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| ▲ | bell-cot 2 days ago | parent [-] | | I've no idea. But flipside, I know quite a few sighted people who can't walk around a rectangular block without losing track of which way north is. Or can't visualize that (say) their master bedroom closet backs up to their kitchen. Or other facepalm-worthy visualization failings. | | |
| ▲ | toast0 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | > without losing track of which way north is. I blame my childhood. Everyone always said the Pacific Ocean is to the west. So naturally the direction I went to go to the beach on the pacific ocean should be West. Especially when the north/south freeway crosses the street I take to the beach at a pretty good angle (well it's more like 45 degrees). Turns out I actually go south to go to the beach, the freeway is roughly parallel to the coast and north/south freeways sometimes travel due east/west and I have a real hard time with cardinal directions, and even if I understand where the directions are when outside, when I enter a building, especially if I go up stairs or an elevator, my sense of where the cardinal directions from inside the building is likely to be way off. Thankfully, there's not a big impact from not knowing where room walls are relative to each other. :P | | |
| ▲ | coryrc 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Similarly, I live in Seattle with hills everywhere, but the main path I used to go uphill was Southbound. But on maps, up is always North. I haven't recovered since! | |
| ▲ | bell-cot 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | > Thankfully, there's not a big impact from not knowing where room walls are relative to... Let me tell you about the friend-of-friend, who was cutting holes in his dining room wall to install [whatever], oblivious to the bathroom on the other side, and the water pipes for that bathroom... | | |
| ▲ | toast0 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Don't they make special anchors for mounting your TV on PVC sewer pipes? Should be fine. ;) |
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| ▲ | UltraSane 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | I have never been able to use cardinal directions but I am very good at mental visualization and manipulation of 3d objects |
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