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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Stephen King would laugh his ass off. (He got so addicted to the song, Tabitha about left him. Stuck with him through the booze and cocaine, drove her batshit with Mambo #5.)

Memorizing names couldn't be easier. Use mnemonics, the more absurd, the better.

For example; You meet a guy named Mike. Picture Mike, right then and there, jamming a huge microphone down his throat. Guy named Scott? Imagine him with a talking Scotty dog head. Take several seconds and concentrate on the image. It'll sink in permanently, I promise.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

New acquaintance: "Why the Hell are you staring at me like that...? What's wrong with you?"

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago

Me? Nothing. You're the one deepthroating a microphone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Tell 'em straight up, "Hold on. Memorizing your name. OK. Done. Hi Mike! I'm Scott, think of my head as a talking Scotty dog. Now we'll never forget each other!" And you won't.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

By the time I took several seconds to concentrate on that they already walked away and think I am an idiot, rightfully so.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Okay, but what if I meet someone named Shit-eating-Greg-who-fucked-all-the-chickens?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Then you already have a mnemonic. I'll leave it up to your imagination.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah, Greg is just short for Gregory - it's not a common name any more, but it's definitely a real name.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

i knew a guy name gregorny

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Picture a disciple of Jesus washing your feet with his hair and grinning up at you. Done!

Crazier, better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

but then I gotta remember the names of the disciples of Jesus ://

what if I accidentally call him Judas?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If it were me, would've ended with me happily singing along with my brain, oblivious to the information I failed to retain.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

I couldn't remember my wife's name until about 3 months into dating....

Brain know names not good...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I can never hear Mambo No. 5 without thinking about this piece of television brilliance:

https://youtu.be/N9gbdv5cXKg

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

TURN IT OFF!!!!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I can definitely relate with ThE TrUmPeTs

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Lou Bega does that weird roar

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

It's a good roar

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

I have to live with Sisqo's Thong Song sometimes.

[–] usualsuspect191 4 points 3 weeks ago

There's a group of names I put to this song so I could remember the order, and I still sing it to myself (like the alphabet song) when needed

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Very relatable. I've accidentally said parts of this song out loud without realizing it on multiple occasions.

Just workshop sounds and suddenly I'm like "the TROMPETS" and everyone looks at me and I realize what I had done. The specific hahaha also escaped a few times but I was only asked what was funny

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well i can neither recollect the names of real live people nor the lyrics of mambo number 5

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I just incorporate their name into Mambo No. 5, replacing the ones in the song as needed. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

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