By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/10/2026I admit to finding this proposition very seductive. I'm mildly face-blind (I had two aunts I wasn't able to reliably tell apart until I was 12 or 13 and one of them changed her hair). 2492
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/10/2026I meet a *lot* of people and often find myself incredibly embarrassed when I can't place someone that I *know* I'm acquainted with. 2411
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/10/2026Actually, the emotion I feel when I don't recognize someone or can't place their name is worse than embarrassment: it's *shame*. I worry that my chronic inability to remember people's names/faces will make them feel like they're unimportant to me. 2731
rede2fly.bsky.social @rede2fly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Love your work! You have a great excuse for not remembering someone. And for us normal people, nothing wrong with saying "I apologize, my memory fails me, where did we meet? I don't recall your name." 110
