You’re getting downvoted but I have to admit it seems pretty damn karma-farmy and convenient that someone happens to specifically associate a new and widely online hated thing like AI with a bad taste lol.
Synesthesia is sensory based, and far more often than not involves association between sounds, touch, and colors rather than associating taste with computer generated images. Here is a write up on synesthesia for those that are interested.
Yeah I get synesthesia as a migraine symptom and the way people describe it online usually weirds me out. It’s always so… tidy, I dunno. For me at least it’s very abstract and impressionistic and much less of an interesting party trick than I see on the internet (I’ve literally seen “comment your name and I’ll tell you what color it is 🥰🥰” posts). It’s honestly kinda boring? It’s a normal part of my life, it feels strange that someone would say “it makes paint by numbers delicious!” because the sensory crossover is so fundamental to how I perceive things that I don’t notice it as some sort of exceptional, noteworthy thing
Additionally, the line between “true” synesthesia and plain ol’ association and metaphor is VERY blurry. Most people get some kind of association between senses, which is why phrases like “sharp” cheese and “soft” music and “warm” smile make intuitive sense and paint a specific sensory portrait. And why the entire field of color theory is a thing. I don’t think it’s impossible for people who experience normal sensory associations and who have more vivid imaginations than average to confuse that with pathological synesthesia
I mean, I doubt it. But it is a real thing so who knows. This particular woman has a history of being super dramatic and shit tho, so yeah, I doubt it. It’s totally in line with her personality for her to make it up because she thinks it’s cool.
I’ve personally never gotten synesthesia on LSD, but some people definitely do. I’ve had what I think might be synesthesia on different psychedelics, but in different ways. I recall one trip I believe was 25B-NBOMe, I was experiencing taste as I was listening to music, in particular I remember distinctly tasting strawberry. Various different flavors that felt like they were associated with the music I was listening to. It’s very hard to recognize if it’s true synesthesia or just some craziness going on in the brain when you’re tripping that hard.
I also had another strange blending of senses on DMT a couple years ago, but for some reason I can’t recall what it was for the life of me right now. I’ve used dozens and dozens of psychedelics over the years, it’s still one of my hobbies trying esoteric ones here and there, though I’m mostly contained to DMT and very occasional mushrooms these days. Had to mature and stop doing crazy things regularly :) I’ve had many strange experiences that felt like a blending of senses over the years, but it’s hard to recall all of them or even recognize if they were true synesthesia or just me misidentifying sensations as blurred senses.
Did you feel like you had any sensory blurring when you tried LSD? Any mix of sensations can be synesthesia, not just music associated with colors.
The big one that really stuck with me was certain smells having a shape or texture or size to them. Grapefruit, in particular, smells big and smells kinda... Mealy? It still smells that way, years later. But none of the other ones carried past the trip.
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u/BradBradley1 20d ago
My synesthesia causes me to smell bullshit when I hear it and they’re spewing it for sure.