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[–] Senseless@feddit.de 12 points 2 years ago

I'm so busy trying to act like a normal human being and not forgetting my name like a weirdo, that I just don't have capacity to remember the name of someone for more than 3 seconds.

[–] Gamerman153@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I actually found the weirdest hack for names on TikTok. Let's say his name is Fred. First think what weapon you're gonna kill him with that starts with an "F". Then pick a part of his body as the how. Example: I'm going to kill Fred with a fireaxe by chopping off his foot.
It is freaky how effective this is.

[–] octoperson@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Brb, changing my name to Xavier in case I ever meet Gamerman153

[–] Gamerman153@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago

Nice to meet ya Xavier.... Gonna have to enlist the X-Men to take him out with maybe an X-ray....

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I’ll stick to trying to use the name three times, instead. Thanks.

[–] joshzcold@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not sure if people think I'm weird, but I'll write down names of neighbors in Google keep.

Like Michael scott "brad, 2 kids with orange cat named sunny"

[–] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Wow, you talk to your neighbours?

[–] Damaskox@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Does repetition and memory rules help an ADHD brain?

[–] Stamets@startrek.website 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not sure, I can't remember

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

It's because you deprioritized knowing it in the first place, to try to focus on what they were discussing

[–] Shadowedcross@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

This is me with every educational video I watch

[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I made it a habit to regurgitate names in my head multiple times after I heard them but it still happens way too often.

[–] squirmy_wormy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

"repeat" is the word you're looking for

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

repeat it within 5 min then 10

[–] Schorsch@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Doesn't help. I'd have to ask again by then.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

So what? Better ask sooner rather than later. It's normal to forget.

It sounds like the method "doesn't help" you to not feel shame at not having a superhuman memory, which is true, but it WILL help you have a functioning human memory.

[–] adamantris@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

names are overrated anyways, nobody needs them

[–] Praxinoscope@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It doesn't always work for every name, but I try to think of a celebrity with the same first name and repeat it in my head.

[–] Schorsch@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Something I sometimes do is to try to find a way to visualize their name in my imagination. This especially works for some last names. For example if the person you're meeting is called John Miller I try to imagine that person working in a mill. So my brain has an image to stick to when trying to remember their name... Sometimes no good image comes to my mind though. Last names can be weird...