Ruby Klover's Awkward Questionnaire

Filled out 2022-07-18.

General knowledge

Note: you should answer the questions in this section without looking up the answers.

Is airplane food bad?: dunno
What is Obama’s last name?: Obama
What is the capital of Switzerland?: dunno
Who was the first female president of the United States?: there wasn't one
When did World War II start?: 1939
How many letters are there in the Russian alphabet?: 37?; dangit i miscounted
What is the name of Jotaro Kujo’s Stand from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure?: dunno
Does the sentence “James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.” make sense to you?: no, but i know it's supposed to
Does the sentence “The complex houses married and single soldiers and their families.” make sense to you?: yes; i remember how it's supposed to
Is the word “folk” pronounced with an “l” sound?: yes
How many days did 1752 have?: 366? unless it was one of those ones different depending on region
What are the colors of the flag of the Seychelles?: idk

Accent

Can you pronounce such words as “thick” and “that” as they’re pronounced in the British/American English?: i can pronounce /θ/ and /ð/
Are the words “wine” and “whine” pronounced the same?: yes
Are the words “pour” and “poor” pronounced the same?: yes
Are the words “ferry” and “fairy” pronounced the same?: yes
Are the words “caught” and “cot” pronounced the same?: yes
Does the word “father” rhyme with “bother”?: no
Are the words “Mary,” “marry,” and “merry” pronounced the same?: yes
Do the words “trap” and “bath” have the same vowel?: yes
Does the word “bird” have the sound the word “rock” begins with?: "bird" has /ɚ/ and "rock" has /ɻ/
Are the words “metal” and “medal” pronounced very similarly?: yes
Does the word “hurry” rhyme with “furry”?: yes
Does the word “about” rhyme with “kaput”?: no
Does the word “bag” rhyme with “vague”?: no
Are the words “bath” and “barf” pronounced the same?: no
Are the words “kin” and “king” pronounced the same?: no
Are the words “fill” and “feel” pronounced the same?: no
Are the words “full” and “fool” pronounced the same?: no
Are the words “back” and “bag” pronounced the same?: no
Are the words “back” and “buck” pronounced the same?: no

Pronunciation

How do you pronounce the word “data”?: /ˈdɛɪ.tə/
How do you pronounce the word “exactly”?: /ɛg.ˈzækt.li/
How do you pronounce the word “lmao”?: /lə.ˈmæw/
How do you pronounce the word “lol”?: /lɑl/
How do you pronounce the word “GIF”?: /ʤɪf/
How do you pronounce the word “PNG”?: /pi.ɛn.ˈʤi/
How do you pronounce the word “WAV”?: /wæv/? have no memory of pronouncing it before
How do you pronounce the word “gzip”?: /ˈʤi.zɪp/
How do you pronounce the word “char” as in char letter = 'a';?: /ʧäɻ/
How do you pronounce the word “lib” as in “libinput”?: /lɪb/
How do you pronounce the word “src” as in src/main.c?: /ɛs.äɻ.ˈsi/
How do you pronounce the word “var” as in var number = 3;: /väɻ/
How do you pronounce the word “GNOME”?: /noʊm/ or /gnoʊm/?
How do you pronounce the word “GUI” as in “graphical user interface”?: /ʤi.ju.ˈäi/
How do you pronounce the word “Kdenlive”?: /kɛɪ.di.ˈɛn.läiv/
How do you pronounce the word “RHEL” as in “Red Hat Enterprise Linux”?: haven't tried to pronounce it
How do you pronounce the word “bin” as in /bin/bash?: /bɪn/
How do you pronounce the word “etc” as in /etc/sudo.conf?: haven't tried to pronounce it and am getting seriously weirded out thinking about it
How do you pronounce the word “mnt” as in /mnt/usb?: haven't tried
How do you pronounce the word “proc” as in /proc/uptime?: /pɻɑk/
How do you pronounce the word “chmod” as in chmod +x prg?: /si.ˈɛɪʧ.mɑd/
How do you pronounce the word “env” as in env python?: /ɛnv/
How do you pronounce the word “grep” as in grep -rl "hello"?: /ˈʤi.ɻɛp/
How do you pronounce the word “ls” as in ls /etc?: /ɛl.ˈɛs/

Brain function

Are you good at telling apart your emotions?: not particularly
What languages do you know?: english, some japanese and scraps of others
What language do you think in?: english
Do you have an internal monologue?: optionally
Does your internal monologue use your own voice or someone else’s?: idk "neutral" by default but i can change it
When you read other people’s messages in your head, do you read them with your internal monologue’s voice or the sender’s voice?: internal monologue's unless i make an active effort to read them in a different voice
Do you think you have more than one person in your head?: no
Do you think you’re human?: dunno

Aphantasia

Can you visualize your own past?: yes
Can you imagine 60 dB of bass being pumped right into your ears?: idk what 60dB sounds like
Imagine a cube.
What color is it?: idk red?
Where is it located?: in front of me?
How is it lit?: from above and to the left?
Can you imagine the smell of a rotten egg?: i don't know what that smells like
Can you imagine the taste of coffee without milk or sugar?: i don't know what that tastes like
Can you imagine someone cutting the tip of your finger?: yes
Can you imagine someone uncomfortably touching your arm?: yes
Can you imagine being extremely hungry?: maybe
Can you imagine being extremely thirsty?: maybe
Can you imagine losing balance?: maybe
Can you imagine wanting to vomit?: maybe

Synesthesia

What color is the letter E?: no association
What color is the note C#?: no association
What gender is the number 6?: no association
When you see someone being kicked, do you feel being kicked too?: no
What does the word “quizzaciously” taste like?: no association
What does soul music taste like?: no association

Superpowers

Note: don’t try to do the actions listed if you either don’t know the answer or the answer is “no.”

Can you put your foot behind your head?: no
Does looking at the Sun not damage your eyes?: probably not
Can you see infrared or ultraviolet light?: probably not
Can you survive in extreme heat or cold?: probably not
Can you multiply two 4 digit numbers in your head without a calculator?: probably with great difficulty
Can you break a concrete wall with your own hands only?: no
Can you draw a panorama of a city after only seeing it once?: no
Can you survive a whole month without sleep?: probably not
Can you imagine a 4D object rotating in 4 dimensions?: no
Can you imagine a color that doesn’t exist?: probably not
Can you survive getting 10000 volts of electricity applied to your body?: probably not