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:19:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Faux Pas
Ultima_RatioRegum ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:19:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What it feels like to be conscious.
CookieMisha ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:20:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Reddit
RedEyesDragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:15:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A website in which people can discuss and talk about numerous subjects
M4X1M ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:20:41 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How a posi trac rear end in a Plymouth works... it just does.
DaMajesticOne ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:21:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a good night's sleep feels like
lukalukaluka ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:24:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sharts
ElectroPositive ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:24:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity.
mackayo ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:25:06 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets
azarator125 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:47:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The definition of small words like 'a' or 'the' or 'of'
Thepresocratic ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:14:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How things taste
Monsieur_Skeltal ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:38:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For native English speakers, the word got or to get.
Got it?
Get some food.
Get it finished.
Do you get it?
The list goes on, but I'd assume for someone learning our language, it's a real bitch.
scotty649 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:58:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of water
Bowlthizar ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:58:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of water
RoboDuckii ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:01:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of water
Tedescosauce ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:06:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of water.
zedauj ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:11:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hugs. Hugs are fucking weird
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:18:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The meaning of the word "is".
JPPT27 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:35:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To be
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:27:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
whooooaaaa
Infinitives, amirite?
imcuteforanuglygirl ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:21:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of water
psinguine ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:42:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why ice is slippery.
Botron ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:48:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity
ratherintents ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:56:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Taste
ThatguyMalone ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:59:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Blinking. You just kinda take your eyes and... Do it.
shawmonster ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:38:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The flavor of certain things. Like milk.
generic-user-1 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:34:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I've got an example, but I can't explain it
BrokenSamurai ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:33:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tide goes in. Tide goes out. You can't explain that.
--rubberdicks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:54:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets
ThatIckyGuy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:11:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why removing plastic from something new is satisfying.
theyareamongus ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:22:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How you picture things in your head.
WVBotanist ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:22:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets
nuncanunca ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:30:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the taste of mayonnaise
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:41:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What numbers are. Really. Not just I have two apples
Positivethinkumust ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:44:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Colors
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:44:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Common sense. It's potentially explainable, but if you have to try and explain it to someone you know for sure they do not have it.
Wizard-King ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:58:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets.
clone822 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:06:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Artwork of naked people that is not porn.
Tobacc0Caye ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:08:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How crazy women are.
WeAreGlidingNow ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:13:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jazz.
I admit, I lifted this idea from Louis Armstrong. Once, a reporter asked him to define jazz. He replied something like, "if you don't know, I can't explain it."
orange_blossoms ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:21:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a "fuckboy" is. I've had my friends try to explain it, and after a bit of quibbling, they all just end up pointing out a person and saying, "See X? X is a fuckboy." This doesn't help me much, so I still don't know what a fuckboy is. Is it sort of like an asshole but one that wears hats?
Shaunaaaah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:23:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it's like the new douchebag
malnore ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:28:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch
mcconkem ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:28:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the pain from being kick in the balls.
AnonymousDratini ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:33:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When a girl does the spirit fingers wave to a guy it's cause she likes him.
When a girl does the spirit fingers wave to another girl it's cause she hates her.
djgingersnapz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:33:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The English Language.
PWNZ0R_P373R ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:35:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The game. Also how to lose it.
SugaryCornFlakes ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:40:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Memes
ngc2403lisa ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:43:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The difference between right and left
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:43:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What "momentum" is in sports. It's easy to see when a team has it.
ac07682 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:44:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Left / right
RobotJiz ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:07:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I understand left/right more than port/starboard. That's something I will never understand
ac07682 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:32:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's easier to explain, imagine that you are the boat. Looking forwards towards your bows. Substitute the word left for port and right for starboard and you're golden.
Blue_Fourty_Also ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:46:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity
DetestPeople ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:59:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
The definition of the word "the". I think most people would have a hard time defining "the" if asked.
Edit: spelling
thehackneydevil ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:01:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The existence of consciousness (unless you're a zombie)
_Rose_Tyler_ ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:37:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Colors. Sorry colorblind people, i meam no offence.
DeadGuy940 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 13:48:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The definition of "is".
IncognitoBadass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:04:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
is is is
circa319 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:35:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word "the".
thasquidkid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:42:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sleep
BobisBadAss ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:50:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony.
Edit: Alanis Morissette doesn't understand it.
darwin2500 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:51:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: Qualia.
The answer is qualia.
Up_up_and_away_every ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:29:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love
dajuwilson ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:43:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The arrow of time. Literally, we still have no idea why time goes one way and not the other. There have been a couple interesting papers, but nothing probable. Yet.
SK-2001 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:28:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the taste of water
munisreenivas ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:03:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:08:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why the alphabet is in that particular order
alextoria ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:45:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity. everyone gets that if you jump off a cliff you'll fall to the ground. but why?
[deleted] ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 19:15:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thought they agree that gravity is the curvature of space from the mass of objects.
DashingLeech ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:26:46 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It depends on how literal you take the title. Does it mean literally nobody understands, or that generally speaking nobody can explain so that most people understand it. Describing gravity in terms of curvature of space goes over most people's heads.
It also isn't a complete explanation. That's more of a rephrasing of what gravity is in terms of other physical phenomema, but doesn't explain why gravity exists or why it is the way it is. For example, why is it such a weak force compared to the others.
you_got_fragged ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:35:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
BECAUSE THE FLAT EARTH WE LIVE ON IS MOVING UP /s
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:34:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I remember calculating that and if we really were accelerating upwards at 9.8m/s we would reach c in under 2 days,
mini6ulrich66 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:52:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is c here? I'm not very up on my physics.
Bman425 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:08:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
speed of light
seeingeyegod ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:39:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Which is also the speed of light everywhere, not just in this thread.
ShortGiant ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:55:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the speed of light in a vacuum, which is most places, but not everywhere.
RoosterFucker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:54:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:37:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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GreatBayTemple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:00:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tide goes in, tide goes out. Can't explain that!
AWildDadAppeared ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:22:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Math. Like, how does it work?
Axlesan ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:57:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why the brain name it self brain?
Dacelonid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:05:01 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It didn't, it named itself Brian, but someone made a typo years ago and now we are stuck with brain.
playerupjack ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 10:55:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The brain didn't name itself the brain. The human race did and you get taught that it's called that in school.
zaxd_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 07:49:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
r/the_donald
packrat386 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:45:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
What it means to 'cause' something to happen. We have a very intuitive sense of what it means, but it turns out it's incredibly difficult to define. In fact the elusive nature of its definition has led some philosophers to the conclusion that causation is an illusion.
EDIT: For those downvoting me, I suggest you read some Hume. The idea that we can define what it means to have caused a certain outcome to happen is contentious.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:14:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't get what you're trying to say. You apply force to something and it reacts
you_got_fragged ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:35:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, it's a law!
packrat386 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:32:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Whenever I apply a force to something it necessarily applies the same force back to me. How do we know who is doing the causing?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:45:51 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't understand what you're asking. Yes, the receiving object will apply some resistance force back, but if the force applied is greater than static friction coefficient, then the object moves.
packrat386 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:52:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The idea isn't that we don't understand how force works, but that it's difficult to know which thing is causing something to happen. Let's say I'm standing on an icy lake with a big rock. I push on the rock, exerting a force on it, which means it also exerts the same force on me. We both move, and we both applied force to the other, so why did I cause the movement and not the rock?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:22:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You applied actual force. The rock didn't apply force in the way you are thinking. It is just the force that keeps it a rigid body
packrat386 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:31:52 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I must have missed the part in physics class where we made a distinction between actual force and not actual force. Seems that some kind of real force must have happened to me, because I moved as well.
If that's not convincing, how about a different example. Someone fires a cannon. And me being suicidal, I move in front of the cannonball, stopping it (and of course killing myself in the process). The cannonball was the thing that started with more energy, and definitely applied an "actual" force to me, and yet it if we asked "what caused the cannonball to stop moving" the answer stills seems to be me.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:11:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You wouldn't stop a cannon ball. It would apply too much kinetic force to the surface area of your body, and cause it to rip away. The cannon ball would then continue on with less force than it had before it knocked your guts out.
packrat386 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:20:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Perhaps it wasn't a very fast moving cannonball. Or we could rephrase the question as "What caused the cannonball to slow down" if you prefer.
Gods__Accident ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:14:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
doesn't cause = effect?..
FreyThePotato ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:24:35 on March 24, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lol reddit. "Wut, I don't understand this. Have a downvote."
Anyways I was always suspicious of the nature of causation so I'm glad I found this comment from you :)
Bloodmind ยท -9 points ยท Posted at 21:20:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
downvoted because you edited to try to stop the downvoting
Brianthelion83 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:37:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Everyone hates trump because of his antics but some how he's the most popular republican candidate
cynoclast ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:51:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Antics beget ratings begets ads begets money from advertisers.
His popularity is vastly overrated. A hypothesis is he exists so that people are fucking furious if hillary wins because she looks way better by comparison, even though she isn't and they're the same class of douchebag.
Chooseday ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:19:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Basically, everyone who does actually like Trump gets silenced if they try to express their opinions. Anyone not silenced by people who dislike Trump have the common sense to not mention that they like Trump, all you're going to get is conflict.
Before someone attacks me, I'm not a Trump supporter, it just seems like common sense to me, especially when my first thought is to put this at the end of my message before I'm called a racist and everything else under the sun.
RoosterFucker ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:55:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
He is actually the most popular candidate period.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:37:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:33:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bill opens his mouth, stupid shit comes out. YOU cant explain that.
isaidit_imeantit ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:36:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Grass smells green! Tomatoes smell red.
BruceLee1255 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:59:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The spacing rules at a urinal.
Every man instinctively knows that in a layout of five urinals, you first use urinal 1 or 5, and if both are occupied, you use 3. If 1, 3 and 5 are used, then you either wait or use 2 or 4 while remaining STOCK STILL and staring directly in front or straight down.
chaos8803 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:10:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And the stall is only for pooping. There are exceptions like sporting events, but you leave at least one open just in case.
Ten_bucks_best_offer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:20:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Apology in advance, I'm the guy who finds it funny when drunk in the bar to step into the "I'm not gay space" between two occupied urinals even if there are other open ones. If I'm feeling saucy, I'll lock eyes with one of the guys as I step up and say "sup?." as I unzip.
workaway5 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:29:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It helps if you follow this up by saying "nice watch"
redditmydream ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:41:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What colors look like.
astalavista114 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 08:13:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How do I know what I see to be green is the same as what you see to be green. Not in the wavelength or what the colour is called, but in what we actually perceive that colour to be.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:12:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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Raven_Skyhawk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:11:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
it is to participate of or in an action of any kind pertaining to the verbiage you are speaking of?
Ok I took a stab at it, that probably sounds like rubbish though.
Jarom2 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:11:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do or do not; there is no try.
RoboTroy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:13:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
to act. to initiate.
RedEyesDragon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:06:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To perform a verb
daolagupu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:27:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Donald Trump
PM_Me_Somethin_Juicy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:28:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That we need sleep.
crunch816 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:29:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What it's like to walk a mile in their shoes.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:30:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
TIME
YaBoyyCuddle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:35:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
sex
huhmz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:41:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Left and right.
BLACK_CARD ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:42:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love.
Baby_venomm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:45:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The obvious
klipspringer_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:46:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Zippers.
SheZowRaisedByWolves ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:57:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why we like certain foods or drinks. When you really think about it, you can't explain it but know that you do.
Bawbx ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:57:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Speedforce.
Bucky_Dun_Gun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:59:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cell phones, also how I'm able to quick scope some noob in Europe on my xbox in real time.
TheAnsweringMachine ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:02:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The infinite universe.
AnalogPen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:04:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time.
Peliquin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:05:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I was going to say 'good taste' but right now I'm wearing a plaid shirt over a different plaid shirt and thus, obviously, not everyone understands..... or does this count, because I know this is considered poor taste, but I don't care?
nieburhlung ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:05:19 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
gravity. still wondering what happened to my wife's hoohahs after first born, but sure, i understand.
madkeepz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:05:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The fact that sometimes you can even, and sometimes you just can't
HaroldSax ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:06:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The concept of common sense. It's actually quite difficult to explain if you're put on the spot, although with a few minutes of thinking you can ascertain a somewhat accurate idea of it, but it's still a fairly nebulous concept.
AroundtheTownz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:08:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Probably gravity
actually never mind no one gets gravity.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:09:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The process of thinking.
Rolf_Son_of_Rolf ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:10:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Heat, everyone knows what it is, but can anyone explain it
Enshaednn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:13:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Being high
AboveDisturbing ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:13:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Donald Trump's Political Success.
DolantheDolphin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:14:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The meaning of the word 'The'.
Scaveola ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:14:33 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Economics apparently
Kitchoua ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:14:40 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word "Thing"
IceMaverick13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:15:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of bubble gum flavored bubble gum.
chowdertheclam ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:16:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of Bubblegum
gabstroyer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:17:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The nod guys have, it just works
BelfastBoy91 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:17:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Death
FingerMilk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:20:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Personal space. Like, how can you explain it to someone without completely offending them. You have to assume they think the same as you.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:24:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why there should always be 1 urinal between you and the next guy.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:24:30 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
a bit late but how to move. i know how to do it, i just cant explain how im doing it
Fibonacci_Jones ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:24:48 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is evil? What exactly makes something evil?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:27:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Up and down.
Akuma12321 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:27:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wind
Kevin_O_Loacvick ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:28:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know that feeling when you're surging downwards and your balls and stomach...
thinrwazhere ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:28:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Colors
Nautical_Nate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:29:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Finding the clit for the first time
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:34:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I got two:
When someone hover's their index finger between the ridge of your eyebrows and you feel a tingling/metallic feeling in your forehead without the finger touching. Im sure there are theories out there but none that I have come across.
The feeling of sadness (or any emotion really)
someguy7734206 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:34:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You probably already understand. Of course, I can't explain it.
J-f-rey-jr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:37:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The nod.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:37:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love. Can't be described objectively, but only through describing, or experiencing, examples of love.
prjindigo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:38:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How ignorant they are.
xasdylophon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:40:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why we cannot choose what to want.
Edit: alright maybe also nobody understands it. Goes back to Schopenhauer btw
rw615 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:40:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is love?
LuciferianAntichrist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:41:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to breathe. It's impossible to describe, because I just know how by instinct.
MyDamnBlog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:41:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of water
Awildbadusername ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:48:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How you decided the precise flailing of your arms and contortions of your body when you are about to fall.
It's all a delicate system of counter balances, actions and reactions all done instantaneously in your head.
bridge220 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:48:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What good storytelling is
bigbrown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:49:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time
kasparovnutter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:50:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
tl:dr our senses
kentsor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:50:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
time
ReefsnChicks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:53:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity
xasdylophon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:53:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Where ideas come from
choadsauce ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:54:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For men exclusively......The nod
weelluuuu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:02:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For women exclusively......the eye roll
__--___---____---- ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:54:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Apparently for some people, Donald Trump being racist.
juspeter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:56:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Toxins.
Living in Southern California, I constantly see people taking special pills or drinking smoothies that help remove their toxins. When I ask about it, no one can explain what a single toxin is, but they all say we have them.
We don't. Your body isn't a garbage can that needs cleaning. It cleans itself.
chief_running_joke_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:56:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The piss shivers
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:57:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Life.
WillyMacBatman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:00:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity
miahelf ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:03:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They don't think it be like it is but it do
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:04:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What common words mean.
FlabbergastedFish ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:06:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Memes. When my mom asked what memes are, my mind went blank. How do you even describe memes?
bonyponyride ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:11:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hearing a song in your head right before it starts to play on the radio.
bgong7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:12:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What taking ecstasy feels like.
GeorgeTaylor505 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:16:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
irony
RayZurc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:17:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word "The"
shobnabbles ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:20:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
how a bicycle works
AlCapown3d ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:21:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Qualia
indirectllama ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:23:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of salt.
Pt2778 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:23:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tide comes in, tide comes out. Can't explain that.
Tindermesoftly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:25:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to throw a ball at a target.
"You see that guy wearing a glove? You pick this ball up and sling at him."
"How do I know where it will go?"
"Well you stare at your target and it goes there"
"But how?"
"You just do!"
Pandemojo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:27:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time.
NEXT_VICTIM ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:29:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pick a color (not white or black). Works with any color.
kestenbay ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:29:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time: What is it? Everyone knows, but try putting it into words. And DO NOT tell me "minutes and seconds," because those are divisions of it - not the stuff itself.
JMPlocica ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:30:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why you don't use the urinal directly next to another guy.
kleedawson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:30:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity.
ssdude101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:31:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Reddit.com
sticky_green ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:44:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
An excellent answer is time. No one can give a good definition of time, whitout repeating the word and everyone understands.
ruthbozek ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:46:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Color like you?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:49:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Postulates.
IZ3820 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:52:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is justice?
NoneApplicable ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:52:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Orgasm
jaggedcream ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:53:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What an itch feels like.
HimBibble ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:53:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Words are pretty close to, if not impossible to explain. Since it's really just a sound, that we agree means a bunch of other sounds.
Indigopeanut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:55:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity
walrusboy71 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:55:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity. We don't really know why it happens, but we know it will.
Pyretic87 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:56:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gyroscopes
Blujay12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:57:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A concept, like fun or boredom, depression, happiness etc.
or colours.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:26:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think a lot of people understand depression at all.
spacecadetss ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:59:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What quality is. (Go read zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance)
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:02:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
pain
diamondeyes7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:03:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When your ex reaches out to you after you've finally moved on
retrophyle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:04:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Conscience.
aotoolester ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:05:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How a flushing toilet works.
ChasterMief711 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:06:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Definitely not Schrรถdinger's Cat
theOGlizardman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:06:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
what the word "the" means
benny57358 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:08:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time?
bchillerr ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:08:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A negative number multiplied by a negative number equals a positive number.
snoaj ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:09:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How 2+2=4
Lettershort ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:19:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, no. 2+2=5.
larficus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:10:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you love and hate your job at the same time and your reasons for loving and hating it change frequently. If someone even suggests changing professions you think they are nuts but you will continue to bitch about your working situation.
youtrynafindmollie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:10:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Taking your bra off at the end of the day.
GameQb11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:11:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to make your eardrums rumble. It wasnt until recently that I learned other people can do this too. I didnt even have a word for it before, I didnt think to call it "rumbling" and there was NO WAY for me to describe the sensation to people, much less explain how to do it.
jesitloml ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:12:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time
crazygamelover ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:13:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bad/crazy women/men are horrible for your well being, but you coming back.
SpacemanOrangeKush ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:14:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The karmic balance between order and chaos. Everyone feels they should not do bad things (any kind of action that causes negativity) because a overpowering sense of "something bad or chaotic equivalent will surely soon happen to me if I commit" kind of subconscious mind control to keep us in check.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:29:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think we call that "morality."
SpacemanOrangeKush ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:09:33 on March 25, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Morality might have a play in. You're thinking too simple.
TheMightyFishBus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:15:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why 1+1=2 It took a 20 page mathematical proof to show how it works.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:25:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
20 pages? When I took foundations of math, the proof was 2 pages.
TheMightyFishBus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:26:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I had a typo sorry.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:30:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cool. For a second, I was trying to think of a 20 page proof for that. Was running induction proofs through my head. It's been a while since I did this though. Anyone have a link?
Ps: math proofs are awesome.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:16:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:17:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Taking drugs is bad but it feels good.
It's like mods/cheat codes in a video game. The cheat codes start out being a delight and way more fun than the actual missions. At some point you have used all the cheat codes and you get tired of the game and are no longer interested in completing missions. So there is no point in playing without the codes. But you are also stuck in this game for the rest of your life. Not only that, but you need money to even use the cheat codes and the only way to get money is crime or completing missions. And completing missions now seems like a waste of time. Like in GTA, either you end up wasted or with 5 wanted stars. Also depending on the cheat codes you are suddenly playing Skyrim instead of GTA.
Lankmiester ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:20:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Light
DCMook ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:21:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The awkward moment when you make eye-contact with someone managing a mall kiosk.
ScullynMulder ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:21:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Probably Love
bless_ure_harte ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:23:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What foods taste like
darkest-mirror ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:25:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the meaning of words like "is", "the", "of", etc.
throwupz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:29:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How sex feels.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like masturbation, but better?
Not that I would know :(
NightFire19 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:30:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Riding a bike has yet to be explained in technical terms...
InterracialMartian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:31:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word "the."
TheRappture ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:34:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of water
mad_kap ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:34:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The voice that you read everything on the internet with.
ARAR1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:34:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time. Never been able to put it into words with using the word it self. "Time is the passage of ...."
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:27:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A word used to describe the relationship between moments occurring after each other.
Metaknightmare217 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:38:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bicycle physics.
nirvana8888 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:39:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why babies looks cute
EchoJackal8 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:44:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is is.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:45:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You can pee without popping, but you can't poop without peeing.
01001101101001011 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:48:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fire hot. No no why. Just is. Hot burn.
sikskittlz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:49:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The concept of nothing
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:54:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony/Sarcasm. It's like, where you say something, but don't mean it, you really mean the opposite, but not always, and some people think it's funny, but some people don't get it
Neither7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:55:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Left and right.
einex55 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:59:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Deja vu
Kgarlemagne ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:00:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sleep Paralysis
hervethegnome ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:00:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to tie a shoelace without hands-on help
Tubby_McFatFuuk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:01:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The definition of irony
kiblick ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:04:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity
xyroclast ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:05:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity
gregbridge1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:06:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fire.
Eltoshen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:08:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sneezing
until somebody told me it was like cumming through your nose.
Batman_00 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:09:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The words "and" and "the"
tikiwargod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:11:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The offside/11th man rule.
Wazzupdj ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:12:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony. Isn't that ironic
kurocry ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:17:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The smell of pepper.
lickmyballbag ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:18:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't explain it.
BurkePhotography ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:18:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of water
thehangoverer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:19:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: Feeling
FROSKii ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:20:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Being asleep
cajunmagic ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:21:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What original flavor bubblegum tastes like.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:21:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted]
lestermason ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:51:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's easy: Heaven
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:25:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Like a chemist just went into his lab and threw everything he had into one flask. Not bad, mind you, but it tastes like the most unnatural, synthetic taste ever.
spiderlanewales ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:21:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Haven't seen this one yet. Jellyfish. We know that they exist and they hang out and stab people and make people piss on each other, something i'm not necessarily against, so thank you, jellyfish, for facilitating, but i'm pretty sure science doesn't understand too much, if anything about how these creatures exist and survive biologically.
Laser_Lens_4 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:22:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The definition of 'the.'
DJAllOut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:08:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A word that precedes its subject for purposes of announcing it ...
TeamJim ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:23:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you drop something that has a "good side" to land up, that side will land down.
Tanman1495 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:23:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My teacher once asked me to define "whatever".
I'm still stumped.
Locomotifs ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:33:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
a random option/opinion/measure of a set of allowed variables in context to the subject. Yes, i'm that good.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:24:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
An interjection invoked to indicate indifference.
Tanman1495 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:28:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
AHH! ALLITERATION!!
also, you just solved one of the big mysteries of my life, so thanks!
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:30:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The alliteration was an accident, but then I realized it and changed "used" to "invoked."
festerf ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:28:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The sassy shoulder thing
CrimsonEcho ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:29:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dank Memes
ShpadoinkleBeefoven ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:30:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Freedom.
kingslayermcnugget ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:30:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck the qualia. Consciousness itself.
x0XjakX0x ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:30:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: SpongeBob
Shmo60 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:30:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word "game."
thewhitebuhle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:34:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to breath
Suckydog ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:34:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Bacon
crimson-adl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:35:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What dirt is
DJAllOut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:05:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Decomposed ... plants and trees
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:23:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A mixture of sand (or other rocky particulates), water, minerals/nutrients, and decomposed plants.
mistamuncha ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:37:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:23:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
In the Newtonian view, gravity is a force of universal attraction between objects with mass. In the Einsteinian view, gravity is the bending of space-time due to objects with mass or energy.
IamTheMechBoy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:38:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time.
K4nyeTwitty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:39:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hot Dogs
wacko913 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:40:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to make toast
omakoi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:42:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What powerade energy drinks tastes like (especially the blue one)
DJAllOut ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:05:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tastes like blue
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:51:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baseball.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:51:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Shots fired.
echorocket1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:52:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Calories or specifically what a calorie means
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 03:20:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can explain exactly what a calorie is. It's a unit of energy equal to the energy required to heat one gram of water up by one kelvin. However, when you look on Nutrition Facts, they secretly use a kilocalorie, or 1000 cal, but call it a Calorie (capitalization is not a typo).
Taman_Should ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:52:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Reflection, refraction, the difference between the resultant rays in the case of a convex vs concave mirror
DUTCHMMASTERS ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Deja Vu
extreme_douchebag ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:06:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Consciousness.
Well, kind of.
moogod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:06:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tide goes in, tide goes out. You can't explain that.
Dvs-Ghoti ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:16:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Uhh the moon exhibiting gravitational force on earth's water. Done.
moogod ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:20:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Context: https://youtu.be/ZzkRHFl2ppw
jermzdeejd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:07:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Douchebags.
The_Infinity_Paradox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:07:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Definitely time. Can you describe to a five year old what time is?
ZorroMeansFox ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:08:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not now.
SubatomicCake ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:08:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not really as fun of a comment as the others, but what having Tourrette's syndrome feels like. The best way I've found to explain it is that it feels a bit like holding your breath. You just feel this need to breathe, and it's the same way with Tourrette's. For me, at least.
BareFootWilliams ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:10:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
laughter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uxfRDL-JzM
ByronTheHorror ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:12:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The concepts of left and right.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:14:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Male genitals... all different shapes and sizes!
Rough_Cut ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:17:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets
Akuma1033 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:20:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What rave is like without the person looking at you like "you were on drugs."
bachrach44 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:20:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity
maggotbrownie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:24:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I was in highschool my creative writing teacher told us to describe a car. Not a truck. Not a bike. A car. You can't use brand names. There is a difference between a car and other vehicles. We know what a car is compared to a truck. But no one could describe what a car was without describing another vehicle.
One of my favorite class discussions I've ever had.
Freeyourmind917 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:25:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
how to burp
DudeGang ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cameras
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Architecture of code in a developers mind.
We just see dots and connect them.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:28:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
PC Load Letter?!
zallen562010 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:30:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That 1 > 0
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:36:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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zallen562010 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:17:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's what I'm saying!
FalseMax ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:32:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Smell
Source: I am an anosmic
k_o_g_i ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:39:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What quality is
TH3_Dude ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:48:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Zen and the Art of...
k_o_g_i ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:52:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm so glad someone got this :-)
stroudkm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:41:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love <3
YogiBlair88 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:41:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wind
Shika_E2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:42:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Women" -Said no one ever.
indianmeat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:49:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pornography
citymongrel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:54:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That bitches be crazy.
george_kaplan1959 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Traffic
Robert_Rocks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pubic hair
ponymassacre ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Attraction, you can day like I love her nose or something, but you don't know specifically why
Primsun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:57:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Probability
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:58:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why something is funny. Stranger in a Strange Land did the best job I've seen but there were still exceptions.
yolobrolofosholo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:59:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nostalgia
sodangfancyfree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:24:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
a longing for familiar.
TwoThirteens ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:59:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know how in that dream your house wasn't your house but it was your house?
That is an explanation that doesn't explain anything but most people get it.
TheRedditEric ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:59:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your right from your left.
MrKadius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:00:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How starfish operate with no brain.
Mr_Acquiesce ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:01:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why the symbol for save is still a floppy disk.
expendablethoughts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:01:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets. Everything works with magnets, electricity, engines, speakers, etc. We know it comes from electrons and protons, having a negative/positive charge, but that's it. Same with gravity. It just is.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:02:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What salt tastes likes.
dcfogle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:02:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
this whole thread is like a /r/woahdude thing
SeriousGoofball ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:03:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How crazy my ex is.
Kickingandscreaming ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:04:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gallons, quarts and pints.
optimusprawn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:05:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The way humans perceive someone else staring at them. In SERE training they teach you keep your gaze from the direction of other humans when your in sneak mode.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:05:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The nod between men.
sodangfancyfree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"i am not a threat, please don't kill me."
vaginapple ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:06:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What water tastes like
sodangfancyfree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:22:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
depends. it can taste salty, chlorinated, sweet, whatever you decide to put in it because this is america. unless there is an additive that alters its flavor, it tastes like a diluted version of whatever taste is in your mouth before you started drinking it.
it has no flavor.
TurboNoob85 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:07:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Euchre.
NNIIKKOO ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:07:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What water tastes like.
Maroccheti ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:09:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity
d_line8624864 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:11:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ketchup goes on hamburgers, mustard goes on hot dogs.
Sector-Codec ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:13:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why taking your socks off feels so good
Dvs-Ghoti ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:14:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Life
sodangfancyfree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:19:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Beginning and end.
Dvs-Ghoti ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:34:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair the end is pretty explainable. Expenditure of energy and atrophy of tissue. "Almost" nothing lives forever.
The origin, however, and how life started in the first place? Every human living understands that they are alive, and what that entails. But no human on this earth can come up with substantial evidence explaining how life started in the first place and subsequently how it led to us.
dontcryferguson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:15:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a wizard is.
Reddisaurusrekts ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:16:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to balance on a bike.
robodale ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:17:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Somthin' bout a truck...
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:18:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not everyone, but every male understands what a boner feels like.
Bleedhard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:18:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The placebo effect
jraby3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:21:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Balance. You just feel it and suddenly get it, and then you can ride a bike.
Also, the way popcorn kernels pops in the microwave and suddenly turns into popcorn.
DIDiMISSsomethin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:22:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What day of the week it is. I only know it's Monday because everyone agrees it is. There's no system of measurement.
garfieldsam ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:23:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What an orgasm feels like
madfacemendez ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:29:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What it means to Derp
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:29:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Subjective existence
KingWooz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:30:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The sock gnome
JohnIan101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:35:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's Narnia town.
revatron ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:30:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
SCIENCE!
spiderrico25 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:31:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Theory of mind. You can't prove other people have thoughts, but you pretty much know it.
ix_Omega ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:33:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why an older person can never be cool by acting like a younger person.
comradeda ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:33:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
People can't explain what love is, because don't hurt me, don't hurt me etc.
As far as I can tell, it is an animalistic bonding instinct. But I can't even ask the question anymore.
lagueraloca ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:34:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The definition of the word "the."
jesonnier ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:55:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's an identifier of which specific noun you are mentioning.
JoXand ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:37:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not sure about the everybody part, but almost anything in maths, like differentiation or integration.
microblocks ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:38:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Having a feeling, happiness, sadness, grief, etc...
Kodabot ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:38:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The words the, and, or, and either.
stillill_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:41:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Being horny when you're hungover.
elephant_baby ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:42:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That feeling of static in your legs when you stand up after stopping the blood flow for awhile.
relativelyimpossible ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:43:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
spacester ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:46:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tides go in, tides go out.
jesonnier ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:54:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's pretty explainable.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ok, Mr. oreilly
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:48:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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jesonnier ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:54:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Minerals.
BallinHonky ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:49:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Deja Vu.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:49:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity
jesonnier ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Gravity is pretty well understood and explainable.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:57:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
By the educated, but the average person can not explain why gravity works, just that it does.
jesonnier ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:00:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The question stated that Noone can explain, not just some people can't explain.
waterbottlepe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:49:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Basically Everything...
Allow me to explain.
Ever have a kid that asks you Why something is something, and then continues to ask Why?, Why?, Why? to all the answers you give? Or you were once that kid? I mean, I knew I was.
You can NEVER sufficiently answer all the questions being thrown at you. Sooner or later, you will have to settle with something along the lines of "It's just the way things are." But of course, everyone perfectly understands why it is....
..or do we?
slver6 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:50:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the existence of yourself, you know you exist and you feel, but how do you explain that, a fully funtional super computer called brain, how animals has no that, they are fully funtional system is not it?, how is that, how we know everyone else are not robots or exist at all
chamuth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:51:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the definition of the word 'and'
jesonnier ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
As well as?
chamuth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:55:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
definition not synonym
jesonnier ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:57:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Definitions and synonyms fall in the same boat.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:52:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I like the opposite question better: things that no one understands but everyone (tries to) explain.
samster010 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:52:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why sneezing feels good
Meron35 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:52:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The concept of left and right, using only words and no actions
jesonnier ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:57:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One side of you as relative to your surroundings is called something different than the other side of you as relative to the same thing.
Q_ballin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:52:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Which side is left and which side is right
420Fps ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:53:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuckin Magnets
Moomius ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:54:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pain. What does pain feel like? Sure - you could explain it as "hurting" or "bad," but how could you describe the sensation to someone who can't feel anything?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A bad sensation that makes you wish you avoided whatever caused it. Very unenjoyable, and it doesn't always go away quickly.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:54:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The pull chocks signal when used off the flight line.
cptnpiccard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:55:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time.
jesonnier ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:56:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A human measurement on how we explain chronology.
Howboutchadontt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:59:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Somebody needs to post the link with that British farmer.
CthulusCousin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:59:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The sensation of stepping on a Lego
sodangfancyfree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:17:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
sharp concentrated localized pain?
CthulusCousin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:26:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You got me :(
Boulderman03 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:00:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sleeping.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:02:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: Feelings and sensations.
mostoriginalname2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:06:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
solipsism
8nate ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:07:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony. I've heard it explained as expecting something to happen but then the opposite occurs. That's close, but not really what it is. Look at Oedipus. You already knew the deal, you weren't expecting the opposite to occur. It's hard to explain, but you know irony when you see it. That, in and of itself, is ironic.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:10:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That thing you do.... when you're.. like.... you know what I mean?
AnCapGamer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:16:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is a bit niche, but:
I work at a used book store. When you've been there long enough, you learn how to instantly tell the genre of a book just by looking at the cover for even the briefest of moments. Most of it is really REALLY simple stuff that anyone can do (big muscly guy = romance, bloodstains and chalk outlines = myseteries, etc), but there's one that's different:
Christian Fiction.
Everyone at my store - including me - can instantly identify a CriFi novel at a glance. But NONE of us can tell you how, nor can we point to anything specific about the book that is a clear giveaway. You can just.... tell.
climb-102 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:17:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
taxes. you know you got to pay but no one knows where it goes
Peacockroach ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:19:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Describe what your inner voice sounds like
jack2of4spades ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:21:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The bro coded head nod. It's never taught and nobody knows where it comes from, but every guy knows it. And for whatever reason, to bros with whom a bro is a bro to, said bro will kick their head back/raise their chin. To a bro that's not a bro, they'll give a nod/drop their chin. Nobody knows why we do this, and can't explain it, it's just in everyone's bro-NA
VanillaSarsaparilla ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:22:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Petty ways jerks act.
They do it in a way that if you express distaste you look crazy.
Pickroll ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:23:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The alphabet. Applies to any language
_Dreamer ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:25:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The definition of the word "the"
BrtneySpearsFuckedMe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:31:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That thing you do where you think something in your head fast but you want to think it slower and louder and you also repeat words you've already thought.
wristrockets ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:35:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Brand loyalty. You like Apple? Why? You like their products? Sure, but lots of other companies make comparable and sometimes better products. Why Apple?
Same with any other company you feel loyal to.
Kawaninja ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:36:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word cool without using cool in the definition
drflanigan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:38:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"The opposite of warm"
JohnIan101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:34:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sway.
NoticedGenie66 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:40:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The meaning of the word "the"
UncleSam89 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:45:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What reddit is
CanadianGangsta ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:46:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Things like -> "So, that was fun, we should do this again sometimes, I'll call you."
dsporter82 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:46:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why murder is wrong.
sodangfancyfree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:15:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think murder as an act can be evaluated properly using terms such as wrong. A person can argue why murder should be illegal, but in regards it being wrong as an act, there are questions relating to morality that need to be answered first in order to first establish a common ground from it can be examined.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:03:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Define 'wrong' first. From there it is probably pretty easy to explain.
dsporter82 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:05:10 on March 29, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Unethical, immoral.
TasteTheTyger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fire
345900 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:49:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What an itch is
maplesoftwizard ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:51:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Up until a few months ago, Gravity. probably too late to the party though.
numberoneheadband ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:56:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tying shoelaces
Soggy_Disco_Biscuit ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:56:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony.
bluedragon74 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:59:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time.
Kaitaloipa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:04:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Pootietang!
Entripital ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:06:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why logic and causality work.
I mean why should true and false be false? Why should true or false be true? Why should 1 + 1 = 2? Why should cause and effect happen? Why should repeated experiments yield the same results in the same circumstances?
The entirety of our scientific understanding of the universe is predicated on the notion that things which occur do so in a repeatable and logical fashion. Even quantum mechanics, which has random elements to it follows laws and does not deviate from those laws. But why should this be the case? And if we could prove that this doesn't happen, then logically logic is illogical and should logically be discarded as a mechanism for understanding the universe. But then we're using a discredited idea as a reason for discrediting itself, which is in itself a paradox.
SauceSaucy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:06:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The brain. We know how it works but can't explain where our 'soul' comes from. The brain named itself you know!
ThistlewickVII ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:07:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Qualia
sodangfancyfree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:07:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Diarrhea. As a Doctor I should be able to tell you what causes Diarrhea. However, it is one of the greatest mysteries IN the scientific world.
JohnIan101 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:33:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For me it's eating food that I'm not familiar with.
Some weeks back was at the 99 Cent Only store, bought a can of pasta - the image looked decent.
Tasted okay.
Had diarrhea later that day.
But that's just my experience.
sodangfancyfree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:59:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wine was invented by the Romans... for orgies. And orgies are not too much fun if no-one wants to do it with you.
JohnIan101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:46:54 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
99 Cent Only store orgy wine?
weReddiTor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:09:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What it felt to be brokenhearted.
It's quiet uptown...
ecordell11 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:11:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony. I've never heard an explanation of it and tried many of times to explain it but it's impossible.
FALLasl33p ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:18:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why only some people experience certain things, for no exact reason other than you either have it or you don't.
Like ASMR (I get this)
Turin082 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:23:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony
Rocketflyer360 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:24:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Donald Trump is running for president.
Oidammus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:24:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
how exactly a posi-trac rear-end on a plymouth works.
not_just_a_pickle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:26:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is porn
JohnIan101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:31:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
'What is clown porn?' for the win.
spellmaster101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:35:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baby don't hurt me
Sentarius101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:29:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love
Broship_Rajor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:37:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Those moments when everyone's perfectly in sync with eachother even though they may have never even talked or met before.
executeordersixtysix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:40:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
existence of others
vlasvilneous ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:42:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity
Atticus_Flinched ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:43:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You can argue that love and emotion cant be explained but understood. Because everyone is different, one person because see your green as red or see a cat as a hat or maybe whats a circle to you is an oval to me. People see and feel things differently from each other but they understand each other within the same culture typically. We look for nonverbal cues to understand how someone might want to be treated but it can always be the hardest thing to explain how you feel about any given idea. Feelings are there but sometimes words lack what you cannot express.
Metalman-X ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:46:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a joke is.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:00:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a joke what is?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:48:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time.
Like, what the fuck the hell is time? Is it a physical entity or a concept that we use?
astalavista114 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:09:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Its a physical dimension, much like the 3 dimensions of space (up and down, left and right, and forward and back), but, to the best of our knowledge, we can only travel through it in one direction at a constant rate.
scrampin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:50:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
helicopters
SaturdayMorningSwarm ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:50:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tides.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:52:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity. Things fall. But why? Because there is a large mass underneath us. Why does mass attract other mass. Idk magnets? How do they work. I...fuck you.
Bobknows27 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:55:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How this thread is succeeding
thegaysamosa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:55:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Anything that is empirical knowledge. Eg,
PeteTheLich ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:56:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The definition of "The"
PaladinPrime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:30:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
denoting one or more people or things already mentioned or assumed to be common knowledge. "what's the matter?" 2. used to point forward to a following qualifying or defining clause or phrase.
sparrowlasso ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:56:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I would say irony...
Kimentor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:57:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Swede here; the meaning of the word "lagom" is very difficult to describe but every native knows.
LifeOnMars73 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:58:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Language, why do you understand what I just typed?
Carradise ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:58:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Heartache
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:59:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Entropy
jonty57 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:59:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
time
TBSdota ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:00:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the feeling you get trying to imagine what your brain feels like turned off.
grumplylump ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:03:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Smell. At least once a week I will think about how weird it is that we smell. How do we smell? Well I can't quite tell you. Particles go into your nose and you....smell it.
Generalkrunk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:03:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Falling asleep.
Go ahead and try to explain how to fall asleep to me.
Uniliteral ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:16:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You pretend that you're asleep until you are.
therealthomaspynchon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:09:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nostalgia.
Edit: someone else posted this. Shoulda checked. Of course I could just claim I was trying to make you all feel nostalgic for that post ...
xingsora ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:13:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The concepts of left and right.
Amishhellcat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:08:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
apparantly this is not true in germany.. it can't be understood and it can't be taught. my german teacher was yelled at by her teacher because she had no fucking clue what he meant when i stood up and started waving his arms and yelled "links! rechts!" for nearly a month.. imagine a young german girl going about town waving her arms all nazi like yelling that. : o)
Lemonlaksen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:13:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Law. What is a law?
It is actually much harder til define when you dig deep into it.
Opirian ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:37:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Man made or natural law?
Lemonlaksen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:42:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Law as in the system. Despite having studied law for many years it was first when I had to take the obligatory course law philosophy that it occurred to me how I'll defined law is.
As the course stated in its description. "most people can recognize a law when they see it but even scholars cannot agree on what law is"
ThatScottishBesterd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:44:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Lemonlaksen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:29:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
So by that definition a small community beating up someone for not following the customs is law. I am sure most people would object to that.
Edit: just before you think I am playing stupid for the sake of argument. I had the same position as you which a semester of law philosophy changed. Law is not that simple
ThatScottishBesterd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:37:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It very well could be. Unless superseded by another law enforced by the overall community which that community belongs. Very few communities exist in a vacuum in the modern era.
If that community in question is completely independent, then yes; I suppose they're able to make their own laws as they see fit.
Lemonlaksen ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:54:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Are table manners law? It is a community enforcing it by social punishment.
ThatScottishBesterd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:57:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No, because table manners are not enforced throughout a community or country. If you're going to break "community" down to refer to individual households, then you're making the term fairly useless.
I suppose it's possible that table manners could be laws if a society choose to make them so, but I don't know of any society that has ever practiced them in such a way.
DraslinHDF ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:17:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Attraction.
belowfrost ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:19:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
that feeling you get when something is about to go down, body language . like you said the wrong thing and are about to get knocked out. or you you know something crazy is about to happen and you better get out of there.
ILoveRoadhead ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:20:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to equalize your ears.
scaryclownzinmyhouse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:22:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What 'digital' is.
Opirian ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:37:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The representation of data using 0's and 1's.
scaryclownzinmyhouse ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:08:38 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I tried to explain what it was to my grandparents (88 and 89 years old) but I just I didn't have a chance.
twattymcgee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:23:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tide goes in, tide goes out. You can't explain that.
_Infinite_Edge_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:30:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Let me Google that for you.
twattymcgee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:29:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whoosh.
_Infinite_Edge_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:43:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm British, what's the reference?
twattymcgee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:08:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ah that makes a lot of sense. Bill O'reilly once claimed that the tides coming in and out every day was proof of gods existence while interviewing an atheist guest. Basically told him he and science couldn't explain that shit.
Kyanpe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:30:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Left and right.
Microwave_on_HIGH ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:32:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Existing.
forbiddenway ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:33:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Left and right
PaladinPrime ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:33:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Reddit
TheMiseryChick ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:40:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony.
Eponarose ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:40:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
SNARKY! You know what it feels like, you know when someone else is acting that way. But to explain it....not so easy!
pluripotense ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:43:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Banking.
Amishhellcat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:05:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
hell no.. i got no clue how it works, and im pretty sure it's just a ponzi scheme run by morons
Microwave_on_HIGH ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:44:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Infinity.
niboswald ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:45:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why we should perpetuate the species when life is meaningless and inevitably doomed to die out one day.
ThatScottishBesterd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:42:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I eat, I'm destined to shit it out anyway. Does that mean I should just stop eating?
TuCaTuLa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:46:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Depression. Only everybody think they understand.
zedinski ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:48:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Phenomenology
jkallaround ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:54:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Anything that we cannot fully describe with our current language. Qualia.
HeyItsCharnae ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:56:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I horseback riding, there is a term for an action the horse can make called "sucking back" and I have not found a way to explain the feeling and non-horse people think I'm crazy when I try to explain it.
RMSharma ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:06:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
masturbation!
Reedy99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:09:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony
bloodlust93 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:09:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you dream something and it comes true???
ZarquonsFlatTire ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:10:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cool
p7r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:19:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How general anaesthetic works.
You inhale gas, you go to sleep, the amount of gas you have determines how long for, etc.
Nobody knows why. Literally.
ThatScottishBesterd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:41:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure anesthesiologists know. And if they don't, then we're probably in a fair bit of trouble.
thetruththeholetruth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:21:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't know how to explain it, but im sure you know what i mean!
mahono2 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:23:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Body language
peenegobb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:24:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity. Most people can't explain how it actually works.
iWarheads ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:26:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The feeling you get when you fall.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:29:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Sound of Silence.
esco123 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:35:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That the universe is bigger then we can imagine
Jhonopolis ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:35:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The feeling of having to go to the bathroom.
Xenjael ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:36:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Women. Oh wait, OP said understand.
Nevermind.
JpillsPerson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:37:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Air quotes" tried explaining it to non native speakers. It was really difficult to get them to even kind of understand what it meant, and when to use it.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:38:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
feeling horny
cutfreedom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:38:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can't believe this hasn't come up yet, what an orgasm feels like. I tried to describe it to my SO the other day, didn't work out.
MatrimPaendrag ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:42:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The concepts of 'left' and 'right'
DingDingDensha ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:46:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Disgaea.
Er, wait...not everyone understands that, though.
OBSTACLE3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:52:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to do that thing where you close your inner ear and make it do that humming thing
Chavezz13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:54:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The fashion world.
jfb1337 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:00:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of water
catinthehat04 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:01:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Twitch chat
rustamsatti ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:02:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I thinks Impressions
kosmor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:08:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How a bicycle keeps level when you ride it!
ducttapeme ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:09:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The smell of glue, pages in a book, petrol, permanent marker......you know.
kenmogg ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:11:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why it is not butter
Quigglebuffin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:16:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That the universe is infinite.
It boggled me as a child when I asked "how big is the universe" then questioned it's infiniteness.
The response I was given was simply, "but whats beyond the end?"
Really gets me sometimes.
DeadlyIceA ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:16:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tide comes in, tide goes out. You can't explain that.
zieji ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:18:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity.
It's a lot more complicated than anyone would think, but my keys keep falling down in front of the car every damn morning.
BaileyJIII ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:20:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mark Hamill's Twitter.
Sheenoqt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:25:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time.
avplol ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:25:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Awkwardness
jiejiejiejie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:25:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why mu ex left me :(
HashtagHR ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:26:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Reactive power
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:27:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The simplest words
lydocia ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:28:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Intuition.
How often so we not trust someone based on a hunch amd you can't explain why. How often is our intuirion correct?
aStapler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:28:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ITT: Feelings.
And LSD
valiantX ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:30:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Womans.
Everybody understands them, but nobody has the correct words to describe who, what, and why the fuck womans do what they do... heck, even womans don't know!
1260DividedByTree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:36:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How good it feels when you take a shit.
IronTarkus91 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:38:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Orgasms. I have yet to hear a description that doesn't mostly rely on people already knowing.
mgsyzygy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:40:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time. Try explaining/defining it without using the word 'time'.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:41:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your toast will fall butter side down
caixote ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:42:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is an engine ?
_POTT37 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:43:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of water
CWRDT ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:45:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sarcasm and irony.
bobsingh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:46:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
definition of the word 'irony'.
Philosoreptar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:47:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Power
tfly212 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:49:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Color
baxtermcsnuggle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:54:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony.
ricardotown ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:57:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When to use "a" and when to use "the"
soaTIJ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:02:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word 'the'
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:04:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word "the".
shewantstheicepick ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:06:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Where babies come from.
Dascandy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:08:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
1+1=2.
oshaboy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:37:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
i love asking people to prove it, they just can't.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:12:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Guy code.
Buttspider ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:13:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity
M_Bipson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:18:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
dat feel
Achompy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:19:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Maths
KablooieKablam ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:20:55 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whether a situation calls for laughter or applause.
poser8 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:24:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of salt
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:27:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted]
--rubberdicks ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 10:56:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A psychological attachment to an certain image or phrase which creates a certain desired response in society
ginger1101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:28:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Feelings
TheOnlyMrMatt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:28:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I can't explain it, sorry.
pipnewman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:29:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The number zero
Loggie86 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:35:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How paracetamol works?
kopacetix ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:36:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wifi
garishcolors ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:38:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What the word "what" means
NuclearElevator ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:40:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The definition of the words "the".
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:42:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
how to use articles in a sentence (at least native English speakers)
harley1066 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:45:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity. Holds you on the planet but you can still throw stuff around.
Erza_scarlet0014 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:46:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony
alfiealfiealfie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:51:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
gravity
VehaMeursault ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:51:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That 2 and 2 equal 4.
ChickenSun ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:53:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Electricity.
pimp4robots ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:53:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Perception of colors.
BOTzzz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:54:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Women \s
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:57:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How we can perceive meaning from sounds and squiggly little things cluttered onto objects. I mean what is really meaning?
DoubleSurreal ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:00:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The definition of the word 'the'.
Chamber53 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:02:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The universe exists.
ParisGreenGretsch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:09:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:09:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to breathe.
borisdarlink ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:10:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the taste of water
EliteCorps ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:12:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets
NinkiCZ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:16:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of chicken.
YOU-FUCKING-RETARD ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:16:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
F.U.N.
mbelf ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:18:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What's left and what's right.
Tsquare43 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:19:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What does a cloud feel like?
theoriginalrasputin ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:20:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
God
flitbee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:22:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A joke to someone who just doesn't get jokes.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:22:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Ethics
revengeonseattle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:22:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time.
AsidRayne ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:28:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, a lot of hypothetical things, which we just take for granted. Like tastes, smells, colors and time. We lack the language to accurately describe these concepts.
WillKill4Hire ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:33:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Paradoxs. [Insert MGS3 reference for gamers]
notasabretooth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:35:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Left & Right. Try explaining that to someone.
Fen1kz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:56:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
1) Explain cocept of direction. 2) Now explain that 1 side direction will be 'right' and the opposite will be 'wrong' 3) ... 4) PROFIT
thisispannkaka ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:38:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to ride a bicycle.
loopywolf ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:39:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Emotions/feelings
Crazy_Hazy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:39:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your left and your right.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:40:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
love
Ashly462 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:41:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love/hate.
anesthesique ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:43:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Women.
Blars108 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:50:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets
Happystepchild ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:50:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word literally.
CaveTroll69 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:53:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why we sleep
tasha4life ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:53:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How you can ALWAYS keep moving west, but at a certain point moving North, you will HAVE to go South.
Shaunaaaah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:27:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's pretty obvious, it's because our axis is north/south, if the Earth was spinning on an east/west axis you could go infinitely north but walking straight over the pole walking east would turn into walking west.
The_Brojas ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:57:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to use Git
Racing2733 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:03:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fun
herco ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:05:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Someone's probably already said it..but in sport offside rules. Sometimes hard to verbalise.
sleepyeyed ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:05:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony
Katerwurst ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:08:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity.
Sort of.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:09:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Thinking
BurnaBlocka ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:10:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Electricity
_qmx_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:10:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
art
kneescrackinsquats ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:12:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Syllable" and "word" are two terms widely used both in popular speech and in scientific environments, everyone understand what they are but for which we have no definition yet
WHLSHRK ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:14:41 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dreaming
jasonism1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:16:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why we dream.
jasonism1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:16:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity.
gruffi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:16:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
left and right
fanzybellz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:17:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the taste of water
mobeil ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:18:34 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
After reading this thread, ghosts: http://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/4bedv0/i_was_only_putting_clothes_in_the_dryer/
shanulu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:20:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity?
mikejuly24 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:20:57 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tide goes in. Tide goes out. You can't explain that.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:21:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tide comes in, tide goes out. Can't explain that.
GloryOfTheLord ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:22:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
gravity
KhabaLox ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:39:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity.
Milagre ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:39:48 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Quality
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:41:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Daylight Savings.
theMined ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:41:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Life.
FraudMallu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:52:40 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
LIFE.
adamjeffson ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:01:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Music. I mean, we have theories about how human musicality works but, overall, it's a field about which we know close to nothing.
RobotJiz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:06:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That thoughts come from our head and not another part of our body. This was probably understood before modern medicine and the proper tools to detect electrical signals
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:07:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Life
yCloser ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:08:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tide goes in tide goes out
NotQuiteAsGrump ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:08:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Taste of salt
SpokenEyes ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:17:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Feelings : Everyone can understand but difficult to Explain with words
Sintek ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:19:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word "Though" LOL
SteelyEly ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:21:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Breathing.
rubydrops ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:21:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why yawning means you're tired and what hunger feels like. Basically anything where a basic need requires fulfillment.
AdilB101 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:23:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Social situations.
Jessie_James ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:25:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity.
Hayham98 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:33:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Emotions.
steiner_math ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:49:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Scott Steiner's math promo
lifthvy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:53:37 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity
wilks1988 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:58:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The physics involved in bicycle motion.
IncognitoBadass ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:04:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tide comes in, tide goes out; you can't explain that!
EventuallyARacist ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:14:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What pain feels like
calico765 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:15:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:20:22 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
birds. one of the most understood things in the world and yet still one of it's greatest mysteries
CuteThingsAndLove ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:23:03 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Letters in the alphabet.
Why does this typed "a" and a capital "A" look similar but completely different from how I hand-write it? Yet everyone is able to tell what I'm writing? What makes A have that sound? Why do letters look different in cursive writing, yet we (once again) can decipher it? Why do the letters need to be in this specific order? (Yes I know it's based on alpha, beta, etc. but why are those in that order?)
approriatelywitty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:31:02 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The difference between this and that to someone learning english
King_Jones_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:36:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How the world was made
SimonCallahan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:37:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The rules to Monopoly.
Then again, maybe people actually don't understand it.
Nerd_United ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:38:42 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The flavor of salt...
tuigger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:39:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Knowledge is power
Intrepid00 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:41:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your shower curtain rising.
D_CT_TX ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:47:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The universe is expanding. Expanding into what?
Thothknuc ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:51:45 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The "It" in "It's raining."
Doobie-Keebler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:01:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets.
Arkangel50 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:12:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hot and cold, and other feelings like that. You just know.
thatsupercolguy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:15:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How we can look at someone and accurately throw something at them just by judging the distance.
GoldfishAvenger ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:17:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That thing. You know, that thing. No. Not that one. That one there.
ihateslowdrivers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:30:20 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is a table?
natasix3 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:36:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Computer programming.
Everyone understands that if I put this little tidbit of code here, the computer will do something. Nobody can explain why the computer knows to do X when a command is entered.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:38:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Letters like W
Shaunaaaah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:19:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Do you mean written language as a whole or are some letters better understood than others?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:21:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When I tried to explain to myself what the letter W looked like, I failed miserably, always finding myself saying "double-u". I couldn't find a way to explain it. Yes I mean written language as a whole.
Shaunaaaah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:38:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Four straight vertical evenly diagonal lines alternating in direction the leftmost's top tilted to the left, touching in two pairs at the bottom and in one pair at the top.
Maybe imagining explaining it to someone else helps. But really it's why that shape means anything to us, and why it represents that particular sound that's the big question.
Astropoppet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:44:58 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Normal
bacon4thesoul ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:47:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word "the". Also, gravity.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 15:58:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The relief of unclasping your bra. I just can 't explain it to boys
Shaunaaaah ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:16:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Having wrong beliefs turns out to be much harder to explain than it seems. I'm taking a class on epistemology (philosophy of knowledge) and we're spending a lot of time on error.
But people get things wrong, and it's fine, we all understand as a thing that happens.
speed0315 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:23:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How it is like to be hungry
mrhidiho ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:25:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is Gravity? My favorite question to ask people when they are being know it alls.
TheSnideOne ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:26:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:41:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The "pins and needles" when you don't move a limb for a long time. That's how I think a "sparkle" would feel.
Baby_Powder ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:43:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Whose a good boy?
Nutmeg2013 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:44:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Microwaves heat things up.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:02:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That tingly feeling you get after your foot stops being numb. You know which one
chewbacca45 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:11:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
the word "the"
Duke_of_Fruits ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:18:47 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The anger and disappointment that comes whenever you squeeze a bottle of ketchup and tomato precum drizzles all over your food.
EatMaCookies ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:23:59 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets
Zerotan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:24:16 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tide goes in, tide goes out. /s
mtgcracker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:28:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Gravity
neawbie ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:36:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time.
tylerbalkcom ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:44:53 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This question is actually describing what philosophers call Qualia. Pretty cool stuff.
Draav ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:45:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That farts are funny.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:45:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The English language, to an extent. Those who speak it understand it and they could try to explain its eccentricities, though to be thorough is tough.
He decided to desert in the desert.
alerionfire ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:50:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Flavors. We all know what chicken tastes like, but who has any idea which chemicals create which flavors.
cold_toast_n_butter ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:09:05 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
One time I had a 3 year old ask me what the world was. That was really hard to explain to someone who had trouble comprehending the concept completely.
alabatusa ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:24:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Death
Vojta7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:32:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why bikes stay upright.
celmaigri ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:59:32 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What salt tastes like
TroiTrek ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:30:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Scents
Haroderu ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:38:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That feeling when you taste the smell of something else entirely.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:59:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word "the".
Imagine trying to explain to a Russian or Chinese person the meaning of "the".
ChewyIsThatU ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:02:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What it feels like to be wet.
Sybilsizzle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:04:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mirrors
I guess some people can explain the way they revert the image, but not many...
mdude04 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:43:39 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I work in the education space, and apparently it's difficult to explain the concept of a "school district" to a country that doesn't have the same kind of education system (our database administrator has a fun story about trying to explain it to a potential partner in China and for some reason they just couldn't grasp exactly what it was)
fatscat84 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:50:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Not all muslims are terrorists, but all terrorisrs are muslim
TheF0CTOR ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:20:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fuckin' magnets, how do they work?
desertravenwy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:46:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What chicken tastes like.
l3ulletSpiN ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:15:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Consciousness
R_hexagon ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:34:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
colour; we could all experience colour differently you could see pink the way i see blue. but we will all call the the grass green because someone told us grass was green
PM_ME_UR_NETFLIX_ ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:52:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Cringing. If I tried to explain it would be like somebody has shoved a pineapple in your ass and is slowly pushing it further so it will come out your mouth.
belungawhale ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:10:06 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How to walk.
sdeegan5lyfe ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:23:32 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A smile
Thatsnowconeguy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 12:32:37 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Taste.
MissMarionette ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:55:32 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's difficult for a native to objectively explain the logic behind certain tendencies of their culture.
What does it mean to be French, British, South African, Chinese, or Brazilian? What exactly is a nation?
It's sort of a fun exercise to mull over, especially if your country is very heterogeneous like the US or has gone through many identity changes throughout history.
weedboobz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:49:33 on March 24, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love?
Bassethounds4ever ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:57:51 on March 26, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How phone works.
Telogor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:24:48 on March 28, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Excluding people who have always been blind, color.
ImJustaBagofHammers ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:28:19 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The desire to have sex/masturbate.
veni_vedi_veni ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:49:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hormones
ColonelSanders_1930 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:48:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Magnets
StructuralFailure ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:51:11 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I think you don't want to see polymagnets then.
She_Likes_Cloth ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:52:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nervousness. Like when most people have to go in front of a large crowd, they get very hesitant. Why though? They aren't going to hurt you. Just talk.
omolicious ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:58:39 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Irony
you_got_fragged ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:38:56 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
My friend told me I don't understand irony... Which is ironic because we were standing at a bus stop at the time.
Dorrin12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:30:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What colors look like.
DashingLeech ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:30:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Female ejaculation.
(Not female orgasm, not chemical content of ejaculate, but why it exists as a thing.)
sayjayvee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:36:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Colors
C4tcrus4d3r ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:50:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Fucking magnets
asdf5673 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:55:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of water
Kilessi ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:55:07 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
A lot of people find it hard to describe colour, but ever since I could remember I have always associated colours with taste, sounds and smells.
Blue is always like an echo, like the echo you hear when you speak into those echo microphones we used to play with as kids, blue also smells like warm stones, sometime even really earthy mud.
Purple is my favourite sound it always reminds me of sticky toffee between two spoons been pulled apart. With that said I'm not a fan of the smell of purple, it's like vinegar.
To me colours have always effected my other senses. Ultimately I know it's all I'm my head, but I have associated them with taste, sound and smell my whole life.
RoboTroy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:11:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
you sound like you're on the autism spectrum. I don't mean that as an insult, but colour associations are very common for them.
imsofancy33 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:58:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The taste of water
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:02:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What water tastes like
sackchum ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:46:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ITT mostly stuff that can be explained.
sketchydavid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:53:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Humor. What makes something funny? Seriously, look up theories of humor, we have some ideas but really no comprehensive explanation. And yet we all know if we find something funny or not.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:25:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Most humor is derived from other's misfortune or embarrassment.
sketchydavid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:38:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that's certainly an important part of it. But it doesn't do a very good job of explaining things like puns or wordplay or quite a lot of jokes, and doesn't explain at all why some cases of misfortune/embarrassment are funny while others aren't.
And that's without even going into why embarrassment might cause amusement and laughter. It's not really clear why someone slipping on a banana peel should make our faces contort and our diaphragms contract.
Kogknight ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:25:53 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
The physics behind bicycles not falling over. Seriously, we have no idea why they don't fall over. Also, airplanes.
Found an article about the bicycle dynamics.
http://www.newstatesman.com/science/2013/08/we-still-don%E2%80%99t-really-know-how-bicycles-work
Rammite ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:34:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Uh, yes we do? People make gyroscope toys for kids. We totally know what centrifugal force is.
Kogknight ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:43:45 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, its been proven that the Caster and Gyro effects aren't necessary to keep a bike stable and upright.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/sports/a6602/physics-of-a-riderless-bike/
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:39:08 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is a joke right?
Kogknight ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:46:26 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Afraid not. Most of the theories about what keeps a bike balanced are being discredited. Like the Caster/Gyro theory. These forces aren't necessary to keep a moving bike balanced.
Another theory claims that the back and front wheel not being perfectly aligned allow for the bike to balance on its own, but this theory has been discredited too.
Roll a coin across your desk. Science has no means of explaining why the coin stays balanced while in motion.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:47:14 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Okay I don't know 100% about bikes. But the airplanes part was a joke right?
Kogknight ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:52:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Nope. We have some ideas, but it appears to be much more complex than people assume. It seems to vary Bernoulli's Law, Prandtl's boundary layer theory, and the Navier Stokes equations.
Perhaps it would be easier to say that we don't fully understand how lift is generated by the wing of a plane.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:14:46 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hmmmm I didn't realize that. Good to know. Thanks.
Kogknight ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:21:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I'm just amazed by the number of people who don't realize how complex the physics of simple machines like a bicycle are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y4mbT3ozcA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdtE3aIUhbU
Cloacation ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:34:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The definition of porn.
ItsOnlyRocknRoll711 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:39:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Just let me see, I'll tell you if it's porn....
Edwhirl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:08:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Game.
You just lost.
XxPINEAPPLExX04 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:12:44 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What a meme is.
NoneApplicable ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:09:52 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why the mcrib is famous
RoosterFucker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:00:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Actually, I have this figured out. It is the same psychological warfare my wife uses with sex. An artificial withholding of the product creates demand when it is finally released, to the point that you don't even care how boring and bland it is... It's a McRib goddamnit. Next time you get the chance to eat one, McRib may be gone until God knows when. You don't just turn that down. You know it won't be great. You know minimal effort will be put into making the McRib experience a good one. You just take it when you can get it and smile about it you stupid, stupid man. EAT IT!
rocopotomus74 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:11:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why trump is the wrong choice.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
dukemetoo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:38:50 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What is "circlejerk?"
BrutalWarPig ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:24:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why is everyone Jay Garrick?
Tallrunt ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:28:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why we use BC and AD even though most people don't believe in that history. Sure there's BCE and CE but you have to use BC and AD to explain these.
Underscore_Yup ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:50:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word The
CherryWolf ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:35:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tampons. Share the wealth. And you never let a fellow girl go out blind when you see she has leakage.
marilketh ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:52:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why the left thinks Trump is racist?
wellhellomyass ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 21:06:59 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The feeling when you walk deep into a forest. It's a humbling feeling like being in a church.
chintzy ยท -6 points ยท Posted at 18:38:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Trump will be the next American President
workaway5 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:28:00 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
This is both easy to explain and easy to understand.
lostmonkey70 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:25:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:05:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
And the first God Emperor.
robertx33 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:35:55 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
They didn't give him face, so he slaughtered their family!
ender91 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 18:33:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How bikes stay upward
rawrdid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:29:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We actually understand it somewhat well. Minute Physics did a video on it.
ColonelSanders_1930 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:48:31 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Centripetal force
rawrdid ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:29:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
We actually understand it somewhat well. Minute Physics did a video on it.
Mxmx00 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:50:03 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The weird kid.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:06:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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ferret_80 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
circular waffles for life
ashleuuu ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:31:28 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
no
Hador_GoldenHaired ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:30:44 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That 2+2=4 I understand if you have two things added to two things you now have FOUR things. But how dis those arbitrary symbols mean a certain quantity of something
SgtTyler7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:15:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Because we decided it does.
StructuralFailure ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 19:47:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Syllables. What are syllables? Nobody really knows for sure.
catfroman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:56:34 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's the beginning of a new phoneme within a word.
StructuralFailure ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:00:02 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Can you define exactly how you can tell just from looking at a word where these phonemes end and another begins?
catfroman ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:06:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Kinda?
It's harder in English because of all the special cases with silent letters and letters that make weird sounds and whatnot, but it's quite easy in a language like Spanish where every letter always makes the same sound and none of them are silent.
You just look at the letter combinations and determine where the combinations are. You know if something starts with 'br', then 'b' and 'r' aren't separate sounds, they produce 'br' as a single phoneme.
But then again, I just disproved my own point because there are single-syllable words with 2+ phonemes in them. Dammit.
Either way, it's easy to describe syllables when you say the word out loud at least.
StructuralFailure ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:12:01 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
If you think English is weird with all their silent letters, wait until you hear French or Danish.
catfroman ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:12:58 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Dude fuck French. All those apostrophes and extra letters and shit. I noped outta that and went straight to Spanish when I was in high school.
StructuralFailure ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:22:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I couldn't learn Spanish even if I wanted to. I had a choice between French and Latin, and then later on between Latin and some non-language things. Spanish was available from 10th grade but not for me because I fuck sciencey people I guess.
German schooling system, or at least my state's schooling system is just weird.
PeanutButterHolyFuck ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:15:47 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sun comes up sun goes down. Never a miscommunication. You can't explain that!
Warpable ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:46:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
THE SUN IS A MACHINE PROGRAMMED BY ALIENS
neeman70 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 20:35:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why cumming feels so much better than pissing.
Pussy_Crook ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:07:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What its like to take a nice long piss.
LifeIsBizarre ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:18:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why businesses treat their employees poorly, then expect stellar performances from them.
potentialnamebusines ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:08:38 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word 'the' and other small 'nonsense' words that are just a part of our spelling and grammar rules.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:02:33 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"Articles" is the word you're looking for
twhite1195 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:54:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Rekt
CurrentlySingle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:09:31 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
LOL
quadriplegic_cheetah ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:57:24 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The only two things listed in this thread are qualia and the rules of language.
Can_O_Murica ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:59:36 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The meaning of the word "And"
Thuggish_Coffee ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 23:33:23 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Your mom.
freenarative ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:04:07 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Hire orgasms feel. Go on... fescribe one. I bet you can't.
imnotavegan ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:07:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That maybe there's a God, maybe there isn't.
OfficerHenry ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:14:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You know that feeling you get?
woohoo ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:20:13 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Try explaining a marshmallow to someone who has never experienced one. Like somebody from Sub-Saharan Africa.
Pernaught ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:25:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Jazz
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:27:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How am I still here?
Alex_72826 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:34:30 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wood or paper.
wolfwood18 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:40:15 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The significance of the number 7 throughout all peoples regardless of race or gender.
elyisgreat ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:52:04 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Romantic attraction. It's especially hard as I don't understand it...
MELTING_MANNEQINS ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:39:18 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Mexicans
Unfa ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:55:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The Urinal Code.
selmorefl ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 01:59:26 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Well, it's like... you know what I mean.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:08:23 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Baseball. Holy shit.
Jacob_exe ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:10:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Being asked to define "time"
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:10:35 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The singular most important experience you are meant to live, love.
emity ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:24:01 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word "ineffable"
/troll of the day
ABCEasyAsDoReMe ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:24:43 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Tide comes in, tide goes out.
elhaupto ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:26:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
tide comes in, time comes out.
Hard_Tacos ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:05:08 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Definition of the word "The"
ColonOBrien ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:06:29 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Left and right.
BrutalWarPig ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:24:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Why is everyone Jay Garrick?
involutions ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:24:36 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word "the".
TaakaSmash ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:41:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
"The".
HS_Invader ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:49:27 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What the word "the" means
SkStu ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:29:49 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
1+1=2
Pufflynxed ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:06:21 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What "left" is.
sodangfancyfree ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:03:10 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
left, motherfucker! left!
halfbaked05 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:13:12 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How lights work
GLOOTS_OF_PEACE ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:47:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
electricity foo
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:17:14 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Wind.
I_got_a_big_bop ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:21:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Butt hair
Interpretive_Kelp ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 06:34:24 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time
jacobmarleysmith ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 10:23:09 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
why you're a worthless piece of shit
PM_ME_PICKUP_LINES61 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:06:11 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
More as like a "can't explain" off the top of your head thing. Zippers. we all have em and all use em, but can you explain how they work? usually your explination doesn't follow properly because you can't physically put both sides together by hand.
flitbee ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 11:21:17 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Left and right to a toddler. When I try explaining to my kid that left is always near his left hand he points to the right with his left and says that's left because he uses his left hand. He doesn't know it's not the hand that matters but the direction but it's abstract to him at this age.
Deeclemmy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:31:25 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Isn't it strange how we almost automatically know up and down but struggle with left and right?
flitbee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:10:12 on March 23, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I guess it's because of the symmetry when it comes to LEFT an RIGHT. With up and down, there's less symmetry
LostHobo143 ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 12:34:06 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
IF the universe exists then what existed before the universe? How did everything come out of nothing?
NotTooDeep ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 19:22:18 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That something like spirit is real.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:13:13 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
What?
NotTooDeep ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:55:38 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Search your feelings. You know this to be true. /s
Not the Hollywood movie kind of supernatural stuff, but the everyday things that we traditionally ascribe to a person's spirit. Esprit d'Corp. The life of nations. The search for someone like you.
Some of this fits neatly on a spreadsheet. Some of it we don't have an adequate vocabulary for. Chi, Ki, in the zone, The Force. All of these are someone's approximation for an experience they don't fully understand in the words that they have available to them. So it seems mystical to them, like some really good magic tricks.
I suspect that eventually all that was mystical will find its science, even the experience of the presence of God. I don't believe that when this happens that it will make any of the old religions very happy. ;-)
Probably the most offensive reductionist thinking is to be found in some discussions of evolution. It would seem that everything can be attributed to making babies. I believe much of our lives are spent seeking life experiences that have nothing to do with procreation. I believe that has something to do with spirit.
Just some ramblin's from an old dude. Pay no attention and I'll close the curtain...
Tall_Mickey ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:03:12 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)*
Why everybody in your high school clique picks on the fat/short/geeky/weird kid, even though some of you don't really mind him/her or even may like him/her.
Edit: You could explain it. You don't want to.
CarlTheKillerLlama ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:18:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Beaches of fat/short/weird/geeky. There ya go.
vumarssontimar ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:36:42 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Women's period
dsibby14 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 20:58:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
For women: what cramps feel like.
ragusa12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:07:29 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Only women experience cramps?
dsibby14 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:10:54 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Menstrual cramps, yes.
ethanrules3 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 21:07:49 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Sex
RoboTroy ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:10:00 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
this can be easily explained, and a lot of people don't understand it.
PrincessPeacock ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 21:30:35 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
How bicycles work. http://www.newstatesman.com/science/2013/08/we-still-don%E2%80%99t-really-know-how-bicycles-work
FriendshipOptional ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 21:39:05 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
When you accidentally look another guy in the eye, you automatically give a little nod.
Kilessi ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 21:39:16 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
It's been said before so no offence taken, the reality is I function very normally, relatively out going and social, I have an average emotional intelligence level. My older sister can alphabetise any word or any sentence you give here out loud in an instant. Very fun to watch.
palatablezeus ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 21:54:57 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That it takes three tries to plug anything into a USB port.
link0007 ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 22:27:20 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Time.
Since st.Augustine it has been a common saying "If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know."
It drove people crazy for centuries, not being able to get a grasp on what time is. Took us until the 20th century to let go of that frustration and just deal with the fact that it is a hard nut to crack. We still haven't cracked it though; we just kinda shrug and ignore the underlying problems.
OfferingOpinion ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 02:33:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The only acceptable condiment for a hot dog is mustard.
elliotpc ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:26:54 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
No. Ketchup is the only true condiment.
Microwave_on_HIGH ยท -1 points ยท Posted at 07:37:51 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
The word "is".
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:14:17 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think that's how understanding works.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:16:15 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
That's not how the force works!
AboveDisturbing ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:14:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Underrated comment here. That shit was cash.
I_am_fed_up_of_SAP ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:51:09 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love. Non - sexual love, unselfish love and love for someone or something that won't benefit us.
CarlTheKillerLlama ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:20:04 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Attachment to a mate for more consistent offspring?
[deleted] ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 18:53:43 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Love . It's hard to explain why but you just feel it and everyone that had/has a crush knows that feeling.
G0RG0TR0N ยท -2 points ยท Posted at 20:35:27 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
krickme ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:07:21 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
Reddit.
eggbert194 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:38:28 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
NSFW : rEDDIT tHE bASICS : http://imgur.com/QU1W5
[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 19:46:25 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท -4 points ยท Posted at 18:39:32 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
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robertx33 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:39:10 on March 21, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
besoffen_monkeys ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 02:57:56 on March 22, 2016 ยท (Permalink)
You can't get something for nothing. Yet somehow people think socialism will work.