[brains] Interesting mapping

[wispfox]

Apparently, 'asked for and received permission' and 'don't need to get permission' are the exact same thing, in my head. Which I can see making sense, but which I don't think I knew before now. Does, however, make for an interesting experience if the latter is what happened, and the former is what should have, because there is no way for me to know which _did_ without external information. Mostly because my memory isn't reliable enough for me to be able to simply _check_ if I did, in fact, ask. Stupid memory.

Hey, at least I don't run into this very often!

Comments

[catya.livejournal.com]

oops. :(

can you remap them to be different things?

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

...

Maybe? I'm not sure. This feels like a _very_ deep down kind of thing in my head, so I'm not sure how modifiable it really is.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... do both map to "at liberty to proceed?" If so, the one involving preapproval should somehow be tagged "conditional liberty" if there's any way you can manage it.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

OK, my reply to this got _long_. See my next post. :)

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Have seen it. It's good to know I inspired all that thought!

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

*grin* Yeah. I was having trouble figuring out what I wanted to be figuring out, and that question helped focus me. :) So thank you!

[beowabbit]

Yeah, me too. I deal with this by constantly asking for permission, even when I'm pretty sure I don't need it, which (since I can't remember whether I asked for and got permission or didn't need to ask) sometimes means I ask for permission over and over again. :-)

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

That only works if I notice that I'm checking to see if I need the permission or not. I _can't_ be asking about everything, or I'd both drive everyone around me crazy, and would never get anything done.

See my next post. :)