Hey guys, today’s post isn’t really a ‘comic’. I have a type of Synesthesia called Ordinal Linguistic Personification which means that numbers and (to a certain extent) letters have genders and personalities to me. I didn’t realise that this was not the norm until a few years ago so I thought that I would have some fun and draw the numbers up the way I see them and share them with you :) Below each person is a description of their personalities.
I will have a normal comic later this week, I promise!
I love the drawings! I have colour synaesthesia for weekdays. Not as fun as personalities, though!
It is interesting how they seem to grow older with the numbers, except for 10 :)
AWESOME!!! nice shading and drawing! ^^ and i know the last one is like u Li!! (or it IS u) because u have that smile on!! and the hair-do is like urs too!
That is kinda neat. I hope it isn’t a disorder for you in any way. I’ve never heard of this version of synesthesia. Does it very or are the number’s personalties always the same? Does it effect how you do math?
how weird!! I do not create personalities but I do relate colors with numbers and days of the week. I also view weeks and months in spacial sequences. I knew none of my friends did it but I did not think much of it until I read this weeks comic. I did a little research on what you said and now I am officially a synesthete. Thanks!
Nojh: The personalities are defined, they never change. It doesn’t really affect my maths, it’s just something that I’m aware of in the back of my mind. It’s not too personal :)
You’ve got to be kidding me. I thought I was the only one who did this and nobody I asked knew what I was talking about. I learned how to add and subtract by creating stories using these personalities I had felt. Thanks! Now I know there are others and there is a name for it!
Awesome! I’ve done a lot of reading on synesthesia but I still didn’t get the comic until I read your description.
I have color-number/letter synesthesia. Here they are: http://imgur.com/NNG39.jpg
I don’t ever really notice the colors most of the time, kind of like how you don’t notice the fact that you’re always feeling things or breathing air and stuff. It’s just something that’s always there.
I thought i was the only one like that! Though mine are all female. However they vary a lot on personality. Also i only have 6 i can think of. Im glad to see im not THAT weird for doing this cuz there are others XD
I don’t have this with every number, but often associate people with two-digit numbers. My husband is 89, and my ex-boyfriend was 76. And it is something related to personality, not age!!
I thought I was the only one who did this. I’ve tried to explain it to other people and they look at me like I’m crazed. I have a very different set of personalities for numbers though.
woah! this is fukn weird! i hav this 2! i never really paid any attention to it tho an its jus like the numbers 1 ta 10 wit me! creepy… so is this like unhealty or sumtin?
Hey guys, today’s post isn’t really a ‘comic’. I have a type of Synesthesia called Ordinal Linguistic Personification which means that numbers and (to a certain extent) letters have genders and personalities to me. I didn’t realise that this was not the norm until a few years ago so I thought that I would have some fun and draw the numbers up the way I see them and share them with you :) Below each person is a description of their personalities.
I will have a normal comic later this week, I promise!
3 is a loser.
So in this case 3 is the loneliest number?
Wow, cool! I wish my brain worked like that..
wow Li Li, i did not know this… how intriguing!!! you amaze me every day :)
I love the drawings! I have colour synaesthesia for weekdays. Not as fun as personalities, though!
It is interesting how they seem to grow older with the numbers, except for 10 :)
I am 3. I think 7 is hot. But if we got together, we’d turn into a motherly type of woman. I am okay with that.
Wow Li! That’s the first I’ve heard of this. I obviously don’t have it, but I’m a very logical sort of person, so that doesn’t really surprise me.
I agree with swb that 7 is hot… And oddly, I was also a 3. Heh.
Which number is the shy, logical guy with glasses that is nice when you talk to him, but never starts a conversation? ;)
Cool!
Although I disagree with 3, since it is my favorite number. I consider it young, but wise.
Li, have you ever read the book “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”? The protagonist, Francie Nolan, does this with her numbers, too.
I demand a recount!
AWESOME!!! nice shading and drawing! ^^ and i know the last one is like u Li!! (or it IS u) because u have that smile on!! and the hair-do is like urs too!
The quiet smart dude is perfect.
oh, sometimes i think this way too.. i didn’t think it was abnormal though XD; i think differently from a lot of people though. cute drawings~
Why is 6 afraid of 7? Because 7,8,9
Lame old joke, or brutal canabalism. You decide.
Woah woah I think I have that too. Wtf.
As always, zero gets left out. :(
Wow! I also have this, although my number-personalities are different from yours.
Thanks for diagnosing me, Doc!
That is kinda neat. I hope it isn’t a disorder for you in any way. I’ve never heard of this version of synesthesia. Does it very or are the number’s personalties always the same? Does it effect how you do math?
Sorry if these questions are very personal.
Once again excellent art!
how weird!! I do not create personalities but I do relate colors with numbers and days of the week. I also view weeks and months in spacial sequences. I knew none of my friends did it but I did not think much of it until I read this weeks comic. I did a little research on what you said and now I am officially a synesthete. Thanks!
Sharky: no I haven’t, I’ll look into it thanks!
Nojh: The personalities are defined, they never change. It doesn’t really affect my maths, it’s just something that I’m aware of in the back of my mind. It’s not too personal :)
I immediately looked to see how you hid the numbers in the drawings. I think they’re mostly clear, whether intended or not ; )
You’ve got to be kidding me. I thought I was the only one who did this and nobody I asked knew what I was talking about. I learned how to add and subtract by creating stories using these personalities I had felt. Thanks! Now I know there are others and there is a name for it!
Awesome! I’ve done a lot of reading on synesthesia but I still didn’t get the comic until I read your description.
I have color-number/letter synesthesia. Here they are:
http://imgur.com/NNG39.jpg
I don’t ever really notice the colors most of the time, kind of like how you don’t notice the fact that you’re always feeling things or breathing air and stuff. It’s just something that’s always there.
I thought i was the only one like that! Though mine are all female. However they vary a lot on personality. Also i only have 6 i can think of. Im glad to see im not THAT weird for doing this cuz there are others XD
I don’t have this with every number, but often associate people with two-digit numbers. My husband is 89, and my ex-boyfriend was 76. And it is something related to personality, not age!!
I thought I was the only one who did this. I’ve tried to explain it to other people and they look at me like I’m crazed. I have a very different set of personalities for numbers though.
I didn’t even know it was unusal !
wait that isn’t normal?
i always thought everyone knew that they all had different genders. really though. and colours have genders too, and so do letters.
this is called something?
You’re probably not studying math, but how would you describe more abstract numbers? you know pi, e or imaginary numbers like the square-root of 1?
woah! this is fukn weird! i hav this 2! i never really paid any attention to it tho an its jus like the numbers 1 ta 10 wit me! creepy… so is this like unhealty or sumtin?
I have studied Synesthesia independently for a while, but I have never come across this type. Very interesting!
6 here.