You wake up in a world where everyone has the ability to read minds, except for you. How would you handle your interactions with others? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by mayflower@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 11 months ago

IMO you're basically describing my experience being autistic. So to answer your question...not very well. 🙃

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

Lmao yeah I was like "that's already the world"...

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

Doesn't sound too different from interacting with people when you don't know how to read body language.

[-] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 5 points 11 months ago

As the most fortunate of us, I would offer what comfort I could.

[-] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Depends, can they also pinpoint where the thoughts originally came from? If no then I'd be trolling everyone so much

[-] trustnoone@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 11 months ago

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[-] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

I'd probably encourage earworms I get rather than try to ignore them, so anyone trying to read my mind gets something like this or this or this

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[-] weeeeum@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I wouldn't. I'd just watch the world burn because now everyone can read each other's fucked up thoughts.

[-] Therealmglitch@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I would play Never Gonna Give you Up by Rick Astley in my head on Repeat. Otherwise They will read the fucked up thoughts I get

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml -4 points 11 months ago

The same as I do now, because that's my deepest neurotic fear. 😄

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