My friend has done this, and says “not remotely worth the effort, unless you want survival skills”.

I’m so so so glad I don’t have this problem.

I definitely lose most stuff the second I set it down, but never things like drink or food.

Car rides when I’m not driving are super hit or miss for me for this one.

Mid-conversation I’ll start drifting off in random thoughts starting from who knows where, and by the time I snap out of it it’s been so long it’s awkward to resume a conversation.

How do you explain that you spent the last 45 minutes planning out exactly how to repurpose parking garages across the country as hydroponics farms (because of the slope, strong building support that can handle a lot of water, and wiring for lights) when public transit or ride share takes over, when the prior conversation was about beer/breweries? While driving through the plains of Kansas.

It’s barely in the realm of possible to explain, because you start to explain and then the other person goes “how on Earth did you get to that from there, while here” and then you stop and think about it and entirely forget why you were retracing your steps in the first place…

Edit to add pic and re-word for clarity.

Took a really long time after “nevermore” to learn more words, but I’m pumped it happened anyway!

I wonder if that holds for childbirth despite the chemical cocktail that floods the brain to cause exactly that memory lapse…

I’d honestly probably be less annoyed by a machine mispronouncing words than I am when a human reader does it…

I know I shouldn’t be annoyed because language is difficult and not everyone has heard every word… but you’d think they would, like, check instead of saying something wrong 1,000 times (especially since the books I listen to are mostly science communication and science history)

Is it weird that I have no memory of what tableware we used? Most of my childhood is missing from my memory actually.

Maybe some people will use this to actually stay off the site.

Probably not many, but any new attrition is good.

That’s a great idea! There’s actually a couple places I can think of that might be interested.

I genuinely regret all my cacti. I have like 8 Peruvian torches about a decade old from seed, and I like to put them outside in spring, so they don’t get all spindly and pathetic, and dear god are they heavy and dangerous to move now. They are like 4 foot (1.2m) tall or so, but can get up to 16 foot (5m)… whoops.

But I don’t want to kill them because, like… I’m proud of them for thriving with me.

Also know that, as I live there :)

I think this wordplay just doesn’t hit for me. That’s fine.

If that’s it then I did get it, but it still feels like I’m missing something.

Maybe this one just doesn’t hit for me :)

I feel like I’m missing something. I get the wordplay, but I’m confused about the damage roll aspect.

Just put a wick in the jar you pour strained bacon grease into. I’m sure that would work.

Probably.

Hmm… now I’m wondering if it would…

Edit: internet says yes this does work.

I turn on a bubble pop playlists and move wildly (sort of 80s aerobics videos style mixed with dance) until I have tired muscles all over. It’s mostly to ensure that weird muscles get worked that don’t with standard exercises, which tends to help with stability and overall strength. It’s also good for my mood. Bubble pop is happy dancy music, and free-form semi-dance movement feels good.

I also practice balance -a lot- such as standing on one foot while I cook or wash dishes. Helps prevent tripping and falling and hurting myself, and helps when I have to juggle stuff because I refuse to set it down. Also impresses the hell out of people when I use my thigh as a table while standing on one foot.

Too much life in the eyes, too much color in the skin.

I got distracted with blitz ball for many many hours and never finished the actual game.

Suicide scramble actually sounds fucking badass, so I’ll take it.

Test taking is a skill all its own. It shouldn’t be, but man I have slacked so many classes because I have that skill.

The best class I ever had, a course on the physics behind the functionality of renewable energy systems, the professor would give you the equation if you couldn’t remember it. You’d have to go up and talk to him, if you were really struggling, and you needed to know what you were trying to do, but he’d try to hint you through it first, then provide what you were missing. Ultimately he didn’t see students failing on dumb memory stuff as any sort of win for anyone.

As he said, despite being physics, memorizing math, and especially formulae, isn’t the point of the class.

He was my favorite. He wore white socks with soccer ball-patterned sandals every day, with dress pants and a blazer/tie combo, even winter, and rode his bike to campus. Dude was an absolute gem.

That looks just like the call center I used to work in.

So dumb that it’s ai when places like these are everywhere…