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I will never "have an inner monologue." I will never "need words to think."
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 2:42 PM Author: oomox https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862594&forum_id=2#49859632
This one always riles people up. |
Date: May 2nd, 2026 2:50 PM Author: Nazca Redlines (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862925&forum_id=2/#49859756) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 2:54 PM Author: cowgod Not having one at all or having one 24/7 are both crazy.
Definitely had more of one as a kid. |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 3:05 PM Author: oomox Is there a pattern to when you do or don't?
I have a few exceptions besides the one I mentioned about reading/writing in a different language. It can happen when I'm reading really dense prose in English. I also say numbers in my head if I have to remember them right away, like MFA codes. Also, if I'm writing something that I plan to say aloud (or am otherwise taking the writing seriously) sometimes I read it that in my head.
Yeah a voice 24/7 would be annoying and likely anxiety-inducing |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 3:12 PM Author: cowgod So many things that happen irl are the Same Things that already happened and I don’t need to say the Same Thing to myself
The first time something Bad happens to you or any singular sort of thing it’s good to post-mortem it. Like how would I understand that my parents got divorced because I didn’t make all stars in little league without an inner monologue? It’s not for things like “time to brush my teeth.” Women aren’t deep thinkers so they don’t need one. |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 3:18 PM Author: oomox Interesting, so yours is for Reflection and Processing. Yeah, the stuff like "time to brush my teeth" is what baffles me. The way I've always put it is, I don't look outside and think, "It's raining. I should grab a jacket." I just perceive that it's raining and put on a jacket.
Lmao sure bro. Pretty sure you don't outclass me intellectually. |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 3:39 PM Author: which is what makes time travel possible state your Console history (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862925&forum_id=2/#49859861) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 3:46 PM Author: oomox - Some handheld I don't remember which - PS2 - PS5
Kinda TTT. Played a lot on my cousins' PS1 too.
The cool part is that I got my PS5 within like 4 days of deciding I wanted one, which was a week after it came out. I religiously monitored nowinstock and got a heads-up about a drop. Was 180. I remember my heart was beating so fast between when I added it to my cart and checked out. |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 3:51 PM Author: cowgod what did you play on these? DDR? Spyro? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862925&forum_id=2/#49859878) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 3:57 PM Author: oomox Actually spot on lol. DDR was my most-played game on PS2 by far. On my cousins' PS1 we mainly played Spyro, Cool Boarders, and Tekken.
My favorite PC game as a kid was Croc. Played the remake last year and it was 180000. I also checked out the Spyro remake a few yrs ago but didn't play it all the way through. |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:03 PM Author: cowgod Did your male relatives do System Link (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862925&forum_id=2/#49859896) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:07 PM Author: oomox No, and my cousins are both female anyways. There was a neighbor kid we played with and he sucked at Tekken compared to the rest of us.
Do you want to know what I play on my PS5 and PC now? It's a short list. |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:11 PM Author: cowgod no not really. probably Western Indie Titles. they offer a Reprieve. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862925&forum_id=2/#49859926) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:11 PM Author: Medieval Pilgrimage Architecture #BrianJacques, tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862925&forum_id=2/#49859928) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:15 PM Author: oomox Yeah a lot of indie decision-based stuff but my main game is ROCKET LEAGUE. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862925&forum_id=2/#49859947) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 3:45 PM Author: cowgod I also think it's helpful for things that take you out of your routine like dieting or something. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862925&forum_id=2/#49859869) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 3:51 PM Author: yidden figures as long as we can all agree that aphantasia is retard-tier I think we don't need to argue about this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862925&forum_id=2/#49859879) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 3:54 PM Author: jewish midget furiously typing delusional invectiv I don't think anybody above a certain iq has an always-on internal verbal monologue
It slows down your mental processing so much that almost by definition, a reasonably bright person's brain is not ever going to be doing it while they are actually thinking about something |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:00 PM Author: oomox I've met plenty of smart people who at least purport to have a voice all the time. Maybe they're just schizo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862925&forum_id=2/#49859891) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:04 PM Author: jewish midget furiously typing delusional invectiv It turns itself off once you have to start actually thinking hard about something
They're probably just low self awareness so they don't realize it's happening. And only thinking of the majority of their awake time when they aren't thinking hard about something, and their idle-minded inner voice is spouting off |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:08 PM Author: oomox That's always been my guess too. Like how could there NOT be things that just... come to them??? It is probably just poor introspection. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862925&forum_id=2/#49859913) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:15 PM Author: $30 Kirkland brand winter coat nobody actually lacks an inner monologue except illiterates. then you have people like OP who are literate but belong more to oral culture. then you have people who are hyper-literate.
spoken english and written english are different languages, 24/7 inner monologue means you’re always translating between the two. |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:17 PM Author: oomox Wdym oral culture? And what's hyper-literate? If that just means high verbal IQ, I am probably that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862925&forum_id=2/#49859955) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:19 PM Author: $30 Kirkland brand winter coat notice how when you post you're not actually writing anything? you're transcribing spoken english. some people's native language is written english. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862925&forum_id=2/#49859963) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:23 PM Author: oomox I don't think of it as transcribing; I think of it as translating my thoughts into words real-time. I don't have the sentences in mind before I put them down; I just poop them out. That's part of why I type insanely fast I think. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862925&forum_id=2/#49859972) |