• LiveLM@lemmy.zip
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    19 days ago

    Companies try so hard to make their marketing quirky and cool that the “We have it” campaign could totally happen IRL.

  • g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    Had a dream in college while napping that McDonalds was offering 200 chicken nuggets for $20. I frantically texted my friends that I was gonna take a nap and then we were gonna move on that before McDonalds realized what a deal that was. Then in my dream I walked home and got in bed before waking up for real. The disappointment that followed was possibly the biggest disappointment of my life.

  • SincerityIsCool@lemmy.ca
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    20 days ago

    There’s a theory that dreams serve as a sort of simulation mechanism for our brain to think through how to respond to various potential situations. It argues that is why natural disaster nightmares are so prevalent, and why our dreams are so weird (monkey brain does not understand modern society).

    Anyways, good for them, I’m glad their brain figured out what to do about hypothetical McWeird.

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      20 days ago

      So if a monster chases me in real life, instead of running I’ll crouch, grab the ground, and launch myself forward to get away (because I can’t run in dreams).

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        20 days ago

        Sounds legit. The monster was probably expecting you to run, and ready to punish it like an elden ring boss punishes dodging backwards.

        But in all seriousness, like any theory out of evolutionary psychology it’s of very questionable utility insofar as it is unfalsifiable. I just find it fun to think about and mentally give my brain a “you tried” sticker after a weird dream.

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        20 days ago

        If you have a good imagination and a strong application you can fly in dreams too. But i think only a specific few can fly or control their dreams.

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            19 days ago

            It is extremely difficult to train, however, I’ve found that even the act of trying to lucid dream has made me incredibly good at falling asleep no matter what the circumstances are, and yet to date, I’ve only managed to do it like 3 times of the 14 years I’ve known about it.

            I have up rather easily, having a dream journal is just not something my adhd brain can handle. But it’s still been a nice skill to atleast practice when I remember it.

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              19 days ago

              How did it make you better at falling asleep? I’m not particularly interested in lucid dreaming but being able to fall asleep

  • Oka@sopuli.xyz
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    20 days ago

    Had a dream last night that I wanted an iced coffee (i cant have caffiene IRL) and there was a Starbucks, but behind the Starbucks was a McDonald’s (imagine one of those houses that has another house behind it situation).

    I went to the McDonald’s for the iced coffee because it would be cheaper, but I couldn’t find it on their menu. They decided not to sell it at this particular location because they were in cahoots with the starbucks.

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    19 days ago

    It’s better than you could ever imagine but you’ll forever feel empty afterward due to the eternal longing for it.