Have you ever wanted to un-learn something?

iviv said:
I've not had anything as serious as the previous things in this thread. So here are the more trivial things. Video games and TV. The Phoenix Wright games, for example. I've played them all, and completed them, and loved them. But if I go back and look at them again, I remember the case, and remember what to do and where to go, which ruins it. I with I could un-learn/forget the plot, so I could enjoy going through it for the first time again.
Reminds me of an episode of Red Dwarf, where Holly deletes the memories of Agatha Christie's books, so he can read them again, but after deleting them, he doesn't read them because he's forgotten they exist.
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final fantasy 7.... oh how i would LOVE to replay having unlearnt it
 
I've certainly learned things that I'd probably rather not know and been told secrets that I'd quite happily be unaware of but I don't wish to unlearn anything, it all adds to the sum of my knowledge whether good or bad and so has some use, even if only to not to put myself in situations where I'll get the same sort of information again.
 
I'd rather not know what it's like to see someone you love die in front of you.
However I'm sure someone will come along and tell me that's a very valuable experience, despite themselves never having experienced it. Always seems to be the way of late.
 
Haly said:
I'd rather not know what it's like to see someone you love die in front of you.
However I'm sure someone will come along and tell me that's a very valuable experience, despite themselves never having experienced it. Always seems to be the way of late.
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I had a girlfriend who said that every experience was a good experience no matter what it was. She was full of it.

Seeing someone you love be killed - or die - in front of you sounds like a horrible experience. Not really 'valuable' at all.
 
Haly said:
I'd rather not know what it's like to see someone you love die in front of you.
However I'm sure someone will come along and tell me that's a very valuable experience, despite themselves never having experienced it. Always seems to be the way of late.
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I can speak from experience from both angles - I was present at my sister's death, but not at my mother's. I think it depends a lot on the circumstances but having been with my sister when she died, it kind of makes me wish I'd been with my Mum. Being able to hear their last breath, see their last heartbeat almost gives a sense of finality. In some ways it has been a relief and helps me to move on.

Of course, it depends a lot on how the person died, the mental state of all concerned at the time and so forth.
 
I think you're right that it depends on the situation. In my case it was extremely sudden and unexpected, and despite being surprisingly calm at the time, I don't particularly want the memories now.
But it's all different with different people.
 
I wish I could "un-read" some things, especially about my ex girlfriend. But I can't, so I'm taking it down as experience and learning from it :)
 
mrbios said:
final fantasy 7.... oh how i would LOVE to replay having unlearnt it
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Agreed x 10023023490342

Playing through that game for the first time was one of the best experiences I've had. What a game. I can say in confidence that I'll never play a game like that again. Absolutely brilliant.
 
I want to unlearn how to use the video recorder as nearly every day, Dad is looking a film recorded and he's the most irritating person to teach anything.

Nearly smacked him with the keyboard when he wanted to learn how to play Red Alert 2. :p
 
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