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[–] uzziah0@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I need to be around people for quite a while before I can remember their name. More regular time and I'll remember their name better. I've been working on it, though, and I think I'm doing better, but it takes effort to remember the names of new people I meet.

[–] Polisheocket@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

I make zero effort to remember names, if I’m around them enough I’ll get it, if not then it wasn’t important to remember anyway