Does actually stopping to ask yourself “Now, where would I have put that thing?” help you find something you’ve misplaced?

  • nsfw_archivist@lemmynsfw.comOP
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    3 days ago

    Do you mind it when other people asknitnof themselves? Maybe not quite as angry, but do you have some bigger objection or is it just that it’s not helpful to you?

    • tomiant@piefed.social
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      3 days ago

      The thing is that when we ask ourselves where we would have put that thing, we are asking someone else where they would have put that thing, if we were a person trying to help another person to try and figure out where they put that thing. We just so happen to be the same, thoroughly unhelpful person.

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      3 days ago

      No, not at all. I only get upset because I’ve already asked myself many times to no avail, and the 28th time isn’t going to be the ticket.

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        3 days ago

        That’s fair. I’m sorry you experience that. I can’t say I have much to offer by way of alternarives. Kind of why I asked.

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          3 days ago

          It’s all good, I’ve learned to work around it. The camera part wasn’t a joke; a couple motion tracking cameras in my work area saves me dozens of hours a year if not more.