niktemadur@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoLike Neo in The Matrix and "I know kung fu", what one ability would you choose to upload directly to your mind?message-squaremessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down14
arrow-up1101arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squareEmoDuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up42arrow-down1·1 day 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-up26·1 day 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-squareDudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·18 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.