My sense of smell is terrible so it’s the least intrusive for me and my sense of touch is practically overwhelming on a regular basis so I’m going to say this has a lot to do with the type of body you live in
this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2026
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Oh. touch can be inside you.
You think your mouth is on the inside? Bad news, you're just a donut. That mouth is outside your body.
I'm not a donut, I'm a coffee cup!
Indeed Internet stranger, two things can never be true at the same time. /s
You're saying that things can be both inside and outside at the same time? Topologists hate this one trick.
I have a Klein bottle which says.. nothing, it's a piece of glass, but it demonstrates inside and outside not being so different after all.
More than one perspective exists, I know it's crazy.
Topologists hate this one trick
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No, I meant they hate you specifically. It's completely unjustified, but topologists are jerks. They wouldn't go into details, but they blame you for 'The Incident'.
Ha, sure. People get really caught up in "universal" truths.
Hmmm no. Sound is pressure waves, not actual matter transference. Light, is sort of the same (ok, that's a bit more complicated, but if we're going to get into the quantum mechanics of it, touch is just based on waves of probability too).
Conversely when you touch, there are lots of molecules that rub off and transfer. Some of those will embed into your skin.
True, but the pressure wave is what is being perceived when hearing, light is what is being perceived when seeing, I never said what was being perceived had to be matter. In the case of touch, some molecules may enter the skin, but that is not the cause of the sensation. Even if you imagine an perfectly hard, smooth and clean surface that sheds no molecule, you should still be able to feel of you touch it.
However, I thought about it after making this post, but there also is a small amount of kinetic energy entering you when you touch something, and that may be what triggers your nerve... So I guess even in the case of touch, it remains true that you can only perceive something that's inside of you.
It also can be most intrusive when engaged in sex.
When you touch something it's nerves that make the perception possible, which are inside of you.
The nerves were already inside tho, they didn't enter.
Like the retina in the example which set the rule.
The Light is what is being perceived in that example. The point of mentioning that the retina is inside the eye is that it means light must be inside the eye too when it hits it.
Go touch a gympie gympie and then tell me how you're not actually in contact with something.
tell me how you're not actually in contact with something.
Not what's being argued here.
Taste is just just more sensitive touch and smell.
Prove me wrong!
Fyi, "obstrusive" is not a word that exists. I think you were trying for "obtrusive" but actually needed the word "intrusive."
True
touch is the sense that's most commonly bothering ya, creating discomfort
Fo sho.