The topic always changes. You miss your chance. It bugs you so much that you hang onto the thought for weeks, months, or years, and bring it up promptly at the next opportunity.

"We talked about banana peels four years ago?"

"Almost five."

"And, you waited for it to come up again to say that banana peels are used in water purification?"

"... yeah?"

"..."

[–] BilboTBaggin@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They are?! :o

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You now possess "The Thought". Good luck

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's now a game of hot potato

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 3 points 3 months ago

With millions of simultaneous users!

Wait, no, I forgot we're on Lemmy; with dozens of simultaneous users!

[–] oppy1984@lemdro.id 8 points 3 months ago

Great, now I have to research how banana peels are used in water purification....