Do you see black or is it more like there is something missing? I get that sometimes. I might be reading and suddenly for some reason I cannot make out the words in the middle of my vision. But it isn't blurry or black or bright or anything. It is just missing. It feels truly weird and it is hard to explain because how can there be nothing in just part of my vision without there being a hole there or a dark spot or something! Like if you look at a painting that is missing a part you can see a shape around the hole, you can see something on the other side. Having part of what you see be just missing without any artifact, it just feels slippery in a way. Like my mind just cannot process that part right now and in its place there is nothing, not even a gap.
>> ^TheFreak:

Forget deja vu, that description of Blindsight might explain one of the strangest things I've ever experienced.
I suffer occular migraines periodically. Generally, when that happens I get a blind spot that grows until my entire vision is gone, then after several minutes it clears up. The process takes about 20-40 minutes from beginning to end.
Well...one day I'm playing Halo online with friends and between games I begin to get an occular migraine. So I let everyone know I might end up running into walls for the duration of the next game. By midpoint of the game I'm completely blind. When the game ends I'm chatting with my friends on my team about the experience of losing my sight like that when someone says, "well for a blind person you played awfully well". Huh? So I have them tell me my score and I was top scorer in the game. Which is when it occurs to me that, even though I was fully blinded for the majority of the game, I never stopped playing.
So at one level I'm perceiving myself as totally without sight, while at another level I'm still moving and reacting, with great precision, to visual input.
Go figure.

Forget deja vu, that description of Blindsight might explain one of the strangest things I've ever experienced.

I suffer occular migraines periodically. Generally, when that happens I get a blind spot that grows until my entire vision is gone, then after several minutes it clears up. The process takes about 20-40 minutes from beginning to end.

Well...one day I'm playing Halo online with friends and between games I begin to get an occular migraine. So I let everyone know I might end up running into walls for the duration of the next game. By midpoint of the game I'm completely blind. When the game ends I'm chatting with my friends on my team about the experience of losing my sight like that when someone says, "well for a blind person you played awfully well". Huh? So I have them tell me my score and I was top scorer in the game. Which is when it occurs to me that, even though I was fully blinded for the majority of the game, I never stopped playing.

So at one level I'm perceiving myself as totally without sight, while at another level I'm still moving and reacting, with great precision, to visual input.

Go figure.

Thanks for the promote, Lucky!
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*promote

When I have Deja Vu I not only feel I recognize the situation but sometimes I'll remember what is coming next and then it actually happens in real life. I was in a new job and all of a sudden there's an announcement to meet on the factory part of the building for a monthly meeting. I had no idea this was coming, no-one ever told me anything about these meetings. When I sat down and one of the bosses started talking I had Deja vu where I remembered everything about the situation even what the guy was going to say next and that I will be eating free pizza in a few minutes and all of it happened just like I remembered. This has only happened to me a few times in my life. I have deja vu a few times a year but usually I cannot remember what will happen next.

>> ^bloodymario:

Just when I thought I was having a bad case of Deja Vu...
http://videosift.com/video/Trolololo-cat


Yeah, same reaction.

Sorry @hpqp, it's a dupe. I didn't realize until a couple of months ago, but you can * dupeof your own submission. So if you call dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Trolololo-cat it should transfer the votes without requiring a second member also calling dupe.

Just when I thought I was having a bad case of Deja Vu...
http://videosift.com/video/Trolololo-cat

Feels somewhat deja-vu but again: this is NOT a real commercial. there are laws against "negative" ads in germany.

Either I've seen this on here before or I'm having deja vu. Still. Awesome.

Jump ahead about 16 years or so and while working on a porn set she is suddenly struck with a strange sense of deja vu.

Shit. So much for my time traveler theory.
http://videosift.com/video/Animals-in-a-Trance>> ^Stu:

That's why I asked if they go poof. I can't find it anywhere but I know I saw it. Maybe it's deja vu, or maybe I'm a time traveler with partial amnesia. >> ^Barseps:
>> ^Stu:
do videos disappear from here after a while? I remember seeing this a while ago.

Please share the link & I'll "Isdupe" it.

That's why I asked if they go poof. I can't find it anywhere but I know I saw it. Maybe it's deja vu, or maybe I'm a time traveler with partial amnesia. >> ^Barseps:

>> ^Stu:
do videos disappear from here after a while? I remember seeing this a while ago.

Please share the link & I'll "Isdupe" it.

Presque Vu? I think so.
( http://videosift.com/video/The-Vus-explained-Deja-vu-jamais-vu-presque-vu )

That said, it isn't the fact that this happens to Perry that is so bad, it's how poorly he handles it. When Obama had a case of Presque Vu, as our friend, @quantumushroom, points out, he just sorta dances around his stumbled words making light of the situation after explaining that he's been campaigning like crazy; he handles the mental trip up as well as anyone could. Perry wasn't able to do that.

thanks for the promote! =)

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Fascinating! Big time *promote!

>> ^mintbbb:

When I saw this video, I just thought it was cute, and posted it. I am sorry the kitty is sick, I do hope he'll be OK. I know nothing about cats or their health issues (I like cats, but I am horribly allergic!), I did not post as a mean person who laughs at a sick cat.
(Sorry, a deja-vu.. not pretty, not going there again.. me thinking I was posting an innocent video, and some people thinking it was something sinister..)
Again, sorry about the kitty being sick. He is cute as a button though, and I hope he's going to be OIK despite this disorder. Just don't call me a meanie for posting this. Maybe more poeple will learn about the disorder after seeing this video (Feline Congenital Myotonia) and make life easier for poor kitties.


Anyone who thinks you are evil either doesn't know you --or are idiots.

When I saw this video, I just thought it was cute, and posted it. I am sorry the kitty is sick, I do hope he'll be OK. I know nothing about cats or their health issues (I like cats, but I am horribly allergic!), I did not post as a mean person who laughs at a sick cat.

(Sorry, a deja-vu.. not pretty, not going there again.. me thinking I was posting an innocent video, and some people thinking it was something sinister..)

Again, sorry about the kitty being sick. He is cute as a button though, and I hope he's going to be OIK despite this disorder. Just don't call me a meanie for posting this. Maybe more poeple will learn about the disorder after seeing this video (Feline Congenital Myotonia) and make life easier for poor kitties.