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The funnest thing about these is how quietly and slowly they creep on. It may start with putting off a few things but then one day you realize you haven't showered because you feel like you don't have enough time for it.

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Sidenote: that's why behavioral studies never ask "How often do you run" but instead "When was the last time you ran?", or even better "Describe the last time you X". People are terrible at assessing their general performance, but great at recalling semi-specific events.

I was under the impression I was the only one. Now I know other people think “great at recalling semi-specific events”.

“Describe the last time you X” This makes me think of transderivational search, a simplistic definition is “thinking”.

«The funnest thing about these is how quietly and slowly they creep on.» Same goes for a lot of thing. «Describe the first time you were racist».

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