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Tracking Down the "Embarrassing Memory" Noise
Merlin Mann | Jul 23 2008
Compelled to Blurt... | Ask Metafilter Like a lot of people in this Ask Metafilter thread, I thought I was the only person in the universe who made an unconscious little noise when remembering something stupid I did or said.
For context, my tic (which can also be heard when someone near me does something dumb) sounds a little like the noise Leo Bloom makes after he falls on his keys (00:34). "Ooooooom...." The Question to YouAnyone else do this? Anybody out there qualified to talk about the psychology or neuroscience behind this apparent phenomenon? I’ll bet there’s a cool, scientific name for it. 26 Comments
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 tic with visualsSubmitted by Cugel on July 23, 2008 - 8:53am.
Mine is soft, starting in the back of the throat, but eventually it pops out into the air. Its a bit like a mediative "Ommmm" without the glottal (?) at the start. The accompanying visual is me pulling my ejection seat handle (the lower one) and being blasted out into a gale (am ex Air Force type). Lots of shame winging around in my skull at the same time. Triggers ... remembering: ... trying to chat up impossibly good looking women when a bit drunk (very old memories these). ... that stag party in the Nomads Sea Angling Club when I .... ... that time when I was walking back from the gym on a cold and quiet morning, listening to my ipod, and did a very loud fart, then turned around to see ten feet behind me my neighbour walking her dog. » POSTED IN:
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