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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

3 or 4, but I can 'see' the geometry and motion of one or more objects interacting with each other or the environment. Rotation, deformation, shear, impact etc.

It is less so that I can 'see' and more that I can 'feel' and visually conceptualize that sensation in my mind. Albeit not 'vividly'.

That might lend itself to other things

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Up to 1 with effort. My fiancee is a 5, which if I hadn't already known beforehand that that's even possible, I would have been surprised to learn.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

I can imagine an apple like in 1, maybe not with light reflections, but with colors and can rotate it around. But it takes a lot of concentration and effort and i'm never really sure if i'm just conceptualizing it.

I'd like to ask a different question. If you imagine something disgusting (like biting into a rotten, moldy apple) do you feel disgust? I always found it super weird when people feel disgusted at hearing a description of something disgusting and involuntarily imagining it. Meanwhile i have to do a concious effort and even then doesn't evoke nearly the same response as seeing something real

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

If you think this is cool, how many inner dialogues do y'all have?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I think I am a 5. I feel like I am imagining an apple but then I am not sure whether I "see" the thing I am imagining or not. It's weird.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (3 children)

TIL people can imagine colour.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't get this, I'm none of these. I doubt I'm special.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Do you see mental images vividly or not?

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I "see" symbolic representations. They're rich and infused with all the physical senses with computational gestalt union. These words fall so much short to what I think I experience though

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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I'm 1 and watch every day, though i read many books too, so everything balances out, also my work requires a lot of improvisation that makes you think on problem solving, so positive impact is bigger

[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Iโ€™m 1 and watch every day

You are too young to be watching porn ๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Reminds me of that "I am 12 years old and what is this" meme lol

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[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm looking through this thread and the concept behind the picture is 100x more fascinating to me than the actual question. Is the number your maximum capability?

I'd estimate I go through the majority (90โ„…?) of each day at like a 4 bordering on 5, but at times I'll move up to 2. It's a pretty seamless transition, I don't really have an explanation for why it only happens every so often. It's not like it's exclusively reserved for moments where it's more useful.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't expect people who can vividly imagine to be doing it all the time, kinda interpreted this as a cap. Still 1-2 distinction seems odd to me. Is it cartoon to realistic?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

If I'm picturing anything, I usually go for 1 or 2. The difference might be in the amount of time I do it. I can just do it quick, then remember it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I'm a 1, and yes I watch porn to collect "materials" to concoct the most perfect porn in my head that no one has seen and will never see.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Being a 1 and bi is my super power. (Definitely not my dyslexia)

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Im a 1 and i like video and images. But i can also watch movies in my head of be fantasy banging people

[โ€“] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

TIL about aphantasia

Anyways, I'm between 1 - 2, and I just wanted to say that just bc I can visualize things in my head doesn't mean I don't enjoy seeing things with my eyes. If I was good at drawing, I definitely would draw my OCs and such

But no, I don't watch adult videos. I just don't really like nsfw. Maybe I'm asexual or smt, idk

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Porn is easier generally

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

1 and yes normally. But I have sometimes had extended spells of no internet or computer access in which case I've used my own mind.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

I'm a 1, a woman if this weighs in your data collection, and the answer is, sometimes but not too often. It really depends on the mood.

It's the same with movies really, I can fantasize about a million stories in my mind, heck I can be the protagonist but I still enjoy being unable to predict what's going to happen even on just purely a visual level, not that porn has very intricate plots.

What puts me off most of the time is having to go through the search. I'm very picky and having to see the "wrong" type of content in order to find the "right" can really put me off or sometimes bore me.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm a 1, but i have to really concentrate. If I'm just thinking quickly then im around a 2 or 3. And yes, I do watch porn.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the answer

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