Any theories why some people can’t remember certain facts? I never remember the word “paternalism” when I want it, nor Lindsay Lohan’s name, although my partner is writing a whole book about Mean Girls.
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@jessejiryudavis oh, this rings a bell for me: there’s a concept that for some reason I usually can only remember the Aramaic word for it, even though I’m only fluent in English. Wait, holy shit, it just came to me: “fastidious” — huh. I wonder if the experience of sharing this multiple times online has somehow created some kind of a optimized look up pathway in my brain. Maybe it’s a bug that gets fixed just from discussing it!