Episodic memory loss.

Is it normal to forget about shit i did years ago? Or forget the plot of shows, and movies i've watched a year ago? Does this happen to everyone, or does it depend on the person's memory?

Let me get in here while it's still warm.

Fuck, i thought this was off-topic.

Hey, we always think it's off-topic and then she starts holding hand.

Wait, what?!

Did you think it was off-topic, or did you forget that it wasn't off-topic? That is the most important question.

How do you know you forgot if you know you forgot?

What the fuck is going on?

It's DLC.

...Wait, we aren't talking about Assassin's Creed?

I forgot why I'm here. I guess I'm still on subject.

Borderlands 2 is going to suck, calling it now.

@Winternet said:

I forgot why I'm here. I guess I'm still on subject.

If you know you are on subject then you don't forget why you are here now do you.

He said he's guessing that he's still on subject, not that he knows he is.

If anyone is having trouble, I suggest this.

Are these threads just ways for newbs to boost the number of posts they have or something?

I always forget what happened in games and then when I hear others talk about the plot or ending months or years later I wonder how the holy good shitballs they remember it. I also can't remember song lyrics, not that I ever try to though.

I forgot this was here.

Anyway, I forget a lot of things from when I was a kid. It's pretty hazy until something specific I associate with a moment is closely regarded by my consciousness.

...what?

Well this thread has gone well...

Yeah I remember the most useless things and forget simple random things all the time.

I'd say something about this, but given that I'm nearly 400 years old, my opinions on the matter may be a bit skewed.

Going to try desperately to re-rail this thread. I think it's perfectly normal to forget about stuff that happened years ago, the human memory just isn't that good.

Yeah, my memory is pretty shitty.

I remember the stupidest fucking things and yet I'll forget important things.

It sucks.

@Gamer_152: Its not that bad, the brain is quite capable of....... wait what was I talking about again.

@Winternet:lol well done.

I sometimes forget things that happened minutes ago. Work on things that would improve your memory. Put down the controller and pick up a book.

That's my problem with finishing games. Drop 80+ hours into something like Fallout 3, get burnt out and quit for a month or two, and then try to pick up where I left off: can't do it. It's like picking up play with someones save file who I don't even know. 

I forget a lot of stuff as well. I can't remember much of my childhood.

It's pretty common. The human memory is pretty shitty. 10 minutes after hearing someone talk I think you already forget 50% of what they say or something crazy like that. When it comes to TV shows, games and books that I haven't interacted with in awhile I remember most of what happened, but if I didn't then just go online to get a quick refresher on some stuff. Game of Thrones for example is very bad at bringing back characters that weren't mentioned for 300 pages, or sometimes a whole book, so I feel the need to wiki certain characters just to get a quick refresher.

The other night I was watching Back to the Future III with a friend, who knew all the lines, despite having not seen it in years. On the other hand, he probably couldn't remember his own phone number.

It's totally normal to forget stuff. Like how I got here.

Who are all you people?

We can't bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for m'shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you'd say. Now where was I... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion tied to my belt, which was the style at the time. You couldn't get white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

@Knave:

Everyone forgets something sometimes. You could be going through things that is making your memory worse. You could be stressed, depressed, anxious or you could be not eating as well as you should, trying to do to much, or not getting enough sleep. I doubt you're some extraordinary case (though there is no guarantee). I suggest just trying to take better care of yourself mentally and physically.

Human memory just sucks, plain and simple. Even the best of us forget a lot of things, it's a normal part of human psychology. I'd say you don't have much to worry about, but talk to a doctor if it's a major concern.

*fetal position* half of this thread makes sense, and i can't tell which half it is anymore...

But, what would happen if you remembered everything? Wouldn't you become completely insane?

@Video_Game_King said:

I'd say something about this, but given that I'm nearly 400 years old, my opinions on the matter may be a bit skewed.

400 moon years, maybe. That's like, what, 12 Earth years?

Actually, that's equivalent to 190 Brad Bucks, now that I do the math.

@Ravenlight:

Actually, we use the Gregorian calendar up here. Using actual Lunar calendars can be a bit...confusing, to say the least. (Oh, and to clarify: I'm 374.)

@Video_Game_King said:

@Ravenlight:

Actually, we use the Gregorian calendar up here. Using actual Lunar calendars can be a bit...confusing, to say the least. (Oh, and to clarify: I'm 374.)

So Pope Gregory XIII was a moon-man plant, huh? Control the church and control the Earth, I guess.

I'm going to lie down in my fallout shelter now where you moon beams can't reach my brainwaves.

If you want to see memory loss in action watch the last then Chrono Trigger ER episodes back to back :D

@Ravenlight:

Nothing that sinister. It's more like it was just more convenient to adopt that system, even if it made a couple of our idioms fairly useless.

@Juno500 said:

Human memory just sucks, plain and simple. Even the best of us forget a lot of things, it's a normal part of human psychology. I'd say you don't have much to worry about, but talk to a doctor if it's a major concern.

Not really a human thing, some people like me have really good long term memory. My short term on the other hand is much worse.

Because every episode might be someone's first episode so you have to make sure characters repeat key information in order to not alienate new viewers.

Wait, what?

@Video_Game_King said:

@Ravenlight:

Nothing that sinister. It's more like it was just more convenient to adopt that system, even if it made a couple of our idioms fairly useless.

That's just what I'd expect someone with knowledge of a moon-man invasion of Earth to say.

@Ravenlight:

Just what I'd expect someone to say if they weren't educated in intergalactic law.

Its not only you, happens to me all the time.

I don't remember things that aren't important to me... and sometimes important.

Things/experiences that really stands out you generally remember.

Still, I can forget shit my girlfriend said to me 5 minutes ago because sometimes my mind just says "fuck it!" and delete it.

@Video_Game_King said:

@Ravenlight:

Just what I'd expect someone to say if they weren't educated in intergalactic law.

Relations between Sol III and it's satellite are strictly intragalactic. Nice try, though.

@Ravenlight:

Relations? What relations? Can't have relations with you guys until you develop reasonable space travel. Star Ocean Law, baby.

@Video_Game_King said:

@Ravenlight:

Relations? What relations? Can't have relations with you guys until you develop reasonable space travel. Star Ocean Law, baby.

Curse your encyclopedic knowledge of JRPGs. You win the day this time, mooner.

I forgot to mention this before, but . . .