Give me a moment to blow your mind

[cleolinda]

I was walking around outside, letting my thoughts ramble (as you do), and suddenly a number of things I'd heard coalesced into a coherent whole. These conclusions are from various articles I've read over the years--or from what people I know have said, or from interviews various people have given (including the inevitable celebrity refrain of "I'm

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[fiducia]

Wow! That actually makes a butt-ton of sense! I feel better now!

[glenvorian]

Someone should have told this to Heidi Montag, just saying.

[cleolinda]

HA.

[glenvorian]

It had to come up!

[bumblebee_1983]

IAWTC.

*applause*

[laura47]

at burning man in 2006 there was an art piece with a bunch of mirrors set up so you could see your unflipped face. it was better than a photograph because you could move your face and experiment. it was really weird!

relatedly, i am weirded out by what my voice sounds like when recorded.

[saramiskismet]

This. I;m much higher pitched on recordings than I am to myself (has something to do with hearing the vibrations of your voice inside your head as well as on the outside?) and I think I sound much, much ~girlier and I can't stand it.

[janetlin]

Really? Mine sounds lower in recordings (no mean feat for an alto).

Though, to be fair, recordings are also prone to a bit of distortion, so even that isn't a completely accurate rendering of how one sounds to other human beings.

[saramiskismet]

It seems to vary from person to person, I wonder why that is...

[unicornhime]

This just blew my mind a little.

[hopeandmemory]

mine too. so the way i look in a mirror - what i like to think i look like - is a LIE? HELP, I THINK I'M HAVING AN IDENTITY CRISIS.

[saramiskismet]

Oh, geez. Now I have to figure out which person I am.... aaaahhhhhh