• MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    He clearly didn’t forget about it, or else he wouldn’t have been able to write the green text

    His very premise is faulty!

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    11 months ago

    This greentext is probably fake, but as someone dealing with memory loss and brain fog, I feel that I need to speak up about the last line.

    It’s jarring to see people comment on how saying ‘forgot two weeks later’ makes everything a lie. ‘Forget’ and ‘permanently forget’ are two different things. With memory loss, some memories can feel like a book that randomly checks out and checks into the library.

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      1 year ago

      Had a buddy in the early 2000s that had memory loss. Before GPS this dude wouldn’t remember north from south but when his memory clicked he was able to navigate the entire Washington DC area with no problems. It was very interesting.

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        11 months ago

        Yeah that actually sounds about right. Memory loss is often like having a word on the tip of your tongue but the word is an entire decade of your life or your partner’s phone number or anything you know you should know but you just can’t get at.

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          This is what happens to my 80-year-old dad as he declines mentally. He starts conversations and then it’s like he forgets what words to use. It’s incredibly frustrating, especially for him. He knows what he wants to say, gets into it, then there’s a “file not found” moment that derails him.

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      11 months ago

      I maintain that she actually married the other guy and everyone just plays along with it because otherwise she just talks about how much better he was in the sack.

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      1 year ago

      This is an old greentext from before the “AI boom” so it’s almost certainly not written by an AI. It switches from girlfriend to wife because the story is fake.

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      1 year ago

      I hate that “written by AI” is the go-to accusation nowadays, and it’s mostly made by people who can’t tell the difference.

      Humans can make up stories too, you know.

    • Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      Lol

      Phind: Sure, here’s a 4chan style greentext about everything on the internet being fake:

      Be me

      Spend all day browsing the internet

      Come across a news article about a new scientific discovery

      Excitedly share it with friends

      Later find out it was debunked

      Feel like an idiot

      Realize everything you thought you knew is a lie

      Start doubting everything

      Even start doubting your own existence

      End up in a deep existential crisis

      Decide to stop using the internet

      But then realize I need it for work

      Back to square one

      Internet is full of lies

      But also full of truth

      Can’t tell which is which anymore

      Life is confusing

      But at least I have my cat to keep me company