Strangest feeling in your life.

[A Boojum Snark]

As I was leaving the store today with my shiny new hard drive there was this most amazing sunset across the whole entire sky. There was none or very little wind so the clouds were not moving, and the fact that over half the sky was tinted pink (sun-side near total pink, other mainly gray, with varying amounts between) made the sky look like a painting. It did not look like a sky.

This 'flatness' of the sky made me feel exactly like I was inside a video game with a 2D skybox.
Most erie, strange, skin-tingling feeling evar. :ph34r: o_O


Anyone else have similar tales to tell of odd feelings?

[BobTheJanitor]

I have honestly looked at sunsets before and thought 'wow, I've got to download that skybox'. Right before pummeling myself into submission with any available blunt object.

God wins at mapping. If only we could get him to work for NS.

[Dark]

i think sunsets affect us all that way

[BlaqWolf]

i think it's just the sky in general... it's just so big. it's kinda hard NOT to be amazed at it sometimes.

[A Boojum Snark]

Well, it wasn't so much that I was amazed at it, but rather the flatness of it. Usually the sky looks 3D, it didn't at this time.

[bacon_flaps]

Space is mother:Ding ridiculously huge.  Think about it.

[Malevolent]

Hmm, I've never had that happen to me before, but I have seen some pretty cool looking sunsets.

[duherman]

Yeah, I aswell had that feeling the sky was blue and white big clouds all over. It looked like I was on a boardgame and ontop was the room around me.

[bacon_flaps]

Stop talking about the sky and think about space.

[holy_devil]

oddly i've had the same thought booj. but you didn't even describe the HDD so idk what to say

[LowCrawler]

ive done it at night, with stars. Looks like standing inside a bubble.

[fatty]

mrs. bobthejanitor and i look at the sunset every night.

 :ph34r:

[Malevolent]

mrs. bobthejanitor and i look at the sunset every night.

 :ph34r:

[snapback]37467[/snapback]

Wow, she does that with me too. And I thought I was the only one.

[That Annoying Kid]

space is gigantic when you let your mind dwell on it

and yeah, pwnage sunsets do wonders for thinking, it's cool watching a sunset in the fog, but being above the fog so you can see this carpet covering the town and the sun slowly settling  

oh, specs on the HDD?

[Zero7]

I should prolly upload my pics of the sky for ya'll to gaze in awe and wonder

[CorvusX]

Yes, piktarz are t3h awesome.  Entertain us, Zero7. :p

[lolfighter]

Simple: Depth perception works through triangulation. Beyond a certain distance though, were not good enough at it to accurately perceive depth anymore, hence what we see will seem flat, and unless we know the approximate size of an object, it will not be possible to accurately gauge the distance. This is why looking down from a mountaintop is so... special.

[A Boojum Snark]

Well yes LF, but it wasn't just that the sky seemed to have the texture of a painting too. I have never seen a sunset look so exactly like a painting before in my life.

[Jefe]

The strangest feeling I've ever had is right now on the side of my neck.  There's a nice lump the size of a baseball.

 :help:

[[JFF]Kirby]

yeah.. when hl2 came out and i played it for the whole day.. the next day on the way to school i kept lookin at things.. like the water.. thinkin how damn good the graphics are...