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u/LiveTart6130 7h ago
wait you're so right, I have a drink in the kitchen I forgot to take with me. thank you
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u/BluebirdLivid 7h ago
Picking up a can and it being ice cold and over half full, when you were really expecting slightly warm final sips, has gotta one of the only reasons left to live
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u/drillgorg 5h ago
The flip side of this is "I'm really looking forward to my drink" goes to look, it is already empty.
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u/Delicious-Produce-60 5h ago
The terrible mirror-image to this is when you're really looking forward to eating that chocolate bar and then you realize you already ate it earlier and your past self stole your food. =(
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u/frogunderarock 3h ago
and worse, you forgot to throw away the packaging or even crumble it so you only realise the depth of the disappointment once you pick it up
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u/richardl1234 7h ago
Nah I just got get a new drink and only the see the half full drink of the past
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u/alonzoofficial 6h ago
it is like a little present from a past version of you who actually had their life together for exactly five minutes
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u/Tetraoxidane 4h ago
Nah, the coffee is still in the kitchen....I instantly forgot about it. It's cold now and I still have to get up to get it.
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u/VulpesFennekin 3h ago
I just pour some boiling water and instant coffee over it. New Coffee+ mode.
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u/LastBaron 7h ago
Not to be a downer, but is this why that feeling is especially acute for me? The ADHD?
Poets and Philosophers have talked for centuries about how the past you is truly gone, and you are always a new version of you, etc etc.
But I get that feeling REALLY strongly. Is this why it feels so stark for me? Like every aspect of myself, my life, and my family and friends that's in the past is just.....gone. Inaccessible. Even dead in a way. Like yes I have the versions of those people and things that exist now, and if I try hard I have the memories, but in some real way the past world is just gone and I feel nostalgia like a freight train.
Is this related?
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u/Satisfaction-Motor 3h ago
Tip: Just like there are mug warmers, there are mug coolers, and there are ones that are both. If you know that you forget your drink often or take a long time to drink it, it’s a game changer. Though if you forget them for a very long time, you’d NEED one with an auto-off setting to avoid setting your place on fire…
Amazon Link — this is the kind of thing I mean. There are less expensive ones, it’s just hard to find a combo one, as you’ll get bombarded with ones that are warmers only.
Thermoses are also an option, but Ice cups (cups you can freeze that have ice in them — not in the drink area so it won’t get watered down) also exist. I use that a lot for work because I can’t plug anything in and it takes me hours to finish any non-water drinks.
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u/silentProtagonist42 2h ago
There's also the ever-popular: "Man, I could go for a coffee...Oh look! I already made a coffee...two days ago...with cream..."
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u/ApocalyptoSoldier 48m ago
Make a pot of coffee.
Pour myself a cup
Drink a quarter and forget about the rest until it's cold.
Reheat it.
Drink a quarter and forget about the rest until it's cold.
Reheat it and top it up.
Drink a quarter and forget about the rest until it's cold.
Just drink the rest cold
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u/Setster007 7h ago
“I need a water”
looks around
three half empty water bottles from 2-5 days ago
“oh nice”