this isn’t just boomerhumor, you missed something

  • Sludgeyy@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    I have aphantasia.

    How does reading and watching it in your mind’s eye change anything from just watching it on a screen?

    I prefer audio books because it allows me to critically think better during because I can listen and think at same time, but reading words takes more brain power.

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      7 hours ago

      I don’t think this is very related to phantasia… With a book you can stop and think about things (imaginatively or critically). With video your entire attention is captured and it’s quite difficult to step away from the narrative being presented. In my experience audio is somewhere in between, and I’m able to zone out on my own tangent sometimes (but this is annoying, because I miss things)

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      7 hours ago

      I do too, and I didn’t know it was different for others until I was an adult. When I was young they used to guilt trip me for wasting my intelligence because I hated books.

      I grew up inspired by creative world building shown in movies like LOTR and in games. I read more than most people, but it’s never books.

      I hate how so many people fail to consider others might not have the same perspective or needs.

  • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    What did I miss? The guy pooping? And this is just boomer humor. Books are great but visual art can do the same thing for my brain.

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    10 hours ago

    I read a lot of SciFi when I was a teen. I learned not to bother seeing the movie if one was made. They always got so much wrong, and by “wrong” I mean it didn’t match my imagination.

    This is why I’m currently hesitating to watch Hail Mary Project.

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      3 hours ago

      I’m a big fan of the book. Couldn’t stand the movie.

      I was really surprised because, while I have a track record of hating adaptations of books I’ve read, a lot of my friends that had read the book absolutely loved the movie. So I thought maybe it would be okay, even if I didn’t love it. But I couldn’t finish the movie at all, I didn’t even make it halfway.

      Out of curiosity, have you watched and read 2001: A Space Odyssey? How did that comparison go, if you have?