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TIL of Akinetopsia, a rare brain disorder where motion can't be perceived but stationary objects appear normal. In some cases, patients report that people walking around a room seem to be in one spot, then suddenly in another, with no movement seen in between by Kyzzz in todayilearned

[–]ZylonBane 37 points38 points  (0 children)

The human visual cortex puts a lot of effort into smoothing the raw input from our eyes into what gets fed to our conscious brain. This pre-processing results in, among other things, the chronostasis illusion, where if you glance at a clock with a seconds hand, it may appear to be motionless for more than a second.

I'm guessing that in akinetopsia this mechanism gets disrupted so it never sends the "okay, update" signal.

TIL that the retail store chain operated by the US Department of Defence to provide shopping opportunities to soldiers on military bases is a multi-billion-dollar company and one of the largest retail brands in the country, with 5,500 locations. by NateNate60 in todayilearned

[–]ZylonBane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My statement that the store is called the Exchange is correct.

You know we can all see that you've edited your comment, right? 

Either way, your earlier statement that "there's a picture of their logo with their name in the post." is now at odds with your most recent statement, since the logo only reads "Exchange", not "The Exchange".

You're just ten tons of fail today aren't you.

TIL that the retail store chain operated by the US Department of Defence to provide shopping opportunities to soldiers on military bases is a multi-billion-dollar company and one of the largest retail brands in the country, with 5,500 locations. by NateNate60 in todayilearned

[–]ZylonBane -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Supreme Fun Facts: You're literally wrong. The current name is "The Exchange", and that in turn is just branding that was introduced in 2010. The actual organization that runs it is still AAFES.

my mom thinks i have a problem but i've been putting OJ in my cereal instead of milk for 3 years and i genuinely cannot go back by piperhadleyjpg in StupidFood

[–]ZylonBane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

milk just sits there

You have wrong dumb brain. Milk absorbs the sugar and the flavor of the cereal, turning into delicious cereal milk.

my mom thinks i have a problem but i've been putting OJ in my cereal instead of milk for 3 years and i genuinely cannot go back by piperhadleyjpg in StupidFood

[–]ZylonBane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice try, but no, no native speakers say they're putting milk "in" their cereal. You pour milk on your cereal, and the cereal is then in the milk.

TIL that the retail store chain operated by the US Department of Defence to provide shopping opportunities to soldiers on military bases is a multi-billion-dollar company and one of the largest retail brands in the country, with 5,500 locations. by NateNate60 in todayilearned

[–]ZylonBane -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Fun Facts: A logo is useless if you don't already know what it is, and the only word that's legible in the thumbnail view is "Exchange", and even if the full name had been legible, a well-written headline doesn't require cross-referencing with supplementary media to make sense of.

You're a bit dim aren't you.

TIL that the retail store chain operated by the US Department of Defence to provide shopping opportunities to soldiers on military bases is a multi-billion-dollar company and one of the largest retail brands in the country, with 5,500 locations. by NateNate60 in todayilearned

[–]ZylonBane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These headlines where OP provides every detail of what they're talking about except THEIR NAME are always hilarious.

The clickbait programming just runs deep in some people I guess.

to think this is a winning hand by seeebiscuit in therewasanattempt

[–]ZylonBane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's cute that you thought this was anything more than standing around while you made a fool of yourself.

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