LarryG on 15/7/2012 at 08:03
Sound effects!
Who makes sound effects when doing things which don't have much sound associated with them but should, maybe to make the action more dramatic or to link it in some metaphoric way to another action which has that sound effect?
I am talking about the kinds of sounds you make when feeding a baby with an airplane-spoonful of veggie-mush, but not associated with a baby or airplanes, but with your feelings about how some action should sound, even if reality doesn't wholly agree with you, so you decide to fill in the gaps where reality has gone wanting in the sounds department: screeching braking noises when stopping hard in a well made and silently stopping car, that kind of thing. Anyone do that?
Mr.Duck on 15/7/2012 at 08:48
A-yup, talk to m'self.
Melan on 15/7/2012 at 08:52
Sometimes, when I am walking through dark streets, I even recite guards' lines from Thief. :sly:
"Oh well. It's quiet enough now!"
Beleg Cúthalion on 15/7/2012 at 08:55
Does having imagined discussions count? Or conversations with foreign people to train language skills?
nickie on 15/7/2012 at 09:34
Quote Posted by Melan
Sometimes, when I am walking through dark streets, I even recite guards' lines from Thief. :sly:
"Oh well. It's quiet enough now!"When I lived in a rat-infested building it was always, 'must've bin rats'.
I used to start a conversation in my head and then carry it on out loud when bloke walked in - and then wondered why he didn't know what I was talking about. After endless accusations of 'you never listen to me', I've learnt not to do it anymore and manage to have the whole conversation in my head now. Life is much calmer. :)
Koki on 15/7/2012 at 09:45
What did the study show:
- when you're looking for something in a pile and loudly say its name you are likely to find it faster assuming you are familiar with it
What the article claimed:
- talking to yourself might benefit perception
- talking to yourself doesn't mean you're crazy
- talking to yourself might benefit "thinking"
People in this thread:
- still crazy
Dia on 15/7/2012 at 13:51
Quote Posted by Renzatic
Now I seem to talk to myself more and more, specially if I'm doing something overly complicated. Now it's more like I'm self narrating everything I'm doing, and I'm sure it's annoying as hell to be around.
Yep; I do the same thing. I also berate myself when I mess something up or do it wrong, etc. Mostly while playing a game, but also in RL. Like dethy, I swear a lot while playing, sometimes at the NPCs, but most often at something stupid I've just done. I've also always had the problem of walking into and tripping over inanimate objects due to not paying attention to my surroundings (I'm usually focused on something else), so my all-time favorite out-loud phrase is, 'Damn!
That's gonna leave a mark.', whether I'm alone or not.
Vasquez on 15/7/2012 at 15:56
Quote Posted by Dia
Like dethy, I swear a lot while playing, sometimes at the NPCs, but most often at something stupid I've just done.
Same, same, same :) And Morbus does the same, sometimes I wonder what neighbors might think when we're playing co-op... "WHY DON'T YOU FUCKING DIEE?! I STABBED YOU 100 TIMES!!" - "AAAGHH RUN, STUPID FUCKTARD, DON'T GET STUCK IN THE CORNER!!"
(Although that doesn't really count as talking to oneself, I guess ;) )
nickie on 15/7/2012 at 16:05
Depends whether you get a reply or not.
Yakoob on 15/7/2012 at 18:14
No, we don't talk to ourself. Err, I mean I...
Quote Posted by LarryG
Who makes sound effects when doing things which don't have much sound associated with them but should, maybe to make the action more dramatic or to link it in some metaphoric way to another action which has that sound effect?
Not so much sound effects, but I do a lot of funny/serious/stylized voices out loud. I like to think it has to do with my interest in film/story telling and its just practicing for that. Makes me feel a little more sane :p
But at least I do it when my roommate is gone and I am completely alone. Once I start doing that, in the middle of the street, targeted at random passerby-ers, and in spanish, that's when I will start worrying.
Quote Posted by Koki
What did the study show:
- when you're looking for something in a pile and loudly say its name you are likely to find it faster assuming you are familiar with it
What the article claimed:
- talking to yourself might benefit perception
- talking to yourself doesn't mean you're crazy
- talking to yourself might benefit "thinking"
People in this thread:
- still crazy
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