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Does asking yourself “Where would I have put that?” work for you? (lemmynsfw.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Does actually stopping to ask yourself “Now, where would I have put that thing?” help you find something you’ve misplaced?

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[–] 5 points 10 months ago (8 children)

No, and I get irrationally angry when I'm looking for something and someone asks "Well, where would you have put it?"
"You better start calling 911 now!"

The only thing that worked was putting up a bunch of cameras so I can go back and look to see where my brain thought was a good spot to sit something in the moment.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    "I'll just put this down for a second, it won't matter, the task I need to complete is trivial, it will be done so quickly that- hey, that thing is ALSO loose? I'm gonna need a bigger thing!"

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

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

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    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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  • [–] [S] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I don’t think I even registered that part of your comment. I 100% see the use of cameras.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago*

    I was thinking of strips of self adhesive gps tags.

    Edit: I have been informed that this is not possible due to size constraints, for things like glasses and remotes. It does exist, however.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months 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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