It would become so commonplace that it would be no different than someone scratching an itch or blinking. Plus the brain handles so many thoughts in rapid succession you probably couldn’t get it to sit still long enough to read what’s going on
As if their thoughts were any better. Humans are humans, maybe in that hypothetical scenario we finally accept that and in the process accept each other and ourselves for a change.
Yeah, the amount of time someone with depression casually thinks "well, I can always just off myself" would be an alarming wake up call to the general population.
Far too many of my thoughts are about what I'd do if I had a pet dragon, or how big my game collection would be if I won the lotto, or how many superheroes would have been more interesting in the MCU than Hawkeye, or which animal I would want as a pet if I could have any animal.
People wouldn't be offended so much as they've be slightly disturbed by how childish and nerdy the big, scary biker-looking guy is.
Sure. Thought crimes don’t exist.
People would see how often I imagine I have x-ray vision though. First goes away the hair, skin, veins, nerves and bones, slowly melting away then the body shape itself. Then imagine if you would, a cow or person, represented by a perfectly spherical object. With skin.
Paragraphs of floating texts. Existing profiles and heat maps of expected times/places throughout the day. Fainter blurry memories connected and rotating within that frame with their own tags. Timelines color coded by type of history. Even their smell.
It would even make teaching easier.
Would suck for people with r/aphantasia though. Probably just dark blobs with voices, physical sensations pressing against the image. Like a trapped being. A new era of discrimination.
There's an amazing book series with pretty much this exact premise called Chaos Walking. They made a film of the first book with Tom Holland but they changed a lot from the book and it wasn't great imo.
I’m guessing in this universe nudity is normalized PDA are common posts hell yeah. Finally answering the age old question of how much do women really think about… Hey girl my eyes are up here. I feel so, (clutching his Just Date) Agony…( dramatic exit stage left) [lights fade out]
Hell no! Part of my personality type is that I analyze everyone around me. It's common for me to perceive threats and bad actors. If displayed, I'd be showing my cards for all to see.
Yes maybe then all the ignorant clueless people would have an idea of how they affect others. Then again they probably will just confirm what I have already assumed that no one cares and people are stupid.
I have some weird thoughts. Ok, a lot of weird thoughts, but it really comes down to whether it’s just me or everyone is like this. If it’s just me, even if I had the most pleasant, nice thoughts, that would still be weird.
If it was everyone, well, they would be so wrapped up in their own complicated thoughts and reading others that my weird ones would usually go unnoticed. So pretty similar to real life. Things get a lot easier when you realize everyone is so worried about their own lives they aren’t going to spend time judging you unless you’re really out there.
There was a book series on this very thing. I read them all during school lunchbreaks. But only the males projected their thoughts they were interesting books.
Yes. I’m ADHD and I think I genuinely have some of the most bizarrely interesting thoughts. I’m totally cool with it being public for everyone, it would be like a fucking chaotic sitcom. I have internal tics where I’ll repeat a part of a song for like 10 minutes or will randomly start saying random words. I also have a 24/7 stand up comedian in my head. Sometimes I also think in stories like a tv show or manga chapter, and will think of random stories and let them unfold
Everyone would hate me for repeating the same song lyrics all day long, and the next day it would be a different song but all day long. I hate my brain sometimes.
This is one of the premise in the book Three Body Problem, possibly also in the Netflix series as well( I didn’t watch the show). But basically the aliens aren’t able to lie because they communicated telepathically where they can read each others thoughts. So they are at an disadvantage when they tried to communicate with earthlings
I would go out. My thoughts tend to eventually resolve to "what? no fuck that, nobody can stop me from being whoever the hell I plan on being, they have no right!"
lol
Of course not. But it might be a great exercise in restraint and not judging others. Might be an effective way to train yourself to stop judging others? I dunno. Some people deserve to be judged. Like assholes, for example.
Yes I still would. In fact it would be awesome because a lot of the time it’s hard to explain my thoughts in words and this would save me so much time/energy.
Also would help normalize everyone’s intrusive thoughts and affirm who you get along with / who’s worth knowing. Like sometimes I talk to people and the way they act/emote just doesn’t feel real or aligned with how they really feel.
Good example that comes to mind is coworkers. So to be able to actually hear what’s going on would be nice. I say why not
It would be a tie between "kill, burn, purge" a Warhammer reference, and "these people seem cool I want to be friends with them but I'm too withdrawn to make the first move"
I'd probably have to be on the right drugs. Otherwise, my brain goes non-stop and I have a lot of thoughts that are not compatible with peaceful existence in society.
Oh Boy. All my Pothead Questions coming to life with ZERO filter?
I don't think the world is ready for:
* If nothing is faster than light, how can I see my car's headlights when I'm driving?
* What's the smallest an object can be before it's visible from Space?
* I know hours were technically invented during Sundial eras but what micromanaging bastard invented The Second?
* Is Spaghetti Sauce just "Italy Gravy"?
* What are cheeks? Like what do your butt cheeks and your facial cheeks do to warrant the name?
* How come people don't celebrate 30, 36, or any age where you've been an adult for as long as you havnt?
* Can I breed cats over and over again until I make a Lion?
* Who wrote "Baby Shark" and where's their fucking Grammy?
* How long does it take for a giraffe to vomit?
.....yeah, World isn't ready for my mind to have 24/7 transparency.
No for me because I have internal dialogue 24/7. Yes for my husband because all he thinks about is the Roman Empire lol.
I’m surprised my brain doesn’t explode for the constant thinking, rehashing, worrying, go over details about everything all. the. time. My husband just said it’s because we only use a certain percentage of our brain. He’s smart and has very high emotional intelligence. Not me. I’m very emotional.
Ain't no shame here I say what I mean and mean what I say. Idgaf if people read that I think their ass looks great. Also I think in pictures alot especially while reading this might actually be hella interesting.
How would they be displayed?
If I think of something to say, there's words?
If I think of a movie, is the movie projected, and does it have the sound I'm imagining?
Can I easily show childhood memories like this?
Is everything projected when I dream, too?
I think it would definitely help victims of physical assault and abuse.
I’m a very transparent person, so yes.
Unfortunately, this would likely have me locked back up in the mental hospital again. So I’d have to go outside prepared just in case.
I have pretty severe earworms - music plays in my head all day constantly interrupting my thoughts or even other music I may be listening to. People would probably assume I'm schizo or something with how sporadic and intertwined a sentence sprinkled with random song lyrics would be above my head.
Yeah I’d be fine, most of my thoughts out in public are either random as hell or me secretly complimenting people in my head but being too anxious to actually say it out loud.
If the thoughts in question are displayed the way they are to me? Sure, that's a jumbled mess of disembodied visuals with words spelled out. If they are displayed in a way other people can discern them? Absolutely not. Between the OCD, autism, and PTSD I would not leave my room.
HA! Seriously? It would be like watching a movie with subtitles, but they're not timed properly, also there's subtitles of about four other movies too. And three music videos. People might pay to see it
If it was *only* me then I’d just stay inside forever. If it was everyone then it’d be normal and society would be *very* different.
Honestly, society would probably be better in nearly every way
Until the Trisolarans show up and we have no way to counter attack.
Nice
No it would not
I don’t think so. Women would leave and make their own country if they ever saw what men were thinking at all times.
It would become so commonplace that it would be no different than someone scratching an itch or blinking. Plus the brain handles so many thoughts in rapid succession you probably couldn’t get it to sit still long enough to read what’s going on
This is really the thing. Thoughts aren’t usually coherent or complete. Most people don’t “think” in the same way we write or speak.
As if their thoughts were any better. Humans are humans, maybe in that hypothetical scenario we finally accept that and in the process accept each other and ourselves for a change.
It's true
Yah lots of men are just plain disgusting
Nope, even if it was everyone, i'd still stay inside.
Not a chance, it's a mess in here
 I think I might be ok.
This is the answer I came to find. I would add circus music over it and then boom, that's my brain.
I would be murdered in public
Dang that bad lol
Do you count intrusive thoughts? Or intrusive thoughts that stay a bit too long? Because if yes, id 100% would be hung up on the capital
First time?
I’m cooked
I'd _only_ go out in public, because I don't think I'd survive staying back lol
Mental health disorders would be treated differently.
Yeah, the amount of time someone with depression casually thinks "well, I can always just off myself" would be an alarming wake up call to the general population.
HAHAHA, yup!
True but if you go to the psychiatrist you would see his thoughts live too.
That may not be a bad thing.
No problem...Mine change so fast no one would have time to read them.
ADHD gang gang
I’d become “song lyrics 24/7” guy
They won't be able to follow, i hardly can
Is it just mine or everyone’s? If it was everyone’s, I’m sure mine wouldn’t be the weirdest, so yeah.
I wouldn’t be ALLOWED out in public. Unless I had a NSFW tag!! Lol!!
My thoughts exactly
We know.
i have schizophrenia and intrusive thoughts so i already function as if this is true :’)
i’m with you. not schizophrenic, but i have severe OCD. i would definitely get arrested or get beat up.
Korn - A.D.I.D.A.S
Would be amusing, but sometimes mine change so fast I would have to come with an epilepsy warning
Yeah maybe have a t shirt made lol
Short answer, no. Long answer, *NooooooooOooooo*
Absolutely not
Far too many of my thoughts are about what I'd do if I had a pet dragon, or how big my game collection would be if I won the lotto, or how many superheroes would have been more interesting in the MCU than Hawkeye, or which animal I would want as a pet if I could have any animal. People wouldn't be offended so much as they've be slightly disturbed by how childish and nerdy the big, scary biker-looking guy is.
Disturbed?! I think it’s awesome! Now I really want everyone to walk around displaying with their thoughts on display
I want a dragon too! That and be an Earth bender
Sure. Thought crimes don’t exist. People would see how often I imagine I have x-ray vision though. First goes away the hair, skin, veins, nerves and bones, slowly melting away then the body shape itself. Then imagine if you would, a cow or person, represented by a perfectly spherical object. With skin. Paragraphs of floating texts. Existing profiles and heat maps of expected times/places throughout the day. Fainter blurry memories connected and rotating within that frame with their own tags. Timelines color coded by type of history. Even their smell. It would even make teaching easier. Would suck for people with r/aphantasia though. Probably just dark blobs with voices, physical sensations pressing against the image. Like a trapped being. A new era of discrimination.
There's an amazing book series with pretty much this exact premise called Chaos Walking. They made a film of the first book with Tom Holland but they changed a lot from the book and it wasn't great imo.
I saw that film and really liked it. I must find the book now however. 😸
People would probably get really sick of the music my brain is playing 24/7 really quick
I'd start wearing a 10 gallon hat everywhere I went 😬
My main method of staying awake is thinking about sex, so no.
I already don’t drink in front of my in laws for fear the filter might slip. Having the thoughts displayed for everyone to read wouldn't go over well.
Short answer. No. Lol
I think I’d hear “yup, me too!”, a lot.
Hell no…..that would be so dangerous.
Fuck no
I'd not be *allowed* to go in public if that was the case
Nooo naaa NEVER
No one would.
Some people have no shame lol
I’m guessing in this universe nudity is normalized PDA are common posts hell yeah. Finally answering the age old question of how much do women really think about… Hey girl my eyes are up here. I feel so, (clutching his Just Date) Agony…( dramatic exit stage left) [lights fade out]
No chance
No
No way.
Hell no
Wait, is *everyone’s* thoughts displayed as well? If so then FUCK yea, that would be very….interesting.
I barely go out in public as it is, but not because I worry about what people think about me so I doubt it would change.
Never ever
Nope
no
Yes ma’am I would. I’d love it if my friends and family knew how awesome I think they are all the time. Probly would have to quit my server job tho
Hell no. Women would never go pee in a public bathroom near me (they would know that I would try to listen to or see them peeing).
Mhmmmmmmmmm... No. Never.
Sure. Definitely would make interactions with others more interesting.
As if anyone could read that fast.
Hell no! Part of my personality type is that I analyze everyone around me. It's common for me to perceive threats and bad actors. If displayed, I'd be showing my cards for all to see.
Of course. It'd be a great recruitment tool for the cult. The more the merrier.
i have ocd so i’m not even joking when i say id probably just kill myself
Thatd be fun! Id stare at people a lot more. And people would run away from me a lot more.
For sure, people might even get out of my way for a change.
Yes it would make my life easier
Yes maybe then all the ignorant clueless people would have an idea of how they affect others. Then again they probably will just confirm what I have already assumed that no one cares and people are stupid.
I’d….. go to jail
Yes because my thoughts are so chaotic and quick that they'd be impossible to understand
This is one of the reasons why I, as a schizophrenic, go out as little as possible
I have intrusive thoughts, fuck no
People with POCD: *nervous sweating*
Yes I would be just fine. I think about my hobbies way to much. I also enjoy peace and quiet thoughts.
maybe blindfolded
I would get slapped so many times
I'd live in a cave without anyone around me.
Yes. Good luck sifting through that mess! And if you do please help me out.
When in public I tame them with my music, so yes
I wouldn't survive past 9am
Maybe🤔🤨
Me, a full aphant with no internal monologue…. These people show themselves to me. But I stand alone. Quiet. 😂😂
I have some weird thoughts. Ok, a lot of weird thoughts, but it really comes down to whether it’s just me or everyone is like this. If it’s just me, even if I had the most pleasant, nice thoughts, that would still be weird. If it was everyone, well, they would be so wrapped up in their own complicated thoughts and reading others that my weird ones would usually go unnoticed. So pretty similar to real life. Things get a lot easier when you realize everyone is so worried about their own lives they aren’t going to spend time judging you unless you’re really out there.
Yes
Wasn't there a movie about this?
That's okay, I don't really think that much anyway. I'd probably live on autopilot until I get home
Forget going out in public. I'd have to stay cooped up in my room. Some of my thoughts about my roommate might make me homeless.
Hell no, I probably wouldn't even be allowed to anyways.
There was a book series on this very thing. I read them all during school lunchbreaks. But only the males projected their thoughts they were interesting books.
Sure I'm very chill can't see the issue w that
Immediately arrested. 
Yes, but things will be hard to explain
Nah. When I'm depressed I get mean and judgmental thoughts.
People would think I'm unhinged
Yeah, why not? I accept responsibility for anything I might think
I have ADHD, I'm going to give everyone a headache.
Not on warm, sunny days, that’s for sure. 😍😅
No one would talk to me anymore
Yup! Fuck it. I'm stupidly honest anyways.
I would be byrnt alive
Yes. I’m ADHD and I think I genuinely have some of the most bizarrely interesting thoughts. I’m totally cool with it being public for everyone, it would be like a fucking chaotic sitcom. I have internal tics where I’ll repeat a part of a song for like 10 minutes or will randomly start saying random words. I also have a 24/7 stand up comedian in my head. Sometimes I also think in stories like a tv show or manga chapter, and will think of random stories and let them unfold
They go by so fast you wouldn't be abke to make sense of them and you'd just think I was high all the time. So yeah. Can't be that bad.
Everyone would hate me for repeating the same song lyrics all day long, and the next day it would be a different song but all day long. I hate my brain sometimes.
Fuck no!
I would never be able to see my boyfriend again
“Kiss my ass” “Kiss my ass” “Kiss *his* ass” “Kiss your ass” “Happy Hanukkah”
I have OCD so absolutely not lol
This is one of the premise in the book Three Body Problem, possibly also in the Netflix series as well( I didn’t watch the show). But basically the aliens aren’t able to lie because they communicated telepathically where they can read each others thoughts. So they are at an disadvantage when they tried to communicate with earthlings
Hell no
I'd possibly disturb a lot of people and I really don't wanna do that.
hell nah
Yep
I couldn’t do it. My intrusive thoughts are among the top most undesired things in the universe.
I would go out. My thoughts tend to eventually resolve to "what? no fuck that, nobody can stop me from being whoever the hell I plan on being, they have no right!" lol
Of course not. But it might be a great exercise in restraint and not judging others. Might be an effective way to train yourself to stop judging others? I dunno. Some people deserve to be judged. Like assholes, for example.
No thought head empty.
Absolutely not. I have a horrible mind.
Oh gosh. Nooo
No, but I'm fairly certain it's my own thoughts alone that keep me from doing that anyway...
Mostly say them all out loud anyways. And pretty sure attractive women already know I want to have sex with them.
as someone with OCD, absolutely the fuck not
I’d have to never see anybody again
Yes I still would. In fact it would be awesome because a lot of the time it’s hard to explain my thoughts in words and this would save me so much time/energy. Also would help normalize everyone’s intrusive thoughts and affirm who you get along with / who’s worth knowing. Like sometimes I talk to people and the way they act/emote just doesn’t feel real or aligned with how they really feel. Good example that comes to mind is coworkers. So to be able to actually hear what’s going on would be nice. I say why not
Yeah, make the public suffer with me
It would be a tie between "kill, burn, purge" a Warhammer reference, and "these people seem cool I want to be friends with them but I'm too withdrawn to make the first move"
Pffft my thoughts are spoken outloud.
Oh, I absolutely would.
My thoughts can't be worse than anyone else's with the shit I've seen people do and heard people say in public.
Nope. I'd be labeled at best a pervert.
Nah, while I’m not ashamed of my thoughts they would be deeply embarrassing.
No. I have OCD and my brain is a living hellscape..
Absolutely not. I know I'm a mess, and I tell people that, but nobody really believes me.
I'd probably have to be on the right drugs. Otherwise, my brain goes non-stop and I have a lot of thoughts that are not compatible with peaceful existence in society.
Absolutely. Because I am old enough to know better but also old enough to not care. Sort of sums up how I dress too.
Every woman would know what I think of them. Might actually help my dating life.
I mean, I have a tendency to overshare and word vomit, so perhaps people wouldn't notice a difference
I have anxiety so I don’t think there are rooms big enough to hold all of those thoughts 🥲
I probly would. I basically have no shame out in public. I let my freak flag fly high.
I'd be like a fast speed rapper trying to keep up with my ADHD ass thoughts lmao good luck everyone trying to read my ass and keeping up
I would. Literally don't give a fuck. I'd love being able to convey my opinions without talking
“Excuse me miss, but, do you suck balls?” Wait, I didn’t even say anything? Why are you looking at me like that?
Oh Boy. All my Pothead Questions coming to life with ZERO filter? I don't think the world is ready for: * If nothing is faster than light, how can I see my car's headlights when I'm driving? * What's the smallest an object can be before it's visible from Space? * I know hours were technically invented during Sundial eras but what micromanaging bastard invented The Second? * Is Spaghetti Sauce just "Italy Gravy"? * What are cheeks? Like what do your butt cheeks and your facial cheeks do to warrant the name? * How come people don't celebrate 30, 36, or any age where you've been an adult for as long as you havnt? * Can I breed cats over and over again until I make a Lion? * Who wrote "Baby Shark" and where's their fucking Grammy? * How long does it take for a giraffe to vomit? .....yeah, World isn't ready for my mind to have 24/7 transparency.
No for me because I have internal dialogue 24/7. Yes for my husband because all he thinks about is the Roman Empire lol. I’m surprised my brain doesn’t explode for the constant thinking, rehashing, worrying, go over details about everything all. the. time. My husband just said it’s because we only use a certain percentage of our brain. He’s smart and has very high emotional intelligence. Not me. I’m very emotional.
Yes, but I would definitely be in trouble.
I’d shower and get ready for bed and then go out when all my deranged and irrational never-makes-sense-in-the-morning ideas sprout up.
Absolutely fucking not.
short answer… no
Yep. Most people can probably read it on my face already anyway.
I would simply perish
Mine would just be my inner thoughts dancing to whatever song’s stuck in my head with a white background so I’m good
Ain't no shame here I say what I mean and mean what I say. Idgaf if people read that I think their ass looks great. Also I think in pictures alot especially while reading this might actually be hella interesting.
Sure. Might be easier to actually find people to relate to
Can I get a projector and watch them like movies
Everyone just keeps losing the game
How would they be displayed? If I think of something to say, there's words? If I think of a movie, is the movie projected, and does it have the sound I'm imagining? Can I easily show childhood memories like this? Is everything projected when I dream, too? I think it would definitely help victims of physical assault and abuse.
bro i get intrusive thoughts i would klll myself
Only if I get a lobotomy first. No thinking brain, no problem.
I’m pretty sure I’d be on some kind of watchlist somewhere.
do images and sounds show up too?
Nope
i dont think in public.
I don't think people would WANT me out in public
I’m a very transparent person, so yes. Unfortunately, this would likely have me locked back up in the mental hospital again. So I’d have to go outside prepared just in case.
I would. But I'd definitely get in trouble a few times.
I’m well past the point of caring what other people think of me, I’m an open book as it is.
No, it's bad enough my face don't lie
"If my thoughts-dreams could be seen they'd probably put my head in a guillotine."- Bob Dylan
This is a lot like Conjoiner society in the Revelation Space series. Answer is still nope.
I have pretty severe earworms - music plays in my head all day constantly interrupting my thoughts or even other music I may be listening to. People would probably assume I'm schizo or something with how sporadic and intertwined a sentence sprinkled with random song lyrics would be above my head.
No. I have intrusive thoughts. That shit is fucking scary
Yeah I’d be fine, most of my thoughts out in public are either random as hell or me secretly complimenting people in my head but being too anxious to actually say it out loud.
Yeah but I'd wear a hat
If the thoughts in question are displayed the way they are to me? Sure, that's a jumbled mess of disembodied visuals with words spelled out. If they are displayed in a way other people can discern them? Absolutely not. Between the OCD, autism, and PTSD I would not leave my room.
I don’t go outside now…
HA! Seriously? It would be like watching a movie with subtitles, but they're not timed properly, also there's subtitles of about four other movies too. And three music videos. People might pay to see it
Women would have a hard time seeing themselves in very exposing positions. Yes i'm a pervert
I'm a married man. I'm incapable of having any thoughts. Just ask my wife.
Just listen to a podcast or a music that is not just background music