You're All Fucked in the Head!

[lumberjim]

Originally posted by Kitsune

I associate numbers and letters with specific colors (2 is blue, 3 is yellow, 4 is green, 5 is a deep red, etc)

dude. 6 is yellow.

it has always been yellow. Do you flip words, too? In my head, as i was typing "6 is yellow"...i kept trying to say "yellow is six".

I always thought that it was a mapping thing. Like information erosion. If you make a mental mistep like retrieving the information for "6" when you meant to get "yellow", the chemo-electrical current or whatever it is that carries the infomation, carves a groove or leaves a trail. This trail serves as a sort of "lubricant" for the next time you send for the information regarding "6", making it more likely that you make the same mistake again. This is a self perpetuating mistake that results in an association between those two things, "6 & yellow"

The more you hear "6" and "yellow" said together, the stronger the association, and one day you commonly juxstapose those two words.






so. Clear your mind.






no, you, the one reading this. clear your head.







now, what color is 6?








I had to erase " what color is yellow"



Also, somehow, when I go t say "red", I always want to say "yellow", too. What the fuck? i just realized I'm nuts.

What's with yellow? It never really bothers me, i just have to stop, and go, " no goddamnit, I ment to say "red". I flip the words "rebate" and "warranty" occaisionally at work, too.