Why is he acting like face blindness is something to be ashamed of and hide? Is it a cultural thing? Oh well, at least the art is cute.
Well, it's very embarrassing to confuse people ! They don't take it very well. I have been working for two years in the same company but I still cannot differenciate men because of the uniform and they all have the same haircut. They think I am rude not remembering their name... Or if you meet someone in the street and you're unable to know who is it. What to say? I'm ashamed... ╥﹏╥
But there's literally a single part of the brain that controls facial recognition, if it's damaged or doesn't work right then there's no helping it. (It's actually unrealistic that the mc can recognize a single face but I can suspend disbelief). I've found it's a lot easier to just apologise and say I don't remember the person's name or whatever than try to dance around it politely, but I live in pretty privileged circumstances and can get away with blurting my flaws to anyone who will listen. I was just genuinely curious if that was a common response.
The problem is not about remembering the name of a person you meet once in a while. Imagine you have a classmate or childhood friend with whom you've been for more than 5 years. It would be shocking for anyone not to remember their names or, even worse, not being able to recognize the person, right?
You also need to think that this is not a common disease, it's pretty rare and, in a way, it sound almost absurd unless one makes a proper research about it. Saldy, most people would react in a bad way, thinking that he is just trying to find an excuse for his behavior or that he just wants attention
I live in France ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭
You are totaly right ! After two years, it's difficult to always miss their name. And worse, when someone calls me on the street and I continue on my path thinking that he is talking to someone else because I do not know who he is...
When I was little, I couldn't even differentiate my mother from the crowd! Traumatic, because one time I followed an other woman thinking she was my mother and lost myself...
I didn't know it was a disease. I just thought I was weird. ( ̄∇ ̄")
Sorry but that must be cultural because I can't imagine people on here getting mad about a CONDITION. Sure, they'll find it weird at first but they'll understand that you can't help it. Also, it's actually why you should explain what's going on because what is actually rude is to, idk, ignore someone you know and not say hello. People will think you're just being an asshole instead of getting that it's only natural since you have prosopagnosia.
I think I might be a scumbag, cause I'm loving all these scumbag fuckbois doing terrible scumbag things. I mean, I can dress it up as the consequences of trying to maintain a relationship despite some deep, probably insurmountable, sexual dysfunction...but really it's just scumbags all the way down. Now pardon me while I bury myself in this hot mound of trash.