# What would you like to forget, so you can experience it as if for the first time? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648 "2011-07-19T23:57:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/1 "2011-07-19T23:57:12Z")
I startedto write a setup with Burroughs-Libby continua buggies and MIB neuralizers and some other crap but then I said _fuck that shit_. I’ll just get down to brass tacks. Consider the experiences you enjoy the most: your favorite book, movie, game, whatever. If you could have all memory of any single one of them wiped, so you could experience it as if for the first time, what would it be, and why? ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/2 "2011-07-20T00:23:19Z")
I would only consider such a thing if I got the original memories back afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/3 "2011-07-20T00:27:49Z")
Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd… ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/4 "2011-07-20T02:57:46Z")
My first ride on a real roller coaster (as opposed to little kids’ coasters). The first time I got really stoned and laughed my ass off. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/5 "2011-07-20T03:16:21Z")
The first time I got drunk. It was a wild, amazing experience, that no subsequent journey to drunktown has ever matched. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/6 "2011-07-20T12:22:56Z")
Sex ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/7 "2011-07-20T12:56:20Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Sex Never, the first time sucked ass. However, there was a _specific person_…but even then I’d like to go in knowing what I know now. There are a few books I’ve often wished I could erase my mind of and read again, fresh, and have that adventure again. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/8 "2011-07-20T14:03:11Z")
The Aubrey-Maturin series. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/9 "2011-07-20T14:44:18Z")
Snow crab. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/10 "2011-07-20T14:53:26Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Never, the first time _ **sucked ass.** _ You may have been doing it wrong. My answer: visit Paris. (Not that I really want to forget anything, but the first time was especially memorable.) ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/11 "2011-07-20T14:54:02Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Never, the first time sucked ass. :eek: Not for me, it didn’t. It was _awesome_. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/12 "2011-07-20T14:59:05Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > You may have been doing it wrong. A woman’s first experience with sex may have different factors involved that could make it unpleasant, YMMV, etc. Mine wasn’t the best either. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/13 "2011-07-20T15:41:14Z")
Watching the West Wing. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/14 "2011-07-21T23:04:03Z")
> [@storyteller0910](#): > > Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd… Oh _yes_. I still love that musical, but nothing is quite like listening to Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury singing “Have a Little Priest” for the first time. It’s so surprisingly funny. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/15 "2011-07-21T23:42:13Z")
Under the blanket with the one I had an aching crush on for 3 long years then never saw again. Cruelty of life happens and we slip into different dimensions that’s out of our control… especially when you are 16. Or the first time I got stoned and heard Page’s Stairway to Heaven solo. I thought I figured out exactly how to play it in my head… NOT. :rolleyes: But it was just awesome nevertheless. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/16 "2011-07-22T00:15:12Z")
_Star Wars_. Not the whole thing, really. Just that opening shot with the Star Destroyer. Although, properly, I suppose I’d have to also forget about all the movies that referenced or satirized it. It would really suck to see that for the first time, and think, “Ah, he’s just ripping off _Spaceballs_.” ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/17 "2011-07-22T00:20:42Z")
I’d never want to relive my first experience with pot - it was terrifying. But there are many movies and TV shows I wish I could forget so I could have the experience of seeing them again. _The Shield,_ _The Sopranos,_ _Twin Peaks,_ etc. Video games too. _Metal Gear Solid 2_ and _3_, _Heavy Rain,_ all the _Resident Evil_s, _Half-Life,_ etc. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/18 "2011-07-22T02:50:46Z")
The Matrix. The experience really only works the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/19 "2011-07-22T03:39:37Z")
Disneyland ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/20 "2011-07-22T03:39:49Z")
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