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jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Here’s a weird take on this, is there some evolutionary reason for this?
Comment on Thanks... dick...
jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Here’s a weird take on this, is there some evolutionary reason for this?
octoham@lemmy.world 5 months ago
the brain typically remembers things associated with strong emotional reactions, esp. negative reactions, presumably in order to remember your mistakes and not do them again.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Exactly. So it’s sad that the positive things don’t feature more strongly in our memories, just like the OP meme suggests.