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Tracking Down the "Embarrassing Memory" Noise
Merlin Mann | Jul 23 2008
Compelled to Blurt... | Ask Metafilter Like a lot of people in this Ask Metafilter thread, I thought I was the only person in the universe who made an unconscious little noise when remembering something stupid I did or said.
For context, my tic (which can also be heard when someone near me does something dumb) sounds a little like the noise Leo Bloom makes after he falls on his keys (00:34). "Ooooooom...." The Question to YouAnyone else do this? Anybody out there qualified to talk about the psychology or neuroscience behind this apparent phenomenon? I’ll bet there’s a cool, scientific name for it. 26 Comments
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Likewise.Submitted by grant on July 23, 2008 - 12:53pm.
I think my version of this is much the same - I actually engage my former self in conversation. Sometimes I talk as him, sometimes to him. With me, it's exclusively self-centered; when someone near me does something embarrassing I almost always say "mazel tov," a habit my mother infected me with. (Generally said when a waiter breaks a glass or dish.) Because it's self-centered, I'd call this a version of esprit d'escalier, although vastly time-delayed, often repeating the same scenario over and over and not really very funny at all. » POSTED IN:
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