Do You Remember How You Remember?
Hello, Deadsplinterists, and happy June 30. It’s the end of the month, as we all know from that handy mnemonic “Thirty days hath September, June and January or September. Um, thirty one days for July and June? No wait, June has thirty.”
Yeah, that one is terrible. Any mnemonic that requires so much work to memorize isn’t helpful. But sometimes they are. ROY G BIV is kind of dumb, but I think it still comes in handy for remembering the colors of the rainbow.
Wikipedia lists a ton, including “The parts of the digestive system: Mother Eats Squirrel Guts Because She Is Living In Rural Arkansas (Mouth, Esophagus, Stomach, Gall Bladder, Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Rectum, Anus).”
Keeping In Mind
Some people use tons of mnemonics. Other people find them useless. Some people just go by rote and repetition until things stick. Other people give up and rely on written lists, or tie string to a finger like Uncle Billy in It’s a Wonderful Life. And a few people have automatic recall, like Marilu Henner, who starred on Taxi, a variety of Burt Reynolds projects, and plenty of other acting gigs over the years.
What works for you, fine readers of, um, hang on, Deadline? Deadwood? No wait, Deadsplinter! That’s it! Do you have memory tricks? And can you remember them? Maybe you compose little songs to help?
I’ve got a pretty good memory and don’t really se any tricks. I never really understood mnemonics, if you can memorize a string of words can’t you just memorize the thing you’re associating with those words?
Our music teacher taught us the scale notes with the sentence “Ernie Gives Bert Dead Frogs” and F-A-C-E.
Which is great, because how else could I have learned basic melodies on the recorder to torture my dog and parents with?
THE DREADED RECORDER!
The only thing which has *ever* worked for me, to help remember which months have 30 days, vs 31, is the “knuckle-bumps trick”
The one where you make your hands into fists, and then–starting at your left pinkie-knuckle, state the months, in relation to the “bumps or dips”…
The bumps are the “31-Day months” and the dips are NOT!😉
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuckle_mnemonic
And to distinguish right from left, I teach my work kids to “make an L” with their index fingers & thumbs, then stich their hands *straight* out in front of them–palms facing *away* from their body…
Then I have them “Read the letter” and determine “Which one says ‘L’ when you look at them?
*That* one is your *left* hand😉💖
Those are my most-used two, ngl!
And when kids get older, they put their right hands to their foreheads, with their index fingers pointing up and their thumbs at a right angle, and then tell each other to take an L.
I made good use of “Elephants Got Big Dirty Feet” and “Good Burritos Don’t Fall Apart”. Those two have served me well though the years.
My flight was cancelled 😡. So I pushed my trip forward by a day which luckily is fine for me and my grandparents. I have aisle seats now which is not ideal with HZ3 on my lap. Hopefully my neighboring passengers will not have to get up too often.
That fucking blows.
Was it an issue at Toronto due to air quality or just US airlines being dipshits? I know United has been a mess for a few days.
Air Canada gave a vague reason: “technical issue” which could mean anything.
Good luck, I remember those days of travelling with an infant. You might always be able to talk your way into switching seats.
i never really learnt….so i dont have tricks to remember
makes it easy really
i know to get the fuck out of dodge if the birdy snuffs it
and if the birdy doesnt…but theres open fire near a gas canister..oh yeah…fuck out of dodge
if the fucking hr woman looks like she has words for you….fuck out of dodge and maybe set fire to that gas canister as you make your escape….
“Any time I had a problem and I threw a molotov cocktail, BOOM I had another problem….”
never stops being funny
molotov cocktails are scary as fuck tho
oh hey heres this glass recepticle full of fucking fuel ive jammed a hanky that i lit on fire in to and im betting said fire wont reach the fuel before i throw it
yeah…..
hankies do not have a mandated burn period
almost as likely to blow yourself up as anyone else with those fucking things…….it is fun lobbing them tho
fwopfwopfwopshwooosh
never gets old
My trick is I have a list of things. Things I’m going to do, or want to buy, or whatever. I go over this list a couple of times but then, rather than really memorizing it, I remember the number of things. Like 6, for example. That sticks in my head. So I’m not done until I have accomplished 6 tasks or piled my grocery cart with six things. I don’t know why this works for me but it does.