alt Hacker NewsWhich is great for you, but a lot of people genuinely don’t have the memory capabilities to remember the birthdays of various people. I literally forget how to spell my own name sometimes, keeping track of birthdays is out of the question. But people get really offended if their birthdays go by unnoticed…
I literally forget how to spell my own name sometimes
You should see a doctor about that.
a lot of people genuinely don’t have the memory capabilities to remember the birthdays of various people
Because they don't try.
30 years ago, it wasn't weird to have 30, 40, even 50 phone numbers memorized. Ask anyone who was alive then. Now people just push the icon for the person they want, allowing their brains to get lazy.
Your brain: Use it or lose it.