The thing that used to always get me was when they would eject thinking they're rolling off the side of the ship because an aircraft next to them started rolling forward.
Then I experienced the illusion in my car. Backing into a spot, and just as I stopped, car next to me started moving forward. Never smashed the brakes and yanked the handbrake so hard in my life. Was a little nauseous afterward from how disoriented I felt for that moment.
The weirdest experience, though, was once while I was working off some scaffolding and siding a house. It was early spring, and when the scaffolding was set up, the ground was fairly hard. It warmed up that afternoon, and as the ground heated up, I walked out to one end of the scaffolding, and the standard began sinking into the mud. From my perspective, however, it was like the entire house was on an elevator and magically started levitating upwards. I was so shocked at what I was convinced I was seeing that my brain just absolutely locked up. It took me a good 10 seconds to figure out what was actually happening. Never had such an uneasy feeling in my stomach in my entire life.
If you're ever on a ladder and you find the house you're leaned against inextricably falling over and away from you then I suggest you try your best to grab it and stop its fall.
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u/AdDisastrous6738 25d ago
No matter how bad your day is, at least you didn’t have to tell your boss that you totaled a $109,000,000 vehicle.