Re:Show HN: Namerick - an app for people who forget names
by jmjerlecki on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @03:29PM
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Are the namericks normally that offensive? Is that a specific memory cue? I would be interested to know if that is or not. For example I made one for my friend Brooke and clicked generate namerick. The first two items that came up were brooke bangs boys and brooke the Blower.
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Re:Show HN: Namerick - an app for people who forget names
by scottyallen on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @03:35PM
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No, you have particularly bad luck:) I haven't seen any come up anywhere near that explicit yet. The namericks are randomly generated from a list of words, which sometimes leads to hilarity. That being said, mnemonics that are slightly suggestive are more memorable than more boring mnemonics, since they generate more vivid imagery in our heads, which is easier for our brains to remember (we're very visual animals).