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Anonymous at Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:41:15 UTC No. 16581694
I always feel motion sick when i use buses and the passenger car seats.
But i never get motion sick if i use metro, trains or the front car seats.
Can science explain what the fuck is wrong with me and why i am so selective?
Anonymous at Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:52:26 UTC No. 16581704
>>16581694
Less amplitude and more reference points.
Anonymous at Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:02:03 UTC No. 16581710
>>16581704
How does that work?
Anonymous at Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:21:04 UTC No. 16581734
>>16581710
The brain is always comparing its perception with its model. More changes in perception require more resources to process. When you're sick you prefer less sound, less light and more sleep, no? To minimize stimulation and processing of change. So the other way round: more stimulation like all the movement and noise in a bus compared to a quite smooth train ride invites more illness.That's just my hypothesis.
Anonymous at Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:00:42 UTC No. 16581791
>>16581734
Interesting.
What would be your theory on the difference between the passenger seat and the front seat? Surely the same point of reference is applied.
Why do i get sick in one seat and not the other?
Anonymous at Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:45:41 UTC No. 16581833
>>16581791
Perhaps because economy cars have front-wheel drive there's more swing in the back of the car. Sitting in the front may also help the body to anticipate movement more than sitting in the back because of a more clear view. Either way closing the eyes seems to lessen symptoms.
Anonymous at Mon, 10 Feb 2025 21:06:05 UTC No. 16581857
>>16581833
That might be it. There's a couple methods of transportation that i haven't used yet. I wonder if i would get sick on a boat, motorbike passenger seat or the back of a pickup truck.
Anonymous at Mon, 10 Feb 2025 21:18:39 UTC No. 16581869
>>16581857
I tend to get sick as a car passenger and when reading in public transport but I'm fine on a river boat: lots of room, fresh air and big movements are more pleasant than abruptly being pushed around. Strangely though, when lying in bed after a day on a boat or spend swimming I still feel like floating on the water. Quite relaxing really.
Anonymous at Mon, 10 Feb 2025 21:54:53 UTC No. 16581904
>>16581869
Never had that happen to me and i used to swim a whole lot. Maybe i just forgot.
Anonymous at Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:38:34 UTC No. 16582398
>>16581694
You can have motion sickness even playing videogames and not moving at all.
And you move up and down a lot just by walking, yet no one has ever had motion sickness by that alone.
Anonymous at Thu, 13 Feb 2025 04:15:43 UTC No. 16584301
>>16581694
I feel the same way. I can't ride in the back.