Comment on If you're on a car ferry and get nauseous, are you carsick or seasick?

• PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Fun fact. One (anecdotal) way of relieving sea sickness is to start driving the boat.

  There could be something to it, too. You’d be focusing your eyes on the water and anticipating the motions.

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  • EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is actually true. George Washington would take his famous Dodge Charger on see voyages and burn some rubber whenever he felt sick (sick of the English that is :flag_AMERICA:)

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Boat captains HATE this one trick!

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    • Hoohoo@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Captain isn't driver on boats.

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You waited two weeks to misread a comment. Good job.

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  • dandroid@dandroid.app ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This makes sense to me. I rarely spend time on boats, but when I’m not the driver in a car, I get sick almost instantly. I do my best to keep my eyes on the road to minimize it, but I just can’t stay focused as much when I’m not the driver, and my eyes tend to wander around to other things.

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  • JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Looking at the horizon line is effective, its about your eyes and ears agreeing on the information they are receiving. If your ears are telling you that your moving but your eyes only see the static area around you (inside the boat, close water, etc) then your eyes are saying ‘no movement here buddy’ and then your brain gets confused and you feel sick as a result. Looking at the horizon (or land if your are within eyesight) gives your brain a visual reference that ties into the inner ear sensor input

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  • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I get motion sick if I’m trying to read a screen that someone else is scrolling and I can’t anticipate the moves.

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    • sock@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      im imagining u straining so hard to read someone elses screen that you throw up

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      • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        🤣 I aint snoopin! It’s mostly either when someone is trying to show me something or I’m in class and the professor is doing it on the projector. Bonus points for when they walk in front of the projector screen and the way the text moves over their face and body makes it all that much worse. I’m hanging on to my desk for dear life. 🤢

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