# Thinking issue **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 13, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-issue/777063 "2017-01-13T20:15:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-issue/777063/21 "2017-01-17T02:45:10Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > For me this makes sense inasmuch as names are concerned; I’ve never really been a people person and have always had a hard time with names of people that I didn’t regularly acquaint. On the other hand, names I should know sometimes slip by me, but that doesn’t concern me as much as not being able to pick words that reflect the subtle meaning that I’m usually able to imply. (Shit, just then: I couldn’t remember “imply”; my mind kept drifting towards “infer.” And the use of “shit” versus any other interjection I could of thunk of (self sic). My face recognition seems to have gotten stronger. I ran into a kid I watched grow up to age 16, he was a skinny long haired blond. I ran into him the other day, bald head 260# about and tattoos all over him. I recognized him instantly and he is 50 now. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-issue/777063/22 "2017-01-17T02:48:56Z")
I also think short-term vs. long-term memory is at play. I sometimes have to think about some of my own cousins’ names, yet I can remember many of the names of my gradeschool classmates, whom I haven’t seen in 60 years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-issue/777063.md?page=1)