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[lovecraft68]

I think you're focusing on the wrong thing. I would guess that most people would recognize their sibling without seeing their face just from the shape of their of the body and the way they move. A sister's tits to me would be one of the least recognizable features of her body as it's something that is always covered up by clothing.

So if someone lined five women up all with similar builds, and dressed in baggy clothes to make them more similar and with something over their head and hair you would know your sister by how she walked or 'moved'

That's ridiculous

But if its true we can throw all those cliched as hell stories of mistaken identity at Halloween parties out the window because all you experts can recognize family by the slightest of details.

 

[NotWise]

So if someone lined five women up all with similar builds, and dressed in baggy clothes to make them more similar and with something over their head and hair you would know your sister by how she walked or 'moved'

That's ridiculous

But if its true we can throw all those cliched as hell stories of mistaken identity at Halloween parties out the window because all you experts can recognize family by the slightest of details.

Can we please? Halloween costumes don't usually do much to obscure identity.

I thought the video was hilarious, and a great start for a longer story.

 

[8letters]

So if someone lined five women up all with similar builds, and dressed in baggy clothes to make them more similar and with something over their head and hair you would know your sister by how she walked or 'moved'

That's ridiculous

But if its true we can throw all those cliched as hell stories of mistaken identity at Halloween parties out the window because all you experts can recognize family by the slightest of details.

"Part of what helps you to identify friends and relatives is information about their body. You recognize their height, body shape, and even their manner of walking. In fact, all of that may help you to know who you are looking at before the person is close enough to really see his or her face."
Psychology Today

 

[8letters]

I'm working on a story that involves a mom in disguise and the son not recognizing her, at least at first. I want it to have at least a kernel of plausibility. It's a cosplay story, where she's in a skimpy costume and covered in body paint, wearing a wig and contact lenses, and does a strip tease for him. I don't think it has to be strictly realistic to work, just in the ballpark of being realistic.

Not plausible. See the above. Contact lenses would be pointless.

 

[SimonDoom]

Not plausible. See the above. Contact lenses would be pointless.

I'm not entirely convinced, by the data or the article.

If one is choosing from a lineup, KNOWING that one of them is a relative, that's one thing.

But if you are in a situation where you are not looking for the relative, and the relative is trying to fool you, I'm not so sure.

The mind is easily distracted and persuaded to see what it wants to see. There's that famous test in which people failed to notice a gorilla walking across the screen of a short film because they were told to focus on something else. Plus in this case the son, though intelligent, is socially undeveloped when it comes to women and perhaps has a personality disorder or condition where it makes it difficult for him to pick up on certain cues.

It's still far-fetched, but I'm not convinced it's any more far-fetched than conceits that win over readers at Literotica every day. I'm going to do some more research about it.

 

[NotWise]

"Part of what helps you to identify friends and relatives is information about their body. You recognize their height, body shape, and even their manner of walking. In fact, all of that may help you to know who you are looking at before the person is close enough to really see his or her face."

That's total bullshit. Psychology Today is probably the world's worst reference on Psychology. In high school, I read it to get off.

 

[Salacious_Scribe]

Can we please? Halloween costumes don't usually do much to obscure identity.

I thought the video was hilarious, and a great start for a longer story.

Not always true. A guy in a batman cowl with contacts...

Mike Myers. Anything with a full mask, especially if the person takes on the characters demeanor.

Years ago there was a football commercial where a bunch of suburban housewives were pushing carts around with players in them.

A good and close friend I had known for over 10 years, put on a wig, some make up and her BF dressed as a football player. They acted like total assholes at the halloween dance we were at. I couldn't figure out why everyone else thought they were funny.

Then the female came up to me and when she spoke I recognized her voice. I couldn't believe it was her.

This was a dry dance, imagine the mistakes if you're drunk.