Ticker-tape synaesthesia – when real life comes with subtitles (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 2 days ago

Wait... So it's not just because I have an affinity for language?

Also: Other people see text in their mind like that? I thought that was just my own quirk.

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

This is so cool! Is it like you're imagining the text, or can you literally see it?

What about words that are muffled or too quiet?

How does it feel/look like when you're in an area that's packed with people? (Thank you in advance!)

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 2 days ago

It's like a mental HUD. Sometimes there's even an internal monologue like the enclopedia checks in Disco Elysium; though it's my voice, not that cool narrator's voice.

[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Cool superpower!

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 days ago

reminds me of my reaction when I discovered I had chromesthesia.

"Wait, not everyone sees music visually?"

[-] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

What does the text look like for you?

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

14 point Times New Roman font (or, well, at least a font with sarifs) above or below whatever I'm looking at, giving the name of and a short description of the thing, or what words I am hearing being spoken.