# Internet Mind Reading Test **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 14, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337 "2013-05-14T18:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/21 "2013-05-14T21:14:33Z")
> [@JohnnyMac](#): > > I thought Samhain and Beltane. I guess there’s some bias there… I’m also not American, and have never heard of St. Swithin’s Day (is it a popular thing?). It’s certainly the Americanest of American holidays. We have BBQ, strippers, random shootings, and everybody gets an unpaid day off from work which has to be made up on the weekend. In the old days we’d hang a random person for an imaginary crime, but that’s gone out of favor in recent years. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/22 "2013-05-14T21:31:39Z")
Knight Rupert’s Visiting Day. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/23 "2013-05-14T21:36:34Z")
I predict people on the internet will not follow a clear and basic instruction. > [@The\_Controvert](#): > > I will read your mind over the Internet! (cue spooky music) > > Okay, who wants to dance? Let’s play. **All you have to do is think of a holiday that contains the letter N.** > > Take your time. (whistles a tune to pass the time) > > Do you have it yet? **Remember, to check for the N** – it can be anywhere in the name of the holiday. (bolding mine) Too easy? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/24 "2013-05-14T21:50:03Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > I predict people on the internet will not follow a clear and basic instruction. > (bolding mine) > > Too easy? So far only Shodan didn’t follow instructions. And maybe he was just thinking of Ann Arbor Day. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/25 "2013-05-14T21:57:25Z")
My turn. I really am psychic to the extreme. 1. Add the digits of your age together (e.g., 4+9=13 if you are 49). 2. Subtract that from your age (e.g., 49–13). 3… Add the individual digits of the resulting number together. 3. Add 5 to the result of step #3. 4. Think of a holiday that always occurs on that day of the month Did you think of Valentine’s Day? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/26 "2013-05-14T22:04:17Z")
Pentecost. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/27 "2013-05-14T22:08:04Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > My turn. I really am psychic to the extreme. > > 1. Add the digits of your age together (e.g., 4+9=13 if you are 49). > 2. Subtract that from your age (e.g., 49–13). > 3.. Add the individual digits of the resulting number together. > 3. Add 5 to the result of step #3. > 4. Think of a holiday that always occurs on that day of the month > > Did you think of Valentine’s Day? Nope. I got Winnie the Pooh Day. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/28 "2013-05-14T22:08:35Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > So far only Shodan didn’t follow instructions. And maybe he was just thinking of Ann Arbor Day. I didn’t want to name names … ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/29 "2013-05-14T22:09:57Z")
Martin Luther King Day. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/30 "2013-05-14T22:15:35Z")
Independence Day for the OP, and Bastille Day for **Shagnasty** ’s. Though I suppose a young child would end up with Cinco de Mayo. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/31 "2013-05-14T22:18:31Z")
I admit to Thanksgiving. Then I thought of some other big holidays, none of which have an N. So then I figured, “I’ll bet **The Controvert** is fishing for Thanksgiving” and changed it to Rosh Hashanah. haHA I’m so clever! So the second option was New Year, so I won! Oh wait. DAMN! So Ok, **The Controvert** , you’ve read my mind even when I was changing up the language. Still…must have been a little disconcerting for you to have been in there, eh? ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/32 "2013-05-14T23:09:05Z")
First one to say Veteran’s Day? ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/33 "2013-05-14T23:18:20Z")
Went with: Halloween ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/34 "2013-05-14T23:41:04Z")
SpriNg Bank Holiday August BaNk Holiday Too easy if one is British 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/35 "2013-05-14T23:49:36Z")
Samhain here, too. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/36 "2013-05-14T23:53:12Z")
Remembrance Day (and I see I am not the only one that thought of that). ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/37 "2013-05-15T02:47:21Z")
Not a single person has gotten it right so far. That doesn’t sound good but there is an opposite confirmation of ESP. It can be confirmed when a person gets something right much less often than is statistically predicted. I think it is safe to say that **The Controvert** has this ability and that is no less remarkable, although less useful in the real world, than being able to predict the responses with any accuracy. I think we are looking at a true gift here. It is time to get [James Randi](http://skepdic.com/randi.html) in here for the $1,000,000 challenge. If he can predict 1,000 rolls of the dice and get none of them right, I think we have a winner. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/38 "2013-05-15T03:55:01Z")
My first thought was Rosh Hashanah. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/39 "2013-05-15T04:11:46Z")
This is quite amazing. Valentine’s day and Halloween were the first two that popped into my head right away. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2013, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337/40 "2013-05-15T06:39:08Z")
> [@feppytweed](#): > > First one to say Veteran’s Day? And I’m the second to say Veteran’s Day [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-mind-reading-test/658337.md?page=3)