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TopicAnyone else ever get this sensation when reading text on a screen?
Aristoph
09/05/20 8:22:31 PM
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That sensation where it feels like the text isn't small and a couple feet away, but instead that it's really large text that's really far away? Like the screen is actually a huge tunnel you're looking down?

It happens for me most easily when the screen is mostly just text, without a bunch of pictures or weird colors/formatting. I can sort of force it to happen if I cover one eye to get rid of my depth perception, but sometimes it'll just happen randomly even with both eyes open. I also notice it more frequently when I'm really tired, like I am right now, which makes sense.

It can be pretty trippy, and when I notice it I try and keep it going as long as I can before my brain sort of snaps out of it. It's one of the few tricks of the brain that doesn't seem to break when you notice it's happening. I like to try to push it to the extreme and make it feel as far away as possible. Just now I was reading a topic on here when it happened, and I literally stopped reading and just stared at one line for like 10 minutes gradually "pushing" it further away. It felt like the text got miles away and became almost like an out-of-body experience.

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