Unfortunately the title makes it sound like they’re talking about undecided voters in general, when the story is about a specific group of people that were interviewed.

Reading that article felt like I had fallen for a bait and switch.

(edit: “Clickbait and switch”? Is that a thing?)

It’s awesome to live in a time when even 50% of Republicans support gay marriage. If someone had told me that in 2005, I wouldn’t have believed it.

It’s like a bad joke.

saying it is aware of increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence against LGBTQ+ people and events.

I really wish we could know what specifically they know.

What year is it? Lol

I’ve missed Stewart’s ability to sum up stories in such a grounded way. Oh, how I wish that we had him from 2016-2020.

It’s not as vivid as seeing it for real, or even dreaming of it. It’s more akin to how you can “hear” a song that’s stuck in your head.

I mean, it’s definitely visual, but it’s not like I could recall or recreate it photographically.

I remember certain “broad strokes”, but my brain just fills in the details with approximations (that are probably wrong). Like, I could tell you which way the Mona Lisa is facing, the color of the background, what her hair and face sort of look like, but without googling, I have no idea what clothes she is wearing.

Speaking of ADHD, I’ve been into chess lately and have found it to be a really good way to practice extending my focus and not taking mental shortcuts, like I’m prone to do.

That last part is particularly interesting… So maybe it’s not just visual reasoning.

This is why I’m always interested in talking to people about aphantasia. It’s like 2 people trying our best to describe colors to each other and wondering “are we talking about the same thing…?” the whole time.

Maybe so then. In my mind, “seeing” the line that’s not there would count as visualizing.

It’s funny that you mention it, because while I would of course “know” a date, any time I read one I always visualize a calendar at the same time.

That’s fascinating. What about controlled squares? Like, visualizing the cross-shaped lines extending from a bishop? Or the asterisk-shaped lines extending from the queen?

In my head, I sort of “highlight” them like this:

It’s incredible how our brains can accomplish the same things in different ways.

It’s not like the average player can picture the full board state and play blindfolded chess like some GMs can, but I’d expect that it’s pretty normal to visualize pieces on potential spots for tactics.

Do you have it? I’m just curious how someone would plan multiple moves ahead without an image of changes to the board in their head.

“Well, if I move the bishop here, then it’s pinning the knight to the king. Then I can capture over here, threatening a fork.” etc.

It’s not the same as seeing it visually, but yeah I’d say it’s a mental “render”. Sort of like how having a song stuck in your head isn’t the same as actually hearing it.

You move the pieces around in your mental picture of the board to reassess what the potential position would look like.

Hey, that sounds like me. I keep making the same mistakes…

I love that he called it “vger”

I mean, probably Linux at some point. I’ve dipped my toes in as a complete novice, but I expect I’ll take the full dive eventually.