Ever wonder what your name tastes like?

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures) 01/28/2019 at 13:55 • Filed to: None

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No? You haven’t? !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

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Apparently I’m a manhole cover

Dusty Ventures > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 08:57

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Link in case of random acts of kinja

https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/a-woman-with-synesthesia-is-telling-everyone-what-their-names-taste-like/

Tapas > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 13:58

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I’ve never had to rely on a twitter magic lady for that :D

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 13:59

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This world is fucked

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 14:00

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Hold my beer.

Edit: Donated a bit of GBPs to get on the fast list for “Vajazzle McDildertits” 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 14:01

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So I probably shouldn’t share that my real name is Richard Strongbottom?

CB > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 14:03

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I've been told my name is blue. Synesthesia is weird.

Gamecat235 > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 14:05

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I’ve been jealous of people with synesthesia ever since I learned it was a thing that some people experienced.

That said, I’m not gonna go down that rabbit hole. 

random001 > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 14:06

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After this weekend? Bulleit rye w hiskey.  Done!

facw > CB 01/28/2019 at 14:06

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Yeah, well you’re obviously a blue Jay.

CB > facw 01/28/2019 at 14:07

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Hilarious.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Gamecat235 01/28/2019 at 14:09

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Based on the musician s I know of who had synesthesia, apparently it ups your music game significantly. Pharrell, Billy Joel, Franz Liszt, Rimsky-Korsakov, etc.

TIL Charlie XCX has it, and I have no idea what to make of that. 

wafflesnfalafel > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 14:13

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vinegar, lutefisk and stinky cheese...

Just Jeepin' > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 01/28/2019 at 14:16

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Bah. Imagine how boring it would be if we all were the same. What would we argue about?

MonkeePuzzle > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 14:20

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VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Just Jeepin' 01/28/2019 at 14:21

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We would argue about literally anything else. Despite how the Amish treat visitors from the rest of the world there are tons of subgroups that are bitterly argumentative with each other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subgroups_of_Amish

Chariotoflove > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 14:22

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I had a student in my Neuroscience class last year with synes thesia. Words have color for her.  She was gracious enough to go in front of the class and describe it and answer questions.  The brain is cool and weird.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 01/28/2019 at 14:26

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Please report back. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 14:28

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She’s just making this all up, right? 

GoodIdeaAtTheTime > Chariotoflove 01/28/2019 at 14:35

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Yu p. Cool stuff. It ef fects women more than men. My wife has it to a point, took her 3 tries to explain it to me, she’s not so good with the “describing thing.” . I have grown to accept her idiosyncrasies because of it. Her social anxiety on the other hand...

punkgoose17 > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 14:36

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A friend from High School has it. I think he said the number 7 was purple. I don’t remember anything else.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/28/2019 at 14:36

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It looks like she is backed up now pretty heavily... I might be waiting for a day or so. Will report if anything comes of it. 

Dusty Ventures > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/28/2019 at 14:40

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She certainly could be, but synesthesia is a confirmed condition

Honeybunchesofgoats > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 14:41

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Maybe I’m just old, but it seems like there are a lot more people out there trying desperately to find a substitute for having an actual personality.

I mean, I’m old anyway, so it doesn’t really matter.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 14:42

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I can’t wait until she comes across a name she said tastes like feces because:

1. The reaction of the person

2. How would she actually know how feces tastes?  Hmmm....

Dusty Ventures > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 01/28/2019 at 14:45

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She’s already said “moist eyeball” for some people, which, y’know, same question...

Maxima Speed > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 14:52

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I haven’t even clicked. Just seems a bit absurd. That being said, it makes me curious if my tendency to actually taste smells before I smell them is the same thing. I alway just thought it had to do with perceptive taste buds or something. I also can taste smells that are super faint. For instance, I can “ taste” deer coming when hunting before most people can smell them. And yes when I have been known to slightly stick out my tongue to get better results.

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Now I feel like I've shared way too much information on Oppo.

Dusty Ventures > Honeybunchesofgoats 01/28/2019 at 14:53

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Certainly could be the case here, but it also could be 100% legit. Being able to taste words is very real.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 01/28/2019 at 14:55

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Probably ate too much Chelsea. 

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 14:58

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Just reading through some of her answers, it’s truly amazing if real.

Or she’s just a fantastically creative,  comedic writer.

Dusty Ventures > Maxima Speed 01/28/2019 at 15:04

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What you’re describing does in fact sound like a form of synesthesia. Synesthesia is a condition some people have where stimulating one sense causes a reaction in another. Seeing numbers , tasting words, feeling sounds, etc. There’s over 80 known forms of synesthesia. If you want to know more the wiki on the subject is a good place to start.

Just Jeepin' > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 15:06

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She said that sometimes it’s a sensation instead of a flavor.

Dusty Ventures > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/28/2019 at 15:07

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If she’s making them up she’s doing a hell of a job keeping them straight. I’ve seen her give the exact same incredibly detailed answer to the exact same name a day (and hundreds if not thousands of answers) apart.

Monkey B > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 15:08

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Bryan is coconut caught between my teeth

I made out ok compared to some of them...

Dusty Ventures > Just Jeepin' 01/28/2019 at 15:08

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True

...I wonder if I’m the sensation of a manhole cover or the flavor of a manhole cover

Dusty Ventures > Monkey B 01/28/2019 at 15:10

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Very much not the worst. Also that seems to be one of her more common sensations, I’ve seen it for a number of names.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 15:20

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She might have a very nice spreadsheet.

MrDakka > Maxima Speed 01/28/2019 at 15:21

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Are you sure you're not some sort of serpent-man?

Future next gen S2000 owner > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 15:21

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You can’t taste words. It’s that simple.

Dusty Ventures > Future next gen S2000 owner 01/28/2019 at 15:27

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There’s a legion of neuroscientists and peer-reviewed studies that say you’re wrong.

Maxima Speed > MrDakka 01/28/2019 at 15:27

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No.... I mean, why is that even a question? :P

Future next gen S2000 owner > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 16:10

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Not all peer reviewed studies are good. Someone will have to explain to me how a word printed on a piece of paper can create smell.

Chariotoflove > Future next gen S2000 owner 01/28/2019 at 17:34

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https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-psych-113011-143840?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed

This is a pretty thorough review, if not terribly mechanistic.  

PatBateman > Dusty Ventures 01/28/2019 at 20:07

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Here’s the $50,000 question: does “snozzberries” taste like snozzberries?

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Future next gen S2000 owner 01/28/2019 at 20:31

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I mean, you can’t, but probably some people have the right wires crossed that they can.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/29/2019 at 23:03

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Success!

Er….Vajazzle tastes like silver sherbet. The surname is too long to grasp any kind of image or taste.

I’m silver sherbet :D ::b eams::

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 01/30/2019 at 08:41

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Haha! Love it. 

wkiernan > Dusty Ventures 01/30/2019 at 13:59

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Can she space-Jaunte?

Stef Schrader > Dusty Ventures 02/06/2019 at 21:43

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This came later, but I’m a big fan of paying people for their work, should you send over a new request or like what she’s done so far!

Stef Schrader > Dusty Ventures 02/06/2019 at 21:47

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lol I even taste awful

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Dusty Ventures > Stef Schrader 02/07/2019 at 04:06

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At least she got the color right

Stef Schrader > Dusty Ventures 02/07/2019 at 18:29

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beep beep I’m a VapoRub