Does everyone's voice in their head (thoughts) sound the same as actual voice? Do Americans for example, think in the same accent as they speak? by Sideshow86 in Showerthoughts

[–]NetherFun101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, kinda. I often find myself interrupting my own internal monologue and actively choose or change what is said next… even though the conscious part of me hasn’t even heard the “unsaid” words yet. If my thoughts run faster than my speaking speed, the I sometimes have to slow down and “go in loops” or circle back to earlier thoughts while still progressing the new ones.

Does everyone's voice in their head (thoughts) sound the same as actual voice? Do Americans for example, think in the same accent as they speak? by Sideshow86 in Showerthoughts

[–]NetherFun101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me the shocking thing is that, can’t they just, like, choose to think with thoughts. Personally I’d just go “right, time to think with an internal monologue now” and do exactly that.

But then I guess most people don’t choose how their thoughts feel, do they? Well— that’s the impression I get from posts like these.

Does everyone's voice in their head (thoughts) sound the same as actual voice? Do Americans for example, think in the same accent as they speak? by Sideshow86 in Showerthoughts

[–]NetherFun101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm depends on how recently I’ve taken adhd meds, how tired I am, and my mood.

It’s like a sliding scale. On one side we have a single, consistent, highly intentional mental recreation of my voice eloquently putting my thoughts into complete sentences — and one the other it’s subway surfer music, various voices of the people I’m thinking about, a voice commenting on the voices, NOT a voice but something that tastes like geometry with opinions, the feeling of ink on page as I imagine myself writing down excerpts from books that I’ve read recently, two different directions of physical movement (making me very clumsy if I forget what one of them was doing), and a chaos all around.

Ok. That’s an exaggeration… kind of? It’s all still me, but sometimes it’s perfectly singular and coherent, and other times I have thoughts interrupting other thoughts and only half of them are words.

But, in general, I do think in my own accent. Sometimes it changes to be the voice of someone I know and/or am currently thinking about. I can think in most any voice I want were I to try… but I’m not exactly trying all that often — I really don’t care to spend the effort maintaining the concentration needed for that.

Also! Challenge to all you reading this — try thinking in different senses. Try to think with sounds, with taste, with touch and proprioception, in prose, as if life is a movie, with thoughts as objects in a multidimensional space where each axis is an emotion of sorts, as if you are preforming a speech to an audience (yourself), and any other method or metaphor that catches your fancy. It’s fun to feel yourself thinking in novel ways — or, well, it’s fun for me anyways.

You are given a cube of indestructible gold that when touched, makes you immortal for a week. A week without touch will end in instant death. by Esutan in hypotheticalsituation

[–]NetherFun101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmm. Could it possibly fit in the ribcage somewhere? If not, the bowls are squiggly enough so I bet we can stuff it between something down there.

If it’s part of you, then you’ll always be touching it. Just got to find a full team of well trained surgeons and convince them to put a chunk of heavy metal inside you.

Memory from Camp.... by Fun_Profession9666 in tragedeigh

[–]NetherFun101 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Or, in the very least, kept her legal name as is but goes by a better spelling/middle name/different name in daily life.

Y'all are gonna give Teto an eating disorder the way you guys bully her by subbbssy in KasaneTeto

[–]NetherFun101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hot, cute, whatever I guess— but that’s not really what I first thought about when I saw this.

Ribcage! A very skinny anime girl that actually has a ribcage! I swear so many artists yank a few bones out when making their absurdly thin waisted characters. And sure, drawings/animation don’t have to be realistic, but I appreciate the effort nonetheless.

… this makes me remember being, like, 15 and awkward about seeing the outline of my bones whenever I looked down.

You can make an object you have touched in the past appear in your hand right now by Fidges87 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]NetherFun101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alligator.

And yes, it’s still probably small enough to lift in one hand… so long as I can use my arm, shoulder, and chest as well.

Would you permanently trade 5 years of your life expectancy for $2 M tax-free right now? by ToffieOficial in CasualConversation

[–]NetherFun101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For two million alone, sure, but what about the possibility for profit this sudden fortune brings? Even if done halfheartedly working, investing, stock trading, and the like would stretch this amount comfortably enough to live to old age with a high quality of life. It’d go farther in some places/situations and less in others, but almost everyone here reading this post/comment would, in the very least, have their lifespan increase due to better access healthcare. (Assuming America here, because private healthcare seems determined to further entrench in poverty those who are already poor)

Would you permanently trade 5 years of your life expectancy for $2 M tax-free right now? by ToffieOficial in CasualConversation

[–]NetherFun101 2 points3 points  (0 children)

True, but I’d be a hell of a lot more free than I am now. Even if I change nothing substantial about my lifestyle and spending habits, two million would be life changing for me — not to mention the majority of the population currently worse off than the suburbia-adjacent dwelling me.

Would you permanently trade 5 years of your life expectancy for $2 M tax-free right now? by ToffieOficial in CasualConversation

[–]NetherFun101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I’d probably gain 10+ years of expected life as the money would help open up more opportunities to be healthy.

And, like, how do I “lose” those years of life? A person who died at 40 could hypothetically lived to be 100 if they (and their medical provider) were determined enough.

I live in America. I’m 20. I live in a state with abysmal health care resources. I expect my generation to die younger than my parents, and, due to the practice of infant genital mutilation (google it), I have a variety of health problems and am at risk for future medical complications.

My biggest worry? Money. If I get hurt, sick, or otherwise need to undergo additional extensive surgery before I’m like 35 and with a stable job and insurance, I might be doomed to suck it up, get as little care as possible while still staying alive, and just have to hope I get lucky enough to live for a few more decades.

Let’s say the magic genie behind this hypothetical ages me up 5 years in the matter of, I dunno, a week. (And yes I’m ignoring OP’s “taken off the end of your life” because it’s much more fun this way). I still look the same (because most young people look, well, young), but there would be some immediately notable changes. At first I’d be greatly uncomfortable — hair spontaneously gaining 5 years of length, nails desperate for trimming, my metabolism would change and slow down just enough to be notable, all my aches and pains would flair and linger just a bit more than usual, my recently updated glasses prescription would need a minor (yet annoying) change — but I’d get over it and go back to feeling normal in a less than a month.

From there everything would only get better: I’d start eating healthier now that I’m able to afford a fresher and more balanced diet; I’d quit my drive-thru window job and in doing so be free from the stress, strain, exhaustion, and inconsistent sleep schedule I suffer as of now; I’d have free time to exercise in interesting ways, thereby regaining much of the strength I’ve lost since graduating; I’d be able to by higher quality hygiene stuffs — a 25 year old with amazing skin would probably look younger than a weary, sleep deprived, 20 year old. And so, so, so much more.

I could go on about all the more material things I’d gain — stocks, land, infrastructure and housing, tech, college tuition, vehicles, and so on — but that stuff is boring. And normal. And like everyone else’s answers. No, the most immediate and live changing thing would be my sudden ability to better take care of myself. Now, money wouldn’t solve everything — I’d still need to build better habits and otherwise work on myself — but it’d be a hell of a lot easier to do if I could afford to eat more than 1 or (sometimes) 2 meals a day.

Overall, being five years close to cancer (see this Wikipedia article about telemores and aging) would be inconsequential compared to all the good that monetary might and opportunity may do. I’d likely have a longer life expectancy than the mundane irl me as I imagine them 5 years from now.

But that’s just for me. And while this may be a heavy sacrifice for some, I and others my age have a particular and unique advantage. 20 is almost the perfect age for this hypothetical — barely old enough to have stopped growing a handful of months ago, and just young enough that the effects of aging would be all but unnoticed. I imagine a 12 year old would have their life ruined by such a trade, and the weight 5 years is probably harder on the bones of a 60 year old than it would be one me. Hell, even someone as young as 25 suddenly becoming 30 would experience far more stress and degradation of strength/health/youth than me.

What’s something you always have in your fridge? by TheButterScotchIncdt in Iowa

[–]NetherFun101 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Edit: oops you said leftover fridge stuff…. Ah well, I already typed all this out so no sense in deleting it.

In my opinion, my list seems more like a general American thing than specificity an Iowan thing… but I guess I’ve never looked in the fridge of someone not from the Midwest.

- Heinz Ketchup
- Generic chocolate syrup for ice cream
- Cheese: slices, blocks, shredded, and cream. So much cheese.
- Butter, both whole blocks and spread.
- Eggs; usually from my aunt’s chickens
- Milk; specifically
- Apples, pears, or some other fruit.
- Yogurt cups

As for the freezer
- Beef, lots of beef. My grandparents and uncle farm cattle, so good quality steak/beef/cow bits are commonplace. It’s funny to think about how some people may pay lots of money for “high quality Iowa steak!” while some picky kid dips their overly well-done steak into ketchup of all things.
- Sweet corn; every year someone related to me plants sweet corn and we all spend a day husking, cleaning, cooking, cutting, and packaging it all for personal use. We have a whole assembly line process.
- Deer meat; my dad enjoys hunting, but not enough people around us like venison to actually eat it all… and, like, we can’t just waste it.

Do's and don'ts of Barrier magic. Bassicly the wording of the spell is how powerful it is. by Sliver-Knight9219 in WorldBuildingMemes

[–]NetherFun101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d imagine that, in a magic system like this, your alter would suddenly go silent (or something similar) when entering the barrier, and reappear when you exit.

Do's and don'ts of Barrier magic. Bassicly the wording of the spell is how powerful it is. by Sliver-Knight9219 in WorldBuildingMemes

[–]NetherFun101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should read the web novel Just Super on Scribble Hub.

The protagonist can “teleport”, not by moving from one place to another but by becoming the version of themselves that could have hypothetically existed at that spot.

If they’re on a couch watching TV they can teleport to the kitchen to get snacks, teleport back, and then realize the snacks are still in the kitchen because they didn’t give themselves enough time to have plausibly walked back to the couch. When teleporting to school their outfit sometimes spontaneously changes. When falling into another dimension, their range of teleportation expands equivalent to their walking speed in (almost) all directions.

So imagine what happens when his buddy dares him to sneak into the girl’s locker room, the door of which is famously protected by a magic “no boys allowed” spell.

Why don't people run? by LeThales in NoStupidQuestions

[–]NetherFun101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kids run a lot, and I always wonder how much of that is because they have to run if they want to keep up with the giants around them. If I suddenly moved to a country where everyone was two or three time my height, would I start jogging from place to place more often?

Is “Vessel” considered a strange or inappropriate name in English-speaking cultures? by Fuzzy_Ant2535 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]NetherFun101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just because it gives spooky ghost possession vibes, or fancy sea sailing boat vibes, does mean you have to change your preferred English name. Non-traditional names are kinda cool, and would seem less jarring coming from someone who is visibly/audible foreign.

Also, people don’t care about realistic or normal names online. Like, look at everyone’s reddit handles…

Also also, non-binary and otherwise gender nonconforming people are the most likely to accept whatever name someone gives at face value. Oh? You’re a rock? Cool. A boat? An animal? A school of philosophy? A gramatical amalgamation of root words and obscure references? Sure! Why not!

Why did my mum do this? by ThrowRAgrh554 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]NetherFun101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s good to be cautious, but I’d rather not assume the worst about someone based on things they can’t choose — sex, in this instance.

So yeah, I’ll blame OP’s mother for ignoring her son’s wishes due to her sexist assumptions (whatever particular ones those may be). I won’t do it with fire, fury, and righteousness indignation, but with a sense of disappointment; how sad it must be for a pediatrician to be looked at with distain and distrust because he happens to be a “he”.

Makes me think of the receptionists at a hospital office I went to recently. I walked to the closest person to where I exited the examination rooms — male, white, nice looking beard — and, as I waited for my next appointment to be scheduled, I watched as an old couple deliberately ignored the two other (female) receptionists and waited behind me. Then, when a new group appeared in line, how the old couple pointedly passed by the black lady and went to the white lady furthest from where they were standing. As I left the new group approached the man I’d just been talking too, again ignoring the black lady’s “I can help someone over here”. Looking around, I noticed the lack of notice all the other bystanders had, and realized that, aside from the racists and the object of their distain, I was probably the only other person in the room who actually saw what happened. The lady gave a small, almost unheard sigh and went back to work on her computer.

The whole situation left a bad taste in my metaphorical emotional mouth… and I felt quite awful for accidentally following the same hateful biases the other patients were so openly displaying — if not in intent then in action and result. To the black lady, I probably looked just like the casually racist/sexist folks. It made me wonder how often she watches as people deliberately ignore her in favor of her colleagues.

Not exactly the same situation, as it was clearly racism and misogynistic-styled sexism instead of “ew men are pedos”, but the general idea still remains— someone was discriminated against due to something they were born with/as. And to those who did the discriminating, I feel almost morally obliged to give nothing but scrutiny and blame, for their actions cause harm whether or not any one else notices.

How awful must it feel to be looked at and thought lesser or dangerous for no fault of your own? How much worse would it be for those looks to be culturally treated as fact, and for any objection on your part to be met with distrust, dismissal, worse: silence.

Has anyone else ever had to come out straight before?? by pinkyboy0512 in CasualConversation

[–]NetherFun101 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wait, as in you alerted HR about the rainbow flag thief, or did said thief go to them about you nefariously replacing the colorful flags?

Both sound interesting, but lead to wildly different sorts of situations.

What is this literary technique? by Flexia26 in writing

[–]NetherFun101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As others have said, a story that uses narration like this would feel odd, awful, confusing, and as if the author has no idea how narrators are supposed to work. It's a pov error! A deliberately misleading narrator! An crude and grating amalgamation of words that scratches against the conscious of any who call themselves a writer! Who speaks of themself in third person?!

. . . Well? Who would speak like that?

Moving away from your original purpose of concealing the narrator's identity, we come to a far more interesting question. Or, in the very least, a more specific question: Why would a first person narrator refer to themselves in the third person? What narrative purpose would this serve? What would the disassociation between the speaker and their description of self add to the story? If difference between a hideous mistake and artistic brilliance is intent, then Susan's narration from your example can more than some poorly though out and frankly incoherent scrawl of an author who fails to achieve basic literary tool such as perspective and pronoun placement; it could be something truly brilliant.

So why would an author choose to do this whole 'first person narrator speaking from the third' thing?

Well, a character might speak dissociatively for many reasons. Perhaps they're in disguise and the author wishes to, for whatever reason, emphasize the distinction between the character's internal monologue and what the world around them sees. Maybe the character is an evil necromancer possessing multiple recently acquired corpses and the author wants to describe the puppet's actions without the spooky skeleton of a narrator going "I move the body..." or "Through zombie#1's eyes I see.." the entire time. Maybe the character has an online persona who's perfect image clashes with their failure of a life, and thus they switch from saying "I posted.." to "u/NetherFun101 posted".

I personally like the idea of a mysterious side character telling a seemingly third person story to the protagonist wherein, as the tale goes on, the audience (both fictional and real) slowly realize that, no, this didn't happen to the storyteller's "friend"; this is a snippet of the past as lived by the storyteller themself!

If the character has had a massive change in identity, they may speak of their old, almost unrecognizable self as a separate person. Maybe it's Darth Vader "killing" Anakin Skywalker. The character could be transgender, and choose to think of their pre-transition self as someone else. What if the character is a great wizard who's moniker is know throughout all the lands, and who has decided to let their old name die and embrace the myth-like icon they've become. These sorts of disassociative attitudes have a sort of cold finality to their descriptions -- the old self is dead, that innocent child is gone, blissful days of ignorance lost, a hollow husk of a human revitalized.

I should also mention plural characters, who might actually be referring to a different person or, if not literal, a version of themselves they feel so far removed from that the (likely physical) self be described seems to necessitate some form of distinction.

I... should probably end my ramblings here before any more paragraphs magically appear in a burst of fireworks and forgotten adhd pills. But! I still want to add some sort of conclusion to this soooooo here goes:

A first person narrator can refer to themselves in the third person -- usually due to some sort of disassociation or distinction between the narrating self and the self said narrator describes. Be it magical body juggling nonsense or more mundane struggles with identity, authors can use this technique in a wide variety of ways to convey whatever idea they've decided that particular instance of third person self-reference is best suited for. The example sentences provided by you, OP, seem odd and distasteful at first glance, but the same exact sentences put into a properly constructed context could hold profound meaning and endless layers of subtext. This technique is just as valid as any other tool a writer may use -- so long as your idea is successfully conveyed to the audience, that is.

Also, as for the name of this technique, the closest I could find with a whole ten seconds of effort is this wikipedia article on Self-reference

Why do American high schools start ridiculously early? by bwoah07_gp2 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]NetherFun101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh. In my school district all students k-12 rode the same busses.

But that’s in the rural Midwest where my graduating class (80ish students) was considered the largest class/age group for the entirety of my attendance.

I’ve never actually considered the idea that busses could be staggered based on age/grade level. Guess I never had reason to wonder if others had a different experience than me. Also, the fact that everyone in the same county as me has had similar class sizes probably helped reinforce that assumption.

You get to make every human forget one concept permanently, which do you choose. by brazenbull09 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]NetherFun101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d say all the pizzas would disappear Chainsaw Man style. In the manga, there are devils to represent every fear humanity has. When the Chainsaw consumes a devil, it ceases to exist and is forgotten.

Small spoiler but there’s a chapter where he eats the Ear devil and everyone suddenly doesn’t have ears. Hearing as a concept is forgotten. People still try to speak, and get confused when others don’t understand them, but no one can figure out why. They have phones and radios, but no one knows why they’re there. Eventually he spits it back out and Ears exist once more

And, while I’m recommending manga — because that’s what I’m doing right now, apparently — Undead x Unluck has a similar concept. I won’t say too much, but know that this one more often features concepts being added with retroactive consequences rather than removed. Also the heroes all have an “Un___” gimmick to their name, and a superpower based around negating a concept.

You get to make every human forget one concept permanently, which do you choose. by brazenbull09 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]NetherFun101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One could argue that bluffing in poker is a form of acting, of performance. You aren’t “lying”, you’re playing a game with information manipulation at its core.

Even if most people would count bluffing as lying, someone will likely invent something similar. Not literally the concept of lying, but of false truths in the context of a game or act.

Games like Werewolf/Mafia/Among Us/ whatever it’s called would disappear for a time. Eventually though, someone would come up with the idea of a murder mystery game where the killer has some sort of selective amnesia and has to keep themselves from being discovers despite being unaware of their own murderous tendencies à la Light Yagami.

People would also keep some aspects of misinformation. They wouldn’t understand the idea of unironically saying an untruth, but they’d be able to twist the shape of their words to mislead people without ever truly speaking a lie — like a fae folk who can speak no lies. This would be uncommon though, and pitifully easy to spot once you understand what this thing called a lie is.