• Horsecook@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    I remember breastfeeding, learning to crawl and walk, the intense frustration I felt while trying to communicate before I learned how to speak.

    • I remember breastfeeding, learning to crawl and walk

      No way.

      Howwww.

      My earliest memory was something… I think was when I was like 3, I remember seeing photos dated 2005… (probably still in some drawers somewhere) so I was visiting Hong Kong from Guangzhou…

      I think we went there to vacation(?) + meet with relatives from abroad in the US

      I really only remember

      1. cable cars
      2. the hotel room that you need a special card thing to access and turn on the electricity in the room (I think it must’ve been some rfid thing)
      3. Double-deck buses
      4. Trolleys(?)

      That’s about it

      I remember it kinda feel “western”? (I mean of course it felt western after 99 years of british rule lol)

      I think I already knew how to say basic words in Cantonese at this point so I remember asking a question about the weird rfid hotel card thing…

      But like… nah how the f do you remember breastfeeding and being a toddler?

      I have zero memories of pre-speaking age of myself.

      I guess having a language make it easier to form memories? Or maybe vice versa? Being able to form memories make it possible to retain a language? Idk.