SynonymousStoat
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- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
That’s generally why when you’re younger people tend to put their retirement funds into riskier investments and over time as you get closer to retirement you move portions of your money into less risky things that don’t have the potential volatility of the stock market so that by the time you retire you don’t have to worry about the stock market dipping and blowing out your retirement funds. At least that’s one way to do it; obviously this isn’t investment advice and you should seek your own professional investment advice.
- Comment on Is Everyone Conscious in the Same Way? | Simon Roper 2 months ago:
I’ll look them up, thanks for the recommendation!
- Comment on Is Everyone Conscious in the Same Way? | Simon Roper 2 months ago:
I came to the same conclusion about my usual disinterest in books stemming from me having Aphantasia. The only kinds of books I’ve been able to consistently get through are very comedic in their writing style (e.g. Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, Dennis E. Taylor, etc.). I think the focus on humor instead of visualizing the story and its world is what helps me when it comes to reading books.
- Comment on Is Everyone Conscious in the Same Way? | Simon Roper 2 months ago:
Pretty strong case of Aphantasia here, it never even occurred to me that people actually saw things in their minds eye and thought it was more a metaphor or something. I do, however, have a very talkative internal monologue. I have a friend who has no internal monologue paired with Aphantasia, I always enjoy talking with them about their experience and how it differs from my own.
It’s really interesting to me how people’s internal experience can differ and how we can never truly know what these different experiences are like.
- Comment on Why is the US not considered a third world country? 4 months ago:
Looks like the USA is still about $10 trillion higher in GDP than China.