# I've been suffering from S.H.I.I. Does anybody have a remedy other that jumping up and down and screaming? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** golf\ **Created:** [June 2, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115 "2025-06-02T19:00:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115/21 "2025-06-03T12:20:51Z")
> [@RAWDuke](#): > > He finally realized there was another human being on the course, and stopped before attempting to kill me. Jordan Spieth almost did that 2 days ago; I had actually followed him on the course until the 9th hole before switching to the final group with Scottie Scheffler, so missed this which happened on the back nine: > **[Jordan Spieth Fan Shares Terrifying Video of Almost Being Hit by Errant Shot](https://www.si.com/golf/jordan-spieth-fan-terrifying-video-almost-being-hit-errant-shot)** > > This was way too close for comfort. So he obviously didn’t see these fans at all, given that he aimed right at them, so you have company, on the course at least. Edit: I was a bit late and missed him playing the first hole, which is where this happened. ---
**Author:** ![Steven\_Maven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steven_maven/32/3272_2.png) [@Steven\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Maven)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115/22 "2025-06-04T00:20:16Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > Due to technical difficulties, The Invisible Man will not be seen tonight. Secretary: The Invisible Man is at my desk and wants to talk with you. Boss: The Invisible Man? Tell him I can’t see him. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115/23 "2025-06-04T00:38:29Z")
The invisible man on _Night Court._ > **[Michael Richards On Night Court - He's Invisible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTSFOqZ8vYs%2F)** > > From Season2 Episode 11 ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115/24 "2025-06-04T15:54:55Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > Apparently my SHII covers a bicycle I’m riding as well. This is why I always wear a high-visibility reflector vest when biking. Of course it doesn’t always work. The worst, though, is when I’m going down the street, someone on a side street starts pulling through the intersection, and then they see me and go “Oh, a bicyclist! I’d better stop to let them past!”, and slam on the brakes right as they’re getting far enough into the intersection to completely block me. And then they get puzzled when I in turn slam on my brakes and stop and wait for them, like “Why isn’t the bicyclist I stopped to let past going past?”, and try to wave me past. Usually, of course, this happens at a point where, if they hadn’t seen me at all and just continued through the intersection, they’d have been long past before I got there. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115/25 "2025-06-04T16:14:23Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The invisible man on _Night Court._ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DOmD_1NTSaU/maxresdefault.jpg "Mr Walters - Invisible Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOmD_1NTSaU) ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115/26 "2025-06-04T16:25:15Z")
> [@RAWDuke](#): > > Does anybody else suffer from this terrible disease? Try using a wheelchair in a mall or any other busy public place. ---
**Author:** ![RAWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115/27 "2025-06-05T01:42:06Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Try being a middle/late-middle-aged woman. They’re the ones most likely to run me down in the grocery store. Just as at the golf course, my invisibility extends to include my shopping cart. ---
**Author:** ![RAWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115/28 "2025-06-05T01:57:44Z")
Hey, apparently (hah!) there’s meditation that you can practice to become invisible! > **[Meditation for Invisibility](https://kyaguide.com/wellness/meditation-for-invisibility/)** > > Unabridged: Discover the power of "Meditation for Invisibility". Explore techniques designed to unlock your hidden potential. Start your journey today. This could be useful. Although it does seem like a lot of work, when all I really have to do to become invisible is stand next to a pretty girl at the bar and try ordering a beer… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115/29 "2025-06-05T02:03:21Z")
> [@RAWDuke](#): > > Hey, apparently (hah!) there’s meditation that you can practice to become invisible! I become invisible by practicing de-enlightenment. I turn off the lights. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115/30 "2025-06-05T08:10:21Z")
I’ve been involuntarily invisible for years. Way back in grad school somebody came into the office that three of us grad students were sharing and looked around. My officemates weren’t there, and evidently he didn’t see me. Looking around for a piece of paper, he started writing a note to leave on the desk. I cleared my throat, and shocked the hell out of him. It wasn’t an exceptionally cluttered office. In fact, it was pretty empty. I was wearing a black shirt and sitting in front of a blackboard, but _come on_. It takes more than that to be invisible. Whatever it taks, I’ve got. There are plenty of other cases where people should have seen me but didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115/31 "2025-06-05T08:38:38Z")
I find I tend to be invisible when I’m not talking. This is assisted by being small in real life and walking very quietly. This may account at least in part for my loud, larger-than-life, on-line personality. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115/32 "2025-06-05T12:52:57Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It takes more than that to be invisible. At least some sort of fancy metamaterial with an effectively-sub-unity index of refraction, right? > [@Broomstick](#): > > This is assisted by being small in real life and walking very quietly. Aside: There’s a kids’ game, popular at camps and such, called Wax Museum, where there’s one “guard”, and everyone moves when the “guard” isn’t looking, but if they turn around and see you moving, you’re out. My technique for that game is to just never stop moving, just really slowly. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115/33 "2025-06-05T13:12:43Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > At least some sort of fancy metamaterial with an effectively-sub-unity index of refraction, right? I’ve never trusted that – it only works in certain restricted circumstances. (and I say that as an Optical Engineer) SHII appears to be more psychologically based. At least it is in my experience. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115/34 "2025-06-05T13:57:57Z")
Do you become invisible by crossing your arms & snapping your fingers? Is your name [Burt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij2njq6si-I)? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115/35 "2025-06-05T18:50:00Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Do you become invisible by crossing your arms & snapping your fingers? If you have to make any motions to become invisible – especially eye-catching ones like that, you’re clearly not doing it right. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115/36 "2025-06-05T23:33:10Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Try being a middle/late-middle-aged woman. I dunno. I see them all the time in the supermarket. Hell, I saw one a week ago, and I’m _still_ thinkin’ about her! ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115/37 "2025-06-06T05:11:50Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > > [@RAWDuke](#): > > > > Does anybody else suffer from this terrible disease? > > Try using a wheelchair in a mall or any other busy public place. A cane works too. Board a busy bus or train with a cane and you’re practically invisible. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115.md?page=1)