sense of direction | Brinens and Things

ilzolende:

thathopeyetlives:

And now my parents have tried to pester me into developing a sense of direction.

You’re a transhumanist, get a NorthPaw?

That’s a thing? That’s awesome.

I have a terrible sense of direction, and I did find myself having a lot more peace of mind once I started carrying around a smartphone with MapFactor installed. I went for a wander through a residential development yesterday, which I would never have done if I hadn’t had that GPS with me. (I did happen to find my way out unassisted, but it was a close thing. I would have been scared without the comforting knowledge that I had technology to fall back on if need be.)

Sooner or later I’m eventually going to have to start driving places on my own, and immediately after that I’m going to need one of those smartphone dashboard mounts.

(I reblogged this from Ilzo because I was mostly replying to them and thought they should see it, but I see from thathopeyetlives’s reply {{here}} that their parents would not have taken “okay, just let me ask my phone for directions” as an answer. Sorry to hear that.)

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#transhumanism #sense of direction #Brin owns *two* 2010’s computers now #reply via reblog

where-am-i-and-do-i-know-you:

Ok so how many of you out there with Prosopagnosia also have other issues like synesthesia or no sense of direction or other? The 2 specific examples are additional issues/quirks I have. I don’t recall the source but remember reading somewhere that this was common with Prosopagnosia? Also does anyone else also have social anxiety either aggravated by or as a direct affect of Prosopagnosia?

Thanks!

Me too. I’m mildly sound-colour synesthetic, and I have a pretty terrible sense of direction. I never had much cause to notice the latter until I started learning to drive (I live in the kind of small town where all the places worth going to are on the same street), but the more I drive the bigger a problem it’s going to be. I really need a GPS.

I’ve also been meaning to practise navigating the nearby city with Street View. That way if I get thoroughly lost I have the option of giving up without being forced to find my way back home first, and I will have neither the stress of trying to both drive and navigate nor the stress of it all happening in real-time.

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#prosopagnosia #synesthesia #reply via reblog #sense of direction #I do not do well with real-time #ask anyone who has ever had a spoken conversation with me