Poll: Is this weird or do you do this?

[PixelKing]

Something I have been wondering is if on a long road-trip do you imagine a being running beside you as you drive? Or is this just a weird habit? If so, What do you imagine?

I do it all the time when on buses and the such to prevent boredom, I tend to imagine a skateboarder because it used to be one of my hobbies.

 

[Jonluw]

A lot. I usually imagine it jumping over the obstacles we pass, or jumping from high point to high point. It's very entertaining.
I was surprised the first time I found out how many people did this.

I often also imagine some kind of laser beam coming from the car and following the ground, moving with the contours of the terrain like some 3D scanner or something.

 

[baconsarnie]

Not exactly, i tend to imagine shooting up all of the cars coming the other way or hookshot-ing them to lamposts just cause 2 style.

 

[Super Six One]

I think thats just your reflection in the window dude.....



I like to pretend i a machine gunner in a army jeep, i go pew pew pew, out my window when im a passenger, im 20.

 

[Jonluw]

I was surprised the first time I found out how many people did this.

All the time, man. Useally I imigine it being Kirby or a girl on a surfboard for some reason.

For me it's normally a slender humanoid figure. I think it might be Spider-man, I dunno. It's been a while since the last time I did it. No long car rides lately, and some times I just enjoy sitting down to philosophize.

 

[ThisIsSnake]

Everyone does, also if it's been raining and you aren't actively having raindrop races down the window in your head or with a friend then you are dead inside

 

[ScoopMeister]

No, because that would require concentration on what's outside the car, and possibly a bit of spacial awareness. I have neither. My mind is usually on a completely different planet.

 

[Angerwing]

A lot. I usually imagine it jumping over the obstacles we pass, or jumping from high point to high point. It's very entertaining.
I was surprised the first time I found out how many people did this.

I often also imagine some kind of laser beam coming from the car and following the ground, moving with the contours of the terrain.

Yeah, absolutely this. I did it for a solid ten years until I began driving. Now I'm rarely a passenger in someone else's vehicle, so it's not really applicable to me.

 

[MisterGobbles]

Not as much anymore unless I'm really bored, but I used to imagine either a skateboarder or Sonic the Hedgehog running with the car. So no, you aren't completely crazy...

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

Wait, so I'm not the only one?

Well...I don't do it anymore (I'm usually on my DS or daydreaming/snoozing with my Ipod on), but as a kid, I Pictured Sonic running along the road near the car .

 

[loc978]

...I haven't been on a long road trip where I wasn't driving the whole time in over ten years... I'm not sure if your imaginings are weird, but I know I couldn't afford to have 'em.

 

[necromanzer52]

Holy crap. I used to do that all the time when I was younger. I'd completely forgotten.

 

[similar.squirrel]

I must have seen this thread at least three times before. On various forums, no less. I do this too. Sometimes I pretend that a speck of dust on the window is emitting a beam that cuts through the scenery, and imagining the chaos that would ensue were this the case.
I also become engrossed in raindrops travelling down the pane, which leads me to suspect that my brain is permanently on mescaline or something.

 

[Fooz]

Everyone does, also if it's been raining and you aren't actively having raindrop races down the window in your head or with a friend then you are dead inside

this made me laugh, it's true though

OP: not really, more the thing i quoted

 

[IamQ]

A lot. I usually imagine it jumping over the obstacles we pass, or jumping from high point to high point. It's very entertaining.
I was surprised the first time I found out how many people did this.

I often also imagine some kind of laser beam coming from the car and following the ground, moving with the contours of the terrain.

The first thing you mentioned, I do as well. I imagine "Something" (Mostly spider-man for some reason. ) jumping from car to telephone pole, to street lights and trees that we're passing by.

It works surprisingly well.

 

[AngryMongoose]

Usually I imagine I'm on a train. A REALLY big train. A really big train that I'm going to smash through a cities walls. And starting raiding it.

I also imagine people (myself) running along at that speed.

Never done it while driving though.

 

[NathLines]

I do it a lot except when I'm tired.

 

[AlkalineGamer]

Yeah, more often on the train though, usually imagining i'm a master traceur.