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Committee of Conundrums: Psychology Subcommittee

Memory Maelstrom: Remembering the Past

Case File 001: The Forgotten Sock

Our team of experts has been tasked with unraveling the mysteries of human forgetfulness. We begin with perhaps the most confounding case of all: the missing sock.

It's 8am on a Tuesday. You wake up, and your sock drawer is empty. Your partner is nowhere to be found. The only clue is a faint scent of fabric softener lingering in the air.

Our team of investigators has narrowed it down to three possible explanations:

Forgetfulness is a spectrum.

Socks are being eaten by Sock Ninjas.

The Sock Hole: a rift in the fabric of space-time.