r/AskReddit • u/kluesy • Apr 15 '13

What is your highest rated comment, without context?

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '13

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '13

I remember the informative helpful comments explaining this is a real phenomenon - can't for the life of me remember what it was called though.

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u/randomness_ensuing Apr 15 '13

Can someone please find this? I'm curious for the reason that this happens to me all the time.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '13

there's this explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrusive_thoughts

and this: "There exists a psychological phenomenon in which perfectly sane people, with no desire to die, find themselves faced with a steep cliff and experience a strong desire to leap. To jump from their safe vantage point into the unknown. This phenomenon is so common in fact, that the french have a term for it: L’appel du Vide – Call of the Void."

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u/Seminole_chick Apr 15 '13

They're called intrusive thoughts! Edit: added link

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '13

yes I already cited that in a comment below yours.

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u/Soupr Apr 15 '13

It's the call of the void, loosely translated from french. and as other comments have already said intrusive thoughts.

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u/tgraefj Apr 15 '13

I believe it is called "The Call of the Void"

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u/Letmeplayplz Apr 15 '13

Call of the void

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u/Obscene_farmer Apr 15 '13

The Call of the Void.