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After watching this all the way through my mind wanted to push my screen around after I closed the tab. Almost like Hacker News was going away from me or someth

After watching this all the way through my mind wanted to push my screen around after I closed the tab. Almost like Hacker News was going away from me or something. It was a bit trippy. Just me?

laslkjasdfl 6y ago
i felt exactly the same sensation.
scrozier 6y ago
Yep.
adam12 6y ago
I freaked out as a kid after playing River Raid on the Atari for hours.
autarch 6y ago
It's happening to me right now.
pierrec 6y ago
Motion aftereffect! The most extreme version of this effect I've ever seen is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzSRVgF501M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzSRVgF501M
- gibolt 6y ago
  Trees outside were moving in the wind. Wasn't clear to me when the effect stopped... This is crazy. Feels like it was revealed that my brain is no different than the AIs creating trippy art that Google made a while back. They just had a longer stare
- michaelcampbell 6y ago
  I used to get this as a kid mowing the lawn on a riding mower. After a couple hours, when you get off the mower the whole world seems like it's receding from you slowly.
  - ketzo 6y ago
    Oh my god, I had the same thing happen to me! I had bad eyes from a young age, so I always just attributed it to that... Neat. Makes sense.
    - joering2 6y ago
      After being a scuba diving assistant to instructor thru one summer, I had similar effect after spending close to 10 hours under water every day for weeks: when I lay down for the night on a flat bed and open my eyes, the whole ceiling would float like a water! This has be somewhat depicted in movie "The Big Blue" https://youtu.be/82onGmBx9ZM?t=74 https://youtu.be/82onGmBx9ZM?t=74
  - mobb_solo 6y ago
    This naturally happens in an automobile as well after driving the stateside highways long enough.
    - tantalor 6y ago
      This is called "velocitation" https://driversed.com/resources/terms/velocitation.aspx https://driversed.com/resources/terms/velocitation.aspx
- cmehdy 6y ago
  Eerily similar to one aspect of mild psychedelic trips (wavy-ness)
runlevel1 6y ago
This is called the "motion aftereffect" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_aftereffect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_aftereffect
brundolf 6y ago
I first experienced this as a kid, after playing Guitar Hero for a while with some friends on a gigantic TV. The middle third of the screen scrolls away from you at a constant speed the entire time, and eventually we all started having a collective hallucination that the carpet around us was warping and undulating. It took us a minute to realize what was happening. It was a wild minute.
wakenmeng 6y ago
I know I can find someone feels the same in the comments!

After watching this all the way through my mind wanted to push my screen around after I closed the tab. Almost like Hacker News was going away from me or something. It was a bit trippy. Just me?

laslkjasdfl 6y ago

i felt exactly the same sensation.

scrozier 6y ago

Yep.

adam12 6y ago

I freaked out as a kid after playing River Raid on the Atari for hours.

autarch 6y ago

It's happening to me right now.

pierrec 6y ago

Motion aftereffect! The most extreme version of this effect I've ever seen is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzSRVgF501M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzSRVgF501M

gibolt 6y ago
Trees outside were moving in the wind. Wasn't clear to me when the effect stopped... This is crazy. Feels like it was revealed that my brain is no different than the AIs creating trippy art that Google made a while back. They just had a longer stare
michaelcampbell 6y ago
I used to get this as a kid mowing the lawn on a riding mower. After a couple hours, when you get off the mower the whole world seems like it's receding from you slowly.
- ketzo 6y ago
  Oh my god, I had the same thing happen to me! I had bad eyes from a young age, so I always just attributed it to that... Neat. Makes sense.
  - joering2 6y ago
    After being a scuba diving assistant to instructor thru one summer, I had similar effect after spending close to 10 hours under water every day for weeks: when I lay down for the night on a flat bed and open my eyes, the whole ceiling would float like a water! This has be somewhat depicted in movie "The Big Blue" https://youtu.be/82onGmBx9ZM?t=74 https://youtu.be/82onGmBx9ZM?t=74
- mobb_solo 6y ago
  This naturally happens in an automobile as well after driving the stateside highways long enough.
  - tantalor 6y ago
    This is called "velocitation" https://driversed.com/resources/terms/velocitation.aspx https://driversed.com/resources/terms/velocitation.aspx
cmehdy 6y ago
Eerily similar to one aspect of mild psychedelic trips (wavy-ness)

runlevel1 6y ago

This is called the "motion aftereffect" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_aftereffect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_aftereffect

brundolf 6y ago

I first experienced this as a kid, after playing Guitar Hero for a while with some friends on a gigantic TV. The middle third of the screen scrolls away from you at a constant speed the entire time, and eventually we all started having a collective hallucination that the carpet around us was warping and undulating. It took us a minute to realize what was happening. It was a wild minute.

wakenmeng 6y ago

I know I can find someone feels the same in the comments!