▲ 307 ▼ A fat chance and a slim chance are the same thing (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by jscari@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Semantic satiation? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Firefly7@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children) No - semantic satiation is when you read or hear a word so much in a short timeframe that it stops feeling like a real word, and briefly feels like just a jumble of letters/sounds. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago I hate semantic satiation. It happens all the time while programming for me. I'll have a variable name with some common word and, after typing it a few times my brain just stops recognizing it as a real word. This sometimes sends me into etymology dives to figure out why the word "jump" (or whatever) looks so strange. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hemmes@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Row•ads, that is a freaky word permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Firefly7@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children) No - semantic satiation is when you read or hear a word so much in a short timeframe that it stops feeling like a real word, and briefly feels like just a jumble of letters/sounds. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago I hate semantic satiation. It happens all the time while programming for me. I'll have a variable name with some common word and, after typing it a few times my brain just stops recognizing it as a real word. This sometimes sends me into etymology dives to figure out why the word "jump" (or whatever) looks so strange. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hemmes@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Row•ads, that is a freaky word permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago I hate semantic satiation. It happens all the time while programming for me. I'll have a variable name with some common word and, after typing it a few times my brain just stops recognizing it as a real word. This sometimes sends me into etymology dives to figure out why the word "jump" (or whatever) looks so strange. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hemmes@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Row•ads, that is a freaky word permalink fedilink source parent