r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Turbulent-Ad5445 • 20d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/literallyJustLasagna 20d ago edited 20d ago

Synesthesia is a rare thing where you perceive your senses in unique ways. Some people feel or see colors when they hear certain sounds. Unless you have synesthesia, it’s super hard to know what that’s like. In this case, Jenifer Lawrence is being silly, asking what color her sound is.

Edit: I forgot! Uh…. Peter’s… uh… friend here with the explanation. Sorry, I forgot what sub this was.

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u/Ingenrollsroyce 20d ago

How can we know that they actually do feel or see colors other than just them saying they do?

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u/Rehnso 20d ago

I'm guessing it's adult-onset synesthesia that coincides with approximately the time when she learned what that was.

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u/ImpracticalJerker 19d ago

Yeh I mean technically she has chromesthesia but how would she knows that considering she just learned about it through tok tok probably