Senior moment #8,292 for The Horse. Have you ever made this "cognitive error"?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (205768)
Walnut Creek, California
May 22, 2022 10:10am CST
I was trying to post a simple response to @Vandana7 this morning. This is what I came up with:
@vandana7 I try to "present" as a redneck. You know that term, right? Knowbody (sic) knows I'm a bed-wetting former Liberal, bent on saving the world for the poop...dang, I meant "poor"..and oppressed.
"Knowbody knows"? I do this kind of thing all the time, both in writing and in speech. I am "thinking ahead," and my fingers or tongue type or say what I was thinking, not what I intended to type or say.
I do this with greater frequency in my dotage than I did when I was younger.
Does this happen to you? I may have written about this a few months ago, but I cannot remember for sure (#8,293).
I also not (note--ed) that I am more prone to "Freudian slips" in my old age. I typed "poop" when I meant to type "poor." (#8,294) Is this because I am soon to visit the throne and read Calvin and Hobbes? Or because I am poop-obsessed, and see pooping as one of my greatest pleasures?
Inquiring Freudians want to know.
What kinds of "cognitive errors" are you most likely to produce, either in writing or in speech?
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
22 May 22
I've caught myself typing "eht" instead of "the" a lot lately, as well as writing other words backwards. At least my laptop tells me when I do that.
At a guess, I'd say you're as poop obsessed as @vandana7 is. Notice I said, "At a guess."
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@wolfgirl569 (95188)
• Marion, Ohio
23 May 22
I think you meant know not NOT here "I also not that I am more prone to "Freudian slips" So you are now up to 8,295 
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@TheHorse (205768)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 May 22
@wolfgirl569 Now I get to go to bed. And be haunted my (I meant to type "by") odd dreams.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
23 May 22
I thought "Knowbody knows" might have been a deliberate play on words. In fact I thought poop was as well. My fingers often get crossed up or ssttuttter, or leave a g ap in words. I alsway trie to go back and correct these errors when I am commenting to responses on my discussions.
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@marguicha (215441)
• Chile
22 May 22
I am very happy to read your post. That means that I am not alone. Lately I coined the sentence that I was still intelligent BECAUSE i accepted the several "cognitive errors" (I like yor way of saying it) I have lately.
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@marguicha (215441)
• Chile
22 May 22
@TheHorse Your language doesn´t help us, ol´ people. And it is worst when our native language is not English. I have never understood the use of 2 consonants together when one is more than enough. Or why some words need capital letters. (Look at the word "letter". Why not use one "t"). Or why the names of the week have to be written with a capital letter at the beginning. I could go on. Only my nice friends here make me write in English here (why not "right" or "rite" or as we would write in Spanish "rait")
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. It's a like a hiccup happened while a brain wave was getting to the fingers 
@BarBaraPrz (45487)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
23 May 22
Well, that's why you should re-read what you've typed before you post it.
Have you heard about poop transplants?
@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
23 May 22
Oh, those Freudian slips. I think I am close to 5 digits in my senior moments. I will tell one for instance: I have my cell phone in my hand. My daughter comes in and we are talking. Something in the conversation I want to check online so I am looking around the room for my cell phone.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
23 May 22
@TheHorse .......That's pretty normal for me too. You'd think we would feel them up there and realize.
@sabtraversa (12938)
• Italy
22 May 22
I usually intend to say what I think, but it might take too many words to get my point across, ending up leaving a few "cognitive errors" down the path. It's okay, those who know me will understand nevertheless.
I thought you thought the poor were poop? 
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@TheHorse (205768)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 May 22
@sabtraversa The poor may be poop in Trump's eyes, but my personal philosophies are Christian-based. It's our job to help them out.
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@LadyDuck (458173)
• Switzerland
23 May 22
I know that sometimes I type the wrong letter, I have "seniors moments". I bring inside grocery, I put stuff in the refrigerator and cabinets, but it happens that I put in the refrigerator things that should go in the drawers or the cabinets.
Go find them later in the day!
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@vandana7 (98830)
• India
23 May 22
I never felt your language and Maluse's language go wrong...no typos from you two, and even JJ. And even DE. And Gary Marsh. Some take extra pains I guess. I am lazy. I think losing glasses, pencils, pens, keys, and umbrellas is only to be expected. If we don't then we are abnormal. I have not put anything that needs to be refrigerated in drawers or vice versa...SO FAR...I cannot speak for the future...but time will come. I only hope I don't put my shoes or undergarments there..
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@LadyDuck (458173)
• Switzerland
23 May 22
@vandana7 I made a typo a couple of days ago on a post of Pony, I wrote "I sewed" instead that "I sawed", of course he mocked me. I put the coffee mug in the refrigerator two days ago. I was answering to my husband, the cupboard is just on the left side of the refrigerator, it took a moment to find it. I will never put my shoes or undergarments there, those are not things that I would bring to the kitchen.
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 May 22
Odd things happen to me when I get inspired by poetry then my fingers fly over the keys and when they stop I have to reread what it was I wrote, Sometime I swear it was my daddy working my fingers because he was a poet and I can tell his style in my works.
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 May 22
@TheHorse it sort of warms my heart and makes me smile because I also write posts on Vocal about my dad and have taken an attempt at translating his poetry which was all in Latvian.
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@TheHorse (205768)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 May 22
@RasmaSandra What languages resemble Latvian? My "pretend son" spoke Croatian, but I do not hear from him any more. Still, a part of our discussions will be a part of "him" moving forward.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
23 May 22
I’ve made those kind of mistakes.
Often I get typing and will miss the last letter of a word….writing phot for photo,
It’s the misread signs that can be hysterical.
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@aninditasen (15742)
• Raurkela, India
23 May 22
I still don't commit such mistake but I don't know what's going to happen as I grow old. Hope this doesn't happen.
@arunima25 (85328)
• Bangalore, India
23 May 22
I am making more such errors in typing these days.
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
23 May 22
I tend to put an "e" at the ends of some words that would make a different word. I guess you could say I have done it for a long time, but it is definitely becoming more common in the last couple'a years. I sometimes also put a "d" at the ends of words that do end in an "e."
@JudyEv (325798)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 May 22
I've written about it before but, if you're like me, you will have forgotten reading it, 
. I keep writing 'can' instead of 'can't', 'do' instead of 'don't', 'should' instead of 'shouldn't'. All these, of course, totally change the meaning of the sentence. And I forget words now when I'm speaking to people. It's really annoying - and embarrassing.
. I keep writing 'can' instead of 'can't', 'do' instead of 'don't', 'should' instead of 'shouldn't'. All these, of course, totally change the meaning of the sentence. And I forget words now when I'm speaking to people. It's really annoying - and embarrassing.
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
23 May 22
I am most likely to pronounce things that have similar starting letters wrong, for example in conducting choir and I try to say "part"... well, "p" is unfortunately a lot like "f". Say that in front of a bunch of middle schoolers.
@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
23 May 22
I too think faster than I can type or write. I just make typos which I then correct. At least I try and catch them.
