What makes a person memorable?

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As long as you're not me, you probably have a chance at being memorable in some way.
 
Their being kind and witty... sometimes their kind of songs sang or played, as some local musicians i heard as a young girl... for some reason i still remember one young lady pianist playing at the auditorium. There was also a youth pastor in our former church who introduced some worship songs, who i remember for what he taught and shared at the church. Ah and i remember some (songs actually, then the=) ppl, worship leaders like Bob fitts who, altho i havent seen or known personally, i find a little time to get to know better who wrote the songs, for example.

At times, being grouchy, ill-mannered or loud-mouthed, ppl come to mind like one i saw at a bus station long ago during a flood in a city where we arrived... and she was flaunting her being so and so in the midst of ppl being in distress, wanting to get to their destinations...!
 
Ugly said:
My humor is quite common, and some think I'm hilarious. Those people are crazy... or paid actors... I'll take what i can get. But it is an element that often does not show up on CC, though a few years ago it did more often.
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Yeah I noticed "ruin a date in four words" was some of your finest work,I don't think you're necessarily "less funny" maybe just "less ambitious" about it,after all as I can guess you had many great friends to talk to before now there aren't as many to sort of "encourage humor" it's happened with me too,nothing like "friends" or "loved ones" to inspire alot including humor.
 
MissCris said:
In the past month, I’ve met three different women, all about my age, who really...shined. This has been a time in my life where meeting new people is par for the course; most of them are forgotten as soon as they walk away, and I’m sure it works the other way around as well. But the ladies I remember are different in my mind; something about them struck a chord with me, and I just find it interesting how, in a sea of people, so few are truly memorable. Two of these women I’m unlikely to ever run into again, yet I know I won’t forget the impact they each had during the short time I was around them.

None of them did or said anything that was really all that special; none of them went out of their way to speak to me; none of them were extraordinary in any way upon first glance.

What sticks in my mind about each of them though, is how expressive their eyes were.

Does that sound weird? I feel like that’s weird.

But it’s always been little things like that that make me remember people. Sometimes a person stands out to me because they rarely smile, or because their laugh is contagious, or because of the way they move. Just small things that they don’t do on purpose, that are just a part of who they are, but that make them...memorable.

What type of things make a person really stand out above the crowd for you? It can be anything, big or small, from appearance to personality to actions or words. What makes you remember a particular person more than anyone else?
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Another thing that can make particularly women memorable to me. Deep pockets.
 
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joefizz said:
Yeah I noticed "ruin a date in four words" was some of your finest work,I don't think your necessarily "less funny" maybe just "less ambitious" about it,after all as I can guess you had many great friends to talk to before now there aren't as many to sort of "encourage humor" it's happened with me too,nothing like "friends" or "loved ones" to inspire alot including humor.
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Off CC I'm always cracking jokes. One of my most attractive, or disturbing, attributes to women is my humor. I need to be funny. Have you SEEN me??
A good sense of humor is like beer goggles to women.
 
Ugly said:
Off CC I'm always cracking jokes. One of my most attractive, or disturbing, attributes to women is my humor. I need to be funny. Have you SEEN me??
A good sense of humor is like beer goggles to women.
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Also you have intrigue on your side,words like "beer goggles" I still don't understand.
 
Stranger36147 said:
As long as you're not me, you probably have a chance at being memorable in some way.
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I know a lot of people feel this way, that they aren’t special, don’t have anything truly unique about them, whatever the case may be. And it may even be true that most people might not notice someone who personally feels unnoticeable for whatever reason. But I find that those are the people who draw my attention the most, and I know others here are the same way. Attention may be drawn to something about you simply because you’re not Trying to stand out. Most of the people I remember long after a chance meeting (the ones in my original post, for instance) will never have any idea that I remember them so well.
 
MissCris said:
I know a lot of people feel this way, that they aren’t special, don’t have anything truly unique about them, whatever the case may be. And it may even be true that most people might not notice someone who personally feels unnoticeable for whatever reason. But I find that those are the people who draw my attention the most, and I know others here are the same way. Attention may be drawn to something about you simply because you’re not Trying to stand out. Most of the people I remember long after a chance meeting (the ones in my original post, for instance) will never have any idea that I remember them so well.
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So true sometimes you can just make friends without trying,perhaps something funny you do or your personality can interest people.
 
I am a person that never forgets a person I have met. I might not manage to place them at first. But I will always remember something about that person.

I am also a "word" person. I remember conversations and things that was said. The words that hurt or the words that made me laugh. That is why I can laugh at a joke 15 years after it was told, because it took so long for me to understand it.

So I guess for me a person is memorable by the words spoken. If you ask me to describe a face, I am not able to. For me a face is a face as long as the person has two eyes, a nose and a mouth.

I remember my ex husband. We met in England, and it took almost two months before we met again. People asked me if he was handsome. I had no idea! People asked me to describe him. I only remembered he was wearing glasses. I did remember the color of his blazer (a nasty green one) and his t-shirt ( a not so flattering, almost pink one). And I did and still remember the smell of his soap. Otherwise? I would recognize him when i see him again. Otherwise I can't picture him in my head.
 
MissCris said:
I know a lot of people feel this way, that they aren’t special, don’t have anything truly unique about them, whatever the case may be. And it may even be true that most people might not notice someone who personally feels unnoticeable for whatever reason. But I find that those are the people who draw my attention the most, and I know others here are the same way. Attention may be drawn to something about you simply because you’re not Trying to stand out. Most of the people I remember long after a chance meeting (the ones in my original post, for instance) will never have any idea that I remember them so well.
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That's a great point, at the end. We never will realize half the ways we affect and influence people. Or how many will remember us. Chances are the people we remember don't see themselves as anything special either.
 
People who speak from their heart are truly memorable to me. People who are deep, and say things ordinary people would be too afraid to say out of pride. People who are not predictable are memorable to me. People who use love as their language of choice.
 
From my perspective, the most memorable people are the kind and generous ones. Those people are like a light in such a dark world.
 
The older I get, the thing that makes someone memorable to me is person who does their best to follow Gods ways; humbleness, maintain a pessimist attitude, and try to keep some of that child like joy and innocence.
 
I like what you say although I would replace pessimistic with optimistic. A pessimist tends to see the bad before they see the good if at all, an optimist tends to see the good before the bad, and a pessimist will say they are naïve or joke about it. I see pessimism within selfishness, I see optimism within selflessness. I hope that homeless person doesn't beg me for money, they deserve to be where they are by their own choices (separate perspective). If that homeless person begs me for money I will give them some kind words because I have no spare change, maybe it will brighten their day, maybe it will change their day, maybe it won't, but at least I have shared something and those are the works that I choose to follow (together perspective).

JosephsDreams said:
The older I get, the thing that makes someone memorable to me is person who does their best to follow Gods ways; humbleness, maintain a pessimist attitude, and try to keep some of that child like joy and innocence.
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mj007 said:
I like what you say although I would replace pessimistic with optimistic. A pessimist tends to see the bad before they see the good if at all, an optimist tends to see the good before the bad, and a pessimist will say they are naïve or joke about it. I see pessimism within selfishness, I see optimism within selflessness. I hope that homeless person doesn't beg me for money, they deserve to be where they are by their own choices (separate perspective). If that homeless person begs me for money I will give them some kind words because I have no spare change, maybe it will brighten their day, maybe it will change their day, maybe it won't, but at least I have shared something and those are the works that I choose to follow (together perspective).
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I am losing it.
I meant optimist.
My kids got me talking to myself sometimes...

Thank you for pointing that out to me. I hope I am not getting forgetful at this age.
 
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JosephsDreams said:
The older I get, the thing that makes someone memorable to me is person who does their best to follow Gods ways; humbleness, maintain a ** pessimist ** attitude, and try to keep some of that child like joy and innocence.
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Can't believe I am responding to myself after just mentioning talking to myself in the last post - but I can not edit the post after 5 minutes.
I meant to say optimist.
I meant to say optimist, not pessimist.
 
What makes a person memorable is the difference between him and everybody else. If you met me in person you would probably remember my toe shoes, my jokes and my random memory that can turn up a song reference for any topic. But if everybody were like me, you wouldn't remember me at all because I would be just another toe shoe wearing, joke cracking music nerd like everybody else.
 
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