We all have certain things floating around in our heads that drive us nuts…even if we don’t want them to be there.
And you can get pretty angry about it, too. I ask myself why I waste my time and energy getting worked up about certain things that I can’t really change and I have no control over.
The actions and conduct of some certain politicians come to mind, but I won’t name any names…
AskReddit users went on the record and talked about what lives in their brains rent-free.
1. Thinking of someone special.
“A relationship I’ve dreamed up with a good friend that will probably never happen.”
2. Still in there…
“An entire map of Doom from 1994.
My son was playing a port of the game, I was doing whatever, and then I hear the elevator platform ride and I say, “push the third panel on the right,” and there was a hidden stash.
26 years later my brain kept that memory just in case I ever needed that stash again.”
3. BFF.
“My best friend.
He just moved out of his country to study. I constantly worry about him but he always reassure me that everything is fine.
He lives in my head rent-free but he’s a very good tenant.”
4. Good memory.
“CSLIBM0240710D and CL114CO825061D.
The numbers of my first library cards from 23 years ago at two different libraries. If I ever forgot my wallet I memorized them so I could just quote them to the librarian.
Now they are in there forever.”
5. Steep prices.
“How expensive a 3-5 bedroom home is in my region.
D*mn near a f*cking million dollars.”
6. Trying to shed those pounds.
“Losing weight.
All I can think about is my goal weight and it drives me crazy.”
7. Funny how that works.
“Lyrics of songs I heard once in 1997.
But remembering my own phone number? Hell no.”
8. It’s constant.
“Constant reminders that I’m actually very depressed and anxious.
Back story, I was on meds that worked great, but they f*cked with my libido so much that it was causing major issues with my gf, who I live and share a life with.
So I decided I would be way more sad if I lost her while also having a limp d*ck than I would be just accepting my depression and anxiety as a part of life.”
9. A big fail.
“I f*rted in a girl’s face in sixth grade by accident. I still think about it at least once a month.
But I can’t remember my gmail password. My brain needs to prioritize sh*t.”
10. Never forgot that one.
“The midnight ride of Paul Revere. Had to learn about it in 4th grade.
Still stuck in there – I’m 50 now.
I firmly believe this is why I struggle to remember names.”
11. I did not know that!
“A Sperm Whales Testicle weighs one ton.
Heard it in a documentary like a long time ago and its just been in there ever since.”
12. Can’t forget.
“All the dumb, cringey, stupid things I have ever said or done.
Sometimes, they just pop into my consciousness and I make a noise to snap out of the memory and try and push it back down.”
13. Flags on the brain.
“Can’t remember how this happened but I can literally look at any country in the world’s flag and tell you who’s it is.
It could be the reason I can’t remember what I had for breakfast 2 days ago.”
14. A history lesson.
“The Byzantine empire never existed.
Who we called the “Byzantines” today never called themselves that. Instead they called themselves the Roman empire, because of the time Rome fell the capital was actually Constantinople. There was never an Eastern or Western empire either, those were just administrative divisions of the one empire located in Constantinople.
This means that, technically, the Roman empire never fell until 1453. However, When the Turks took over Constantinople, they did not call themselves the Ottoman empire. instead they called themselves the rulers of the Roman nation.
So if you look at it from the Turkish perspective, the Roman empire didn’t fall until 1922.
This lives rent free in my head because in school I was taught something about how the huns killed Rome and it turns out all that was cr*p.”
How about you?
What lives in YOUR brain rent free?
Open up to us in the comments. Thanks!
