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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Uhm, not sure where I lie on this scale I guess. Is this the real scale or some abstract representation? Personally it's a 1 or 2 for me, but the image constantly changes and is never quite stable. There can be quite some detail, but it's only very temporary. Once I focus on some other part of the apple and go back everything is different

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yes. Just because I can imagine a book brought to life doesn't mean I don't like watching movies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The term you are looking for is aphantasia.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Only for a 5.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

1, I do. The imagination isn’t a perfect replacement for everything, and I find visualising things far harder to do if I’m actively forcing myself to do it (listening to music or just letting my mind wander is far better for me, so this test is pretty difficult for me since I have to force myself to focus on the apple).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm a 1 and yes. That part of my brain has a direct line to the input somehow, and can't be fooled by a mere mind-picture.

I'm interested in how women would answer, because men seem to be way more sexually visual, and women more conceptual, even across orientations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm a 1 but the apple would be morphing into different types and then the image would zoom in on patterns or what the bottom looks like etc. It would then shift to something totally unrelated like Sonic the Hedgehog. Why him? Your guess is as good as mine. There's a lot going on up there and it's noisy and constantly under construction.

To your question though, of course I don't watch them, I skip around to the good parts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

1 or 2 I guess? Also what’s wrong with watching adult videos?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They are assuming you can visualize what ever you want and don’t need the videos

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Oh then i can… I still watch videos cause I want to be done with it; otherwise I read smut

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Not so much these days. I have a lot of neglected home projects that I need to get done. Can't imagine how 3 and 4s are handling things these days.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (3 children)
  1. What do you mean by adult video? Like, porn?
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

At a 2, I have but don't regularly.

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