Poll: Don't think about it!

[Kasawd]

I just lost the game.

Oh, the polar bear. Fun times.

No, I cannot.

 

[thom_cat_]

I managed it by thinking of cake and the 'Still Alive' song.

WTF.
This is odd.
I read the word "Portal" in the heading before I scrolled the page.
I also thought of that song. This is screwed.

 

[Jedamethis]

Last Friday my chemistry teacher was telling us about a psychology test that she read about.

What you do is this: Remember what you did in the morning today. Let it sink in exactly step by step what you did. Now try not to imagine everything you did again, but without thinking about a polar bear.

Can you?

There is a thing in our college called the Game. Something along the lines of don't think about the word game. You fail if you do. Eventually someone brings up the Game in conversation (or someone did it on a presentation), makes you think about it and bang, you fail the game lol... i still can not understand it nor pay any attention to it lol so i often win.

Shit I lost the Game. Why did you do that?

EDIT: Oh, and you can only win the game by dying.

Without ever thinking of the game?
There must be cheats somewhere...

Follow the link below. It has all the answers.

Linky [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(mind_game)]

Nice try, reading and thinking about a wiki page on The Game would make me lose.
Shit.

 

[Hurr Durr Derp]

Why did you chemistry teacher talk about biology?

That's psychology, not biology.

Unless you go by the "psychology is just applied biology" rule, in which case I'm gonna call you a wanker.

 

[NimbleJack3]

Last Friday my chemistry teacher was telling us about a psychology test that she read about.

What you do is this: Remember what you did in the morning today. Let it sink in exactly step by step what you did. Now try not to imagine everything you did again, but without thinking about a polar bear.

Can you?

There is a thing in our college called the Game. Something along the lines of don't think about the word game. You fail if you do. Eventually someone brings up the Game in conversation (or someone did it on a presentation), makes you think about it and bang, you fail the game lol... i still can not understand it nor pay any attention to it lol so i often win.

It's not exclusive to just your college. Half the Internet and all of 4chan play it. It's really big over there. I play it with my friends.

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[fix-the-spade]

No, of course you can't.

The human brain cannot process in negative terms, if you mention something, even as a do not phrase, you have to think about it. Don't think about a pine tree.


It's why you never tell people to think 'don't drown' when they are learning to swim, you tell them to think 'keep swimming'.

 

[Smudge91]

No ofcourse you can't not imagine or think about the polar bear, it has a proposition in the sentance and even subconsiously you will avoid trying to think about a polar bear but envitably you will.

 

[AdambotLive]

Last Friday my chemistry teacher was telling us about a psychology test that she read about.

What you do is this: Remember what you did in the morning today. Let it sink in exactly step by step what you did. Now try not to imagine everything you did again, but without thinking about a polar bear.

Can you?

There is a thing in our college called the Game. Something along the lines of don't think about the word game. You fail if you do. Eventually someone brings up the Game in conversation (or someone did it on a presentation), makes you think about it and bang, you fail the game lol... i still can not understand it nor pay any attention to it lol so i often win.

Shit I lost the Game. Why did you do that?

EDIT: Oh, and you can only win the game by dying.

/facepalm

you can't win the game, but the game is over when the prime minister/president announces the game is over.

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

No. I'd be like "Get out of my Head" but this is a rather simple psychology test.



You mentioned the polar bear, there for I am thinking of it. The only way one could not think about it is if they could not read about the polar bear.

 

[The_ModeRazor]

Wow, apparently I can.
Maybe that explains how can I project lightning and move objects around telekinetically...

 

[ThreeWords]

AHHH!

No, my mind is my own, I will not let you take control!

Then why is there a polar bear IN MY HEAD??

 

[Voodoomancer]

Curses. I was reading about martial arts, and now I can't stop thinking about a polar bear doing Kung Fu >.<

 

[L33tsauce_Marty]

Curses. I was reading about martial arts, and now I can't stop thinking about a polar bear doing Kung Fu >.<

Everytime I brush my teeth all I think about is polar bears.

 

[Voodoomancer]

Curses. I was reading about martial arts, and now I can't stop thinking about a polar bear doing Kung Fu >.<

Everytime I brush my teeth all I think about is polar bears.

And now my mental polar bear is doing kung fu WHILE brushing his teeth. Damn my mind!

 

[deleted_scifidownbeat]

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[ArcWinter]

Well, I made the polar bear into a laser bear that lives in a cannon with the band The Who, however they are both stuck in there and it became a wildly popular zany reality show.

I mixed this topic, an inside joke, and my odd imagination in one.

But afterwards I thought of a polar bear filming it so I failed in the end.

 

[Ace of Spades]

I just lost the game!

 

[KittywifaMohawk]

Nope, I couldn't do it. But it's because you mentioned it which then got our minds thinking about it.

 

[Ekonk]

I've had it with these motherfucking polar bears in this motherfucking head.