Have you experienced Deja Vu?

[Drew]

70% of people say they have experienced deja vu, have you?

[Tgo01]

I swear you've posted this before.

[Fallen]

Yes, though very infrequently.

[Jayvn]

I would have thought 70% was kind of a low number... I did just watch an awesome monty pythons flying circus on deja vu.. it's fun stuff

[TheEschaton]

Deja vu is just a misfiring of your synapses, or something, and completely understood...


...to be a glitch in the Matrix, from when they change things.

[4a6c1]

All the time.

I think it's the brain referencing and sorting unconcious thoughts such as dreams, animal instincts. Maybe also pattern recognition triggered by hormones and other endocrine factors that we associate with the pleasure centers of the brain.

Whatever it is, I hate it. Nothing creeps me out more than a biological mechanism with no apparent evolutionary reference.

[Oxxon]

The one I remember the most is when I was in the Army at Ft. Knox. Long story short my first wee there I was called in to HQ one day. Well, they had lines painted on the floor to show you were to go. As soon as I saw those lines I knew which one I was going to be told to follow. Sure enough I was right. First time I had been in that building but I knew where I was going to end up.

[msconstrew]

All the time. Usually I experience/see something in a dream, then experience/see it in real life, and the dream comes back to me in a rush. I like it because then I try to follow what happened in the dream.

Phil: Do you ever have déjà vu, Mrs. Lancaster?

Mrs. Lancaster: I don't think so, but I could check with the kitchen.

[Fallen]

For you people saying that you saw it in a dream, are you sure? Or is that how you've come to rationalize Deja vu? I've wondered about that myself. The first thought I have when I experience the situation is that is has must have been a dream, yet how can I remember something correctly/definitively when the very experience is a "flaw" in my memory?

[Reltov420]

My brain tumor (now removed) caused me to have seizures, and every time one was coming on, it felt like INTENSE deja vu. Extremely unpleasant, sometimes i'd throw up, or at least start sweating a lot, feel sick, and have to lay down. After this happening over 1000 times, I had my fill of deja vu.

[Gelston]

I get Deja vu ALOT, and it isn't confined to one medium. I've had it from seeing, hearing, reading, and sometimes just feelings I have, like I don't know what but it has happened before. There has been a few times I've been typing something and just stopped, because it would seem like I've done the exact same thing before.

[Inspire]

I used to throw up when I got them as a kid. It seemed to happen every time I drank a cherry slushie.

[Latrinsorm]

I only have deja vu about having deja vu.

Is there a punchline to this thread, like the beer one? I suppose I could just wait for someone to unwittingly post it again.

[Tgo01]

I guess y'all have better deja vu powers than me :(

I've experienced it more than one or two times in my life but I honestly can't remember the last time I've experienced it, I'd say it's been at least 5 years.

[Stanley Burrell]

Sometimes. Usually it's something I can immediately pinpoint on the nose, or understand enough of what's causing both familiarity + recall.

However, if I experience déjà vu and can't explain the why within about half a minute, I go around kicking puppies. Or at least start compulsively thinking.

[Ceyrin]

All the time. Usually I experience/see something in a dream, then experience/see it in real life, and the dream comes back to me in a rush. I like it because then I try to follow what happened in the dream.

:yeahthat:

[Drew]

I only have deja vu about having deja vu.

Is there a punchline to this thread, like the beer one? I suppose I could just wait for someone to unwittingly post it again.

Nah this isn't like the beer thread. Just curious.