• chewypoops@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    You say “casually admitted” as if this were an individual failing and not a shared experience amongst everyone who has ever driven regularly.

    Back when I drove, I would regularly forget my entire commute because I’d already made it hundreds of times before and my brain just stopped committing any of it to memory.

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      24 hours ago

      that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a fucked up phenomenon.
      “haha yeah isn’t it funny that people operating 3-ton machines going 80km/h do so in a fugue state, so quirky :)”

      Edit: and this is why i hate most drivers, yeah sure buddy it’s completely normal and safe to not remember driving :)))
      what the fuuuuuuck is wrong with society

      • blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 days ago

        Literally nobody has that attitude here. Not OP, not the person who wrote that post, none of the comments.

      • AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip
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        2 days ago

        It’s not a fugue state. It’s just so utterly rote and mundane that your brain doesn’t bother committing it to memory.

      • Squizzy@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        It happens with everything. Your brain doesnt record the same thing 10000 times, it sets autopilot and snaps back if something changes.