▲ 87 ▼ You can totally play Tetris in your head (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 28 comments fedilink hide all child comments Realised it this morning
[–] pamymaf@kbin.run 13 points 3 years ago (2 children) Unless you have aphantasia. People with aphantasia are unable to mentally visualize. I close my eyes and it's just blackness all the time. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago Aphantasia is very intriguing for me. Everytime I try to think about it, I just can't picture it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] H4mi@lemm.ee 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) I can't visualize a tetris block, much less a whole tetris game. I think I could draw all the tetris blocks if I tried so the information is there, just not stored as jpg. More like a zipped text file. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chepox@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah I have the same thing. I can sort of visualize the concept, like foggy still images of tetris games I've played but I cannot imagine a game setup where a piece would fall and complete a line. That is too specific. I can just do like general concepts, not specifics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) So how you for ex, do you orient yourself in space? I visualize a map, and then position myself accordingly permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chepox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago Maps in my head are useless. I get lost everywhere. When I went to university I walked so much more than I had to because of orientation issues. I get lost so easily. Even when playing games, if there is no map I just draw one myself because I have 0 reliability on my orientation skills. GPS was such a life saver for me. I rely waaay too much on it. For when I do not have the tools (GPS, map or other) I use visual cues in the background such as tall buildings, mountains or the sun's position. I don't really think about it since I've been doing this since I can remember but I always feel amazed at how others around me can just know which direction to start walking after coming out of a door. Eventually I do memorize it but it takes a while. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago Aphantasia is very intriguing for me. Everytime I try to think about it, I just can't picture it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] H4mi@lemm.ee 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) I can't visualize a tetris block, much less a whole tetris game. I think I could draw all the tetris blocks if I tried so the information is there, just not stored as jpg. More like a zipped text file. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chepox@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah I have the same thing. I can sort of visualize the concept, like foggy still images of tetris games I've played but I cannot imagine a game setup where a piece would fall and complete a line. That is too specific. I can just do like general concepts, not specifics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) So how you for ex, do you orient yourself in space? I visualize a map, and then position myself accordingly permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chepox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago Maps in my head are useless. I get lost everywhere. When I went to university I walked so much more than I had to because of orientation issues. I get lost so easily. Even when playing games, if there is no map I just draw one myself because I have 0 reliability on my orientation skills. GPS was such a life saver for me. I rely waaay too much on it. For when I do not have the tools (GPS, map or other) I use visual cues in the background such as tall buildings, mountains or the sun's position. I don't really think about it since I've been doing this since I can remember but I always feel amazed at how others around me can just know which direction to start walking after coming out of a door. Eventually I do memorize it but it takes a while. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chepox@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah I have the same thing. I can sort of visualize the concept, like foggy still images of tetris games I've played but I cannot imagine a game setup where a piece would fall and complete a line. That is too specific. I can just do like general concepts, not specifics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) So how you for ex, do you orient yourself in space? I visualize a map, and then position myself accordingly permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chepox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago Maps in my head are useless. I get lost everywhere. When I went to university I walked so much more than I had to because of orientation issues. I get lost so easily. Even when playing games, if there is no map I just draw one myself because I have 0 reliability on my orientation skills. GPS was such a life saver for me. I rely waaay too much on it. For when I do not have the tools (GPS, map or other) I use visual cues in the background such as tall buildings, mountains or the sun's position. I don't really think about it since I've been doing this since I can remember but I always feel amazed at how others around me can just know which direction to start walking after coming out of a door. Eventually I do memorize it but it takes a while. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) So how you for ex, do you orient yourself in space? I visualize a map, and then position myself accordingly permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chepox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago Maps in my head are useless. I get lost everywhere. When I went to university I walked so much more than I had to because of orientation issues. I get lost so easily. Even when playing games, if there is no map I just draw one myself because I have 0 reliability on my orientation skills. GPS was such a life saver for me. I rely waaay too much on it. For when I do not have the tools (GPS, map or other) I use visual cues in the background such as tall buildings, mountains or the sun's position. I don't really think about it since I've been doing this since I can remember but I always feel amazed at how others around me can just know which direction to start walking after coming out of a door. Eventually I do memorize it but it takes a while. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chepox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago Maps in my head are useless. I get lost everywhere. When I went to university I walked so much more than I had to because of orientation issues. I get lost so easily. Even when playing games, if there is no map I just draw one myself because I have 0 reliability on my orientation skills. GPS was such a life saver for me. I rely waaay too much on it. For when I do not have the tools (GPS, map or other) I use visual cues in the background such as tall buildings, mountains or the sun's position. I don't really think about it since I've been doing this since I can remember but I always feel amazed at how others around me can just know which direction to start walking after coming out of a door. Eventually I do memorize it but it takes a while. permalink fedilink source parent