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As a child, whenever you had a problem, you most likely went to your parents or some other adult to solve it. But as you grew up, you learned how to do things on your own. Part of being an adult is having a grasp on certain basic life skills - however, as it turns out, not every life lesson is as basic to one person as it is to the next.

The New York Times editor Jenee Desmond-Harris recently shared on Twitter her landlord's unexpected know-how blindspot, and then asked the internet to share their own. People delivered all sorts of hilarious answers, and some of them you might be able to relate to - from social skills such a the dreaded small talk to vital work skills. Scroll down to check out some of the best responses, and don't forget to upvote your faves! And don't forget to let us know in the comments, which seemingly simple things you've missed along the way.

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Amberly Middlemiss
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6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

why is everyone getting down votes for saying me too??

Daria B
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6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree people do not deserve downvotes for that, but really it's the wording that assumes "everyone does that" and bla bla bla. Anyway, you all get an upvote from me although I disagree with you all. ♥

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Katie Smith
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Doesn't everyone do that?!

Daria B
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You don't deserve a downvote, so I'll upvote you back up, but no. Not everyone does that. Only once in my life I had a bikini that had an unusual hook system that required me to do that, but otherwise it's easy to do it on my back directly without looking.

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Mary Cook
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do that too. It is a more logical approach.

Erin Sheppard
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

wait, there are women who reach around and hook it in the back? weird.

Daria B
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not weird at all. Let's not overreact.

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Foxxy
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So much easier doing it up at the front.

Gemma Priest
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wait wait wait... you mean some women actually hook it at the back?? How the...

MagicalUnicorn
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

me too, even after wearing bra for almost 20 years..

Vicky Zar
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do you know that there are Bras which have the hooks on the front? ;)

Lizard Queen
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

True. They're more expensive than the ones with rear hooks.

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Elizabeth Shaaber
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i could hook it in the back if necessary but it's far easier and makes sense to do it this was (in front and move to back).

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    athornedrose
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    coming from a big immigrant italian family, i have the worst time scaling down recipes. everything was made to feed the whole clan. making food for like 2 people is insanely difficult for me.

    giovanna
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm Italian. Everybody I know weighs pasta before cooking it.

    Ashley Say Whaat?!?
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How much weight should I aim for with 2 people eating 1 portion each? I have the same problem of cooking too much, never thought to weigh it. :)

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    Martha Meyer
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't even know what a combination lock is.

    Lola
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For me that’s with any food.

    Monika Rhodes
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    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too, also same with potatoes.

    Frozengeckolover
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cooked potatoes can be frozen. Then you just thaw them in the microwave.

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    Batwench
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I cook for 3 I end up being able to feed 12, so I know the struggle.

    S
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Always too much or too little lol

    Kjorn
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you're worst than me… for me it's for 36

    ZombieGirl5591
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just cook the whole jar of sauce and the whole box of noodles for me and my husband and we put whatever is left over in fridge for the next day. It reheats just fine

    Catlady6000
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Throw some mozzarella and Parmesan on top, stick it in the oven on 350F, bake about 30 minutes, or til cheese is lightly browned. Mmmmm

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    Max L.
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    there you go : https://www.amazon.it/Dosaspaghetti-misurare-utensile-spaghetti-misurazione/dp/B073VMV5C8

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    Whether it’s tying our shoes, correctly reading the face of a clock or learning to swim, we’ve all had a bit of trouble getting to grips with certain important (and elementary) life skills. Some people even find basic things like fixing the plumbing or driving a car to be — well — basic. But there’s plenty of us have a lot more trouble, because we might be afraid (a lot of us may have panicked the first time we went to a community pool) or we simply might have had no need for a particular skill (we may prefer getting around by bike rather than by car if we live in busy cities).

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    Oerff On Tour
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For some reason 1999 is still 10years ago

    Cheryl Perez
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everything that happened to me happened "when I was like 12".. I could have been 4 or 25... but when asked, it's always "when I was like 12".. that was a busy year apparently!

    Jessica Temple
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh I am notorious for this!!! Time is just one big blob... I like to live in the moment anyways, shesh!! lol

    Taryn Wallace
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This speaks to me on a very personal level!!

    Christina Webster
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank goodness! Thought is was only my daughter and me! I've learned to heavily rely on notes, clocks, and calendars. My poor nine year old is worse; she'll say "Remember last week when we..." about something that happened the day before or even that very morning!

    Lexis
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It always annoys me when they ask me a question even though they clearly have the answer infront of them

    Ozacoter
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have the same. My 'the other day' can mean this morning, two days ago, three years ago... My friends always mock me for it xD

    Max L.
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    :-( my memory is something six months as I can remember, plus some data around in past years.

    Jessany Trotter
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gets worse as you get older 🙄 After all, the 1990’s were last decade, right?

    Barbara Baldwin
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got married in my birthday because that's the only date I can remember..

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    Jonathon Smith
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes I think I've nailed this adulting lark and am now a fully formed member of the human race. Then I try talking to a stranger and realise all I've done is cocoon myself in friends who don't mind talking about D&D 24/7

    Batwench
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the problem with this is?

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    Kjorn
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i HATE small talk. it's just boring nonsense for me. this is why i hate talking to people

    Mae
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are you from northern Europe by any chance? I can't do small talk either, we don't do it, and it's just useless

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    Doober
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For me, it stems from insecurities (with new ppl I'm not comfortable with). Like I'm subconsciously worried that I'm being judged or what I have to say isn't worth listening to. That, or I overshare and word vomit all over myself.

    Steve Barnett
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too. Only reasoned why when I was diagnosed as Aspergic.

    Lorraine R
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is one of the reasons God invented weather, so we have something to talk about.

    RaroaRaroa
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And one of the reasons everyone talks about the weather. It is the one and only thing we all have in common.

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    Nora H.
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just answer: "Not much, you..?"

    Elaine
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is me just whenever I talk to people unless I see them like every day I can't talk like a normal human being

    Sergio Bicerra Descalzi
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always answer "not much, how about you?" If you wanna talk, then YOU do the talk

    Biopithecus
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Did you read Trump's latest tweet?" should help in making small talk even if you never read any of 'em.

    Petra
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Follow the English: talk about the weather (first).

    Laugh Fan
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    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep - we are 'lucky' in that we can have all the seasons in one day sometimes! An example: left the house in brilliant sunshine today but didn't make it home before the thunderstorm terrified one of my dogs who jumps each time. No, it wasn't forecast for my part of the UK!

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    We all know the adage that it takes about 10,000 hours to learn a new skill. However, that’s not entirely true. Josh Kaufman, known for his inspiring TED talk and author of the book ‘The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything… Fast!’, has a very different idea.

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    Lousha
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The + sign has a bump on it. The positive side of the battery is also the one with the bump. The - sign is flat. The negative end of a battery is flat as well. You're welcome!

    J West
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have the same problem with batteries. It's actually written on the battery. He, and I, will still have to check it.

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    iblowsheep
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i always remember the flat end goes against the spring, unless it's not that kind of battery or doesn't have a spring.

    Callie Ge
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The negative end goes on the spring.

    bby byrd
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same here dude. Look at the battery. Look what Im putting battery in. Rinse and Repeat and then put the battery in.

    Girl On Fire
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doesn't everyone do that? I do anyway

    Susan Price
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The flat side of the battery always goes against the spring. Only way I can remember it lol

    Tony Barron
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You don’t need to know. The flat end goes against the spring.

    Daria B
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, with the change of shape in batteries and more and more gadgets coming with unremovable batteries, this one is not that weird after all.

    Diana Pahule
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You mean on the batteries? There is usually a little outline of the battery in the slot showing what direction to put them in.

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    Stevie
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once directed my friend in a car and we nearly ended up in another country....

    LittleMissPanda
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's me :D we always say I don't have a sense of direction, I have nonsense of direction

    Daria B
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it weren't for Naver Maps, I wouldn't be here today. ♥

    Marnee DeRider
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm that way, too. I have gotten lost in big parking more than once. My son is the opposite. When 6yo, after having visited his new school exactly twice (which was 35 minutes away in a big city), on the first day of school, the bus didn't come. He was at daycare and his teacher drove him, as he directed her. Got her there with no trouble. And interestingly, we had never driven to the school FROM THE DAYCARE. That still blows me mind. He must have been switched at birth.

    Id row
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live by the 50-50-90 rule - if there's a 50/50 chance of choosing wrong, there's a 90% chance I'll choose the wrong one.

    Jjjane20
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel you, same here.. I can't even navigate anyone in the city I live in 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

    miniarmour 42
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg same! I literally can't go round a corner without getting lost

    Id row
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have this to an extreme degree. I live by the 50/50/90 rule - if there's a 50-50 chance of going in the right direction, 90% of the time I pick the wrong one. I get lost in my own backyard.

    Ann Lee
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something crossed wire between my brain and my hand . When I said “turn right” my hand would point to left.

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    According to Kaufman, the so-called 10,000 rule has been misinterpreted by the vast majority of people for quite some time now. He notes that 10,000 hours is the average it takes to become “an expert in an ultra competitive field”, which is far from the same thing as learning a new skill This is good news for most of us!

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    Ronel du Plessis
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too!!! I feel so dumb some times. Living in South Africa I speak Afrikaans. I call kids "pampoen" which means pumpkin. Or "piesang" which means banana. I get away with it because the kids in my karate dojo thinks it is funny. don't think adults would thinks it's funny.

    Andile
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I strongly relate, at ;east you work with kids... imagine being in meeting and having to keep saying "this/that guy" or "this/that woman" really embarrassing to be honest and rude but I just cant help it.

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    Claire
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't remember people's names, but I remember their dog's names so easily.

    Craig Lee
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Holy c**p, that is exactly what I'm like. I work in construction and every single customer that has a dog, I instantly remember it and never forget it. But the actual customers names, forget it. Takes me a few weeks usually. I always refer to the jobs by whatever their dogs names are.

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    Danny Den Bekker
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a good trick for remembering people's names. When you meet someone for the first time wait for them to say their name. Then repeat the name while introducing yourself. Hi (name to remember) I'm (own name) Or Hi, (name to remember) good to see you again. Repeating the name makes you remember it more easily.

    Dr.Scott
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The reason I can't remember names is that I'm really bad at paying attention when someone introduces themselves.

    Wyndmere
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just assign everyone a number and you’ll remember them forever. Of course, now you’re just a clone of the IRS.

    Jill
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This soooo applies to me as well....BUT I'm a teacher and ppl think that I dont care when in reality, I always remember all their faces and miss the when they are gone. My brain just doesnt work with names.

    What's In Your Head?
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't do names either. When someone introduces him-/herself to me, I'm usually too busy not making a fool of myself to actually listen to their name. Rude, yes, but I can't help it.

    Frozengeckolover
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    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You aren't being rude. Everyone does that. We get nervous when we meet new people. Instead of listening, our minds are like "Is my shirt on backwards? Did I use mouthwash this morning? I hope my breath doesn't stink! Should I shake their hand? Oh, c**p, I think I missed the moment! Should I try again? What should I do with my hands? Is my posture correct? I should straighten my shirt. Would that be rude? My shirt is on the right way, isn't it? Oh, no, I think she just said something important. I wasn't paying attention. I should say something witty. Now she thinks I'm an idiot. I'm gonna go jump off a bridge now!"

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    Daria B
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    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have difficulties remembering names and faces too, unless it's a person I'm seeing often and that has been somehow part of my life (friends, colleagues, classmates etc.) Now I work in a big company and, while I do recognise their names and faces, I have trouble CONNECTING the name to the face. Like, we communicate with each other through messengers for work purposes, and small talk during breaks and enjoy each other's company and always greet them.... But don't ask me "who" this person is. Of course, that doesn't happen with my close team mates, I know who's who.

    Nikki Strange
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I forget people’s faces. Even if I saw them one second ago. Working in customer service for a long time it was very frustrating. I have to see someone repeatedly to be able to remember their faces.

    tuzdayschild
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It seems I've found another relative.

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    HOUSE
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty sure that's normal

    Lousha
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always have a snigger when I see in an American movie that a police officer is trying to decide if a driver is drunk or not and they ask them to recite the ABC backwards. I wouldn't be able to do that bone dry :) On the other hand I can totally touch my nose with my eyes closed with a 100% success rate, no matter how drunk I am, and 99% of the case I'd also be able to walk a straight line.

    E FourOFour
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My ex-wife memorized the alphabet backwards just in care she was ever pulled over for a sobriety check. I had to break the bad news to her that the cops would never ask someone to do that .

    Frozengeckolover
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    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, they do. I don't know why, unless it's for their own entertainment, because they give the breathalyzer anyways. I saw a friend's transcript from when he was pulled over for drunk driving. I have to admit, it was quite entertaining to read. That boy was all over the place! COP: Sir, I want you to recite the alphabet backwards, starting at "z". DRIVER: z, a, b, c, d.... COP: No. Start at "z" and go backwards. DRIVER: z, y, w, m, p, o, n, m, m, l, r, p. I think that's all of them. COP: No. Not even close. DRIVER: If I admit to being drunk, will you just arrest me and stop all this? I'm too drunk to deal with this s**t right now! (They gave him the breathalyzer test AFTER they put him through all that nonsense. He was definitely above the legal limit.)

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    Non-New-Toni-An
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who the hell can say the alphabet backwards?!!! I don't think that's normal. I also have to sing it in my head/quietly.

    Ur_Fav_Lazy_Panda🫶
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can only remember the alphabet backwards bc I had a hyperfixation a couple years ago…

    Zoe Duddle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My weird flex is that I could say the alphabet backwards at 4 (and still can). I have no idea why I decided to learn it, I’m guessing it had something to do with learning to count forwards and backwards so I decided to learn the alphabet that way too.

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    Kaufman states that to get from “knowing nothing to being pretty good” takes a far shorter amount of time: barely 20 hours. That’s more or less practicing something for 45 minutes every day for around a month. Doesn’t seem so scary, does it? Of course, you can’t multitask while trying to learn a new skill — you need to focus on it exclusively.

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    SmittenKitten
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes that is the proper and best way to shuffle cards!

    Dani
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mt family are board-game addicts. We have a room in our basement devoted to shelves upon shelves laden with hundreds of them, play them at least three times a week, and attend GenCon every year. But I can't shuffle a deck of cards to save my life. I too, am a Musher.

    Stille20
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Practice. It is so satisfying when you finally get it.

    Ashley Harrold
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can shuffle cards now, but it took me a long time to learn

    Dana
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My brother can do the weird thing where you shuffle with one hand - I can't do that one...

    Leigh Ann Poston
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok. This is a dexterity one. The rest could be mastered by a couple minutes of bloody reading.

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    Kjorn
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    are you my wife? because this sounded just like her :-)

    Margie S.
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    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think he might be my husband though.

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    Carena Maletta
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband and I have to "fire-drill" it for a parallel. He has no depth perception and I park like a boss. 👍🤑🤷‍♀️

    Susan Forbes
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I miss chrome bumpers on cars, lol, for parking by Braille.

    Daune Jaimes Diaz
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I learned to parallel park from watching an old disney cartoon.

    day light
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I learned to parallel park by navigating busy grocery stores in my wheelchair! I need to know if there's other silly ways people learned how to parallel park

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    NQ L
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha this is me. I can't even park normally. And don't even ask me to back into a parking space. My coworkers would leave me 2 spots just so I wouldn't hit their cars. Lol. So husband bought me a self-parking car (BMW) and now I can park.

    Paul Mitchell
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a technique to this that makes it easier. The key is to be parallel to the car in front of your space, and when the middle of your back axle and the real of the car in front are in a line turn the steering wheel hard to the left or right and reverse in at 45 degrees until about half way in and then unwind the steering wheel slowly until you are fully in the space. If it fails the first time start again.

    Dani
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sure this is a wonderful explanation but all I heard was a foreign language when I read it. Which is probably why I can't parallel park.

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    RaroaRaroa
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can parallel park. As long as there are at least two car parking spaces free for me to do my maneuvering.

    Honey
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ditto. And my husband makes fun of me for it. I don't mind trying if it's not a crowded area but it's just a nope for me.

    Wyndmere
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can’t drive backwards in a straight line or park straight between lines since I was in a car wreck.

    Erin Sheppard
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Parallel parking ensures I get my exercise.

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    #11

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    nc_magnolia Report

    AnnaB
    Community Member
    Premium
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Years ago my sister and I were taking a walk in our neighborhood and someone asked for directions to the local library. After he drove off, we realized that the directions we gave were totally wrong. We joke that to this day, you can see a rusty old car being driven by a skeleton...still looking for that library.

    Wyndmere
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awww; I’m sure he went home after a couple of weeks.

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    Katharine Lancaster
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You take a right turn at the green plant with pink flowers. Drive straight until you come across a blue house. Turn left and drive until you count to 10. Cross the stream. And now you are... lost because I have no f*****g clue how to get across the street!

    Amanda Sherland
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm like this too. When I go to the doctors office or a public restroom, I never know which way to go to get out!

    Ryo Bakura
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if this goes all the way to the basic of these people not knowing their right from their left. Also, if they're as bad as they say, how do they get where they need to go when they're alone?

    Hard 2 Guess
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They leave home at least hour early. I know I am one of them.

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    Mario Clouâtre
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And you wonder why men dont stop to ask directions. :P

    Jezergirl
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, I'm very bad at giving directions. Even if people ask about a place where I'm living. Nope, when I think about the directions to give... my head goes blank.

    Frozengeckolover
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband has a terrible sense of direction in cities. He can navigate rough terrain wilderness without any issues, but you take him to a large metropolitan area and he gets lost. I went to pick him up at a bus station in Atlanta after he visited some relatives. There was no parking at the station, so I parked a few blocks away and sent him very specific instructions on how to find me. Like "When you get off the bus, face the street and head left. Walk to the first red light...." He got lost.

    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm okay with directions as long as they don't need to include compass points. We lived in Point Loma when we first moved to San Diego. Point Loma is on a peninsula, which means there's water on both sides. I got lost trying to go home frequently because I always thought if I headed towards the water I'd be going west.

    BusLady
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are still trying to hunt you down and tell you off.

    Eden-Rose Huntsman
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once my brother and I were walking our dog and these people asked us for directions to the hospital. Thre was a hospital right down the street so we gave them directions and went on our way. Well, little did we know that it was actually a mental hospital and we gave them the wrong directions anyway. I still feel bad about that...

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    #12

    Basic-Life-Skills-Adults-Never-Learned

    emilyfiles Report

    Daria B
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The trick is to inhale with your mouth when out of water, slowly exhale through your nose while in the water. You can help yourself with humming while in the water.

    Ben Smith
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except if you exhale while underwater you can’t be under for nearly as long.

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    ZombieGirl5591
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't either. I have to hold my nose when jumping in and when I go under at any time. I can't do the 'breathe out slowly so water doesn't go in' trick because I have a very weak lung capacity and can barely hold my breath that long as it is

    Amanda Sherland
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ya, and what about people that jump into the water without plugging their noses? How do they do that without water shooting up there?

    Foxxy
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I could swim underwater I would ALWAYS have to hold my nose. And wear goggles of close my eyes.

    Jewels Vern
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you breathe through your mouth, or hold your breath, you can feel a little muscle close off your nose. That is how you swim under water. That little muscle holds your nose closed from inside.

    Bunny Lady
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would love to know how too! If I try to go underwater without holding my nose I get a violent pain in it.

    Dana
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ME TOO!! I always feel like such a dork!

    Brianna
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate the feeling of water in my nose. I can't do it!

    Richard Willis
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can swim under water without holding my nose AND with my eyes open.

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    #13

    Basic-Life-Skills-Adults-Never-Learned

    DragonflyJonez Report

    The Girl on Fire
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're supposed to tie shoes without using the bunny ear thing? Why? I never have

    Bunzilla
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, I don't know why people look down on it, tbh. It makes nicer looking bows.

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    Erika Jones
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, nothing wrong with the bunny ears method! I do it, and I taught it to my kids.

    Christina Webster
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I taught Kindergarten and First Grade for years and the bunny ears method IS tying shoes (sometimes it even holds better and longer than the "correct" way)! Anything that gets the job done, counts! I've seen kids use the extra holes at the tops of sneakers pretty creatively, as well. Trust me, teachers don't care about the HOWS as long as it's two less shoes we have to stop and tie!

    Brivid
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wasn't aware of the bunny ears method until I was 30 years old. I think it makes a prettier bow when wrapping presents.

    Erin Sheppard
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is STILL Tying your shoes... the end result, still tied shoelaces. \

    glowworm2
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I sometimes have to tie my shoes in double knots. I've never mastered shoe tying and often have to retie them every few minutes unless they're in double knots.

    cc
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've done bunny ear method my whole life (i'm 31). I didn't realise it was odd until my bf said it was childish. Now I'm too embarrassed to tie my laces in public.

    Dr John A Truman
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am left handed and was taught a different way than normal. For some reason I just cannot do the normal way despite how many times I am shown. works fine with the left handed way though.

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    #14

    Basic-Life-Skills-Adults-Never-Learned

    cystic4real Report

    Pseudo Puppy
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too!! It's the side effect of my mother's friend terrifying me as a kid (for "fun"), by telling me that she saw a kid get their foot caught in the escalator & had it chewed off. She told me every time we went to go on an escalator. It's now an ingrained instinct, despite me logically knowing it's nonsense.

    Mimi M
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He could take your arm instead of looking at you. Smh.

    Nia Loves Art
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m intimidated by escalators in general.

    Leigh Ann Poston
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Having seen someone caught and seriously injured when not paying attention at the bottom of an escalator, you are nailing it!! Also FYI, there is a panic/emergency shut off button just in case.

    Blue Cicada
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, I have a habit of locating the emergency shut off buttons for escalators, gas station pumps, all kinds of things.

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    Jenica Thomas
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ugh this is SO me! Escalators scare me to pieces. Anyone ever been on the one in the 9/11 museum in NYC right as you're exiting the museum? That one is my least favorite of all >_<

    Alexander Brior
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My great aunt is terrified of escalators.

    Marianne Contrino
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can go up an escalator no problem, but going down?? Not a chance, forget about it. I start getting dizzy, and think I'm going to fall.

    Margie S.
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't get one with any confidence.

    Elsker
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nice way to be save tho:)

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    #15

    Basic-Life-Skills-Adults-Never-Learned

    angieptaylor Report

    Paul K. Johnson
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fitted sheets are supposed to be folded? I just wad them up in a ball and stuff them in the linen closet.

    Honey
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I FOLDED ONE ONCE! It wasn't until I was finished that I looked at it and was like, 'holy sh*t I think I just leveled up in adulting'. But that was last year and haven't been able to do it again since.

    Jo Johannsen
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Take them out of dryer and put back on bed, duh! 😜

    Abbey Impson
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been able to fold them since I was about 10 and I consider it my super power

    PaulV
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To fold a fitted sheet, take MTH-490 (Math 490 Intro to Topology) and earn at least a C+, and then, yeah nevermind.

    Monika Rhodes
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those aren't supposed to be folded 😂

    Alexandra Hughes
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No one can fold fitted sheets. You aren't alone.

    Elsker
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It helps to tuck all corners into one , that will leave you with a kind of rectangle to fold. But it never gets as nice as regular sheets

    Pretty Pangolin
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's similar to the method I learned - tuck one end inside-out into the other end...but then I have to use the floor to finish it. Pretty sure that's not how Heloise does it.

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    kate h
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't trust people who can fold them correctly. I'm certain they're from a parallel universe.

    Bubba Robertson
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I gave up years ago. I just ball it up and put under the top sheet. It will be wrinkled but who is really going to see it and say anything.

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    #16

    Basic-Life-Skills-Adults-Never-Learned

    Reedbeta Report

    Daria B
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Riding a bike is not easy. Unlike most people I know, I'll admit, I learnt it as a young adult. And I'm so grateful for it, such a useful skill to have.

    iblowsheep
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    actually riding is easy. It's getting going, staying still enough and not toppling over once you get going, and bracing yourself when you stop that is the hard part. after that, easy peasy.

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    Oathbraker
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, I can finally say me too. I've been driving for over 5 years, but I've never been able to ride a bike. I seriously find parallel parking easier than maintaining a precarious balance on only two wheels. I honestly don't know how people even get close to motorbikes, let alone drive them.

    KrisF
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know how to ride a bike, I just shouldn't. I have no sense of balance and poor reaction time. I've been told more than once to never ride a bike with shoe clips because I'd probably kill myself.

    Ozacoter
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was like 24 when I learned. I just moved to the Netherlanss and everybody expected me to know how to bike xD My roomates where very amused by me.

    Destiny Rose
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same here. I've had balance issues since I was little and I never felt confident enough to ride a two-wheeled bike. I used to ride a three-wheeled bicycle. I was bullied a lot because of it because they said I couldn't ride a two-wheeled bike like a normal person.

    R.s. Potter
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once helped out at a beginner's cycling clinic for adults and we had one young woman who'd never learned. We turned her bike into an adult balance bike by taking off the pedals and lowering the saddle until she could put both feet on the pavement. She'd push off with her feet and glide with them held up until she needed to put them down again. Eventually her glides got long enough that she felt ready to try pedalling. We did this in a deserted parking lot in the evening hours.

    Hollie Newton
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't ride a bike or swim so I'm guessing I have zero coordination

    alwaysMispelled
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never learned as a kid. Dated a guy in my 20s who was like, "Nope. I have to teach you." Did not go well. I will say I did manage to balance and ride very well in a straight line. Just never figured out the whole turning or stopping thing. It still bothers me. Sigh. But I'm too embarrassed to get a bike and go out to an empty parking lot for fear of someone coming by and witnessing.

    Julie Patel
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel the same way and there is no way I'm riding a bike with training wheels on at my young-ish age.

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    #17

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    Marcia_ESS Report

    Ronel du Plessis
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LOL!!! I have no sense of direction. Will get lost in my own house ;-/, but time and distance... no one can beat me at that.

    Wyndmere
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You two would have to team up to be 1 travel guide.

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    Terry T.
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, you wouldn't be wrong.....

    Koalamonster
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad still likes to remind me of when I was 16 and slid my mom's car on some ice and ended up totaling it- went right into some trees and ripped the front left tire entirely off. When the police officer asked how fast I was going I said I had no idea, somewhere between 30 and 70. When the cop laughed was my first inclination that I'd answered incorrectly. I ended up getting out of the ticket because had I not been honest they'd have had nothing to charge me with (I'd had 2 people in the car, both of whom were home at their parents at that point, but was only allowed one passenger on my probationary license.) So basically just got a "don't do stupid stuff anymore but thanks for not lying."

    Catlady6000
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why many law enforcement considers eye witness accounts as the weakest evidence

    Nicole Cabrera
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG,.... so SAME!! But sh&t happens around me all the time!!

    Pretty Pangolin
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a good sense of direction but I'm bad at identifying faces, especially female ones.

    Oerff On Tour
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...and the child was between 4and 8 feet tall?

    Id row
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm exactly the opposite, I know exact distances and time, but have no idea where I am, lol.

    Melanie Young
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not good at estimating things for amount, number or distance. If it's by car, I can tell you how many minutes it takes to get there, miles? I don't know. Number of people who attended? I guessed at 25, and then counted and there were 77.

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    #18

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    JenMeanIt Report

    Margie S.
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can snap with my left, but not my right.

    Hard 2 Guess
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ditto. Can only snap with left, never with right.

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    iblowsheep
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm the opposite, not intentionally though. my kid was crying because he couldln't snap and me thinking I'd be helpful said "it just takes practice. see I can snap with both hands" and that didn't go well.

    Bettina Nørbo Jensen
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guess you can't watch Addams Family then, you have to snap your fingers during the opening song

    Tenay Douglas
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When i was 15 my five year old brother had to teach me how to snap

    John Montgomery
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can only snap on my left hand. The right doesn't make any noise or is much much quieter.

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    #19

    Basic-Life-Skills-Adults-Never-Learned

    JinxieB73 Report

    Steve Barnett
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I cannot say 'similarly'. It always comes out as similarily, similaly, similarlarily etc.

    AzKhaleesi
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    awww my grandma used to not be able to say Cinnamon and I used to make her say it because it would make me giggle.

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    Sheanna Caban
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't say "horror." It comes out as "whore."

    Vic
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And I'm saying rural like Scooby Doo in my head!

    ChaiDai
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't say Community, it comes out like Come you nindy. Frustrating.

    Petra
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Benedict saying penguin... :)

    Maci Mae
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't say "museum"...I always end up saying 'muse-am'. If I want to say it right, I have to slowly say "mu...se...um". I'm so embarrassed by it that, when I'm having a conversation about mispronouncing words, I always say "I can't say the name of a place that stores old artifacts", because I don't want people to hear me butcher it lol

    Frozengeckolover
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It helps to break it down. You already tried that. Try saying "muse" then "eum". Using the word "muse" will make your brain focus on that word instead of focusing on your nervousness.

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    Kristy P
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So no "Rural Juror" for you? (30 Rock)

    day light
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember my mom provoking me into saying "rural juror" only to be shocked when I said it flawlessly first try... this isn't me bragging, it's just funny because I literally give up on pronouncing quite normal, common words at least once or twice a day

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    Cyd Charisse
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Benjin & Henges cigarettes here (Benson & Hedges). Forget it.

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    #20

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    AShihipar Report

    S
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Best comment award goes to... ^^

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    Petra Schaap
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when I try to iron things it just turns into origami :-(

    Bumblebee
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Iron only to one side. Don't know if the tip helps. But if you iron for example from left to right and back from right to left, you will definitely get wrinkles. So only iron from left to right. Or the other way around. But not back and forth.

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    Cookie Monster
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've given up ironing. I hang my clothes to dry or put them in my tumble dryer. When dry I fold them and don't care anymore *g*

    Ashley Say Whaat?!?
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too! One skill I also haven't been able to master. Thank goodness I have the trusty dryer instead!

    Night Owl
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you try turning it off and on again? ;D

    John L
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It took me a while to figure out that I should press the crease, instead of trying to make a new one and ironing out the old one.... :D

    Diana Pahule
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same. Helps if the item is damp though.

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    #21

    Basic-Life-Skills-Adults-Never-Learned

    iSmashFizzle Report

    Oerff On Tour
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a problem with converting the 24h clock to 12h. Keep messing up 5 o'clock (1700h) and 7 o'clock

    Shinobi Shabby
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same, I learnt to read a digital clock instead, and mildly panic when someone asks the time having to look at an analog clock.... but I'm learning after 25 odd years and its getting easier

    Jewels Vern
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am the opposite: I look at a digital clock and I have to form a mental picture of what a real clock would look like.

    Niall Mac Iomera
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So you read 5:45, then picture the hands like that, and think, ok it's 5:45?

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    Maurettis
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it's just a matter of practice

    Joannie Goulet
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same. My boyfriend makes fun of me constantly because our kids can read clocks and I can't.

    CharliAnn Olney
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same here used so called military time all my life. Still confusing to my friends!

    Jessica Cifelli
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I sometimes have to count by fives for the minute hand

    Ruth Beaty
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh good grief, me too!! All my life! I love digital clocks and once I figured out military time it was a breeze.

    Katherine Nobles
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My students couldn't understand how I could tell time on my watch, which had no numbers at all. It was fun to mess with them. (It had a crystal at the 12 spot.)

    Baby panda🥰
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In cadets and them saying —hundred hours confuses the hell outta me

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    Gary
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had an instructor like that, I dumped him and found a new one. Passed my test first time.

    John L
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, teaching is a skill, just like any other.

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    Kristy P
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's sad. That has nothing to do with you, that's a poor instructor.

    BusLady
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was almost 20 when I learned to drive. I had an incompetent instructor, but somehow I got through it.

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    debrina blackmoon
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    still can't drive-i freeze up and forget things

    Susan Gardner
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's really rude of the instructor. I hope he/she doesn't have kids

    Lola
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My instructor yelled at me on the first day, then my dad took over. There was a lot of empty parking lot driving with him.

    Wyndmere
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Harrison Ford was told he didn’t have what it takes to be an actor. I’m glad he didn’t listen. — Some people are dream stealers.

    Batwench
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What an a-hole.

    M O'Connell
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been in a car with a person like Peter. Some people have very strange perceptions of spatial relationships. I also have a relative who got in frequent car accidents, she simply couldn't manage to understand that her vehicles physical boundaries were larger than her own.

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    Starbelly Eleven
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My best friend doesn't drive. She used to, and it was TERRIFYING. She just does not get the concept of movement. She lives in a big city with no need for a car, so, it works out.

    Kathy Tegarty Roth
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I cannot pronounce the word WASP. it comes out WOPS

    Gipsy Kings fan
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    By using alternative forms of transportation, you're not contributing to the problem of air pollution. :-)

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    #23

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    wokesnark Report

    Biopithecus
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I too can't whistle - sounds like an angry cat if I try!

    Jewels Vern
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most people can't whistle - they only think they can.

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    Bumblebee
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can blow up balloons, but get light-headed pretty fast. Can't whistle. And as for wrapping gifts: people can always pick out which presents I wrapped. Or if it was wrapped by me. It looks messy and tons of tape is used!

    BusLady
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never learned how, but I have good memories of my grandfather whistling for us kids.

    Tenay Douglas
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to whistle like a GOD in middle school.......five years later and I look like I'm making the duck face

    Bunzilla
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I actually whistled as a baby. Confused the hell out of everyone, and nobody believed my mom that I was the one doing it xD

    Marty BlackEagle-Carl
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i cant whistle any more either, i could when i was younger, dont know when i lost the skill, just cant now.

    Drive Bee
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want to learn to whistle so bad. I've tried every tutorial but still can't make a real whistle.

    daisydiamond
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't wrap presents, can't blow up balloons and can sort of whistle.....

    Liz Strevens
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    omg, are you my sibling? I can't do any of those either.

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    #24

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    Mascha Claessens
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me neither, got no idea how to whistle on my fingers.

    Beeps
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me neither, and anybody who has ever tried to teach me has always given me the exact same unhelpful instructions: “It’s really easy, you just put your fingers in your mouth like this and then blow really hard, like that.” What sorcery is this?

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    Katinka Min
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this post made me look up How to whistle with fingers - and my attempts got the dog running over the check what's wrong...

    Tony Barron
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me either, or “do” a hula hoop (what is the right verb?), blow a bubble, juggle (s/b taught in school), ...

    Tina Royster
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't cornrow either!! I watch video after video and still can't do it. I can braid, 2 strand twist, and flat 2 strand twist, but cornrow - get of here with that mess. 2 finger whistle - not happending!!

    tuzdayschild
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't cornrow either. Don't know how I missed that class.

    Steve White
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    me neither and that was one of my ambitions as a kid ( still is really)

    Porto DaMartinica
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    no-fingers-2finger whistle is where it's at. You WILL need both hands to cover your ears when you get it right

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    #25

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    Mascha Claessens
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha, that's the opposite to my dad. He can ONLY float. Like, on his back with both his knees AND shoulders above the water. We've often joked that he has hollow bones, like a bird.

    Daria B
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same. I tried immersive diving. Results? My a*s stays up, sorry.

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    Stille20
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Part of it is being calm enough... but honestly it might still be body composition.

    Dani
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't float either. My friends mock me.

    Jenica Thomas
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a terrible swimmer. My butt floats but nothing else does. Growing up my mom nicknamed me Bubble Butt. It is so true, but hurts so much!

    Ruth Beaty
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mu husband couldn't either, nearly drowned in basic training because of it, and he couldn't swim either. Even when he got fat he still had more muscle mass and larger bones and sank like a rock. Me? I float like crazy!

    Eleanor Orser
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I float without any effort but I can not get under water to pick up a locker key or anything. Don’t know how they do it. My butt just floats up and my head is still down,

    Dave P
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    there are tricks to help, but some people are naturally buoyant and some people are not, it has to deal with body distribution, bone structure, etc. But pulling your head back where your chin is higher than your forhead, back flat, and kneel bent below the water at a 45 degree angle, and arms outwards, should help compensate and help you float.

    Daria B
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm the opposite. I tried just walking in the water to focus on my arms' technique (as many people do), but before I knew it, my legs just wouldn't stay down. Also, I can't dive because my body just floats up.

    Lahna Young
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You need to lean your head more into the water. If you hold your head up too high you will sink.

    Henry Saravia-Melara
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my sister can't float on water but is a really good swimmer.how does that work

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    #26

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    SecretlyStephie Report

    PaulV
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, "deductible" sounds like something you *don't* have to pay. And "premium" sounds like something good, but the whole thing is doubly confusing: pay a higher premium (oh no!) to get a lower monthly (oh...kay?). It's like being asked to choose the way you would like to get screwed.

    Kenny Kulbiski
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it's health insurance don't worry about it. You're screwed whether you understand it or not.

    Bored Moogle
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was me in math class. I'd think I'd understand the lesson once my teacher explained it and 10 seconds later I have to ask her to explain it again. The second time I think "AHA! I got it this time!" then I try to solve a problem and then I'm like "Ehhh, nope I don't".

    HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We call it an excess over here, if your excess is £100 and your claim is for £5000 then you would get £4900 from the insurance company.

    ZombieGirl5591
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't understand anything about insurance because I've never had any so..never learned. I've tried several times to teach myself or ask someone to teach me and I just don't get it. I'm also completely embarrassed by this

    Pretty Pangolin
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I finished school without even the basic concept of how insurance works - I thought it was like a loan that you had to pay back (you don't have to pay it back). That's the problem with prep school - it preps you for college, not for life.

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    Daria B
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *hug* Just paint me a picture please.... TT_TT

    Susan Gardner
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does insurance language have to be so difficult and TBH stupid lol

    Matthew Collins
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A deductible means financially you are uninsured until the amount you pay is equal to your deductible. From the insurance company's point of view, you file a claim and they get to deduct the deductible amount before they have to worry about paying for anything. Once the deductible is met, you then have the copay/coinsurance portion. The difference between the two is a co-pay is a set dollar amount and coinsurance is a percentage. A $20 co pay is a fixed amount you pay and is thus a co-pay (you pay 20 the insurance company pays the rest). Coinsurance is you pay 15% the insurance pays the other 85%, no fixed dollar amount = coinsurance, not a co-pay. Once you reach the Out of Pocket Max, then that means you have paid the maximum amount for that plan year that you are required to pay under your policy and the isurance will cover the rest until the plan year ends. Anything you pay on claims (deductible, copay, coinsurnace) count towards Out of Pocket Max. Premiums do not.

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    #27

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    THEKIDMERO Report

    Katie Smith
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now this, I learned at middle school. One of the positives of having school uniforms in the UK!

    TrashPandaru
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because as we all know in the UK, being able to tie a tie is one of the most valuable life lessons. Hated having a tie in school. Most pointless garment ever.

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    Jewels Vern
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I take a tie apart and remake it to fit on a clip. Nobody can tell what you are wearing, and IMO it is insane to have a noose around your neck, a handle for drunks to grab.

    Dr.Scott
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can tie a tie, I just never really have to wear one. Even for my job "interview" I was already interning with the Dept of Natural Resources. My interview was "hey do you want on full time while you do grad school?" My biggest problem in tying a tie is getting it long enough. I can't find that sweet spot where the tail and blade are good lengths.

    Bill
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Find the Suicide Girls video on tie tying. Pretty women explaining things makes it easier

    Mark Kelly
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    pfft I can do a single windsor in 20 seconds.

    Jennie Payne
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My suggestion is to move next door to a mortician. Need to wear a tie, go to morticians house, ring the bell when they come to the door lie down and say I need my tie tied.

    SueandSteve Buckles
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I impressed a friend by tying his tie around my neck while walking along the street in DC. He could not tie one at all. Could not believe I could do it while walking.

    bby byrd
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are not alone. During High School, I was in AFJROTC. To help a friend, I learned how to tie a male's tie. Im female. Some how it got around and I swear to goodness, I was teaching someone new every week.

    Frozengeckolover
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I grew up in the 80's. Little girls learned to tie men's ties so we could one day help our husband's do it. I always voiced my opinion on how stupid that sounded, "Shouldn't you be teaching little boys to tie their own ties?" Also "What if I don't want to get married?" Anyways... I was shown how to tie the tie on myself. This means that if I show (or help) someone else, I have to put the tie around my own neck. That kind of defeats the purpose of why I was taught it in the first place: to help my husband put on his tie like a loving wife. Just buy a clip-on.

    My O My
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always end up tying it the wrong way round

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    #28

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    chick_in_kiev Report

    Yettichild
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just think to myself "Write" and I automatically know which hand is right =D

    Batwench
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeap and the thumb and the finger next to it on the left hand make the letter L for Left! It's how I work it out to.

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    Mascha Claessens
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too. It drove my driving instructor CRAZY. XD (still got my license after one try on the practical exam, hey!) I'm getting better at it though, lately.

    Jonathon Smith
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I click my fingers (I can only click my right hand)

    Elsker
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure if you'll grow out of it... my husband has the same thing. If I have to give him directions I just point or he'll get us lost:)

    Henry Saravia-Melara
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i don't know left or right,even with a birthmark on my right (or left) hand.

    Anna Lea
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    6 years ago

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    Anna Lea
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had to get my hands tattooed to overcome this....

    Natalie H
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same, and it doesn't even matter how many times I do it or how many times I tell myself "you're right-handed"-- I always forget

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    #29

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    al4exy Report

    tuzdayschild
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go online and order an electric egg boiler. It does the work for you.

    John L
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still won't work for some people. One person told me that her sister couldn't cook rice in a rice cooker. I asked how that was possible, she said she still manages....

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    Kori K. Warriner
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    JUST discovered the trick. Bring the water/eggs to a boil. As soon as it boils - if it is 6 eggs or less, set aside for 12 minutes. If more than 6 eggs, set aside for 15 minutes. Wasted 47 years of my life before I learned that trick.

    RaroaRaroa
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just wrote something similar. I also spent most of my life so far not knowing this.

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    Victoria Swift
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    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Put egg in cold water. Bring to boil. Shut off. Cover pot with lid for 11 mins exactly. You will always have a perfect egg.

    Ronel du Plessis
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So. How do you want your eggs today? ..... Scrambled it is then....

    Foxxy
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s why I use a little device that changes colour telling you when the egg is soft or hard boiled.

    Valerie G.
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I learned most of my cooking skills from childrens' cookbooks. I still have them and use them, and they are well worn and loved. (I'm 68)

    What's In Your Head?
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a knack for boiling eggs apparently, but each egg is definitely different. All those standard cooking times you find on the internet are rubbish. That's not much help, I'm sorry... I guess I just wanted to say that cooking eggs is easy to screw up, so you're definitely not stupid!

    Unwelcomed Guest
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First of all you should try boiling it while it is still in the shell

    Diana Pahule
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't believe in soft boiled eggs.

    Mario Clouâtre
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was gifted one of these. Works marvels and you don't have to remember anything. egg-timer-...702af0.jpg egg-timer-5edafa1702af0.jpg

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    #30

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    SoLooouddd Report

    Mascha Claessens
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that's a benefit of growing up in the Netherlands: everyone gets swimming lessons. Some of us more than others, but we all do when we're little. Too much water around not to... :P

    Daria B
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Croatia it's normal to swim as well. Especially if you live by the sea side, like me. Then I moved to Korea (it could be anywhere with a different culture, really), met people from various parts of the world and realised it's so normal to not be able to swim. Now it's a skill I no longer take for granted and that I treasure dearly.

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    alwaysMispelled
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Couple separate bad water experiences as a child. Took swimming lessons as an adult. Absolutely canNOT put face in water. My swimming is not pretty, but I can keep myself from drowning!! I had an amazing teacher :-) I think that was the key. Super patient. Super supportive.

    Frozengeckolover
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom also only does the "doggy paddle" because it freaks her out to submerge her face. If you are treading water, you are swimming. Congrats on learning to swim and conquering your fears ☺️

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    Ryo Bakura
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seconded. Although I lack the skill because I nearly did drown, and won't go in anything deeper than a bathtub filled 1/3 of the way up.

    Dani
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thirded. Can not swim at all due to bad experiences as a kid. And I'm really tired of people saying they'll be able to teach me. No. No you won't. The panic attack I have will prevent anything from being accomplished

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    Lisa Beatty
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Best not go to water parks since you would be just swimming in pee and feces anyway lol

    Luka Hamer
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No shame in taking swimming lessons as an adult really. You learn a new potentially life saving skill and its exercise too. 3 for 1 really

    Bunzilla
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All I can do is doggy paddle :P But, better than nothing.

    Frozengeckolover
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is nothing wrong with the doggy paddle. Whatever works, right?

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    Maurettis
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's just a skill to be learned. No shame in admitting you can't swim

    Melanie Young
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    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can swim, but I hate putting my face in the water, and if I can't touch the bottom or the side, I start to panic. If someone starts to "horse around" in the pool, I scream, panic and get out. I can't begin to imagine why people open their eyes under water, the thought of it freaks me out. And I've had years of swimming lessons.

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    JoJoWentBananas Report

    Daria B
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    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same. Except, the author of this post seems to be ropeskipping better than me. My foot always gets caught.

    Vic
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same here, I just can't skip! I can never sync the rope and my jumps

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    Melanie Young
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never signal when riding my bike, I'm afraid I would fall. There are two ways, jumping rope and skipping rope. I prefer skipping, it's more like running.

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    #32

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    laurafcreates Report

    Heather Brady-Connor
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have you tried this way? 25% off is 25 cents off every dollar. 40% = 40 cents off.

    Astrid Nineor
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup. It also helps to do rough estimates if you need to know if you have enouhgh cash for stuff. 33 one third, 50 half, 75 three quarters.

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    Kiss Army
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I LOVE a good sale and can calculate percentages without even thinking. It scares my husband. We can go to the store and get a cartload of stuff and with no calculator, I can tell him the total within $3. Still amazes him after 26+ years together.

    amandine vion
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    % at school ? Ew. But since i have a credit card ... i'm sales % warrior

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    Niall Mac Iomera
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Get some anchor points. 50% is half, 25% is a quarter etc

    Quyet Le
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    25% is separate into 4 part. just find a closest value ( this case is 40 closest to 39.95 ) and approximate it. maybe its 9.2 or 9.267

    Martha Meyer
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just round up to the next full number, in this case 40 and divide by four. Then you get how much you have to deduct.

    HOUSE
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm gonna guess American

    Daria B
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah. I'm a Koreanised EU citizen and I suck at maths really bad. Not proud of it, btw. Just admitting a weakness.

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    Dani
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If percentages are too hard, make them into proportions for yourself. Problem solved.

    Erika Jones
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just multiply. 25% off of $39.95 would be 39.95 x .25. That gives you the discount.

    Rissie
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah it's also a quarter of 40 dollars. So much easier.

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    madelinemoy Report

    Ronel du Plessis
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is he left handed maybe? My eldest son is a lefty and for the love of every thing nice, it is utter torture to watch him trying to open a can either manually or with an electric opener. It is just impossible.

    John L
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saw an "one the street" comedy sketch, where they as 20 somethings "what is this" and quite a few didn't know what a can opener was. I still remember the ice trays with the handle to crack the ice. It doesn't surprise me that old tools fall out of common use. Especially when all you need is a phone to order a meal.

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    Kristy P
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am fine with handheld, no idea how to use an automatic one

    Frozengeckolover
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some automatic ones are more trouble than they are worth. My grandma has one that I despise using. You have to get the can at juuuuust the right angle to get it to "catch" the edge. I'm like, "Just give me the hand-held one before I throw this stupid piece of c**p out the window!"

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    Biopithecus
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He went from mathematican't to mathematican!

    Stille20
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tuna comes in pouches now and cans come with pop tops... it's like you don't event need one.

    misteriosa
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's me! And now I can only open a can using one large manual opener, and without anyone looking at me unless they want me to lose a finger or something.

    Max L.
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's not only a brilliant mathematic, he's my hero.

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    LindseyWhitcomb Report

    Blue Cicada
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can throw a frisbee just fine. I mean, it's not a floating disc, more a shortly-airborne chunk of plastic, but I can throw it!

    Calypso poet
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A frisbee turns into a boomerang for me. The last time I tried to play horse shoes I had to run so I didn’t get hit on the head with my own throw. I guess I held on too long. Corn hole is much safer.

    CodingGirl04
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, have you tried throwing a frisbee as well?

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    Mer
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can fling a frisbee. I mean, you wouldn't want me to, but I can...

    #35

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    DanaKMofo Report

    Erin Sheppard
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am totally with you on the flat iron thing. SORCERY!

    BusLady
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Curls with a flat iron? I have have watched about a thousand video tutorials and still can't get it right.

    Erika Jones
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am also bad with curling hair. I have a beautiful daughter with long hair, and I am always amazed when someone styles it for her. It's just not one of my skills...

    Honey
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The curls with a flat iron IS sorcery! It's impossible.

    AzKhaleesi
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    omg I can only do the left side of my hair with the curls with a flat iron, the right side? Forget it.

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    #36

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    PositivelyLissa Report

    chi-wei shen
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Using thumb, index, and middle finger is actually quite common around the world.

    Daria B
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Using your pinky, ring and middle is also kinda common in east Asia.

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    borklaser
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I start counting from my pinky, so 3 also looks like the 👌 ok hand sign

    The Service Dog Life
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's how we do three in sign language too :-) and the movie Inglorious Basterds taught me that that's the German three as well XD

    Martha Meyer
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think all of Europe and Asia does it that way. I've only ever seen the other way in American movies.

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    BusLady
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't do it. But I've had hand injuries, also arthritis.

    Honey
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what my husband does too.

    Blue Cicada
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Them holding down the pinky is six in American sign language!

    Foxyloxylou
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i had a friend in like 1st grade who could hold up her thumb, middle, ring, and index finger perfectly straight

    Erika Jones
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But can you do the Vulcan salute? ;-D

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    #37

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    HealyHopedale Report

    Jenna Bois
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got in the habit of telling people "drivers side turn" or "passengers side turn" haha

    Zenozenobee
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As long as you're not using my grand-mother style : " turn!" "Where Nana?" "There!" (no direction, no sign, still looking at the road...). Love her but love the invention of GPS.

    Frozengeckolover
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol. My grandma does that. Also, her verbal directions when planning a trip go like this: "You turn where Jim, Big Jim not Little Jim, used to sell farm equipment. His wife worked at the hospital's reception when she was in highschool. That was in 1968. Maybe it was 1967. No, that was the year-" I interrupt her, "Gran! You know I love your stories, but we need to leave soon. Just tell me what that building looks like." Her, "What building?" Me, "The building I need to turn at. The one where someone named Jim used to sell farm equipment." Her, "Oh. It's not there anymore. It burned down in 1973. That was the year...." OMG!

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    J. Zingler
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know that from my mum, Mum, left (turns right) the OTHER left... Once I put little satickers into the lower corners of her windscreen... :D

    BusLady
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "No Dear, your other left."

    #38

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    AmyGDalaMD Report

    Ryo Bakura
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better safe than sorry. Don't want your Rice Krispies squares to cause you to burn down you house.

    Catlady6000
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cooking is an art. But baking is a science, those precise measurements are important

    day light
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is the reason why I'm fairly decent at baking but can't cook for sh*t like "what do you mean medium high?!" and then I burn it... always burnt

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    Valerie G.
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and vanilla, don't forget the vanilla.

    Ronel du Plessis
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same here! And measure it to the exact measurements.

    BusLady
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm afraid of wasting my time and ingredients.

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    #39

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    Jujubees26 Report

    Pretty Pangolin
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, I have to remember to express an interest in the other person. Awkward!

    RaroaRaroa
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. I'm a shocker. "How's your day going" says the other person. "Good thanks" says me. Pause. Then I remember to ask them how their day is going. It's a social anxiety thing I think. I feel like I'm being nosey, not friendly, when I ask people personal questions.

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    Mer
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's hard to find a balance between being politely/genuinely interested in this other person standing in your sphere and being nosy/impolite and being uncaring/cold. You don't want to offend by coming off as either too nosy or too uncaring.

    Brivid
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Certain people make me feel this way. So I think it must be related to anxiety.

    #40

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    alexanderchee Report

    tuzdayschild
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know west from pickles.

    Melanie Young
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too! Tell me left or right! And then when the GPS says "return to route", NOT helping!

    Debbie Pugsley
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have zero sense of direction. Tell me Left or Right or That way. I don't understand how those people can know East or West!!

    Honey
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine always says N/S/E/W as well! It's irritating! Like, WHO really knows what direction they're facing when you're lost in a car? Just say right or left!

    Ashley Harrold
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah Google Maps "Go South East" Me: I don't know what that is Google!

    Cindy Richter
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always start walking and after 5m look in which direction the point is moving. Then I turn around, because I always go in the wrong direction.

    Erin Sheppard
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you need to change the GPS settings

    Ronel du Plessis
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One day I got lost in Johannesburg. BIIIIIIIG city in South Africa. F*****g google maps said "head north". I was like WHERE THE FUUUUUCK IS NORTH!!!!!!!!

    Melanie Young
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can be oriented because I know the sun "sets in the West", because that rhymes. But that only helps twice a day. If it's cloudy, or midday, I have no idea.

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    Marcia_ESS Report

    tuzdayschild
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree, you can't. So just let him do it.

    Eden-Rose Huntsman
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My brother literally can not load the dishwashers. I usually end up rearranging the stuff he puts in there

    Ronel du Plessis
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's an art! No one in my house dares load the dish washer. I ALWAYS unpack and repack.

    BusLady
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't stress. Just let him do the dishes ;-)

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    #42

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    GennaSherlock Report

    Evil Little Thing
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All these things require finger strength and dexterity.

    RaroaRaroa
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tying balloons is hard. You have to make sure not to blow it up too much so you have enough slack to work with. What I can't understand is why right-handed scissors won't work for my left-handed child even when she uses her right hand.

    Claire
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't click with my middle finger as most people do but can do it fine with my ring finger

    #43

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    SapCaps Report

    Biopithecus
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I done this! Arriving at the airport, I ask the security for directions, they ask arrival or departure, I just arrived there right, so arrival - they send me to another gate, then work out the math in my head (I can't have arrived if I haven't departed yet, so departure it must be) and sheepishly go back to them and say this is my ticket and they give me a weird look.

    Frozengeckolover
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't understand the post till you gave your experience. I guess you could just say, "I'm heading out" when they ask if your arriving or departing.

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    SanchaTheSeeker
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now this made me rethink it haha

    #44

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    LightningSlim1 Report

    Stina Kolling
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every person I have ever met in my entire life who had long legs couldn't sit cross-legged. Doesn't matter the width of the pelvis. I have to wonder if it gets better with consistent stretching.

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    GillenM_ Report

    The Girl on Fire
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought I was alone in my banana repulsion

    tuzdayschild
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister has this reaction to bananas too.

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    Anne
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you may have an intolerance to bananas, better to avoid them then

    BusLady
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could be. I had a friend who was allergic.

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    Jessica Skorch
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm with you on the fork and knife issue. Don't know why, just can't eat with the fork in my left hand. So it takes twice as long to eat a damn steak because I have to keep juggling my silverware around. Very annoying and also a little embarrassing.

    Frozengeckolover
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a very old etiquette that is slowly dying (and apparently misunderstood now). You aren't suppose to eat with the fork in your left hand (unless you are left-handed). You are supposed to switch the fork to your other hand and cut a piece of steak with your dominant hand, then put the knife down and switch the fork back to your dominant hand to pick up the cut piece of steak and eat it. For the next bite, you do it all again. It was originally intended to help people to eat slower in polite company (and not rudely shovel their food into their mouths). I had no idea people have started thinking you are supposed to eat with your non-dominant hand. Please let this tradition die. Spread the word. It is ok to eat with your dominant hand.

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    SJM
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fork en left hand, knife in right

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    jdesmondharris Report

    Vicky Zar
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, she must have some killer convincing skill then. ;)

    BusLady
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe it's all the noise and the force of the water. Come to think of it, now I'm afraid to go through a car wash. Lol

    Cindy Richter
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In germany you drive in, get out of your car and push the Start-Button outside the car wash.

    J. Zingler
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, carash. That's so relaxing, my driving instructor let me drove through a car wash just before my test. :)

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    _Zeets Report

    chrisgun
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do the same. Who cares how you really tie them..

    danielw
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So I tie my boots 'weirdly', using the Berluti knot. It's common for dress shoes, for it's neater appearance, but it's also quite a bit stronger than a normal doubled knot (also unties when you want to more easily.). Had people notice. They were genuinely offended by how I tie my shoes- they were even more buthurt when I told them to mind their own bullishness.

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    tuzdayschild
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whatever works for you is right.

    Pseudo Puppy
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    bunny-ears all the way!! (vs the bunny running around the tree... or whatever it was)

    Misha Christensen-wildeman
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    same same lol i just make 2 loops and tie together. couldn't be bothered with the real way

    BusLady
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Solution: Always by shoes that have velcro closures.

    Ryo Bakura
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As long as they don't come undone, and cause you to trip, you're good.

    Dr John A Truman
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am left handed and just have never been able to understand the normal way of tying shoes. I was taught the "left handed" way early on and it works. doesnt matter how many times I am shown the normal way, I just cant get it.

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    MayaRupert Report

    Biopithecus
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've no sense of direction, but exceptional if given a map and a compass.

    Ryo Bakura
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At all levels? Some of them can get pretty complicated depending on how much detail is in them.

    Melanie Young
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too! I have to have written directions, or GPS.

    Honey
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think being unable to read a map or struggle to is a generation/age thing. I'm an elder millennial and had to learn to read and use paper maps before GPS was a universal thing.

    Daria B
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only interactive maps, in my case....

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    meganromer Report

    Jewels Vern
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Daylight savings time is totally bonkers any way you look at it.

    Frozengeckolover
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Daylight savings is useless everywhere, but it's especially useless in Alaska.

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    Eden-Rose Huntsman
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup, my cousin always calls me in the middle of the night because of time difference

    BusLady
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I keep forgetting if my relatives in Texas are one hour ahead or one hour behind me.

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    aghomeslice Report

    Honey
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't put hoops in without looking in a mirror. If any have backs, I should be fine, but a sleeper earring requires attention.

    Ryo Bakura
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Way to minimise the risk of septicemia. My cousin had it after getting her ears pierced. She nearly died, too. Nasty stuff.

    #51

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    SeptimusFires Report

    Jonathon Smith
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My wife once asked me why the Argentinians invaded Scotland. I had to explain that the Falkland Islands were in fact in the southern hemisphere 8000 miles away, not part of Scotland. This might seem understandable (I mean you've probably never heard of the Falklands if you were not British and alive during the conflict), but this was AFTER her brother had moved to the islands.

    Serbob
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not the OP's fault. You can totally blame the educational system for that one.

    Blue Cicada
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Teacher here. In the USA, students are taught the 50 states in fifth and six grade. Students need to be able to label all 50 states. It's a national standard. It comes up again seventh and eighth grade. It comes up again in the required government class in high school. World maps and US maps are on the walls in social studies classrooms and history classrooms fifth grade through high school. A lot of kids, and their parents to be honest, see certain information as "not important"and don't work on their own to retain it. In my work, I work with students fourth through 12th grade. I frequently tell a highschooler "I am literally the person who helped you learn this stuff when you were in fifth grade!" (Social Studies/geography/US history, English).

    Frozengeckolover
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandma also thought Alaska was an island. It's because US maps place Alaska off to the west side, to save space on the map.

    Shadow
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This isn't surprising, all the maps I saw in elementary school showed Alaska in a square in the bottom left corner of the map. I always wondered where the "island" of Alaska was actually located right up until I saw a large full map of North America with Alaska in it's proper location in Junior High. I was really annoyed with the other map makers, how hard would have been to show Alaska where it is actually located?!?!?

    The Service Dog Life
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We just weren't really taught geography in school. Like, at my schools we were taught what all the 50 states were and what the capitals and such were but not where anything was. I'm learning just as much homeschooling my daughter as she is SMH. Thanks a lot US education system.

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    avengingmomgel Report

    ispeak catanese
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me, except without the advanced degrees.

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    #53

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    annthuynguyen Report

    Daria B
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For me, big numbers are easier to say in Korean because of the money currency here, so I deal with big numbers on a default basis here in Korea. Back in Croatia, it was more like "what happens in maths classes, stays in maths classes" when it comes to large numbers with many digits.

    ispeak catanese
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can count numbers over tens of thousands in Spanish but not in English, and hearing a number like "15 hundred" makes no sense until I see it. The thing is I've been speaking English over 40 yrs!

    Ryo Bakura
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How large are we talking? Because reading out 9,459,726,381,777,429,610,112,999,258,911,000 is a mammoth task for anyone. Hell, I stumble with my 11-digit mobile phone number. Which none of you can have. Unless Brie Larson is reading this.

    ispeak catanese
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Brie Larson called me and asked for your number.

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    #54

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    evelynisaacks Report

    Maci Mae
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My problem is digital clocks. It's kind of hard to explain, so I'll just give an example. At my school, we had all analog clocks. While I'm really slow at reading analog, I came to memorize what the shape of the hands looked like when class was over, rather than the actual time. So if somebody asked me, "what time does 3rd hour end?" I wouldn't know, but I would know what the clock looked like. So when they replaced all the clocks in our school to digital clocks, I kept having to ask people to remind me what time classes ended. I ended up buying an analog watch to make my life easier :))

    Mer
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love analog clocks! They provide an instant visual of time in 5- and 1-minute increments. Like, if the pie has to bake 35 minutes, it's much easier for me to glance at the analog clock and count the 5-minute blocks and know exactly when the pie comes out of the oven. Analog clocks are great tools in a way.

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    A_Silent_Child Report

    Jewels Vern
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After a few visits to Vegas casinos I realized that everybody shuffles differently. It is amazing how many different ways are possible. Casino cops can only insist that a dealer use the exact same method every time.

    BusLady
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get dizzy watching people who are skillful at this.

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    KristiCCoulter Report

    Mascha Claessens
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Can't parallel park unless I'm alone in the car" --> YEP, that's a thing, same here... XD

    Hanneke Legerstee
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and no others cars are around or waiting....I always feel so judged when a car is waiting that I won't even attempt it

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    Bunzilla
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't pan flip either. We've never done it in our house. I just use a spatula.

    BusLady
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate parallel parking. I have never learned how to master it. I will park on the next block and walk over.

    Shadow
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm the same way with standard cars. If I'm alone I have no problem but get a couple people in the car and it becomes the jerkiest ride you've ever had.

    Jeffrey Teston
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TWINS!! (minus the shoe thing, pretty ok at that)

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    #57

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    lupcheong Report

    Jewels Vern
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Considering the amount of pee in any pool, goggles are a good thing. It's pee in the water that causes irritated eyes.

    debrina blackmoon
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i always thought it was due to chlorine until sort of recently

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    Mer
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Swimming with goggles on is actually a LOT safer than without given all the contaminates in water.

    Micki McNish
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me either so you are in good company.

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    #58

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    c00lerday Report

    Valerie G.
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It might help to drink some water before putting the pill in your mouth, it slides down a little bit easier.

    day light
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I physically can't swallow medium to large pills no matter what I do, they always end up stuck in my throat and then I cough them out, no matter how many times I try washing it down with water

    Caroline Seguin
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For swallowing pills there is a good trick. Eat a small piece of bread, when you're about to swallow, put the pill in your mouth, swallow and drink water

    Frozengeckolover
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would think having a gap between your teeth might make it harder to whistle, not easier.

    debrina blackmoon
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    both daughters have to use a pill cutter

    Bunzilla
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uncoated pills are the worst. I've learned that I have to take a big gulp of a drink, and tilt my head back. Otherwise, I risk getting them stuck in my throat. Ugh.

    NQ L
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cousin and her mom cannot swallow pills. They smash it up, mix with water and drink. Weird.

    Astrid Nineor
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hope they are sware that that should not be done with all pills! Some release the medicine gradually, so breaking them apart could cause an overdose

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    Sarah Bright
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't swallow pills either. I have to take liquid antibiotics and dissolvable pain pills.

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    pswayne7 Report

    Ryo Bakura
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe the skin on your middle finger and thumb is too smooth to generate the necessary friction.

    Bunzilla
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The sound of a snap is created when your middle or ring finger hits the base of your thumb and your ring finger or pinky, which has to be right next to that. So maybe people aren't doing it fast enough in order to create the sound, or else they don't have the other finger where it needs to be. Personally, I recommend using your middle finger, I find it less awkward. Also, flick that finger over your thumb, not your index finger.

    Jeffrey Teston
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Middle finger on top of index finger? Well that is your problem. Give the ol thumb a try :)

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    LadyTbirdRN Report

    Jewels Vern
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hold the pillow case in one hand. Stuff the sheet in with the other hand. Same with the top sheet. Done.

    Valerie G.
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've found that if you put your bed linens in the wash, to wait until they are out of the dryer and put them back on the bed, no folding necessary.

    debrina blackmoon
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    no, that is just one magical talent i lack

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    m_f_m Report

    Bill
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Missing out on a form of Zen meditation. Or I am officially old

    Jeffrey Teston
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I haven't mowed a lawn in over a decade (apt living) but you are correct. There is something very Zen about it. The sound / vibration / smell

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    Evil Little Thing
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never mowing another lawn is one of my life goals.

    PaulV
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lawn mowing: Total. Waste. of. Time. I do it only to avoid trouble with the neighbors (and the Association).

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    Blue Cicada
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is time alone, when no one else will approach you, it's too loud to carry on a conversation. Plus, fresh cut grass smells good!

    April Simnel
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mowed a lawn once. It was awful.

    Melanie Young
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't learn how until I got divorced. Surprisingly easy, and you don't have to argue with someone about what parts of the yard need it, because you can do it yourself! Very freeing.

    Daria B
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is not that unusual, actually. Homes with private gardens are kind of a luxury now. We're just all boxed into apartment buildings with either just concrete around us, or public grass fields that are taken care of by assigned workers.

    Calypso poet
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I tried it once. If you want straight lines, don’t ask me!

    BusLady
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haven't mowed one in years. But that is how I made spending money as a kid. Not too pleasant in the Texas heat.

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    radtoria Report

    Ryo Bakura
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A fail for Yale. Just kidding, but missing the rhyme would be a crime. I'll stop now, after I take a bow.

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    StormyEyes_ Report

    Calypso poet
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was so weird stopping for gas in NJ a couple years ago. The kid pumping was maybe 20. I’ve been pumping gas since I was like 10. In the 70s and 80s it was a rite of passage, your parents didn’t want to get out in the cold, heat, snow, rain so they made us kids do it.

    Shadow
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! It was "treat" growing up, my brother and I would fight over who got to pump the gas! lol

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    Melanie Young
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents never taught me, and they didn't teach us in driver's ed, so I had to ask one of my friends to show me how. I taught my kids how. In New York you have to be 16 to pump gas.

    ispeak catanese
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For all confused: Jersey is New Jersey, one of the United States. There's a state law that doesnt allow drivers to fill their own cars with petrol/gasoline; the station attendants will fill the tank for them. We don't "pump" gas in the US, the machines are electric but we do have to hold the "trigger" on the pump to keep the gas flowing. No idea why there's a law against it though.

    Jeffrey Teston
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live on the Washington / Oregon border. In Oregon you can't pump your own gas but in Washington you can. I get my gas exclusively in Washington because having someone else pump my gas feels intrusive.

    Dan Beck
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Born and raised in Oregon. Every time I get gas elsewhere, it feels so weird and foreign.

    Jewels Vern
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ?? The meaning is not clear at all.

    Margie S.
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Jersey the attendant pumps the gas for you.

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    Joannie Goulet
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always go to the "with service" stations because I don't know how to operate the pumps. I fear the day they will all be self-service.

    Frozengeckolover
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is not hard. If you can use the nozzle on a garden hose, you can pump your own gas.

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    Uwe Theiss
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Excuse me, but do the rest of the USA don't have electricity or what else can "pump gas" mean? I thought we use electric pumps at gas stations. English is not my native language so is this some kind of slang?

    Emily Karl
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When putting gas into a car, one "pumps" the handle. Therefore we say we are "pumping gas" :)

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    Jonathon Smith
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is there even a technique to pumping gas?

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    brokeymcpoverty Report

    Tardis42
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mother wouldn't let us have digital clocks/watches until we learned to tell time on an analogue clock. I pretty much use my cell phone now, but I'm very glad I learned the other way.

    Frozengeckolover
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same. My dad would not let us get digital watches. He said it would make us lazy, and then we wouldn't be able to read an analog clock.

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    Rissie
    Community Member
    6 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So... Ellen DeGeneres did a skit about millennials not knowing to tell time from an analogue clock and I was shocked. This speaking as a borderline millennial myself. But it seems like such a basic skill. I mean. The only thing you need to actually know is what the hands represent (hours/minutes). Basic counting, knowing a day consists of 24 hours and other concepts are also necessary for understanding a digital clock, so that can't be an excuse. And it's used on such a regular basis (in contrary to opening a can for instance).

    Bored Moogle
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm surprised. I'm a Millennial and my school made sure we learned how to read and analogue clock in like the second grade.

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    Max L.
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so you could have been posting what, 11am ?

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