The DU Lounge

uselessobot

(43 posts)

27. Time is a made man concept and one can mark or measure time in anyway they see fit

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Sat Mar 23, 2013, 06:18 AM

Mar 2013

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

56 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Do you "visualize" time ?? [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 OP

That's heavy, dude.....and yes NightWatcher Mar 2013 #1

You are teasing me, right? Do you really see it that way? If yes, it's Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #4

I see the calandar in a similar way, except ... Scuba Mar 2013 #28

Are you left handed? Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #46

Nope. Scuba Mar 2013 #48

You may have some form of Synesthesia arcane1 Mar 2013 #2

Wow...thanks...gotta read this. Do you think it's covered under Obamacare? Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #3

think this is what I have, makes sense Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #6

related question - if someone asks you to signify progress, do you think of it as up, in front of NRaleighLiberal Mar 2013 #5

Surely I must be insane. I have thought about it and I don't think Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #7

Fascinating! I think our careers and inclinations do strongly influence this. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2013 #8

You know what this means? You are brilliant ! Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #11

Ha! I never got to where I might have in my career mostly because I was a bit of a rebel! NRaleighLiberal Mar 2013 #14

Ok...found how we are alike since I am not the "brilliant" type :>) Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #18

Weird. I do both. It might be residual neural rewiring from my pot days. talkingmime Mar 2013 #9

Are your sure you are not Neil deGrasse Tyson??? Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #17

That was GREAT!!! What he described at the end is sort of the premise behind... talkingmime Mar 2013 #33

Talking Mime - you offer so much to comment on so I will pick just one thing at a time Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #35

Actually it is the cat that uses "eh eh eh" - the dog just accepted the discipline from her. talkingmime Mar 2013 #45

Have you read Neil deGrasse Tyson's first hand account of 9-11 ?? Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #36

I do. A year is a clockwise circle with January on the top, just past 12:00. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2013 #10

Wow...my weeks are right to left (like counterclockwise) too ! Wonder why a year would Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #12

Yep, a mild case of synesthesia. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2013 #13

did you ever work at a paint store ? :>) Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #47

No, but maybe somebody who thinks the same way The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2013 #49

It's kind of hard to see, but it looks like Zodiac signs too. Interesting Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #50

by the way...you've created one of the most interesting posts on DU of the day! NRaleighLiberal Mar 2013 #15

great post...hmm hibbing Mar 2013 #16

Not exactly... Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #19

I would think your best theory might be right. To me, beige is a downer color Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #31

RO....Maybe it all started with an older version of something like this ???? Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #43

Not in my personal case, I don't think... Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #52

My sister in law sees each vowel as a certain color. vanlassie Mar 2013 #20

Sure... pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #21

thanks so much for giving Dali the idea to paint this !! nt Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #32

Depends. Needing to know a date, I count. It's math. How many months until...math. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #22

I have color/taste synesthesia. Numbers mean nothing to me. nolabear Mar 2013 #23

A quantity like a week or a month? pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove Mar 2013 #24

Synesthesia--I have it bad jcboon Mar 2013 #26

How long have you seen the days of the week in color? As long as you can Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #29

For me there's no real logic to it jcboon Mar 2013 #56

Wednesdays are green! Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #53

Time is a made man concept and one can mark or measure time in anyway they see fit uselessobot Mar 2013 #27

DU Rec and thanks for posting this and Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #30

Irish Coffee !! You have my all time favorite DU name. My Moody Blues favorite !!! nt Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #37

ah, thanks - LPMAD - Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #39

PS My roomate in college tried to commit suicide over the song Nights in White Satin Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #38

wow. intense. -- Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #40

That concept is so purple I can almost smell its music Bucky Mar 2013 #34

It's all wave forms to me, and strongly attached to my biological clocks. hunter Mar 2013 #41

When someone wants to schedule something with me, I sometimes say... Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2013 #42

Interesting. Kind of a combo between a Gaant Chart and Frogger video game !nt Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #44

I used to visualize time as a waste of time . olddots Mar 2013 #51

Yes, I do! Quantess Mar 2013 #54

Cool ! don't you wish DU had a feature where you could draw something ! Your Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2013 #55