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Farmer-Rick

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42. Some people just start out dumber

Fri Feb 11, 2022, 06:30 PM

Feb 2022

So, they don't collect much clutter because they don't think they need to remember it.

Trump couldn't remember that disenfectant can kill you if drank or injected into your body even when he was 25. He just didn't care to remember that.

And did he ever know any 5 syllable words? His vocabulary has always been stunted and child like.

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Older adults can blame 'clutter' for difficulties with memory [View all] Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 OP

I agree with this. panader0 Feb 2022 #1

I totally agree. Just the sheer number of peoples' names and personal info they've shared .... BComplex Feb 2022 #3

I made a comment to my sister a few days ago that "I had too many years in my head" Thomas Hurt Feb 2022 #2

Totally agree. LoisB Feb 2022 #4

Interesting! -- now where did I put my coffee cup down? Hekate Feb 2022 #5

my story / sticking to it KG Feb 2022 #6

I've told my children the same thing PatSeg Feb 2022 #7

Thanks, that is just what I'm going to tell my kids when the give me "that look" Paper Roses Feb 2022 #9

And so much of what we were storing PatSeg Feb 2022 #32

I think a good drunk will clear the cache n/t Yanicosco Feb 2022 #8

I'll have to try that on my MIL! 😄 Ilsa Feb 2022 #58

When we get old we have so much knowledge doc03 Feb 2022 #10

Then it's time to DEFRAG by using Transcendental Meditation - it WORKS ! n/t TeamProg Feb 2022 #39

Meditation, yes. TM? Nutz. Symptom: bombing one thread with multiple posts pushing TM. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #62

I was trying to be helpful. I can't expect all readers to view every response to a thread and TeamProg Feb 2022 #64

Downsizing helps bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #11

I know when I block on something wryter2000 Feb 2022 #12

Exactly! Give me a multiple choice trivia test and I'll blow it out of the water... Native Feb 2022 #15

I am glad you have hook to hang things on murielm99 Feb 2022 #24

On the other hand wryter2000 Feb 2022 #46

I disagree Traildogbob Feb 2022 #13

Nah, 45 is just trying to sort through all his lies. Delmette2.0 Feb 2022 #38

Well that's a task. Traildogbob Feb 2022 #49

LOL Delmette2.0 Feb 2022 #50

Some people just start out dumber Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #42

He clutters up by trying to keep his lies straight. JohnnyRingo Feb 2022 #43

I've been saying this for years! It's the only thing that makes sense!!!! Native Feb 2022 #14

I usually say that as I get older I have many file cabinets in my brain kimbutgar Feb 2022 #16

As in... 2naSalit Feb 2022 #17

I'm 70 and I still have a good memory, but it takes me a little longer FakeNoose Feb 2022 #18

That article also says older people do better in terms of creativity and decision making: highplainsdem Feb 2022 #19

Sounds like something to remember if I ever need a handy excuse for forgetting something. Vinca Feb 2022 #20

OMG! llmart Feb 2022 #53

LOL - I got stopped once when I was a mere child of 61 (12 years ago) for going about 15 Vinca Feb 2022 #56

Great story! llmart Feb 2022 #57

My memory is still pretty good OldBaldy1701E Feb 2022 #21

+1 😎 mtngirl47 Feb 2022 #27

I like this theory! liberalla Feb 2022 #22

I have another word for it: "perspective" nuxvomica Feb 2022 #23

The younger people I know DON'T store unnecessary info because the complete info is a Goggle away. usaf-vet Feb 2022 #25

We need a way to better organize our memories Javaman Feb 2022 #26

I use folders. JohnnyRingo Feb 2022 #45

When young & DownriverDem Feb 2022 #28

I wait for the Rolodex to spin around Marthe48 Feb 2022 #29

I generally take the same approach as Einstein... CaptainTruth Feb 2022 #30

K&R, The human brain does textbook full table scans of memory pretty fast but pretty expensive ... uponit7771 Feb 2022 #31

Very interesting wendyb-NC Feb 2022 #33

Now hold on just a minute. Ligyron Feb 2022 #34

I've ofter joked that my RAM was full bif Feb 2022 #35

Then it's time to DEFRAG by using Transcendental Meditation - it WORKS ! n/t TeamProg Feb 2022 #37

Meditation, yes. TM? Nutz. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #59

Then it's time to DEFRAG by using Transcendental Meditation - it WORKS ! TeamProg Feb 2022 #36

Good suhgestion Demovictory9 Feb 2022 #40

Meditation, yes. TM? Nutz. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #60

You scared me there for a minute. JohnnyRingo Feb 2022 #41

No one's mentioned what to me has been obvious for years... slightlv Feb 2022 #44

Now in my 60s, I have to lay a trail to a memory I want to keep. Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #47

I can see that in one of my in-law relatives. ananda Feb 2022 #48

"because of greater difficulty suppressing irrelevant information..." hippywife Feb 2022 #51

You did not discern important details in the OP. Try again. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #61

I quickly discerned something very important from this post. hippywife Feb 2022 #63

Our memory coat rack is full. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #52

When I first read this thread subject... llmart Feb 2022 #54

The brain's hard drives have so much info burrowowl Feb 2022 #55

But I was so much older then tavernier Feb 2022 #65