Microwave of Forgetfulness

Based on a true story.

I’ve mentioned before that I experience “brain fog” due to POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome), which is a blood circulation disorder–turns out, if your brain isn’t getting enough blood flow, and therefore enough oxygen, it causes some problems. Like forgetting things. Including how to do things you believed you did “mindlessly,” like using a microwave. I put my food in the microwave, closed the door, and realized that I had absolutely no idea what to do next. I did eventually remember (hint: you push the buttons), but only after staring blankly at the microwave long enough for my food to have heated up.

More brain fog comics:
“Wander” (Inktober 2023)
“Forget” (Inktober 2022)

Music to Vacuum By

If you are too young or too old to know what the item in the lower left of the first panel is, it’s an iPod radio dock. I had bought it (years prior to making this comic) for my iPod Classic, which at the time was the first iPod that could play video. I can hear my smartphone scoffing.

(In not too many more years, I suppose I will also have to specify that this comic is referring to a hand-propelled vacuum cleaner, not a robot vacuum.)

Comic from 2013 (so old!).