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Every time I read about this I find myself asking what the little people are doing, and articles never answer it.
by ChiperSoft 4mo ago
Every time I read about this I find myself asking what the little people are doing, and articles never answer it.
- moi2388 4mo agoIt does? “ Patients describe colourful figures only a few centimetres tall, marching, dancing and climbing over the furniture.”
- jdthedisciple 4mo agoTbf I would also want to know more: Like to what end are they moving around? And what do they look like exactly? Like people you know from your life? Wearing ordinary outfits? Do they communicate amongst themselves, like little groups of people? Do they gesticulate? And when you see them, can you like, focus on a particular one and follow him around? Etc etc...
- moi2388 4mo agoThe hallmark symptom of these mushrooms are Lilliputian hallucinations. This is a clinically defined psychiatric condition characterized by the perception of numerous tiny human, animal, or fantasy-like figures in one’s environment. They’re often very realistic, three dimensional figures said to be colorfully dressed, very mobile, and interacting with the physical world—like climbing up chairs or tables, or clinging to surfaces.
- tsimionescu 4mo agoObviously they're making an air chrysalis.
- Tossrock 4mo agoA 1Q86 reference, on HN? I never thought I'd see the day.
- pas 4mo ago(for anyone else wondering, it's a book, 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, from 2009-2010)
- tsimionescu 4mo agoEvery time this topic comes up and the comments are full of discussions about the little people I think of it. I do wonder if Murakami was inspired in any way by similar discussions.
- functionmouse 4mo agoI've read: > marching in formation > frolicking > being merry