| Author | Message | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 977 Registered: 7-2010 |
...but in fact you experience fawry, and the longer it lasts, the more annoying it gets. Heh, hopping onto the Neologism bandwagon ^^ | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15580 Registered: 4-2010 |
Do you experience fawry often? Do other people? Can anyone experience this? Is it embarrassing? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 979 Registered: 7-2010 |
Do you experience fawry often? Yes Do other people? I suppose so Can anyone experience this? Yes Is it embarrassing? No | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 980 Registered: 7-2010 |
BLOOPER: Come to think of it, I can think of one group of persons that is unlikely to experience fawry and one group that can't experience it at all. | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2213 Registered: 12-2010 |
Can babies experience it? toddlers? kids? teenagers? adults? the elderly? Is seeing something relevant? hearing? smelling? tasting? touching? Can it happen anywhere? Anytime? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 981 Registered: 7-2010 |
Can babies experience it? No, or unlikely toddlers? Yes kids? Yes teenagers? Yes adults? Yes the elderly? Yes Is seeing something relevant? Yes (and thus, blind persons can't experience it, either) hearing? No smelling? No tasting? No touching? No Can it happen anywhere? No Anytime? Yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15594 Registered: 4-2010 |
"The longer it lasts" -- are you seeing the same thing? Constantly? Repeatedly? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 986 Registered: 7-2010 |
"The longer it lasts" -- are you seeing the same thing? Yes Constantly? Yes Repeatedly? But this would be possible, too | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2243 Registered: 12-2010 |
Do you see an object? If you, animate? inanimate? a person? a situation? a picture of something? Can it happen indoors? outdoors? At your house? someone else's house? school/uni? work? a shop? a public place? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1003 Registered: 7-2010 |
Do you see an object? Yes If you, animate? inanimate? a person? a situation? a picture of something? Can be many things, but usually, it's an inanimate object Can it happen indoors? outdoors? Both, with outdoors being more likely At your house? someone else's house? school/uni? work? a shop? a public place? Can be any of these under the right circumstances, but out of these, somebody's house might be least likely. But as I said, it's more likely to happen outdoors than indoors. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2274 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it seeing something that shouldn't be where it is? for example litter? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1004 Registered: 7-2010 |
is it seeing something that shouldn't be where it is? No for example litter? Thus no | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1013 Registered: 7-2010 |
HINT: Fawry involves a second activity. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1019 Registered: 7-2010 |
ANOTHER HINT: I often experience fawry on my way to work. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1903 Registered: 6-2008 |
Do you have to be driving or riding in a car? in some other mode of transportation (e.g. a train)? The thing you see--is it a sign of some type? an indicator/signal of some type, for example a traffic light? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1021 Registered: 7-2010 |
Do you have to be driving or riding in a car? in some other mode of transportation (e.g. a train)? These are all possible in theory but unlikely The thing you see--is it a sign of some type? an indicator/signal of some type, for example a traffic light? Can be all of those | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2281 Registered: 12-2010 |
Are you walking when you experience it? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1022 Registered: 7-2010 |
Are you walking when you experience it? Yes! | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2318 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it seeing something of a particular colour? seeing something that reminds you of something? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1027 Registered: 7-2010 |
is it seeing something of a particular colour? No seeing something that reminds you of something? No | ||
| Fionakelleghan (Fionakelleghan)
New member Username: Fionakelleghan Post Number: 427 Registered: 7-2011 |
Is it connected with a movie or TV program that you've watched? I'll broaden this: Is it a cerebral connection, and not a reminder of food or drink? [Oh, lord. Not to leave anything out: a bit of graffiti on a nearby wall always has my boyfriend singing songs about farts, and that led to our favorite Miami Herald columnist, Carl Hiaasen. (His name is pronounced HIGH-a-sin, but it's often mis-pronounced HIGH - ASSIN', hence the jokes that my bf is utterly unashamed of.)] And, of course, this private information is to go no further than this board. Fiona said, innocently. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1033 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is it connected with a movie or TV program that you've watched? No I'll broaden this: Is it a cerebral connection, Not sure what you mean here... and not a reminder of food or drink? Right. Food or drink are irrel to this. [Oh, lord. Not to leave anything out: a bit of graffiti on a nearby wall always has my boyfriend singing songs about farts, and that led to our favorite Miami Herald columnist, Carl Hiaasen. (His name is pronounced HIGH-a-sin, but it's often mis-pronounced HIGH - ASSIN', hence the jokes that my bf is utterly unashamed of.)] Lol, that's hilarious. Now I'd like to know what kind of graffiti that would be xD And, of course, this private information is to go no further than this board. Fiona said, innocently. Why, of course *whistles innocently* ;-) | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2325 Registered: 2-2011 |
the thing you see - is it broken? dirty? does it aways have a particular quality or attribute? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1037 Registered: 7-2010 |
the thing you see - is it broken? dirty? does it aways have a particular quality or attribute? I'm afraid there has been an FA for a while. There's no particular object involved in fawry. It has more to do with seeing things in general. | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2311 Registered: 12-2010 |
Seeing things in general... Is being short-sighted or far-sighted relevant? Are sunglasses relevant? (Forgetting to take them off and wondering why everything is so dark?) | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1040 Registered: 7-2010 |
Seeing things in general... Yes, seeing/perceiving Is being short-sighted or far-sighted relevant? No Are sunglasses relevant? (Forgetting to take them off and wondering why everything is so dark?) No | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4546 Registered: 9-2009 |
Can you experience it in the dark? Dusk? In artificial lighting? In all weathers? With glasses on? Or sunglasses? Can you make it stop? Would it help to look away? Can you experience it in the countryside? City? While driving? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1046 Registered: 7-2010 |
Can you experience it in the dark? Not when it's pitch dark, but in general, yes Dusk? Yes In artificial lighting? Yes In all weathers? Yes With glasses on? Yes Or sunglasses? Yes Can you make it stop? Yes. Explore. Would it help to look away? Yes Can you experience it in the countryside? Yes City? Yes While driving? Less likely but possible | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4552 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is technology relevant? Could it happen 100 years ago? 1000? 10000? Can you make it stop by: looking in another direction? Walking away? Closing your eyes? Closing one eye? Reflections relevant? Other optical phenomena? Can a very nearsighted person experience it without glasses? Is writing relevant? Can you experience it in the middle of nowhere? In fog? Snowstorm? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1048 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is technology relevant? No Could it happen 100 years ago? Yes 1000? Yes 10000? Yes Can you make it stop by: looking in another direction? Yes Walking away? That would make the current fawry stop, but a new fawry would occur when looking into the new direction. Closing your eyes? Yes Closing one eye? No Reflections relevant? No Other optical phenomena? DOYD of phenomena, but I don't think so. Can a very nearsighted person experience it without glasses? Probably not Is writing relevant? No Can you experience it in the middle of nowhere? Yes In fog? Depends on the density of the fog, but it would cause difficulty. Snowstorm? Probably not HINT: Remember that fawry is a phenomenon that is experienced while moving forward, usually while walking. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4562 Registered: 9-2009 |
Can it be experienced while moving in any other direction? Seeing something while moving towards it relevant? Perspective relevant? Reading relevant? Not being able to see something because of the distance relevant? Almost but not quite being able to make out something? Some text? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1053 Registered: 7-2010 |
Can it be experienced while moving in any other direction? Under the right circumstances, yes Seeing something while moving towards it relevant? YES!! Perspective relevant? Not really Reading relevant? No Not being able to see something because of the distance relevant? No Almost but not quite being able to make out something? No Some text? Thus no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4567 Registered: 9-2009 |
Will you experience fawry until you reach the object? Or will it stop before? Can you experience it with more than one object at a time? If so, can they be at different distances? Would using binoculars help? How about using them backwards, would that help? Or make things worse? Can you experience while riding a bicycle? Are you seeing an event? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1056 Registered: 7-2010 |
Will you experience fawry until you reach the object? No Or will it stop before? Yes Can you experience it with more than one object at a time? Yes If so, can they be at different distances? That's possible, but the distances should be similar Would using binoculars help? Umm... Yes, I think so How about using them backwards, would that help? Uh, what would be the effect? Making things smaller, right? If so, it would definitely make things worse. Or make things worse? See above Can you experience while riding a bicycle? Yes Are you seeing an event? Possible, but it would more likely involve objects | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4574 Registered: 9-2009 |
Indeed, binoculars in reverse makes stuff smaller. Try it! Is it relevant that the object looks smaller? That you can't make out as many details? Does the fawry end when you're close enough to see the object better? Would bad eyesight (meaning that you need to get closer to see as good) make the fawry last longer? Mistaking an object for something else relevant? Or not recognizing it? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1059 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is it relevant that the object looks smaller? Smaller than what? But yes, objects looking small is relevant. That you can't make out as many details? No Does the fawry end when you're close enough to see the object better? Making out details of the object is irr Would bad eyesight (meaning that you need to get closer to see as good) make the fawry last longer? No Mistaking an object for something else relevant? No Or not recognizing it? No | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1060 Registered: 7-2010 |
Since this has been going on for quite a while without one, here's a RECAP. I think you're already close but the multitude of posts might make this confusing. Fawry is a phenomenon you experience when moving towards an object, usually by walking. While the object itself is not relevant, it is relevant that it seems small during the fawry. It is an annoying phenomenon and it becoms increasingly annoying the longer it lasts. Looking somewhere else while moving helps and the fawry ends before you actually reach the object. It's more likely to happen outdoors than indoors. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4577 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is making a mistake regarding actual size relevant? Or making a mistake regarding the distance to the object? Or some other mistake? Or misunderstanding? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1061 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is making a mistake regarding actual size relevant? Or making a mistake regarding the distance to the object? This is OTRT Or some other mistake? Or misunderstanding? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5075 Registered: 9-2010 |
is the object stationary? Or is it moving too? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1063 Registered: 7-2010 |
is the object stationary? Or is it moving too? It is possible that the objects are moving, too, but for the sake of simplicity, let's say the object is stationary. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4590 Registered: 9-2009 |
Thinking the objects are closer than in reality relevant? Or farther away? Is the relevant object one you will eventually reach? Or could it be far off to the side? Time taken to reach the object relevant? Many hills seem much steeper when viewed at a distance, is this relevant? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1067 Registered: 7-2010 |
Thinking the objects are closer than in reality relevant? No Or farther away? Yesish. Explore. Is the relevant object one you will eventually reach? Hmm... Usually, yes. Or could it be far off to the side? Normally not Time taken to reach the object relevant? Yesish. Good q! Many hills seem much steeper when viewed at a distance, is this relevant? No | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4607 Registered: 9-2009 |
So it's relevant that it'll take more time to get close to the objects than you think. Is seeing a stretch of road and thinking it's shorter than it really is relevant? Energy expended while cycling relevant? Is it more often experienced: somewhere you've never gone before? Somewhere you go often? Somewhere you know by heart? Is knowledge about the route relevant at all? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1070 Registered: 7-2010 |
So it's relevant that it'll take more time to get close to the objects than you think. That's not spot-on yet, but very OTRT. Is seeing a stretch of road and thinking it's shorter than it really is relevant? No, but good q Energy expended while cycling relevant? No Is it more often experienced: All the below is irr somewhere you've never gone before? Somewhere you go often? Somewhere you know by heart? Is knowledge about the route relevant at all? No | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4611 Registered: 9-2009 |
Being in a hurry relevant? Enjoying the scenery relevant? Are feelings besides irritation relevant? If so: anger? Stress? Fear? Nervousness? Sorrow? Depression? Guilt? Disbelief? Frustration? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1072 Registered: 7-2010 |
Being in a hurry relevant? No, but I feel that it becomes worse when I'm in a hurry. Enjoying the scenery relevant? No, not at all. Are feelings besides irritation relevant? If so: anger? Stress? Probably this Fear? Nervousness? Sorrow? Depression? Guilt? Disbelief? Maybe a little bit of this Frustration? And this too | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1931 Registered: 6-2008 |
Do you underestimate what fraction of the distance to your destination you have traveled? for instance, you see a point up ahead that you think is halfway there, but when you actually GET to that point, you look ahead and see that a new point appears to be halfway? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1078 Registered: 7-2010 |
Do you underestimate what fraction of the distance to your destination you have traveled? No for instance, you see a point up ahead that you think is halfway there, but when you actually GET to that point, you look ahead and see that a new point appears to be halfway? No | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4651 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does it work with any object? Any object above a certain size? Can you get fawry if you're not approaching the object? Can you get it on a moped? When the fawry stops, do you feel: relief? Happiness? Pleasure? Nothing? Can you get a new one on the same trip? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1104 Registered: 7-2010 |
Does it work with any object? No Any object above a certain size? Yes, insofar as you have to be able to see it from where you are. Can you get fawry if you're not approaching the object? No Can you get it on a moped? Yes When the fawry stops, do you feel: relief? This is most likely Happiness? Pleasure? Nothing? Can you get a new one on the same trip? Yes Hint: There's probably a psychological component involved with it. I usually get fawry when I'm in a hurry or have to walk although I don't want to. | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 174 Registered: 11-2011 |
sorry if someone's already asked this - is it anything to do with shadows? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5115 Registered: 9-2010 |
When I have to take the garbage down to the dumpster and it's getting dark/is dark outside, I start getting this (irrational?) fear that there's someone concealed inside the enclosure, waiting for me to open the door so he can shoot me. O_O And since it's getting darker earlier...Yeah. I have to walk about halfway down the street in the mobile home park to do this, btw, and sometimes I think 'he' could be hiding in the bushes/next to other houses/wherever. Is a feeling like this at all relevant? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1108 Registered: 7-2010 |
Andy_hornby sorry if someone's already asked this - is it anything to do with shadows? No Kayleetonkslupin When I have to take the garbage down to the dumpster and it's getting dark/is dark outside, I start getting this (irrational?) fear that there's someone concealed inside the enclosure, waiting for me to open the door so he can shoot me. O_O And since it's getting darker earlier...Yeah. I have to walk about halfway down the street in the mobile home park to do this, btw, and sometimes I think 'he' could be hiding in the bushes/next to other houses/wherever. Is a feeling like this at all relevant? Urrgh. No, it nothing like that. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4661 Registered: 9-2009 |
Do you think most people experience fawry? Or some people? Or very few? Do you: stare at the object? Look at it a lot? Look at it occasionally? Avoid looking at it? Does it work with very large objects? Such as skyscrapers? Or antenna towers? If so, does it work better with those objects? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 566 Registered: 7-2011 |
Kaylee, before we moved to our present house, where we have our own garbage can/rubbish bin, we lived in a mobile home park. One day, in broad daylight, my husband was taking a sack of garbage to the dumpster, and something was in the dumpster that tried to get him - a racoon! He managed to hit it right on the nose with the sack, and made it soooo mad, but the trash wasn't high enough that it could climb out, thankfully. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5122 Registered: 9-2010 |
it would be worse if it was a kitteh...=( which could theoretically happen. a cat could possibly get into the dumpster. Pet cats run around loose a bit in our area and at least two of my neighbors have cats. Now, if a cat slipped in past the gate into the closed off place where the dumpster is, and then climbed in when someone opened the lid, they could get trapped in there if the someone shut the lid on them... of course if it was a person-kitteh then I'd really be worried. O_O But a trapped kitteh is no good. =( | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 580 Registered: 7-2011 |
He would have probably tried to rescue a cat, but a racoon is different. They're much bigger, and /i{very)strong. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1121 Registered: 7-2010 |
Galfisk Do you think most people experience fawry? I think so Or some people? Or very few? Do you: stare at the object? This is possible Look at it a lot? This too Look at it occasionally? Not really Avoid looking at it? No Does it work with very large objects? Yes Such as skyscrapers? Yes Or antenna towers? Yes If so, does it work better with those objects? Hmm... It'd depend on how far away you are from the object. It would work better because you can see it from a greater distance. | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 209 Registered: 11-2011 |
I'm not sure whether this is just rephrasing biograd and potato's earlier questions... Is fawry the sensation that you aren't getting any closer to the object that you're using as a point of reference? aren't getting there as quickly as you'd like, i.e. It just seems the same size as before, or only slightly bigger... | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 210 Registered: 11-2011 |
sorry, not potato (obviously) - galfisk's question. my bad | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1127 Registered: 7-2010 |
I'm not sure whether this is just rephrasing biograd and potato's earlier questions... Is fawry the sensation that you aren't getting any closer to the object that you're using as a point of reference? YES! aren't getting there as quickly as you'd like, i.e. It just seems the same size as before, or only slightly bigger... Yes, that too And this is solved! The you-know-what is coming up later. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1128 Registered: 7-2010 |
********** SPOILER ********** Fawry (a condensed form of "far away") is the sensation that an object that you're walking towards doesn't seem to come any closer although you are constantly moving. Sometimes I experience it to such an extent that I feel as if I was not only walking in one spot but even backwards... Good job solving this one and having the patience to stick with this :-) | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 229 Registered: 11-2011 |
Nice - thanks for posting. |
