Yes I’m mostly curious about people which helps that I chose therapy as a profession. I’m curious about history and cultures and love to read but like many I don’t retain it all like I want to. My husband isn’t curious about people but he loves sports, trivia, history and math and he does not forget it!
MH is like this! There’s this sports game he’s playing where they give you a team or a stat and you have to match it up with a player who fulfills both (I am explaining this very poorly but it’s like a chart). He and his brothers are obsessed and he’s remembering randos from the 70s and 80s and is filing away tidbits from offhand comnents of sports commentators to use later. He forgets NOTHING!
That’s awesome! Yes my DH talks about sports stats from the 80s all the time. And he remembers all of these grade school, high school and college things. So does my sister. They will talk about different school orientation things, and I’m like what? I don’t remember my college orientation and they remember specifics from third grade. My DH would explain to the kids how rain is made . I would listen and then forget
Post by mountaingirl on Oct 8, 2023 12:53:50 GMT -5
I love trivia as I like knowing about a lot of things. I know I’m not completely knowledgeable about everything but I love learning. My niece is sometimes surprised at how much I know when watching Jeopardy. She somehow misses the many that I don’t get! I am by no means good enough to be on the show.
And I'll take it a step further. If I've gone down a rabbit hole on something can still can't figure it out/find it, I fall for the "well then I'll make it myself" trap. Which is how I started looking into learning how to make a simple app the other day since none of the free apps do what I need them to and the org I'm volunteering for can't afford the $1000/year app that didn't do a great job for them last year. lol.
Yes I think this is why I like podcasts so much. I can listen to things while going about daily life. My husband is always amused when I start a sentance "I heard on my podcast today..." It is essentially how I start all conversations lol.
Post by texasharleygirl on Oct 9, 2023 8:30:15 GMT -5
Same here. I am constantly looking up stuff while we watch TV; IMDB, locations, etc. Or when we are driving, and I think of some random stuff, I have to google it.
In our house it was Readers Digest and National Geographic magazines! And I could spend hours looking at an encyclopedia!
Yes, I was a very curious kid, getting into stuff at my grandma’s house which was like treasure trove and taking apart old electronics at my house. I love learning and often fall down internet rabbit holes as an adult. Any topic. I have a good long term memory and I’m a visual learner. DH has a near photographic memory (although it’s slipping as he ages) and our kids have great memories and love to learn trivia. You can’t stump DS1 on riddles because he has read so many riddle books and memorized them all.
I thought the flamingo color was the #1 fact about them and my kids have known it since kindergarten. I met someone a couple months ago and recently saw they have a tattoo of something we saw in person this summer. Every taxi driver we met told us the same “little known fact” about it, which I already knew…. but the person with the tattoo did not know the fact and hasn’t managed to see it in person (although it’s their goal to).
Last night, I googled how did Charles Lindbergh go to the bathroom on his solo Atlantic flight. So I'm right there with you on random facts.
Lol. It’s not so hard for guys. Old planes used to have a funnel inside with a tube that ran outside, for the men to pee into (it would turn to vapor outside the aircraft). I have no idea if Lindbergh’s plane had one, but I imagine he probably used mayonnaise jars or whatnot.
Now you should google how women pee in airplanes! It’s fascinating.
Same here. I am constantly looking up stuff while we watch TV; IMDB, locations, etc. Or when we are driving, and I think of some random stuff, I have to google it.
In our house it was Readers Digest and National Geographic magazines! And I could spend hours looking at an encyclopedia!
This is the only acceptable use of a phone during dinner. Otherwise it has no place and only gets in the way of conversation.