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. 2421
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. 2741
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/10/2026And shame is such a shitty, gross emotion: it's the invasive thief of joy that shows up whenever things are bad for the purpose of making them worse. 1622
Jennifer Elsea @jnklz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Unscrupulous users of spy-specs can exploit the awkwardness of your failing to recognize them when they know *so* much about you, scammer’s dream 000
