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
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/10/2026If there were some way to confine pervert glasses to helping people remember names, I'd be all over them. But when it comes to *actual, existing pervert-glasses*, the main purpose is to covertly capture strangers and shame them. 36511
