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I don’t know. I put my money on Superman.
Or that supermassive black hole!
(Muse :musical_note:)

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Or maybe it’s sun klopping our skin with photons until it’s red? :stuck_out_tongue:

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New question:

What is the difference between “remember” and “remind”? :slight_smile: (In German we only have one word “erinnern”).

Remember is active first person.
Remind is either passive first person or active second person.

You can remember something yourself and remind someone else of something or be reminded of something by another person(or a thing).

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I remembered to do the dishes.
My friend reminded me to do the dishes.
Dishes remind me of flying saucers (UFOs). :flying_saucer:

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We too have only one word (“ricordare”).

My english teacher explained that:

  • use “remember” when you are using your memory to recall a fact, a person, a thing.
  • use “remind” when you see something that recalls something else.
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If Dutch is like German on this one, then you can paraphrase the passive use of “remind” as “thinking of.”

Dat doet me denken aan de tijd dat…
That reminds me of the time that…

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and the active use of “remind”… as in

can be paraphrased as
Iemand ergens aan herinneren
To make sure someone does not forget to do something = to remind someone

A reminder = beware you don’t forget to
A memory = something you can remember
Remember all those nice memories when we hung out on the forum.
I remember YOU!

I don’t remember the original question.
:wink:

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Here, I will jog your memory:

To jog someone’s memory: to cause them to remember something. This can be done on purpose, by a person, or indirectly, when a person sees an object or another person.

Jog = run at a steady pace.

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Just a reminder: a reminder reminds.

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also…
jog = move up and down

which is an extreme form of slow jogging (running) too.

…and memories are cherished
but we will all be forgotten.

:broken_heart:

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awww… I didn’t want to make you sad :cry:

here… I’ll share a piece of mine :two_hearts:

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Only if Chuck reboots the computer. As long as he don’t do this, no one will be forgotten.

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I take a tiny bit of comfort in the thought that perhaps, when we are gone and forgotten, someone in the future will find these conversations and enjoy reading them. Maybe even make it into a book (or whatever the high tech equivalent is). (Darn it, now they’re going to be sidetracked into finding out what a ‘book’ was.)

So anyway if you’re reading this, blue-skinned aliens with three penises, I’m the one everybody called their leader.

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Well, every person leaves something or several things behind. So we won’t go or vanish completely. :slight_smile:

It’s dangerous to mention blue-skinned aliens in this forum, because they could lead to an earworm …

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Why blue-skinned?

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More importantly: why three penises???

Am I the only one to pick up on that?

Zak, Zak, Zak! of all people, you should know!

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Chuck=Ron
Computer=this site
Reboot=take offline

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Yes.

Eternity = The forum archive on Archive.org

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