this is me but not just for shampoo, for everything

[kstatz12@discuss.systems]

@regehr God damnit. this reminds me that I've been pouring shower water into my long suffering bottle of head and shoulders for like 2 weeks to eek out one more shower.

[coolcalmcollected@mastodon.social]

@regehr

I have to put things in my way to remember. the empty shampoo bottle gets thrown over the shower curtain into the bathroom sink. then when I get out of the shower, I see the bottle and I remember. other things get put in the middle of the kitchen table where they're in the way until I add them to my list.

[lenary@types.pl]

@regehr i mostly get this and then i have a good week where i remember… and buy eggs or whatever every time i visit a grocery store and end up with waaaaay too many

[rotopenguin@mastodon.social]

@regehr how about "stepping into Lowe's"? My head gets noticeably lighter as every home project escapes from it at once.

[kaoudis@infosec.exchange]

@regehr I have started proactively yelling at Siri over my shower curtain to put shampoo on the grocery list the second I notice because otherwise no shampoo

[wiersdorf@fosstodon.org]

@regehr Time stops existing in my shower. Things have improved by mounting a clock where I can see it but it’s no silver bullet

[lindsey@recurse.social]

@coolcalmcollected @regehr My sibling-in-law has a bunch of routines like this to manage their ADHD, like, "This single sock is here on the table as a reminder that I need to fold clothes." Then their in-laws, who are my parents, arrive and try to "help" by "picking up clutter", and the routines fall apart

[coolcalmcollected@mastodon.social]

@lindsey @regehr

[mrtazz@chaos.social]

@kaoudis @regehr I circumvent the dimensional memory barrier by having backup shampoo in the pantry and putting it on the grocery list as soon as I take it into the shower

[sea1am@mastodon.social]

@regehr

The doorway effect. Gets me every time...

Why Walking through a Doorway Makes You Forget

Scientists measure the "doorway effect," and it supports a novel model of human memory

Scientific American (www.scientificamerican.com)

[megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social]

@regehr It's a Wet Doorway!

[bartoszmilewski@mathstodon.xyz]

@regehr
Has anyone tried using an iPhone in the shower? They are supposed to be water resistant and there is a ToDo applet on them.

[jsamcfarlane@mastodon.ie]

@regehr I will throw the bottle through the interdimensional portal and into the sink where elsewhen me can discover it. Very Interstellar.

[regehr@mastodon.social]

@BartoszMilewski I’d probably forget to charge it, perhaps a lower tech solution like a waterproof notepad

[stepheneb@ruby.social]

@coolcalmcollected

I do exactly the same thing to remember

@regehr

[stepheneb@ruby.social]

@Sea1Am

Link to original research: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17470218.2011.571267

@regehr

[bartoszmilewski@mathstodon.xyz]

@regehr
There's also the option of installing an electrical outlet in the shower...

Though, on second thought...️

[sellout@mastodon.social]

@regehr @BartoszMilewski I have a dive slate for this … but then I leave the slate in the shower and forget about it, or leave it out of the shower when I have to write something down.

[sellout@mastodon.social]

@regehr @BartoszMilewski I also have a waterproof notepad for backpacking, but while it does survive the occasional drenching, I don’t think it would hold up to regular shower use.

[dabeaz@mastodon.social]

@BartoszMilewski @regehr This installation sounds like a good question for ChatGPT.