Twitter taught me I have no visual imagination

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When we spend so much of our time online, we're bound to learn something while clicking and scrolling. Discover something new with Mashable's series I learned it on the internet.

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On a summer Friday a few years ago, I collapsed on my living room floor in a transformative defeat. I sprawled out in the middle of the carpet, tightly clutched a throw pillow to my face, and squeezed my teary eyes shut before impatiently repeating the words, "BEACH. SAND. OCEAN. LIFEGUARD CHAIRCOME ON." I said them out loud — with real feeling — in hopes that the sheer sounds would trigger my brain to do what I'd just learned it wasn't capable of: creating a mental image. Read more...

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