# What would you like to forget, so you can experience it as if for the first time?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/41 "2011-07-28T20:32:22Z")

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> [@Turek](#):
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> Meanie!

Yeah, I know. _grin_

I DID get a fun opportunity in the spirit of this thread recently, though. The Boyfriend had seen – and greatly liked – a few episodes of _Firefly_, but hadn’t seen all of them. So, we’ve been gradually working through my DVD collection. It turns out he hadn’t seen the pilot. (HOW can a person want to watch a whole series and NOT immediately start at the beginning, but be content with picking out random episodes? I can’t wrap my brain around that. But I’m a little OCD, and a completest. And I digress …)

Anyway, so last week we watch the pilot, and I got to hear him laugh at “I curse your …” That was ALMOST as much fun as watching it the first time myself.

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**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/42 "2011-07-28T22:10:03Z")

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The Wire, the Lord of the Ring movies and book, Five guys burgers, Thriller (album).

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**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/43 "2011-07-29T11:47:07Z")

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> [@Claire\_Beauchamp](#):
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> (HOW can a person want to watch a whole series and NOT immediately start at the beginning, but be content with picking out random episodes?)

It worked for Fox.

Oh, wait. No it didn’t. :mad:

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**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-forget-so-you-can-experience-it-as-if-for-the-first-time/589648/44 "2011-07-29T18:25:19Z")

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> [@Turek](#):
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> It worked for Fox.
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> Oh, wait. No it didn’t. :mad:

Yeah. 😛

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