niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 hours agoLike Neo in The Matrix and "I know kung fu", what one ability would you choose to upload directly to your mind?message-squaremessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down13
arrow-up1102arrow-down1message-squareLike Neo in The Matrix and "I know kung fu", what one ability would you choose to upload directly to your mind?niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 hours agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareEmoDucklinkfedilinkarrow-up43·16 hours agoThis is a neat idea until you’re in a situation where you remember 38 different words for a thing, just not the one in the language you need
minus-squareccunning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·15 hours agoI only speak one language fluently and one language extremely poorly. The number of times I’ve been able to come up with the word I want in my second language and completely blanked on it in my native language baffles my mind.
minus-squareDudeImMacGyverlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 hours agoThis is why I learned the shit out of English: If I forget a word, there’s like 6 more words that are close enough to the one I forgot.
This is a neat idea until you’re in a situation where you remember 38 different words for a thing, just not the one in the language you need
I only speak one language fluently and one language extremely poorly.
The number of times I’ve been able to come up with the word I want in my second language and completely blanked on it in my native language baffles my mind.
This is why I learned the shit out of English: If I forget a word, there’s like 6 more words that are close enough to the one I forgot.